Records will be sent. Off by 8 00 tonight. Thursday morning till morning has been extended. Costs low humidity. Five to 10 . The on the lookout as the fire danger has been elevated through thursday morning. More details on how long this warm weather last but first heres george with traffic. Good morning. George out well anny things are starting to heat up a bit as we see more Traffic Congestion at the bay bridge toll plaza fourth right at 6 00. But for the meter and light to be activated shortly for the westbound ride. Your quick commute check shows with that picked up some slowing on highway 4 and the westbound direction. But we still look good through the south bay through the north bay. Finance a low we had word there might have been a vehicle fire on University Avenue near one 01. It turns out it was just an overheats. Darya 601 right now and our top story the flu. At the number of flu related deaths continues to rise in the bay area. Right now 15 people have died from it. If an Alameda County, three people have died. It 2 people each have now died in sonoma rain and san mateo counties. Contra costa county and San Francisco are each reporting 13 in Santa Clara County, there has been for people left side making the county with a mostly related deaths so far this year. On because of the rise in flu deaths, Health Officials are urging people to go to get their foot shot if they havent already. This is causing high demand in some places just dont have enough supply. Kron4s will tran is joining us live now from san carlos with the latest. Will you can see this time behind me. It says flu shots. They should take it down in the meantime because i walked inside talk to the pharmacist and he says their allout. They had about 100 shots yesterday of people came in. What theyre doing is calling other walgreens in the system is asking them if they have any to spare and if they do, there will since the body from here to go to that location to pick up the shot ember again backing for the customers. This seems to be the same in most places all over the bay area many places said they were out or at least running low but not a problem free they could replace a pair replenishes within a bear so but according to this pharmacists he says theyre all out until the walgreens three f p says he doesnt know how long its going to take this time to get more supply commit the best advice is call ahead. Call your pharmacy for ask them they have in the flu shots because if they do, get down their estimates you can because theyre really going fast. Also if you follow the clinics. I did that for my children, theyre fully booked. For my kids to the three weeks out the doctor say its nothing to worry about three he says thats okay for now but if you find a place that has it go get it. Back to you. Darya im probably the most annoying parent. They got their foot shot months ago. Flu shot. F is it true that if youre already feeling sick you shouldnt get it . you are supposed to let your body do the work. But if you are filling okay, get the flu shot. I just talked to erica because shes sick issues of facebook. She says she got her shot on friday and she got sick. If you do which i did, and not be surprised. You should do well over the next couple of weeks. Thats just the flu shot kicking man. Erica darya thats their cup regatta like jamess out to mark whats even more alarming is that this flu outbreak is killing even healthy young adults. 23 yearold Matthew Walker died last wednesday at santa rosas Kaiser Hospital from the h1n1 virus. Walker first went to the yard to days after christmas. His family says, doctors prescribe him antibiotics and expected him to bounce back. But a day later, he developed breathing problems and died after being in an induced coma for several weeks. Now matts father says the combination of a poor diet and lack of sleep may have contributed to his worsening condition. The Walker Family is planning to hold a memorial for matt next saturday. Stay with kron4 for continuing coverage on the deadly flu outbreak here in the bay area. And go to our web site kron4 dot com for tips on how to avoid catching the virus. You can also get the newest information on our facebook and twitter pages. And you can download the kron4 mobile app from google play or the apps are. In new this morning, good news for bart riders as the transit agencys Largest Labor union approved the latest contract agreement. 87 percent of Union Members with local 1021 gave the goahead for the contract. The agreement includes more money and benefits for employees new workplace rules and resolve the argument over paid family leave which brought the deal to a halt last year. If bart station agents and train operators already approved the deal last month. The agreement into nine months of bitter labor disputes that included two strikes and left thousands of commuters with no bart service. Darya so youve all heard of a selfie. But have you heard of an usie . Its a growing trend to tell you about this morning the usie is essentially a group selfie or someone takes a picture of themselves with other people in the shot. Is pretty much a selifie with accessories whether thats another person and that whenever. Och a lot about rage over the fact that a lot of 49ers plans cant buy tickets to the game on the seahawks website up places like nfl Ticket Exchange or some of you will be able to get a ticket but it will cost you. The latest is around 400 for standing room in the upper end zone. Seats on the 50 Airlines Start at around 1,000 and youll have to bigjudge dig deep if you on luxury box seats will set you back 70,500. And and theyre going to want to stay with kron4 for sports night live on thursday night. Gary radnich is your host. We will preview the nfc championship game between the 49ers and the seahawks. Our own at j. R. Stone will provide live coverage from century link filled in seattle. It sports night live thursday night at 9 right after the kron4 news at 8. We will be right back. Z [ male announcer ] start engine. Accelerate. Shift. Shift. And shift again. Through all eight speeds of a transmission connected to more standard horsepower than its german competitors. And that is the moment that driving the lexus gs will shift your perception. This is the pursuit of perfection. New video out of florida this morning. The retired Florida Police officer now charged with murder after shooting a kid and killing a man for testing inside a movie theater. 71 yearold Curtis Reeves is the man being led by police. They say he was watching the previews at a theater in Wesley Chapel north of tampa, when he asked another man to stop testing. The two got into an argument and a shot was fired. 43 yearold oulson later died at the hospital. Oulsons it was also injured in the shooting. For over 60,000 california foster children, nights can feel long and lonely. I miss my sister. I miss my old school. I miss my room. I dont want special treatment. I just wanna feel normal. To help, sleep train is collecting pajamas for foster children, big and small. Bring your gift to any sleep train, and help make a Foster Childs night a little cozier. Not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child. Tougher laws on gun sales could soon be coming to california. State senator Kevin De Leon has introduced legislation that would extend a requirement that gun owners undergo background checks. And also register weapons to anyone to anyone who puts a firearm together in their home. San jose police are still looking for a serial arsonist this morning. They released this sketch of the arson suspect. So far over a dozen fires have been set to homes and building since last wednesday. The suspect is described as 40 years old. He is about six feet tall and weighs 160 to 180 pounds. Fire and Police Officials are working hard to catch this arsonist please break down jeff Emergency Personnel in san jose. Are still on the hunt for someone they believe is a serial arsonist. Kron 4s jeff bush talked to officials and has the latest on the search. San jose police provided this sketch of the arson suspect and passed it out throughouth the neighborhoodhoping someone knows who he is. He is described as a white or latino man 20 to 40 years old. Police say he is about six feet tall and weighs 160 to 180 pounds. I would say it is someone who has a problem. They have an issue. For whatever reason, they feel the need to terrorize their own neighborhood and its something we really cant stand for and we hope to get this person off the street soon. Fortunatly, no one has been hurt but the potential is there for bad things to happen. Officials say they have a few leads but they wont rest easy until he is caught. Dangerousvery dangerousbecause you are looking at someone who is willing to set someones home on fire knowing that people are living in it. So, it puts them at risk, our community, our fathers, mothers and friends, but it also puts us at risk because we dont know what this person is using to set these fires. Neighbors are worried they might be next. I think it creates a bit of uncertainty and anxiety for anyone whos heard of it or seen it because its out of our control. This is close to home. I dont live far from this area and i know the people who are being hit are poorer income. No one has been hurt in any of these fires. Police say they have a few leads but are working hard to find the suspect involved. And heres a look at the locations of the fires. Theyre all in this general area. The eastern portion of downtown san jose, near where 101 intersects 280 and 680. This area is a mix of residential and commercial buildings. Anny looking at our temperature changes. Most areas are cooler this morning. Bring a jacket or sweater as youre heading out the door this morning but if youre in Half Moon Bay are eight degrees warmer compared to. The dry condition. With those offshore lands you see those warm conditions will for the next few days. Highs for where you live this afternoon, 70 in santa clara and san jose. East bay also a lot of all 70s and san leandro walnut creek. Union city looking at 69. 73 is a high for santa rosa even downtown San Francisco pushing close to 73 it again he will probably set a new record for least a tie it. But 70s and oakland today. the niners are in seattle and are all excited for the game. We will expect mostly cloudy conditions and the chance for some showers. Thats very typical for seattle. 70 through friday we start to cool things down just a little the time is 6193 haight george. George them rely tier of the bay bridge toll plaza have been active for the past 20 minutes now. As more volume builds into the toll plaza they start to back it up even more and thats why were starting to see the back of growth. But its even crawling up on the 80 the approach. And here were solidly backed up to the 880 over crossing. This back up is definitely going to be with us. Looking for your ride on 92, the san mateo bridge. The back up here at the toll plaza has grown a little. But its also starting to fill land here the ride to the rich and san rafael bridge and interstate 580 the volume is definitely up there as you can see more traffic working its way westbound towards iran. And were picking up some action on the freeways. 680 southbound is starting to get heavy. For walnut creek. 580 is pretty constant 3880 is still pretty good. March rose southbound a pair of big rigs block the off ramp. An accident as shore line. The chp has been pretty busy for that stretch of freeway. Here are rain and there is an easy ride. From all southbound to about zero and the Golden Gate Bridge 3 it mark more residents in west virgina have been given the okay to use tap water that was contaminated by a chemical spill. Water Officials Say about 35 percent of affected customers had been cleared to turn their water back on. Thursdays spill affected 100,000 customers in the state, or about 300,000 people in all. As of this morning, a large portion across the nine affected counties remains in the do not use red zone. Darya some backlash this morning after news that one of the countrys largest whiskey makers is being sold to japan. Yesterday, we told you that the owner of jim beam and makers mark is being bought by a Japanese Company for 13 billion dollars. Now weve learned, two more classic brands, wild turkey and four roses have Foreign Ownership ties. But whiskey insiders say despite the news. Kentucky bourbon remains authentically american, made almost exclusively in the bluegrass state. Mark watching wall street this morning. Where investors are hoping to have a better day today, following the markets worst day of the year so far. Stocks dropped off yesterday as Falling Oil Prices pushed down energy stocks. Heres a look at the closing numbers. The dow fell 179 points. The nasdaq lost 61 points. And the s and p dropped 23 points. Futures are flat ahead of this mornings opening. Opening bell at 6 30. For the first time, the Obama Administration is identifying specific groups will be right back here as the kron4 morning news continues. More on your Weather Forecast in keeping a close eye on every flag warning and east bay hills. Were seeing some mild temperatures. Expect your highs near record this temperatures. Expect your highs near record this afternoon. Leto t oneobying you waysante at uversy ofhoen, belve ery ecati not st os shou be ilt ound thcare thayou want. Imine at. [boy] mom ughs] [mom] yes . [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa. [mom and dad] [laughing] [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa. [mom] youve got two left feet,boo. So yso you can happily let the grlife get in the way, while planning for tomorrow. So you can finish the Great American novel banking for the life you have investing for the life you want chase. So you can new this morning for the first time, the Obama Administration is identifying specific groups involved in the attack in benghazi, libya, that killed ambassador Chris Stevens and three other americans. The state department is issuing terrorist designations for three militants and three extremist groups. This includes two it says were involved in the 2012 attack. The department is designating the darnah and benghazi branches of Ansar Alsharia in libya and a third branch in tunisia as foreign terrorist organizations. It also designated militants including sufian bin qumu , leader of the darnah branch released from Guantanamo Bay in 2007. Mark new this morning out of egypt where voting is underway for the countrys new constitution, but not without some violence. Shortly before the polls opened, an explosive device went off outside a courthouse in cairo. Damaging the front of the building. No one was killed. Security is tight at polling stations today to protect voters against attacks by militants loyal to president mohammed morsi. Todays vote is a big blow to the muslim brotherhoods campaign to reinstate morsi. It also paves the way for a president ial run by the nations top general. Were keeping a close eye on the forecast this morning. And red flag warning north and east bay hills. Top stories on weather and traffic coming up in just a few minutes as a kron4 morning news continues. m er t hill. My by doesnwork the way. Pa my prime . m er t hill. Myia viim of ak the way. Slowg mebolism . I nt thinso. Grt grains pteinlend. Protn from turaingredients darya a high fire danger is an affecting many parts of the bay area. This is due to the unseasonably dry and warm weather. In a fire official said this condition is usually only seen during summers peak fire season. Contra costa county Fire District battalion chief says theyre most concerned with vegetation that is their homes because how quickly it fire was spread. Temperatures on the rise and people are enjoying a springlike conditions. George in the last 50 minutes things have really started to back up. The back of ridges just beyond 880. Were keeping our eye on the bayshore freeway. Take a look at the traffic maps. Starting to pick up early slowing for the east bound bay shore. Not really worried about an alternate route. The number of flu related deaths continue to rise in the bay area. Right now 50 people have died from it. In Alameda County three people have died. Two people each have now died and sonoma ran in san mateo counties. Contra costa county and San Francisco are each reporting one death. In Santa Clara County there has been for people who have died making the county with the most of related deaths so far this year. So Santa Clara CountyHealth Officials are urging residents to get their flu shots. Santa clara county public Health Officials said the share theyre also seen an increase in serious cases. 13 people have been hospitalized due to the flu compared to nine last year. Stay with kron4 for continuing coverage of the deadly flow of free care and the bay area. Codes our web site kron4 dot com for tips on how to avoid catching the virus. You can also get the newest information on our facebook and twitter pages. And you can download the kron4 mobile app from google play for the app store. Darya nav and clara outbreak in a Redwood Shores pont kills 185 ducks and one week. The pond is being drained this morning. Officials said that the disease is not a threat to humans. They say it likely came from birds at a park in hayward or another outbreak was reported. The manmade pond will continue to drain for a couple months to kill the bacteria darya a minister is under arrest this morning accused of firebombing his ex girlfriend home. Mark lewis is the pastor of the fellowship baptist church. Police say louis and three others are charged with setting fire to a house in vacaville of six people slept inside. Luckily no one was hurt. Investigators say list dated a woman who lived there for about a year and that she has a restraining order against him. After his arrest, officers also found in the legal handgun and math and lewiss home. Hes in jail this morning with a 500,000 bond. Mark after a Security Breach affecting as many as 70 Million People target is offering customers free credit checks for your through experian. All of you have to do is go to credit monitoring got targets stock, and sign up for free credit monitoring. After receiving activation for free credit monitoring. After regood. Ng activation good answer. Check it out. 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Phone companies dont the job and said they would only accept changes if they were legally required. Gun control advocates in connecticut are calling on the gun industry to change its marketing practices. Members of the Newtown Action alliance rallied outside the headquarters of the National ShootingSports Foundation yesterday. The alliance wants the foundation to stop marketing militarystyle assault weapons to children and support stronger background checks on gun sales. In a statement, the Sports Foundation says they are committed to improving public safety. By giving away millions of gun locks and trying to ensure there are no illegal gun sales exchanges. A couple months ago the Fernandez Family from southeast bakersfield noticed their family boxer, sasha was pregnant. Tougher laws on gun sales could soon be coming to california. State senator kevin dalede leon has introduced legislation that would extend a requirement that gun owners undergo background checks and also register weapons to anyone to who puts a fire arm together in their home. The second proposal is aimed at preventing the spread of undetectable guns that can be created using three printers. Center says the bill goes further than the federal ban on new this morning a huge tree fell and Berkeley Hills this morning. Residents say a high winds and dry conditions are to blame. Kron4s Terisa Estacio is an berkeley with more. here berkeley take a look at this tree thats down in front of this home. The larger branch snapped off and crashed down very close to the house here in berkeley. Thankfully, no one was hurt. This was in part to the high winds overnight 3 theres also a red flag warning in effect because of the winds anticipated by the dry conditions right now. The National Weather service says the winds could pick up to 40 mi. An hour. Here in berkeley Terisa Estacio, kron 4 news. Darya we do have someone to worry about that makes fire danger as well. Snap a picture of any damage that uc and said it to us. Anny yes we want to get your pictures but while were waiting i have this one and from a land. You can see she is actually kapernicking in turkey. We want your weather pictures. At the sunrise or so. This morning and maybe even spring pictures. Maybe shows how your dressing for the warmth. We also have freezing conditions. Take a look at our mount tam cam rob. We have that red flag warning. That has not been extended through thursday morning. Livermore forecast high as 69 today. A think we have a very good chance of setting a new record there. With a tire record of 69 degrees. San rafael also. Right now temperatures are in the 50s and downtown. Still called the santa rosa at 28 degrees. Heres a look international picture. Youre looking at some very wet conditions. Also in our area we have High Pressure and control given us all that sunshine. The fifth traveling ran for washington you in eight sun glasses in california because of the sunshine. We have offshore lands given us aboveaverage ties. High of 70 in san jose. 69 in San Francisco carried 73 in santa rosa. All 70s and oakland. If your kron 47 day around the bay forecast three will be warm the next couple of days for friday. It will start to cool things down just a little bit. And as we can still try and pleasant. Looks like no rain in the forecast. Potentially through the end of january 3rd at the time is 6473 here is the george. George not tracking any hot spots even though were starting to see traffic slowing around the bay area. Certainly at the bay bridge toll plaza. Things have stabilized a bit here at the 880 ramp. The back up right to the top of the ramp but it hasnt grown in the period 92 the ride to the drive times now running 13 minutes over foster city. And for your commit to the Golden Gate Bridge a pretty light and smoke a ride here for what was southbound. Not tracking any delays from the north tower down to the toll plaza. And lets tracked a freeway drive for you to read the e shore freeway still a light commute although the drive time has climbed to 18 minutes from hercules to berkeley. If we definitely see things heating up on for the low pass since theyve opened up the extra lanes out through antioch. The westbound ride a lot more of the traffic has been getting through to the low pass and thats why weve seen things costs lower their 580 westbound have the as and the optima past soug up some slowing here for the 887 ride north bound and are accident north bound to shoreline is definitely having an impact on this 101 right up into Mountain View where you can see slow traffic now from highway 237. The rest of the peninsula commute looks pretty good and the north bay ride is still without delay for 11 southbound. The Mark GovernorChris Christie will be tackling some big controversies when he delivers new jersey state of the state address this afternoon. Many people consider christie a potential republican front runner from for a run at the white house in 2016. The last time new jerseys governor was speaking from behind a podium he was apologizing for the George Washington bridge scandal in which traffic lanes were called off through fort lee new jersey in an apparent vendetta against the citys mayor. He will also discuss questions about the use of Hurricane Sandy relief funds for tourism ads that featured him and his family that may be that many viewed as nothing more than a political ad for christie. A new Monmouth University poll shows the governors Approval Rating dropping below 60 for the First Time Since superstar sandy hit in october 2012 dropping six Percentage Points since last month. Darya the bay area and figure skating go hand in hand. It started with san joses 1960 elected Gold Medalist peggy fleming. And in fremonts kristi yamaguchi. Now as kron4s Justin Walker reports theres another san jose new kid on the block and shes just 15 years old. paulina and then secured her spots in sochi after a second place finish at the u. S. National competitions. At 15 years old, paulina is a skating sensation. To get to the olympics she first laced up her skates in san jose as the sharks eyes practice facility where she attends her jumps and spins, paulina success is no surprise. everybody wants to be like her now because shes gone to the olympics from our olympic brick or rank. paulina started skating when she was 2 years old. Her mom is her coach who is from russia. Other coaches could see early on falling as dedication set her apart. if you practice from 5 00 in the morning to 80 go to school do your homework and then come back for another practice until night guess its like you can tell she really wanted that. hours of skating every day paulina is also a sophomore in high school at were principle could not be prouder. will have a fun sendoff for does try to work out the details. she skates with our hearts and it. Generally expresses herself during that period and inspiration on ice. paulina is one of the faces of the u. S. Olympic team. She as i said her veins and fire in her heart three it in san jose Justine Waldman kron 4 news. and the Winter Olympics we also got to look forward to. The niners face off against the seahawks for the third time this season. That game 3 thursday at seattle century links filled on sunday. 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Plus, Recovery Efforts are now under way after raging wildfires the devastated areas of australia agreed we will have the latest. its messed up. And its shady. Seahawks are shady. The seahawks have dahomeys all riled up. The homies all riled up. [ male announcer ] start engine. Accelerate. Shift. Shift. And shift again. Through all eight speeds of a transmission connected to more standard horsepower than its german competitors. And that is the moment that driving the lexus gs will shift your perception. This is the pursuit of perfection. Kron 4 news at seven starts now. This morning on the kron 4 morning news. Fl