Quarantined. President trump. Of the 15 people, original 15 people as i call them. Eight have returned to stay in homes until fully recovered. One in the hospital, five have fully recovered. And one is we think in pretty good shape. President appointed Vice President mike pence to lead the nations efforts to fight the potential pandemic. California Health Officials say the risk still remains low at this point. Live Team Coverage for you both sides of the bay. Eric thomas is in oakland. But Lauren Martinez is in San Francisco. People taking their own precautions as news about the virus continues to grow. Lauren. Reporter cdc is suggesting older people and people with medical conditions hold off traveling to italy or iran. People in San Francisco are taking their own precautions as news of the virus continues to grow. Planned for april but decided to postpone it until the situation gets a bit better. Manages a store in San Franciscos north beach neighborhood thats been around since 1940s. Postponed a trip to italy amidst the growing number of covid cases. Italy has the highest concentration in europe right now, so its alarming. Reporter cdc ranked italy and iran under level two, people encouraged to practice enhanced precautions. China and south korea are considered level three, avoid all nonessential travel. Bertolucci says concerns over the virus is impacting foot traffic. Also close to chinatown and lot of people are avoiding chinatown. We have many tour guides who do tours and come to the shop and said all the tours they would normally do in chinatown have been canceled. Reporter conventions in San Francisco feeling impact. E. A. Schwartz and Sony Playstation among those cancelling for moscone center. We have to be careful about hygiene. Reporter game developer who plans to attend the conference but will take precautions. Wiping the game controllers, making sure it stays clean. Do our best to make it safe. Reporter those attending the Morgan Stanley conference that starts next monday here in the city are being asked to report if theyve traveled in country with confirmed coronavirus case. Reporting live in San Francisco, Lauren Martinez, abc7 news. Stocks fell again today, many analysts blaming the coronavirus outbreak fuelling the losses. Wiped out gains made this year. Dow falling 123 points. Nasdaq rose 1 and s p dropped almost 12 points. Shipments from asia to port of oakland could take a hit. Shipping lines are cancelling some trips, could mean shortages at store near you. Eric thomas is live at port of oakland. Reporter up to this point the port had dodged any trouble and shipping imports were up 7 in january. However thats about to change with ships canceling voyages to the bay area and some businesses are buckling in for a wild ride. San francisco Beauty Supply business barely starting to recover from the tariffs imposed in the u. S. china trade war when the coronavirus explode. Some empty, cannot replace them. Reporter having trouble replacing brushes and other stock made in china and he expects more shortages. Plastics, brushes, products s like that. It will be devastating. Reporter many of the products stocked sail into the port of oakland on ships from china. But coronavirus forcing some china factories to shut down until all clear is sounded, port is feeling effects. Shipping lines have canceled 20 to 30 voyages to u. S. West coast over next five or six weeks because of the coronavirus. Reporter hard to tell what impact that will have on shipments since the companies could put more cargo on fewer ships. Says chances ali that crews could bring it here, should show up in 14 days it takes to get here. Not just beauty shots. Oriental Food Association imports soy sauce, noodles and other asian foods for consortium of markets. If things dont improve by end of march most of the importers are going to run out of inventory. As merchant, how do you survive, you know . Reporter big question. Another impact theyre telling us about they agree on, concern is okay about the coronavirus. People are getting sick, thats understandable. But panic is not. Trips to oaklands chinatown for example, mr. Chow said, should continue on. Also big businesses are being affected. Apple put out a projection might not make their 63 billi 63 bill projection for this quarter because cant move devices out of china because factories are not working. Live in oakland. Abc7 news. Abc7 sat down with San FranciscoPublic Health officer and epidemiologist to learn how to prepare. Stocking up on food and supplies will be critical. If youre contact to confirmed case, you will be quarantined for two weeks. Do you have everything you need for two weeks . Who is going to bring you food . Do you have medicines . Wash hands frequently, scrub at least 20 seconds. Scrap the masks and stock up on cleaning supplies and hand sanitizer. Have plans for sick family members. Warning fromrning impacting new scam is hitting bay area and tax agency hasnt seen anything like it. Michael finney. Sitting at house and nailed with this. Unbelievable. Gig workers and others receiving 1099s from companies they never worked. If its happening to you, you need to take action. Justin jones supposedly earned money working three months for uber. Alarming because i dont work for uber. Aaron reportedly made driving for the company. Not flat on my back. On disability, receiving chemotherapy for lung cancer. Both received 1099s. How do i explain to the irs i wasnt working . How do i prove it . Its going to be hell. Took me a while to realize it was in my name, could see information that pertained to me. Irs strongly suspects both are victims of Identity Theft. Special agent with the criminal investigations unit. Is it just using it for employment purposes . Or much greater than that. Is the information being used for other kinds of Identity Theft . Its like the scammers are doing it because cant legally get a Social Security card or maybe to avoid paying taxes on their earnings. Lee says shes never seen crime like this one. Urging folks to file affidavit with the irs. Contact the federal trade commission and Franchise Tax force in the state. Even uber has a form to fill out. Unfourntly timeconsuming process. One more thing to deal with while dealing with lung cancer. Both became frustrated trying to contact uber for explanation. Its hard to track anyone down. Aaron visited Downtown Office hoping to get answers but cant get past the security guard. Both contacted us for help. We put them in touch with uber and irs. Uber told us Identity Theft is issue thats beyond uber. Weve implemented new processes to prevent fraud. Irs suspects there are many more victims. Urging anyone impacted to come forward. First, contact you guys, then send it to me. Afterwards well do that. Lee believes other companies besides uber have likely issued erroneous 1099s. I have links to all the forms i mentioned and more resources on abc7news. Com. And you have an update on another story. Been following this quite some time. Felony trial against the owner of a dog training b b b contra costa cant, seven counts of animal abuse. Got under way. Accused of death of German Shepherd in his care. Died of heat stroke on his property in antioch. Also accused of abusing or neglecting six other dogs. Antioch Code Enforcement officer testified he found lots of feces and dog hair on the property which he describes as in poor condition. Lockeny testified she found a burn mark on her dogs neck which reynolds dismissed as hot spot. Defense Attorney Says that reynolds moved out a month before finley and five other dogs were found there by authorities. Utter lack of there being any evidence of wrongdoing on the part of mr. Reynolds, especially as relates to passing of gunne e originally charged with eight felonies, dropped one of the charges. Well be keeping track of this. Just ahead on abc7 news at 6 00, b. A. R. T. Coverage as part of the effort to build a better bay area. Is this the bus to take you to b. A. R. T. . Yeah. Okay great. Put new trip planner app to the test. Round trip on a difficult commute. Im Spencer Christian, weekend approaches and stormy for your heart. Your joints. Or your digestion. So why wouldnt you take something for the most important part of you. Your brain. With an ingredient originally discovered in jellyfish, prevagen has been shown in Clinical Trials to improve shortterm memory. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Officially hitting the us. 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Workplace violencement shooter was employee who was fired and returned with a gun. More than 1,000 employees are still inside the building site and will take several hours to clear the scene. Its b. A. R. T. Week on abc7 news. Dedicating our building a better bay area efforts to Transit Agency. Dan ashley is live at Pleasant Hill finding out what you think of b. A. R. T. Hi dan. Reporter hi ama, larry, this day has been productive and informative. End commute begins to wind down. Dear b. A. R. T. , how would you make b. A. R. T. Better. Comments around cleanliness, homelessness, drug use on the trains and safety of course. Thats the focus of hearing from so many people. Filled up whiteboards front and back. Bay area is closest thing to regional Transition Agency but doesnt reach everywhere. Lot of people have to transfer from one system to another and can be complicated and cumber cumbersome. B. A. R. T. Released a trip planner app to help and we tried it out to see how worked. Reporter starting outside of dublin civic center. Thousands of people live in dublin, heading to jobs in downtown san jose. Were going to San Jose State University and using b. A. R. T. s app to get there. Run by b. A. R. T. But includes information for other bay area transit agencies. Designed to give you best route using all available public transportation. Our trip involves three agencies and four transfers. We have a route, 1 hour, 59o9 minutes it says. Lets see. Doesnt have walking instructions, just shows you its a threeminute walk. There we go. Success. We found the bus stop step one has been easy. Hi. Is this the bus to take you to b. A. R. T. . Yeah. Okay, great. Reporter first leg on bus run by trivalley wheels. That was quick ride. B. A. R. T. Station, going to find our train. Reporter were now at dublin pleasanton station. End of the line, can only go one direction. Daly city line. After 20 minutes on that train, transferring at bay fair in san leandro to another b. A. R. T. Train, another 25 minutes. All right, weve made it to warm springs south fremont, wont be taking the escalator right now, theyre actively working on it, really are, someones here. So well be taking the stairs. Next stop, the bus. Thats us, 181,know when it lea we need it. Now were on a bta bus for a 23minute ride. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. We made it were in san jose. Oh, i forgot, we have to transfer. Another bus. This time its just a quick three stops and we have arrived. Made it here to San Jose State University. Good news, no problem, smooth ride but three busses and transfer trains on b. A. R. T. If you want people out of their cars you have to make it convenient and easy as possible. Took us about two hours to get here. Taking a car, would have been around 40 minutes. Trip back a little faster. 1 hour, 45 minutes. Overall the b. A. R. T. Trip planner was a good solution to help us navigate the route but the fare estimate was wrong because doesnt account for range of discounts when you transfer between agencies. Actual cost of the round trip was 23. 70, not cheap. But it was 4 less than the trip planner told us it would be, b job abc7 news. Plane, trains and automobiles but it worked out. When transit station is finished, should be smoother. Pushing for greater coordination between the agencies and should help. Tomorrow going to look at what it will take to make it happen. More live from pleasanton b. A. R. T. Station. Jobinas trip was exhausting. Two hours in. We have to send Spencer Christian to find rain. Will he ever come back though . From the rooftop camera, conditions on the embarcadero, calm and clear over the bay. 73 in oakland and redwood city. Upper 60s in san jose and gilroy. 68 in santa rosa. Mid to upper 60s in petaluma, concord, livermore. Its mild. Nice view from mount tam. Gusty, cooler weather over the weekend, isolated showers possible on sunday. Forecast through saturday, final day in february, without any rain at all. Sunday could see a little rain moving up around monterey early in the morning. Center part of the bay area, light rain sunday morning, 9 00 a. M. Or so, quickly dissipate. Very little measurable rainfall. Projections indicate that areas that receive any rain wont get more than. 01 to. 02 inches. Not much at all. Low 70s at coast, mid70s at bay and heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Two more days of mild to warm weather coming our way. Saturday things change with windy and cooler weather. Gusty on saturday and early sunday. Slight chance of light rain sunday. Warming up all over again monday. Next week, another string of dry days. Going to tie 1864 for driest february . Oh, yes, only other february with no rain, 1864, going to tie that. Thats a record you dont want to tie. One i remember. Dont want to go through that again. 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He drives a chevy volt, flies commercial, and spends his days building grassroots campaigns for social and environmental justice. Why . Tom steyer believes every child deserves the same opportunities as his. A healthy planet. Good schools. Quality healthcare, living wage jobs, and life without fear of discrimination. Tom im tom steyer and i approve this message. Announcer now news to build a better bay area, from abc7. A dramatic moment in a rome courtroom today. Two bay area College Students accused of killing Italian Police officer come facetoface with his widow and brother. Trial for the two young men began seven months ago to the day that officer died. Reporter dan noyes has been working this from the start, joins with the exclusive details. Just the first day of the schedule to plan how it would go but those in the room tell me it was tense and emotional. Courtroom was packed, much anticipation built up since Mario Cerciello rega was his wid