any rumblis that contra costa county could dothe same. at least at this point there's noing that we have heard of as these counties to try get d get to. >>greater accessibility to funds we saw this in santa clara we're seeing this now in san francisco is possible that other counties will jointhis effortbut at this point no word on that. >>and thank you fo good formation and do keep us posted. meantime fes that the coronavirus could cause the 2020 mmer olympics to be canceled. a senior member of the international olympic committee says if it proves too dangerous to hold the olympi in tokyo as planned. organizers are more likely to cancel it altogether postponement or move it. officials sathere is a small window of just a few months to decide the fate of the olympics. they say moving it to anher city is unlikely because there are few places facilities ready in such a short amount of ti right now they are encouraging athletes to continue their training. the olym ons on july 24th, and 11,000 athletes are expected to compete. >>and with the co

from midnight to 5:00 a.m., coming into contra costa county, or leaving contra costa county state routethe antioch bridge, 57% more tolls before 5:00 a.m. and we're going to move on now to the dumbarton bridge also seen an increase but that is westbound and traffic jumps up 77% for the same time period. and facebook on both sides of the bay increasing the foot print across highway 84. and to san mateo, highway 92% increase. and the congestion kicks in after 6:00 so folks try to beat that and the bay bridge doubling before the metering lights are turned on and there are days like today they are turning on at 5:15 and it used to be 5:30. >>> stick around for "today in the bay." because in 20 minutes we're going to break down how much house you can buy for $700,000. and we'll actually show you how that number stacks up to housing markets in other parts of the country. that is coming up at 5:55. and check out the entire "making it in the bay" series right now on nbcbayarea.com. >>> it is 5:41. a suspected drunk driver slams into a deputy patrol car overnight. still ahead, on "today in the b

a major contra costa school district facing hard times. we'll talk about that debate today that may lead to hundreds of pink slips. >>> plus express lane construction kicks into high gear on the peninsula. next the lengthy lane closures you need to know about because it could impact the morning commute for you. we have much more local news for you coming up in just a bit. you are watching "today in the bay." >> you've heard of tenant/landlord disputes but have you ever heard of a landlord doing this? >> i wish i had put up cameras a lot sooner. i never felt safe in my own home. >> tonight at 11:00 we investigate. a stunning battle between a bay area landlord and her tenant. >> there is video in the trial showing you going into the tenant's apartment without permission, is that true? >> no, i have never entered a premise that belongs to someone else. >> tonight at 11:00 on nbc bay area news. we investigate. obama: he's been a leader throughout the country for the past twelve years, mr. michael bloomberg is here. vo: leadership in action. ma

through contra costa county, a little slowing over here. coming in out of the north bay just past the distraction at magazine and 780 but that crash on the shoulder. and nothing shoulder to shoulder over here at the bay bridge toll plaza. >> looking good out there. light so far. >>> and next on "today in the bay," the action passengers and flight attendants took for a couple flying from colorado to california. and the very special moment they were celebrating. >>> but first here is something that a lot of people are talking about on my facebook page. join me for that conversation there. it is a -- it says telling male friends i love you is a muscle guys need to flex every day. and growing up, we didn't say i love you to guys in the family but i made the conscious effort to tell my close male friends, i love you. especially on valentine's day. >> yeah, go call your man crush right now. >> follow me on facebook, instagram and twitter. you're watching "today in the bay." happy valentine's day. ♪ ♪ wherever we want to go, autosave your way ther

>>as the death toll rises in 2019 novel corona virus cases in china contra costa county health officer doctor chris firnat says local schools and hospitals are prepared if the virus reaches the east bay, it's a virus that causes fever and respiratory symptoms. i sometimes it can. >>cause severe illness like but and as more we learn about it many times it's just causing very mild symptoms. he says county health services and the health department are working closely with the centers for disease control and prevention to screen people who have recently traveled to and from china through a diet route. the including. >>7 in a california, the most recent one was in a federal park or in team here in san diego, but none reported so far in contra costa county travelers who've returned from china since a february 3rd. >>are being asked by the federal government to south korean changes to stay at home and to stay away from work and school. >>and monitor themselves for symptoms symptoms that include coughing fever and respiratory problems signed similar to the common cold and flu. we're in the mid

contra costa county a greatcree. this is good news, we just got word that highway 92s had been cleared from both crashes including involving the garbage truck. crews should clear there between half moon bay and 280, you are back okay for your morning drive. to or from the coast, beautiful day. kari is talking about it. expect later traffic midday and evening toward the coast, maybe the water toward the evening. over here a smooth flow of traffic in the south bay and without any problems and we don't expect that this morning. no problems with transit. great flow. >> thanks so much mike. >>> and today lori loughlin accused of bribing her daughter's way into usc and we know when the trial will start that a lot of people will be watching. >>> plus cut off. the growing fallout as harry and meghan leave the royal family. tv just keeps getting better. how you watch it does too. this is xfinity x1. featuring the emmy award-winning voice remote. streaming services without changing passwords and input. live sports - with real-

crucial vote happening tonight in contra costa county. mike: anyone hear the slogan, 'mike will get it done?' ok, let me tell you what the 'it' is. as mayor, i expanded healthcare coverage. as president, i'll build on obamacare because healthcare is a right. i created nearly 500,000 jobs in new york city. as president, i'll build an economy that delivers good jobs with higher wages. i'll take on the gun lobby and save lives. and i will stop trump's assault on women's reproductive rights. i've got a record of doing things. i've got the resources to take on this fight. as mayor, i held myself accountable for results. as president, i'll offer common sense plans and i will get it done. so let's stay on the offensive, and let's win. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. >>> the bay area's biggest city wants to spend millions of dollars to make its streets safer for pedestrians. the san jose city council unanimously approved the funding last night. the roads highlighted in yellow and red will see improvement. these are the 17 most dang

in east contra costa county. >>> a live look outside in san jose, we will be back in a moment. the number of uninsured americans, rising. the cost of prescription drugs, rising. the threat to people with pre-existing conditions, rising. the good news, so is support for the one candidate who'll do something about it. as mayor, mike bloomberg helped expand coverage for seven hundred thousand people, including hundreds of thousands of kids. including hundreds of thousands of kids. as president, he'll lower drug costs and ensure everyone without coverage can get it. that's a promise. and unlike him, mike actually keeps his. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. >>> live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news.. >>> is just about 6:30. welcome back. >> it is going to be a warm weekend and apparently a windy one, let's get over to darren with the update on that. >> today is still warm, pretty nice for saturday, sunday all bets are off, totally different, the man had binders it's going to be windy and noticeably colder, so make the most of your outdoor plans today,

that's the new name of a school in western contra costa county. be woodrow wilson elementary. but tonight the board voted unanimously to make the change. staff and students say they wanted the school's name to reflect their core values. that's why they chose the former first lady. right now the school is under construction. it will reopen in august. >>> okay. making it in the bay, all week we're taking an in-depth look at our housing price. of course one of our biggest obstacles to buying a home in the bay area is that daunting down payment that you have to come up with. >> some groups are getting creative in terms of overcoming -- helping you overcome that financial hurdle. but as always, there is a catch. let's bring in our consumer investigator chris chmura joins us with this non-traditional way to get around that big payment. >> yeah. and that is a huge deal, right? you look at the median house price around here and we're looking at about a million dollars give or take with a 20% down payment. we're looking at how much money there? very diffic

. >>> new at 6, fed up with slow response times, some neighbors in contra costa county are taking action. da lin on how they want to solve what they say is a shrinking fire department. >> reporter: a group of volunteers started to collect roughly 5000 signatures from brentwood voters. that would qualify their petition for the november election. the goal is to get some much needed money to fund the fire department. right now if you were to have a heart attack there is a chance he would not get help because experts at east contra costa fire protection district doesn't have enough firefighters. >> it is beyond frustrating. i was a fireman for 30 years, what is happening is criminal. >> reporter: the district has closed down five fire stations in recent years. now just three stations covering about 250 square miles. from oakley to brentwood, out to the bay. >> i have a wife and three children on these roads, i have a house out here, they are not protected. to be honest, i feel safer in mexico. >> reporter: this retired firefighter and other and tears went to pass a measure that would require

from contra costa, no problems. an if easy drive down to benicia and the carquinez bridge, in the opposite order. and the bay bridge we do have the cash lanes that have seen some folks waiting. back to you. >>> new overnight, violence breaking out after a concert in san francisco's portola neighborhood. this is video of the scene, out of el toro nightclub on san bruno and felton, where a group exterminator was playing last night and when the concert ended a juvenile drive in a honda accord slammed into a parked car injuring a woman who was standing nearby. and a minnie driver saw it and used the bus to block the juvenile from doing anything further. he was drunk. the female victim was taken by ambulance to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. >>> it is decision day for primary voters in new hampshire. one week after the iowa chaotic caucus, they are hoping this goes much more smoothly. a live look at one of the polling sites where voters are already casting ballots. >> and while the republican race is a f

contra costa animal services is running a special contest before sunday's game. it has assigned each of its adoptable pets to a team. either of course the niners or the chiefs. whichever team gets the most adoptions before tomorrow at 5 p.m., that is the deadline, that team wins. they are keeping a running tally. right now the chiefs are winning 4-0. that is wrong! >>> for some insight to one the most nervous guys on the sidelines of the sun they had to kpix.com underneath the super bowl. read "kyle shanahan's dad, mike, who has been to a few super bowls in his time. and have some thoughts on the game. >>> we love seeing your photos. how about these pooches supporting the team colors, look at this cutie with the 49ers hair bow. this class of cuties from st. john's celebrating niners day. a big group from pacifica middle school, great smiles! send us your photos. just use the tag #kpix on your facebook, twitter, instagram post as well. >>> we are inviting you to switch over kpix 5 after the super bowl. we will be live with the postgame special at 7 p.m. 60 minutes

be meeting with parents and teachers to discuss the possibility of laying off teachers the west contra costa county unified school district is facing budget cuts beuse of the deficit in the 10's of millions of dollars kron 4 sarah stinson reports. >>the school board meeting onight, million worth of budget cuts are on the minds of parents teachers and the district we spoke with a parent and a grandparent here at hanna ranch elementary school just one of the schools in the west contra costa county unified school district facing this deficit. i hope >>this a big the matter is this cool or what. within the ar. that's at the school board meeting tonight. they will discuss a plan that includes possibly laying off 250 teacherbut that is the thing they're trying to avoid innocent message put ouby the district's superintendent and 2 teachers unions involved it stated everyone is willing to compromise and work out a solution that will hopefully avoid the layoffs and cuts to the classrooms all it's no going to be sy to negotiate with the unions and cut the budget infference pieces the superintendent sa

. >>> coming up, the contra costa school is debating a name change for a first lady to be honored. >>> and now, making it in the bay. the home prices are driving people out of the city, but there is a problem of making things more affordable, and we will explain that coming up. tom steyer: listen, every democrat running for president is better than the criminal in the white house. we all have progressive plans to address the big challenges facing our country. what makes me different, is i've been working for ten years outside of washington, to end the corporate takeover of our democracy, and to return power to the american people. i started need to impeach to hold this lawless president accountable. i'm proposing big reforms like term limits... ...a national referendum... ...and ending corporate money in politics. as president, i'll declare climate change an emergency on day 1. and, use those powers to finally address the climate crisis. and, i've spent 30 years building a successful international business. so, i can take on donald trump on the economy - and beat him. i'm tom steyer a

database which tracks real estate trends so in san francisco metropolitan area which does include contra costa marin and san mateo counties. a zillow says homes available to buy on the market are down more than 15% from a year ago and the typical home value that is close to one

>>here at e contra costa county voter. registrar's office in martinez where officialhere say today s the last day to register to voteonline for the march 3r presidenial primary in california assistant county registrars got little passive tells you everything you need to know heck your registration make sure its current that you're at the right addresin your signature is the same in your party is what yo wanted to be. >>if it's not if you want to change it, today's the day to do it registration can be done line to say its web site through midnight tonight paper registration that's sparkedby today. the movie consider that a good day in process it and neverill be registered for those o missed the deadline to register to vote. hesays don't worry you can still get it doneover the next 14 days as it gets. >>it's a conditiol registrations and so it will require the voter to vote at the same time that the registries. >>and the ballot will go into an m pillow. >>to be processed was register ready. i just dn't receive my vote by mai

no surprises right now at the bay bridge toll plaza or getting there through contra costa county. smooth off the antioch bridge and up the east shore freeway. over here we're looking at under 20 minutes, closer to 15 minutes out of brentwood and down basko road to 580. it is under an hour to hayward and smooth drive but things will build until about 7:00 when it reaches the peek peak of 90 minutes. no crashes for the south bay or peninsula and a nice drive out of the tri-valley. the bridges, san mateo and the dumbarton bridges, we talked about that shift toward an earlier commute but this are no problems right now across the bridges. just expect a crowd. now a second look at what it takes to make it in the bay today. what that means for commuters. we're talking about the nimitz, 880 south toward silicon valley. now today we examine a stretch between treatment and san jose. and according to caltrans the amount of time we spend stuck in traffic, look at this, increased to 73% between 2010 and 2019. it is a later start there for the morning commute. and the volume really builds right

at travis air force base for now testing positive being treated at local are hospitals here in contra costa county. 2 of them have no symptoms the 3rd had symptoms st week but no longer has mptoms point county health officials say that all of the hospitals are under goingthe proper precautions sobel staff as well as other patients are protect so there's no cross pollen isa shun if you will of this virus. now this brings to16 the total number of cases of cruise ship passengers on tt diamond princess cruise ship 4 under quarantinat travis air force base of now tested positive for the coronavirus those 16 are being treated not st here in contra costa county. but alsonapa county sonoma county solano county and san francisco. health officials are lling us they expect those numbers to up as they continue to get more test rests in from the cdc. that's the test reporting live in martinez dan kerman kron 4 news and thank you for that. now as we coinue our coverage anoer big story fears of the conavirus could to be canceled. ummer olympics >>a senior mber of the international olympic committee says i

>>contra costa county health officer doctor chris says the county has not declared a health emergency in regard to the 2019 novel corona virus because there have yet to be any active cases reported, but he says people who have recently traveled to and from china have been asked to south korean team or a school children who have returned from china since february 3rd, they're asked to stay away from school. >>until 14 days have elapsed there. travel from china and so we've communicated that with the school district. he says the county health department has activated an emergency center for health agencies to centralize the effort to keep track of the virus we've been working with all our local hospitals to make sure they have the proper plans for doing travel screening when people. >>present a to their facilities how the health care workers and nurses and doctors e. >>the clerical staff can all follow the infection control procedures to protect themselves from any possible exposure. he says symptoms of the virus are similar to the common cold and flu fever coughing and respiratory prob

more than 200 teachers could lose their jobs because of budget cuts the west contra costa county school district budget deficit is in the 10's of millions of dollars kron four's haaziq has that story. >>over $47 million in budget cuts that is what the west contra costa county school district is now facing this upcoming school year you know every case going to unfortunately affect our teachers and our students 3rd grade teacher dummy trail, the is also president of the united teachers of richmond you do right now we're talking about potentially laying off all up to 250 teachers in order to make the deficit. he says the teachers not only blame the state of california for lack of spending on education. we also do blame the district 4 lack of accountability and management of the fines on a local level of the school district is taking responsibility for its shortcomings west contra costa county school district spokesperson mark as well sums up how the district finds itself in such a deep financial hole, this way we have had some turnover in our business department and that's led to a land th

contra costa intends to have an item our march 10th agenda. >>to declare an emergency which will really heighten our preparations and put us in a position to access state and deral fundinwhich will eventuay flow down. what's the cdc decides to declare a pandemic contra costa county supervor john joyous as eparations are already underway his county. but the state of emergency ll help fund the expansion of services if needed area hospitals will need more personnel more nurses to more physicians more staffs. there may be paramedics urgency providers so more mo and eipment in the meantime a clinical trial of a drug developed byfoer city based gilead sciences is now under way to treat corovirus patients. >>a fedays ago. we initiated drug called remdesivir year which has antiviral activity in vitro in an animal model the drug is an antiviral eatment previously tested in reasonably soon whether it now works and if it do we will thn have an effective therapy to stribute that's especially good news considering the number of diamond prinss cruise ship p

contra costa county east drive and peninsula moving nicely but no slowing on dumbarton bridge. an incident reported around the san mateo bridge and i'll check on that coming up. back to you. >>> it is 5:11 now. hitting the jackpot. the simple mistake that nearly led to one lottery winner missing out on $100,000. >>> and southwest and faa under fire. the shocking safety report claiming that the government agency has done a poor job overseeing the airline. >>> and it is a housing crisis if you don't have a house but what if you do? we'll take a look at that. >>> and still ahead at 5:25, a frightening moment as a prohockey player collapses on the bench. we're going to go tell you how he's doing this morning. >> nbc bay area news presents "making it in the bay." in every newscast we break down the housing crisis. tonight at 11:00, we investigate the daunting down payments and the creative ways home buyers are making their dreams a reality. >> i feel so privileged i get this opportunity. >> where is all of that money coming from and is it too good to be true? >> the bank of mom and

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. >>> we have developing news out of contra costa county. a brush fire on dear valley road west of brentwood. the fire grew to about 7 hours -- sorry 7 acres before firefighters were able to knock it down. it is now fully contained. no word on what started this fire. >>> we are learning more tonight about the murder of a woman at at san jose airbnb. a suspect is accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death. appeared before a judge and was charged with murder, the stabbing happened on mountain view avenue. sheriffs found the body on tuesday. but during a search of the home, deputies discovered that her car was missing because investigators say after the stabbing the suspect packed up his stuff and drove to his mom's house. deputies arrest ared him wednesday after he agreed to meet detectives for questioning at the sheriff's office. >>> a lot of questions and shock in oakland after the sudden firing of the police chief. so what happened and what is going to take over for the first female chief in city history? one council member is getting push

but this morning does come as 3 patients are now being treated at hospitals in contra costa county. >>they we among those americans that were evacuated from the diamond princess cruise ship in japan. kron four's dan kerman has the latest from the east bay. >>it was a little over a week ago when the state departmt flew more than 300 americans aboard he diamond princess cruise ship out of japan to avis air force base in fairfield and san antonio's lackland air force base. tuesday 3 re passengers under quarantine at travisair force base tested positive fo the coronavirus we have right now 3 patients and our local area hostals. >>that we are monitoring th have tested positive. 2 of them had those symptoms one had mild symptoms but no longer has symptoms contra costa county health officials say precautions are place for staff and other tients at those local hospitals where the 3 passengers are being treated. >>these patients areplaced in special rooms. >>and isolated from the general within the hospital and all the staff that work with them have proper eqpment on to protect thselves mask

asia as well said 3 are in contra costa cnty. and county officials are no planning to declare a state of emgency there. >>contra costa intends to have an item on our march 10th agenda to declare an emergency which will reallheighten our preparations and put us in a position access state and fedel funding which will eventually flow do. once the cdc decides to declare a pandemic. >>the state of emergency means money ney to pay for the exnsion of services th are needed to berepared. doing the same thing in san francisco d santa clara county. and while there are no cases in san francisco city ahead think of things like lan medication that ou need start planning what you might do if a child care provider were ler if you have to care for a parent is you know if thy're if they're elderly what decision outbreak in their school closures are workplace shutdowns the department's emgency operation center has to think of all of that. >>and also in national news now president trump says the risk of coronavirus is still on the low side for the

>>the 3 cruise passengers being treated in contra costa county brings 16 the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases amon diamond princess cruise sh passengers who had been under antine at travis air force base. the cdc says in addition to ntra costa county. those passengers are being treated at local hospitalsn napa county san frcisco solano county and sonoma county. health officials are expecting those numbers to climb of those crse passengers testing positive for the coronavirus. >>as they continue to receive test results from the cdc. and contra costa coty health services and martinez dan kerman kron 4 news. >>the san francisco mayor london breed has deared a local state of emergency to strengthen the city's response to the coronavirus this sets up the city now to get help from state and federal government. agencies local leade say we need to be prepared. of emergency is all about tion preparedness. we are focusing our efforts on protecting the people who live and work here and we nt to be ready. for what we anticipate may come our way the impact onthe asian american community

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. >>> contra costa health services confirmed two cases of coronavirus at hospitals in the county. the patients were transported there this morning from travis air force base and they are among the recent u.s. evacuees from the quarantined diamond princess cruise ship in japan and a short time ago, we learned that a senior member of the olympic committee said if it's too dangerous to hold the olympics in tokyo as planned because of the coronavirus, they likely will cancel the olympics all together instead of postponing the games or moving them. here's the latest. >> reporter: more than 80,000 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed and world leaders say it's time to get serious about containment with countries now beefing up quarantine protocols and testing and many refuse to admit travelers from east asia. on capitol hill, officials briefed the senate tuesday morning with some lawmakers pushing for testing to contain the outbreak in the u.s.. >> it can be a big difference in a matter of days or weeks, and a testing kit criteria -- we need to expand the testing criteria and the fd

>>the west contra costa county school district facing another budget shortfall so some tough decisions are going to have to be made kron 4 sarah stinson live in hercules with more on that sarah. >>yeah that's right you know those the layoffs are looming because there need to cut million from the budget a huge test for the west to contra costa county. a unified school district a lot that they're having to work through and strategize to get through this so that they know of course don't have to put the academics at risk, but also not lay off potentially 250 teachers and that's the biggest concern is trying to avoid that type of a scale of a there was a special message put out by the district's superintendent and 2 teachers unions involved it stated everyone's willing to compromise and work out a solution that hopefully avoid layoffs and cuts to the classrooms. well it's not going to be easy to negotiate with the unions and cut the budget in different ways the superintendent says they have developed a strategy and they're hoping to vote on it discuss it tonight at a meeting with the schoo

the suspected drunk driver reportedly collided with multiple cars on eastbound highway 4 in contra costa county before he was arrested at the san marcos exit. no one was hurt, and no serious damage. >>> also new tonight, bart police have arrested a man wanted for attacking a passenger. police say this man captured on surveillance cameras got into an argument with another money tuesday before punching the victim and then hitting him with a chain. shortly after that attack, the suspect took off at the lake merit station. police have not yet released his name. >>> a man accused of stabbing nia wilson to death on a bart platform was thrown out of court again. suspect john lee cowell lasted about 15 minutes on the witness stand today. he yelled a bunch of profanities at the prosecutor before being escorted out by deputies. the defense team put him on the stand to show jurors his mental state, but wilson's family and friends belief the outburst was cowell putting on an act. >> he kept saying last time you said i'm not found guilty, so what do you want me to say now? he just started like gettin

>>in contra costa county we're told those 3 patientswher diamond princess cruise ship and were quantined at travis air force base. contra costa coty health officials say precautions are inplace for staff and other patients at e hospital's where those passengers are beintreated. >>ese patients are placed in special rooms and isolated from the general within the hospital and all the staff that work with them have proper equipment on to protect themselves maskand goggles and gloves to protect themselves getting infected. >>the 3 cruise passengers being treated in contracosta county right now brings the total number of confirmed cases among diamonprinss cruise ship passengers who had been under uarantine at travis air foe base to 16 the centers for disease control says in addion contra costa to cut the county. those passengers are being treated in napa san francisco solano and sonoma counties. >>the bad day wall street all 3 indices ended the day down significantly. the dow lost nearly 900 points just one day after clsing down more than 1000 points. coronavirus outbreak fearare eling the sel

walnut creek interchange shows a gentle build off of highway 4 and more traffic through contra costa county and toward the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are on and just now seeing the fast track lanes start to slow down. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> breaking news this morning, 350 americans who were quarantined for weeks in the epicenter of the coronavirus in china are now here in the bay area. >> two planes loaded with people touched down at travis air force base just a couple of hours ago. "today in the bay" pete suratos was there when they arrived. pete, why were they brought to northern california? >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. well it is one of the four military bases tapped by government officials for specific situations like this when it comes to the coronavirus. but we did show you some video of the planes landing carying 350 passengers. one of the planes will refuel before heading to another base in san diego. a second plane there of passengers, they're going to remain on the base. according to the department of defense the passengers in

the rest of the east bay, contra costa county looks great here.d, that crash still on the shoulder. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> breaking news happening now. former president hosni mubarak has died at age of 91. he lead egypt for 30 years and one of the leading allies in the middle east. he was overthrown during the arab spring uprising. he was arrested in 2011 after being ousted if office and sentenced to life in prison but acquitted in 2017 on charges he ordered the killing of anti-government protesters. >>> next a quick look at top stories including the search for the driver that struck -- this truck struck and killed a 12-year-old crossing an east bay street. where investigators are confident they'll make an arrest. >>> and never before seen rescue video of the palo alto couple found one week after being lost in the north bay. and we'll just stick around. nick jonas, the brand-new judge on the "voice" stopped by the "today" show. it starts at 7:00 right after "today in the bay." we're back with more news for you coming up. tv just keeps g

sted positive for coronavirus at travis air force base tonight that person is being treated at a contra costa county hospital of precautions. heth officials are tang to keep the public and patients safe and we are following late breaking news tonight a woman drops her baby after she was grazed by a bullet in a free much shooting now police on the search for those suspects good evening, i'm can way and i pale more the city of san francisco has officially declared a state of emergency in preparation for possible coronavirus tivity there are still 0 confirmed ases of the virus in safrancisco, but the mayor and the departmet of public health say. >>this is the right step to below joining us live now with more on what this declarati means noel. >>at's right at the mayor's the partment of public health and the department of emergency manament were all on hand stressing the importance of preparedness now they say they've been in constant contact with the cdc and have beenwatching how the virus behaves and they say we will see a case of lihood coronavirus in san francisco and by making is declaration

still ahead on "today in the bay." >> students in contra costa county in one school will head back tohe classroom after a classmate was killed after being shot. we'll tell you about the tributes coming up. in contra co. st >>> 6:39 this morning. and in contra costa county students will return to class this morning after one of the classmates was shot and killed in a school parking lot over the weekend. >> "today in the bay's" brv joini -- bob redell joins us live from deer valley high school where they are prepare to go back to class. >> reporter: they will have grief counselors on campus for any students or teachers needing help to cope with the tragedy. we're in the deer valley high school parking lot where family and friends have left balloons, stuffed animals, candles and those sort of things in honor of the young man shot and killed in the parking lot on friday night. his name was jonathan parker and he was just 16 years old. a number of people gathered here to remember him. according to him he attended the basketball game between deer valley high and the rival antioch high. poli

not a lot of slowing this contra costa yet. if you are driving on interstate 880 it looks all right so does 580 and the sap ma day oa, san mateo bridge. >>> lets check this out. do you like my socks, it is a boring month for weather. we will embrace the record highs which are possible today. oakland airport sets a record again today i think. stockton was 79 yesterday for a record high. the city is before average by 9 degrees, san jose, 77 today. the record is 79 in 1992. a few high clouds trying to come out. the fog is there. if not for the north east breeze the fog ob would be flying in. 30s and 40s in the temperatures. upper 40s in santa clara and san jose state. south san jose, 40 degrees, gilroy, 44, las vegas, 43, san diego, 52, higher clouds coming in from the west southwest but they fall apart when they run into resistance from the upper atmosphere. the fog just needs a little help. it will get it tomorrow for the coast. we have a big drop in the temperatures this weekend. 67 degrees in morgan hill. gilroy 81, cloudy and

throughout contra costa county in fact.shes through hayward southbound 880 and only one of them leaves a vehicle in lane and the other on a shoulder so distraction toward the san mateo bridge but no problems. the san mateo and dumbarton bridges where clear. >> coming up next on "today in the bay," deputies under fire. a disturbing new development in the kobe bryant crash investigation that has nothing to do with what brought down the helicopter. you're watching "today in the bay." woman: the deadly corona virus officially hitting the us. man: the markets are plunging for a second straight day. vo: health experts warn the us is underprepared. managing a crisis is what mike bloomberg does. in the aftermath of 9-11, he steadied and rebuilt america's largest city. oversaw emergency response to natural disasters. upgraded hospital preparedness to manage health crises. and he's funding cutting edge research to contain epidemics. tested. ready. mike: i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. >>> we now know actress lori lough

some freeways we have nothing but green on our screen which means are on time for west 4th in contra costa county, the nimitz in fantastic shape and even traveling from the south bay to the peninsula. you're doing fine on north one on one 26 minutes from san jose to menlo park darya james thanks a lot rob and 5 o 2 and today's school officials meet with parents and teachers to talk about the possibility of layoffs in the east the west contra costa county unified school district is facing. >>budget cuts it seems a face this. >>every budget cycle. kron 4 sarah stinson live in hercules this morning with the latest sara. >>yeah that's right. i'm live here and hannah ranch elementary school just one school in the district and they have about million worth of budget cuts looming over tonight's meeting they've been discussing this for a while now and we attended a meeting last week where we talk with teachers who are obviously very concerned about this hearing that teachers could be laid off and its budget cuts are going to affect the schools here in this and the 3rd grade teacher is also the pre

and look at the rest of the contra costa county and the maze and a smooth drive there.t a half hour from byron and brenton toward 580 and it takes about 40 minutes from altamont pass toward hayward and will maintain until about 7:00. the rest of the bay shows a smooth drive. we're looking at the san mateo bridge with a build and this is a lot of information just talking about a future project on 101 overnight and they'll be lane closures. we'll talk about that coming up. >>> the polls are open for a special primary election in baltimore. this is to fill the seat of the late representative elijah cummings. the long time leader died back in october. his wife is one of 24 democrats and eight republicans running for the house seat. today's special primary will decide a nominee for each party. a special general election will be held on april 28th. >>> 5:53 now. much ahead on "today in the bay" including a brand-new poll just released by cal on whether the washington redskins name and native mascot are considered offensive. next, what more than a thousand native americans are

we don't have a problem out of contra costa county.hink that by 5:15, 5:30, we should be back to what you expect to see. that is an early sign. we're looking at about 20 minutes coming out of brentwood. byron. take your time getting down to 580. there are no delays reported there. no problems once you get on to 580 west. tri-valley, east bay, even the peninsula moving smoothly. the south bay we had a couple earlier issues. they're off the main roadways for the freeways so a smooth drive through the area. palo alto northbound 101 heading up to san francisco. 101 and 280 at speed. >>> you look at what's happening on the ground. a lot of people looking in the air in southern california wondering what they saw in the skies a little after midnight. turns out it was a missile launch from vandenberg air force base. the air force says the missile splashed down and the test had been in the works for months. >>> now to decision 2020, bernie sanders' campaign is coming to californ californiacal today but he is not. they plan to hold a news confer

. >> 22 new recruits graduated from the fire academy in contra costa county last night.our-man crews will be staffed on every engine. >> that is what we keep saying, we need this rain. >> but there is still none in the forecast. and they drive -- they dry up before you get here and in the pattern of dry conditions it is hard to get out of it because once the weather systems come if there is no moisture to work with. >> we need a good pineapple express. >> maybe in march. we do still have time to get caught up here. in the meantime we're enjoying the mild weather and sunshinement clouds over san francisco and then cheering up will you -- throughout today. and in antioch the temperature at 44 degrees. a cloudy start and then leading into a mostly sunny day as our temperatures slowly warm up. the seven-day forecast is already up at the bottom of the screen as we get a look at our high temperatures for today. expecting to reach into the low 60s. >> now all of the temperatures that we'll see today, very normal for mid-februariment and so we're looking at some low 60s for east

. >>> now at 11:00, surveillance video captures a frightening home invasion in contra costa county. we hear from the woman that came face to face with the intruders. >> i just yelled robbers! and so my husband then came out of the bathroom and just started chasing them. >> reporter: discrimination over the coronavirus. why city officials are now urging people not to engage in xenophobia. >> and how an from being a staunch drug opposer to opening her own marijuana shop. >>> tonight a robbery in contra costa county. >> reporter: pleasant hill police say these types of crimes are becoming more common. thieves knocking on doors to see if anyone is home, and when no one answers, they break in grabbing whatever they can find. but tuesday morning things didn't go as planned when the owners were still at home. this is the video from debbie's ring doorbell camera tuesday morning. >> he stands really close to the door. i think so maybe you can't see his face. he stands really close like this. >> reporter: debbie was getting ready for work so she didn't answer the door. even after he knocks mu

great drive out of contra costa county. some fog registered for highway 37. be careful between vallejo and novato. the rest of the bay looks great. again fog over there on the peninsula side. highway 1, pacifica, half moon bay and no hajor problems for the south bay. a great smooth drive, 280 approaching 17 and 880. back to you. >> thanks, scott -- i mean mike. >> catch you later, bob. >> thanks, matt. >>> 6:11 right now. still ahead on "today in the bay," an unusual fire department pulled from a tv reality show despite objections from the fire captain. it is coming up. >> and now to scott. >> what do we say in february -- [ inaudible ]. let the good times roll. phenomenal job numbers. the economy just keeps going and going. >> and scott and make if you're near a television, would you do this on this assignment is this the snake around the reporter's neck. what could go wrong with this one? we're doing to tell you about it. stick around to see what actually happened during this-shot. that is coming up in ten minutes. you don't want to miss it. >>> between the

in contra costa county. those two patients were evacuated evacuated from the quarantined ship in japan. some companies are canceling participation in conferences. >> so city officials are urging things to go on. business as usual. as they get prem in the case there's a problem. they said the risk of coronavirus is entirely based on your travel history and whether you've been around someone with coronavirus. that's simply not the case in san francisco yet. health officials said they hope that coronavirus eventually becomes another no and something that might one day be incorporated into the flu shots we get. reporting live, abc7 news. >> okay. thanks very much. >>> outrage and a lot of support for the man being seen humiliated and attacked while collecting cans in the bay view neighborhood. police are still looking for the victim and other people seen in the video. chris reyes has the latest on the investigation. chris? >> reporter: good afternoon. today we pay a visit to a recycling center where this man may

the west contra costa school board approved the move last night.ichmond this morning, sharon, that's a lot of money. i'm sure that will have a huge impact. >> reporter: it sure is, marcus. 250 teachers are waiting to see if their jobs will be affected. a deficit in two years. it's still not clear where specific cuts will be made but areas talked about include music, travel for administrators, and campus police at middle schools. >> the cuts will change the way we provide services but we're confident we'll be table to make tho those. >> reporter: the district made up of 32,000 students, 250 teachers may lose their jobs but they won't know until march 15th when by law the district needs to notify teachers if they will be laid off. last night the board also voted to approve the name change from wilson elementary to michelle obama elementary. reporting live, i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >>> moms are demanding the alameda county sheriff's office takes responsibility for what they call exaggerated use of force. it follows last month's early mo

looking at the leading across contra costa county. this is antioch headed into the north bay and before 5:00 a.m., we see 57% more tolls than we did then. now, the dunbarton is seeing the traffic volume jump 77% for the same period of time in the day, and remember that facebook has now expanded the footprint to both sides of the dunbarton and san mateo is a critical route that builds up and folks are likely getting there earlier to beat the jam that hits hard in 6:00 hour, and the bay bridge smoking all of them by nearly doubling the volume early between 12:00 and 5:00. and we have been seeing the metering lights turning on earlier close to 5:15 these days which is the new normal pattern that we see. >> thank you, mike. >>> coming up for you, buying a home is a challenge for anyone these days. next, we want the tell you the staggering number of younger home buyers turning to the parents for help with the first home purchase. >>> mark zuckerberg is not needing any help buying a home or several of them, because he is moving up on the li

. >>> a contra costa county school is getting a new name for a new era. >>> it's about children looking up and seeing someone of great significance that they see themselves in. >> in tonight's project home, a bay area photographer makes it her mission to help the homeless. >> i was nervous, because i was so embarrassed to say that. >> how her talents >>> a first for northern california school. tonight west contra costa county school board voted unanimously in favor of changing the name of a school to michelle obama elementary. the school in richmond will be the second in the state to honor the former first lady. there is already a michelle obama elementary in la county. parents, students and faculty say the name change is a sign of the school's rebirth. it used to be named for president woodrow wilson, a man critics is a supported racism. now it will be named for former first lady who stands vehemently against it. >> it's about children looking up and seeing someone of great significance that they see themselves in. and the translation of that is endless possibilities. >> the new school

this is for all of the coastline, parts of the mortgno bay and for most of contra costa and alameda counties. we're looking at wind gusts of 20 to 50 miles per hour in the mountains. overall, the best chances at 1,000 feet or above. again, as you move through sunday afternoon, things will begin to ramp up out of the northwest, 20 to about 35 miles per hour. we're detailing more on this and the temperatures for your weekend. i'll have another update in about 15 minutes. >> we'll see you shortly, thanks jeff. >>> a heroic action bay college student. he swung into action to save a man who had overdosed at the civic center b.a.r.t. station. christie smith spoke with that good samaritan and joins us now. >> reporter: he's only a few weeks into a program to become an emt. he went to the b.a.r.t. station and saw a man down and unresponsible spif and was able to uod a leader in city hall is now reaching out to the state for help over what's happening on city streets. >> i was walking down the stairwell to b.a.r.t. saw this man. >> reporter: nicolas stall cup knew the man needed help fast. >> fingert

. >>> happening today, the school board will discuss the change for a contra costa county elementary school. wilson elementary in richmond is named after woodrow wilson, the 20th president of the u.s. the west contra costa county unified school district is considering a proposal to read in the school after former first lady michelle obama. this evening's meeting is set for 6:30 at the middle school also in richmond. >>> the board of supervisors has approved the universal mill pilot program for students in the county schools. they say the program would serve an estimated 12,000 students with 3 million meals per year. the cost of the county would be $.60 per meal. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi says the final score wasn't the only thing that left her disappointed after super bowl liv. she set up tuesday with kansas city congressman emanuel cleaver as the winner of their friendly wager. >> she will enjoy a selection of candies and chocolate and almonds from california and pistachios. in case you're wondering why there was no napa valley wine in the bascom it is because neither of them d