Live where you live, this is abc 7 news. With the flu outbreak the worst in years, Health Officials have a warning for millions of americans headed to a have bowl party. Tonight Health Officials are confirming four more deaths are flu related. And there are concern super bowl parties could spread even further. Reporter this is the most severe season weve seen in years. Reporter Sonoma County has seen severe cases and being blamed for two deaths last month. It most hospitalizations for the flu sings 2005. Its real, its here but we want folks to be safe. Reporter with so many gathering to watch the super bowl, both the centers for Disease Control and the red cross are running safety campaigns. Wash your hands, make sure food is properly heated. Dont double dip as george custanza did in seinfeld. Reporter theyre required to have food handlers permits. When theyre sick, they cant come into work, we dont want them to work. Anything thats going to get our customers sick. Reporter theyre stocked with Hand Sanitizer and soap. And we have back up. So if it runs out, we have more. Reporter but if you could be contagious, just stay home. And even give yourself an extra day because it could still be lingering in your body. They recommend a flu shot as your best protection. Abc 7 news. Developing news the u. S. Coast guard is investigating a debris field. A fishing boat crew spotted a life jacket late this afternoon about six miles west of point a ano nuevo. This showing the very moment a car break in turned into a violent assault. Reporter what started as a car break in quickly spiralled into a violent confrontation between police and suspects. Watch as he drives over his accomplice and a cop. This happened near alamo park thursday. Surveillance shows two men wearing hoodies exit a parked sedan and smash a window and grab a bag. What they didnt know was three undercover San FranciscoPolice Officers were watching them. The officers move in to make arrests and tackle one of the suspects to the ground. Reporter while the officer was taking the remaining suspect into custody, subsequently striking the officer and his accomperous that were down on the ground. Reporter the driver then pulls forward and hits them again. All three suspects were arrested and face felony charges for attempted homicide. Meanwhile, the Police Officers association is criticizing the use of force policy which prohibits officers from firing at a suspect in a moving a vehicle. A family is in mourning tonight after a missing dog was found dead, his legs tied with rope. Rex ran away from home. Yesterday police found him dead. The family says someone had had tied his feet and threw him out of a window while driving on the highway. They have not released any details. Residents are finally back in their homes tonight after a tree fell and ruptured a National Gas Line in newark. It forced a town house complex to be evacuated late this afternoon. Above the scene near Cherry Street as pg e crews made repairs. Reporter a chp officer is out of the hospital. They tweeted him leaving the hospital. His legs were crushed in the crash. Since then hes undergone what his colleagues call a grueling physical therapy schedule. He hopes to make a full recovery and return to work. His colleagues were there to greet him as he left the hosostoday. Turning to our unseasonably warm weather. We saw several record highs today. When had the sun comes up tomorrow, we could see more records broken. Hey, sandia. This leaves you wondering where is winter. About a half a dozen. 76 in san jose. 75 in half moon bay. 69 in oakland and 77 in ukaya. And no rain drops here. As you take a look at the bigger pick, which High Pressure dominates the weather pattern and that means more records are coming tomorrow. Dan. Now, watch now on the left of your screen is rain pounding down in the Santa Cruz Mountains last february. To the right is santa cruz today. What a difference a year makes. And a live look tonight from our santa cruz camera where warmer weather has people excited for the weekend. Reporter nothing says summer like Beach Volleyball except its february. Lets just flash back a year ago today and we had had one of the rainiest weather seasons on record. Reporter which makes this sunny spell worth its weight in gold. And so when the weathers like this, youll see an uptick in business. Sfwlrks the owner on the santa cruz wharf is ready for the rush. On a rainy night you might get half a house to 3 4s. Now on a saturday night with this kind of weather you can have a full house. Reporter the board walk benefits too. On a rainy day they might not open lat. Sunny weather always helps business. We love it in the winter time when we get weekends like this and people are flocking to the beach. Drove four 1 2 hours and its amazing. Reporter an outdoor music event in downtown abbott square. Tonight we are hearing from the man who accidently issued a mesal warning from hawaii. I was 100 sure that it was real. Did what i was traened to do as far as making the selection to notify the public. It was just a terrible feeling, dread. I was very emotional about what happened. The man in his 50s was fired. He believes the military should handle notifications, not employees. Look at this. Video, the footage shot by an unidentified drone operator appears to show the plane drop directly below the drone. Drone u says it condemns this reckless and criminal act. An exclusive i team just ahead. Weve been checking out complaints about the largest landlord in San Francisco for a long time. Now the investigation into rent increases at rent control apartments and reports of slow but when we brought our daughter home, that was it. Now i have nicoderm cq. 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About 70 to 80 of them are those young techies and more often than not theyre not from the San Francisco bay area and theyre moving into San Francisco. Veritas owns more than 5,000 apartments and bought its first building in oakland. A lot of the stories are heart wrenching. Reporter San Francisco supervisor says hes been hearing complaints. Theyre buying these buildings at extremely high prie prices and under rent control law are passing on the debt to their tenants. Reporter theyre allowed annual increases tied to the rate of inflation. This year its he has co sponsored a measure to stop these socalled passthroughs. Pat mcgehee has lived in the same rent controlled studio for 20 years. Veritas bought her building and with pass throughs her rent climbed from 383 to 817. I couldnt believe it at first. I went okay. Sure. Reporter her rent will settle in with a 34 increase pfor this coming year. How hard was it for you paying that extra money . That money had to cut out my savings. Ive been trying to save up for my teeth. Reporter he denied my interview. What do you say to pat mcgehee . I cant talk about specific renters. Reporter she sited privacy concerns, even though i explained pat mcgehee agreed to have her had story told. Pass throughs are alued and tenants can apply for a exemption. We make every effort to work with every resident in the buildings that we own. They dont see the community, the contributions these tenants have made. They see dollar signs. Reporter he tells me why they focus on renovating vacant apartments, tenants feel neglected. We see tenants tired, angry, exhausted. Reporter she says her old landlord kept the elevator running, but after veritas bought it building the elevator was out seven days in a row. You missed doctors appointments . Uhhuh. She was trapped in her apartment for two months straight. Its a very unusual situation and its a very unfortunate situation. Reporter they had to have customs parts made and perhaps in the future they have had Replacement Parts standing by for those old elevators. Were not perfect. Reporter he says his old landlord used to fix the trash shoots but it same week they took over, veritas closed them off for good. We noticed a cha cha amenities. Reporter why block over trash shoots . That is not question i was anticipating, dan. Reporter says they sometimes cause a fire hazard but they may consider reopening the trash shoots. Example number three, water damage. It came down through here. Reporter coming down . Yeah, it was like being in a storm. Reporter she was concerned about mold and asked veritas for repairs. They didnt start looking that for approximately six months. Reporter the apartment is now repaired. Says they sometimes have to prioritize repair calls. If its not life safety related, our goal would be to respond within 48 hours. Reporter they chose this apartment across from the its Carlton Hotel as the setting for their interview. Its corporate rental . Yeah. Reporter they confirmed they have 200 apartments they rent for shortterm corporate housing. The unitsicide be for people who want to live and work here. They insist their want all of their tenants to remain as long as they want no matter what they pay. Ill be watching. Transitioning to our weather now, all eyes on the weekend. Its a shame its not any warmer. Its a little too warm. Let me show you live doppler 7 right now. It certainly doesnt feel like winter. Let me show you how it is right now. It is 61 degrees in San Francisco. But i want you to check out those temperatures in clover dale and clear lake. Mid to upper 60s as were seeing a north northeasterly wind that is holding those temperatures up. So it is definitely warm across parts of the bay area. Warm enough this weekend and monday that you might want to head to the beach. Saturday is beach weather in santa cruz, 78. Sunday still warm but not as warm. A live look right now from our abc 7 news explore torrium camera. We dont have any fog in sight and thats why you can see for miles. Look at the forecast. Warm sunny pattern through next week and there are no storms on the horizon for it next two weeks. When you get going tomorrow morning, its going to start out comfortable. 40s, 50s. Record highs are expected in the afternoon and a mild evening. If you do have outdoor plans and youve got to run errands, get those lastminute things saturday or sunday, its going to be nice. Quite a few cities, youll notice half a dozen. 74 in San Francisco would be three degrees above the previous record. San jose expecting a record as well. Stay hydrated, stay cool. Clear skies tomorrow morning and look at the afternoon highs. A warm one in the south bay. 76 on the peninsula. Palo alto lohsalitiose, all in the 60s. 74 degrees, unusually warm in the north bay. 74 degrees in san rufell, 77 in santa rosa. Thats where you might want to hit the beach to keep comfortable. Sunshine and above average temperatures by a good 14 to 18 degrees. Down road the accuweather app. Check out your temperatures minute by minute. Accuweather sevenday forecast. Record warmth saturday. May see a record or two super bowl sunday. It should be nice. A little cooler monday and the temperatures bounce back. It will feel like april instead of february but dont worry in a couple weeks hopefully winter will return. So demanding with his temperature needs, isnt he . He just snaps his fingers. Well, are cream conditioners bringing your hair down . Switch to new pantene light as air foam conditioner, full of rich prov nutrients. For 100 conditioning, 0 weight. New pantene. Foam conditioner. I. Prilosec otc 7 years ago,my doctor recommended. 5 years ago, last week. 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You have no right to pull out like that. A biker trash talks a bus driver. Starts getting weird. See the moment the driver pulls the old venus fly trap. What are you doing . Come on. To me. Look whos stuck more than 70 feet up, more than seven days. Come here, look at me. How its going to take a boatload of patience to get kitty down. And after a talented performer brings down the house they said that they had a big surprise for her. Why they didnt say it was this big. Oh. Sometimes you just need a hand, and the mom in this video not only got a hand, but a lot of help from her community in detroit, where the guys over at humble designs. Welcome home. Hi, loria. Hi, logan. Those three kids and their mom are walking into their fully furnished home. That mom has been in and out of shelters her entire life. She grew up in one with her mom and now she herself is the mother of three kids under 3 years old, and shes been trying to go to school, but life is just hard sometimes, and if the odds are stacked up against you, it gets harder and harder, but when your Community Comes together to help you out a little bit, it could be life changing. This theres a moment to give six weeks of stability could set someones life up. The amazing thing they furnish the homes and items donated from other people, couches to kitchen items, dining rooms to bedrooms. Mom is in shock and you can see the joy and appreciation in her face as shes walking through. Theres just so much stuff that people arent using, its great to see stuff just being put to use for people that actually need it. And this moment is really sweet, because a little boy is ready to make himself at home. You getting comfy . Getting comfy . He starts taking his jacket off, feeling all good, like yeah. Feels reiight at home. This is the part the kids are really excited about. They get a playroom . Yeah, with really cool beds, too. Watch hem walk around. As soon as the room is revealed to them theyre ready to own this space. Oh and its all so pretty, but something as simple as just having a bed instead of having to use maybe a cot at the shelter. Now the space is their own as well. They didnt do this alone. They also had a lot of volunteers from plant moran help make this happen. These guys have a home now. Shell be able to finish school and i hope that the future is way bright for them. Thank you, guys, so much. This is truly amazing, thank you. Do you remember how in cartoons when we were younger you could take a snowball and roll it down a mountain and it would get bigger and bigger, that is the perfect method for this video. This is in london. Helmet cam, motorbike rider. As he approaches this junction, this bus wasnt really looking. Hes making himself very clear. I disapprove. The simple solution here is to continue shaking your head and drive off. When in doubt, throttle out. Unfortunately as hes about to throttle out he notices the bus stop. Come on. He walks over to the driver and i am at this point agreeing with him. No, you have no right to pull out like that. Just inside the bus. [ bleep ] what are you doing . Now the driver has tried closing the door on this motorbike ride per. What are you doing . The rider now is a little ticked off. Oh, yes, you have no idea how big its going to get. Its right around here that the record just starts to skip. Do you know what to get it means . Get ready to bang your head on the desk. Did you tell me to come in . Did you tell me to come in . Meanwhile people on the bus are trying to get somewhere. He gets off the bus. Oh no hes back on. Its wet you dont put out. Get out, get out, get out now the drivers locked the door and starts driving off with this guy inside the bus. This is where other passengers are just like, can you let this guy get off the bus . Ill [ bleep ], man. Get a grip, broug. I [ bleep ] dare you, i youre not getting through that glass to the dreefiver. Now he starts walking away. Is he done . Hes psycho. See this is trash bin, shoves it right in front. Finally hes done. [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. I want to call him a child but thats disrespectful to children all over the world. Its safe to say Nick Calderon when a cat is up in a tree for seven days it probably needs a little bit of help. Seven days, and 70 feet up. So the family of kitty right there gave robert reese a call, because somebody needed to go up there and get it. Family members have tried several ways of getting the cat down, it didnt work, so he gets up there and starts offering dry cat food. Lets see how that goes. Come on. If you have a cat, ive heard that they generally prefer the wet food. Usually the dogs food, they should feed the dog down the bottom of the tree and the cat will try to knick its food. He breaks out the wet food, puts it at the end of the pole and starts extending it. Those are tiny little branches out there. Yeah, that cat is way out on a limb and he sends it out tlrk t there and the cat is like this man is like mr. Rogers, so sweet, so calm. Id be like okay ive been up here five minutes. This is your chance. [ meow ] the cat slowly starts moving toward the food. S see, you can climb down. Youre doing it. He has a couple of bites and while its eating he opens the bag and thats the part id be scared to take a couple of bites and take off but no, has enough time to turn around, open the bag and puts the cat in the bag. Shes in the bag. He descends down with the cat and alls well that ends well. Seven days up in a tree, i think it needed some help or inducement or something to get it to start moving. Oh my gosh. Its february, ladies and gentlemen, and that means that it is officially black history month, so why dont we go ahead and kick things off right. This just in. This is awesome. Wants me to talk about it. Lets just get right into it. Angela, alltime high. Of course its alltime high. Black belts consistently go high. Give me some examples. John, we dont have enough time. Serena williams won the australian open