wong: exactly.oledad: wow, i'm really excited about what you're doing as an entrepreneur and a doctor. dr. timothy wong, good luck to you. we will check in in a year and see how the experiment has turned out. >> coming up next, a summertime flight show could go dark forever. is something you're doing stopping fireflies from mating? soledad: now to a weekly feature we like to call "we're paying attention even if you're too busy." there's a so-called "quiet apocalypse" happening, the insect populations are rapidly declining and 41% of bug species face extinction. five bumblebee species have had a massive decline in north america and recently scientists said a billion butterflies have disappeared between 1990 and 2015 because of climate change. now, fireflies are in danger. it is estimated that 2000 or so species of fireflies are at risk of extinction. scientists blame the loss of habitats and pesticide use. they also point out artificial light at night as an issue. researchers say more than 23% of the

that's nuru standing next to wong in this picture. investigators searched wong's businesses recently, including the garbage can company as part of their corruption probe into nuru. investigators allege contractor 2, sources identify as wong, arranged for nuru to get expensive gifts, including trips to china in exchange for getting a development project on fulton street permitted. no one at wong's office would talk to us, but this week the city finally canceled the contract for those garbage cans. jaxon van derbeken, nbc bay area news. >> if you have a story for our investigative unit, call 888-996-tips or visit our website, nbcbayarea.com/investigations. >>> the weekend is here and we have a major cooldown arriving. some places going down 20 degrees. >> that's right. how do you guys feel about that? >> it's fine. >> i'd rather have rain. >> okay. yes, i'm with you on that. the cooldown is kind of like a happy medium here for us. at least it won't feel so strange out there like those 70s and 80s that we had this week. and also to top i

the autopilot in wong's model x followed the bolder line into that traffic barrier. as i first reported in 2018, wong's family said he complained that it steered toward it as recently as four days before the crash. >> you would think with the knowledge, something my car is going to act squarely on, that maybe at least if i'm playing a game through the rest of my ride, maybe i should at least be more vigilant at this particular location. >> cell phone record for wong's iphone show he was active on the three kingdoms video game. his hands off the steering wheel in the six seconds before impact. he was on the game each day driving that week. his attorney e-mailed me this statement. we believe he was using autopilot in a foreseeable manner. th way tesla encouraged its customers to use it. the board criticized tesla for not designing a system that better monitoring driver alertness and for failing to test autopilot in more real-world situations. higher speeds and varied obstacles. >> i think for my staff and myself, there's nothing more disappointing than investigating a

so last night at our meeting christina wong presented on the 2020 census and we were updated on last year's survey responses and we discussed ways to promote the survey for the up coming year. we talked about how we could possibly include it in curriculum to teach students more about the census and our goal is to promote engagement with this year's 2020 census to encourage people to research and learn more about the importance. we'd like to thank christina wong for presenting to the sac. >> our third item is the youth summit update. our annual youth summit is soon approaching. they have been working hard to plan and coordinate the event. our goal is to encourage younger class men who are interested in making a change in their school to attend. for more information, send us an e-mail or look for your representative at your school. we would like to thank everyone who has reached out to us. regarding this support and student voice and offering to host the workshop at our youth summit. can i please get a drum roll from the audience or from the board. a little louder. i'm honored to annou

>> absolutely. >> reporter: wong told his family that the auto pilot malfunctioned. they argue that tesla led the public to believe it will operate safely on the highway where wong died. >> if you choose to get in a car you need to be responsible. auto pilot or none. >> we are still waiting for tesla to respond. >> reporter: as for apple it told us tonight that it expects its employees to follow the law. in san jose, back to you. >>> breaking news out of los angeles county. crews are on the scene of this massive fire in carson. you can see the flames shooting out. reporting of an explosion right before the flames. this at the marathon refinery. highway 405 has been shutdown. crews are trying to figure out how to shut it off safely. >>> the city wants to take an active approach to find out what is causing all of the flaring at the chevron refinery. we are live outside of richmond city hall with what the council voted on tonight. andrea? >> reporter: the council knows the flaring is going on. it voted tonight to try to get to the bottom of all of this it wants to know

after wong complained to local health officials wednesday, she acknowledges they responded swiftly.ays she and six other who is had likewise already recovered were transferred back to the hotel quarantine. she's still bothered by how officials initially handled the matter. >> translator: they couldn't provide me with a hospital when i was sick. now that i'm recovered, they forced me into one. >> reporter: we talked about china's containment effort, the lockdown. some of them have been seen as rather extreme. however, we should point out that the world health organization has praised china and its rapid efforts. while some consider them extreme, they think they might be effective. we did reach out to the world health organization. we want to see what exactly they thought about this situation in particular. is this actually effective? because a lot of folks talking on chinese social media or our sources on the ground in wuhan are really questioning the effectiveness of this effort, of rounding up the healthy. >> all right. david culver for us in shanghai. thanks so much for staying on

family members believe wong could still be alive if that was in place. cal tran has identified and is implementing steps to enhance monitoring and repair of highway infrastructure. these include training staff and reporting on high priority traffic safety devices. the ntsb has yet to determine who was at fault for the accident. tesla did not return our requests for comment. we do want to point out that the wong family has filed a lawsuit against both tesla and cal >>> a woman was seriously hurt when she was hit by a car crossing the street this afternoon. the crash happened just before 1:30 this afternoon and streets were still closed off several hours later. >>> also new at 6:00, a child was taken to the hospital after a crash near the concord pavilion just before 3:30 this afternoon.edn aie as you saw there. there's no word on what led up to the crash. >>> abc 7 news has obtained new video of a robbery yesterday afternoon in the diamond district that took less than 30 seconds. wat watch now. the victim is washing his car and the two men come running up

through this intermediate jerry, walter wong. that's what they're trying to find out and that's documents they're looking for now. >> thank you for the information. >>> now to the making it in the bay series, san jose upveiling a new community it says it will serve as a bridge. the goal is to get people into temporary housing until they find a more permanent home. we are in san jose, and you are at the site of the new community. >> reporter: yes, this is near the berryessa b.a.r.t. station yet to be open. fighting homelessness was a major theme of the governor's state of the state address. so he came to see for himself. the 40 rooms are small with a bed and desk, but the residents will get to share a kitchen with pantry. they'll have showers and other amenities while they wait for a permanent home. >> these are folks who are in a program and have a subsidy but are waiting for a unit to open up. they have been vetted by the city or by the referring agency. >> yeah, 80 square feet. >> reporter: the governor toured the project and v

accidentally, years ago, grandma wong was my citizenship student. her daughter was my esl student and one of our granddaughters were our elementary students. this shocking crime was especially hurtful to us. in the interest of time, let me briefly mention a few asks. even though i retired from over 35 years of teaching adults and students at san francisco city college as well as the unified school districts. i am really very concerned about help for our youth. so, one of my asks is that we have to work closely with the school district and our youth. last night at my meeting, the commander said most of the push snatchings are by 11 to 16-year-olds and the balboa station has the highest incidents. we want to see an increase of chinese bilingual officers. however, promotion system must be uniform for all ethnic groups. our community is very appreciative of our wonderful officer johnny wong who speaks five language and working in the san francisco for 30 years. our community homes he will be promoted soon. another thing that is of grave concern as to br

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now that same nurses receing an honor from the american heart association lonnie wong has the incredible story. a 14 year-old nalisa contrast had ver met school nurse kathy papa. >>at leastto formally. their first meetingwas once i dii contest leases heart has stopped beating during cls and she wasn't breathing her family is lucky for the 27 years cathy rve as a hospital nurse, and she rotates among 5 campuses but was at live oak high that day for this to turn out the way it there's just no words to we sheen cpr and an automated external defibrillator or ad to shock and the leases hardback and action talking to her the whole time you have to get be strong she d get well after being airlifted to center meical center's children's cent kathy you're in the heart saber heroes arom the american heart association. but yo credit all those who helped save italy is life that cathy was the key for nalisa i could hae had a different outcome. >>and i want to be patch on this site this was a time for a larger message on the value ofcpr training and the availability of a at schools and other public pla

. >> reporter: michael wong found the victim of the attack collecting cans this morning. he says the man is in his 70s. we are not identifying the victim who said that people on osceola lane had been gracious in the past. they are very kind to him. he went out of his way to note many of the neighbors are very kind to him. >> very kind. he didn't pick them up. the second time he went there again then the sun racial slurs and hid them in the head with a stick. i may he did hit him in the head. >> the victim gave a statement to police today. it is not clear whether investigators have identified any of the suspects. the victim moved to san francisco six years ago and lives in the bayview with his wife was a healthcare worker. wong insisted the victim doesn't want any help in adamantly refuses to fill out paperwork for government aid. >> is a very proud old man, dependent on his own. he keeps saying , ju to go out and pick up cans. >>> an investigation into the deadly explosion at a home in contra costa county. chopper 5 showed visible damage to the windows of the pittsburgh h

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. >> claudine wong has been in south florida all week and she bound in south beach. she is at ground zero having a great time putting together stories about the super bowl for us. >> reporter: ocean drive is behind me. the rain stopped. it was coming down earlier. now, the rain has stopped. still blowing a little bit. a little windy. we can see everyone coming back. so many people in town ready to enjoy the vibe and the atmosphere. such a great energy. all week, we have seen parts of miami. miami has been a great host. and the stories are so compelling and interesting. and there are reasons this super bowl means so much to the people here. and george kiddel is responsible for bringing a mother and her son here to see the super bowl. they arrived last night and we got to speak to them. josie and her son lamar took a few minutes to take it all in. she says she knows her latus sergeant martin lamar would have loved this. her late husband. >> he would be over the moon excited. >> reporter: the father of five loved his family, the military, the sunday football, and the ni

wong is a long time building permit expediter. the federal investigators allege free trips to china and south america from a billionaire chinese as thanks for helping push through the san francisco project. >>> a fire sloweded down the drive home tonight. this is westbound 80 on the hercules off ramp. the fire just spread to the hillside by the off ramp. crews fortune tly put it out quickly. all lanes are now back open. >> still to come, half of the citations on b.a.r.t. issued to black passengers. the comments by the chief after questions of racial pro filing. plus. >> we're completely out of capacity to recycle all the plastic garbage. >> suing to save the earth. the specific steps activists want big beverage companies to take to cut down on plastic pollution. steyer: wall street banks took advantage of millions of americans during the recession. so, my wife kat and i took action. we started a non-profit community bank with a simple theory- give people a fair deal and real economic power. invest in the community. in businesses o

for a long time but now is really bubbling to the surface because of this crisis dr wong if you notice this because i know that you work in the u.k. have you noticed an increase in xenophobia or how have people treated treated yourself for example. well i honestly i don't have and can't and the. race or pills or discrimination or my own but i heard the needles in the. piece of solved discrimination against and not just ties people but asian people who wear a mask ok i think i think i think this has to do with the sort of. believe that these corno are as is a tribute to the problematic habits of wildlife anymore among the chinese people and also as you say there are locations which are suggesting. there is leak from the war. for. i think i think these are allegations and suggestion i'm making is basically trying to brain the outbreak of the corn the virus to chinese people in china and if you look at these claims and these are location carefully up to now in the scientific circle we still do not have 100 percent than to suggest that these spyros is indeed coming from any wildlife any mo

well that was lonnie wong rerting president franklin d rooselt signed an executive order extol puingmps on february 19th 1942. >>the date is now marked by japanese americans as a day of remembrance andth thursday marks the 78th anniversary of the event. >>take a look at this crowd >>well senator bernie sanders spenthis presidents day campaigning for votes in the east bay, thousands of fans came to hear the vermont senat talk about his presidential candidacy yesterday. >>it is about end game. the aurdity of millions workers in this country. earnings was. we're going to raise federal minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour. we believe pay for equal work. the brothers that missed this we're going to make it not hard kurds to joy and your kids. >>a california is get the chance to vote on super to say that this march 3rd. people to udge is proposing to build more affordable homes by increing the low income housing tax credit. the democrac presidential candidate rolled out his housing and homelessness plan yesterday. now if elected president he says that he will build more than half a million afr

gabriela kwak, alexandra chow, eliana "ellie" brown, alina qi, aleti edmonds, mariko tanaka, kylonni wong, assistant coach joshua jong. last, but not least, head coach kelly sung. can we get a group picture with the mayor at the podium, and then last with players and coaches. [applause] >> the hon. london breed: well, it's that simple. that concludes our program, and again, i want to just thank all of you and congratulations to this incredible team. thank you to the parents and the family members who are here today. we appreciate your support, and -- well, i would say continue to get good grades, but you guys go to lowell so i don't have to say that. continue to just remember that you all as champions are leaders. people look up to you because of what you've been able to accomplish, and so continue to hold your heads up high, do all the great things that you are meant to do, and who knows what may end up happening in the future. you could end up mayor. so thanks for coming today, and congratulations. [applause]

wong is a longtime building permit expediter, seen in that picture next to ousted public works directord nuru. investigators allege nuru received free trips to china and south america from a billionaire chinese developer as thanks for helping push through the san francisco project. >>> east bay activists say they're suing to save the earth. leaders of berkeley's activist network earth island announced a landmark lawsuit today. they're suing coke, pepsi and other corporations for plastic pollution. they say they want the corporations to stop using non-recyclable plastics. so far, no response from the companies named in that lawsuit. >>> coming up, a lot of star power at chase center during tonight's game. but most of the stars were stuck on the bench. full highlights from tonight lakers/warriors game next. >>> also happening now, a push to end homelessness in san jose. the city unveiling its first so-called bridge house housing community. they're small temporary homes for homeless people that will be transitioning into permanent housing. details about the project including how it's getti

. >> thank you for the market update let's get out to ken wong on the phone joining us from singapore. it looks as though investors have taken a surprise move to cut tariffs on moves on valentines day what is your read here how much is this going to boost investor sentiment and how good is this? >> caller: we think overall, the chinese government will have to provide stimulus and back loglo. we think the first quarter gdp will go down to about 4% we expect to see recovery as we approach the second quarter and on a lot of these specific policies that will be implemented going forward will really help especially on that side. there is a lot of sectors in china which is really impacted by now as a result of the coronavirus. >> on that note, should we think about this as a direct reaction. it has just come about three weeks after that trade truce >> yes, it will be part of it. i would expect to see different types of the stimulus implemented over the coming months in order to really see and prop up the economic growth the full year are we expecting to see the 6% gdp in china not likely in

now as lonnie wong reporting anneliese his family says while it was a traumatic experience, it was. >>well worth it if another life can be saved. california firefighters that went overseas to help battle wildfires in australia is back at home tonight. >>the 20 firefighters base it angeles national forest arrive today and they were reunited with their families at a fire station, 18 men and 2 women worked with a victoria rural fire service too. fight australia's devastating blazes their time though was marked by tragedy when a tanker plane crash last month killing its 3 american crew members who worked with canada base course in aviation. tragedy on touchdown for a passenger plane when it skidded off the runway at an airport in turkey. an airport camera captured the accident 3 people are dead and at least 179 others were taken to hospitals when the aircraft fell about 100 feet into a ditch and broke apart upon landing in istanbul passengers scrambled through cracks in the fuselage to escape the wreckage officials say there was bad weather at the time of that crash. the house tonight e

[applause] >> and reilly zuleta wong. [applause] >> thank you, managers. >> and last but not least, our coaches. coach pereno, of course. [applause] >> coach andre walker thomas. [applause] >> coach greg wood. [applause] >> coach edison zau. [applause] >> sheri bader. [applause] >> and coach mark walker. [applause] >> and again, i'd like to invite principal sherry bellisi to come up for a photo. >> the hon. london breed: again, thank you to all the players, the coaches, the managers, the principal, the teachers, the alumni, the parents, the friends, the family. congratulations again, and i think what we're going to do at this time, since that concludes our program, we're going to go probably take a -- go down to the rotunda at the beginning of the stairs and take a picture. in the meantime, stay focused on your grades. make sure you don't give your teachers and parents a hart time this year. walk around like champions because you are champions, and make sure that everybody knows it when you step in the room. thank you, an

accidentally, years ago, grandma wong was my citizenship student. her daughter was my esl student and one of our granddaughters were our elementary students. this shocking crime was especially hurtful to us. in the interest of time, let me briefly mention a few asks. even though i retired from over 35 years of teaching adults and students at san francisco city college as well as the unified school districts. i am really very concerned about help for our youth. so, one of my asks is that we have to work closely with the school district and our youth. last night at my meeting, the commander said most of the push snatchings are by 11 to 16-year-olds and the balboa station has the highest incidents. we want to see an increase of chinese bilingual officers. however, promotion system must be uniform for all ethnic groups. our community is very appreciative of our wonderful officer johnny wong who speaks five language and working in the san francisco for 30 years. our community homes he will be promoted soon. another thing that is of grave concern as to br

. >> reporter: jameson wong is talking about this list it that appeared on the girls bathroom this week. someone wrote in black ink. boys to watch out for. some of the students are accuse the of rape. we have blurred out the six names. >> i heard some things about the six guys. >> reporter: down below, someone wrote add names if you want. >> girls are standing together in solidarity, which is a gad thi good thing. >> reporter: a former student identified as jane doe claims a male student pulled her into a locked classroom, threw her onto a desk, groped her and tried to rape her. she said she repeatedly said no, pushed him off and ran from the room. >> this is not okay in a culture that protects people. >> reporter: jane doe says she reported to a counselor and assistant principal and was told the male student had attacked up to ten other girls. >> i thi a lot of people are frustrated right now. >> reporter: wong says one of those friends feeling frustrated was a female friend who was assaulted by someone on that list. >> she didn't ask for that to come back. she was starting to move on

i am kevin wong. i am the manager. in 1989 we move from chinatown to richmond district.r 29 years. we carry products from thailand, japan, indonesia, vietnam, singapore and india. we try to keep everything fresh daily. so a customer can get the best out a bit. >> normally during crab season in november, this is the first place i hit. because they have really just really fresh crab. this is something my family really likes for me to make. also, from my traditional chinese food, i love to make a kale soup. they cut it to the size they really want. i am probably here once a week. i'm very familiar with the aisles and they know everyone who is a cashier -- cashier here i know when people come into a market such as this, it looks like an asian supermarkets, which it is and sometimes it can be intimidating. we don't speak the language and many of the labels are in chinese, you may not know what to buy or if it is the proper ingredients for the recipe are trying to make. i do see a lot of people here with a recipe card or sometimes with a magazine and they are looking for speci

we hear from the virus cochair lawrence wong about what singapore is getting right.ng to you live from the singapore airshow. [planes flying overhead, drowning out her voice] major companies being told to -- the temperature screening checkpoints being set up. last week, the city raised the disease level to the same grade used during the sara epidemic -- sars epidemic. lawrence wong is the cochair of singapore's virus task force. >> we are doing all we can with extra precautions, more proactive testing to detect cases. each time we detect one, we ring fence and tried to contain the spread of the virus. fif that is successful and we can maintain at this level and the to be like sars, situation will be under control and eventually go down. if it continues to worsen, we will not rule out more stringent measures. >> you're not ruling out the fact that we could go to red alert. >> it is not so much orange or red. but the more important matter is what additional measures we take. >> prime minister lee said fear can be worse than the virus. we saw that panic run and supplies

she asked we call her lisa wong, not her real name. >> reporter: cross infection and people were healthyen here by mistake. >> reporter: the same field hospital before it opened, much cleaner inside. wong says she and others here are recovered and healthy and were still forced into the facility. >> translator: i'm very angry. i feel i shouldn't have come here. i'm very anxious. i want to be back home soon. >> reporter: she contracted the virus in late january but fully recovered within a couple of weeks. both her ct scan and swab test results show that she twice tested negative. but officials tell bussed wang and several others to the field hospital for treatment despite her negative results >> translator: they told me if i refused they would force me to go. >> reporter: his wife was a confirmed case so he was listed as a close contact person but his first two tests came back negative. the neighborhood committee tried to hospitalize him nonetheless. >> translator: i grew quite angry about this, because so many people have now been hospitalized. why would they quarantine people? >> report

. >> reporter: coowner of shooting star sunny wong says fear over the virus isn't just bleeding into business. >> it's just really saddening to see how much people are trying to avoid our general population right now. >> reporter: carl chan, the president of the china town chamber of commerce says factual information will be the cure for the misinformation hitting china town. >> i think most importantly we want people to understand the true facts about the coronavirus and also, you know, don't be afraid when you're seeing asians on the street or in the restaurants or anywhere you are. >> reporter: business leaders say businesses will not survive with the current drought continues of customers walking through the front door and spending money. in oakland, andria borba, kpix 5. >>> today we spoke with cbs chief medical correspondents about what u.s. health officials really want people to focus on in the midst of this outbreak. >> i think one message is don't panic. on the other hand in the united states, they're looking at it, the public health officials and the scientists are all over

[applause] >> and reilly zuleta wong.se] >> thank you, managers. >> and last but not least, our coaches. coach pereno, of course. [applause] >> coach andre walker thomas. [applause] >> coach greg wood. [applause] >> coach edison zau. [applause] >> sheri bader. [applause] >> and coach mark walker. [applause] >> and again, i'd like to invite principal sherry bellisi to come up for a photo. >> the hon. london breed: again, thank you to all the players, the coaches, the managers, the principal, the teachers, the alumni, the parents, the friends, the family. congratulations again, and i think what we're going to do at this time, since that concludes our program, we're going to go probably take a -- go down to the rotunda at the beginning of the stairs and take a picture. in the meantime, stay focused on your grades. make sure you don't give your teachers and parents a hart time this year. walk around like champions because you are champions, and make sure that everybody knows it when you step in the room. thank you, and congra

lonnie wong has the story from davis.sidential nehborhood in uth davis seems quiet enoh, but asked living in this house, the one as an air nb it's like living net to a motel that clark has lived in this call this after 36 years homeowners he can deawith it a ighborly way the different strange is checking in and out at this air bnb is 3 units is a no go constant to slamming of ca doors and strange people. almosdaily basis pictures show wt it's like in a cul de sac with limited pking moving vans on the curb alg with cars blocking driveways so you don't know what to expect neighbor. cao martinez says noisfrom guess in the house's patio is an issue that ddn't exist with former longtie renters and the police have been here wice in recent weeks for disturnces to have this type of activity cycle. anoer big live in this davis ers that neighborhood is what's happened another air b and b's in the regionast year there wee 2 killis thatair bnb isin north highlandsand fair oaks more recently 5 people were killed at an air bnb gatherin

you know as lone wong reporting president franklin d roosevelt signed an executive order establishing on february 19th 1942 the date is now marred by japanese americans as a day of remembrance. >>this thsday marks the 78th anniversary of the event. well governor gavin, newsome will make his state of the state address on wednesday. it's scheduled for 00:30am in the morning atthe state capitol. >>time now been a making it easy to access all your favorite entertainment at home. >>we're talking giants and a's as we're talking spring training year yet today is the fit day of full-squad in camp for both of the giants and a's but we're actually talking about a past a giant to leave the sports castnow this season, the giants will celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the 2010 world series team, but aubrey huffa key player on that squad. well not be a part of those festivities, the giants are not inviting half to the team'sreunion this ar beuse of sensitive remarks made on social media, the athletic first ported the news earlier tonight now in a statement, the team said his commnts are quote un

wong as he went to see his wife for dinner she's pregnant, so they kept far apart eating takeout at atance, texting back and forth. the virus now nearing pandemic proportions as doctors believe many countries, especially those bordering china, probably have more cases than they know about or are reporting richard engel, nbc news, hong kong >> reporter: this is tom costello on wall street today a sea of red. the dow down more than 1,000 points, 3.5%. >> an ugly day for wall street the worst we've seen for stocks in years. >> reporter: the stock market in a steep nosedive over concern the coronavirus is already cutting into the global economy. the market erasing all of its gains from 2020. among the hardest hit stocks, companies dependent on chinese supply lines and international travel, including apple, nike, marriott, united airlines, carnival and norwegian cruise lines. and pharmaceutical companies on concern drugs made in china could come into short supply >> it's not just the pharmaceutical industry, it's the auto industry. it's the consumer products industry so many american compa

>>that was lonnie wong reporting homeowner ruledo ban rentals in that neighborhood but the city does not enforce phone neighrs say the city told them that they would have to hire in the tourney too. pay out of their pockets and try to get the rules in force thatay. >>well what is take a look at the us are any of these tools you over police say they're looking for the owners of $12,000 worth of stolen construction equipment how all of this was found a head was a heartbreaking post thanks to vanessa bryant on instagram how she says she's struggling to deal with the loss of her husband koby and daughter jiang and a san francisco home featured in a hit sitcom full house is up for sale agai growing up in la, bad air forced us indoors. and now we have to deal with this. climate change is an emergcy. that's why i wrote the nation most progressive climate law. and that's why i'm endorsing tom steyer. because when big oil tried to stop our clean air laws, he led us to victory. same with the keystone pipeline. when tom says we canave the world and do it together believe him. i'm tom steyer and

linda wong. i would like to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. madame clerk, any announcements? >> clerk: make sure to silence all cell phones, complete speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon will be on the february 4 board of supervisors. >> item number 1 is resolution approving a second amendment to the grant agreement between the city and institute on aging for the community living fund to increase the amount of the grand by $1 million not to exceed $11.6 million, with no change to the term. >> supervisor fewer: thank you. colleagues, today we have sandy from the department of disability and aging services. colleagues, you may remember this was continued from last week. we approved some amendments that were substantive, so we needed to bring it back, wait a week. so we heard the presentation last week and if my colleagues, any comments or questions on that? let's open up for public comment. any members of the public want to comment on item number 1? seeing none, public comment is closed. i

sunny wong, the coowner of shooting star, says the viability of businesses here depends on customers coming wan not as dangerous as people think. everyone is talking about how potentially it can become like the next plague or something like that. >> reporter: now business leaders here in china town are calling on oakland's mayor to come do a walking tour of the neighborhood to prove that everything is safe to everyone who lives here and everyone who thinks about coming here but is currently afraid because of the coronavirus. live in oakland, andria borba, kpix 5. >>> hundreds of evacuees from wuhan, china celebrate the end of 2 weeks in quarantine, look at that. they're tossing those face masks into the air. all have been given a clean bill of health and being allowed to return to their homes. this was the first group of americans who fled the coronavirus in china. many are state department employees. nearly 200 people returned to the u.s. last month under tight security and strict health conditions to wait out the virus' incubation period. regaining freedom today was emotional for m

. >> sunny wong and his family run four restaurants. he says business 20 part time workers have been laid off. >> people are not going out. >> an example, the pacific renaissance plaza now virtually empty. the oakland chinatown chamber of commerce tells me it's not only impacted asian-owned but other businesses as well. to dispel rumors and help restore confidence in the businesses he's planning a workshop to educate merchants. >> special training not only for the bay area understanding health aspects but more advanced knowledge and how to deal with epidemics like this. >> community leaders say fear of the coronavirus appears to be fuelling racism against asian americans including bullying and name calling and normalizing sdooen phobia, prejudice against people from other countries. >> there's a lot of growing fear and prejudice that's coming out of it. there's a new profile now i would call it coughing while asian. >> you're an inconvenience to society. like i shouldn't be out. i shouldn't be visible to the public. >> next week, oaklan

dr wong can i just start with you what do you make of these latest claims particularly from the us senator cotton that this virus may have emanated originated from a laboratory and we'll hand it the right to suggest this is one possibility i think want peace all occasions and suggestion i'm making is basically trying to break the outbreak of the corner of our eyes to chinese people in china and if we look at these claims and these articles from carefully up to now in the scientific circle we still do not have such a 100 percent of than to suggest that that these why rose piece indeed coming from any wildlife any more number one and number 2 we still don't have and if the evidence to substantiate that these spyros is a leak from. the or viral down i noticed with this story which had been following very closely at the start the narrative is very positive towards china look they've come out they've taken for kone measures this is what is needed but i am sensing perhaps things are changing now and people are accusing china of covering things up without actually explicitly showing any evidence

policy professor at new york university and a senior contributor for forbes and finally we have to know wong a professor of asian american studies at the university of maryland and an expert on asian racism hey guys thanks a lot for being with us in the stream today appreciate it even he catches up we talk about coronavirus last week on the stream but where when we enter the show we said well it looks like this might be the end of the chinese chapter in this is about to open up to the world wide narrative can you tell us what's happened last week where are we today with it. now you have thanks for having all of us on the show here so i just arrived in detroit a few hours earlier flying from beijing and so with a lot of other journalists have been under like sort of home koren teen for for several weeks in beijing so their narrative and what the discussion is very different over there and outside of trying. within china there isn't so much this issue of race because it's more just geographical that people who are coming from the qube a province are under very strict. quarantine and then outsi