A flu shot. One doctor said he had never seen anything progress like this. He said it was just incredible. Reporter that is why katies family is speaking out, bow to honor the woman that they lost but also to shed the light on the dangers of the flu. They hope that others will get the flu shot and if they do get sick they will not underestimate the threat. Most of us get the flu and recover from it. A handful of people every year dont. You just never think it will be your daughter, but you really want to take a serious. Reporter the family has ordered an independent autopsy and have set up a fund for the three children that katie leaves behind. Today is Martin Luther king jr. Day. It is his birthday and he wouldve been 89 years old today. Now it is a day to remember and to honor his civil rights legacy. A lot of people here today chose to give back today by volunteering their time to community projects. Our reporter traveled around oakland were hundreds of people were out honoring doct
He said she was a noshow to her court appearance. Because of the failure to appear, there was a bench warrant out for my arrest. And i was freaking out. Reporter he assured her a quick payment through an Online Service called greendot would take care of the misunderstanding until her next court date, provided her the address and time for her next appearance. They are very, very convincing. Reporter before she opened her wallet to pay the 489 he requested, her family made a call to the Police Department where officers Said Lieutenant jerry mills didnt work there and there was another red flag. We do not have these cameras. Reporter Sergeant Thomas says neither the courts nor Police Department will ask for your personal information over the phone and that whoever laura was talking to could face serious charges. Fraudulent information, pretending to be someone in Law Enforcement theyre not. Multiple crimes just off the surface of this phone call. Reporter police say if you think youre tal
Domestic violence is a problem in every county. Reporter Gloria Sandoval is ceo of stand against Domestic Violence in concord. She says her nonprofit and others have been working with the county on the new program for more than a year. What we have been able to do is determine what the high risk factors are for escalation so that strangulation, for example, threatening to kill someone, having a gun present in the home, those are all kinds of things that you can look at and say thats a very high lethality case. Reporter she says her agencys hotline took 15,000 reports of abuse last year. Compared with just 7,000 calls to police. In concord, laura anthony, abc 7 news. California senator Barbara Boxer is reiterating her call to the nfl to adopt a zero tolerance policy when it comes to Domestic Violence. She sent a letter today to the leagues new Senior Vice President of public policy, Cynthia Hogan which reads in part, it is therefore imperative that the nfl make a real commitment to prev
That day god was his copilot. Talk about nerves of steel. Castle has been flying for seven years and i asked him if he plans to fly again. He said, you bet. Theres been break in the case late this afternoon, sheriffs deputies arrested this man accused of killing a woman whose burned body was found along a remote road in morgan hill. Nbc bay areas Damian Trujillo joins us from the Sheriffs Office with the very latest. Reporter the Sheriffs Office says a suspect may have burned the victims body but that he left a lot of evidence behind. And that evidence led them to a 21yearold san jose man. The body of julie calochi was left smoldering down an embankment in unincorporated morgan hill on august 28th. Sheriffs deputies say they arrested this man, 21yearold edgardo gutierrez, for murder. The arrest was made in part because we located evidence at the crime scene that linked him there as well as various witness statements. Reporter Sergeant Kurt advertise sandrop says it appears the couple j
73 degrees outside our studios right now. That means well do some cooking today. Yeah. Hot and humid yesterday, more of the same. Chuck bell, tell us about the forecast. Are you cooking or buying dinner . Cooking dinner. Were in. How about somewhere nice this time, aaron no more super sizing for our meals. Dont tell anybody. Showers outside way out to our west. Well be dry, between now and lunch time at least. Then into the afternoon hours thats when our rain chances really start to ramp up. 75 at reagan national. Looking for 89 degrees today. Most neighbors well up into the mid and upper 80s and everyone will have a chance of getting rained on today. Higher rain chances out to the Shenandoah Valley but everyone down to Southern Maryland where temperatures will reach the mid to upper 80s. Everyone has a chance to face the showers this afternoon. That could linger into this evening. Going out to dinner, rain chances between 5 00 and 8 00 p. M. At 70 . And then back into the low 80s. Ill