>>by a unanimous vote santa clara county supervisors have extended a local health emergency due to theorona virus. county health officer doctor sara cody first made the seven-day declaration a week ago when ere were 17,500 confirmed cases worldwide and to locally. now that global number has jumped over 40,000 and it continues to grow in a report to the board cody says in part the virus is considered a serious public health threat because much is unknown. but she goes on to say the declaration and proclamation did not signify any particular increase in risk to the residents of santa clara county. but they do unle to county to more effectively respond to the outbreak c can utilize mutual aid potentially obtain reimbursement and ensure th the county's public health professionals have all necessary tools at their disposal to keep the community safe. >>and some of those fiscal impacts could be additional reimbursements both from the state and the federal government should things get out of hand here now we can also tell you that again that this public health emergency tended now for an addi

ken miller, medical director of county of santa clara emergency services, brian glass, the assistant chief of the santa clara county fire department, dana reed who is the director of the county emergency management division, dr. jim novack, the chief business officer for the santa clara county office of education, and joe catharo regional vice pesident of the hospital council of northern and central california. all of them will be available for your questions and answers after we're done. but right now, i would like to announce the leader of our public health department, our public health officer and director of the department of public health, who's been spearheading the response in this county, and has done a fabulous job. dr. sarah kote. sarah. >> thank you. >> you're up. >> all right. good afternoon, and thank you for joining us this afternoon. today we're reporting a new case un.novel coronavirus in santa is the third case to be identified in our county, but it's different from our other two cases in an important way. like the california case reported two days ago, our third case

even so we discovered that ali baba still does business with santa clara county. the county pays ali baba more than $300,000 a year to provide mental health beds. >> we tried to set standards for others to follow. >> reporter: mustapha sabankaya, a palo alto real estate developer, founded ali baba in 1974. he and his wife sherrilyn spoke with us while traveling through phoenix. >> even though it's a big facility we run it like a family. >> reporter: they both blame the wage problems on a bad manager. >> i had a very bad manager unfortunately which is tough for anybody to have. >> reporter: even so, three years after those judgments ali baba still has not paid either worker. and sabakaya says he won't pay out of principle because he says the labor xhirgs never served him the legal papers properly. >> both of these cases the labor department is so unorganized, they are so unprofessional, that we were never informed. personally, i am the owner of the corporation. i was never informed with a registered letter that there was a case against me. >> now, are you going to p

thankfully, the santa clara county deputy is expected to be okay. but the investigation is still going on. 48 years living on yubas road and ed barbossa has never experienced anything like this. >> i was in bed and i heard commotion. sirens and stuff going back and forth. >> reporter: a santa clara county sheriff's deputy was shot at about 10:30 friday night near the reservoir. about six miles from ed's home. >> scary today. >> reporter: the sheriff's office says a the car's lights turned off. someone shot at the deputy several times and off. the deputy shknow if anyone was hit. the deputy was treated for nonlife threatening injuries. the suspects have not been found. >> it's crazy out there. they're our protection. we need them. >> reporter: road closure blocked off access to the reservoir as investigators looked at the evidence. ed says though this doesn't happen here, he feels protected. >> i have a dog. if anyone comes around, she barks. >> reporter: in santa clara county, sara zendehnam, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> hours after the impeachment proceedi

the santa clara county sheriff's department says they have some leads going into the case and they'reooking for a 2,000s silver sedan, possibly a honda. in santa clara county, katie nielsen, kpix 5. >>> new details coming in on a deadly shooting in brisbane. police are now saying it was the result of a home invasion robbery. officers arrived just after 4:00 this afternoon to a home on alvarado street. police will only say they found a man shot to death and the resident of the home was found safe and is cooperating. it's not yet known if the 2 men knew each other, but officers say it's an isolated incident. >>> tonight a new battle between cars and bikes in san francisco. kpix 5's betty yu spoke to cyclists on the embarcadero who say valet parking is putting them at risk. >> reporter: this busy stretch of the embarcadero outside epic steak and water bar has become a source of friction among the valet, cars, and cyclists who all share the space. curtis yancy rides his bike along the embarcadero every night on his way home, but the journey is often interrupted by this, cars getting in th

they believe that for that reason, the virus is not currently circulating in santa clara county. public health officials say they were not caught off guard and a case of the novel coronavirus has surfaced in santa clara county. >> since we are a large county and many of our residents travel frequently for business and personal reasons, we are not surprised to be announcing the first case in the bay area and northern california. actually, we have been preparing for this possibility for weeks. >> reporter: dr. sarah cody says the cdc confirmed the case this morning. thing the man with the novel coronavirus was recently traveling in wuhan, china and then shanghai, landing a banana san jose international airport on generate 24th they say he did the right thing. >> since his return home to the county he has been self isolating at home. and did not leave home at all. except to seek medical care. >> reporter: health officials say the man to visit a local clinic when he began to show symptoms but he was not sick enough to be hospitalized. he reportedly is cooperating with health officials

>>well, pam and ken as you noted this is now the 3rd case of coronavirus he in santa clara county. but unlike the other 2 county on the other 2 instances coronavirus here in the county. this patient and got the disease and through an unknown origin that means that the person has no connection to traveling abroad or having anconnection to coming in in ntact with an infected person. a similar case was rorted like this earlier this week in solan county santa clara county heth officials say this patient has an der woman with chronic health issues and was originally hospitalized forespiratory prlems her doctor called the health department on wednesday night to have her tested for coronavirus the positive results coming in last night sense and the department says they've been working to identify whthis person ma have come in contact with well as understanding the extent of the exposures health officials are not releasing more information about this woman. >>we do need everyone to start thinking about what actions they n take now so we can be prepared. for the possibility of further spread

santa clara county officials say that a woman not related to that counties first patient has also tested positive and she also visited wuhan china. >> what is important to know is that both of the cases after arriving here went directly to a residence and stayed in the residents since their arrival and in both cases they only left the residence to seek medical care.>> state health officials say it is not likely there will be other cases involving people of the current patients that have had contact with them like their families and right now there are 11 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the us. >> more than 20 countries have reported coronavirus cases and this morning the russian prime minister said foreigners infected with the virus may be deported in several other countries are closing the borders with china. china reports nearly 17,500 people inside its borders have come down with the virus in 362 people have died in china and a man from china died in the philippines on saturday and he is the first death outside of china.>> this patient came from the epicenter of the outbreak, wu

the third case of covid-19 in santa clara county is not related to other cases. the third case in santa clara county had no known exposure to the virus through travel or close contact with a known infected individual. quote, now is the time to prepare for the possibility of widespread community transmission. the individual is an older adult woman with chronic health conditions who was hospitalized for a respiratory illness. her infectious disease physician contacted the public health department to discuss the case and request testing for the novel coronavirus. since receiving the results last night, which were positive, the department has been working to identify contacts and to understand the extent of exposures. dr. sarah cody, the health officer for santa clara county says, this new case indicates there is evidence of community transmission, but the extent is still not clear. she goes on to say, quote, id understand this may be concerning to hear, but this is what we have been preparing for. now we need to start taking additional actions to slow down the spread

we begin live in santa clara county with troubling details on the new case. >> reporter: like the solano county case a couple days ago, santa clara county new case is a big mystery because the infected person had not recently traveled overseas and was not knowingly in contact with anyone who did. >> the new case involves an elderly woman with chronic health conditions and she sought medical attention and her doctor recognized the symptoms as a possible case so she was tested in the case was confirmed. >> like the california case reported two days ago, the third case did not recently travel overseas or have any known contact with the recent traveler or infected person. >> the health officer said it is a turning point and means it's time to prepare for the possibility of widespread community transmission. >> we know the virus is here present at some level. that we still do not know to what degree. an important priority for us is to conduct public health surveillance to determine the extent of what is happening. >> a phone bank has been set up with county health workers calling individuals

quote, county of santa clara public health department reports third case of covid-19. the third case of covid 19 in santa clara county is not related to other cases. it had no known exposure to the virus through travel or close contact with a known individual. quote, now is the time to prepare for the possibility of widespread community transmission. the individual is an older adult woman who was hospitalized for a respiratory illness. since receiving the results last night which were positive the department has been working to identify contacts and to understand the extent of exposures. dr. sarah cody the health officer for santa clara county says, quote, this indicates there is transmission. she goes onto say, quote, i understand this may be concerning to hear but this is what we've been preparing for. now we need to start additional actions to slow down the spread of this disease. this case is important because it signals now is the time to change course. this announcement from the county of santa clara goes onto give specific instructions about how individuals can k

patients from san benito county are now being treated at ucsf and san francisco and to patients in santa clara county are also being treated the other 2 cases are in southern california and tonight, 5 hospital workers in santa clara county are in self isolation until next week that's being done out of an abundance of caution meanwhile, there are foreign nationals stranded in china right now trying to get back here to the united states from mainland china. >>all this is sfo is coping with expanded restrictions on international travelers kron four's dan thorn dan kerman that is following the story tonight. he is live. >>at sfo details dan. >>we know all flights now coming from mainland china are being directed to 11 us airports, one of them of course sfo which was one of the initial ones to do those cdc screenings before it used to believe that it was just those coming from china that had to be screened. but now it's anybody coming from mainland china and that is really increase the work here at sfo as well as those 10 other airports. >>the last several days there have been changes for certain internat

restricted to or home health officer doctor sara cody says the goal now is to slow the spread in santa clara county. what we know now is that the virus is here present at some level. but we still don't know to what degree. it's also important to note that santa clara county health officials say they can now do the testing here which will drastically speed up the diagnosis. >>of coronavirus in the community. reporting live in san jose dan thorn kron 4 news dan thank you the words of warning from the palo alto unified school district tonight, the district says the parents of 2 students. >>may have been exposed to the virus. one student goes to palo alto high school. the other is a jail s middle school student to those 2 students will not attend school until officials say they learn more information in a stude a statement the district went on to say we recognize that the unknown can be concerning and we'll continue to provide regular updates as we have them and the cdc confirms another bay area resident being treated for coronavirus and solano county officials say this person was exposed to the virus

>>and one bay area counties leading the way in processing untested rape kits how santa clara county >>in the south bay santa clara county is leading the way in processing rape kits so they can help solve. >>sexual assault cases faster on for sarah stinson has details. >>santa clara county district attorney ernie announcing concrete success in processing rape kids they're now able to do it within less than 30 days back in 2018 the board of supervisors voted to make this happen at that time it took about 94 days to process kits now the average kid is being produced within 16 days a huge difference and the assault response team says stranger rapes are tested within 5 to 7 days since the board approved funding back in 2018 they've been able to address the backlog there was 269 rape kits awaiting processing at the crime lab all of those have now been tested and the backlog has been eliminated the funding allow the county to hire 2 additional criminalist to the already 3 person team this is helping solve these assault cases quicker, including one that happened earlier this month when a youn

livelook at all of the confirmed cases of the cold road virus in the us this new patient in santa clara county brings the total to 7 there are ao 2 confirmed cases in southern california. one in la county one in orange county. you have 2 patients a husband and wife in chicago a patient in washington state and one in arizona. >>the death toll tonight is 259 with 11,800 people sick. and wedo want to remind you of this online tool that you can use to track the corona virus cases in real time this interactive map that was made by researchers at johns hopki university and it shows. all confirmed cases of the wilhan corona virus across the globe to check it out for yourself visit our website atkron 4 dot com. >>all week we have been rememberi a legend night, the lakers are returning to the use koby bryant built the staples center. >>tonight saito is alive there for us as the lakers make their return home carless now. s goingon there right >>thousds of people coming here to staples center to pay their respects. tonight's game, the first laker game since word of kobe bryant's of death and that o cours

we have a total of 4 cases to in santa clara county and 2 people from san benito county who are now beingn francisco santa clara extended its health mergency declaration today as for those 2 cases in santa clara county. the first is a man who recently traveled to wuhan and arrived back home through san jose's airport on january 24th. he is a resident of santa clara county. second case there is not related to the first since a woman who recently traveled to wuhan china and arrived back in the us january 23th to visit family. she is not a resident of the county both people have been isolated and have not let their homes except to seek medical attention. meanwhile travis air force base in airfield a group of american evacuees from china remains under quarantine the cdc ys 5 of those evacuees are showing symptoms of corona virus. doctor henry walking with the cdc says his team is handling the situation aggressively and we have this interactive map we've been showing people it's a way to track the corona virus outbreak in real time. the cdc and the world health organization pump info in. we've

two people are still under quarantine in santa clara county. two others treated at ucsf. of the 178 people from the cruise ship in japan who arrived at travis air force base 12 are now being monitored at local hospitals. julia with the newest details.>> reporter: today is second round of evacuees left travis air force base heading for home after completing a 14 day quarantine. the cdcs that they pose no health risk to the public and have been given the all clear to go home. that is not the case for the 178 american passengers on board the diamond princess japanese cruiseship who arrived to travis air force base on sunday. a total of 12 passengers have been taken to local hospitals to be evaluated after displaying cyst symptoms consistent with exposure to the coronavirus. the two santa clara county residents who tested positive weeks ago after they were infected outside the u.s. still remain isolated. >>> both cases remain isolated in their home.>> reporter: how long is a person infectious? >>> there is a lot we still don't know about this new virus. one of the features we

i'm vicki will and i'm ken wayne in for graham lotus tonight, santa clara county officials revealed their mystery case earlier today. >>kron four's dan thorn joins us now live from san jose with the latest there dan. >>well ken vickie's santa clara county health officials say that they now have 3 confirmed cases of coronavirus but this latest case is different from the other 2 because this person got it through community transmission meaning that this person did not travel abroad and did not have any known connection to someone who is infected with coronavirus. >>it's another mystery coronavirus case in the bay area santa clara county health officials confirming friday they have a 3rd case similar to what was discovered earlier this week in solano county. >>like the california case reported 2 days ago. our 3rd case did not recently traveled overseas or have any known contact with the recent travelers are an infected person health officials say this patient and older woman contracted coronavirus through community spread the unnamed woman has chronic health problems and was originally hospi

they believe that for that reason, the virus is not currently circulating in santa clara county. public health officials say they were not caught off guard and a case of the novel coronavirus has surfaced in santa clara county. >> since we are a large county and many of our residents travel frequently for business and personalas

today, we are recording a new case of the novel coronavirus in santa clara county. this is the third case to be identified in our county. it is different from the other two cases in and a port away. like the california case recorded two days ago, and our third case did not recently travel overseas, or have any known contact with a recent traveler or infected person. the individual is an adult woman with chronic health conditions, he was hospitalized for difficulty breathing. her physician called us on wednesday night to discuss the case and requested testing for the novel coronavirus. our county of santa clara public health received the specimens the next morning and performed the testing. since receiving the results last night, we have been working to identify the woman's contact and understand who she may have exposed while contagious. before i go on, i want to be candid and let you know, this investigation is just beginning. i will not be able to share a lot more details other than the ones i just have. this case does signal to us that it is time to shift how we r

again still just 2 confirmed cases of the corona virus here in santa clara county. reporting live from the county administration building in san jose dan kerman kron 4 news thank you. dan, the corona virus has now killed more people than the sars epidemic at least a 1000 people are dead worldwide more than 40,000 have been incted in 27 countries. >>at a hospital in china. the first american has died from the virus. we know only that person was 60 years old at least 12 cases have been confirmed in the u s 6 of those cases are here in california for e patients being treated in the bay area to patients from san benito county are a few csf 2 others in santa clara are also being treated 5 hospital workers in santa clara county are in self isolation and it's see at least 135 people on the diamond princess cruise ship in japan have now tested positive for the virus there are 3700 passengs and crew aboard that ship for 14 day quarantine but that could last even longer since the japanese government is now considering testing all of them and that would require them to stay on

your tax dollars, stephen stock decided to find out. >> despite a new ordnance discouraging santa clara countyrom doing business with companies who fail to pay their workers, we found some three dozen companies that currently have disputes with the state labor department that are still doing business with santa clara county. those 37 companies owe workers some $2 million for wages they've already worked. the manage ar of the new officef standards. >> protecting businesses doing the right thing. >> because this policy is so new, her office will use what we found in this reporting to help weed out those companies that don't pay their workers. coming up at 11:00, we talk to a worker who still hasn't been paid years after the judgment, and to the company owner himself. and we go to those who set policy to see why this is happening. that's all tonight at 11:00. we'll see you then. >>> a tribute to san francisco's late public defender jeff adachi. there it is. gilbert street in soma is jeff adachi way. he died last year. >> on behalf of my family, my daughter lauren, the adachi and sada families, i

meanwhile in santa clara county, they declared a health emergency this afternoon. today's act by santa clara county supervisors extends another emergency declared last week to 30 more days, given county leaders more access to state funds and mutual aid in case the spread of the coronavirus continues in the area. >> where the ambulances line up and media increases, that there's more, and that's what started happening yesterday. >> reporter: the number as those infected now stands at more than 42,000 worldwide, including 66 new cases confirmed today among passengers of the diamond princess bringing the total to 130 with the coronavirus on board the cruise ship. the ship is quarantined off the coast of japan. >> we're keeping a positive attitude. >> reporter: back in california, a patient tested positive for the illness in san diego after being evacuated from wuhan and taken to the u.s. for quarantine. that person is reportedly isolated but in good condition at a nearby hospital. >> my family, i really can't wait to be reunited with them. i just want to give them a big

there is a declared emergency at santa clara county due to the outbreak. they can mobilize if more cases pop up in the county health department says the risk to the public is still low that county leaders wanted to take as much precaution as possible. in oakland they are holding up workshop with the virus, and how it impacts businesses and that meeting will start at 4:00 this afternoon at the oakland asia culture center. >>> the bay area chp officer is in jail accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl. 34-year-old brian watkins of fremont has been charged with three felony counts and arrested last month. ktvu spoke with the alleged victim that is now 18. we will not say her name since she was a minor at the time. she said she met watkins at a condo in fremont in 2017. >> i went to the police and told the police that he and i had a sexual relationship when i was 16. >> reporter: did he know that you were 16 at the time? >> yes, he does. >> reporter: that did not bother him? >> know. >> watkins is held at the santa rita jail in dublin on bail at $45,0

>>well, pam and ken as you noted this is now the 3rd case of coronavirus here in santa clara county. but unlike the other 2 county on the other 2 instances of coronavirus here in the county. this patient and got the disease and through an unknown origin that means that the person has no connection to traveling abroad or having any connection to coming in in contact with an infected person. a similar case was reported like this earlier this week in solano

one in santa clara county and the state lab in richmond. because of uncertainty about the outbreak, cbs has suspended production of its long running competition series, the amazing race. for those of you unfamiliar with the show. it features pairs of intestines traveling around the world to take part inin g when the decis s made hold pduction as a precaution. no contestants or crew numbers have been affected by the virus. the 32nd edition of the show was already complete and expected t stay with kpix 5 for your latest updates. you can street now on cbsn bay area. you can find us on kpix.com or your favorite platform. >>> the california primary is quickly approaching. there are just a few days left until super tuesday. wilson walker on the pages the candidates are making. >> we have been talking about super tuesday as if it is off on the horizon. the vote is underway here in california. >> are we going to send a canada who can't be trumped in the states he won before? joe can beat him. in pennsylvania, ohio, wisconsin and michigan. ma the .

in the south bay today, the santa clara county health department gave an update on their efforts to keep the corona virus from spreading. >>across the bay tonight there are no new cases in santa clara county. but there are still 2 confirmed patients being treated there the health department says that they're also monitoring and keeping track of 300 people who recently returned from china to the country. >>like many large health departments across the every day we're getting the names of travelers returning from mainland china. these are flights that have sent through a few key airports in the us, so we get the names of contact. the returning travelers and ensure that they're staying home for the 14 days since their last in china. >>the health department says that there's not an increased risk to the residents santa clara county. but because this is a new virus. they just can't predict how long the virus might continue to spread. >>today more than 2000 people around the world have died because of the coronavirus most of those people are in mainland china. there are more than 75,000 people

the latest one was reported just today in santa clara county and that's where kron four's dan thorn joins us live with how county leaders are responding to this new case stands. well that's right and santa clara county health officials say they now have 3 confirmed cases of coronavirus. >>here in santa clara county this new case is now the latest in the bay area where a patient was infected through community transmission. >>another coronavirus case of unknown origin is confirmed in the bay area. this coming just days after a woman in solano county may have been the first in the country to get the virus through community spread like the california case reported 2 days ago. >>our 3rd case did not recently traveled overseas or have any known contact with the recent travelers are an infected person health officials say this patient and older woman has chronic health problems and was originally hospitalized for respiratory issues. >>her doctor called the health department wednesday night to have her tested for coronavirus the results came in thursday night. >>since receiving the results last n

that is a risk we are not willing to take in santa clara county. >> reporter: the district attorney's office is forming a dedicated five person unit. focus on taking guns out of the hands of convicted felons. people charged with domestic violence and people with restraining orders. the seizures will be handled by special teams within the police department. >>> we cannot just knock on the door and asked nicely for a gun back. it requires the

santa clara county announced a new case of unknown origin. the mountain view voice reports that patient was treated at el camino hospital. it comes to days after a case was reported in solano county. >> we have team coverage on the coronavirus. we begin with betty yu, who spoke to people stocking up on medication. >> reporter: tonight, we saw plenty of people out and about at willow glen and restaurants at at shops. this is where learning the coronavirus may be spreading undetected in the bay area. >> today i got toilet paper essentials, water-->> reporter: johnny about a cart full of water and other supplies in san jose tonight after santa clara county health officials warned of the possibility of widespread community transmission. >> i got the basic meds to cure a common cold, according to what some of the doctors are saying. it acts like a common cold. i've got tylenol, some hydration water stuff. >> reporter: he is not alone, many shoppers rolled out carts of basic necessities. he shared this photo from inside the store, he says employees

two years ago, santa clara county had a backlog of 270 untested kits. rs decided to tackle the problem, and gave the district attorney's office, the money to do it. >> about $600,000 to be able to hire two more criminalists, and then we took those two criminalists, and we assign them with other criminalists to have a five person team to look at these kits. >> reporter: jeff rosen says case in point, just this month, a woman reported being sexually assaulted by a stranger. the evidence in her case was tested the same day in the lab. within 48 hours, a suspect was identified, and arrested for the crime. in the past two years since the county added those resources, the number of reported sexual assaults and rapes in santa clara county has increased by 20%. >> is that increased because there have been 20% more sexual assaults in the last two years, or because women are coming forward in greater numbers now? >> it's a little bit harder to say. probably some of both. >> reporter: testing the evidence quickly is the right thing to do, and they plan to continue

santa clara county announced the second case. as a travel ban between the u.s. in china remains in place. new this morning from the state department, they are blocking foreign nationals who recently visited china from entering the he was or at risk of spreading the disease. all flights from china and all passengers who travel to china within the last 14 days will be funneled through eight u.s. airports. including sfo. effective yesterday. three more airports will be added to that list throughout the day today. so that makes 11 airports. the federal government has established enhanced screening officials. as for the second confirmed case of the virus in santa clara county, the health department there says a woman has mild illness and is being regularly monitored. family members are also not allowed to leave the house. >> prior to her arrival, she had spent time in wuhan. she has been in her family's home since her arrival and has not left her home except to seek medical care. >> reporter: the second case of coronavirus is not related to the first. risk, remains l

some voters already casting ballots and polling places in santa clara county. as lynn ramirez reports it as part of the new system called voters choice. it is designed to make voting a lot more convenient.>> reporter: santa ara county's new folding sensors that open on the campus of san jose state university. people are already coming in and voting in california's primary.>> reporter: ty ricci use his break time at san jose state university to come to the library and vote. an office on the ground floor is one of 22 new voting sensors scattered around santa clara county that are now open for election date march 3 for people to cast their ballots. >>> my friends are telling me about the voting process. how we canal fulton our library. was pretty simple. it took 10 minutes. >> reporter: people can vote in a location convenient to where they work or go to school. and not be tied to a location near their home. >>> we want to make voting easier for people.>> reporter: the voting locations which open over the weekend can also register people to vote. >>> 20 years ago 8

two years ago, santa clara county had a backlog of 270 untested kits. county leaders decided to tackle the problem and gave the district attorneys office the money to do it. >> $600,000 to be able to hire two more criminalist and we took those two criminalist and assigned them with other criminalist to have a five person team look at the kits. >> reporter: district attorney jeff rosen said case in point, just this month a woman reported being sexually assaulted by stranger. it happened february 2. evidence in her case tested the same day in the lab and within 48 hours, a suspect was identified and arrested for the crime. in the past two years since the county added those resources, the number of reported sexual assault and rape in santa clara county has increased by 20 %. >> is the increase because 20 % more sexual assault in the last two years or because women are coming forward in greater numbers now? it is a little hard to say. probably some of the. >> either way, county leaders say testing the evidence quickly is the right thing to do and they plan t

the santa clara county deputy office has asked anyone who has information to give us a call. ounty, ktvu.com . >>> let's check in with rosemary right now and get our weekend forecast to get ready for the big game sunday. >> sunday will be a good day to be indoors watching the game. it's cool and windy. as system moving into the bay area. it will bring us wind and not much by the way of rain. san francisco starting partly cloudy and a lot of fog over the and areas of the north bay. if you do have an early morning drive, be prepared it looks really thick in some spots especially north bay valley locations. the ridge that brought this unseasonably mild weather yesterday is breaking down. we will remain dry today. it temperatures cool off but the bigger drop will come as we get into sunday. a high wind watch starts early tomorrow morning and goes to the early morning hours of monday. it includes most of the bay area. winds could reach 50 miles per hour, those are damaging winds that can bring down power lines. he prepared for a cooler, windy day on sunday. outside right now a mix

said she's been preparing for this day because santa clara county is the most populous county. the county's two top health officials said the santa clara man arrived a week ago. he developed symptoms of a returning. >> he's been self-isolating at home and didn't leave home at all except to seek medical care. >> the patient had been in woo he landed at sandal jose international. they are now had looking at a short list of people who maefbl a , who mable exposed. >> we are monitoring. >> the risk to the republican is low shelf wouldn't disclose the man's name, age or city of residence. close to 30 airlines are suspending flights to and from china. >> neither of those airlines have a lot of flights into china. so there will be revenue hit. it is about how much the flights remain suspended. united will be more at risk because they have a larger presence. >> sue was there to see her son off to china where he will be teaching math. she's nervous. >> he has like 50 masks. he's young and healthy. he thinks he'll be okay and i'll praying that he's right. >> the case here becomes the se

a new coronavirus case in santa clara county leading to a shift in strategy. >> i am allen martin in ft. kent. the new patient is an elderly woman with chronic issu. she had no recent travel to china or no contact with an infected person. another new case in solano county brings the bay area total two at least five. there are now 30 cases in california and the third u.s. case of unknown origin was just confirmed in oregon. kpix 5's len ramirez tells us the new numbers are prompting an urgent message from health officials . it is time to prepare for the possibility of widespread community transmission. >> what we know now is that the virus is here, present at some level. we still don't know to what degree. an important priority there for us is to conduct public health surveillance to determine the extent of what is happening. >> reporter: a little phone bank has been set up with county health workers calling individuals to ask how they are feeling and what their temperature is. >> we are in the cold and flu season and we don't want to overwhelm the medical system with worry but at the

we begin live in santa clara county with troubling details on the new case. >> reporter: like the solano a couple days ago, santa clara county new case is a big mystery because the infected person had not recently traveled overseas and was not knowingly in contact with anyone who did. >> the new case involves an elderly woman with chronic health conditions and she sought medical attention and her doctor recognized the symptoms as a possible case so she was tested in the case was confirmed. >> like the california case reported two days ago, the third case did not recently travel overseas or have any known contact with the recent traveler or infected person. >> the he

valley water owns the reservoir and provides drinking water to 2 million people in santa clara county. the district said it is already looking at other water resources outside the county. >>> we are learning south korea is reporting 60 new coronavirus cases today. bringing the total to 893. the second highest behind china. the outbreak causing a selloff of bay area tech stocks and hurting businesses in san francisco's chinatown. house speaker nancy pelosi visited chinatown today to ensure shoppers the area is safe. >>> the worsening coronavirus outbreak in italy has forced three bay area fans to cancel their concert. grammy nominated death angel from bailey city was set to perform in milan tomorrow. >>> the group is touring with two other local trash metal bands from testament and exodus. the tour is called the bay strikes back 2020. the shows in the middle of the lombardi region which has issued strict quarantines checkpoints preventing people from entering and leaving villages. after cases jumped from just a few to 200 and a matter of days. death angel is moving on to their spanish

he was president in our hospital upon evaluation treatment in consultation with the santa clara county public health department it was determined that the patients should self isolate at home. the santa clara county health department confirms they performed a contact investigation at the hospital after learning several employees were exposed to the corona virus in a separate statement the health department said quote as part of our contact investigation 5 health care workers were found to have been exposed these workers have been instructed to stay home until february 11th this is being done to protect the public's health and limit any potential spread of the virus. the health department and hospital say this is a safety precaution, the actions taken do not mean that any of the employees will in fact contract, the virus. >>hospital says that they placed those 5 employees on paid leave until the end of that isolation period at next week. the health department is also closely monitoring those employees but as of now. no new confirmed cases reporting live in san jose taylor kron 4 news al

. >>> santa clara county supervisors pass an emergency declaration to deal with the coronavirus. not because of any new or increased threat. but because it gives the county broader powers to access resources. right now there are two confirmed cases in santa clara county. >>> a center in san jose is making changes to help those addicted to meth. devon feeley gives us an inside look at the new pilot program.>> reporter: it is a sign of the widening methamphetamine epidemic. santa clara county is dedicating fully half of its sobering sensors once reserved for people with alcohol addiction issues. to meth users. this what we used to call it a drug tank. renamed a sobering center. the new name reflecting our evolving understanding of addiction. any desire to treat it as a medical issue rather than criminal justice one. >>> somebody here who is using meth and wants to go to a program would get not just a referral but actually get drip into the program. starting march 4 police officers who pick up someone on meth is violent or aggressive can drop them off here. they will have a chance t

thank you very much. >>> new information in the shooting of a santa clara county deputy. this happened friday night about 10:30. investigators say a vehicle approached a deputy on a remote stretch. as the driver was getting closer, the driver's headlights went off and then someone opened fire, firing several shots at that deputy. one of the bullets hit his body camera that may have saved his life. the deputy has been released from the hospital and is recovering at home. no word on any arrests. >> in london today, a terror attack left three people in the hospital. a man with a fake explosive device stabbed two people in south london before officers shot and killed him. one of those victims has life threatening injuries. another victim was hurt by broken glass during the shooting. >>> president trump's impeachment trial set to resume tomorrow. both sides have agreed to four hours of closing arguments and then senators who have been sitting and listening to the trial for a week having to remain silent will have a chance to speak, react and explain their votes on friday. a mo

there's two cases of coronavirus in santa clara county. there's no evidence of person-to-person of the new virus here. still, supervisors and public health leaders are taking extra steps to keep people safe. >> that passes unanimously. thank you very much. >> reporter: the board voted to declare a public health emergency. there isn't an increased risk to residents. they believe it will respond to the outbreak. >> it makes sure we can spend as necessary. and we get reimbursed from the federal and state government. >> i'm happy the government puts such importance to this. that's where the chinese government failed in a way. okay? they did not notify the population the danger of this o precedents were on a trip when they hit. >> i got on the flight. >> reporter: she was supposed to return to palo alto on january 28th. on monday, she spoke to us from under quarantine. >> i don't know exactly where we are. we flew here, landed here and we've been quarantined. >> reporter: fortunately, she says they are finally going to be released tomorrow afte

santa clara county investigators cleared a backlog of untested rape kits. here's more on how the county fixed a glaring problem. >> reporter: the santa clara county district attorney's office made a major announcement. they've cleared a backlog of untested rape kits, evidence that could be crucial to a conviction. they said it was dna evidence from a rape kit that helped them build a case against a man charged with allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in the early morning hours of super bowl sunday. >> a dna profile was developed and input into the national database called codis, and by wednesday afternoon there was a hit. >> reporter: the da's office says the county's crime lab has significantly shortened the processing time of rape kit from more than 3 months to just 2 weeks. 16 days on average. >> these are very invasive examinations and they're done at a time when someone has been victimized and assaulted and feels incredibly vulnerable. and the least we can do is test that kit. >> reporter: in 2019, santa clara county spent $600,000 to hire additional

. >>> and the bay area, santa clara county is declaring a local emergency because of the coronavirus outbreak with the county health department saying the risk to the public is still low but county leaders want to take as much precaution as possible. so far, there are two confirmed cases and the south bay and the emergency declaration allows the county to quickly mobilize and tap into state funding of more cases develop. >>> it's now 4:09 in baseball season is just about here with pitchers and catchers for the oakland a's reporting today for spring training. the first official workout is tomorrow and the oakland a's are trying to go deeper into the baseball playoffs this year. they were eliminated in the wild-card game in the past two seasons. the a's executives are closer than ever to building a new ballpark in oakland. >>> pitchers and catchers for the san francisco giants also report for spring training with big changes in store at the ballpark like moving the bullpens away from foul territory to behind the centerfield wall. the giants will be one of seven teams extending protecti

there's two cases of coronavirus in santa clara county.ence of person-to-person of the new virus here. still, supervisors and public health leaders are taking extra steps to keep people safe. >> that passes unanimously. thank you very much. >> reporter: the board voted to declare a public health emergency. there isn't an increased risk to residents. they believe it will respond to the outbreak. >> it makes sure we can spend as necessary. and we get reimbursed from the federal and state government. >> i'm happy the government puts such importance to this. that's where the chinese government failed in a way. okay? they did not notify the population the danger of this o precedents were on a trip when they hit. >> i got on the flight. >> reporter: she was supposed to return to palo alto on january 28th. on monday, she spoke to us from under quarantine. >> i don't know exactly where we flew here, landed here and we've been quarantined. >> reporter: fortunately, she says they are finally going to be released tomorrow afternoon. this is after two

again, the third case confirmed in santa clara county. reporting live in sanjose, amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> in solano county they're keeping an eye on two people who were on that diamond princess cruise ship. these are people who already tested positive for coronavirus. >> the county is also still trying to figure out how a woman at a hospital got infected. abc 7 news anchor eric thomas is following this story and live from fairfield. >> reporter: they knew 24 people flown in from the diamond princess cruise ships had tested positive for the coronavirus. what the county just learned is that two of those people were locals so care for them has been turned over from cdc to the county. and as you mentioned, the county is also trying to keep people from giving into their fears about this. the two patients were aboard the diamond princess cruise ship under karn quarantine in japan until they were flown to travis air force base. they had already tested positive for coronavirus in japan. the cdc confirmed the positive res

tom vacar, ktvu fox2 news. >>> in santa clara county, asian owns -- agent owned restaurants are being impacted. small businesses in the room plaza said they have suffered significant economic losses. according to the county health department, the risk to the general public remains very low. a celebrity chef was at the plaza, pledging his support for local businesses. >> i want to remind everybody, the virus has no eyes and no brain. it has no international boundary or borders. it is not because you are from a certain area. i encourage everybody, fear is not the solution. fear creates chaos. >> reporter: to health officials say three cases of the virus have been confirmed in santa clara county. one person has already fully recovered. >> reporter: experts are warning the coronavirus could hit bay area homeless camps hard. agencies and nonprofits are looking into preventative measures. these people are living in tight quarters and unsanitary conditions. age and a compromised immune system put him at a high risk of getting various ticket they contract the disease. california has the most