News about the coronavirus. We talked with the cdc today, and they confirm that there is a new case here in Northern California. At this point, theyre not releasing how the person contracted the virus, or where the person is, here in Northern California. They said that he expects that the cdc will release more information tonight or tomorrow. Just over an hour ago, President Trump spoke to the country about the virus, and he named Vice President mike pence to head up the White House Coronavirus task force. The president said that steps taken by the United States are keeping the risk of infection low for americans. Weve stopped nonu. S. Citizens from coming into america from china. That was done very early on. Were screening people, and we have been at a very high level. Screening people coming into the country from infected areas. We have quarantined those infected, and those at risk. There are a now 15 confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States, involving travel, or close contac
Thankfully there are no reports of American Health care workers coming down with the coronavirus. But as we have heard, Health Officials in d. C. Warn us it is very likely the coronavirus will enter a new stage, a new phase here in the u. S. Which begs the question, our Health Care System prepared to protect the workers on the front lines. As the coronavirus continues to spread around the globe, hospitals around the country are preparing for the possibility that a person infected with the coronavirus could walk into their emergency room in the near future. Im optimistic that our Health System should be able to deal with these patients and keep the Health Care Workers safe. Reporter uc berkeley Infectious Disease expert dr. Arthur reingold says its one thing to quarantine a healthy person who has been exposed to the virus, as weve seen happen at Travis Air Force base, and its another to treat someone who is sick and infectious. Will we be able to, quote, contain this . Will we be able t
Oakland Senior Center was told that test done at mcclymonds high for the carcinogen, tce, take kay promising. The school has been closed for more than a week after trichloroethyle was found in the groundwater under campus. There is no detection of tce in the air that the students at mcclymonds have been breathing. No one can say how it got there. West oakland is riddled with leaking underground storage tanks used for industrial purposes in the past and still buried. Several in the vicinity of mcclymonds. We want our mcclymonds Community Back in their home as soon as possible. But, the bottom line is that we cannot go back until we know its safe. The Oakland School board also discussed the disruption with 350 students split by grade and is sent to other locations this week. Is there anything additionally that would calm the families fears around having been at the school . Another round of analysis is underway, testing for vapors in some 200 spots on campus. The cost of falling on a cas
Good evening. Im julie haener. Im frank somerville. The two moderate democrats deciding to back another democrat in the hopes of stopping Bernie Sanders from winning the nomination. 14 states including california will be participating in super tuesday. More than 1,300 delegates are up for grabs. Biden is coming off a big win in South Carolina and hes hoping that he can keep pace with Bernie Sanders tomorrow. Ktvus cost cost Jana Katsuyama is is here now with the developments. The sudden exit of buttigieg and steyer over the weekend and klobuchar has biden saying he can win unifying democrats, independents and some republicans. I am ending my campaign and endorsing joe biden for president. Amy klobuchar who campaigned as a moderate gave joe bidens president ial bid a big boost on the eve of super tuesday. It is time for a president that will bring decency and dignity back to the white house. Joe bidens campaign which had seemed shaky at times in the face of fresh moderate challenges got
States rainfall, we have not had a drop. Its nice, you guess get out and enjoy, 40s and 50s this morning. 55 in the city, highs way above where they should be. 70s, temperature wise. You remember the 70s. Temperature wise. Good morning everyone, lets look at the east bay commute. We have mostly good traffic today. There was a crash on one of the off ramps in union city, traffic on the san mateo brim has been good and no problems at the toll plaza. The first coronavirus case without a link to travel is confirmed, that case is linked to the bay area. Its here and it is something that we have to people for and get ready for. We cannot run from it. All that we can do prepare. The patient is from solano county. Health officials will not be more specific at this point. It took the cdc 4 days to test the patients for the coronavirus because the patient did not have travel links. Its still unclear how long the virus can exist outside of the body and not everyone who has the virus shows symptom