Officials report 5 new cases of the coronavirus with one county in the east bay seeing its very first case will begin with 2 hospital workers one from Alameda County and one from Solano County both testing positive. After coming in contact with a known patient. Both healthcare workers are employed by north bay vaca valley hospital, a woman from Solano County was treated there last week before testing positive for coronavirus in response to their first case Alameda CountyHealth Officials have declared a Public Health emergency. And we want we again the died yesterday in miami. Alameda county Public Health officer doctor eric upon says they are expecting more cases to pop up in the county. Both hospital workers are currently in isolation at home and will not return to work until they are cleared Health Officials say they have identified people in close contact with both of them and those people have self quarantine now to Santa Clara County where Health Officials say there are 3 more cases that have tested positive that now brings the total number of cases in the county up to 7 the new cases involved a woman described have Chronic Health conditions and a husband and wife who recently traveled to egypt. The husband was also described as someone with Chronic Health issues all 3 are currently in the hospital. We first told you about the new coronavirus cases in the bay area with a push alert. Make sure to download our kron 4 app today and stay up to date. With more coronavirus cases in the bay area people are becoming more concerned about exposure and keeping their families safe. As people spent the weekend stocking up on supplies, many stores are running out of common things like toilet paper paper towels disinfecting wipes and more kron fours taylors sacking desert a few stores in San Francisco tonight to check on their supplies. She joins us live in the newsroom. Now taylor what did you find. Well not a whole lot of these dan Hand Sanitizer and disinfecting wipes are flying off of the shelves now Household Items like paper towels and toilet paper are also selling out of some stores as people prepare for the coronavirus and possible quarantine if they were to get sick. That house i think its probably been the busiest ever seen at shoppers describing costco in San Francisco on sunday. Theres ton of people. Buying whatever they can bite some people showed up to do their weekly shopping. Others to stock up on supplies in preparation for when the coronavirus makes its way to the thats the reason why i came today. The sec up on supplies. Theres no masks we ran out of gas. And be francisco location of ran out of paper towels while viewers at costco locations in the east and south they say the stores route of disinfectant wipes and Hand Sanitizer pretty crowded today a lot of people buying this the central the a lot of people. Well a favor. And bottled water and the parts meanwhile, this is what some of the shelves look like at other stores like walgreens and target in San Francisco viewers across the bay area also sent us their photos. This is what one of the target stores looks like in sunnyvale and heres a walmart in pleasanton and a safeway in marion, some stores even posting signs like this cool hardware in San Francisco and this rite aid in oakland, alerting customers at the stores out of masks and Hand Sanitizer worries. Its spreading. I wore my mask i saw a lot of people Wearing Masks to many people are still Wearing Masks, im looking for supplies the cdc and us Surgeon General say they wont help on saturday. The us Surgeon General tweeted quote seriously people stop buying masks, theyre not effective in preventing general public from catching coronavirus. But if Health Care Providers can get them to care for sick patients, it puts them in our communities at risk. Did a quick search on amazon as well many of the Hand Sanitizers are out of stock were priced at a higher cost supplies are running low on a few stores want to make sure people that this is not the case everywhere many stores are replenishing their supplies bailey or have new orders on the way i also found a couple of targets today in south San Francisco that still have disinfectant wipes and Hand Sanitizers live in the newsroom. Taylor kron 4 news. Alright, taylor, thanks a lot. So how can you stop the spread of coronavirus the centers for Disease Control prevention says there are some simple steps that you can take wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds avoid touching your eyes nose and mouth with unwashed hands. Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue then throw that tissue in the trash and stay home when youre sick. New cases of covid 19 across the country today, the state of florida, new york and rhode island all reported. Their first cases of the virus. Rhode islands patients back from a recent trip to italy a country suffering with when the worst outbreaks in the world right now. Health officials do believe that travel is likely source for this patient that became in we do have the association of travel as being a likely source for this becoming infected and so looking at the list of countries that have prevalent. Illness right now is most likely an associate in factor for where this man acquired the infection. In light of recent outbreaks, President Trump announcing new screening procedures for coronavirus in a tweet today, he said that in addition to screening travelers prior to boarding from certain designated highrisk areas they will also be screened when they arrive in the United States, its still not clear which passengers from which countries. Well received this increased screening but high risk countries currently include italy south korea, iran and china and speaking of italy. The coronavirus infections. There have risen 50 in just one day today, the government issuing its strongest travel warning yet advising americans against any travel to the 2 northernmost regions of italy that have been hard hit by the virus. The number of confirmed cases in the country has risen to more than 1600 5 more people infected with the virus have died bringing the deaths there to 34. Italian Health Authorities saying the increasing cases was expected him because italy has a large number of elderly people. The saying that he will be unable to participate in a weeklong spiritual retreat outside of rome because of a lingering cold. The vatican saying earlier this week that the pope was suffering from a quote mild ailment which has caused him to cancel several events of the last couple of days the vatican would not comment on whether pope francis has been tested for coronavirus meanwhile in france, the louvin paris staying closed because of coronavirus confirm concerns press officers saying staff met with the authorities and i decided to keep the Museum Closed today, museum staff will hold another meeting tomorrow to a village in the value, a situation. France has more than a 100 confirmed cases of coronavirus and our coverage continues over on kron 4 dot com there you can find a link to the interactive map. A special report on how to stay safe from the outbreak and a timeline of events from the initial report of the coronavirus up until today. You can find all of this in our section dedicated to the coronavirus again on our website kron 4 dot com. And so we must recognize that at this point in the race, the best way to keep faith with those goals and ideals its to step aside and help bring our party and our country to get so tonight, im making the difficult decision to suspend my campaign for the president s. People are jen is the latest democrat to this to us to spend their president ial campaign the former south bend mayor making that announcement in his home town tonight. But a judge won the Iowa Caucuses and placed second in new hampshire. But he struggled in nevada and he got trounced in South Carolina, some say that those finishes indicated buttigieg wouldnt get the minority votes needed to secure the democratic nomination for president. One candidate still doing very well is Bernie Sanders, the Democratic Front runner spent the day in san jose. Ahead of super the latest polls show sanders as likely to win the State CapitolBureau ReporterAshley Zavala explains. His final message to california voters ahead of the primary. California is likely democratic primary favorite spending part of sunday rally in san jose ive spoken before many groups this is the Loudest Group ive ever heard. Bernie sanders campaigning alongside california congressman ro khanna who advocated for the senators health care for all plan given the virus concerning his community and staying if the coronavirus. Teaches us anything its that were only as safe as the least ensured. Among that the coronavirus didnt stop thousands of supporters from filling the Convention Center south hall. The senator from vermont first taking aim at President Trump and then to his poll projected second place rival Joe Biden Joe biden is a friend of mine. Nope nope nope nope nope nope. But here is the point that we got to be honest about this. We got to be on us and we have to say which campaign. And the trump. Sundays rally capping off a booming month financially for Bernie SandersCampaign Announced it raised million in february. This campaign has received more Campaign Contributions from more americans than any campaign at this point in the history of the United States of america. This rally kicks off the democratic president ial candidate blitz of california with joe biden and Elizabeth Warren having stop scheduled ahead of super tuesday in san jose Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. Coming up whats important to california voters at 1030 well take a look at the latest polling and why Bernie Sanders continues to soar. Plus it was one of the most horrific crimes in San Francisco, the convicted murderer now up for parole. The victims family pleading to kron 4 news to keep this man locked up and were actually seeing some snow in the sierra club risa rodriguez has your vo dont fall for negative, untrue attacks against Mike Bloomberg. Bloomberg has been praised by president obama. Obama hes been a leader throughout the country for the past twelve years. Mr. Michael bloomberg is here. Vo mike worked with president obama to combat gun violence and improve public education. As president , hell work to combat inequality by launching a new initiative to spur African American and latino homeownership and Small Business growth. And hell beat the divider in chief. Bloomberg im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. You know, the happiest place on earth, but. Have you flown the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy . Or channeled your inner jedi . You gotta love that. Have you raced through radiator springs . Or struck a power pose with them . Now is the perfect time to feel like this. And this. And definitely that. Kids enjoy the magic for just 67 per child per day, with a 3day 1park per day ticket. Asking all the citizens of california. Please stand with us. And help us. In 1974, a convicted murderer receive the Death Penalty for one of the most horrific crimes in the city of San Francisco. 2 years later the sentence was commuted to life without parole. When the Death Penalty was eliminated in california the convicted killer will soon be up for parole. And now the victims brother is asking for help to keep this man behind bars kron fours haaziq has the story. He murdered. A friend carlson and in the process mutilated his body. He took and that then upstairs for over 3 hours. Sexually torturing, raping sodomizing her again and again and again were doing everything we can. Protect the life of my sisterinlaw who still this in fear of this individual Erik Karlsson and attorney michael gove lea are spearheading a petition for the California Department of corrections and rehabilitation is parole board to deny parolee Angelo Papa Joe was committed back in 19 76 when the murder of Erik Karlssons older brother frank rosswe are asking all the citizens of california. Please stand with us. And help us. They get the message across to the parole board. This is a really bad idea. The crime up in april 24th 1974 inside what was then the carlsons home and appeared to street in San Francisco for trail hill district it was really scary steve said is was 13 years old at the time and lived a short distance from the crosses he remembers the brutal nature of the incident shocked the neighborhood the house was and that it had taken for at least 10 years if not longer that i know of. And nobody would. Into it or anything as young kids in the neighborhood we called it the hunted house because of what it the memory of losing his older brothers such an unthinkable way has hunted Erik Karlsson for the last 46 years. I cant this how important he was to me for those interested in supporting. Getting more information about this. We asked you to go visit the website justice for franktown toward all letters and emails must be submitted to the parole board by the march 1520 20 deadline in San Francisco has it led you kron 4 news. The second suspect wanted in connection to an attack of an elderly asian man in San Francisco has been arrested 56 yearold Jonathan A Merson not pictured surrendered himself. At the Bayview Police station this morning this video actually showing the man being robbed and assaulted by another man with a stick while he was collecting cans in the Bayview Police say the robbery happened on february 22th. Emerson was booked on charges of robbery and elder abuse another suspect 20 yearold Duane Grayson was arrested by police on the thursday in the south caltrain strikes and kills a person trespassing on the tracks. This happening just after 9 30 this morning at the Lawrence Station in sunnyvale investigators say its too early to say if the incident was intentional or don an accident. The name of the victim has not been released the trains were delayed about an hour. This is the first fatality involving caltrain this year. Turning to weather now the snow has returned to the sierra this video from squall valley Alpine Meadows while the dogs having a good time after weeks of dry conditions, skiers and riders say they are excited to get some fresh powder. Meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez joining us now looks like a pretty good so far there. Yeah, pretty good snowfall for this year and fact, sierra at tahoe got a foot of fresh powder within the last 24 hours greatness that snow pack right in sugar bowl, not that far behind 11 inches of snow with in the last lets take a look at stormtracker 4 because as you could see drying out and clearing out for this but we do have a lake wind advisory that is going to remain in effect during the overnight hours for monday morning and thats because South Lake Tahoe could actually see wind gusts throughout the lake upwards of about 35 Miles Per Hour. Increasing wave heights there up to 4 feet but very warm sunny temperatures ahead within the next 3 days your full sierra forecast warming up to near average 41 degrees by monday tuesday 10 degrees warmer thanks to that extra sunshine and then flirting with 60s by the middle next week for temperatures will be about 5 to 10 degrees above average there in Golden Gate Bridge right now closer to home in the bay area tracking a very smooth commute and also very dry conditions in fact, 32 days and counting of no rain for part