we don't know much about the patient who was transferred here to san mateo county, we don't even knowe or she is being treated, but later on the office ofwith the san mateo couh department he says i share the concerns of the cdc. we all need to be prepared for covid-19 to spread within the united states. the current covid-19 outbreak clearly has the potential to turn into a severe pandemic. this is a difficult message to share, but it is important to recognize how difficult the times ahead may be. the health department says state and local officials are working to manage testing and monitoring of people who have been exposed to the virus. he says the focus is shifting from a containment strategy to one of community mitigation, which means taking steps to lessen the impact of the disease. he says what matters most is how well communities are prepared anser hassan, abc7 news. >>> at the live desk i'm following the trump administration's response to the coronavirus. vice president mike spence moving to control what information gets released to the public. senior white house sources tell

. >>> making news right now, there's a new case of coronavirus in san mateo county. to a meeting today between health officials and parents. >>> oakland's police commissioners meet for the first time since firing the police chief. critics demanding to know why they did it. >>> and strike canceled. the last-minute deal averting a workout in santa clara county. it's friday, february 28th. >> 4:27 right now. we finlyfriday. we'rfeeling . >>e are. checking in with mike and our forecast. >> that canopy of cloud cover, that blanket that would come over us, it's out there. look what it's done to our temperatures, in the mid 40s to even near 60 in san francisco and los gatos. off to a warmer start today but the cloud cover will reverse the warming as we head into the afternoon hours. probaby not record highs, but warm again. upper 70s in the east bay. low to mid 70s in the north bay. 69 in richmond. 67 in san francisco. 66 in half moon bay. low to mid 70s around the bay. we'll talk about a blustery weekend coming up. jobina? >> good morning. 4:28 right now. we are starting o

anser hassan is live in the san mateo county health department with more on this developing story. good morning. >> good morning, guys. right now we don't have much information about the patient who was transferred here to the county. we don't even know where he or she may be treated. later today the county office of education will meet with health officials and all the school districts later today. in a statement that was put out yesterday by doctor scott murrow with the san mateo county health department and he says this is not business as usual. he writes i share the concerns of the cdc. we all need to be prepared for covid-19 to spread within the united states. the current covid-19 outbreak clearly has the potential to turn into a severe pandemic. this is a difficult message to share, but it is important to recognize how difficult the times ahead may be. the health department says state and local officials are working to manage testing and monitoring of people who have been exposed to the virus. dr. murrow says focus is changing from a containment strategy to one of community mi

>>right now i'm standing on the mpus of san mateo communityollege where on friday morning, the san mateo county superintendent of schools held a regularly scduled eting with her superintendents for hool districts around san mateo county. but they also receed a briefing from the county's healtdepartment there specically worri about the coronavirus about at this point there's no indication that the virus is sprding locally of course parents are concerned about whether the kids continue to go to school and whether or not schools might be closed down. we had a chance to talk to th superintendent of schools, nancy mcgee today as he says thatat this point there's no reason for alarm at that school should continue to carry on as they have been. >>the right now our greatest plan is provide safeand supportive school learning environments for students. as there is no reason take any adtional actioand as soon as there something that indicates we do something dierently. we will do that in the meantime we're encouraging all of our families to practice, good health protocols as well as our staff. and we will

afternoon, minutes ago a meeting of about two dozen superintendents from districts all around san mateo county wrap up at the college of san mateo. these superintendents have a regular meeting every month. that's not different. this month, the meeting focused on concerns relating to the coronavirus. >> we recognize our school districts are and our families have concerns, but they also have great trust in our communication and our protocols. we want to remind everyone, the rim risk remains low. we have plans going forward as we need to. right now, our greatest plan is to provide safe and supportive learning environments for our students. >> this meeting comes after the soup bern tendon of the high school district in sequoia, we have activated our facility department first and foremost to make sure we have up trade our cleaning and deep cleaning. we've increased our disinfectant and cleaning of common areas. we have a plan in place to make sure our facilities are clean as possible. >> centers for disease control transferred a patient who tested positive for the coronavirus to a medical facility

the smoke could be seen for miles from san bruno mountain state and county park in northern san mateo county. abc 7 news reporter kaitlte lar was on the ground. >> reporter: the embers may not look like much but the fire on top of the hill sure did. sky 7 was overhead a wall of 25-foot flames that shoot threw at least six acres. >> that stuff that burns up there really goes up. i mean, it goes up like a cannon. >> reporter: fire officials never ordered evacuates but daly city resident was worried his house was going to catch fire next. >> all those eucalyptus up there, i thought if they catch fire that's going to come over the hill. >> reporter: almost 100 firefighters and inmate crews along with a dozen engines and a helicopter responded to the fire that broke out just after10:00 this morning in the state and county park. >> this really behind me is a testament to where we're at with our moistures and the lack of rain we've seen over the last two months. >> reporter: cal fire deputy chief john than cox emphasized how unusual and concerning it was to see a fire this early in the year.

reporting live in san mateo county, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> still to come, preparing for super tuesday, what a new poll shows about the presidential race in california. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. all of that record heat we had this week is now starting to move off towards the west. and it's going to make way for this much colder storm. you won't believe the drop we're going to see the next couple days, and i'll show it to new about seven minutes. growing up in la, bad air forced us indoors.

new information it's about a coronavirus patient now being treated by doctors in san mateo county. the health department says that person returned to the united states from being overseas. san mateo county says they will continue to work with the cdc to manage tests and keeping an eye and monitoring anyone he can posed to coronavirus. >>> a state health official is calling one coronavirus case a turning point. patient contracted the virus here in the united states. elissa harrington is live with how the area is responding. elissa. good morning. >> reporter: county officials declared a local emergency after the person tested positive. now all we know is that this patient is a woman from solano county. we don't know what city she is from. but everyone who has been in contact with her is at risk. >> at this point, we don't know where the patient was exposed. >> reporter: at a press conference thursday, health official revealed the woman checked herself into north bay vaca valley hospital on february 15th. she was moved to uc davis medical senter when the condition got worse. this perso

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

peninsu to we have one patient who's tested posive for the coronavirus be treated right nowin san mateo countyhat news school superintendents in san mateo county are meeting today to talk aboutwhat they want to do to contain the spread salute kron 4 sarah stinson on from the peninsula. is morning >>sarah bring us up to speed on efforts there. >>yeah now that there is one confirmed case of coronavirus here in san mateo county the health department wants to talk about being prepred and talk about precautions that can be made in part of preping for the spread of coronavirus is talking with school officials so today, the department will meet with the superintendents from ch of the 23 school districts, and they'll ta about a planhat they will do if worst case scenario, this becomea spread and they have to you know shut down schools may ha to alert parents or in the least bit alerti parents about cleanless so they want to et and talk about aplan the meeting will aim to make a unified effort for how they will deal if the corovirus does spread are advances this could disrupt the day-to-day lives of pe

>> so the san francisco airport is located in san mateo county, so the san francisco airport has arrangements with san mateo health department to evaluate patients. >> did you want to say where they're going to go? people are afraid. >> i'm not sure where they're going to go to. >> so even though the max is not recommende -- mask is not recommended, people are still concerned and not receiving information. can you confirm what type of mask to wear for the coronavirus, because some people feel they have to have a certain type. >> that's a very good question. the question was, is what type of mask, if somebody chooses to do the mask? at this point, we're not recommending that anybody wear any mask. what mask is used when they are recommended differs on the environment. so in the health care environment, they will be doing things a little bit differently. the challenge is that we don't know enough about the virus. we don't know enough about the virus. if we learn more, it will give us more guidance on the level of infection control that's required. >> with an incubation period of roughly 14 days

case f virus this fire spreing kron 4 sarah stinson is live n san mateo with more on how the schools are preparing sarah. >>es, san mateo county health officials they're working with the cdc right now for that patient with coronavirus but they're also working with school distris because they're telling us thathey we need to be prepare for this to spread across the county well there's only onpatient. they're taking every precaution they can so he alth department is meeting with all 23 school district superintendents today in samut hail. the san mateo unty superintendent froeach e will be meeting with th cut the county's healtdepartment to make a unified plan for how ey will deal with the coronavirus if it continues to spread in advance know district officials want to e same message is to all t parents at every school in every district that y there's no confuon, everyone's on the same page when they send out an alert out the virus 8 advances say sure that alert is unified the matter what school you attend as health officials work with the superintendent they want to prepare for what could happen with the they even if it means ta

we're learning the cdc recently transferred an infected patient to a san mateo county hospital for treatment. it is not clear where that person came from. >> we're also tracking the coronavirus case involving an infected solano county woman as a number of cases pops, a live look at uc davis medical center in sacramento where she remained hospitalized this morning. overnight in several nations including the united kingdom and france and iran, and health experts are retracing the woman's steps. she's not traveled to china nor in contact with anyone who was there. >> as of this morning there are now 83,000 cases of the virus worldwide. 2,800 people have died. most are in china but the number of deaths elsewhere is rising. and there are now 60 confirmed cases in the united states. >> we have live team coverage this morning including a breakdown on signs as symptoms continue. first, let's go to "today in the bay" sarah dallof with the latest. >> she has a closer look at the solano county case now getting national attention, sarah. >> reporter: that is correct marcus and laura. you just mentioned

corost beganace insibackere, sc superintendents in san mateo county say they are preparing to update a plan for how they would handle a coronavirus pandemic. they are looking for ways to keep teaching students even if an outbreak forces closure of schools. abc 7 reporter david louie has details. >> reporter: concern for the welfare of children is prompting a number of districts to send out tips on how to deal with coronavirus. most are common sense steps such as hand washing and covering coughs and sneezes. parents say they are hungry for advice. >> the community has questions, the public has questions, it's incumbent upon the organization to have the proactive answers. >> reporter: the superintendents of 23 san mateo county school districts put coronavirus on their monthly meeting agenda to discuss how they will handle a child with suspicious symptoms >> we're going to ask that they go home, and then we're going to ask that the families contact their personal medical providers and then the health department and protocols take over from there. >> reporter: it's part of an effort to r

. >>> we are also learning of another case in san mateo county. the county health department says the cdc has transferred the patient, that tested positive for the virus to an unidentified medical facility in that county. is a the patient was repatriated to the united states, but did not give further details. a dozen school superintendents, in san mateo county focus their monthly meeting on efforts to prepare for the virus. some schools including the sequoia union high school district say they are disinfecting and cleaning, in common areas as a precaution. >> we recognize that our school districts and our families have concerns. they also have great trust in our communication and our protocols. we want to remind everyone that the risk remains low. >> officials say their priority for the san mateo schools is to keep students healthy and safe. >> questions remain in solano county where health officials announced the first community transmission case. >> downtown vacaville is not far from travis air force base where people were quarantined. right now,

at this hour, san mateo county educators are talking about the growing concerns of the virus and here is sharon katsuda about the fears and what is the superintendent saying? >> kris, all of the superintendents of the county meet monthly and today, the focus is definitely on the coronavirus. this comes after schools in fairfield are wiping down disks a -- desks and disinfecting the schools, and this is of concern because a woman tested positive of the coronavirus, because she doesn't know how she caught it, and she being treated in the uc-davis medical center and before staying there, she was in vacaville for several days without being tested and health officials said that dozens of health officials may have been exposed to the virus at this time. and health officials say that is shifting from containing the coronavirus to keep it from spreading in the community. of course, school districts, bay area-wide are sending out the emails to parents, and i in fact got a email reminding the parents to remind the children to wash their hands often and if they are sick, stay home. reporting liv

san mateo county many say the millbrae b.a.r.t. station has seen better days. >> eve seen people pee and poo. >> passengers often greeted by this, trash and lots of it. >> there is no maintenance person visible around here taurl. >> millbrae mayor and council them wayne lee has had enough. >> before they expand more stations they need to to leadership only to be given what they say is the run around. besides the trash drug needles can be found throughout the property. >> who takes their children on a train when you have to worry about getting pricked by a drug needle. >> city council member gina papan represents san mateo county. >> b.a.r.t.'s not doing enough. there's not a commitment to the cleanliness and safety of each and every station. >> reporter: in fact we found human feces on-site during the visit. millbrae city manager tom williams says he told b.a.r.t. about it two weeks ago and followed up multiple times despite the push there's been no response from the agency. >> people that commute from redwood city, foster city, bu

the measure covers unincorporated san mateo county but the mature majority of cities in san mateo countyo expected to adopt some version of the ban. the supervisor introduce the measure and said using a plastic straw or cup just once and then throwing it away is more harmful to our environment than we realize. he says it's time to wake up and embrace sustainability. >>> harvey weinstein's conviction is being called a watershed moment in the me to movement. coming up, his accusers speak out, and why he could face more charges. >>> we will be back after the break, looking for some rainfall, we will have all of that when we return. >>> walt disney has a new ceo, a big announcement, a year after the last ceo announced he was stepping down. ? nope. this one? no. let me get them all. i'm gonna get them all. it's just the basics. can you double bag this right here? earn 1.5% cash back on everything you buy with freedom unlimited. can you also tell me what it is? chase. make more of what's yours. how you watch it does too. tv just keeps getting better. this is xfinity x1. featuring the emmy awar

another patient is being treated at a hospital in san mateo county.rt in the bay area, especially in solano county where districts are taking steps to make sure no one is infected, wiping things down. go to the home page for what other districts are doing and warnings they're sending home to parents. >>> and you can also find a link to an interactive map showing global impact from the outbreak. e presidential candidates trying to snag hundreds of california s delegates. the new weekend developments ahead of tuesday )s primary! plus- coronavirus fears. your questions from social media answered as the concerns continue. monday morning from 4:30 to 7. we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. president kennedy knew settling for half-measures wasn't good enough. so when candidates say we can't guarantee health care for all, make college affordable for all, combat climate change, or create a world at peace, remember that america is best when we strive to do big things, even whe

>> right now on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a large tree crashing into a tesla in san mateo countye live with the morning commute. >>> first, firefighters now pg&e. what we're just learning about a san mateo county apartment fire that brought so many cruis >>> and the coronavirus affecting major tech conference getting underway in san francisco. y the mayor said that there's no need to worry. good morning. it is monday february 24th. i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego the time now is 6:30. let's get right over to mary lee. it is monday, mary. the weekend went by so fast. >> yeah did, like that, for sure, and already monday. well, we're going to help you get through the first of the workweek here. and we're looking at a chilly start. so grab that jacket as you head out the door, also dealing with some patchy fog as well for the tri-valley and parts of the north bay. concord, your coming in at 42. 40 in livermore. 47 for you in san jose. a cold start santa rosa. 37. but as we head through the afternoon, we will see plenty of sunshine and daytime highs on the rise. mild to warm ab

there are no active cases in san mateo county. >> reporter: there are no vaccinations or medicines to treat the virus, quarantine and patient care are working. >> there are 15 confirmed cases in the united states, with five cases in the san francisco bay area. >> reporter: those that asked me tested were cleared. compared to the minimum impact of coronavirus in united states, the greater threat is influenza. in the last four months, 26 million americans got the flu, requiring a quarter of 1 million hospitalizations, and 14,000 deaths. nonetheless, officials say california's asian americans have had 75 instances of documented hate, harassment, racism, and discrimination. >> race, ethnicity, are not ory illness.>> reporter: the sars virus a few years o,was originated in china. the mers virus originated in the middle east. the simple fact is, viruses emerge all the time in every corner of the globe. the only one responsible for that, is plain unfair. >>> we are checking in on the weather. we had a fantastic day without rain. this was a great week, without rain. we have another week witho

. >> reporter: she represents san mateo county. >> bart's not doing enough. there's not a commitment to the cleanliness and safety of each and every station. >> reporter: we found human feces on site during our recent visit. the city manager says he told bart about it two weeks ago and has followed up multiple times since the initial call. despite the push, there's been no response from the agency. >> people that commute from redwood city, foster city, burlinggame, other areas of san mateo county that use this station because it's a multi-model station for their daily commute. it's embarrassing. >> reporter: built in 2003, the millbray bart station is the largest transit center in the western united states bringing bart, san tram, corporate shuttles and world via sfo. it's also a future high speed rail stop. they don't understand why the station isn't get the tlc they say it deserves especially since it's first place visitors see when they take public transit out of the airport. >> it's a detriment to public transit and the quality of life. not only with mill

between san mateo county line and whipple avenue here and new express lanes will be constructed north the way to 380 in south san francisco. when completed those express lanes will allow people to drive for free. others can pay with a fastrak varying from a couple bucks up to $10 depending on traffic and the time of day. it is being done to make sure it does not impact the morning commute when the road work wraps up. reporting live along highway 101, julian glover, abc 7 news. >>> thank you, julian. samsung is about to roll out it's new smart phones. the galaxy is expected to be the star and 5g support. >>> coming up ongoing legal drama surrounding elizabeth holmes. what her attorneys are now asking. >>> janet jackson announced a new tour. when the singer will be here in the bay area. >> come on, mike. are you ready? >> what are we doing? >> i don't know. >> clearly not. >> i froze. >> we'll get mike together. first he'll get your weather together. >> all right. okay, yeah. let's talk about how much milder it is outside. >> there you go. hey. >> i felt it. >> that's not bad. >> we're

also learned that one patient who was testing positive for the coronavirus is being treated now san mateo county with that news the school superintendents in san mateo county are meeting today talk out precautions they want to take. >>st in case this illness were to spread across 4 sarah stinson is following that story for us live from san >>yeah if the coronavirus was to spread across the county or even throughout california god forbid they want to be prepared and th is the best thing they can do so that why this in detail county health depament is meeting with the school district's there's about 23 school districts throught the county and all of the superintendeare going going to meet with the health officials and they're going to going to be discussing worst case scenaribest case scenario you name it now that they have a one that confirmed case of coronarus in their county somne is a revering in the hospital we don't have a ton of infmation about that patient. but wehave reached out to the health department to get more infoation on that haven't heard back quite yet. but this meetinwill really

we've learned that one patient who has tested positive r the coronavirus is being treated now in san mateo county and with that news school superintendents in san mateo county are meeting today to talk about what they're goin to do trying to tame this friend does make people nervous copper sarah stinson is live insan mateo coun with more on that sarah. >>part of preparing is the health department is going to be talking with school officials today the superintendent from eachof the 23chool districts in the entire county and this is to talk about the potential spad of the crime virus and just make sure that they're ready if this happens especially since a of one confirmed case in the county did just reach out to the health department to hopefully they'll call us back in love a snow cave any updates on that but in terms of this meeting today again it will be with discuss a plan the meeting ll will aim make a unified plan how they will deal with the kronf ours if it spreads and advances which would disrupt our day they live so it's imptant to have a significant break down what they wi do district off

the voting center will be open weekdays in two we can >> san mateo county will open three voting centers. you can also order by mail in many counties starting today. kenny? >>> it is 5:06. as we take a live look from des moines, iowa, this morning ahead of the nation's first contest. the state will hold its caucuses this evening. the race is a close one. cbs's michael george joins us live from des moines with how today could play out. michael? >> reporter: the candidates are spending every last-minute crisscrossing iowa, fighting for that precious face time with the voters. all of the campaigns are well aware, this is a very close race. no, the latest cbs news poll shows former vice president biden and senator ernie sanders in a dead heat, trailed by pete buttigieg and senators elizabeth warren and amy klobuchar. democratic senators are planning to return to iowa tonight. mineral, president trump open to counter the democrats' message, sending dozens of his top aides to iowa, including kelly and conway. >> it sounds like they are throwing their thunder and lightning at each other. >> rep

again, the monthly meeting of about two dozen superintendents in san mateo county will have an update for you on that at noon. live in san mateo jessie gary ktvu fox 2 news. >> later in the show, we will talk to a financial analyst about what this means if forinvestors. >>> many of democratic presidential candidates are in the carolinas. >> it has been a busy time for the candidates. especially right now after speaking with us this morning. pete buttigieg went to a campaign event in south carolina where they hold their primary tomorrow. here's new video of that town hall event in charleston. he has three more stops in south carolina today. california though the biggest prize in the presidential race with 415 pledged delegates up for grabs. we are now part of super tuesday. i asked mayor buttigieg about his plan. housing and homelessness. >> my on house willing make sure that 7 million more americans get support and lead to 2 million new affordable housing units being built. that requires everything from funding for more low income housing tax credits. supporting cities with inclusiona

discussion was part of a regularly scheduled meeting of superintendents from school districts around san mateo county contra costa county health officials are warning residents to stay informed. it posted on its web site today that the virus may now be circulating in northern california communities, including the bay area. it also says hospitals in the county are screening patients with symptoms for potential exposure to the virus. county officials are treating 3 patients who evacuated from the diamond princess cruise ship in japan and were quarantined at travis air force base 1200 coronavirus testing kids are on the way to california the department of public health announced the new shipments today one day after solano county reported that infection with that unknown ares in case and the federal government promised to send more kids. >>the city city initially sent 200 testing kits to california, the state used up most if not all of those sacramento county representative amy baer a leading a hearing on the virus with the director of the cdc this week in washington. >>what i find she director west sou

. >>> we have new information about a coronavirus being treated by doctors in san mateo county. the patient returned to the united states from abroad. the county said they will continue to work with the cdc to manage testing and monitoring of anyone exposed to the coronavirus. >>> happening now another rough day for the markets. the dow is down more than 4%. down 900 points after being down sharply at the close. now we are roar than that. this marks the seventh day of a massive sell off sparked by rising fears of the coronavirus. the do you dow is down by 4% as is the s & p, the nasdaq is down by three and one third percent. this is the worst week for the markets since the financial crisis in 2008. you can watch the numbers with us throughout mornings on 2. pam will be back in this hour with dollars and sense. >>> a whistle blower raising concerns about the federal government response to the coronavirus crisis. that complaint involved federal health workers sent tobase in f help the americans evacuated from the hot zones in china. they met face to face with the quarantined americ

. >> san mateo county is hoping to calm fears and anti-asian sentiment. government and medical officials talked about what the county is doing. >> reporter: officials reported that there have been dozens upon dozens of documented instances of racist comments, discrimination, and violence against asian americans over issues around the coronavirus. >> we are seeing a global rise in anti-asian american discrimination, due to the virus. >> reporter: this is happening even though there is little or none of the virus to be found here in the united states. the immediate risk to the san francisco bay area residents is extremely low. there are no active cases in san mateo county, currently. >> reporter: there are no vaccinations or medicines to treat the virus, quarantine and patient care are working. >> there are 15 confirmed cases in the united states, with five cases in san francisco bay area. >> reporter: those asked to be tested or found not infected and cleared. compared to the minimal impact of coronavirus in the united states, the greater threat is influen

san mateo county is expecting a lot of couples to tie the knot today. >>> a look outside this morning. mike is tracking a it up of spring today and warmer weather for the weekend. good morning on this thursday, february 20th. >> it's more than a touch. we had a whole stretch. >> the flowers are blooming. >> mm-hmm. >> i'm not mad. >> the shorts are out. >> legs. >> legs. sky's out, thighs out. >> might have to find some self tanner before i do that. let's find out what's going on. 5:29 this morning. here's the blanket of clouds over top of us. at about 20,000 feet or higher, so nothing will fall from them. don't even think about rain. just high clouds and sunshine, 40 to 43 at 7:00. 59 to 63 at noon. a wider spread at 4:00. 60 at the coast. 68 to 67 for the bay and inland neighborhoods. comfortable evening on the ray, 52 to 60 at 7:00. hi, jobina. >> hi, mike. 5:30 right now. i brought out the arrow so you can see what's going on at the bay bridge toll plaza. we have two fastrak lanes blocked because of a crash involving at least six cars at the moment. that tow truck has one of them.

san mateo county school summit nancy mcgee said the corona virus was an important agenda item. a pandemic plan for the h1n1 virus is being updated that. >> that was maybe ten years ago, so we want to go through the plan and ensure that we now have many more opportunities for remote learning for students, and different kinds of transportation or remote work environments for staff. >> reporter: while the coronavirus list is considered low, contingency plans are being reviewed in the event of a coro coronavirus outbreak. >> it would like by will across the entire county because we know as we have seen in other countries, when you isolate or stop everybody's regular flow, that it helps to slow down the spread. >> reporter: the plan calls for sick children to be sent home. parents would be advised to contact their health providers. the testing of the cases is expected to go faster. the cdc says it goal is to have test kits in the hits of local and state agencies across the country by this time next week. in redwood city, david louie, abc 7 news. >>> a frantic ride for the financial

month from now on super tuesday when the voting will also be open weekdays and two vacant >> san mateo county will open three voting centers. you can also vote by mail in many county starting today. >>> is it down to the wire in iowa. the first balance in the 2020 race for the white house will be cast today. the latest cbs news poll shows former vice president joe biden and sanity bernie sanders in a dead heap. michael george with how today, play out. >> we're going to to beat donald trump. >> reporter: it is the final stretch. >> i think we never had a greater responsibility than today. >> reporter: and every second counts. >> our volunteers have not gone 500,000 dollars. >> the democratic candidates are making a last-minute blitz across the state with campaign volunteers going door to door to rally support. these last few hours are crucial because even now, there are some caucusgoers who are still undecided. >> kind of open to everything. i have not dipped into it enough to really see what each one is backing right now. >> i'm still undecided, but i have a top two or three. >> reporter: thr

>>>this is not what you want to see in february or anything really but a grass fire in san mateo county, sending smoke across the bay area. how our bone dry weather played a role. >>> becoming independent. two young men with development disabilities channeling their love for sports on youtube. coming up, the bay area sports team that helped make their dream come true. 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. tomtrump on the economy.ald his people over profits plan makes a living wage a right. creates thousands of good paying green jobs in california. and provides a 10% tax cut for everyone making under $250,000 tom's plan also makes health care a right, by addin protects union negotiat

life in prison if convicted and dozens of say four union employees prepared to go on strike in san mateo county. they have canceled the contract with safeway demanding higher wages and more full-time opportunities but the union still needs approval before you walk out. safeway responded to say we remain committed to bargaining in good faith with the union to reach an agreement to provide a competitive compensation package and provide a package. >> deliberations began in a new york courtroom today and the jury will decide the movie moguls fate in his chores with sexual assault and predatory sexual assault in the cases of two women. it could put him behind bars for the rest of his life. >>> a uber whistleblower who prompted a major restructuring of the company gave her first tv interview. she talked about the multiple allegations she made while working for the right sharing giant when she was on "cbs this morning" . >> anytime i made a complaint and i did over the span of the of that i was there. they would say this is the first offense. this is a high- performing we do not feel comfortable punis

feel and asense routine superintendent mary stretch lee says on friday all perintendents in san mateo county are meeting with the county's health department to coordinate communication making sure the same message is being sent home to students and their families no matter what school they attend, but we want to make sure leaing. >>it's still possible that kids can move forward and safe stretc lee says they've increased the amount of daily cleaning occurring at the scols in her district time we've activated our facilities department. first and foremost to make sure that we have clean. >>andeep cleaning and increased our free disinfectants an cleaning of all the common areas and th we have as a plan in pce to contin making sure that our facilities are as cleaas possible distct officials also encouraging the students and staff to wash eir hands as much as possible and continuously wipe down workspaces kids or feeling at all 6. >>or have any symptoms they shou be encourageto stay home. >>atriday's meeting, i'm told the superintendent's will discuss wh the plan will be if the virusdoes spre to s

i make the san mateo county sheriff's department says they found bite marks on the chickens. which may mean well i've got to them. >> to them conclusive if their injuries were sustained by animals alone or if they had a hero for role in the. if at all possible we do find that humans are responsible for this, they could be facing in the local teacher does. >> reporter: there was no surveillance video. the rabbit survived. no arrests have been made, which has the school community very nervous. >> what is next, children? or other adults? where does it stop? they need and a vengeance. they need someone to come and break the cycle. >>> breaking news tonight, police on the scene of a tragic accident and ptolemy county. two people killed when their small plane crashed in the field find a home. the single engine killed crashed just after 6 o'clock at the columbia airport. not sure where the plane was headed. investigators are working to identify the victims. ntsb will begin their investigation torrow .impehment trial of pres trump is over. but the fallout from the historic proceeding

. >> reporter: in san mateo county many say the mill brae bart station has seen better days. passengers are often greeted by trash and lots of it. >> there's no maintenance person visible armed here at all. >> wayne lee has had enough. >> in my view, they need to take care of the stations that they have now. >> for years city leaders have brought their concerns here only to be given the run-around. >> who's going to take your children on the train if you have to worry about getting tricked by a drug kneeler. bart's not doing enough. there's not a commitment to the cleanliness and safety of each and every station. >> in fact, we found human feces on our recent site visit. tom williams said he told bart about it two weeks ago and has followed up multiple times. despite the push, there's been no word from people of the county. >> distributor people who use this s for their daily communicate. it's embarrassing. >> the bart station is the largest transit center in the western united states, bringing together bart, cal tran, corporate shuttles and the world via sfo. i'd also a high

again, san mateo county, santa clara county in the bay area are the two counties that are doing this.or voters there, yeah, the pog going to for years and years may or may not be there. but if you stop and look at what the additional options are, you know, before you only had that one location, that was your polling place, election day only. now, you can go to any of the hundreds of locations in the county convenient to you over the course of 11 days, not just one day if you didn't vote by mail to begin with, which is growing in popularity. so, we're accommodating more user-friendliness, if you will, for elections. damian: when we talk about we usually get 26% voter turnout on non-presidential elections, that's got to be depressing for somebody like you who's out there trying to pump up voters, make sure that whoever they vote for or whatever they vote for that they just go out there and vote. alex: i constantly reference my high school government teacher, right? just kind of recalling the lessons, including, you know, our democracy works best when as many eligible people participatin

county has recovered and has been released from the hospital. also, a couple from san benito have been recovered and they were released from u.c.s.f.. >>> add san mateo county to the list of local governments trying to calm fears about the virus and eliminate the backlash against the asian american community. county leaders blame the virus for 75 recent documented reports of discrimination against asians in california. >> we are seeing a global rise in anti-asian american discrimination because of the virus. . >> doctors say a greater health threat in the united states is affluenza. in the last 4 months, 26 million americans caught the flu. 14,000 died. >>> our time is 4:35. news of the public health concerns around the world about the coronavirus has eclipsed a very harsh flu season. the vaccine is working better than in the past. leland viterred as the latest on this season and how it compares to the coronavirus. >> flu season is in full swing but new research suggests this new vaccine is working. an interum report on the flu shot's effectiveness. so far the vaccine has cut the number of flu-related doctors visits by 45%. that's up from 20 fine% la

. >>> happening today, san mateo county leaders will consider new regulation for restaurants on disposable containers and food ware. they strengthened the rules which now include a 25 cents surcharge for single-use cups. the goal is to encourage more environmentally friendly materials. >>> so maybe you saw this coming but you now have a chance to actually try to hard-to-find pliny the krunger without waiting in long lines. so the catch is you have to open your wallet pretty big. >> so this year for the first time customers could take two bottles home and they're already posting it online. we found this on e-bay offering a bottle of pliny the younger and pliny the elder and the minimum bid is $180 or buy it now for over $200. a perfect gift for your valentine. >> don't get me that. >> you're not a beer drinker. >> i could think of some other things. >> i could think of something else to get you for $250. >> oh, sweetie. >>> a crackdown on short-term rentals. still ahead the desert location looking to limit your airbnb options. >>> a decision that could make or break the proposed mega-merger

. >>> in san mateo county, more than 400,000 early ballots were sent out for the march 3rd presidential primary. 3 voter centers opened their doors this morning. every registered voter in san mateo will get a ballot in the mail. voters can mail it in, drop it off at the centers, or use the machines to vote in person. >> it's a large number of people, so if you really want to avoid waiting in line, vote early, come to the voting centers early. they open today, which is 29 days before election day. >> the centers are open at the san mateo registration division, the assessor's office in redwood city, and the san francisco main library. >>> democratic president, candidate mike bloomberg was in sacramento today hosting a canvass launch at the old soul coffee shop. he spoke about his hopes to defeat donald trump and put the united back in the united states. >> the people in california are very politically savvy and know what's going on. they express themselves, and that's what democracy should be all about. >> bloomberg opened a campaign office in oakland just last week. >>> a look at the top

san mateo. >> let me explain. the airport is in san mateo county but the city and county of san francisco owns that land. so we are responsible. we have jurisdiction of the actual physical land. the cases go to san mateo account in terms of anything that comes out of an arrest. they are filed in the san mateo county's d.a. office but we have patrol jurisdiction on the airport. the federal authority, t. s. a. and other authorities, customs and border patrol, they have jurisdiction in part of the airport as well. so it is a city in and of itself, very complicated in terms of all the parts that go to effectively policing an airport. >> so i thought from a previous meeting i was under the impression that our officers who are at the airport are being paid by another entity. >> they are being paid by the airport. the airport funds the positions for that -- officers assigned to the parent are paid for with airport fund -- assigned to the airport are paid for with airport funding. >> okay. so we are assuming 100 potentially more officers to the airport this year? >> we need bodies. >> i think what's important to

this is all part of a regularly scheduled meeting of superintendents from school districts in san mateo county. in the east bay contra costa county health officials now have this warning on its website that the virus may be circulating in northern california communities, including the bay area. it also says that hospitals in the county are screening patients with symptoms for potential exposure to the virus. county hospitals are treating 3 patients who were evacuated from the diamond princess cruise ship and quarantined at travis air force base. coming up this morning, a call for newsweek and many businesses in chinatown are suffering because of growing coronavirus fears we're going to see. >>how one company stepping up and encouraging others to shop local. plus a bay area community scrambling to find medical mask their disappearing from the shelves. what you need to new covergirl clean fresh skin milk a vegan foundation formulated without formaldehydes, phthalates, parabens, sulfates, and talc giving me a healthy natural look that says... this is me. clean fresh skin milk from easy breezy bea

. >>> in san mateo county, more than 400,000 early ballots were sent out for the march 3rd presidential primary. three voting centers opened monday morning. every registered voter in san mateo will get a ballot in the mail. voters can mail it in, drop it off, or use the machines to vote in person. >> that is a large number of people. if you really want to avoid waiting in line, vote early. come to our vote centers early. they start opening today, which is 29 days before election day. >> the centers are open at the cemetery registration division. they are office and the south san francisco main library. >>> happening tonight, president trump is set to give the final state of the union address of his term. mr. trump is expected to focus on prosperity and issues affecting america's working families. the president's and will speech comes one day before the impeachment trial against him wrapped up. the state of the union isn't tonight at 6:00 on kpix 5. you can watch our local 6:00 news streaming on cbsn bay area, and we will have a special 9:00 news right here on kpix 5 following president'

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