yesterday and it is an adult woman said to have had chronic health conditions. she's currently hospitalized. the sixth and seventh cases are husband and wife, both are in the hospital. the couple recently traveled to egypt where there's been at least two confirmed cases of the virus. the husband is said to have chronic health conditions which worsens the severity of the toll the virus takes on the body. as news broke over the weekend of several new cases of the virus in santa clara county likely through community spread, you can see the crazy crowds at costco. people rushing to stock up on everything from disinfectants to food, they actually ran out of clorox wipes in this costco in san jose. health officials reminding everyone not to panic but to be prepared and have a plan. they're reminding everyone to wash those hands often. disinfect things you touch often as often as possible and try to keep from touching your face. simple things that can help us all decrease the likelihood of

this virus spreading. julian glover, abc7 news. health officials in solano county reporting two health care workers tested positive for the virus. officials say they will stay in isolation at home until they are cleared from the virus. health care workers must now wear protective gear when a patient comes in with a respiratory illness, whether or not that patient has traveled. >> the health care workers recognize that this is a part of their job. the truth be told, coronavirus is not that scary. if you look at the disease, how it passes from person to person, what kinds of symptoms it causes, it is in many respects very similar to what we see with influenza. >> also in solano county, those cueny underere passengers on th diamond princess cruise ship. the impact on tech from

coronavirus is growing. amazon says two employees were infected in europe. last year amazon stopped all nono nonessential business travel. the "new york times" reports that facebook has advised employees to reach out if they feel sick and to work from home. we dedicated a page of our website to all of our stories on coronavirus. you'll find the latest updates plus how you can prepare at abc7news.com. we have a lot of practical information that you can share with friends just to get the word out about what makes a difference when protecting you and your family's health. every day we update our main story with the latest developments. you can also install the abc7 news app to get breaking news alerts to your phone. at the live desk i'm tracking a breaking hostage situation in the philippines. kee hmer security guard has

manila. police have been trying to negotiate with the guard for hours. gunshots rang out at the mall lockdown. the mayor confirmed the man taking people hostage was a security guard who was dismissed. >> thanks. california voters will soon be heading to the polls for super tuesday. the pool of potential democratic candidates is thinning out. pete buttigieg dropped out of the race for president. buttigieg is out, senator bernie sanders is making a last-minute push here in california. a huge crowd turned out to see him at a rally in san jose yesterday. liz kreutz was there and talked with him. >> reporter: in front of a massive crowd in san jose, presidential candidate bernie sanders made his final pitch to california voters. >> and we are opening up the door for young people in an s.end y to get

>> reporter: ahead of his rally, we sat down with him one-on-one, where he brushed off joe biden's big win on saturday in south carolina. joe biden had a big win there, people are calling this a comeback moment. do you see this as a threat in any way to your campaign? >> let's see what happens on tuesday. all i can tell you is we have thousands and thousands of volunteers in california and all across this country. i think we're going to do just fine on tuesday. >> reporter: sanders has campaigned in california more than any other candidate and currently leading in the polls. let's say you win the nomination, what will you do to reach out to more moderate democrats who are still a little bit uncertain about democratic socialism? >> i think all of the democratic presidential candidates will be united in making sure we do everything humanly possible, humanly possible to defeat donald trump. >> reporter: he also talked

about the key issue of electability. we also asked about nancy pelosi's house seat, there's a democratic socialist running against nancy pelosi. sanders declined to comment on the race. he did say he's known pelosi for a long time and she does a good job given the circumstances. in san jose, liz kreutz, abc7 news. abc7 news is taking a behind-the-scenes look at democratic presidential candidates and their effort to win in california tomorrow. if you missed ed our special program, chasing california last night, it's on abc7news.com and on fire tv. pg&e will discuss how they will reorganize to get out of bankruptcy. it's been over a year since pg&e filed for bankruptcy. at the time the company faced more than $30 billion in liabilities for recent wildfires. fire investigators determined that pg&e power lines caused the camp fire which killed 85 people

in paradise in 2018. a second person is in custody this morning in connection with an attack that was caught on video. the it shows an older man being harassed, assaulted and robbed as he collected cans in san francisco's bayview district. 56-year-old jonathan emerson surrendered to police yesterday. he is facing two downs of robbery and elder abuse. he reportedly robbed the same victim two months ago. on thursday, dwayne grayson was arrested at his home for his role in the attack. on the peninsula investigators trying to determine why a man drove into a group of teens in burlburlingam. he drove on to a sidewalk and hit the four teens on saturday. he sped away but witnesses followed him. they led police to the suspect. two of the victims had major issues. he faces felony hit and run and attempted homicide charges. a class action lawsuit

against fastrak goes to court today. you may already be a part of it. and a powerful investor buys a big stake in twitter. it may already be planning a major coop at the top. and the key to happiness may be growing in your home. how giving your plants a name could change your life. >> i have a plant, i haven't named it yet, i may try this. >> what do you name it? >> i don't know. i call it plant, i talk to it. >> as long as you talk to it. if you're going to name it, you're going to talk to it. >> of course. you haven't named a plant before? >> no. my wife does. she names our plans. >> what's your favorite? >> we have a rubber tree plant that she's had -- precedes me, it's called henry. >> henry? >> yes. >> i wasn't ready for that. >> what's going on with the weather? >> warming trend is on the way. we'll talk to jobina and see if it's a good monday morning out

there. 49 to 52 degrees is our spread. 48 at walnut creek. 52 in pittsburg. the breezes have kept their temperatures up. look at this, 56 in oakland and san francisco. 54 in pacifica and mountain vie. hayward 52. it's darn comfortable outside except the breezes which you will hit when you cross some of the bridges. watch out for that. a little crosswind tugging at the wheel. mild this morning, warm this afternoon. we have a small craft advisory. 12-hour planner, wall to wall sunshine. that's our new symbol for breezy conditions. some of the fastest breezes in the north bay will be around 1: as of th 60s to the low 70s. for the east bay, wall to wall sunshine. pretty big spread from 49 at 7:00 to about 65 at noon. near 70 at 3:00. 62 at 7:00.

in san francisco, temperatures in the upper 50s through 9:00. look at that. up to 69 degrees at 3 cl:00. the only thing that will make it feel cooler today are those breezes. we get rid of those, we have warmer weather on the way, possibly 80s coming back to the forecast. we'll talk about that in a minute. >> 80s? >> yes. >> whoa. >> you like that? >> i do. i know someone with a pool now. >> that's what it is. you made some friends. >> yes. thank you, mike. weather looks good and so does traffic. taking you to a live look showing you the bay bridge toll this backup here that you see. there is also a high wind

advisory for the bay bridge as well. drive times here, albany to the maze, be 4-minute ride. fremont to san jose 13 minutes. highway 101 to cupertino, 10-minute ride. a look at the map here, we don't have a slowdown except for coming out of tracy. everything else looking good. we'll be back with more news, weather an tom steyer will beat donald trump on the economy. his people over profits plan makes a living wage a right. creates thousands of good paying green jobs in california. and provides a 10% tax cut for everyone making under $250,000. tom's plan also makes health care a right, by adding a public option to obamacare. protects union negotiated plans. and ensures californians can make their own health care choices. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message.

vo: iand there are doers.lkers mike bloomberg has spent his life getting things done. started a company from scratch, creating 20,000 good paying jobs. that getting it done. as mayor, he rebuilt a shaken city after 9/11, created over 450,000 jobs. expanded healthcare to 700,000 and raised teacher pay. elected for three terms because he got things done. mike beat the nra, strengthening gun laws. he beat big coal, closing over 300 dirty coal fired plants. mike is still getting things done. so ask yourself. for president, do you want a debater or a doer?

someone with workable, common sense plans to fix healthcare and create jobs, who's done both. mike has the record and resources to beat trump. and it will take both. but mike will get it done. bloomberg: i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. all right. what we're looking at is the

wind advisory. i wanted to show you the first one, this is for the san francisco peninsula coast. that's until 9:00 this morning. now, you also will see the north bay mountains is and the east bay hills. that is until 4:00 tomorrow morning. we're still going to have breezy conditions. that's also going to lead to the dramatic warmup in temperatures today. look at this, 66 in fresno. 64 in monterey. low to mid 70s for sacramento and chico. windy around l.a. and san diego. 74 and 64. windy at yosemite, 53. 43 degree temperatures today in tahoe after the snow over the weekend. near record highs wednesday and thursday. more snow possible this weekend. >> thanks. san francisco firefighters are watching for flair ups after a huge fire in san francisco's bayview district. they have been putting water on the charred debris of a warehouse that collapsed in saturday night's inferno. people saw the flames and the explosion from several miles away.

high winds made it hard to battle the fire. it destroyed a towing company, a restaurant and an apartment building where two people were living. nobody was hurt. a trial starts in san francisco in the long awaited class action lawsuit against fastrak. 7 on your side received so many responses from motorists wanting to know how you can join the suit. you may already be a part of it. michael finney explains why. >> reporter: the lawsuit began after the golden gate bridge switched to all-electronic tolling in 2013. drivers with jot the device are supposed to get tolling invoices in the mail. they say thousands never got their invoices, often due to address mistakes. the suit says fast track didn't try to find the motorists but simply piled on penalties. >> they shredded the return mail and imposed penalties for failing to pay the toll.

>> reporter: now the golden great bridge district and tolling authority say they improved the system for handling tolls and disputes, but they want to keep their policy as secret from all of us, saying the information to, quote, game the system and avoid paying tolls. hundreds of viewers have told their stories saying fastrak unfairly charged them with toll penalties too and they feel helpless to dispute them. sharon writes how do people join as it turns out you don't have to. you are already in it. that is if you fit the definition of this class. so, how do you know? you are in the class if you crossed the golden gate bridge since 2013 and received a toll penalty. the suit says you are entitled, at least, to a hearing.

and the suit asks for a full refund if your toll invoice got thrown away by fastrak. the suit does not cover drivers on other bridges but demands fastrak use a fair syem notify drivers before attaching penalties. that effects all drivers on all bay area bridges. if you want to hear what fastrak has to say, you can attend the trial in person in san francisco superior court beginning on monday. 7 on your side will be there and we'll object to hiding those public policies. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. the key to happiness may be naming your plants. according to the "l.a. times," scientists say giving your plant a name can make you feel less lonely. a psychology professor explains how it works. he says people who name their plants deepen their relationship with it fighting off feelings of isolation. people who name their plants are more likely to take care of

them. i wholeheartedly agree with this. my plant almost feels like a pet to me. i got to check on it, because i haven't named her yet. it's a her. i have to check on her. i talk to her in the morning. i tell her bye. make sure these watered. have an alert on my phone so she's not neglected. >> how does that alert work? >> to water her so i'm not forgetting. >> not all the way there? >> not all the do taking care plant. it's growing now. it was dying. i identified that, and said oh no. now it's looking good. >> good. >> what's the difference? you water it more? >> yeah. >> my yard all weekend was bone dry and dying. hopefully there's rain in the forecast on friday and saturday

and it comes to fruition. henry, our plant can keep living. henry will be around long after mike will, because he was there long before mike was. here's a look from our roof camera. flags clearly unfurled. definitely a breezy morning out there. welcome to meteorological spring day two, starts march first. we have a warming trend today. warmth peaks wednesday. inland neighborhoods pushing 80. we'll get chances of rain and cooler weather for friday and saturday. here's the area of high pressure steering the down sloping northerly winds that are so dry right now. dew points in the 20s and 30s. that's the amount of moisture in the air, which is significantly lower than it t hastai 66 in ha. san francisco and san mateo, morgan hill, 69. santa cruz, 67. 69 in livermore.

everyone else around 70 to 74 degrees. 70 in san jose, concord. 74 up in santa rosa. tonight dropping back to the mid 40s and low 50s. you can see warmer today, tomorrow, and 64 to 80 is our spread wednesday. increasing clouds taking temperatures down thursday. the onshore breeze will bring us a slight chance of rain friday, saturday and we lose an hour of >>. know. >> good morning, everyone. so if you could spot where you live on the map here, odds are you probably are in great shape as you head out the door. our only slow area it coming through the altamont pass out of tracy, there's a high wind advisory this morning. moving over -- a bit windy in emeryville. shaky camera there shows you 80 as people make their way towards the maze. headlights there. the toll plaza is stacked up. san francisco to

ride. highway 85 to the san jose airport, 10-minute ride. kumasi? >> thanks. a major republican donor has purchased a big stake in twitter and may want to remove jack dorsey as ceo. here's tech bytes. a possible corporate coop is under way at tritter. >> a major investor wants to force jack dorsey out of his job by taking over the board. the investment group is unhappy that dorsey is focusing on other adventures. and a new prediction about the effect of the coronavirus on china's smartphone market. >> it says that market will shrink by 40% in the first quarter of this year. that means consumers in china will purchase 33 million phones than they did last year. and you will need the mcdonald's app if you want to score a free egg mcmuffin today. >>u offering a free sndwich if they order through

the app. >> can they have national p iniddle day? s. one. those are your tech bites. six numbers are about to change somebody's life in the south bay. the jackpot they won in the latest super lotto drawing. and klay thompson debuts his vo: iand there are doers.lkers mike bloomberg has spent his life getting things done. started a company from scratch, creating 20,000 good paying jobs. that's getting it done. as mayor, he rebuilt a shaken city after 9/11, created over 450,000 jobs. expanded healthcare to 700,000 and raised teacher pay. elected for three terms becausee mike beat the nra, strengthening

gun laws. he beat big coal, closing over 300 dirty coal fired plants. mike is still getting things for president, do you want a debater or a doer? someone with workable, common sense plans to fix healthcare and create jobs, who's done both. mike has the record and resources to beat trump. and it will take both. but mike will get it done. bloomberg: i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message.

to give his money to charity, giving pledge when this californian walked away from his billion dollar company for good. he drives a chevy volt, flies commercial, and spends his days building for social and environmental justice. why? tom steyer believes every child deserves the same opportunities as his. a healthy planet. good schools. quality healthcare, living wage jobs, and life without fear of discrimination. tom: i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. here's a look at the wind advisory. once again, it's until 9:00 this morning for the peninsula coast

all the way down into the santa cruz mountains. for the north bay mountains and the east bay hills, we have that until 9:00 tomorrow morning. breezes right now gusting 56 in diablo. 41 at down to the surface today. we could have gusts around 15 to 20 miles per hour. >> thanks. warriors fans got to meet klay thompson and his beloved dog rocco. the two stopped by the warriors shop at chase cente yesterday for the rocco shoe launch party. rocco is hanging out on his throne while thompson signed shoes for his fans and jerseys. some people waited hours in line to meet them. >> it feels so good to feel the love from the fans. i know you'll see us win a bunch of basketball games again, we

have such a loyal fan base, any time you can show love it's an honor for me. >> thompson has been out all season as he rehabs from a torn acl. he's one of 44 finalists for the 2020 olympic team. he says he wants to play if he's healthy enough. a san jose shopper is $12 million richer. this person picked all six numbers in the super lotto drawing. the numbers are 5, 20, 22, 24, 32, mega number 15. the ticket was bought at the safeway in willow glen. this ticket was the only jackpot winner. whoever it is, you are blessed. >> yes, they are. here is friday morning. starting at 7:00, showers lining up for the afternoon hours. along the north bay coast, then as we head into the evening

hours, 8:00, 9:00, shnow up in the sierra. showers for early saturday morning. heading into saturday afternoon, it looks like the north bay once again, a best chance of showers. a colder system, so we could have snow up there. it wasn't a lot of rain. so if you need to water the yard, water the yard. jobina? >> thank out the map here. you can see the red spot, slow coming out of tracy. there's also a portion at the bay bridge toll plaza. we are working to confirm if there's an issue going on there. it's definitely crowded at the toll plaza. it usually is not around this time of the morning. moving over now to a live look . it looks like we've been having issues with my traffic program, so it is going to be a little frozen on this map now. kumasi, i will send it back to you. >> thanks. coronavirus emergency. coming up next, a new travel advisory for americans who are planning an overseas trip. and democrats vying for your

vote have one more day. we have full analysis of the weekend's major shakeups. and the big bachelorette reveal this morning. get your coffee, get ready. the exclusive announcement of who the most empoweringmike experiences that i've had. it's important to talk to the people who know him personally. i worked for him for 8 years in city hall. i've been working for bloomberg for 27 years. 25 years. almost 30 years. there's nobody that i respect more, and felt more respected by. mike believes excellence is not defined by gender. mike builds a culture that advances women. i was the first woman ever appointed to be council to the mayor. he expects excellence out of everyone,

but he also provides the kind of support that allows you to be that person. mike called to tell me, you should be proud of what you've done and your name should be on that project. he has faith in you, he believes in you. it was about always showing up and doing your best. i always knew that he had my back. he was raised by an extraordinary woman, she supported him all along the way and that's very much a part of who he is. mike supports women, he promotes women, and he respects women. steyer: wall street banks took of millions of americans during the recession. so, my wife kat and i took action. we started a non-profit community bank with a simple theory- give people a fair deal and real economic power. invest in the community. in businesses owned by women and people of color. in affordable housing. the difference between words and actions matters. that's a lesson politicians in washington could use right now. i'm tom steyer, and i approve this message.

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, 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. now at 5:00, cases of coheay area growing by the day. some showing no signs of origin. the latest on the new infections and a rush to stock up on supplies. >> we have a responsibility to consider the effect of remaining in this race any further.

>> it's not what many were expecting to see with days to go before super tuesday. a couple democrats dropping out as california makes its vote. good morning on this monday, march 2nd. >> we want to check in with mike and see what the forecast is like. >> let's give you an update on the wind advisory. the peninsula coast until 9:00 this morning. east bay hills and the north bay mountains, gusty winds until 4:00 tomorrow some winds are faster than 60 miles per hour right now. helena down to 34. tamalpais, 43. 39 in the east foothills. it's a brycing morning. 60 at the coast in the noon. 68 to 67 around 4:00. much