- A second arrest has been made in the robbery and hate attack on an elderly Asian man in Bayview/Hunters Point. 56-year-old Jonathan Amerson, identified as person in the viral video who stole the cart of recyclables from the man, turned himself in to police on Sunday. [Bay City News]
- Senator Bernie Sanders held a rally in San Jose on Sunday ahead of Super Tuesday, and both Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden are expected to make campaign stops in California today. [KRON4]
- Pete Buttigieg suspended his campaign on Sunday, citing a lack of a feasible path to the presidential nomination. [Associated Press]
- People are panic-shopping all over the Bay Area, clearing out shelves of canned goods at Costcos and grocery stores, preparing for possible pandemic lockdowns. [Chronicle]
- Two more groups of evacuees from the Diamond Princess cruise ship are being released from coronavirus quarantine today at Travis Air Force Base. [KRON4]
- The number of confirmed U.S. cases rose from 65 to 88 over the weekend, and the country recorded its first two deaths from the disease. [New York Times]
- Two virus samples taken from patients in Washington State six weeks apart suggest that the virus has been circulating in the community the entire time, and hundreds of people are likely carrying it there. [New York Times]
- The family of a San Francisco murder victim in a 1974 case is trying to keep a convicted killer who received the death penalty from getting parole. [KRON4]
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