Regional Medical Center of san jose set up four hospital beds inside this tent next to the e. R. To absorb the overflow of patients. Because of this, we felt that the Emergency Department had the potential to become overwhelmed and we wanted to be able to treat these patients quickly and safely. Reporter the hospital had seen up to 70 more patients a day come in with flulike symptoms. Most have tested positive for h1n1, which caused the worldwide pandemic in 2009. Across town, valley Medical Center says its seen a similar dramatic spike in flu cases in the past 48 hours. We are seeing patients with fever, chills, body aches, coughs, coughing, runny nose, some things typical of the flu. Reporter to date there have been five flurelated deaths in the bay area. None had received the flu vaccine. Its not too soon to get your shot. Peak season is january through march. Regional Medical Center plans to set up a larger tent in the parking lot today to accommodate more patients. A bicyclist was
Tents to accommodate for an influx of flu patients. Reporter its definitely cold they are morning. Its cloudy, misty, its foggy. The effect all this will have on your weekend with a look at mobile weather. And were looking for a little rain around the bay area, unfortunately High Pressure holding on so the system rolling on through bringing lots of clouds outside. But not much in the way of raindrops. Looks like we are going to see more clouds spilling through our skies throughout the day today and then parting toward the afternoon. Our hidef Doppler Radar is looking for raindrops. Unfortunately, the system just leaving most of the rain well to our north. So we are going to keep it mostly dry. Theres still a slight chance of a light sprinkle or a little drizzle around the bay area. Some patchy fog though is developing. Visibilities down to a quarter mile in the napa valley. Out over the bay bridge right now, you can see mostly cloudy skies. And the temperatures this afternoon maybe abo
Pulled up to them and someone started firing. They were having an argument. Just before a fight did occur, one of the suspects pulled out a gun and shot at the victim, striking her in the lower body. Reporter police were able to locate the car involved in nearby center road and wool creek road. Officers stopped that car and arrested two women inside. They arrested them with assault. They say there is evidence in that car linking those women to the shooting. As far as the victim, police say shes at a local hospital suffering from nonlife threatening injuries. You can see still quite a mess of shattered glass here at office max. Reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. Were also tracking developing news out of San Francisco where a manhunt is under way to find two suspects who fired shots at an scene. Police located the suspect vehicle and detained one person. Police still looking for two additional suspects. Officers say the suspects fired on an undercover s
Anniversary of occupy oakland. Panda power is now going into the record booker. Giants fans get ready for game two of the world series after watching history last night. The morning news continues. Were ready. Good morning to you. It is thursday october 25th. Im dave clark. Im pam cook, lets start with steve paulson. A little warming but drizzle out there. Low cloud drizzle this morning. It will be sunny and nice later on. Upper 50s, game time near 60 degrees. There are areas and pockets of drizzle. I will talk about that and take a look to the weekend. Westbound 44 looking pretty good. Its a decent drive at this time. It getting more crowded by the money. Were looking at north and southbound 880. San jose police are investigating a shooting near a strip mall. It happened around 2 45 this morning nor the Plant Shopping Center on monterrey road. Janine de la vega is out at the scene to tell us what police are saying this morning. Reporter this is a popular shotting center. During the da
Ignited wood on the outside of the building. The fire reached five alarms and caused more than 40 million in damage. And you can read the full report on our website. Kpix. Com. Theres a link near the top of that main page by the way. Well, some quick thinking by a san jose mother means she and her seven kids are alive after a fire tore through their home early this morning. Mark kelly is live with more on the family that lost virtually all their belongings but is grateful to be safe. Mark . Reporter absolutely michelle. Lets just take a look at the williams l williams home. Thats williams home. Thats whats left of it. The fire started in the garage now covered with the plywood you see there. As for the cause of the cause of the fire we still dont know but the family and mom star williams is just grateful to have all of her children still with her. When flames erupted from the williams household 4 00 a. M. Seven children and two adults were tucked soundly into bed. Mom star williams hea