People. Heres how widespread it is. Nine people in seven of our local counties. In San Francisco, Health Care Workers are bracing for even more patients. Right now hospitals are focusing on preventing the spread of the flu. If you show up here at San Francisco General Hospital with flulike symptoms, you will be told to put a mask on. Right now prevention is key as various counties are reporting flu fatalities. Two of my coworkers have had the flu in the past week or two. So i just figured it was time to get it done. Reporter emma jane stopped by a pharmacy and got a in shot. She said people around her are sick. Ifs just at dinner with a coworker and had he got word that her sister was in the hospital with the flu. Reporter bay area counties are seeing an increase in flu cases and hospitalizations. In san jose, Regional Medical center is treating flu patients in a tent to help prevent the spread of the virus. In san mateo county, six patients are in the icu with the flu. One woman in the county has died. We had one flurelated death. It was a woman in her 40s. She died of h1n1. And she has underlying medical conditions. Reporter but doctors say even healthy young people who are not vaccinated are in danger of getting sick and developing complications. Because this flu season, the pandemic h1n1 flu strain is spreading. For people who are younger to middle aged, this was very consistent with what happened during the 2009 h1n1 pandemic. In fact it is the same flu strain. Reporter doctors say a in shot will help protect you against h1n1 and other flu strains. The flu season can run through may. So far, bay area counties are reporting nine inrelated deaths in people under the age of 65. Sonoma county says one of those patients was a healthy 23yearold. As the flu spreads, concern is growing. I carry purell with me everywhere. The bus, stores, bathrooms. Im a little bit worried. They told me that it takes up to two weeks to take effect. Reporter tonight Public Health Officials Say it is not too late to get a in shot. They say the flu season last year in california didnt peak until february. Leaving hospitals all over the bay area preparing for a challenging few months. Reporting live in San Francisco. Nbc bay area news. Thank you. To our website. We have a link to the cdc with how to protect yourself as well as a vaccine finder to help find the place to get a in a shot. Nbcbayarea. Com. . Now to a developing story in san jose. A live look at the aftermath of a condo fire in south san jose. Fire crews just cleared the scene after spending a couple hours fighting the flames. The firefighters say it has been in a busy, busy day in san jose. Several companies dealt with a number of fires including a massive warehouse that lit up the Early Morning sky. The smoke from that fire could be seen for miles. Nbcs George Kiriyama joins with us more. Reporter firefighters have knocked down this fire. Three town homes were affected by this fire. Heres one of them right now. You can see this is basically a shell of its form he self. Three families are affected by this. It has been a busy day. Firefighters have been working nonstop as they have bounced from one fire to the next. And it is taking a toll. It was the billowing smoke that caught her eye. . We looked up in the sky and we could see the huge plumes of smoke. We wouldnted to make sure it wasnt the kids school. Reporter firefighters and three kids were inside when the flame rimmed through. She caught some of the flame on her cell phone. It spread to two other town homes. As crews arrived, fully involved upstairs and downstairs. They said it was pretty surreal. Reporter firefighters said this was an exhausting day as they fought three other fifs throughout san jose. Leaving them bouncing from one scene to the next. Pretty tapped out. Very aggressive will. One firefighter was so worn out, he was sent to the hospital. Really sick. Stressed out. Hes being transported to the hospital. Dehydration and stuff like that. Reporter the biggest fire of the day was in north julian. It went to five alarms with more than 100 firefighters from different agencies battling the flames. Well have crews on scene for several days. Were still fighting hot spots. Reporter neighbors are now being allowed to go home tonight. Weve allowed folks back into their home. The once who were evacuated. But they cant go pack in the back. With four fires in one day, firefighters will look to see if there is any connection. Well investigate each fire individually. We see no reason this would be connected to any of the others, especially in the northern part of the city. Now there was a three alarm fire at a home on south 17th street around 2 00 this morning. Two people escaped that fire. Firefighters are done for the night as they can finally get some much needed rest. Thank you, george. More details on those two schools canceled classes todays. They are expected to open tomorrow morning. The schools were closed because of concerns about the air and the quality from it from all that smoke. Now the images from todays warehouse fire are incredible. We got a lot of photographs from our viewers. If you have a photograph, were asking you to email it to us. Well hopefully put it on the air. Thats isee nbcbayarea. Com. New at 11 00, a yahoo employee has not been seen since celebrating new years eve in San Francisco. Oakland police say a missing person report has been filed for luke. He posted photos of himself online. He then took a car. No one has heard from him since. A private investigator is on the case. The java script programmer has tattoos. If you have any information, call the police department. A student is recovering in an oregon hospital after being run over intentionally by a driver. v t hahp hc a warning here. The followinge d pictures are graphic. Connor mcmahon was visiting his family in portland for the holidays. After a new years eve party, they were walking down the street when a man in a minnie van or suv pulled up and offers a ride. The drive made a uturn, sped into the wrong turn and hit mcmahon from behind. Mcmahon has a broken pelvis and internal injuries. The doctors expect him to survive. It may be six months to a year and they have to face a new normal. Reporter the driver has not been found. A wild scene at a motel 6 in gilroy. Police evacuated while they search for another man. The two suspects may be connected to a robbery this week in vacaville. When police went to the call, officers found at least women and three children with the suspects. Police arent saying how theyre related to those suspects. Oakland police are hoping you can help identify a man who hemmed kidnap a woman on new years day. Police releasing this sketch. They stay suspect is africanamerican in his mid 20s to early 30s. Weighing 130 pounds. They say he smell of cigarettes. Police stay victim was walking on sfeenlt street around 8 30 when the suspect appeared from between two cars and grabbed her. They both fell. Then the victim was able to get away. A slimmed down Antolin Garcia torres seen here in a san jose courtroom today. He is accused of kidnapping and killing teenager sierra lamar. He has yet to enter a plea. His lawyers say they need more time to review the evidence. A new hearing has been set for march 3rd. A phone scam in the east bay. Someone pretending to be an employee of the contra county sheriffs office. The man called and asked for money to avoid being arrested for failing to appear for jury duty. Several people have been victimized. Good evening. Im meteorologist jeff ranieri. Warming in the forecast but we are tracking offshore. Well have details on what this means for any weekend rain. Also ahead, the ruling involving yelp that could forever change how you review a restaurant or business. And a milestone in congress. The exclusive new laws. Hes the lawyer at the center of an emotional, legal and ethical fight over the fate of an oakland teenage girl. A girl declared brain dead by the hospital but still very much alive to her family. Tonight San Francisco personal injury attorney is talking about his crusade to help jahi mcmaths family. And answering accusations that the fight is more about politics than conviction. Nbc bay area sat down with chris dolan. I took this case fundamentally because i thought these folks didnt have the ability to assert their own rights. Reporter protecting peels rights is what chris dolan said he is about. The San Francisco trial lawyer known for fighting for the underdog is now known around the world as the lawyer for an oakland teenager left brain dead after going through a complicated surgery at Childrens Hospital. One thing that really offended me, is that i am misleading this family. I am giving them false hope. That means this family is dumb and i really resent that. That somehow theyll be hood winked by a lawyer who is manipulating them. These are smart people. Reporter doctors at Childrens Hospital and outside physicians all agree the 13yearold is brain dead and will not recover. Dolan says the mcmath family reached out to him for help. Dolan believes he was the only attorney that would take case. I have a skill set that can come in while there is a Freight Train of injustice coming down on somebody. And use the law to say stop. Reporter by taking the case, many, including Childrens Hospital, accuse dolan of setting Unrealistic Expectations for the family and creating a false impression for the public. Jahi mcmath is not going to come back. Reporter dolan said he received Death Threats after went to court to fight to keep jahi on the ventilator until her family could relocate her. And he was criticized when an article came out on the consumer watch dog website using jahis situation to solicit donations for a campaign to trays 250,000 state imposed cap on medical malpractice. Dolan says the case should not be about politics but about the familys right to make decisions for their child. Which is about parents making a n88ychoice. So i wont connect the two. I dont think they should be connected. It was never the intention to connect them. It is a very important issue to discuss. But not in the context of jahi is at an undisclosed facility, he said the relationship has become more personal and his hopes for jahi . Do i believe in miracles . I do. Do i believe whether or not jahi will receive a miracle . Not for me to decide. That was cheryl hurd reporting for us. Of course well continue to bring you the saga. In class mates send her messages of good wishes today at the Charter School them posed for photos which will be single to her parents. Her brother was also there. Me and her, shell do everything for me. Shell make my plate, wash my clothes, does everything. And now shes not there. It is not the same. Jose said he tried to remember his older sister when she was laughing and happy. A knew civil claim. Investigators believe she was kill when two San Francisco fire trucks ran over her while responding to the crash in july at sfo. Firefighters knowingly left her in harms way after the account. The City Attorney is reviewing it. If it is rejected, the girls family can file a lawsuit. Some ehlp officers cant stay anonymous. They targeted several accounts which wrote reviews on the cleaning business. The owner believes the reviews were not written by Real Customers which would violate the terms. The court cited with the Business Owner ruling that the coming qun made by the first amendment. Blinking may help with digital eye strain. The survey says symptoms include soreness of headaches. They found 70 suffer some type of eye pain. Researchers say there are a few simple tricks to ease the strain. One way is to blink more often. Another is for every 20 minutes, take 20 seconds and look at something 20 feet away. The 20 20 20 rule. And another one, increase the upon the size on your screen. Or get glasses. Can i still read the teleprompter . Lets go ahead and get a look. We do have some clearing and warming in the forecast as we head throughout tomorrows forecast. Thats the great news. For all of you wanting that rainfall, like myself included. We have a storm that will bring a powerful impact. Heres some rain for our weekend forecast. Most temperatures are running in the 50s. The only exception, the east bay and the north bay. The north bay will be the number one coldest spot tomorrow morning. Were tracking a few clouds but some light winds. Well take you to the south bay as well. While we do have some haze and a little cloud cover, tomorrow morning, 7 00 a. M. And then shooting us to the upper 50s, even to the mid 50s. Heres the most important thing you should remember. It will be absolutely great. Sunny skies, High Pressure jf shore. That will keep the storm activity away. It wont last long. Weve got that front heading in here. It looks like the bottom edge of the front and the strongest portion. By 5 00 saturday, some of the heavyiest rainfall will be here at the border. As it pushes to the south, at 9 00 in the morning well see a chance of showers across santa rosa. Cy point, the forecast models are holding up. We could have some showers. It may even head to san jose. Lets look at the possible totals. It doesnt look like much here. For the north bay, trace amounts to. 500 of an inch. Little or nothing. Also, you could get in about. 47 of a an inch. Conditions if the mid 60s tomorrow. San jose, 64. Check it out. Morgan hill, 65. Also sunny skies. Palo alto, 63. San francisco, even getting on 63 degrees. Well take you to the north bay, east bay and the trivalley. And you can see temperatures going warmer. The largest thing for most of interior valleys to notice, youll start in the 30s. By the afternoon youll shoot into the 60s. You can see through saturday, temperatures cooling off to the 30s. A few snow showers. Heres a remarkable thing. Squaw valley, alpine meadows, doing a great job of keeping the trails open. Someone trails open. 32 at alpine medal. No major storms for next week in the forecast. Record setting heat. Upper 60s to near 70 degrees. At least we get a little rain heading into saturdays forecast. Sf we take the rain though. Governor Chris Christie responds. What they did hurt the people of new jersey and hurt the people of ft. Lee. The person who needs to apologize for that is me. A lot of talk about this today. New jersey governor Chris Christie apologizing profusely during a nearly two hour news conference. Though emhe knew nothing about the dirty politics, he added as governor, he is ultimately responsible for the semitraffic jams in his state. The republican governor who is considered to be a possible president ial candidate fired a top aide in connection to this scandal. The financial gap between members of congress and the people they represent has reached a new level. For the first time in history more than half the members of the house and senate are millionaires. Based on Financial Disclosure reports filed last year, at least 268 of the 534 members of congress have an average network of a Million Dollars or more. The exact median, 100,767. Democrats and republicans are equally wealthy. Democrats have a median net worth of 1. 4 million while gop members is 1 million. Up next, a big night of college basketball. The shark put on a show against the red wings. Are you ready, are you ready, are you ready . Do you have the quiche ready . The niners leave tomorrow for carolina . I dont know. Well find out. Well try to find out. Dont put the quiche in though. Well continue to get you set for the divisional matchup between 49ers and carolina panthers. Well find out when the 49ers leave. They beat the niners during the regular season. San francisco is not concerned about a rematch. Thats a long time ago. Well be playing a game sunday. Were a different outfit than we were. And well be playing in a land far, far away. I have big intentions for this game. I want to focus. We have a good group of guys here. It was a tough game last game. And im looking forward to it. How about some hockey . The sharks hosting the red wings. Jimmy howard is really good but hes lost his last eight against the sharks. They have his number. They had his number tonight. Andrew desjardins passes to himself off the boards. They have minutes later. Joe pavelski scores off the rebound. The second of the night. He leaves the sharks in goals this year with 21. 41, the final. Some pac12 hooms. Number 17 oregon hosting cal. Jordan matthews putting on a show. The game tied 3434. Turnaround jumper good. 21 in the first half alone. Late second. This is a 3. Matthews finished with 32. Throwing down with ease. Cal wins 12 straight. 12 in a row 9683. 12 in a row. Stanford and oregon state. Oregon state up 5. Randall. The driving layup and one. A game high 31. Too little too late. Stanford with the turnover. Cooke going the other way. Ill tell you how it ends. With a dunk. Oregon state wins over stanford. 8172. This was a great game here. Saint marys hosting santa clara. 25 seconds left in the game. Saint marys in front for the first time cynic the 12minute mark. Jarod. Deep three. Got it. He made santa claras last 10 points. Winning for the first time in nearly five years. Hugs all around. One more note for you. Ray guy, tim brown, charlie haley, Eddie Debartolo for the hall of fame. Thats sports. Okay to play but only after dark. Thats the verdict from the french government recording two music videos by Britney Spears and miley cyrus. They said wrecking ball with the scantily clad singer is too sexy for daytime tv. It also cited probss with her work video bondage. French channels are allowed to play the videos but only after 10 00 p. M. This is in france, huh . In france. Announcer its the tonight show with jay leno, featuring rickey minor and the tonight show band. Tonight, jay welcomes leslie mann, from anchorman 2, comedian david koechner, the music of vince gill with Paul Franklin and jaywalking. And now, jay leno [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] jay thank you very much welcome to the tonight show. Thank you, thank you. Well, there is [ cheers ] thank you. A lot of news today. New jersey governor Chris Christie in the news, as yo