last two weeks will be released in just hours. that group was last wave of quarantine passengers from the diamond princess. they will finally return home. as "today in the bay" sergio quintana reports, alameda county . and good monday morning to is the latest in the bay area to you. march 2nd. a live look out at san francisco and san jose. declare a emergency. >> nice. >> all right. yeah. >> reporter: a patient being we like to start the week like this. treated at vaca val hospital in a nice way. at 4:30 -- vacaville. >> we love it. both attended to the patient and started displaying symptoms so >> staying informed. they were tested. >> they are not ill enough to >> that is true. require hospitalization but they >> thanks for starting your have the misfortune of being morning with us. exposed to the patient in such a i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm kris sanchez in for way that the virus was able to laura garcia who is not starting her morning at 4:30 today, lucky pass to them. >> reporter: there are 90 people at vaca valley hospital who came gal. want to look at that forecast. in contact with the patient and that was a beautiful b weekend she was not tests because she but kari is looking at wind had not travelled to china nor had any contact withne who ahead. >> winds from the weekend will had but after a few day

continue today. here is a look at the t condition deteriorated so she gusts inena sent to uc davis where she reaching 72 miles per hour and tested positive for covid-19 and this is in oakland hills, mt. diablo and now the cdcs that changed criteria for testing. still health leaders are urging reaching into the 70s so warmer calm. >> the vast majority of the than yesterday. we'll warm up over the next few people critically ill are people days and is it still looks dry with underlying medical in the forecast. we'll talk about rain chances conditions, chronic conditions or the elderly. ahead and more about the winds coming up. mike you're trying to read the >> reporter: in santa clara three new cases. a woman with chronic health signs out there. >> it is too far so i can't read conditions and the second and third cases were husband and it. trying to read that sign. it is talking, i'm guessing, wife, both had travelled to about the construction zone just egypt. to the north of here. santa clara now has seven cases. do you see one set of flashing it this weekend the head of the lights. this is palo alto our shot here. world health organization no slowing shows up on sensors. offering advice tweeting if you reports of a crash in a are over 60 or have an construction zone southbound around whipple. that's the start of the -- or the end of the construction zone underlying condition avoid up there. crowded areas. no one 880 another crash on th >> we need to prepare for a pandemic. day by day the window for shoulder and that is whyse none

closing. >> we're keeping an eye on the lanes are blocked. headlines. bay area health experts are contra costa county moving worried the virus could affect thousands of homeless people as smoothly but slowing at the bay well. the california department of bridge toll plaza. the two lanes on either side are public health is telling "the mercury news" that the home are at a higher list of becoming back up by cars. they are still waiting to open a few more cash lanes so this is infects. health experts said to be the early rush. careful about having too much no surprises, back to you. >> thanks, mike. close contact with other people let's start with the new but people living in homeless developments in the deadly coronavirus outbreak. encampments, that is nearly new cases are confirmed in two impossible. the health department and states on the east coast nonprofit are monitoring camps bringing the total number in the all over the state to make sure u.s. to 88 cases and one more they are prepared if the the virus spreads into homeless person has died overnight in population. and we'll continue to follow washington state bringing the total number there across the this story all morning long. country to two. now here is a look at all of the we're in constant contact with states with those cases. local health officials in all of in the bay area there are five the counties. new cases here. when we get new information we post it online so keep an eye on and this is of the coronavirus. and sources telling nbc bay area that two of the patients are our home page throughout the currently in intensive care uni day. a four alarm warehouse fire over the weekend in the bay view district. here is a look at the damage

left behind. this broke out at holland and they spent yesterday cleaning up the hot spots. no ones with hurt? and a robbery in san francisco is under arrest. police say jonathan anderson robbed a man of his recycling materials in the bay view district last month. anderson faces several charges including robbery and elderly abuse. investigators say he that also attacked the same victim a few months ago. police arrested another man last month for his alleged role in that same attack. 4:36 and happening today, students and teachers and other rallying against budget cuts at west contra costa schools. >> they will gather signatures to get initiative on the november ballot to call for closing property tax loopholes for major corporations in order to bring in billions of dollars to the school district. the district is looking to cut nearly $50 million over the next

two years. this comes after the district agreed to lay off 300 positions including 230 teachers by the end of the school year. silicon valley affordable housing advocates say google's plan for new downtown san jose campus could go even further when it comes to new homes. as it stands, google wants to add up to 6,000 new homes around diridon station but a group called sbat -- svat home tells "the mercury news" its own assessment, some 10,000 more homes, could add on 60 or so acres of land not yet accounted for. city leaders next month plan to look closer at possible options. a new detail about the number of pedestrians killed across the country and it is on the rise. according to the numbers released by the governor's highway safety association, more than 6,000 pedestrians were killed in crashes last year,

that is almost a 5% increase over the year before. in january, san jose approved $7 million for pedestrian safety and in san francisco city fficials are are looking at recently, as you might remember, went carless. growing concerns over the coronavirus is leading to a major drop in travel. up next on "today in the bay," the way american airlines is helping passengers who need to make changes. plus see you later alligator. a shocking discovery for police in the midwest. the reason this reptile was found inside an ohio basement. great, i'm never going into the basement again. and a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. the back-up is starting to hit us. mike will get us through the commute in just a bit. ayod in the bay." between the gorgeous sights, amazing foot 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 make

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right now at 4:41 as you head out of the door in dublin, clear visibility and still breeze we winds. temperatures feeling milder. if the upper 40s. but through the day warming up once again. we're at 60 degrees at non. we'll talk about the high winds expected in the hills today and what is ahead for the workweek coming up next. and as you were talking this shot from oakland was -- there it goes again, the camera is moving around because the wind here as well. we'll talk about what chp warns about but you just got something new in the area on the chp report and we'll check that out as well. good morning. i'm rahel solomon at cnbc

headquarters and with the top business headlines. wall street is set to open sharply higher but it is now lower as the markets rye to claw back from last week's losses which were fueled by fears over the coronavirus outbreak. europe and asia are higher today. a note by goldman sachs predicting that the federal reserve will cut interest rates to offset the economic impact of the virus before the next meeting in two weeks. jay powell said the fed is closely monitoring the situation and will act as needed. stocks have the worst for the week with the dow and nasdaq and s&p 500 all in correction territory or down 10%. the dow and s&p seeing the worst weekly decline ever. american airlines is waiving change fees on tickets amid the virus outbreak. american will waive fees up to 14 days before travel for customers who tickets through sunday and march 16th. the ceo of united said its airline will cut additional

flights and united has cut flights to asia and suspended service to china and hong kong through april 30th. and walmart and verizon starting with a pair of sources here, the "wall street journal" reporting that walmart will launch video chats with doctors and realtime medical data. it could also share your information with the clinic to auto register when you arrive at store and tell employees to restock any products you pick up. it would also provide faster wireless connections for the rest of the store. back to you. >> that sounds good. we also have business news. mcdonald's. >> do you like the egg mcmuffin? >> i haven't had that in a long time. >> you could probably try it today. >> once upon a time i'm sure i did. >> now if you want to try, you could try it for free because mcdonald's declaring it national

egg mcmuffin day. the first ever quick service breast sandwich started back in 1971 and this morning only mcdonald's is offering customers an egg mcmuffin for free. so mcdonald's wants you to download the restaurant mobile app to redeem that offer. >> marcus, you're some spokes model. trending this morning, the shocking discovery after police founding an alligator in an ohio basement. but turns out this is a pet. >> not in my house, no. police say they were called by a neighbor because they spotted the reptile and the homeowners did not have a valid exotic animal license so they gave up that 25-year-old alligator to the officers. that is longer than a lot of kids. and the reptile will be sent to an animal sanctuary in south carolina. don't forget, they're cute when they are this big. >> the older they get, the bigger they get. kind of like us. 4:44 this morning.

meteorologist kari hall is tracking the monday forecast. minus the alligators. >> kwyeah. on the temperatures right now, upper 40s in san jose and 56 in oakland. a wide range in temperatures because of the winds gusting up. we'll talk about had this and the wind speed forecast for today coming up next. and when kari talks about gusts of wind we talk about the high-rise for the san mateo bridge. not today. we're okay here. but chp is warning about would other spots and checking on the view from oakland that we've had our crews checking for a disabled fuel truck by the coliseum. we'll bring you that. but privacy fears over facial recognition software again taking center stage this morning. the california police department coming under fire for using a massive data base that took photos from social media.

and there you have it. a live look for you at sfo this morning. this is where the people at travis air force base will head home from sfo. we'll have more coming up on "today in the bay." but right now we want to talk about the nice temperatures throughout the bay area that we're going to experience today. >> after the cold weekend. it was and 56 in oakland. and the the winds rushing by create friction and warm up the temperatures but where it is calm the temperatures are

cooler. here is a live look in palo alto. not a lot going on but a breeze keeping the temperatures up. throughout today it will start out in the upper 40s and then reach the upper 50s by 10:00 and continuing to warm up from there as we go into the afternoon. the seven-day forecast is already up at the bottom of the screen. as we look at our high temperatures for today reaching 70 in livermore, 72 in oakland. and up to 73 today in santa rosa. but let's talk about these gusts. because this is mostly in the hills and also along the coast. where we see the bright red and magenta color that shows that we're going to go see the highest winds in those areas. even going into this evening. so it shows that wind speeds will be at about 35 to 45 miles per hour. and then as we go into tonight still breezy but it calms down by this time tomorrow morning. we're seeing high pressure moving across the region. still steering the rain well to the north of us but light spotty

showers across southern california. here is a little disturbance here. so when you have high pressure and low pressure close by it creates the pressure gradient to make the air flow fairly quickly. winds calm down as high pressure moves in and tempe down the lin next ten days showing that we will be dry but there will be some changes heading into the middle of march that could bring us some scattered showers. but as of now, it is still looks pretty dry all throughout this week and then our models are showing very light amounts of rain between now and march 12th. maybe a quarter inch of rain. so nothing too impressive here. and mike you're looking for a fuel tanker. >> yeah. along with our friends in coc but they did not find it. we scan from hyde street down to 98th and didn't see it but chp did get the report. i'll track that and let you know if there is an update or probably only affecting the

on-ramp itself. you notice the shot is shaking. therooftop camera across the high-rise from the coliseum and the camera is moving around. chp did give warnings for the altamont pass where we see the early slowing and across the bay bridge, they have gusts overnight as well. no problems tor the south bay. the crash on the peninsula is blocked off around whipple so no worries. there is the mark for what we're watching for the disabled vehicle and we'll clear that if nothing happens over the next few. here is the bay bridge toll plaza. still back-up and forming with a few more cash lanes open to the lanes off to the right are starting to clear. the wind advisory not a problem just a note for the bay bridge. back to you. terrifying moments as a man drives a van into a crowd injuring three people. this happened north of san diego outside of a bar where people were waiting in line. witnesses detained that driver. police say that man was asked to leave the bar earlier because he

was so intoxicated. he now faces attempted murder charge police in santa ana down south are trying to learn more about the man who stormed a catholic church before he was shot and killed. this happened yesterday between masses. the man was able to get inside of that church with 15 parishioners. one of whom was able to slip out in order to flag down police. when officers rushed inside of the church, the suspect started shooting. the suspect was shot and he died. no one else in the church was hurt. a san diego ploifolice offi are responding to reports that they used facial recognition software now under fire from civil liberties groups. >> a new buzzfeed ex pose showed facial recognition from facebook for a data base. hackers obtained the client list and the report indicates that the san diego police department

is among the clients on the list. san mateo county sheriff's office was also listed. a legal expert said the law needs to catch up with the new technology. >> if it is going to be used, which is a big if, it used with strict policies and procedures. there needs to be both judicial oversight and a conversation about whether we're okay with this kind of power. >> san diego police did tell our sister station they are no longer using the technology and evaluating concerns over ethics. clear view told buzzfeed the initial report was loaded with inaccuracies. coming up on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> a lot of people are buying hand sanitizer thanks to coronavirus but are they using it properly. i'm chris chmura, we'll walk you through the directions and what experts have to say, next. happening now, breaking news out of the philippines. a hostage situation in the manila area. heavily armed police are surrounding the mall.

this is going on for about five hours. a former security guard who was recently let go opened fire at the mall. now one person was shot and taken to the hospital. that person is in stable condition. and the suspect reportedly has taken about 30 people hostage. we'll follow this for you through the morning.

first health experts agree that if you're given a choice between washing your hands and using anti-bacterial gel, you should wash your hands. with soap and warm water for about 20 seconds. now if you can't get to a sink, hand sanitizer is better than fog. but how much, how long and what kind?

here is what the scientists at the university of florida say. to be most effective, a dime-sized dollop should be rubbed into the hands for 30 seconds. if hands are dry after only 10 or 15 seconds it is not enough. 30 seconds is a long time to rub your hands dry and i want to show you exactly how long 30 seconds is. so we're going to put a clock on the screen to show you while i talk about alcohol content. the packaging should tell you how much alcohol is in the gel. and the experts say the highest the better. though the sweet spot is ben 60 and 95% alcohol. they warn that the the highest concentration are actually not as effective. because there needs to be some water in there to cause the reaction that kills bacteria. and here we are right at 30 seconds. my hands should finally be dry. that is a long 30 seconds. we've put a special section on our website dealing with coronavirus. it is at nbcbayarea.com. while there tip us off to consumer stories by clicking on

the responds button from the main menu or give us a call at 888-996-tips. >> thanks, chris. 4:57 this morning. and washington lawmakers are scrambling to figure out a response to the coronavirus outbreak. next here on "today in the bay," a live report from capitol hill on who the president is meeting today that could lead your questions about the virus. between the gorgeous sights, 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 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. vo: he had already taken the giving pledge

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potential pandemic. day by day we see the wend for opportunity closing. >> right now, new concerns of the coronavirus outbreak with word of a new death and more cases across the country and right here in the bay area. we have live team coverage on the race to contain the virus. plus a democratic shake-up ahead of super tuesday. two presidential candidates now dropping out of the race. he might have just seen the commercial for one of them. what that means if you cast your vote early smoo and this morning, working to ease the housing crisis here in the bay area. the tech giant investing millions into affordable housing. "today in the bay" continues right now. and good monday morning to you. thanks for starting with us right here. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia today. and we want to look at that weather forecast. there is a big difference in the temperature depending on where you are this morning. some people are freezing their tootsies off. >> in the south county it was 34 but all