Tok that is flatout hard to watch. He suffered a concussion. As a result, he also had a seizure. New developments on the coronavirus. Good evening. A Significant Development in just the last hour. We learned a u. S. Soldier based in south korea has tested positive. The 23yearold man is in self quarantine. Just a short time ago, south korea also reported 169 new cases near the city. Where most of the infected patients are clustered. Health officials in the u. S. Are preparing for the worst. The current global circumstances suggested is likely this virus will cause a pandemic. All of this is having a huge impact on the financial markets. Stocks tanking for a second day in a row. The dow had its worst today percentage drop in two years. The dow closing nearly 900 points lower. The nasdaq was negative for the year. S p 500 also dropped three Percentage Points for the second day. We now know three coronavirus patients from Travis Air Force base are being treated in Contra Costa County. One is at a hospital in Sonoma County. All of the patients were evacuated from the diamond princess cruise ship in japan. Today in San Francisco, declared a state of emergency over the coronavirus. We all live with the ramped up efforts to prepare. Reporter this declaration allows them to pull in more city resources. Streamline Emergency Management and possibly get reimbursement from the state and from the federal government. But make no mistake, top u. S. Health Officials Say the spread of the coronavirus is inevitable. New infection hubs have established themselves in south korea, italy and iran as the coronavirus moves closer to worldwide pandemic status. The head of the National Center for immunization and respiratory diseases told lawmakers this might be bad. Ultimately we expect we will see Community Spread in this country. It is not so much a question of if this will happen anymore, but rather a question of exactly when this will happen. And how many people in this country will have severe illness. Reporter there are 50 a confirmed cases in the u. S. But no concentrated cluster. Health officials are learning that the incubation period is to be about a month along with the virus able to survive on what services longer than previously thought and people who have had no symptoms are able to transmit the disease. Federal Health Officials are warning local governments and organizations to have a plan in case of an outbreak. The San Francisco mayor declared a local emergency today despite no confirmed cases in the city. By declaring a state of emergency, we are prioritizing the safety of our communities by being prepared. I am confident in our teams ability to handle the situation. At the unified school district, they are applying Lessons Learned from an outbreak in 2009 were some bay area schools were shut down for days and disinfected. The manager of health and Family Support programs says there is a Healthcare Worker on every campus. Monitoring sick calls and looking for patterns. And cleaning crews use disinfectant fog machines to sterilize classrooms. What happens is we look and we have a couple of cases in a classroom and we will send out extra cleaning crews. Reporter this dr. Says everything he sees suggests the virus will spread in the u. S. It would not be at all a surprise with everything shows a cluster. Reporter how much will it spread . Computer models are very. But he said todays announcement and warning was sensible. I have a lot of faith in the Public Health system. At this point in the united states, there is no need to panic. Not yet. Reporter the Santa Clara County department of health said it got them time. They will keep up the communication plans with all the various organizations and entities in the south bay and also they are coordinating with schools for socalled, using the internet to keep up your studies in the amount in the event of an outbreak. Keep washing your hands and use antibacterial gel. Always be careful. Reporter here is another thing. They say if your kid is sick, let them know that your kid is sick with a fever. That way they can track the trends. We first brought you the mayors remarks live. Your source for breaking news. You can find it on kpix. Com and other digital platforms. We have more coronavirus coverage ahead. You will hear from a bay area woman whose cruise ship vacation took an unexpected turn. The night before we got there they told us that thailand would no longer welcome us. It was crazy. Even in my own community, people are wondering if it is safe to be around me. She shares her account of the long journey home in our next half hour. Hundreds of Oakland Police officers gathered together today to say in emotional goodbye to their ousted chief. She was let go after three years on the job. Reporter oaklands former top cop and kirkpatrick said she was caught off guard by her sudden firing. It turns out her rankandfile were caught off guard also. Today they showed her just how much she meant to them. It was an emotional and heartfelt farewell as hundreds of officers and Staff Members said goodbye to the recently fired police chief. I have never seen anything like this. Reporter she tried to hold back tears as she hugged each and every one who lined up to say farewell. But emotions got the best of her today. I was told many years ago a true leader will know if they are a leader if they look over the shoulder and someone is standing there. And im looking over my shoulder today and they are standing here. I did not want to just be a chief, i wanted to be a leader. She came here of a time during a troubling time and she brought stability. She made the rankandfile officer feel as though they were important by speaking to them. By asking if they were okay. Reporter the citys Police Commission with the mayors permission fired kirkpatrick without cause. I think it was sudden and we are recovering from it. Reporter speaking publicly for the first week after she was fired, kirkpatrick said her termination is a step back to the Police Department and community. Is it almost a no win situation where you have to have the city council, the mayor and the Police Commission all agreeing and the Police Commission can vote you out. I dont think i know. People are deeply concerned that something is not right. Something is wrong. The Police Department believed in me as a legitimate leader. I am competent. I am respected. This is a step back. You saw here today, it speaks volumes. I hope member of the city council, i hope members to sit on the Police Commission and the mayor take notice of where the Police Department is. Reporter the president of the Police OfficersAssociation Says hes worried. I worry for what will happen given the circumstance. Whoever takes over has significant challenges. Putting aside the political mayhem that is taking place at city hall. Behind this decision. Reporter not only does the Police Commission have the power to fire a police chief, they will be playing a significant role in hiring a new one. A spokesperson for the mayor released a statement saying, the Police Commissions unprecedented vote to remove a police chief from duty was an extraordinary exercise of power by a citizen led commission. And it will take time for the community to process it. Tonight is Stanislaus County man is accused of running down to homeless men in San Francisco and then ramming a police car. Police say a couple and an suv allegedly drove onto a sidewalk in haightashbury and intentionally hit two people just before 9 30 last night. A short time later they allegedly drove into a police car as officers answer the call of shots fired. The 18yearold driver is facing a list of charges. The female passenger was released. A suspect behind bars tonight in a hit and run that killed a 12yearold girl. She was walking home from school with her sister and in the crosswalk at the time. Reporter it is used as a shortcut between freeways. And people drive too fast. The chp said seat be did not play a part in yesterdays tragedy. He was with his attorney when he turned himself in today. He is accused of hitting a young girl as she crossed the road with her sister. The 12yearold seen on the right, died from her injuries. The chp said Surveillance Video shows a male was turning left from mantua road when he ran her over. It would seem like a normal left turn. He did not see the girls in the crosswalk. But once he hit them, he knew. Reporter at that point he allegedly fled the scene. But the cameras captured a clear photo of the ford f1 50 pickup and license number and the chp said they quickly knew who they were looking for. We did see he stopped and looked and took off. And left her in the road to die. Reporter the entire community has been shaken by the death. Complete strangers are leaving flowers at the scene of the tragedy made even more awful by the death of a child. I feel like if it was one of my grandkids, how painful that would be. Reporter those who live anywhere near the road are holding their children a little bit closer tonight. I am new but i have felt it. In a couple of months. I make sure i hold my kids and when we are walking. I am scared. Reporter she attended Creekside Middle School and today the district had grief counselors available for children and adults trying to cope with the shock. We love all of our students. A tragedy like this just shakes you to your core. Reporter the man was transported to jail this afternoon and faces charges of felony hitandrun and vehicular manslaughter. Up next. A story that makes you ask, why in the world would you do this . A new viral challenge involving tik tok. It will make you cringe. The warning tonight for parents. It is important that parents and teachers are explaining to kids this is actually an assault. Is Plastic Surgery the secret to success in Silicon Valley . Our original report, why a procedure is becoming so popular. It is one of the worst cases of distracted driving that we have ever heard of. With the feds say a tesla driver was doing right before this a fiery crash. The federal government has ordered that this reservoir be drained of all of this water. The earthquake risk, the potential environmental damage. I think it will be a disaster for the area. I dont know if an earthquake is on the way. We know there is a chance of showers. 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I led a complex, diverse city through 911 and i have common sense plans to move america away from chaos to progress im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. We are streaming now. You can find us on kpix. Com, cbs news app for your favorite platform. A payment app is testing a new system for teenagers. Certain users can set up a debit card for teenagers that allows parents to create spending alerts and limits and transfer money for emergency situations. A warning tonight about a challenge making the rounds on video sharing app tik tok. It is called the skull breaker. Unfortunately the name is not a metaphor. And it card can cause severe head injuries. We spoke to parents and students about this dangerous social media trend. Reporter just watching videos of the skull breaker challenge will make you cringe. The latest trends on social media app tik tok is a dangerous prank where a victim is tricked into thinking they are learning a dance, but when they jump, two kids take their legs out from under them. Unfortunately, their 13year old son in cherry hill, new jersey was the kid in the middle. He suffered a concussion as a result of the concussion, he also had a seizure. Reporter kids all over the country are getting seriously hurt. Parents like this pennsylvania mama sharing their pain so others will not suffer. He was laying down and not responsive. And they had called the ambulance. Reporter it did not take long for us to find local kids in middle school who have seen the challenge. My friends told me about it. It seemed really, really dangerous when i first saw it. Reporter to dangerous. I am not tempted to do any of that. At all. It can kill you. Reporter not every child will be scared off. Experts are reminding parents to talk with kids about what they are watching and doing so no one else gets seriously hurt or in serious trouble. It is important that parents and teachers are explaining to kids that this is actually an assault and a form of Cyber Bullying and it has to stop. I have screen time set and i can monitor everything remotely from my laptop. A stunning conclusion into the cause of a fiery fatal crash involving a tesla two years ago. The ntsb blaming the driver who the report said was playing a videogame. But it did not let the carmaker off the hook. The 38yearold died in march 2018 when his model x slammed into a wall. But the head of the ntsb slammed tesla for failing to install technology that would disable personal Electronic Devices when the cars are in self driving mode. The family is suing and the lawyer issued a statement regarding Driver Distraction saying in part, we believe he was using autopilot and a foreseeable manner given the systems claimed capabilities and the way tesla encouraged its customers to use it. We reached out to tesla for comment, but we have not heard back. A federal order to drain the largest reservoir for Public Safety is running into some resistance tonight. The Water District tells us that draining Anderson Reservoir to lower earthquake risks will only raise the possibility of other problems. Reporter the Water District said wants to move quickly because of the earthquake risk. Wants to move carefully to minimize the impact downstream once all the water is like go. For the last few years levels at Anderson Reservoir have been kept below half full on purpose to minimize earthquake risks. But now the federal agency that regulates the safety said even this much water is too much and has ordered the valley Water District to drain it completely. We want to get to this project as quickly as possible to bring safety to the community. Reporter the district is also concerned about the loss of water supply, potential flooding, habitat loss and fish kills. The morgan hill neighbor said it is a nightmare scenario. I think it is going to be disastrous for the area. Reporter she has been coming to coyote creek since she was a teenager and worries about the loss of the resource and habitat for all animals if the reservoir in the creek dry up. You cannot find water nearby. When that is gone. Reporter water officals say the loss of andersons water for household and business use would be felt but not critically. It is not a disaster because we have five other sources of water. Reporter he is a former Water District director and in environmental studies lecturer. The disaster is that it fails with water in it. That is the only possible disaster. Having the feds get involved has accelerated the process of getting it repaired. Reporter the Water District said repairing the dam will take between two and five years and should be a process that balances earthquake safety, water supply and environmental impacts. Not everybody is worried about that necessarily. We are worried about the rain. And lack thereof. Worry on. There is a chance later in the week but there is not any big rainmaker coming in for the rest of the month. So far we have no rain for the month of february. It does not look that likely by the weekend either. And then february will be over. The numbers are unusually warm in San Francisco at 65. San jose at 63. The highs from today are impressive. Santa rosa got to 81 and san jose at 77. That is flooding with records overnight lows will be on the balmy side. Temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s. High pressure will finally get the elbow by this guy. The low pressure. As it gets closer to the bay area, things will cloud up on friday. By the weekend, the numbers will come down. The question is whether or not rain will come down. There is not much of a chance about a 20 or 30 chance in the central bay area. Clear skies tonight. Tomo