Coming up in a live report. And a dry february raising a lot of drought concerns across the state this morning. Kari hall tracking the forecast as she gets new information about the conditions in our state. The third hour of today in the bay continues right now. A very good morning to you and thank you for joining us. Im laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Well get a look at the commute coming up in just a second. First, meteorologist kari hall looking at the forecast for today. Its the end of february and were talking 80 degree temperatures. We may set records in terms of the warm weather but also in terms of the dry weather. Here is how your day shapes up. Mid70s by early this afternoon. Where we may set some records, livermore and san jose going way above those old records set in 2002, in 1992. More on this and also a look at the Sierra Snowpack coming up in six minutes and, mike, right now you see changes in the south bay. Following a few updates here. Slowing kicked in, 101 holds steady north of 680. But over here into Mountain View is where were concerned. We still have this disabled vehicle and its causing slowing now. Its reportedly in the middle of the roadway north of Moffett Boulevard. The rest of the bay right so far. This morning a new case local of the coronavirus raising a red flag nationwide and it is easily the most trending topic. This morning were covering the story from so many different angles. The concerns hitting the u. S. Economically. First our Team Coverage begins with kris sanchez. Why people should be concerned. Kris . Reporter i think a lot of people will be saying my risk is low, i havent been to china, i havent been in contact with people in china. Out of Solano County this raises a concern because nobody knows how this person was infect ed with the coronavirus. Uc davis this morning where that patient is being treated. This is the first case of Community Spread where someone who just caught the virus the way we would catch a flu bug or a cold. The patient was transferred to uc davis from another Northern California hospital where they were already on a ventilator with a suspected viral condition. That patient is a Solano County resident with no travel history to wuhan, china, where the outbreak started and no contact with quarantined people on the cruise ship sick for days. Because the patient didnt fit the criteria for coronavirus they were not tested right off the bat. However, according to the cdc, uc davis staff was aggressive pushing for that testing and putting that patient under a protocol that limited possible spread just in case that was a gamble that paid off. The Community Spread is a concern because at this point the coronavirus is so new none of us has an immunity to it. Still, the risk of infection is relatively low. The cdc says your best line of defense are good health practices, washing your han, keeping your hands if theyre not clean out of your eyes, your mouth, your nose and making sure to stay home if you are sick. The masks not a really good way to keep from getting sick but preventing your germs from spreading to someone else whether its coronavirus, the flu or any other respiratory illness. Kris sanchez, today in the bay. Now more details on the port of oakland bracing for this Coronavirus Impact as well. Today in the bays bob redell is following that angle for us. Bob . Reporter marcus and laura, we spoke with the port of oakland and they expect 23 ships to cancel. Were talking about inbound ships to cancel within the next five weeks in part of the coronavirus outbreak in china. Ships normally cancel this time of year since this is, quote, the slack season when factories normally shut down but china did extend those factory closures because of the coronavirus which means there could be more ship cancellations. Were in a bit of a too soon to tell stage. We have numbers for february coming out in the next two weeks. Well know a little bit more then but we do expect to see some falloff and expect it to be related in part to the coronavirus. Reporter in spite of the coronavirus and the trade war with china, the port of oakland says export volume, these are ships heading out, has been up for the past four to five months because of strong asian demand for American Products particularly farm goods from here in california. Reporting live, bob redell, today in the bay. Thanks so much, bob. Our website is a great resource as this story develops. Weve created an interactive map that shows the rise of coronavirus cases around the world. Just head to nbcbayarea. Com. Our directors will take a hard look at the issue of racial profiling when it comes to riders. Today in the bays Sharon Katsuda is live with the numbers b. A. R. T. Police will try to explain later today. Sharon . Reporter its very busy and b. A. R. T. s police chief later today is expected to release the number of arrests broken down by race and prevent an action plan. The San Francisco examiner says b. A. R. T. Police have received training since 2015 to help prevent racial profiling. Here are numbers from the report. Out of the 201819 citations 46 to 55 issued to black riders. Only 10 b. A. R. T. Riders are black and about 35 white. Riders we talked to say theyd like to see more police on all trains. When you want to see them you dont usually see them. When nothing is going on you see them. I havent noticed that trend. That being said i guess if youre in areas with more minorities you do kind of see b. A. R. T. Police interacting with people of color. Reporter one recent controversial incident involved steve foster cited for eating a sandwich on the platform when he and others claim others were eating and not cited. Reporting live, im Sharon Katsuda, today in the bay. Thank you, sharon. 6 07 right now. Our making it in the bay coverage this morning is focusing on the east bay where tenants who have been protesting a rent hike plan to hold a rally today. As we told you earlier this month, they are protesting by not paying their rent which they call a rent strike. They live in complex on 29th avenue in oakland and last paid their rent five months ago when landlords upped the rates. Theyre hoping to buy the building with the help of two nonprofits and negotiating are landlord who say they arent getting anywhere. The activist group moms for housing plans to attend todays rally. We should get a better idea how far behind we are in the sierra pack snow levels. 72 of the historical average and since then theres been virtually no new snowfall. This is really critical for water levels during californias hotter and drier months. Kari, we know youve been watching this story really so closely. We havent had a drop of rainfall all month. And its been about january 6th or 7th since we had a good amount of snow in the sierra. A live camera taking a look in heavenly as we get started and a beautiful start to the day. It would be nice to see some snow as we look at the Sierra Snowpack and our computer sensors and what theyre picking up on right now. Statewide 4 of whats normal for this date. If youre going there, heads up, Road Conditions may be tricky. Were only looking at 2 inches in truckee down to about six for twin bridges. We do still have some snow and its been groomed as temperatures reach 57 degrees. Very warm temperatures but it will be cooling off going into the weekend with the light snow saturday into sunday. As we head over to mike youre tracking the crash in Mountain View. The first one that was a crash or disabled vehicle, not clear. It leaves one vehicle in lanes, north 85 at moffett still there presenting a problem. In the backup coming up on to the moffett exit area. A crash that leaves vehicles in lanes. That combined with the first one causes more slowing as you head up past central. The shoreline is clear. If you get on city streets there. Not a direct access to 101. Thats whats going on for the south bay. The rest very pleasant. Even the trivalley shows a light volume of traffic. A mild slowing starts into richmond out of rodeo. Coming up, a major lawsuit over plastic pollution. Up next well tell you the company is being sued. Looks like we could lose triple digits on the dow once the markets opened in about 20 minutes. Well go over the numbers. And remember this unlikely friendship, a dog that cant walk, a bird that cant fly. They found each other. We have a little update on the pair this morning. Its coming up next. Youre watching today in the bay. Woman the deadly corona virus officially hitting the us. Man the markets are plunging for a second straight day. Vo Health Experts warn the us is underprepared. Managing a crisis is what Mike Bloomberg does. In the aftermath of 911, he steadied and rebuilt americas largest city. Oversaw Emergency Response to natural disasters. Upgraded hospital preparedness to manage health crises. And hes funding Cutting Edge Research to contain epidemics. Tested. Ready. Mike im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. Coming up on 6 14. Time to get up and ready and out the door. A wide range in temperatures and a lot of sunshine. Willow glen at 48 degrees. Some cooler air in the forecast and the Drought Monitor update in less than five minutes. And a cluster of reports here at the top of the screen. North 85 right at the Moffett Boulevard exit. Join nbc bay area wazers. Well help you around this backup as well. Good morning. A happy thursday to you. The dow moved lower against wednesday. The nasdaq eked out a gain. We have the coronavirus worries continuing. San ramonebased chevron telling some employees in london to telecommute. Futures call for a 400point loss on the open on the dow. If that happens well have seen the largest losing streak on the dow since the financial crisis. Though to be clear the economy is still strong. The market historically doing incredibly well. These have become routine. Seeing a lot of cancellations in conferences here in the bay area as well. Some noncoronavirus news. Sheryl sandberg defending herself this morning in a podcast with nbc acknowledging shes a tough boss but pushing back on claims about facebook by steven levy that she goes over the top. Levy a longtime well respected journalist, his book released earlier this week. The courts have ruled that youtube can sencensor people wh upload video. That is just common sense. The First Amendment restricts what government can do not the private sector. A conservative group argued youtube was violating its free speech. The ninth circuit said no, no, theyre not. This video was trending yesterday. Its Bernie Sanders wife talking to russia today about the campaign. Now this is from 2016 not today. Back when we didnt know russia was interfering, our government didnt consider rt to be a foreign agent. People in the media spotted the problem fairly immediately. The interviewer, ed schultz is formerly with msnbc, hes dead so it couldnt be a modern new video. It is a great example of these confusing videos on line in which twitter and facebook are dealing with. Its not fake. Its old. N like the pelosi video, not fake but slowed down. Where do you inform the viewer what you are seeing is context you contextually in our script we do that. We take that responsibility very seriously. Very much so. 6 17 right now. A first of its kind lawsuit making it its way through the courts. A case aims to stop big corporations from polluting oceans and waterways with plastic. The Earth Island Institute is trying to stop products they say are not recyclable. Some of the big corporations named in this lawsuit. New this morning, three Safeway Stores are coming to the area. The company is slated to open new locations in san jose, hercules and San Francisco. The pleasantonbased Company Plans to remodel 20 other stores. A dog with special needs getting a helping hand. We showed you this photo on today in the bay, an unlikely friendship involving a pigeon that cant fly. The chihuahua cant walk but has a new lease on life because now he has a new mini wheelchair. The device was donated to help him get around. The nonprofit hopes he will be adopted. Theyre buddies. A duo. 6 18 for you that morning. Of course we want to talk about the weather. Pull out the shorts and tank tops even . Its nearly 80 degrees and thats the kind of weather well have today and youll probably want to get in and soak it all up because we do have some big changes ahead. As the sun rises no fog here or anywhere across the bay area so a clear start as we head out in concord. Mid40s at 7 00 and a wide range in temperatures from the way we start the day to end the day, 46 degrees once again to start. 74 at 1 00 this afternoon. We could set some new records here in livermore and san jose. Weve been watching these numbers all week. We know were not supposed to be this warm, the normal High Temperature is about 64 degrees and the record is 79. We expect to reach 80 degrees today. We could set a new one at least for this afternoon. And its still dry as the storm track remains well to the north of us. We will see some changes ahead. The new update of the Drought Monitor shows that parts of the bay area included in a drought about 23 of the state including the Central Valley, parts of the sierra around lake tahoe included in a moderate drought area and abnormally dry. Santa rosa, we need nearly 11 inches of rain to catch up to normal and, yes, some say we do still have some of the rainy season left but i dont think well see that much rain as our weather pattern remains dry. We will see light rain and possibly light sierra snow coming in between sunday and monday. Here we will mostly stay dry but a big tumble in our temperatures from 80 degrees today to the upper 50s and windy on sunday. Mike, you are saying the problem is still in the south bay. It is getting into Mountain View, sunnyvale. Silicon valley looks great and standard. Even the slowing had a chance to clear up but its up here, highway 85 guess from el camino. A crash at evelyn. The cars are still in lanes approaching highway 101, youre jammed up. You could probably go east 237 and hook back over to 101. Kind of a longer way. With our partners at waze theyve map out a quicker route here. About a 15minute delay over to 101. A slightly quicker route. Thats 12 minutes. Taking you up into the area saving you 10 to 15 minutes. A team that will join with you. Aside from that slowing right there into Mountain View and sunnyvale the rest of the south bay and the rest of the bay looks pretty good. Slowing for 92 shows the volume build and the backup, of course, metering lights at the bay bridge. 6 21. Still ahead on today in the bay, the closure of Market Street and downtown working out. A closer look at how traffic is faring in the neighborhood coming up at 6 30. Plus nbc bay area responds. You let the professionals handle everything when youre in the hop. Why not professionals to handle your bill. Im chris chmura. Well talk about the pro bill fighter next. 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And harry is in scotland for an ecosummit. He was introduced as the duke of sussex but he told everyone thats not necessary anymore. Hes on his last round of royal duties before he and his wife Meghan Markle give up their titles march 31st. Up next on today in the bay, an overnight mess in Contra Costa County. Next, what caused a driver to crash into a fire hydrant sending water gushing into the air. Live pictures of Uc Davis Medical Center where a coronavirus patient infected is being t