Effectiveness of the flu vaccine is not optimal, the vaccine still have vents millions of illnesses and tens of thousands of hospitalizations in the united states. The San Francisco Public Health department reminds everyone it takes about two weeks for antibodies to develop in the body to protect you so they say, dont wait any longer and the flu mist nasal vaccine has not been very effective against the h1n1 vaccine and is not being recommended this season. The flu widespread now across most of the u. S. , as you can see on the map from the cdc, its widespread in almost every state. Cdc officials were briefed today on how to reduce the spread and how to help communities where theres a shortage of vaccines or medication. This years influ wenza seas is proving to be particularly difficult. Reporter the cdc says this years virus is incredibly difficult to work with, treat and prevent. With a high number of hospitalizations and deaths, 42 adults under the age of 65 in california have died
Of the freeway off of his bike helping to drivers who had been involved in a minor accident. That is when Authorities Say a speeding suv veered off of the freeway and slammed into a ford f1 50 pickup truck. The impact lost that pickup onto the officers lower body, crushing his legs. For the damage in the way the collision occurred then he should probably be dead. And the officer managed to get himself out from under that pickup truck and called for help. We thank the people that he was helping minutes prior to that are in the situation of helping him. And the driver that had this terrible crash was arrested on suspicion of dui. 52yearold Tammy Peggy Louise Walker is now facing charges of dui and assault on a peace officer. Authorities also say that walker was driving on a suspended license after a prior dui conviction. Wind is a Impaired Driving going to stop . It is one of their present unacceptable whether or not it happens to my family or anybody else. It is unacceptable. Reporter t
Internal affairs initiated by the department not just the public and aaron wants to audit officersinvolved shooting investigations even if there is no sitd zen complaint. I think it is a slap in the face. Police Union President says this is one of the most transparent departments in the nation with no big coming with trust issues. Were not in crisis. We dont have that problem. Our chief has gone up and beyond in regards to training our people and giving information to our community. The auditor agrees there is no Current Crisis but says it is better to act now before rone arises. We are in a good spot to do this in a less urgent more deliberative way without the national skut free thscrutiny t department of justice would bring. Now the department is starting to rebuild its ranks. Councilmembers will eventually decide whether to let voters change to give the city or Police Auditor more authority here within the San Jose Police department. Maj may lead to another ugly ratile between him
Heading to houston. Numerous reports of ice, freezing rain and 500 cancellations. That will be tough. Snow down to the deep south. Winter hangs on there. Back home we had a little bit of rain. I mean a little bit. One side of the house was dry and the other was wet. That is a dividing line where the front was, george. One side of the house. We will go with. 01. Light rain ends for the most part. There are showers scooting through. Fort bragg,. 84. Ukiah, Mendocino County is where all of the rain was. There could be a little more. But there is fog forming now. You get rid of the higher clouds. Low clouds and dog. That is not going away any time soon. A lot of the cloud cover is streaming across. Cloudy to mostly cloudy day. The temps are up. 36 up in truckee. Not much to worry about in the mountains. There will be later in the week as the snow level goes down to 3,000 feet around the weekend. Fyi. Today is not bad. 60s on the temps. 60s, mid60s around san jose. 7 02. I know it is crowde
Thats an understatement. When is it going to stop with the dui impaired driving. Its 2018. Take some responsibility for your actions. This is ridiculous. Reporter fortunately, the officer is in stable condition. His fellow officers and friends have been visiting him at the hospital today. The Good Samaritan says he too would like to visit that injured officer. Reporting live, im jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. Thank you, jodi. The man accused of killing a chp officer while driving drunk made his first court appearance. 22yearold muhammad ali sat in a wheelchair during his short appearance in court. Prosecutors say he had been drinking and smoking pot when he crashed into the officer on christmas eve. Court documents show his bloodalcohol level at the time of the crash was 0. 11, well over the legal limit. More than a dozen chp officers joined the family in court. Afterwards, the officers mother spoke briefly. Our own hearts were broken, and our lives were shattered. And we loved him