Hospitalized at el camino hospital. Roz is live at the hospital in plainview. Reporter not a lot of information about this fourth person diagnosed in Santa Clara County. We know she is not ill and does not need to be hospitalized at least for now. That is the good news. They say she had, quote, house hold contact with that third person. That is the woman who was treated here at el camino hospital. Now, whats significant about that third case that was diagnosed here in Santa Clara County is this is an older woman who had not travelled to any of the counties hit by the outbreak. This kind of Community Transmission of the virus is something they had been prepared for. And they plan now to step up their efforts at community surveillance, a test to see where the test might be. Lastly, what we know about this fourth case, Health Officials are saying she is, for now, isolating at home. We are live in Mountain View. Im roz plater. Nbc bay area news. Concern is mounting about the spread of the coronavirus along the west coast in the past 24 hours at least 7 new cases have popped up in california, oregon, and washington. And tonight one person in the u. S. Has died from the virus. That prompted an update from president trump. Chris pallone has more. Reporter the white house details new measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus, word of the first confirmed death in the u. S. From the disease. Unfortunately one person passed away over night. Reporter Washington State Health Officials say one man died in a seattle area hospital. The patient was a patient who had Underlying Health conditions. It was a male in his 50s. Reporter Washington Governor Jay Inslee declaring a state of emergency after four people tested positive in the state. Vice president mike pence leading the white house response. The threat remains low. Reporter u. S. Is institutions travel restrictions to foreigner who is have been to iran and discouraging americans from traveling to italy and south korea. We want to lower the amount of travel to and from the most impacted areas. Reporter doctors say most people who get coronavirus will recover but people with Underlying Health conditions as well as Young Children and the elderly are at risk of dying from it. Their advice, wash hands frequently and stay away from people who are sick. If you are healthy, you will probably go through a process and youll be fine. Reporter the president will meet with representatives from the Major Drug Companies monday to talk about the development after coronavirus vaccine, something public Health Officials said could take more than a year to become publicly available. Three members of congress from california are demanding a too manically briefing from senior Health Officials on coronavirus. This comes after a whistleblower says the health and Human Services workers handling evacuees from china were seriously unprepared. Representatives mark decar toe released a joint statement reading in part as representatives the military bases and communities that housed repatriated americans and given the threat of the serious allegations they pose to Public Health, we need answers. So far the trump administrations response does not give us confidence that they are quipped to manage a potential pandemic or that they are taking the situation as seriously as it demands. Heres a look at the latest numbers across the united states. As of right now there are at least 72 cases of coronavirus. This is nationwide. Cdc has confirmed where 65 of those patients are. Just north of the bay area, more than 100 Health Care Workers are under selfquarantine due to potential exposure to a coronavirus patient. Dangers facing doctors and nurses is rising. Nbc bay area Christie Smith joins us live from San Francisco with that part of the story. Reporter we spoke with a man who works in epidemiology and says those observing believe the coronavirus could become a problem here. But exactly how widespread is difficult to say. For those cases believed to be Community Transmission, he says there are layers and layers of follow up to it to figure it out and that could keep mounting. I think people need to understand that we are going to see more cases of this. Reporter dr. Arthur reingold is a professor of epidemiology at u. C. Berkeley. He expects more reports of the coronavirus in the state. People should be ready for the fact that there will be sort of a drum beat of these type of reports, you know, and Public Health agencies will have to respond the best they can. Reporter for cases in santa clara, oregon, or washington that appear to be Community Transmission, he says it will require a lot of work to trace exposure. So, if we started having a number of those in the same jurisdiction, you can understand that it could easily exceed the capacity of the system to really deal effectively with it. Reporter the California Nurses Association says dozens of Health Care Workers including nurses are under selfquarantine over possible exposure. U. C. Davis med center is treating a patient believed to be the first covid19 transmission without travel abroad or contact. I have never seen this level of selfquarantine in any other epidemics. Reporter the union says this highlights vulnerabilities despite facilities typically being better prepared. You can imagine if all of this happened in response to one patient how much more complicated and difficult things will be if we start having substantial numbers of sich wau weighs like this in health care settings. Its important to keep up hand washing and be prepared. The hope is they will slow the spread, number one, and offer protection to people to a certain extent. Reporter we did reach out to the Medical Center for comment but havent heard back just yet. Meantime, exapproximate eperts there should be wider testing for those that come in with illnesses. Reporting live in San Francisco, Christie Smith, nbc bay area news. Thanks very much. As weve been seeing developments in the outbreak are changing by the hour. We have created the Coronavirus Crisis center to make sure you have the information you need. Today the fda announced its letting independent labs start using tests they have developed. A lab in richmond, one of several across the state, thats processing test kits for the cdc. Allowing independent labs to immediately use their own kits will allow for more Rapid Testing for the virus. As that virus spreads, Health Officials are working to figure out how long the virus can survive on surfaces to better understand the risk of transmission. Disease experts say based on studies of similar coronaviruses, the virus may live on surfaces for up to nine days. Its important to wash your hands and to disinfect. So, when you see a doctor, heres what Health Officials are suggesting. Contact your doctor if you have cold and flu symptoms like wheezing, runny nose, cough, sore throat, and fever. If you have travelled to coronavirus hotspots overseas or been in contact with someone who has. If you have a question about the coronavirus, we want to hear from you. Leave a comment on our facebook page. Send us a tweet or dm us on instagram and we will work to find you an answer. Another unusual scene in february, a grass fire in the north bay. This one broke out earlier this afternoon near the cal maritime campus during gusty conditions there. Live look at the scene right now. Firefighters have everything under control. Looks like just before 3 00 they had it all knocked down. The winds not going away. The threat is still there. Lets check with rob. It has been a windy start to the weekend. San francisco, youve got cloud action 53 degrees, wind speeds of 33milesperhour. The month of february typically one of the wettest we see is in the minus column to the tune of 3 to 6 inches of rain just missing off the board since the last time it rained on the 28th of january. The wind is the story. Right now its sea breeze. Winds coming off the ocean. Tomorrow well see the wind increase in speed and urn tut of the north. Winds up along the peninsula coastline and unusually high fire danger as we begin the month of march. At the same time, this same storm bringing the wind could bring a little snow to the sierra and possibly a few showers closer to the coast. Well let you know about those shower chances and the cool start to the morning coming up. Showers sound good. Thanks very much. Ongoing teaching assistant strike by firing 54 grad students. About 200 teaching assistants earning a graduate degree went on strike back in december demanding a bay hike. The assistants withheld grades. You see santa cruz says administrators tried to address concerns but t. A. S did not address the efforts. 54 tas fired were disrupting campus and unfairly affecting education. The South Carolina we go, the latest battleground in the race for the democratic president ial nomination. Former Vice President joe biden projected as the winner and by a landslide. Take a look. While there are a lot of ballots to count, biden is out on top with about 54 of the vote. And tom steyer in second place right now, about 15 . Bernie sanders third with somewhere around 12 . Wow. Live tonight in the capital city of columbia. Reporter decision day in South Carolina. I think its going to send a message. Reporter its the fourth try but for the first time in the campaign, joe biden seems confident about the way things will turn out here. I tell you what, the full come back starts in South Carolina and goes here on tuesday. I mean it. Reporter super tuesday, three days out now. Many of the democrats we like mike, we like mike. Reporter even before the polls close in the palmetto state hello, arkansas reporter turning their attention to the 14state bonanza. Im asking you to defy those odds. We are going to stun the world. Reporter to do that, the other candidates will have to stunt the growth of the Bernie Sanders campaign. Thats why youre seeing so many attacks. They know its not an election, its a movement. Its not just about beating trump. Its about transforming this country. Reporter while South Carolina voters have the chance right now to transform the campaign. What happens tonight is going to be very critical. And depending on how this rolls out along with super tuesday i think is going to win the candidate significantly. Reporter but crowded field watching the results and working to stay in the race. Jay gray, nbc news, columbia, South Carolina. Thats todays primary, nearly a month after iowas problemplagued caucus, the state Democratic Party has certified those results. You might remember a faulty app delayed counting. The certified numbers show Pete Buttigieg won. He had 14 delegates. Bernie sanders came in second with 12 delegates. Elizabeth warren with 8, joe biden 6, Amy Klobuchar picked up 1 delegate. The results go to the Democratic National committee. The california primary just three days away now. Our website a good resource as you prepare to cast your ballot. We have a complete voter guide there highlighting issues in the county. Go to nbcbayarea. Com electionguide. Coming up a shake up ahead of twitter. Who has taken a big stake in the company and who could be on their way out. Plus supporting the homeless, the help an east bay city is getting from the Governors Office to make that happen. Wind is the big story of the weekend with a wind advisory. Theres a chance of seeing serious snow and isolated showers by the end of the weekend. A close look at these changes in the forecast when we come right back. Growing up in la, bad air forced us indoors. And now we have to deal with this. Climate change is an emergency. Thats why i wrote the nations most progressive climate law. And thats why im 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 can save the world and do it together believe him. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. New information tonight on the San Bruno Mountain fire. Firefighters have it 80 contained. The fire sparked yesterday morning at a campground area. It was close to homes though, the area. Firefighters were able to stop the fire at six acres but the park will remain closed all weekend long. A billionaire investor is looking to kick twitters ceo out of his job. Elliott management founder and pushing to take over jack dorsis ceo spot. Elliott argued that dorsiindicated he wants to move to africa. Twitter has yet to comment on that. Fema trailers roll into antioch today to help the homelessness population. Its part of the statewide homeless plan. Each trailer will house five people. Along the same time antioch is looking for other ways to ease homelessness. Well be looking at shipping containers, looking at this model, looking at tiny homes, various opportunitys that may help us house people. So, this is an important today we launched our pilot program. It applied to the Governors Office to win them. They will be managed by nonprofit home lesser vis provider. Up next, hes not coming back this weekend when the warriors say steph curry will be making his return. Calandrian george would always run and give me the biggest hug, and say i really love you. George was shot. George didnt survive. I just kept saying, you cannot tell me that the child that i gave birth to is no longer here. Lives are being lost every day. Mike bloomberg heard mothers crying, so he started fighting. I know mike is not afraid of the gun lobby. Theyre scared of him. Now we have a dog in the fight. There will be no splash action for warriors fans. Warriors announced steph curry will not play against the washington wizards. He broke his hand in october. Hes been out ever since. While the team says hes progressing, he needs more scrimmage time. Hell practice with the G League Team on monday. Team says hes going to make his long awaited return, still saying sometime in march, just not the first day in march. Its play ball for folks in Mountain View and comes with flood protection. This needs explaining. Valley Water District finished the part of the permanente project. These are new baseball fields. They are sunken and they double as recreational space and a place to contain flood waters when the creek overflows. If its dry, weve got baseball. If its wet, weve got flood control. The space is open to the public. Once it is finished, it will provide flood protection to about 2,200 properties. Rob joining us now. You said the word showers and ive been following you on twitters. Do you talk about the word rain. The r word. Were bringing it back due to popular demand. In the seven day forecast, its something to be excited about. Right now the wind, the issues were seeing with it, not so much. You can think of it as a sneak preview of what the future looks like if the rain didnt come back. Weve got fire danger again with the winds picking up. In san jose, mostly cloudy skies, cooler temperatures. 56 right now. Also breezy. Winds at 23milesperhour. Right now in oakland, mostly cloudy skies at 56 degrees. Winds at 30 and into San Francisco, mostly cloudy skies, a brisk 52 degrees, winds at 33. These are on shore, west northwest winds right now. That will change for northerly tomorrow which will dry things out. Lets talk about how dry it is in San Francisco. Unless we get a few sprinkles, we will tie 1864 for the only time february and it was a leap year that year too that we did not get measurable rainfall in San Francisco. Well get the wind advisory from sunday into monday, cool start to the morning with 30s and 40s. Wind sheltered valleys in the 30s. Upper 50s to low 60s. So, a cool and windy finish to the weekend. Lets talk about the shower chances though. Youll notice weve got a storm system here. If this center was closer to the bay area, we would have a better shot of seeing rain. Looks like its going to track just down the coast, heading to Southern California in the gap. Just enough to topple a few sprinkles our way. Towards the day tomorrow, if you look closely near the hilltops you, might see a brief sprinkle or two. But the main impact as the bands of clouds go by are increasing north winds. Late tomorrow afternoon, early evening, might see a brief shower. Its the wind speeds thats the most important part. Some of the gusts in the hills in the north and east bay will be 30 to 40milesperhour. Notice the wind direction is offshore which means itll be quite dry. Different story for the sierra. A little more moisture off to the east. 3 to 4 inch of snow possible. You have winterlike conditions tomorrow. Looks like the weather we just saw last week. Nothing to get excited about there, just warmer temperatures. But stay tuned. Next weekend a chance of seeing rain, yes rain, not showers, real rain coming back. Thats good to see, right . By march 9th, thats how the forecast is shaping up and that is a look at the long range outlook for that pattern shift. Finally the way the maps should look for this time of year. The end of the 7day forecast is what were excited about. Short term, watch out for the gusty winds tomorrow. Wind speeds of 30 to 40 in the hills. Unfortunately that means fire danger to start the week. But muchneeded range making a come back statewide. Its something to see you excited for rain. Real rain rob, thanks a lot. Coming up, one president ial candidate taking a break from the dcampaign trail and hitting the beach. It wasnt all fun and games exactly. Well tell you about that. I work hard and i want my money to work hard too. So i use my freedom unlimited card. Even when im spending, im earning 1. 5 cash back on everything i buy. shouting earning on headphones huh . Earning. Earning. Still earning. Always earning. I dont know where youre pointing. Not that one the big one. You cant sneak a good earning opportunity past me. In fact. Ive got a hand modeling gig that starts right now. 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The kids are really excited to get in the water and im really grateful to be able to help them experience what i love so much about the ocean. Shes in the bay area, not to go surfing here but for a town hall discussion in San Francisco. Thats going on right now. Back in a moment. Tv just keeps getting better. How you watch it does too. This is xfinity x1. Featuring the Emmy Awardwinning voice remote. Streaming Services Without changing passwords and input. Live sports with realtime stats and scores. Access to the most 4k content. And your movies and shows to go. The best tv experience is the best tv value. Xfinity x1. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Xfinity. The future of awesome. VoMike Bloomberg has a recordgue of doing something. As mayor, he protected womens reproductive rights. Expanded Health Coverage to 700,000 new yorkers. And decreased infantmortality rates to historic lows. As president , hell build on obamacare, cap medical costs, and will always protect a womans right to choose. Mike bloomberg a record on Health Care Nobody can argue about. Mike im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. People flying, not in planes but in well, whatever this is. It looks like something from a scifi movie. Go fly team showed off devices at nasa aims Research Center in Mountain View. This is serious stuff. You can see pretty cool tricked out stuff. Woah thats wild. An air show too, good ole planes for folks that remember those. The goal is to find use of sustainability in flying. They made eight competition. The prize, 2 million bucks. Theyre going to announce the winner next month. Were back at 6 00. Hope you can join us. Breaking news tonight. The first death from the coronavirus inside the u. S. The victim, one of several new cases who contracted the disease within america including a High School Student and School Staffer Washington State under a state of emergency and more than 50 patients and workers at one nursing home now showing symptoms. President trump with a rare saturday press Conference Announcing tough, new travel restrictions and warning more infections are to come. Across the world, fresh panic. The entire country of south korea, 51 million, told to stay indoors. Elsewhere, this clinic set on fire by angry citizens
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