>> we're working very hard to expedite the longer process of developing a vaccine. >> our military research labs are working feverishly around the horn here to try to come up with a vaccine. >> the federal government works on a vaccine as the death toll from coronavirus continues to rise in the u.s. and here in the bay area, we're hearing about more cases. >> as you know, this is a rapidly evolving situation. >> good afternoon. thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. the world health organization says tonight containment needs to be the number one priority. >> there are now at least 101 cases of coronavirus in the u.s. there have been six deaths, all in washington state. >> today china reported just over 200 new cases, the lowest since january. the world health organization now says, italy and japan are its greatest concern. those four countries represent 81% of global cases. >> three new bay area cases were announced today.

two in santa clara, who are household contacts of other coronavirus patients. the county has nine total cases. there is a second case in sonoma county. san mateo has reported its first presumptive positive case. that's pending confirmation from the centers for disease control. >> we have live team coverage on the coronavirus outbreak and its impact to the bay area. abc7 reporter luz pena is checking out the rush on supplies in san francisco. big, uwe begin with lauren martinez in the north bay where authorities just held a news conference. lauren? >> the sonoma county resident recently returned from a cruise ship that travelled from san francisco to mexico. now they've been in the county for the past ten days. right now they're being treated at a local hospital. now this case is unrelated to the diamond princess cruise ship that we've recently reported on. now officials just briefed us on the latest. they say this is the second case of covid-19 in sonoma county. a hospital here is taking care of that patient that transferred

from travis air force base. but that person is not a sonoma county resident. now in regards to this latest case, officials decided to declare a local health emergency as well as a local emergency. these proclamations will allow the county to prepare and respond for the possibility of covid-19 spreading into the community. >> once we identified that we have this individual who may have had exposure on a cruise which is a very large investigation that would occur afterwards, the declaration allows for us to have better coordination within the different county agencies as well as then being able to access mutual aid and assistance in a more streamlined process. >> now officials are choosing not to release the names of the hospitals these patients are being treated at. there is an elementary school in

healdsburg that decided to cancel classes today as a precaution of the coronavirus. we'll hear from the head of the school coming up at 5:00. lauren martinez, abc7 news. >> all right, lauren, thank you. now there are no reported cases of coronavirus in san francisco, but mayor london breed says it's not a matter of if that will happen, but when. >> today she announced new steps in efforts to battle the illness. abc7 news reporter luz pena is live in san francisco with the details. luz? >> ama and dan, right behind us the san francisco health department. mayor of san francisco london breed said a new lab opened up today to perform local testing of anyone who might be infected with the virus. the reason behind this is to get results faster between one to two days. there are zero confirmed cases of the coronavirus in san francisco. mayor london breed says the city is ready to respond. >> we must be ready because we know it's coming. it's not a matter of if.

it's really a matter of when. public health officials say in preparation for this the mayor announced a new emergency plan which includes a local testing lab. >> there is no on-demand testing at this time. the test kits from the centers for disease control are limited and test willing be done only after consultation between local health officials and the centers for disease control. >> priority will be given to protecting vulnerable residents. >> third we are expanding our deployment of city staff to help our emergency planning and response efforts. we are committing 50 more staff people to help in this situation. >> as the numbers continue to change rapidly, california has about 40 cases of the coronavirus. dr. colfax with the san francisco health department says we can all play a role in preventing the spread. >> wash your hands. cover your cough and sneeze. stay home if you are sick.

get a flu shot. while it does not prevent coronavirus, it prevents symptoms similar to coronavirus. >> with this in mind, local stores are rung out of cleaning supplies, wipes and water. we saw it firsthand at costco on harrison street. >> earlier i showed you the pallets of wipes. now gone. >> marty baker works for inthat scatter and has seen an influx of customers requesting more cleaning supplies. >> i found over the last week it's been apocalyptic shopping. >> at cole hardware store face masks are gone. >> we also sell them in bulk. but we are expecting a shipment later on this week. >> now according to doctors from the san francisco department of public health, washing your hands with regular soap will reduce the risk of getting sick. in san francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. >> and luz, the department says the cdc test kits are also limited. how many does san francisco have

right now? >> so today the san francisco department of public health received go hundred testing kits. they will not be given to just anyone. they will choose who they're using them for. back to you. >> thank you. people quarantined at travis air force base in fairfield are starting to be released now. you can see two white buses pulling out there. they are carrying dozens of american passengers who were on the diamond princess docked off the coast of japan last month. they left the base just hours ago. fewer than ten people remain in quarantine at travis. the mayor of san antonio, texas is expressing frustration with federal officials over their handling of a woman who tested positive for the coronavirus after being released from quarantine. >> local health professionals in whom i have the utmost confidence are working very hard to prevent the spread of this virus here in san antonio. and we simply cannot have a screw-up like this from our federal partners. >> the patient had been evacuated from wuhan, china, the

epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. she tested negative for the virus twice, but a follow-up test showed a weak positive for the illness. however, that came after she had been out in public in san antonio even visiting a food court. she is back in quarantine. officials believe the risk of any exposure is low. crewmembers on the mscmiraviglia received wild applause as they pepper sprayed two unruly passengers who attacked security guards. tensions began running high after the ship was not allowed to dock in jamaica or the cayman islands. the ship eventually docked in cozumel, mexico where it received a clean bill of health. it returned to miami today. everyone on board will receive a 100% refund. salesforce and twitter have both suspended nonessential travel for employees around the world in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. salesforce made the announcement in a blog post this morning, restricting all but the most

critical domestic travel, at least through march. now in the south bay, the list of events being canceled because of concerns about the coronavirus is growing. >> abc7 news reporter chris nguyen has the story from san jose, where some businesses have seen a slowdown. >> fears over coronavirus are causing tech giants to scrap their conferences. santa clara-based nvidia is the latest company to cancel an in-person event which would have brought more than 10,000 people to the san jose convention center later this month. >> there are going to be businesses. they're going to see some very slow times. we're going to have to pull together as a community and figure out how we can take care of each other. >> downtown hotels and restaurants expect to be some of the hardest hit. >> preparation is the best thing we can do and have contingency plans in place. >> sushi confidential chef randy musterer also caters at the convention center. he hopes that locals will come out to his restaurant to show their support. >> we're anticipating if there is a drop with customers coming in, we're going to be staffed up

appropriately for all to go orders. >> tourist attractions are also seeing a slowdown. in fact, attendance at the children's discovery museum dropped 35% last month. officials say they put extra precautions in place to give visitors as much peace of mind as possible. >> we go back and look at all of our sanitizing equipment and the different detergents, et cetera, that we use, and we make sure that we have the right chemical composition to get rid of whatever germanys were germs we >> now is not the time to panic. >> go into that cafe, go into that restaurant, go into that small shop and please be a customer there. really going to need your support during this time. >> local business thousand bracing for challenging times ahead. in san jose, chris nguyen, abc7 news. >> all of the worry about coronavirus has prompted the palo alto stanford heater to close until further notice. the decision comes in the midst

independent movie theater. its yen manager says it is a voluntary decision made in an abundance of caution. yesterday the theater changed its marquee and posted signs, indicating as you see, closed. after taking a beating over the threat of coronavirus, stocks rallied today wiping out some of the losses. the dow set a single day record. the nasdaq also enjoyed a bounce, picking up 384 points. the s&p was up by 136. there was an anonymous tweet today from apple co-founder steve wozniak. he said his wife has been sick since returning from china at the beginning of the year. it turns out it wasn't coronavirus but a sinus infection. super tuesday. three more candidates are out. the new focus on the california primary, and what you need to know. easing traffic. one company's efforts to help get some cars off the road. and new bachelorette. the northern california woman ready to hand out some roses.

what makes this year's show so unusual. a lot more to come as we continue. i'm spencer christian. still pretty gusty around the bay area right now. but we have a rather warm weather pattern coming our way. i'll have all t ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ wherever we want to go, we just have to start. autosave your way there with chase. chase. make more of what's yours. this is an extraordinary man wiin public service.y career

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mike is still getting things done. so ask yourself. 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. new developments with one of the suspects in an attack on an elderly man collecting cans in san francisco's bayview neighborhood. the district attorney's office withdrew charges today against 20-year-old dwayne grayson. grayson was arrested last week and faced multiple charges. the d.a.'s office says it consulted with the victim and decided restorative justice was a better choice in this case. if that does not work, then criminal charges could still be filed. >> of course we'll continue to follow the story. while traffic gridlock and congestion on our roads and

highways are things we all know very well living here in the bay area. >> we do know it's one of the issues that needs to be addressed in order to help build a better bay area. >> now the city of fremont teaming up now with a local startup to see if technology can help ease that burden. >> abc7 news reporter julian glover picks it up from here. >> ask around the city of fremont and you'll hear getting around isn't as easy as it used to be. >> there is nor traffic as i said. they're building more. more and more and more of the high density buildings. >> it's not worse than any other place. it's just that freeway traffic is really heavy. >> traffic congestion, and with that safety concerns. a problem fremont mayor lilly may says the fourth largest is the any the bay area is working to address. >> as the city, much like others throughout the united states, we face traffic. and it's something that is increasing. we are trying to be proactive in piloting technology. >> the newest solution is a pilot program with pony ai, started just last week.

pony ai was founded in fremont in 2016 and just got a massive $400 million investment from japanese-based toyota. now fremont city employees who ride amtrak or ace into the city's center station can be picked up by a pony ai shuttle and dropped off at the city's development services building. the robo taxi is still manned bay person. >> it encourages people to get out of their car. the best seat on the street is sometimes one next to you. and having two or three people in the vehicles will change how we have a number of cars flowing through our city. >> this initiative of increased ride sharing is part of the city's mobility action plan launched in 2019 with a new goal of decreasing drive-alone commuting when the city hopes only half of the cars on the road will be occupied by only one driver. the mayor says creating a plan that works with existing transit is the key.

>> the hindrance is the first mile and the last mile. how do we get there, after we get to the train station or the bart station. and this is something we're piloting to see how that works. >> mayor mei tells me that the pilot program will last for several more weeks. at that point they'll be looking for feedback from many of their employees to help them decide what their next steps are in their partnership with pony ai, if they plan on rolling out more of these semi autonomous vehicles. reporting in fremont, julian glover, abc7 news. >> we dedicated a week to our building a better bay area coverage to fremont. if you missed the story, you can catch them all on our website. go to abc7news.com/better bay area. this is certainly eye-opening. a new study claims that half of the world's beaches could disappear by century's end if climate change continues unchecked. scientists at the european union's joint research center used satellite images to track the way beaches have changed over the past 30 years, and simulated how global warming might affect them in the future.

researchers calculate that up to 40% of shoreline retreat could be prevented by reducing the greenhouse gas emissions effect. >> interesting. all right. we are what, back to 70s? >> we are. >> mid-70s. >> a big chilldown over the weekend and all that wind we had. now it's warming up. it's still windy, even today. but here is a look at live doppler 7. we have sunny skies right now. the wind has blown all the clouds away. the wind is quite strong right now. even at the surface; we have gusts right now between 25 and 35 miles per hour. widespread gusts around the bay area, and the winds are even stronger in the higher elevations. right now gusts up to 46 miles per hour mt. saint 43 at mt. diablo. it's pretty windy out there. a wind advisory remains in effect for the north bay mountains and the east bay hills until 4:00 tomorrow morning. we could have gusts up to 55 to 65 miles per hour in the highest

elevations. nice clear view from sutro tower looking down on to san francisco where it's currently 68 degrees. we have low 70s right now at oakland, redwood city and san jose. 67 in gilroy and 58 at pacifica. nice blue sky view over the golden gate, except for a few wispy high clouds there. it's currently 75 at santa rosa. low to mid-70s also at petaluma, nap parks fairfield, concord, livermore checking in at 70 degrees. and here is a view from a shaky camera atop mount tam where it's quite windy looking down on the bay. and these are forecast features. a wind advisory in the hills. and dry and mild weather will be with us for most of this week, but big changes are coming at the end of the week. overnight, clear skies and continued breezy conditions at the surface and windy up above. overnight lows will be mainly mid- to upper 40s. probably about 50 degrees here in san francisco. and then tomorrow, look for breezy conditions near the coast. again. but the wind will calm down generally across the region tomorrow. it will be mild, even milder than today perhaps with highs in

the mid- to upper 70s in our inland areas. 79 at santa rosa. 80 degrees likely at cloverdale. mid to upper 70s in the inland east bay and low bay shoreline. high of 68 here expected in san francisco. as you look ahead to wednesday, perhaps even milder than tomorrow with highs in the upper 70s to about 80 in many inland east bay locations. but we start cooling down rather sharply on thursday. friday is going to be a very cool day with high temperatures only in the mid- to upper 50s in many locations, except the very warmest inland spots. and as we look ahead, you can see in the forecast animation, excuse me, as try to recapture my voice, one of the reasons for the cooldown is not only this changing weather pattern with cooler air coming down from the north, but we're also going to have cloudy conditions most of the day on friday. going into the overnight hours friday into saturday morning, notice we'll have scattered showers initially, becoming more widespread by midday. it could be a wet day on saturday. and some of the showers will continue down in the south bay, even into the late night hours

saturday night and overnight into sunday. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. after three rather mild days going into the latter part of the week, we get that sharp cooldown that i mentioned on friday and saturday with showers likely until at least saturday night. and then saturday night or sunday morning, whichever you prefer, we spring forward to daylight savings time. the cool weather stays with us on sunday, but it starts to get interesting as spring approaches it's getting cooler. >> that's crazy, right? >> and cloudier and better chance of rain. go figure. >> we'll take it, though. >> thank you, spencer. all right. spring break is just around the corner, but will coronavirus keep college students at home this spring? plus, a big career change from lawyer to lego artist. we're going to shows

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on the peninsula, they are trying to keep a university from closing. abc7 news was at notre dame de e namur. one student tells us the interim dean informed students the school was in disrepair and could close in the fall. they feel that they are being left in the dark regarding their future. >> a lot of us are in jeopardy. we don't know what we're going to do with our education moving forward. that is why we're here today so, that we can issue, that we get the answer we deserve. >> the school tells abc7 news it is facing challenges raising money and is seeing a decline in

enrollment. it currently has about 1500 students. the school was founded in 1851 and the third oldest college anywhere in california. well, if your dream is to be an astronaut, you can apply at nasa. the agency is accepting applications through the end of the month, but there are some strict requirements. you need to be a u.s. citizen or have a masters degree in science, technology, engineering, or math. candidates must also pass nasa's long duration space flight physical. if accepted, new astronauts could end up on the international space station or work on future planned missions to the moon and to mars. well, the vatican is about to release secret archives to the public. pope francis says the archives are from 1939 to 1958 and include hundreds of thousands of letters, speeches, and more as well as cables. some of the material will show what pope pious the xii did to save jewish people during the

holocaust. critics say they should have been more vocal about fascism in germany and italy, the pope. it's almost super tuesday, and there are already big changes to the ticket. >> huge. two candidates dropped out over the weekend, and now amy klobuchar. so what does that mean for the primary? and the last-minute rush to get out the vote. that's just ahead.

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now news to build a better bay area from abc7. >> another democratic presidential candidate is out of the race. minnesota senator amy klobuchar ended her campaign today and will endorse joe biden at his rally this evening in dallas. klobuchar is a third democrat to drop out of the race in the last two days. pete buttigieg suspended his campaign yesterday, and some steyer di the same on saturday. their decisions reflect an urgent push among moderates to consolidate behind biden to counter progressive rival bernie sanders. the departures mean five democrats are still in the race. here they are in alphabetical order. biden, michael bloomberg, tulsi gabbard, bernie sanders, and new hampshire senator elizabeth warren. >> and one last poll before

tomorrow's primary shows bernie sanders with the lead in california. the golden state poll conducted by the hoover institution and stanford university's bill lane center for the american west shows sanders with 26% support. joe biden is second with 19%. elizabeth warren with 18 and michael bloomberg at 14%. by the way, when asked who they'd like to see as a vice presidential candidate, 30% chose michelle obama. >> so what do all these last-minute changes in the race mean for the california primary? >> good question. liz kreutz is live with more on what to expect on super tuesday. liz? >> hi, dan and ama. i can tell you bernie sanders expects to do really well here tomorrow. we saw his rally over the weekend in san jose. nearly 10,000 people showed up. but look, we've been here outside city hall in san francisco. all day people have been coming and dropping off their ballots with buttigieg and klobuchar out of the race, a lot could change tomorrow. on the eve of california's primary, the race for the democratic nomination has shaken

up. >> it's between two old guys. >> she is referring to bernie sanders and joe biden. sanders the democratic front-runner and biden seen as the new comeback kid after a win in south carolina and now the endorsements of both pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar. the two midwest candidates dropped out of the race ahead of super tuesday in what some say could be a way to consolidate the moderate vote around the former vp. >> it's all a conspiracy, and they're doing it exactly to do what you said, to try to blunt bernie's momentum and get behind biden. >> but it's not so simple. tom dropped off his ballot in san francisco. he said he was planning to vote for [ closing bell ] but with her out now supports sanders. >> a lot in different directions. bloomberg might be capturing some of the voters. warren might be capturing some. even sanders. >> pollster paul says 4 h alrea en rurd california. he estimates roughly 800,000 of those may be for candidates no longer in the race. >> that's going to have a real actual impact when it comes down to allocates delegates.

> another challenge fbiden, he has held no public campaign events in northern california. turkey, his detriment. >> former san francisco mayor willie brown voted for mike bloomberg. he says biden may be at a disadvantage on tuesday. >> he didn't come here for the state democratic party convention, which is a all of those things you need to do, particularly when somebody like bernie will go wherever there are two other people, he makes the third. >> and willie brown wants to remind everyone they're invited to his election day party tomorrow at john's grill. four million people have voted in california. that is more in terms of raw number in 2016, but less in terms of percentage. it's a sign that a lot of people waiting to the last minute to make their decision. live in san francisco, liz kreutz, abc7 news. >> thank you, liz. if you already voted by mail for buttigieg or another candidate who dropped out, your vote still

counts, but you don't get a do-over. we have more on this question and others you might have on our website, abc7news.com. >> okay. abc7 news contributor phil matier is here. it's getting interesting. steyer is out. klobuchar is out. buttigieg is out. what does it mean for the race at this point? really interesting. >> it is. we expect klobuchar and buttigieg to back biden. the question is how many of their voters and supporters are going to follow that lead. in california, we have a primary system that basically says if you don't get 15%, you don't get delegates, either in a congressional election by district or by the statewide. dan, what that means is we've never seen a situation before where candidates weren't necessarily making the 15% threshold. it's usually been down to two or three people. we have five now. and going into this, whole questions about people who are democrats. are they going to bother to ask for democratic ballots? they're the ones that are being polled. are they going to vote or not?

tomorrow is going to be one for the record books. >> what do you look to come out of tomorrow? what do you think is going to be the big win? >> getting heads-up from the registrar of voters is going to be tough to find. the big question, the big question is whether bernie sanders rolls whether he rolls texas and california with enough delegates to either be the nominee or the very least the king maker. >> and he is pulling ahead in texas. >> he is between 25 and 34% in california. and the reason that's key is like we said. the question is can biden. can bloomberg, can warren come in with more than 15% between them to stop sanders' momentum. >> super tuesday tomorrow. who drops out wednesday, do you

think? >> at this point, it's all up in the air, dan. i'm telling you we have not seen a situation like this before. one of the real questions in california is going into this. we do most of our voting by mail these days. you're encouraged to vote by mail. people who voted early by mail, their vote doesn't count. they're not feel together good about that. other people have held off. if you marked your ballot and didn't mail it, you can go in and get it changed a the voting place. what i'm talking about here, we are either going to have a huge indecided that shows up at the polls tomorrow, or people who have opted to stay away. and that's what some of the numbers they're going to be looking at. the big question tomorrow who comes out ahead. which one looks like they stand the best chance of competing with sanders going forward. >> what makes this so fascinating is ten days ago, biden looked dead in the water. >> it's still a strange thing. people that are actually polling more than he is, like the buttigieg are pulling out, in

favor of him. it all comes down to south carolina and the african american vote. they were looking for that as a queue. he did okay in iowa, but who is in iowa. he did okay in new hampshire. now it's rolling into the more populous states. it would be fascinating if we had one more week before super tuesday, for time in between to see what happens. this is going to be like the last two minutes of a game halfway through. >> let's talk about bernie sanders and the concern among a lot of democratic establishment folks that he is just too out there. that he can't get the moderate votes if he becomes the nominee. >> the concern is -- that's one, and you heard that. the concern is what will he do for the other races? the congressional races and the senate races. will he help the democrats hold on to the house? can he change the senate? is he going to have an election where he's helping other democrats or is it going to be a movement? there is a referendum on his policies going forward, whether you're a democrat or a republican running elsewhere in the country. that's what's got a lot of

democrats worried. >> okay, phil. it's going to be really fascinating. >> it's going to be one for the history books. i would really stay tuned in. not only do we have the presidential, but there are a ton of issues out there and ballot propositions that will decide a lot about the bay area going forward. >> thanks, phil. you'll be here with us, of course, providing full analysis. thank you, phil. phil is also "the san francisco chronicle's" insider as well as our insider. you can read his column on wednesdays and sunday. thanks, bill. abc7 news is taking a behind-the-scenes look at democratic presidential candidates and their effort to win in california tomorrow. if you missed our special program chasing california last night, it's on our website, abc7news.com and amazon fire tv. the run on supplies at local stores because of coronavirus. plus the length some people are going to in order to protect themselves. and the new breakfast wars and the main battle front is on twitter. vo: in life, there are talkers and there are doers. 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 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.

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time for the four@4. u.s. officials continue to stress that the risk of exposure to the coronavirus is low for the general american public, but some have been stocking up on supplies. costco stores have been especially busy, with people buying a lot of cleaning items. toilet paper, nonperishable foods. some stores have sold out of water, wipes and hand sanitizer. officials continue to say not to buy face mask, and christian tweeted this photo out today of a store that ran out of rice.

i was in the store and it was jam-pack jam-packed. >> the market i called this afternoon. they got a few in stock, a few bags, first come, first serve. they're still out of toilet paper. we talk about panic buying. we know in california we should have some supplies on hand for earthquakes and other emergencies. but when you have everybody buying a whole month's worth at the same time, shortage. i just wanted to boy a little extra food to have with the baby, and, you know, that stuff. >> remember we had years ago with the dirty bomb threat during terrorism, everybody rushed down and got iodine tablets and duct tape. we tend to respond strongly. it's not always bad. let's not panic buy. >> the line grocery stores this weekend not necessarily long. but those who were in line were buying lots of stuff. >> and nonperishable things. you can't get cup of noodles for me? >> what you doing to make sure your shave? a taxi driver in beijing, china

made himself an improvised protective bubble. a news anchor posted this video on social media. the driver has plastic taped to the top of his car and around the seat to seal him off from the other people this the car. there are more than 80,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in china, of course. it's sort of the epicenter of this. so they're extra precautious there. some drivers may want to do that. >> i was thinking the same thing. there are still the people that just sneeze into their hand or, you know. and when you've got people coming and going inside your car all the time. >> i just want to make one point if you see people taking precautionary measures, that doesn't necessarily mean they are sick. especially in many asian cultures, it's customary in wintertime to wear the masks, even when there is no coronavirus outbreak. it's for the cold and the pollution, of course, right. so more people might be doing that right now. but it's not uncommo any time. >> exactly. you do see that a lot. >> all right.

the season of the bachelor is winding down with the women tell all airing tonight. so it's time to get ready for the bachelorette. 38-year-old sacramento native claire crawley was introduced today on gma. so if you're a bachelor fan, you may remember her from juan pablo season six years ago. she was also on bachelor in paradise and bachelor winter games. crawley is the oldest bachelorette, but says it just means more years of knowing what she wants and what she won't settle for. the new season premieres in may. >> sounds like more years finding it. >> that's a point too. >> just had to throw that in there. >> she has been on a few of these shows. >> it seems like it. >> the oldest. that sounds so young to me, right? >> well, these days, most of our generation people got married, we got married at 22, 24, 25. younger people today are waiting until their 30s. it's not uncommon. >> my daughter was 35 when she got married. and so was her husband. >> and they have a 55 and older show coming up. the new version. looking for love.

>> there is a new front in the fast food breakfast wars. always a tough battleground. today wendy's rolled out its new morning menu, which includes the breakfast frostychino and collection of croissant and biscuit sandwiches. a calculated response. mcdonald's flexed its muscles by declaring today national egg mcmuffin day. can you declare that yourself? free egg mcmuffins. wendy's has been on the offensive posts tweets such as this rip, here lies the egg mcmuffin. >> commercial wars. >> offering free things will get people out for sure. >> it's smart of mcdonald's to offer for free. you can only get it on their app which forces you to download it so you get future promos. >> contacts. mark marketing. >> if mcdonald's can do it, we're declaring it abc7 today.

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travel, what does that mean for your vacation? >> 7 on your side's michael finney is here with tips and deals. michael? >> and joining me is leana corwin. she is from the travel app hopper. okay. we've got to start with coronavirus. are people cancelling a lot of trips? are we seeing that? >> you know, we're seeing a lot of people who had travel plans to affected areas attempt to cancel their trips. and what's great is a lot of airlines have been responding with waiving those cancellation and change fees. so if you're planning to go somewhere that's been impacted, definitely reach out to your airline and see if will is something you can do to change those plans. >> american airlines, i think i saw they said you could book anywhere and cancel it, right? >> yes. and we've been seeing that from a couple of different airlines saying if you book in the next two weeks and then your destination gets impacted by coronavirus, then we'll waive that cancellation fee. so i think because there is so much uncertainty right now, airlines are very understnding of that. but they don't want to inhibit people from makingserips because right now we just don't

know. the cdc has only limited travel to a few destinations that have been hit by the virus. so at this point, i don't think we want to stop travel if we don't have to. >> so basically, they're figuring better to let you book and potentially cancel. otherwise you just won't book? >> exactly. one thing that we're seeing right now is international travel demand is down by about 5%. but interestingly, domestic travel has grown in the past two months. so since the international travel demand has dropped, we've seen a lot of people turning to the u.s., especially when it comes to spring break. >> china people are avoiding. any place else? how about italy? i hear -- it was so funny. i there was a headline saying the rich are escaping the coronavirus by going to italy. what? >> yeah. so italy unfortunately right now the cdc is saying if you do ess avoid it as a destination. it's the only place in europe that they're recommending avoiding right now.

>> okay. >> but that did move up in kind of the watch list in recent days. >> okay. so let's talk about spring break. because if everything is going to be okay, or at least you're going book it now to see what you're going to do. >> definitely. >> i guess there is probably some deals then, right? if traffic is going away. >> we're definitely seeing a lot of deals. and to domestic destinations too, especially buzz of that demand. so too los angeles, san diego, if you want to stay nearby. we're only seeing prices around 120, $130 round trip, which is going to be cheaper than your gas if you decide to drive instead. so that's great. if you want to get away for more spring skiing, we're seeing flights to denver and salt lake city, around $1830 round trip. an these prices are for really when schools are on their spring break. so if you want to do a family getaway, those are the deals for that kind of end of march spring

break time. >> we keep talking about airlines. how about are hotels cutting some deals? i assume cruise ships are. >> so interestingly, cruise lines are what we're seeing is that sometimes they're offering if they're cancelling a trip, they're actually offering to reimburse you and give you another cruise at a discount. so we've seen that kind of anecdotally, though hopper's data really looks at flights and hotels. on the hotel side of things, we're seeing a lot of deals to those destinations i recommended flying to as well. and in the hopper app, you can actually now check out deals to hotels using kind of this heat map that we have. so if you look at y whichys gng heavily discounted than others. that can help you plan your trip when it comes to hotels. >> from the hopper app, it looks pretty cool, leana corwin, thanks for joining us. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, michael.

>> and it feels like spring outside. >> it sure does. spencer christian is tracking the forecast. >> for a couple more days we have spring-like conditions. the wind is quite strong. a wind advisory in effect for the north bay mountains and east bay hills until 4:00 a.m. low temperatures mainly in the mid- to upper 40s. tomorrow another sunny and mild day with highs ranging from mid-60s a the coast to low 70s around the bay to mid and upper 70s inland. and the accuweather seven-day forecast looks like this. it gets even warmer on wednesday with some inland locations likely to approach 80 degrees as a high. cooling starts on thursday. there will be further cooling on friday with an increase in clouds. breezy on saturday with a chance of rain. and don't forget to spring forward to daylight savings time saturday night into sunday. a forecast with a little something for everyone. >> thanks, spencer. we remain dry in the bay area, but snow fell in the sierra and southern california over the weekend. check out the scene at squaw valley alpine meadows yesterday. while there was a storm, the

highways are now clear of snow. there is a chance for more, though, later this week. and check this out. that's a real home in upstate new york covered in ice. encased in it in fact. according to the national weather service, 48 hours of gale-force winds and freezing water from lake erie encased some homes in the town of hamburg in ice. in some cases several feet of ice. while some residents thought the scene was beautiful and surreal, they wouldn't want to live through that again. it's amazing the house can support all that weight. from lawyer to legos. >> i left the law firm behind to make a full-time job playing with toys. >> the art show that's about both science and fun. >> and kristen is here with what's coming up on abc7 at 5:00. >> wrong day to crash. the trading app that went down on the day's stock markets rebounded. touch screen voting. crowds of people preparing for tomorrow's election in the age of coronavirus. and the horse that went off

course and the force that saved him. these stories and more when i join dan for abc7 news at 5:00.

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welcome to monday. here is what is coming up tonight on abc7. at 8:00, be sure to tune in for the bachelor. at 10:00, watch the good doctor. stay with us for abc7 news at 11:00, right after that. an art exhibit has opened up at the california science center in los angeles, but this isn't your usual science exhibit. this one is all about the lego brick. reporter adrian alpert from our sister station in los angeles gives us a look around. >> these are legos on a whole new level, from a starry night to a life-sized swimmer. the art of the brick is opening at the california signs center with more than 100 works of art created from more than one million lego bricks. nathan did not start out as a lego artist. >> well, i was a corporate lawyer in new york city.

and i would come home at night and i would need some sort of creative outlet. i started experimenting with lego. eventually decided you know what? i'm going make a career out of this. and i left the law firm behind to make a full-time job playing with toys. >> fourth graders from the science center school showed us the interactive part of the exhibit, the science of the brick, nine activity stations. so what are you all going to make? >> i'm going to make -- >> make a palace. >> you would expect a tyrannosaurus rex at a science exhibit, but perhaps not one made from 80,000 bricks, or a mastive easter island head. this exhibit has been around the world, inspiring imagination and wonder. >> the mission of the california science center is to inspire curiosity and science learning. so we often like to do this by showing people science in their everyday life, including the toys they play with. >> yellow is nathan's best known sculpture where the bricks

almost have motion and curves. >> that's kind of the magic of using lego bricks. i create things made out of just rectangles, just right angles, sharp corners. you back away from the sculptures and you see all the corners blend into curves. >> the exhibit is open through labor day, and it's for anyone who is still playing with legos, and for any adult who may still have a lego-shaped imprint on the bottom of their foot. adrian alpert, abc7 news. >> that's so incredible. so far there is no word about the exhibition coming to the bay area, but you can check it out in southern california through labor day weekend. and you can get the latest news any time with the abc7 news app. it has enhanced live video features, more customization, and personalized push alerts. get more of the news you want delivered to your phone in realtime that is going to do it for this edition of abc7 news at 4:00. thank you so much for joining us today. i'

developing news on the coronavirus. sonoma county declaring a state of emergency as san mateo counties report new cases. >> a school closed because of the virus. officials say it was done because of an abundance of caution. >> another tech company cancels its conference, moving to make it online only. >> both airlines and travelers are taking a hit. what you can expect if you're taking a trip. what is being done to keep the polls say. taking the proper precautions. how do avoid germs in your gym. >> now news to build a better bay area from abc7. >> good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. we begin tonight with sonoma county declaring a health emergency because of the coronavirus. >> a second case in the county was just confirmed today. officials say the patient recently returned from a cruise ship thatep