Ill let if you know they may interfere with your weekend plans. With the rainy season underway, there are growing concerns over storm drains. And what zwun to voice their angst. Very visual. Reporter someone spray painted, fix me, im broken and there is another message like this across the street. We called the Public Utilities commission to come take a look. On a day when catch basins reign, and people pull out pink rain boots, this is perhaps the last men you want to see. He said he didnt spray the fix me im broken message, and this one across the street. But hes not happy about what he sees here, either. It needs to be vacuumed out and they have big trucks to do that. Evidently, not on this corner. At our request, the Public Utilities commission stopped by to take a look. It doesnt appear to be broken. Michael said catch basins usually only need to be vacuums every five to six years. Still, he understands how this looks. It is a matter of perception. He said the water has to build up to a certain level so kit spill out the pipe sflfl the water in there prevents odor. As for the mud and debris and garbage, he said the city could use more drain parents. People can document a drain and help keep it clean. It turned out both of these drains are available for adoption. In the future, he homes concerned residents will call 311. Requesting an inspection. You can get our abc 7 news app. Make sure to enable push alerts where you live. State Health Officials say there were ten flurelated deaths just last week for people under the age of 65. There have been 27 deaths across the state this flu season of all ages. Heres eric thomas live in walnut creek for us. Reporter kaiser says 49 are coming back positive compared to 41 last year. That was considered to be the worst year in a decade. Doctors here say unless you have an existing medical condition, or unless youre having unusual symptoms, the e. R. Is probably not the place to go to treat your flu. Local pharmacies are have you gone trouble keeping medications on the shelves. It started in the middle of december and carrying on through now. It may go on through february. We are now seeing it, last year was the worst year in the last ten. Dr. Berger says the virg is spreading across all age groups. As a result of that were seeing hire hospitalization rates, busy emergency rooms, as well as our call centers working in about 100 , 150 of where they normally are at this point. Symptoms of the flu include fever, headache, joint pain and congestion. People who dont have it often know someone who does. My daughter is sick now back in atlanta. And my son. Both are grown. A lot of people out sick right now with the flu. Were short. Everywhere in the hospital. Thats why hospital workers are told to get a flu shot. He said even if it doesnt ward off the virus, could it make it less debilitating. What he doesnt recommend is a trip to the emergency room. At least not for most people. If you have emphysema, a chronic medical condition, it is possible that you could need i. V. Hydration, even admission to the hospital. If you feel especially bad or have any questions, by all means, go to the e. R. For most people, rest, fluids and, oh flu medicine will help. Staying home from work and frequent hand washing will help prevent its spread. Abc7 news. Acting mayor london breed has made it official, she is entering the mayors race. She made the announcement today at a play ground. She took over as mayor last month after ed lees sudden passing. She is serving as president of the board of assume advisers and they could have an interim mayor. That brings the number of people who have filed to five. The election is set for the first week of june. Well, the Oakland Raiders and jon gruden have agreed to a record tenyear, 100 million deal. Theyll introduce their coach at a News Conference on tuesday. The raiders have had nine new coaches since trading away gruden who then beat the raiders with the buccaneers. In addition to becoming the highest paid coach in nfl history, the raiders back loaded his contract to correspond to the move to las vegas where he wont have to pay state taxes. By the way, he is calling the chiefs titans game tomorrow. You can catch it at 1 30 tomorrow afternoon. Hercules police are looking at a case of s. W. A. T. ing. A young man reported gunshots in his home. The young man yelled, quote, theyre coming. Dispaxers heard a scream and then the line went dead. Two adult males that were detained and hand kuftd. Two adult females and children that wres cou, that were escort from the house. The officers went in and did the safety sweep. They did not find any signs of struggle nor anything that the caller had indicated was happening. The incident happened a day before similar s. W. A. T. Ing call led to the death of an innocent man in kansas. Hercules police say there are no obvious connections between the two cases but theyre not ruling anything out. They former santa clara deputies were sentenced today to 15 years to life in prison for the fatal beating of a jail inmate. The deputies were found guilty of seconddegree murder in june for the death of 31yearold michael tyree. An investigation determined he had been beaten hours before he was found dead in his cell. The man found guilnot guilt the kate steinle trial. It was the maximum sentence. Three years. He served beyond the three years. Hes served about 400 days longer than the maximum sentence. Technically, he should have been released. Instead he was turned over this afternoon to the u. S. Marshal. He was recently arrested for violating state dwraegs and gun laws for possessing the gun used to shoot steinle. This is a vindictive prosecution. His attorneys tried to delay this action and had requested a new trial. And essentially he was convicted for possession of a weapon based on the brief momentary holding of the gun, and throwing it into the water after it accidentally discharged. It will now be up to civil rights attorneys to argue that in federal court. We can bring a motion to dismiss on double jeopardy grounds. He was found not guilty of murdering 32yearold steinle as she was walking along pier 14 on july 1st. The jury agreed with the defense which argued that a single shot killed steinle after the bullet ricochetted off the ground, traveling 78 feet before striking her in the back. We treated this case as we would any other similar case. Were comfortable that the system worked the way it was meant to even though were disappointed with the outcome. He may be arraigned in federal court as early as this monday. Abc7 news. Efforts ramp up to release a u. C. Berkeley student. He was arrested by agents. Twitter explains why it wont delete the president s account. And the little fish with the big problem. Im Michael Finney with free tickets to the auto show and dessert. A 20yearold student was detained after he was stopped at a check point over the weekend. Leslie brinkley has more on his predicament and the efforts to get him released. Reporter luis moras attorney shared this facebook individual of the uc berkeley transfer student that is part of a campaign to get him released from custody. And he his girlfriend were driving back from a party on december 30th when they made a wrong turn and ran into a temporary immigration check point set up east of san diego. When they asked him for payments, he was honest. He told them i am not an american student. I am from ecuador. They took him in. Reporter he came to the u. S. As an 11yearold. His advise expired. He is now a Political Science student at cal. His attorney said the department of Homeland Security has the authority to set up a temporary check point anywhere any time within 100 miles of a coastline, a border or an airport. In essence, the majority of california. The law states if you live in the u. S. For more than two years, and you can prove that, youre entitled to an immigration hearing in front of a judge. So he has that right. His attorney said he is still in a detention facility and they want him released. They say theyre overwhelmed by support. Senators Kamala Harris and Dianne Feinstein and barbara lee are making calls on his behalf. Abc7 news. Customs agents searched a Record Number of cell phones and other devices at airports and the borders last year. Agents went through more than 30,000 devices in 2017, compared to 19,000 the year before. They say it is part of a ramped up effort. The final verdict is in on the cause of the dam crisis. Long term and step attic failures by officials in california and elsewhere caused the near disaster at the tallest dam in the nation. It comes from experts appointed to investigate the causes of the damage. Both spillways happened last year and caused evacuations for nearly 200,000 people down stream. Experts say it had inherent design problems. An American Airlines flight was delayed after another plane spotted trouble with the engine. They said this is delta right behind you. It looks like you got flame in your right engine. Your number two engine. The American Airlines flight was scheduled to take off for dallas but an engine had to be shut down and the flight returned. Today a Group Representing the Top Tech Companies fought to sue the federal communications division. Netflix tweeted its support saying in 2018, the internet is united in defense of net neutrality. As for the fcc, we will see you in court. Last flight the fcc released newly written rules that make it legal for providers to control the websites you visit or even block them all together. Any lawsuits filed will have to wait until the new rules are published in the federal registry, which could take weeks. San francisco based twitter says blocking a world leader from twitter would hide Important Information people should see. In a blog post today, twitter appears to be addressing why it hasnt banned the tweets. Not naming the president directly, he states platform helps advance the Global Public conversation. Blocking a world leader from twitter or removing their controversial tweets would hide Important Information people should be able to see and debate. Twitter has faced regular calls to ban mr. Trump since he was elected if 2016. Among other things, critics have accused the president of enciting violence with his tweets. Despite ad last year, despite the mild winter, there is a shortage of smelt. They home for a recovery this year but believe the fish were affected by a hot summer. Theyve been at the center of californias water wars. Last tweak Trump Administration promised to maximize water in the delta that had been restricted on frequent fish. Lessons learned by the loss of smelt can be used with other fish, for example, salmon. Good evening. A wet end to the workweek. Well show you exactly where it is raining. It might be slow going as we head from antioch. And redwood city heading into san carlos, redwood city, not going anywhere any time fast. Take a look at whats going on. The system has slowed down. Does it mean heavy rain . No. It will bed my, muggy, like what youre feeling right now. Er. 45 of an inch of rain. Known as trace amounts. Oakland,. 1,5. 15. Its a mix of rain and some high elevation snow in the sierra nevadas. Well show you a beautiful live picture. Theyll get a couple of inches. And going into next week, theyll get some snow. Visibility not so good in parts. Watch out. Definitely low visibility. Temperatures, 50s, 60s, a live look at a cloudy sky. Foggy areas to start the week. Lets get you started with the storm impact scale. This will continue tonight into tomorrow morning. Scours are expected. Spotty Early Morning hours on. Heres the hour by hour look. 6 00, it is east in the south bay but drizzly elsewhere. We head into the Early Morning. That moisture push is slowing you down but the rest of weekend should be just fine. Temperatures in the mid 30s to the upper 40s. The fog will be around and there will be some Early Morning showers. Plenty of sun. This is a moderate strength storm for monday, tuesday. Rain will be heavy at times. Wind gusts as high as 30 miles an hour. Heres the time line. Widespread rain. The worst coming in and then the rain continues through most of tuesday before it winds down. That system will bring a pretty good snow to the sierra. The accuweather forecast, the Early Morning shower. A chance late sunday night. We have the next system coming in monday. It could bring thunderstorm possibility. Tuesday, a few chances of showers. Down low the an. This is very important, especially if you are making your weekend plans. The nationwide e. Coli outbreak. Well investigate any possible local connection and if salad eaters here should be there are two types of people in the world. Those who fear the future. And those who embrace it. The future is for the unafraid. All because of you but what i see here never ceases to amaze me change. I see it in their eyes. It happens when people connect with nature, with culture, with each other. Day after day im the first to see change. To see people go out, and come back new. Princess cruises. Come back new. Sail with the 1 cruise line in alaska. 7day cruises from 599. Visit princess. Com a fedex employee from tennessee has discovered the largest prime number ever. 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I was just talking to the chef who designs it. It is cheaper than a restaurant. And it is fabulous. When weve fed you, we have to entertain you. The Silicon Valley car show is on. They have about 300 vehicles fromly the different manufacturers. What is fun with this, many if not all of these cars, you can climb in and check out. So there are no sales going on. You really dont know. Like that one. I need that one. I dont think theyll let you climb. In one. But the majority, you can climb in and check out. You go onlien to abc7 news. Com. Look for finneys friday 43 stuff. Thats what we do. All right. Thank you. If this camera had a nose it does. About ten flights in coming up, a suspect is arrested in a disturbing assault on a local campus. The evidence that helped track down this guy. And the rush to get the explosive new book. And a Bay Area University asks no tuition until you get a job. Thats all coming up at 6 00. And finally, a baby born on new years day has a very proud father who went to Great Lengths to see her born. It was the flight of a lifetime. He was deployed in iraq but he needed to get home as soon as possible to monterey. To turkey, turkey to frankfurt, to baltimore to atlanta. It took seven flights, two connections, two days and more than 1,000 miles of flying time. Im glad that she waited for me. I had a feeling he would make it to us. You cant explain. But just willing to travel the miles for his daughters first moment. I think it will be a very good year. And francois will be able to stay until the first week of february. Boy, shell have him wrapped around her little finger. We wouldnt have missed it for the world. From all of us here, we appreciate your time and hope to see you in half an hour. Tonight bracing for dangerous recordbreaking cold. Across much of this country. Windchills well below zero, expected across at least 20 states from North Carolina to maine. The dangerous rescues already tonight. The ice and the flooding from the deadly storm. And now the fires. Also thousands of flights canceled. And the Emergency Landing today at jfk airport in new york. The white house tonight, President Trump going after the author of that bombshell book. Tonight, the author says he spoke to multiple members of the president s inner circle. He says they told him the president is like a child. He does not read, he does not listen. Late today the fire the arson investigation at the home of one of roy moores accusers. She spoke out and tonight authorities are speaking to a person of interest. In that fire. Also developing, the pulse
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