time to get ready. it's time to act. >> the world health organization says countries need to prepare but they're not the kroencoronavirus a pandemic. >> a new case is right here in the bay area. there's now a second community spread case of the coronavirus. this one is in a santa clara county. >> health officials are going to be holding a news conference any moment now. as soon as that starts we'll bring you there live. the centers for disease control is reporting that 62 people in the u.s. have tested positive for the virus. 47 of those patients were americans who became sick in china or japan. new developments now out of solano county today. health officials there announced this afternoon that the two americans who had tested positive for the virus in japan,

before being transferred to solaair force place, are solano county residents. two are isolated in their homes. officials are confident both will avoid any contact with members of the public. >> they're very compliant individuals, and they're also very aware of the risk that they would pose to their neighbors and to others if they were to leave their home. these are two very responsible individuals. >> according to officials, both patients are doing fine and being tested daily. although corona virus appears more serious in older adults, the potential for global pandemic has schools preparing for closures. >> david louie reports from san mateo county on how remote learning is being discussed. >> reporter: school aged parents are hungry for guidance, what to do to keep their kids safe from corona virus as cases develop in

the bay area. >> the community has questions, when the public has questions, it's incumbent object organization to have the proactive answers. >> reporter: school officials have been sending parents recommendations from county health officers but internally school leaders are also working on their own action plans. san mateo county school summit nancy mcgee said the corona virus was an important agenda item. a pandemic plan for the h1n1 virus is being updated that. >> that was maybe ten years ago, so we want to go through the plan and ensure that we now have many more opportunities for remote learning for students, and different kinds of transportation or remote work environments for staff. >> reporter: while the coronavirus list is considered low, contingency plans are being reviewed in the event of a coro

coronavirus outbreak. >> it would like by will across the entire county because we know as we have seen in other countries, when you isolate or stop everybody's regular flow, that it helps to slow down the spread. >> reporter: the plan calls for sick children to be sent home. parents would be advised to contact their health providers. the testing of the cases is expected to go faster. the cdc says it goal is to have test kits in the hits of local and state agencies across the country by this time next week. in redwood city, david louie, abc 7 news. a frantic ride for the financial markets, the dow jones dropped 357 points, but it was a lot worse most of the day, shares down a thousand points 20 minutes before the closing bell and staged a 600 point rally. the dow lost 335 points this week, the worst sell off since the 2008 crisis. the dow closed down 1.4% for the day. the s&p 500 dropped 24 points,

the nasdaq finished up a point. united airlines is offering travel waivers for flights to northern italy. the move makes it easier for customers to change reservations, united offers flights from san francisco to milan and venice, areas impacted by the corona virus outbreak. the airline extended traveliver the cdc issued an advisory encouraging citizens not to travel there. united previously cancelled all flights to china? hong kong through the end of april. amazon is the latest company to pull out of the game developers conferene in san francisco. facebook, sony, microsoft, have all pulled out of the conference over concerns surrounding the corona virus outbreak. a acta vision employees is asking their employees not to attend as

well. >> let's go live, set to begin in santa clara county, regarding the coronavirus live. >> i want you to know there are thousands of other people behind them who are working to trace contacts for this disease process, make sure they prevent spread. test people who are at risk. make sure they're aware of the cause and spread of the disease and to keep us all safe, so i would like to introduce part of the team here. we'll name them, dr. christopher brand, deputy director for merging and zoo naughtic infectious diseases, charity dean, deputy director of the state of california department of public health, dr. ken miller, medical director of county of santa clara emergency services, brian glass, the

assistant chief of the santa clara county fire department, dana reed who is the director of the county emergency management division, dr. jim novack, the chief business officer for the santa clara county office of education, and joe catharo regional vice pesident of the hospital council of northern and central california. all of them will be available for your questions and answers after we're done. but right now, i would like to announce the leader of our public health department, our public health officer and director of the department of public health, who's been spearheading the response in this county, and has done a fabulous job. dr. sarah kote. sarah. >> thank you. >> you're up. >> all right. good afternoon, and thank you

for joining us this afternoon. today we're reporting a new case un.novel coronavirus in santa is the third case to be identified in our county, but it's different from our other two cases in an important way. like the california case reported two days ago, our third case did not recently travel overseas or have any known contact with a recent traveler or an infected person. the individual is an adult woman with chronic health conditions who is hospitalized for difficulty breathing. her physician called us on wednesday night to discuss the case and to request testing for the novel coronavirus. our county of santa clara public health laboratory receivd the specimens the very next morning and performed the testing. since receiving the results last night, we've been working to identify the woman's contacts and to understand who she might

have exposed while contagious. before i go on, i want to be candid and let you know that this investigation is just beginning, so i won't be able to share a lot more details than those that i just have. but this case does signal to us that it's now time to shift how we respond to the novel coronavirus. the public health measures that we have taken so far, isolation, quarantine, contact tracing and travel restrictions have helped to slow the spread of disease, and we will continue to implement them. we will continue to trace close contacts of our cases to try to limit the spread of the virus. but now we need to add other public health tools to the mix. so now that we have a case who did not recent travel or come in contact with anyone known to be ill, what does this mean? what we know now is that the

virus is here present at some level. but we still don't know to what degree. an important priority there for us is to conduct public health surveillance to determine the extent of what's happening. now that our county public health laboratory has the ability to run the test, we can more quickly evaluate what's happening in our community. but needless to say, we can't do this work alone. and this morning we asked our colleagues from the california department of public health and the centers for disease control and prevention for assistance, and their teams have already arrived to our operations center and are here with us today, and i really cannot thank them enough. i know that at the last press conference announcing our other cases, i expressed the importance of having so many partners and so much support, it is absolutely impossible to do this without this kind of broad

support. it is necessary, and we have it, and we are so grateful. so we will continue to work with them and our other partners to respond to cases to trace contacts and to understand what is happening in our community. i want you to know that our operations center has been activated for five weeks now. and it will continue to be, and colleagues from across county government are involved, many of them are here today. so we need to begin implementing additional measures to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus or at least slow it down as much as possible. so these are the measures that we are recommending for individuals and for communities. for individuals, the recommendations are relatively straightforward, and effective and important. so first, keep your hands clean. this is one of the most important steps you can take to avoid getting sick and spreading germs to others, and always cover your could have and stay

home when you're sick. today, start working on not touching your face because one main way viruses spread is when you touch your own mouth, nose or eyes. and finally, start thinking about family preparedness, and what you might need to do if you need to stay home for a week or two. and for communities, we need to prepare for the possibility of further spread of the virus. so here are some examples of measures that can help limit the spread by reducing exposure in community settings. schools should plan for absenteeism, and explore options for learning at home and enhanced cleaning of surfaces. businesses, wherever possible, can replace in person meetings with video or telephone conferences and increase teleworking options as well as modify absentee policy and of

course enhance cleaning of surfaces. i do understand that this whole situation may feel overwhelming and it's difficult to think about the possible disruption to our every day lives, especially when we're still uncertain about what this may look like, but we do need everyone to start thinking about what actions they can take now so we can be prepared for the possibility of further spread of the virus in our community. thank you very much for coming today. and we will certainly share more about this situation as it evolves. thank you. >> hi, my name is mary anna moles, i'm the pio for the county of santa clara health department. we will take questions but in the interest of time we do ask that you keep the questions to this case. we will open up for questions. >> i know you don't know how this person got it, but with all

the mindset do you have any hypotheses to a different way, method this could be spreading that we don't know about. >> again, what we do know is that the case is not linked to either of our other two cases in the county. we also don't have any evidence to suggest that the case islinged to othislin linked to other cases in california. that's the signal because the case didn't have a travel history or contacts with known other cases. >> could it be traveling on merchandise or things from china? >> this is an infection that is spread person-to-person, so the infection would have been from another person that's infected. >> can you state what city the person is from and which

hospital? >> what i can tell you is that the case is a resident of santa clara county and was treated at a local hospital. the case has not had any history of travel to solano county. >>. [ inaudible question ] >> the case is an adult woman. >> should parents keep their kids in school, and should businesses keep their employees going to work? >> at this point we don't have any recommendations for staying home from school or work, unless you're sick. if anyone is sick, they should stay home from school or work. again, this is an evolving situation, and we're learning more, what we would like businesses and schools to do is to start preparing and thinking about what would it be like if there were a large number of children that needed to be home or teachers that needed to be

home. >> how long does the virus last, transmissable on a surface. >> i don't know. i don't know if any other colleagues do know. >> hello, my name is chris braden, i'm from the centers for disease control. the virus can survive on surfaces for a fairly prolonged period of time but it's also very susceptible to cleaning products so with any kind of cleaning that we do for hard surfaces and support, that's always helpful. but again, i would like to stress that having a contaminated surface for some days, and then somebody becoming infected because of the contaminated surface is likely a low probability event. it's mostly a person-to-person transmission that we're concerned about for our communities. >> how long after someone is fully recovered, at that point are they still considered

contagious, at what point, someone has it, they get better, are they still contagious? >> thank you for the question. it's something we're looking at closely, and what we do when we have somebody with the virus that we know is confirmed, we do serial testing on those people to see when they clear the virus from their throats or other body sites and so we're looking at that very carefully. they're not cleared, for instance, from isolation until they are testing negative and their symptoms are resolved. >> the governor said yesterday about not having enough tests, are there enough tests in california right now with it spreading to communities? >> we're very happy to have the santa clara public health laboratory up and running with their tests. more laboratories are doing that and the test shipments are going out today and this weekend for more laboratories to be able to stand up their testing procedures. that's all very good. we have been frustrated in the fact that we haven't had enough test kits out in public health

laboratories to date, but that is being resolved, i think, and we look forward to a time even when commercial tests are available for many more laboratories. >> do you have enough tests now and what do you recommend in the community in terms of surveillance? >> yeah, i think the laboratories are standing up and have the testing capacity, for instance, this laboratory for what they are doing now, and i'll turn it back to dr. cody to talk about surveillance. >> my name is dr. charity dean. i'm the assistant director of the california department of public health and just to piggy back on that question, i believe the question referred to governor newsom's reference yesterday, the critical nature that testing plays in this, and thanks to his leadership and the close partnership with our federal partners, we are happy to announce today an expanded testing capacity in california. as of today, there are now eight

public health labs that are able to conduct testing. >> can you speak up just a little bit. >> there are now eight public health labs that are able to conduct testing in california, that's right, as of today, and those include our state lab in richmond and the following counties, alameda, santa clara, tulari, ventura, los angeles, county of orange and san diego. we believe this increased testing capacity is going to have a significant impact on our ability to quickly identify and contain those individuals with the disease. >> do you need to send the test back? >> and we have been listening to this news conference coming out of santa clara county right now, and we will continue to stream it on our web site, abc7news.com. but just the latest we're hearing from them as that there is a third confirmed case of coronavirus in the county. they say what's different about this case from the other two is that this person did not recently travel overseas, had no known contact with someone who was infected, and so this person

is hospitalized, an adult female with chronic health conditions, but had difficulty breathing so she's hospitalized. >> that's actually one of the keys that people should be looking for, because let's say you come down with a head cold or something like that, one of the characteristics of this virus is that it will attack your lungs in most cases. as opposed to let's say if you're sneezing, sniffly, that doesn't mean you have the coronavirus, if you do have difficulty breathing after that, though, you should probably get checked. but this is the problem with this particular situation is that they have no idea how this woman became ill. and so it's possible, you know, let's just say she went to the supermarket, she went to the theater, suddenly a whole bunch of people get exposed and you can just see apologeometrically this gets out of hand want they hope that doesn't happen but we have more questions than answers at this point. >> and quickly, the cdc did say

while it can live on surfaces for more than days, it's mainly person-to-person contact. >> right. so wash your hands and, you know, don't touch your face. all the recommendations that you normally get.

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private. here's michael finney with the details. >> this is amazing, the fcc is going after wire carriers for selling your location without consent. the agency has proposed over 00 miln fines against t-mobile, at&t, verizon, and sprint. federal regulators say the carriers failed to take measures to protect location data. instead, the companies the fcc says resold access to that information to third-party services. the companies did it all, the fcc says without notifying consumers. amazon is going after bad actors using the coronavirus to make an unfair buck. the online retail giant has taken two actions. it's banning one million products of promises to cure or protect users from the virus. amazon is going after sellers who may be price gouging. amazon has a fair pricing policy. merchants selling in california that are on the wrong side of

the amazon rules could be violatin because here we have ls in place prohibiting price gouging tu gouging during a state of emergency. california's almond crop will take a big hit because of the outbreak. china is the second largest buyer of the state's almonds. more than 100 million pountboun were delivered last year. chinese ports are closed, air traffic is stopped, and a lot of almonds will be staying right here in california. it could be a record breaking harvest this year too. california produces 80% of the almonds consumed worldwide. >> you think that means our almond prices will go down in the u.s.? >> if i had to guess, i think they will. i think the economy in the north alley around chico is going to be hammered. i can't imagine. >> thank you, michael. it's friday, let's get to our weather. >> spencer christian here. >> this will come as no surprise to you, we are in a long dry spell right now.

31 consecutive days of rain free weather in the bay area. that includes the 28 days so far in february and the last three days of january. a live view over san francisco, increasing low clouds as well as some high clouds. 61 degrees in the city. low 70s in redwood city, san jose, oakland, gilroy, 51 at pacifica. in the north bay, 71 in santa rosa. napa 70. 76 at fairfield. concord, 72. this is a stunning and dramatic view at the east bay hills, looking west ward and these are our forecast features, windy and much cooler this weekend. chilly mornings will develop on sunday and monday and we'll have dry mild weather returning next week. overnight conditions with low clouds and high clouds. low temperatures will be mainly in the mid- to upper 40s. tomorrow, look for high temperatures quite a bit cooler than today. it will be windy, highs only in the mid-50s at the coast. lots of upper 50s to 60 along

the bay shoreline, and low 60s inland and as we look ahead with the forecast animation to tomorrow afternoon, through the day, we'll see the passage of more clouds, but no rain, and we'll get into march 1st, which is souunday, and although there a threat of isolated showers, we're not likely to get measurable rainfall in the bay area. we will get gusty wind, ranging from 25 to 35 miles per hour generally on the coast, and 25 to 30 miles per hour on our inland areas as well, going into sunday night, and monday morning. be prepared for a big chill and some strong gusty wind. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast after we get through cold mornings on sunday and monday, we can expect another warm up for most of next week with high temperatures back in the mid-70s inland. low 70s on the bay, and 60s on the coast. we may have a cool down at the end of next week, that's a bit far off now. >> you don't see rain on the

horizon. >> not until about maybe the 10th of march. >> that's scary. >> and that's still a maybe. >> thanks spencer. building a better bay area means building a better b.a.r.t. coming up, the b.a.r.t. expansion to the south bay, what's behind the delays and the we choose to go to the 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,

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better bay area are focused on b.a.r.t. this weekend, and one of the biggest questions from viewers is about extending b.a.r.t. throughout the bay area. >> expansion into santa clara county has suffered some setbacks. david louie now with a closer look. >> reporter: a surrounding an otherwise milpitas b.a.r.t. station, delayed by a checklist of what they call discrepancy. some are small items, others are not. >> one of the most significant items that we're working ongoing is ensuring that the trains stop precisely at the area they're supposed to stop at the stations. >> reporter: vta says about 30 to 50 discrepancy are being resoeverr resolved per week, leaving ri riders and project boosters imparei patient. >> it's now 2 1/2 years late, they need to fix that. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. needs to do safety training and operating tests before the extension can

be opened to passengers. while that's happening, vta hosted an event for 550 contractors for phase two, extending b.a.r.t. this 6 mile long route will entail complex engineering and construction work because 5 miles of it will be underground. contractors will have to protect sensitive youth connections and deal with high water tables and an earthquake fault. >> they're all saying that will be one more big one coming up. i think the design, they have very good design guidelines to mitigate those seismic events, and we should be able to get it done. >> under existing plans, early construction could start next year with major work starting in two years. the 5 mile tunnel will be the most complex and slow aspect with the special boring machine advancing at a pace of 30 feet per day. vta has elected to do a single

tunnel. >> typical transit projects when there is a tunnel they have used twin bore, with that you end up doing a lot of cutting through roadways and closing streets. this single technology allows us to minimize those aboveground disruptions. >> reporter: the b.a.r.. extension to downtown san jose could take ten years but santa clara county leaders decided about 1960 not to join the b.a.r.t. district. >> they were worried that shoppers would use the train solely to go to san francisco to shop and that it would therefore in their eyes hurt the economy of san jose and santa clara county. >> the turning point came decades later as residents approved four ballot measures to pay for the b.a.r.t. extension along with state and federal funding, there was another key reason. >> it became apparent over time that growth in santa clara county was overtaxing the highway system and the freeways could not accommodate the growth in volume of traffic. >> in 2030 or so, the south bay will have a long awaited extension, and it will be new compared to the original system.

>> what b.a.r.t. has built 50 years ago requires to be refurbished. it's good they're getting a brand new system for san jose area. >> reporter: in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. >> and joining me now, civic makers, helping find solutions for common problems. though your company doesn't currently work with b.a.r.t., you're familiar with everything they're doing, and you were with us last year as wer did our initial b.a.r.t. week and we contrast and compare and look at the year gone by, how do you think b.a.r.t. is doing if you had to give them a grade. >> you're putting me on the spot. a b plus, there's big hairy problems out there, but i think they're going in the right direction. just look at your own coverage, so phil matier was walking withs bob powers, it's clean. there's not hallway long of

people shooting up drugs. that's a huge improvement. a reporter was using b.a.r.t.'s trip planner app, and she was able to get from east bay down to san jose. it took her a while but the app worked properly and i think when your staffers were out riding b.a.r.t., they experienced a lot of people, it could be cleaner, safer but overall they were happy that b.a.r.t. was providing the service, they weren't sitting in traffic and they got out of their carts. they're on the right direction. >> sounds like you have been watching a lot of abc 7 this past weekend, we strongly encourage that, continuous. biggest challenges going forward, obviously b.a.r.t. can't control the homeless issue, which is exploding throughout the state of california. but it is a big problem for b.a.r.t. >> there's a lot of things that b.a.r.t. needs to address, and they sort of revolve around two things, infrastructure and funding. if you look at b.a.r.t.'s punch list about what they need to do, it's everything from expansion down to silicon valley, and

santa clara to hardening of the stations, station monitorization, new train cars, the list goes on. and then the question is well, how are they going to pay for all of that. they are getting some funding from the federal government. they do have a couple of past ballot measures that are providing funding and then the kicker is a new ballot measure coming up probably shortly asking voters to approve a 1 cent sales tax edition. a hundred billion dollars over 40 years to do all of these things. that will be up to the voters. >> people love paying more taxes. if we have you back in another year, what do you think will have changed in 2021? >> the big stuff won't have changed. right. we're not going to have another transbay tube or anything like that. that's long-term, sort of twi twinkle in your eye kind of stuff. starting tomorrow they're going to add a 10th train car to every peek train going across the bay,

that will take a couple additional thousand people, a couple thousand people every hour at peak times. that's a great improvement. so i hope we're talking about more of those kind of things. >> let's wrap it up with the coronavirus, which everybody has to pay attention to now, and i know b.a.r.t. is preparing as well. >> yeah, i mean, there's two issues there. one is how does b.a.r.t. keep its personnel up and running so the trains are up and running and that's going to be the same advice we heard at the top of the hour newscast. wash your hands, stay at home if you're sick the there's the second question about riders, do they want to enter a crowded train car and take the chance, and really that's going to be on employers to offer people to work and stay at home when the time is right. >> if we get to that point sg if we get to that point. i know they're talking about extensively cleaning all the trains at the start of every day, and that's their challenge as well. and riders as you mentioned have to make a decision. >> yep. >> you're going to keep

watching, right. >> i'll keep watching. >> one additional viewer, at least. >> well, get some family members over, come on, let's have a party. from civic makers, thank you so much for coming in. >> spread the word. we have dedicated our building a bay area coverage to b.a.r.t., we visited every station and looked at what's changed from the first year of officially hitting the us.virus man: the markets are plunging for a second straight day. vo: health experts warn the us is underprepared. managing a crisis is what mike bloomberg does. in the aftermath of 9-11, he steadied and rebuilt america's largest city. oversaw emergency response to natural disasters.

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with all we're hearing about the coronavirus, what should those of us in the bay area be doing or not doing in response to what's takes place across the globe. >> leslie brinkley s >> do we need to be worried about coronavirus? >> so i think there are several things to say about that. first of all, it is a new virus, and new viruses are unpredictable. >> one of the big unknowns is if coronavirus is transmissable like a flu by big droplets in a cough or sneeze or do tiny aerosol particles say suspended in the air like measles. >> i could measles, i could could hagh, yo could get measles from the particles still in the air an hour later. we don't know from coronavirus whether it's spread by the tiny

aerosols, we think it's mostly the bigger droplets. >> should we alter our behavior? >> this weekend would you yourself get on a crowded b.a.r.t. train or go to a concert? >> yes. here in the bay ea yes. i'm not changing my habits. i'm planning to take trips within the united states to meetings in atlanta or a wedding in new jersey or family events in boston. i'm not changing any of that at the moment. i think for people who have international travel, it's a little trickier. >> a conference in malaysia was recently cancelled. >> i was frankly more worried that i might end up being quarantined for a month somewhere in a small room somewhere that wasn't on my calendar. >> more than catching the disease? >> yes. i personally was more worried about that disruption to my life and schedule than i was about the risk of getting sick. >> what we do know is that you are going to be hearing a lot about coronavirus not just in

the coming days or weeks but for months to come. in the east bay, i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. and it's time for our four at four. experts do suggest having two weeks of supplies to prepare for coronavirus. some of the important things on the list include extra prescription medication, asthma inhalers, over-the-counter items like pain relievers, fever reducers, feminine hygiene products, toilet paper, diapers and cleaning supplies are critical and food for the family and pets, bottled water, vitamins and batteries. so are you ready? >> i've started doing some of that already. my wife and i are stocking up on bottled water, nonperishable foods, canned goods, cleaning solutions. >> probably a good idea to have two weeks worth of supplies anyway in earthquake company. >> just like earthquake preparedness and so many people are not prepared and then we pan and i can run to costco or whatever and try and get

everything off the shelves. celebrities showing off their masked style because of coronavirus. gwyneth paltrow, kate hudson, model bella hadid posted these images on instagram. hadid posted her leaving italy when fashion week was cancelled there. the question is this a bad thing, fear of spreading the virus, causing a global run on sales of masks despite experts advising that people who aren't sick do not need to wear the masks. >> look, i don't want to label people's actions as good or bad. it's an unnecessary thing if you are not sick yourself. if you are sick, put it on to prevent spreading it to other people. otherwise they say please leave it for the health professionals who need it. you see prices jacked up in places people do need them. >> when i was coming back from the super bowl, and this was several weeks ago, the virus had not taken off, got on the plane and saw a bunch of people wearing the masks, what do they

know that i don't know. thinking about the 49ers, i didn't know if they were sick or trying to prevent sickness. it caused more confusion. >> right. and doctors say, right, just wash your hands a lot. >> and the mask is not necessarily going to prevent anything. >> so let's talk about prevention, like avoiding physical contact. fists or elbow bumps instead of handshakes that's an option. a large percentage of viruses are spread through hand-to-hand contact. limiting contact can cut down on the risk of infection. sneezing and coughing into your elbow and not your hand can help. if you don't cover your mouth, the virus particles travel 2 25 feet, and coughs up to 25 feet. how do you react to others coughing around you. do you ask them to stop? >> they probably can't stop. >> but you can tell them, hey, don't do it into your hand. >> stay home if you're sick. >> that's, i think, a big thing for people. >> but also if you just have -- it's hard to tell between

allergies and sickness, and so maybe you may sneeze and you don't know or don't know you have contracted that. >> i have wondered about the custom of shaking hands, maybe this is something we're going to finally rethink, right, even when there's no coronavirus, there's the flu virus, all sorts of stuff going on. >> just in the last couple of days, i have had a couple of people come up and do elbow bumps and fist bumps. >> it's easy, let's do it again. >> i worry when i see ama ball up her fist. >> something else is coming. >> it's not always that inviting. >> usually warranted. >> coronavirus, this, i don't know where to go with this, but the makers of corona beer, constellation brands is reminding people there's no link between the virus and the beer just because the name is corona. a recent survey of beer drinkers found 38% won't buy corona. 15% were confused.

i question the methodology on the survey. the company says sales are up 5% from mid january to mid february. the company facing a backlash for a sponsor tweet using the phrase, coming ashore soon promoting their new branded hard seltzer. >> which was planned before all this happened. and they're on the beach. >> what does corona mean. >> corona is crown, i'm very early in my duo lingo spanish, i was not aware of na. >> -- of that. >> muy bueno. >> why would anybody make a buying decision base od on that. it's been around for a long time. >> it's hard to believe that's real, people are that unintelligent, and a bigger question, are they going to be voting in november, the same people, and for whom. >> they're not buying in and the prices going down, somebody will be buying it for a discount. it's a buying opportunity. >> that's it for

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a former ballerina is focussing her attention on empowering women of color and children from underprivileged communities and she's doing it through the power of imagery.

abc 7 news reporter chris wynn is introducing us to the -- chris nguyen introducing us to a star. >> one of the things i want people to understand is that this project is so much bigger than ballet. >> reporter: ash is the founder of the swan dreams project, a program that aims to get people to think twice about stereotypes. >> there's this image of the woman of color, this soft angelic, ethereal image that we don't often see but that we exist. and that we are people who are multidimensional. >> reporter: growing up in rochester, new york, ash was part of a program that sent students from inner city neighborhoods to schools suburbs where she encountered assumptions about what it meant to be a minority. she was later accepted into the school of american ballet when she was 13 and would go on to join the new york city ballet for 13 years s. >> doesn't matter if you're a male, woman, gay, straight, when you're a minority in a space, you feel that, as soon as you

walk in the room. >> reporter: a black woman in a world dominated by white dancers. >> it's only because they didn't share my unique story that they didn't share where i've come from and the added challenges of being a woman of color, and feeling isolated, feeling that didn't belong. >> reporter: ash never gave up despite the odds, upon retiring, she decided to use her platform for good and that's how the swan dreams project came to light. these pictures taken on the streets of oakland have since been shared all over the world. >> others were saying if i saw an image like this when i was dancing, i never would have given up. that's when i knew the images had power and were working. >> reporter: traveling the country conveying the message that beauty and talent should't be constrained by race or socioeconomic status. >> there are every day heroes unsung that we don't hear about. >> reporter: on this february day, we found ash in san jose leading a black history month celebration at her children's elementary school.

students there inspired by her journey. >> she's super concentrated, she like wants to do it so she's persevered and went professional. >> she showed something called grit and she didn't give up and that's what i think is a hero. >> reporter: her own kids happy to share the lessons they have learned from her with those around her. >> i was speechless because it's amazing just seeing my mom do this stuff for all these kids. >> no matter what skin color you are, you're a person like everybody else, and you should be treated the right away. >> reporter: a ballerina using the power of imagery to break down barriers. >> you're just left to look and think and you get out of it whatever you want. >> this abc 7 star conveying a heartfelt message to the next generation. >> and that there's somebody like me that's encouraging them to dare to dream. >> incredible. if you would like to nominate someone to be an abc 7 star, you can find all the information at abc7news.com/stars. the weekend is almost upon

us and it's going to be a little bit cooler. >> spencer is here with the latest. >> it's going to be cooler as the week winds down. overnight, an increase in high clouds and low clouds, overnight lows will be in the mid- to upper 40s and tomorrow, even with the increasing -- i shouldn't say even with, with te increase in clouds, it's going to be windy and much cooler with highs ranging from mid-50s at the coast and upper 50s near the bay, and low to mid-60s near the inland. here's the accuweather forecast, cooler and still windy on sunday, a couple chilly mornings, sunday morning and monday morning. sunny skies mainly and mild conditions and dry all over again. >> spencer, thank you. it's leap year and for most people that simply means an extra day in february. but for these boys, it has extra special meaningme. we'll have their story coming up next. >> a look at abc 7 news at five. >> there's another new case of coronavirus in the bay area, new at five, what we have learned now about the latest patient.

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years. >> yes, and this leap year, some are celebrating a special birthday. abc 7 fuse reporter, amy hollyfield has the story. >> reporter: this is a birthday party for twins with a twist. one is turning 4 years old, and. okay. not really. but kind of. so take a look at walter and miles, the cutest little birthday boys ever. they were born on different days. walter was born on february 29th. a leap day. so tomorrow is the first leap day he has had since he was born, and even though it's a little confusing of a concept for the boys and they don't fully understand it, their father is really embracing it. >> dad loves that one is one. he's insistent that we have a cake tomorrow that says, you know, happy first birthday. so we said happy birthday to both of them today. we'll say happy birthday to both of them tomorrow. >> there is a serious side to their birth. the doctors and nurses at the

medical center are celebrating the birthday with them because they saved their lives. >> the boys were born 14 weeks early. they weighed only 2 pounds. their mom was a bit teary eyed about it all. saying she is so grateful and overwhelmed, and they think about this medical team every day. but today and tomorrow it's time to celebrate so they told them happy birthday today, and they're going to tell them happy birthday again tomorrow and they're planning a big party with all their family and friends. in berkeley, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>. >> that's super sweet. i thought this was going to be a cute story about kids that celebrate their birthday every four years, and seeing them in the hospital as preemies, oh, my goodness and they were getting a little shy. i'm all in favor of only counting one of every four birthdays, so if you're 40 then you're 10. >> i'm glad you did the math.

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good schools. quality healthcare, living wage jobs, and life without fear of discrimination. tom: i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. the community on edge, reaction to the coronavirus outbreak and the mystery surrounding how one person got infected. and the school district gets ready for a pandemic, what they're doing on the peninsula to prepare should the disease force students to stay home. plus, they're pulling the plug on a major gaming conference in san francisco because of the coronavirus. and we're spending the week looking at how to build a better b.a.r.t., could a fix lie in a system thousands of miles away. >> now, news to build a better bay area from abc 7. >> just a short time ago we learned of a new case in the bay area, this time in the south bay, questions are swirling around how the patient got

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