friday morning, february 28th. take a peek outside. gorgeous look at the golden gate bridge. an iconic landmark not only in the bay area but across the world. nice start to our friday morning. >> you match it. >> i do. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. yesterday was amazing. weather. i was enjoying the day, windows down. >> we reach a record yesterday,

79 degrees. we're starting out with mid-50s. at noon temperatures in the low 70s in danville. we're at 75 in san jose and 68 in novato. reaching into the mid-70s this it afternoon. we're not going to see any 80s this afternoon. but we're going to cool down for the weekend. as we head over to mike now, you're racking two crashes on highway 92. yeah, i have three crashes. two crash sites over on the peninsula. green sensors almost everywhere. highway 92 over here ralston, an earlier crash with slowing, should be over to the shoulder quickly. over here over on the half moon bay side of 280 this crash between upper and lower 35. we have a crash involving one vehicle. the second crash involves a dump truck not too far so that is a problem between half moon bay. and that is a phone for the morning commute until they clear that up so we'll track that as well. back to you.

>> thank you, mike. >> the number of coronavirus cases is increasing as the cases continue to spread quickly around the world. >> so we want to get you up to speed overnight in the california connection as well. 83,000 worldwide infections are now confirmed. the virus has killed 2,800 people, mostly of them in china. there are still 60 confirmed cases in the u.s. in the meantime health officials are trying to retrace the steps of the solano county woman hospitalized in sacramento. sergio quintana has more on the race to contain the outbreak. >> reporter: most patients at the north bay vacaville hospital have not learned this is where the latest coronavirus patient was first detected. >> now i'm worried we could catch it. >> reporter: administrators are urging the facility is safe. dr. bell mattia saying the new coronavirus patient has changed how everyone will now respond.

>> we know the cat is out of the bag in terms of it having to spread and we're trying to slow the spread as much as possible. >> reporter: authorities say the patient had not recently traveled to china nor in contact with anyone who had recently traveled there. that is why it took so long to get her tested. the cdc has now expanded the criteria for who should be tested. but the cdc has not been able to roll out test kits in large numbers. >> we have been frustrated in getting out a test widely that is able to -- manufactured at cdc because we're very careful about the quality assurance of that test. >> reporter: other countries like china and south korea have widely distributed tests. during a news conference with gavin newsom he revealed california only has 200. >> that is simply inadequate to do justice to the kind of testing that is required to address this issue head on. >> reporter: he said the cdc has now agreed to send more kits. as authorities scramble to

contain the virus, they're also tried to alleviate concerns. at fairfield unified schools janitorial staff was dispatched to scrub down classrooms and parents were said it is just a precaution. sergio quintana, "today in the bay." now around the globe new travel warnings are in effect. you could find more on the travel disruptions at nbcbayarea.com and just click on the coronavirus coverage tab. super tuesday now just four days away and democratic candidates are stumping around california all weekend before voters head to the polls. joe biden will be campaigning for her husband in san francisco today. bernie sanders will hold a rally in san jose on sunday. then on monday elizabeth warren will be in los angeles. and pete buttigieg will hold a rally in san diego on monday as well. to vieh a complete voter guide head to nbcbayarea.com/election guide. pg&e is being hit with a new record fine. this is in connection with a

string of deadly wildfires -- ignited by faulty equipment. and this add to an earlier court approved fine. it will help people who lost relatives and property in 2017 and 2018. it does not impact the separate $13 billion fund work as part of the pg&e bankruptcy plan. new details on the san francisco long push to open safe injection sites for drug addicts. according to the examiner, a legal victory in philadelphia may pave the way. where a nonprofit won the right to open a safe injection site despite the doj legal challenge prompting the mayor london breed to draft new legislation for san francisco. past efforts have been held up by legal challenges but it is possible that a safe injection site could open in san francisco next year. 4:35 this morning and a new housing study has people living

in affordable housing and they say they are at risk of losing homes as families look to make it in the bay. >> the bay area has 2,000 rent control apartments. right now another 5,000 units are at risk because leases are set to expire. back in december they approved several laws to protect ten ants to make nor affordable housing in the city. san jose has the first tiny homes for people would were homeless. the mayor posted the government and city leaders are opening the bridge housing community. the tiny homes development located on mayberry road near coyote creek. 40 homes in total there. ricardo said the new service is a bridge between homelessness and permanent housing. 4:36 and the coronavirus is having a massive impact on a global economy. still ahead for you this morning on "today in the bay," the all new cancellations being issued by companies this morning. >> plus privacy fears over

facial recognition software. all coming to a head. a company is taking your online photos to create a massive data base. the bay area law enforcement agency using their software. and a live look out at bay bridge toll plaza, you could see a little back-up there this morning. fike is going to help us out with the compute throughout the morning. don't want to miss i >> between the gorgeous sites, amazing food and diverse cultures, you love the bay area. but you don't love the traffic, high priced homes and seeing our neighbors struggle. so let's find a way to to make things better. nbc bay area news presents "making it in the bay," every day on every newscast. we break down the housing crisis, meet the people fighting for survival and find real solutions. "making it in the bay," every day, every newscast on nbc bay area. mckissack and mckissack

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head outside in fremont as you get ready to head out of the door, temperatures are feeling milder compared to other mornings this week. we're in the low 50s. and we'll see a few more high clouds moving through and temperatures warming up once again. we'll look at it this and our microclimates in a few minutes. right now palo alto, 101 looks great. very easy drive. we should see easier flow of traffic with the commute being a friday, but early problems over on the peninsula if you're heading to or from half moon bay, you better listen up, coming up. good morning, i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. wall street could see more selling pressure following yesterday's massive declines which were fueled by coronavirus fears. the dow and the nasdaq and the s&p 500 seeing the biggest one day point decline the worst day since 2011. it has taken the s&p 500 six

trading days to into correction territory or 10% below a recent high. that is the fastest move in history. the markets are on pace for the worst week since the financial crisis as people move away from stocks to u.s. treasury bonds and gold. biotech firms are -- british airways cannot forecast earning this entire year due to demand and cut flights to south korea and italy. facebook is hcanceled the developer conference. and the owner of tokyo disney will close the two team parks for two weeks to try to limit the spread of the virus. back here in the u.s., wau walms working on a competitor to

amazon prime called walmart plus. they will test this membership program next month. a rebranding the exiting delivery unlimited service which charged customers $98 a year for same day delivery of fresh groceries allowing customers to text orders plus discounts on prescription drugs at walmart pharmacy and scan and go service letting shoppers check out in store without waiting in line. that hast one is probably the most attractive to me. >> you have to make sure you're in a store that has that service. other wise people are walking in and -- otherwise it is just stealing. frank holland with with petty theft this morning. thank you. >> let's hope now. have a good weekend. >> you too. trending this morning, a major pop star is unrecognizable in her new video. now let's see if you could guess who it is. take a look.

♪ >> listen to the voice. that is what gave it up. taylor swift is a man. for the new song "theman" she dressed to show the perspective between men and women. he used makeup and cgi for that scene. she wrote and directed the video and at the the end she told her man self to act for sexy for the camera. >> interesting. >> we'll give it to her. girl power for her. 4:43. >> let's get out of the door with a look at our temperatures. in the 40s in the north bay, mid-50s for the south bay. another warm-up but a cool down for the weekend coming up in the forecast. tay loy swift has a better beard than i can grow.

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my $4 fish sandwich combo! stack it up for an extra buck. and here we go. a friday morning for you as we take a live look out at san jose. a beautiful way to start the friday. it is friday. >> i know. >> how long have we waited for >> that is true. no secrets here. so we start out this morning with another nice forecast. >> yeah. still warm. we're still going to have our sunshine and we're heading into the last days of the month. when it is without a drop of rain. so might enjoy it. a look at our live view in oakland as you get ready to head out and head to work this morning. we're going to see temperatures milder due to the warm weather we had yesterday. if you're going to be going to the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station, expect it to be at about 55 degrees in the next hour and then a mix of sun and clouds.

we'll see a few more clouds today. giving us a filtered sunshine. as our temperatures make it into the upper 60s at noon. let's get a look at all of our high temperatures for today. milpitas and east san jose reaching 78. now yesterday was about 79 so one degree below that and 75 today in walnut creek. while pleasanton tops out at 77 degrees. for half moon bay, you'll feel cooling there. 61 for a high. and san mateo reaching 71. some upper 60s in san francisco today. and some mid-70s for the north bay with santa rosa reaching 74 degrees. as you check out that seven-day forecast, it is already up at the bottom of the screen. we're getting a look at changes ahead for the bay area. we could see the storm track still to the north and some clouds spreading in from the south. we can see this will give us those clouds that we'll see throughout today but a lot more changes ahead as the cool air starts to roll in from the north, by sunday we have gusty winds. also a chance of some sierra

snow. for us that high pressure builds once again into next week. warming our temperatures up. so we have a couple of days with much cooler air and some gusty winds that we'll have to watch on sunday as we get more clouds moving in. look at that high temperature, ome 59 degrees. but we jump up another 10 degrees on monday. mike, you're tracking the crashes in the san mateo highlands. >> that is right. this is most of the area between 280 and picture this if you know, between 280 and skyline and there is that bike place and then la canada road and just off of 280 where we have the slowing, a crash involving a ving ving -- a vingle vehicle and then a garbage truck. not far from 280. we hope this clears over the next hour but that would be a problem to and from half moon bay. we'll track that. no major injuries or other major crashes throughout the bay.

greet speed sensors. 92 is the san mateo bridge, it is clear. just want to make that clear to everybody. no problems across the water there. there is the richmond-san rafael, bay bridge of moving nicely. a little slowing through berkeley but no probation on the freeways and i'll double check to make sure there is no big problems for the commute. here is the bay bridge. the back-up at the toll plaza, just the left cash maybes b -- h lanes but few cars. back to you. >> thanks. well the federal investigation is now complete into allegations that usc did not disclose abuse by a former health center gynecologist. according to the civil rights department the usc misled agents about the allegations and usc leaders knew about the accusations but didding nothing. the former giynecologist george

tindle pled not guilty to the charges. the university is agreeing to settle more than $200 million to more than 18,000 former patients. an up start facial recognition company getting attention is under fire from civil liberties groups from a new ex pose. ai has been assembling billions of images scraped from public online sources like facebook, all for facial recognition data base. the new buzzfeed ex-pose shows i.c.e., the fbi and the department of justice. the san mateo county sheriff's office on that list as well as best buy and macy's. there is a new concern about privacy. >> the aclu issued a statement calling for legal action saying it is -- despite opposition i.c.e. and law enforcement prone to abuse are eagerly adopting a

highly dangerous technology. they did say there were numerous inaccuracies as there is ongoing federal investigation we have no further comment. so if you've ever been caught a long wait to check your luggage at the airport. this next story will get your appoint. five airlines at l.a.x. are all testing a common use self-servicing baggage check like united and i think southwest as well. passengers could drop bags at a kiosk when prints out the tags. and more will expand including british airways and including air france. and [ inaudible ]. "today in the bay" coming up for you, a busy bay area weekend when it comes to sports. warriors fans busying about what is going on. we're going to tell you who is making a triumphant return on

sunday. plus making fetch happen. >> people look at you all of the time and everybody just knew stuff about you. >> where could you become a mean girl. but first happening now, sean gussy toppling a gust in west germany. the bus was traveling from croatia and several train routes were shut down because of the weather. even a soccer match was postponed because of the approaching storm. 4:53 now. a lot more ahead. vo: while other candidates argue about health care, mike bloomberg has a record of doing something. as mayor, he protected women's reproductive rights. expanded health coverage to 700,000 new yorkers. and decreased infant-mortality

rates to historic lows. as president, he'll build on obamacare, cap medical costs, and will always protect a woman's right to choose. mike bloomberg: a record on health care nobody can argue about. mike: i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message.

4:55 this morning. and star pitcher johnny quaido is set to take the hill tonight in the game against colorado. this is your chance to get a look at this year's giants team

on nbc bay area. the action will get underway at 6:00. >> if you're a card-carrying member of dub nation you heard this news. steph curry will return to the lineup on sunday at home against washington. he's been out since breaking his hand at the start of the season. so welcome back. trending this morning. you could sit with wius. it is a pop-up restaurant inspired by the comedy "mean girls" opening in los angeles this spring. tickets to fetch is finally happening. it is $45 and includes three course pre-fixed meals for a entry into the restaurant. there is no word if the plastics will make an appearance. >> i'm a cool mom. big weekend ahead for music lovers if you're a fan of the pitch perfect movie. ♪ >> oh, yeah.

we'll have our own version of the acapella singoff right here in the bay area. kaiser permanente college notes is bringing back acapella groups across the country. that is me. this is from last year. i had the opportunity to emcee and they invited me back this year. >> that is fun. >> it is a lot of fun. a lot of talented kids out there. if you are interesting in the sing-off it is happening both friday and saturday so it starts tonight at the lesher center for the arts in walnut creek starting at 8:00. and i'm telling you, i'm amazed. >> it looked like a clip out of the movie at first. >> we like to think that. but these kids could be if the movie. >> youngins. >> and they're so talented. what they could do with vocals without music. amazing. we're tracking the latest developments in the coronavirus. report with how the federal government is responding to the crisis. and we'll answer your questions about the deadly disease. >> and we'll have a windy

weekend. we'll talk about how high the winds will get and what to expect as temperatures drop coming up in the microclimate forecast. a live look at the north bay. san rafael moving smoothly. light friday traffic but a big problem in half moon bay with folks on 280 and those who make the connection, you want to stand by for the next report. plus a shocking attack in the middle of the day. a woman dragged for several feet by a thief. the search for the suspect behind the violent robbery in san francisco. >> between the gorgeous sites, amazing food and diverse cultures, you love the bay area. but you don't love the traffic, high priced homes and seeing our neighbors struggle. so let's find a way to to make things better. nbc bay area news presents "making it in the bay," every day on every newscast. we break down the housing crisis, meet the people fighting for survival and find real solutions. "making it in the bay," every day, every newscast on nbc bay

area. when i came home from prison my sons were in their teens. so i got involved in juvenile justice, i didn't want them to go through the same thing i went through. michael bloomberg created the young men's initiative. in helping keep other young men and young women from entering into the criminal justice system. and we see it, we see it in young people being employed. we see young people being removed out the system. running for president, what better platform for him to speak about real justice, real reform. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message.

we are at present evaluating everyone who may have had contact with this patient. >> right now at 5:00, under quarantine. new details on the solano county all-out response after someone mysteriously contracted the coronavirus. we have live team coverage all morning long. we're answering your questions. plus the push for your vote ahead of super tuesday. the campaign stops now in the works and the outlook for tomorrow's pivotal primary in south carolina. and a deadly accident this contra costa county. an 11-year-old boy is hit by a car. what police are now saying about the driver. "today in the bay" continues right now. and good morning to you on this friday. getting started to kick off the weekend. thanks for starting your morning here with us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. did someone say weekend. >> i said it. >> it is going to have a change. >> a big change going