route right now. how's the turnout? >> reporter: the way we're seeing it, it looks good. the parade kicks off in about 15 minutes. it couldn't ask for better weather for something like this. but celebrations were already underway earlier today in chinatown. but as the night goes on, people are hoping they won't see any events affected by rumors or fear. ♪ the start of something big, the street fair in san francisco's chinatown with food, music, and celebration. ryan chin wouldn't miss it. >> it's just a wonderful place for, i think, people to get to know chinese new year. i think it's a great place for the community to get together. >> reporter: the street was busy with vendors and visitors, but he says he's seen more in the past. he's hoping concerns about the coronavirus don't keep people away as the big parade with dazzling floats and dancers roll through. this couple came to support. >> walk around chinatown and also to be supportive of the fair itself as well. >> how come? >> well, because we understand there's a lot of fear surrounding the coronavirus. we want to be supportive of local merchants. >> reporter: this man says business is down recently but thinks car break ins and other things in the city could be a factor. >> they steal all their belongings and that's what it is. it's the city policy, i think. it's not the corona. >> reporter: still the department of public health say there are no confirmed cases of san francisco residents and the risk to the public is low. >> from what i can tell, it did not affect us that much, but at the beginning there's a lot of concerns and fear. >> reporter: articlen has been working hard on the parade and getting helpful information out. now he's just ready to see the to the parade life.wa opening. >> reporter: and we are back here live. this is a tradition for so many families who have come out here every year really excited to be here. again, we are standing on market. and if we can just pan over i want to show you how many people are out here. that's the start of the parade as you can kind of see it way down there. should be kicking off in a couple of minutes here, runs about 1.3 miles. we saw folks setting up quite early to get the best spot. reporting live in san francisco, nbc bay area news. >> thanks very much. test results are still pending for people quarantined at travis air force base in fairfield. four people recently arrived from china showed symptoms and vagus nerve be taken to hospitals. new numbers tonight on the death toll, 811 people have died from the virus. another 37,000 are infected, that's worldwide. 12 of those cases here in the u.s. and half of them in california. that includes the four cases in the bay area. well, today three more passengers including two americans who are being quarantined on a cruise ship in japan tested positive for the virus. health officials say passengers who had contact with those people are also being tested for the virus. cruiseline says its collaborating with the japanese government and health ministry who have sent additional medical staff. >> we recognize that this situation is not ideal on any dimension. it's unbelievably stressful and challenging for our guests and crew. being isolated to a state room for 14 days although well appointed is certainly not an experience we would wish upon anyone. >> 64 people on the diamond princess are now infected. among them 13 has caribbean cd screen passengers who recently travelled in china. investigators say the crew member died last week. this is important. they don't think the death is related to coronavirus. they're treating the situation with an abundance of caution as they wait for the autopsy results. download our app to get updates on the growing outbreak or go to our website for the number of cases across california. a terrible situation in richmond, police are searching for a driver who killed a 4-year-old boy and drove off. happened last night. police say he and his parents were walking along when this suv -- we have a picture of the suv. there it is. this is the one that hit the boy and then took off. medics air lifted the child to the hospital. he died hours later. police say the suv, a two-door ford explorer, metallic blue -- that's kind of rare -- with after-market chrome type rims and a white sticker on the rear window. we have more on this story at 6:00 and 11:00. live look outside right now. what a day. absolutely beautiful. changes coming. big winds on the way. rob here to uk at that about that. rob. >> we have temperatures earlier today in the mid-60s inland. and right now hazy skies which shouldn't be a problem. golden gate bridge looking nice. not a lot of wind for the evening plans right now. later on this evening at 7:00, a wind advisory will go into effect. notice the wind speeds through 7:00 will be breezy on the hilltops. then those stronger wind speeds by tomorrow morning by 10:00 a.m. start to mix into some of the valleys where gusts of 20 to 40-miles-per-hour will start to increase through tomorrow morning. that's the reason starting 11:00 a.m. monday we'll the way see the wind advisory where gusts will be up to thay mountains, we'll see gusts above 45-miles-per-hour. so, when we expect the strongest winds when to arrive and if there's any sign of rain trying to break through this ridge of high pressure. it's part of the reason why we have the wind this weekend. could we see moisture returning to the seven day forecast. have a look at that in about 12 minutes. methamphetamine related arrests are on the rise in san jose, and now the city has a plan to help deal with that problem. in 2017, san jose opened mission street sobering center which is a drop off spot for people arrested for public intoxication. now the city says it will designate 10 of 20 spaces specifically for meth users. going to provide them with showers, food, clothing, registered nurses, and therapists. >> officers can drop people off who are coming down off of meth, alcohol, or having a sober up. and we're going to use the opportunity to try to connect them directly to services or to family or to a place for them to go after they are with us. >> the new service begins on march 4th. it will be among the first sobering centers in the country directly addressing methamphetamine. first homicide of the year happened last night. an 18-year-old man stabbed his mother's boyfriend. they found the man with multiple stab wounds. he died at a hospital. the son took off in his mother's car. police chased him to castro valley where the son got out of the car and police arrested him. stand off continues after a shooting rampage in thailand today. a thai soldier shot and killed people at a shopping mall. we've got footage outside the mall. the soldier shot and killed another soldier and a woman in a military barracks. he eventually holed up in the shopping mall where he opened fire killing 20 people, injuring at least 31. he remaps on the run. now to decision 2020, the democratic presidential candidates are crisscrossing new hampshire right now three days ahead of the first in the nation primary. well, tonight seems to be a new sense of urgency and new strategy for the candidates. jay gray is on the ground with the latest from manchester. >> reporter: don't let the snow and ice that blanket new hampshire fool you. there is a political fire raging across the granite state right now. >> with your help we're going to win here in new hampshire. >> reporter: democratic presidential hopefuls -- >> we persist andill the first woman president of the united states in a frantic final push. >> i can lead this party and unite our country. >> reporter: three days ahead of the first in the nation primary here. a new poll shows bernie sanders with a slim lead of pete buttigieg. elizabeth warren and joe biden more than ten points behind. biden lashing out at president trump. >> i'll be damned if i'm going to stand by and lose my country too. >> reporter: and taking a swing at the front runner questioning sanders' platform and in an ad mocking buttigieg's experience as the mayor of south bend, indiana. >> he installed decorative lights under bridges. >> buttigieg firing back. >> we will be well served if we can start to get washington to look a little more like the best run cities and towns. >> reporter: the cities and towns in get in on tuesday. jay gray, nbc news, manchester, new hampshire. >> all that coming this way. the california primary less than a month away, happening march y ballot, we posted a complete voter guide with issues for each county. log on to nbcbayarea.com/electionguide. up next a different kind of food fight. why a north bay company is taking the state to court. and the warriors taking on the lakers at the chase center tonight. how the team is paying tribute to kobe bryant. and a warm weekend around the bay area, doesn't look much like february outside though we will see more wind tomorrow. wind advisories starting tonight. we'll talk about the peak gusts and when showers come back. a look at that when we come right back. this is the denny's super slam. two bacon, two sausage, two eggs hash browns and pancakes and now make those pancakes all you can eat for a buck. that's where the duper comes in. the all new super duper slam just seven ninety nine. see you at denny's. fisn't just about polar bears. we're fighting for our lives, we're fighting for clean air and clean water. that's why i wrote the law to send billions from polluters to communities suffering the most. and only one candidate for president was with us back then, tom steyer. and he's still fighting for us, pledging to make clean air and clean water a right for everyone, regardless of your zip code. thatthis message. a wild chase ended with fourteen agers in jail, all happened in voir dire nearby i can't. a man parked his car in front of the complex, asked the teenage girl for directions. he then followed her into the center of the complex where she pepper sprayed him and with another teenager robbed the man and took his car. the stolen car eventually rolled over where police arrested the two teenagers and two more with them who had gotten into that car. happening tonight a remembe valley higsc gunned down in the parking lot there. 16-year-old jonathan parker, a sophomore went to the basketball game against antioch high. a fight broke out afterwards, he was shot at least three times. friends, family, and the community coming together tofrm the boy described as a shy, kind teenager. police have yet to make an arrest in the case. now to making it in the bay, our focus on the housing crisis. whether you own or rent, you probably wondered how the housing crunch got so bad. there's a perfect storm of things that happen that makes it hard to survive in the bay area. >> 500k doesn't get you anywhere. >> the bay area housing crisis has spiralled out of control and who it's impacting the most. new tonight a food fight between the state of california and a vegan food company is sui california food regulators after being ordered to stop using the "butter" on the packaging. the owner says it's made of cultured cashew mostly and accusing the state of taking sides in the debate between animal-based foods and plant-based foods. that owner also points out that no one has ever confused peanut butter or apple butter with butter made from cow's milk. still ahead it's a sure sign baseball season is around the corner. we're going toic take you inside oracle park for the giant's fan fest. al day for giants fans today at the ball park. >> hunter pence is back in orange and black and as you heard, he got quite the welcome with had he walked on to fanfest at oracle park today. also buster posey and other names. lots of coaches there too. got to take pictures, get autographs, ask questions. bay area rapper e-40 announced the giants are hosting an e-40 night this summer and goinge-40 that's worth getting. it's a great way to get people heads. excited about the season. >> it's really cool especially if you want to know what it's like to be on an mlb field, if you want to have an up close and personal experience with the players or anybody on the team. >> the first time we've been here, it's the start of baseball season. we get to rub shoulders with all the people in the organization. >> i used to have a recurring dream i was a second baseman on the giants. it never happened. ic canning offspring training in a few weeks. then the season opener in l.a. in case you've forgotten, nbc bay area is the home for the giants. the warriors new guard up for the trade. making his debut against the lakers at chase center. the warriors are going to be honoring kobe bryant and the eight others that died with him in the helicopter crash. got a couple of kobe's numbers when he played with the lakers. >> you know, i love the beautiful golden sky behind us and i love the weather we've been having. there might be a price to pay down the road if we don't get rain. >> for what is one of the wettest times of year. when you look at it by the numbers, it's pretty significant. we've enjoyed the nice weather of late and it's a nice saturday evening. let's take a look since the start of the month, almost missed out on an inch and a half of rain. so, you go dry for five days, missed out on an inch of rainfall. you can see the other areas, numbers continue to accelerate into the deficit for season rainfall today, anywhere from 71% average down to 30% of average in livermore. so, moving forward we would like to see thesebe ahead, maybe a chance of showers coming up towards the end of next week. right now it's a nice view. nice evening outside as you can see from san francisco to san jose, not much in the way of clouds. it's this evening that's going to be the more pleasant of the two weekend evening. by this time tomorrow we'll see quite a bit of wind to wrap up the weekend. 50s and 60s outside currently. winds not all that bad. i think by late evening, we'll have the wind speed pick up as we head towards the morning. morning temperatures should be in the 40s. the winds mix up is going to help mix down. some areas may see 30s overnight and highs probably a little bit cooler. upper 50s to low 60s. but the big headline will be the wind. notice the areas in yellow. these are areas from the east bay hills and the valleys out there. coastal hilltops here in the santa cruz mountains. peak gusts in the hills likely other curing mid-morning showing up. that's the sgeevel from 20 to 40-miles-per-hour gusts. peak intensity from late morning to 5:00 tomorrow. then by monday notice how the transition starts to see the wind speeds come down a bit. still an offshore breeze which is also a sign that high pressure which is keeping things dry isn't going anywhere through at least midweek. there is a slight chance by thursday and friday we talk about the chance of showers. doesn't look like a big chance because that's a system dropping up and over the ridge of high pressure. so, it won't have a lot of moisture to work with. what will likely happen and fortunately is we'll probably see more wind as opposed to more substantial rainfall. we can see by nextke active. in terms of measurable rainfall, we should be seeing inches of rain this time of year. right now it looks like we may have .1 of an inch of rain with for tonight and tomorrow, gusty winds return. it's basically exactly what we saw last weekend in terms of the winds picking up. for under is, pretty gusty at times, less wind into monday. overall a dry looking february forecast. if you have any weekend plans for the evening, still pretty nice outside. tough to not enjoy 60s in early february. >> can't help it. >> and the sunset is something else. >> absolutely gorgeous, gold. >> yeah. >> thanks a lot. coming up, less than honorable discharges, why dozens of southern california marines 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"nightly news" is next. we're back at 6:00. breaking news tonight. a deadly rampage at a mall in thailand a soldier goes rogue, killing more than 20 people the desperate hours-long standoff to capture the gunman the first american death in the coronavirus outbreak a shocking video emerges in china residents dragged from their homes. dozens more diagnosed on cruise ships. we hear from those trapped on board e attack in afghanistan. multiple u.s. troops killed and wounded we have late-breaking details. the fight to the finish three days until the first primary of 2020. and the democratic candidates aren't holding back >> he's a good guy he's a great mayor but guess what he was a mayor >> the new attacks today. the hidden charges you're paying at hotels >> isn't that what they call bait and switch