Did the airline go too far . The passengers actually did that, from what i understand. Wow. And a real Battle Royale between two of americas biggest names, target and amazon. And its going to save all of us money. Okay, looking forward to that. Lets get right now to josh and todays top stories. Were going to begin with this continuing fight against the flu. This morning, dozens of states are in the midst of an epidemic. Look here at illinois, reporting at least five deaths. With at least 150 other patients in intensive care at this hour. Hospitals struggling to keep up there. And abcs alex perez in the middle of it all. Good morning to you in chicago, alex. Reporter good morning, josh. This is one of the hospitals that had so many flu patients they had to turn some away. This is the earliest start to the flu season in a decade. Many hospitals are scrambling to keep up. This morning, Emergency Rooms across the country are being inundated with patients fighting the flu. A whopping 41 sta
At approximately 8 30 this morning a utility worker in south lake tahoe, california, observed a body of a person over a snow bank off pioneer trail between black bart and el tahoe. The body was approximately ten feet off the roadway. Reporter the neighbors came by much earlier this morning with food and drinks and flowers well before the Douglas County sheriff made that awful announcement this morning. Alyssa byrnes body found in the snow. Were hearing that there were no signs of trauma or foul play. A worker found the body. He was in a high vehicle. It appears she may have been walking and fell. She was last seen new years after attending a music festival. She told her friends she was taking a shuttle to the hotel and may have walked instead. The deputies still need to trace her cell phone and figure out those last steps. The investigation will continue. Well try to piece together people who talked to her, if who was the last person to see her alive. Well continue to look for those pe
Says 41 states are reporting widespread cases the flu. At least 18 children have died from the virus. This is a season that appears to be more severe than last year. Reporter Health Officials say the flu season usually peaks sometime next month. But this years outbreak is so bad, were already approaching the peak levels of previous flu seasons. In chicago, about a dozen hospitals have had to turn patients away and in allentown, pennsylvania, a hospital set up a special tent to keep flu patients from spreading the illness. In some hardhit areas like houston, texas, drugs to treat the virus are in short supply, like tamiflu. Did you guys have any tamiflu in for pediatrics . We dont, unfortunately. Reporter Health Experts say the flu vaccine covers 91 of the flu strains out there. So if you havent received a flu shot yet, you should still get one. Even if it doesnt prevent the infection completely, it can definitely make it much less severe. Reporter doctors say it takes about two weeks f
Of 2013. Investigators believe she is the suspects mother nelly stanworth. According to police, dennis stanworth was sentenced to death for sexually assaulting and killing two teenaged girls in 1966. His sentence was reversed later. In contra costa county, Pittsburg Police say theres much more to the story about a man who killed a suspected burglar inside his apartment. Four people are now in custody accused of what began as an elaborate plot to scare the man. Investigators say charmaine was having an extramarital affair and wanted to frighten her husband into moving out of the apartment that they shared on east leeland lane. They plotted a burglary with her current boyfriend in an effort to scare him him to leave the residence. Police say they enlisted three other men to help out. It all unfolded tuesday morning. Investigators say the husband got into a struggle with one of the suspects Robert Earl Lindsey and managed to stab lindsey to death in self defense. The woman, her boyfriend
East palo alto is scrambling to shore up the levee over the San Francisquito creek after severe flooding in december. Workers placed thousands of sandbags to raise that levee wall. This is a temporary solution to kind of get us through the with the season and have a permanent solution in the dry months. The San Francisquito creek has been the source of several significant floods over the years. A project to widen the creekbed is set for summer a big reward is offered for the return of a piece of california history stolen from the Oakland Museum of california. Officials say a California Gold rush era quartz and gold box was taken from a plexiglass display box early monday morning. The thief bypassed the alarm system. The gold box has ornamentation depicting early california. Its not the first time the museum has been robbed. In november, a burglar stole some gold nuggets. We did take additional security measures after the theft in november. We believe some of the measures we took will a