Shutdown, tom frieden was the head of the cdc he and others insist that it will hurt the cdcs ability to fight the flu. The cdc serves as a Surveillance Agency about anything related to the flu and other diseases. The cdc assures clients it works 24 7 saving lives and protecting people. If there is a Government Shutdown, the promise will immediately go away when it comes to the flu program. Less information on how influenza is spreading and how it is affecting people in terms of severity of illness. Reporter this at a time when flu season hitting its peak in many states. This year is proving particular difficult. All of states, 49 are reporting in the same week wide spread activity. Reporter with a Government Shutdown no updates like that one on Data Collected. Another concern is flu samples taken by local Health Departments a departments and sent to the cdc would not be analyze. Local bay area say they have plenty of the vaccine in case of a local outbreak. Definitely concern if the cdc was shut down for more than a short period of time. Reporter other Data Collected by the cdc including those people with the fl that have been admitted to hospitals, that wont be collected if there is a shutdown and the number of flu death will not be reported. In the news room, lyanne melendez. Showing the slow progression through the fall. In december, the colors getting brighter showing high activity. Now today we also learned 32 people died of the flu just last week in the state. All were under the age of 65. Now previously, the states flu death total for the season was 42. So doubled bringing the state to a near total of 42 deaths. Not too late to get vaccinated. Basic precautions like washing your hands, cough into your elbow and stay home if you are sick. The potential impact on our potential National Parks. Here in the bay area is big business. Here is reporter wayne muir woods in marin county may shut down if the federal government. What if it closes . Boo. Reporter the National Park said little today both officially and unofficially. Just some of the people caught in the middle. It has been here for how long . And it is going to be closed down. The trees are going to be closed because of some political gamemanship. Reporter muir wood is not the only one, alcatraz could be closed too. This company has the franchise and all day today they of planned one certainty. Either way there are going to be boats out on the water. Reporter alcatraz serves as a feeder. Many Small Businesses say a shutdown will cut their style. Try explaining it all to a woman from scotland. I have spent a fortune in shops in restaurants. You close down alcatraz, you close down San Francisco. Reporter in San Francisco wayne freedman, abc7. We just learned from officials in alcatraz, it will open tomorrow no matter what. For a complete look of possible shutdown affects, we have a list on abc7news. Com. Police searching for gunman after a deadly shooting in San Franciscos sunset districts. Officers responded at 4 30 this afternoon. Found a woman with several gunshot wounds and pronounced her dead. Criminal charges filed against a man accused of a shooting spree in napa that left two people wounded. The victims taken to the hospital where treated for their injuries. The accused gunman faces attempted murder charges. He is being held in county jail without bail. New at 6 00 now, Chicago Police is in Police Custody after getting on an airplane without a ticket. Hartman has tried to board and fly without a ticket from several airports. Chicago police say she was stopped earlier this week after trying to board an American Airlines plane at ohare airport. British officials sent her back to chicago where she is awaiting charges. On storm watch of a storm ranking one. From a camera across mt. Before we look ahead, let me show you a look at those same clouds as seen on our looping doppler radar. Cold air producing cold showers that produce isolated lightning strikes today and reports of some small hailstones falling around the bay area. Right now quiet but showers lurking off shores. Ranking one on the impact scale. Here is the forecast animation taking us into the evening hours. Looks like most of the activity will remain offshore. We will have mainly sunny skies but cold conditions. And then the sunny start on saturday will be followed by another storm coming in on sunday. Also ranking one on the storm impact scale. Dan . Thanks very much. Latest winter storm is a snow maker in the sierra and that is great news for the tahoe area. New video as well as the impact of the storm. Feast your eyes on this. New powder in the sierra. Just got new video from kirkwood after a foot of new snow. The highest tahoe slopes will have collected up to two feet of snow. North star says the first storm of the season comes at a great time. That is pretty normal. People like to come up when it is snowing, when it feels wintery, and i think our guest feel amplified and pumped up when it is snowing. There has been rain but not this much snow since november. Mother nature took a long break and skiers had to make do with man made snow. Rental shops in tahoe and the bay area saw a boost ahead of todays storm and expecting a further boost with several new rounds of snow making storms in the forecast. Only thing to remember is as these cal trans cameras show he driving can be treacherous. Take chains and take it slow. Tomorrow will be one year since donald trump took the oath of president. And like last year, many women will take to the streets. See how you can take part and what is different in 2018. B. A. R. T. s fleet of the future. Households gas company and winds up with two in developing news now, San Francisco prosecutors have dismissed criminal charges against 11 anti trump protesters who formed a human chain last year. The suspects faced misdemeanoror charges. Tomorrows tens of thousands of people across the bay area and the country expected at the march. There were an estimated 100,000 in San Francisco alone. Now the organizers of the city womens march spoke with us today about continuing that momentum. What i think the march created was the idea that we are not alone and we can have our voices be heard and that we have our communities and allies behind us. And with that in mind, we are encouraging women to run for office and register to vote. The San Francisco march starts at noon with a rally at Civic Center Plaza and a march at Market Street embarcadero. Oakland marches starts at 10 00 a. M. Up 14 street. Those are three of the eight marches in the bay area. You can find the full list on our website. The possibility of immigration raids are looming over many families in the bay area. Today county officials in the south bay took the opportunity to send a strong message to the trump administration. Reporter one county, one future. The message splashed all over buses. Santa clara county know the immigrants are fearful about the agenda. We are getting ready. Getting ready to fight because the only way to respond to is to push back. Reporter tom leaders in Santa Clara County held a News Conference letting everybody know they will not be intimidated and that there will be help. That resonated from the consul. For the Mexican Government it is important to have this relationship with Santa Clara County. Reporter the county wants to get the word out that Mental Health services are available to anyone feeling anxious about possible deportation. Santa clara county has invested 3. 5 million to provide them access to immigration attorneys. Reporter besides buses there will be billboards up on the freeway and bus stops throughout the south bay. 60 of the county has a member who is an immigrant or u. S. Born child with an immigrant. Local government are committed. If 2001 was a space odyssey, then now it is a b. A. R. T. Odyssey. Eric thomas was reporter they cut the ribbon for the new trains first engin train and made modifications over the past 14 months were thrilled. To see passengers on the seats it has been wonderful. Reporter new trains are quieter and airconditioners work. Seats face lumbar support suppot more standing room. Na is the biggest train he has seen. In a way, these new cars are really i think a symbol of b. A. R. T. s success because they are carrying so many more people today than was anticipated back in the 1970s. Reporter also impressed by the hightech cars was second grader. He rode two, one old, and one new as a special guest. My favorite part was being able to see the difference between the two trains. Reporter the video status boards that tell you where you are. And the three doors instead of two that make getting on and off easier. Delays and the price tag say it has been worth it. I will get to starred answering other questions instead of when will the new cars be online. Reporter the next set of cars will be online in february. In walnut creek, eric thomas, abc7 news. Just ahead, Spencer Christian with the forecast. A short break and then a lot of rain. This is the beginning of the break although you can see there are still isolated cold showers offshore and possible one or two could land. This is the view from our abc7 exploratorium camera. Partly cloudy moony sky. Temperature readings, 51 San Francisco. 49 mountain view. San jose 52. 49 gilroy. Skies are mainly clear over the bay. Nov vatto 50. Fairfield. This is a lovely view. It will be freezing cold inland overnight. Sunny, breezy and chilly conditions tomorrow. And sunday the 1st of several days of rainy weather. Here is our forecast for tonight. Notice those showers form offshore and stay offshore going into the late night. We will have sunny skies to start the day tonight and quite chilly in the Early Morning hours. 32 in santa rosa. San jose look for a low of 39. 37 in palo alto. It will be chilly about every day. Tomorrow is the womens march. Skies will be mostly sunny and temperatures in the late morning to midday hours. It will be breezy so feels chilly than it really is. Highs mainly in the mid50s. Low50s in some spots. Chances of rain over the next sevendays are significant except for tomorrow. Nearly 100 chance of rain sunday, monday, tuesday and 50 on thursday. Next storm ranks one on the storm impact scale. Expected to produce quite a bit in the north bay. Breezy at times and here is a forecast animation starting sunday morning at 7 00. By 5 00 in the afternoon rain will spread sunday night into monday morning into entire bay area. Monday morning commute will be a wet won. Much needed snow in the sierra. Here is the accuweather sevenday forecast. Freezing cold tomorrow morning and sunny and dry in the remaining of the day. Five consecutive days of rainfall and clears out again friday. So in between the two fridays. You know, Mother Nature wants to keep you on your toes. Good job of doing that. Dancing right now. Coming up next, what to sfx tsfx feet shufflingc life can change in an instant. Be covered when it does. With a health plan through covered california. We offer free expert help choosing the best plan for you. And all of our plans include free preventive care. Financial help is available, so check for yourself to see what savings you qualify for. Open enrollment ends january 31st, so dont miss out. Because you never know when life. Will change. Get covered today. Good way to end the week at the new york stock exchange. Dow gained 53 points ending at t 26,071. Nasdaq up by 40. And the s p added 12. Unemployment rate in california sets a new record. Fell to 4. 3 . Lowest since 1976. In the bay area lower. Credits the rate with government jobs as well as new id cards that will be soon be required. Starting in 2020, your current drivers license will no longer be enough to board the domestic flight. Dmv will be hiring physically go to a dmv office and bring current id. Proof of Social Security number. What bay area lab haves discovered in some weeds and how you can make sure what you smoke is safe. House of horrors when 13 children tortured and held by their parents. You can get the news at any time with the abc7 upgraded app. Personalized push alerts to get more of the news you want delivered to your phone. Even if no one in your home smokes, Secondhand Smoke can be closer than you think. Secondhand smoke from a neighbors apartment can enter your home through air vents, through light fixtures and even through cracks in the walls and the floors. Secondhand smoke is toxic. Especially to children. Protect your family. Visit tobaccofreeca. Com. Announcer live where you live, this is abc7 news. Recreational cannabis is legal in california as of the first of the year. But is it safe . A handful of labs testing marijuana. Some of the pot on shelves may not meet state standards that go into effect. Anchor Natasha Zouves szouves ss what you need to know. Reporter all tested for safety and potency. It could be contaminated with things that are not safe. Reporter 5 of cannabis products are tested for safety and as much as half of the pot being grown are contaminated with dangerous chemicals and bacteria. Pesticides but a variety of pathogenic mold or fungus that can be dangerous to human huma beings. Reporter stave dangelo found the the first testing lab steep hill. The current supply now in the Retail Market is i would say questionable. Reporter pot agriculture has notten regulated that changed. Testing the pot is actually impossible because only 19 laboratories in the state currently approved to test as many as 50,000 pot farmers. So the state has given untilil july 1st to sell what they have without being tested. Reporter Anthony Torres is a senior researchers. I have a plated sample that is contaminated with a few different types of funguses. Reporter torres is saying they are finding many compounds that would be banned. Can you imagine what it would look like growing in your lungs. Reporter doctors at uc medical daifz believe that a cancer patient died from a rare Fungal Infection from pot that was to make them feel better. Upon combustion could be cyanide gas to make it in your blood stream. Reporter the bureau has established a time line for testing all pot. The goal to test everything by the end of the year. Eventually everything labeled with testing results. Reporter back at saying your best bet is to lapse in testing may come as a surprise to consumers. The bureau of cannabis saying labelling product as not tested was the best they could do to inform shoppers. Risk and still have product available. Former 49ers stubble field in jail tonight. Claiming the have had gone to his home for a job. Stubblefield pleaded not guilty to those charges and has strongly denied the victims claims. More than 60,000 raised from donors worldwide for the allegedly held were held against their yesterday when we first opened it up, it was coming in on the minute. Folks everywhere were giving. You feel helpless in a situation like this. But there is something you can do. You can give to these kids. David and charged. This case is a focus of a special 20 20 tonight. We talked with matt gutman who had good news. Reporter it gives you a sense of hope for these kids. Other people inside this house can care for them. Officials tell me they are going to try to keep them together. Those 13 siblings together as long as they can. Airing tonight at 10 00 p. M. A brave young man from San Francisco buried with full military honors 70 years after he was killed during the korean war. At the time his body was never recover recovered but now his surviving relatives have received word that a Forensic Team have discovered remains as those of leonard. Saying he ran track and also played trumpet in the ban. You know, it was a long time coming. But it finally got here. They never gave up because sometimes, something could happen. So you have that always something could happen. You got to have faith. Investigators found leonards canteen and fragments. The San Jose Sharks and make a wish teamed up to help make a north bay teenagers lifelong dream come true. They made player. Reporter for Melissa Holmes and her son Hayden Bradley has has been a challenge. To see him skating his reporter this picture shows him in the bradleys uncle got in touch with make a wish. This is just him all his life. From the day he was born, he has been a fire. Reporter bradleys per veerns led him to member of the team. His family narrowly escaped the wild files last fall. The sharkss newest player leaning on support of his teammates. We know he has been through a lot and you can see the excitement on his face. A mother who cant help but being proud. I have devoted my life to being the best mother i could be to him and he has given it back in fold. I love his smile and his attitude is priceless. Good stuff. More rain is due this weekend and next week my husband is probably going to think im crazy. He thinks im going to see my sister sometimes the confidence to be spontaneous starts with financial stability. Once i heard it i was shocked. I just thought, i have to go get it its our tree see how a personalized Financial Strategy and access to j. P. Morgan investment expertise can help you. Chase. Make more of whats yours. United airlines is lightening up by using a different paper. The in flight magazine weighs one ounce less than used to that saves 170,000 gallo 170,000 galo fuel. Now a woman in san bruno thought it was a good idea until she and her husband saw her bill. Independent Gas Companies to sell you their natural gas. The viewer was quoted or i should say this viewer was quoted a low rate compared to pg e. She didnt realize is she now had two companies and two bills. I was gardening. Reporter sitting on the porch of her home when two salespeople approached. They started talking to me about this adjust energy. Reporter saying she could save on her gas bill by switching to just energy. How much it was better than pg e. Reporter jane thought about the explosion years ago. Many this new company would have newer gas lines and cheaper rates. Jane signed up but she and her husband were shocked after they got their first bill. It doubled. Reporter the company realized they were now paying two companies for their gas. Pg e still charges to deliver it. So on top of their pg e bill, they were also paying just energy a flat fee of 29. 95 per month. I called and said i wanted to cancel. I said you didnt say we were going to still pay pg e. Reporter the billing stopped for a while. And then they billed us again. Reporter the couple kept calling to cancel yet charges still showed up on the bill. They contacted 7 on your side. We contacted just energy. And they told us that in part the call was system error delayed the transaction and be the company agreed to refund the extra charges. For me it was a huge relief. Reporter the takeaway, if a salesperson offers you a low rate for natural gas, remember to ask this question, does this include delivery. The hotline is open the number 415 415 9548151. You can reach me on our page. More rain coming in. Before the rain we have the chills. Lets look at live doppler 7. Low temperatures will drop down to or just above freezing. And that is the way the day will start tomorrow morning. Highs tomorrow will reach into the mid50s. It will be chilly day. The womens march looking good under sunny skies. Temperatures in the midday low to 50s for the most part. And then breezy. And next storm sunday ranking one on the storm impact scale. Most areas will see inches. The storm activity will rank one on the impact scale. It is just going to be a mess. Get rain consistently. But one on the impact scale. And we will get much needed snow. Looking at the bright side. The giants trying to make a move. Dont they need a bright side. Last place finish is not a heavy, labored breathing heavy, labored breathing coughing breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask covered california. Its more than just health care. Its life care. Its just my eczema again,t. But its fine. Yeah, its fine. You ok . Eczema. Its fine. Hey hi arent you hot . Eczema again . Its fine. I saw something the other day. Eczema exposed. Your eczema could be something called atopic dermatitis, which can be caused by inflammation under your skin. Maybe you should ask your doctor . Go to eczemaexposed. Com to learn more. S. Announcer abc7 sports with lar larry beil. Longoria showing off his 100 today. Expected to provide power and stability at the hot corner for the giants and help them rebound from what was a season. Excited about our future, the core. And evan provides tremendous leadership presence. Being able to come to an organization in a city, in a place like this, you know, makes it easier. Obviously the recent success of the organization is something that sticks out in my mind and reason for me to believe that we are not far off from getting back to that point again. The warriors will go for a franchise record, 15 straight road wins. And you can catch that game with the rockets. 5 30 p. M. Right here. The doves wins over the bucks, rafters and cavs, and all of this despite injuries and then they just lost gordon bell. Out a minimum of two weeks meaning kefon loony more play time. In and out of the lineup. And kevon will see consistent minutes. Worked so hard to get himself in shape and his body right. And he is holding up really well. And thats the main thing. Right after the warriors and the rockets, keep it here for toyota after the game. With mike shumann raiders remarks he had a deal with john gruden. The silver and black did not violate the rule so the raiders will the ruling was incomplete pass because bradys arm was coming forward. Remember the patriots went on to kick the winning field goal. The rest as you know is history. Fast forward to what will be fra bradys. Didnt throw when cameras were rolling and even strangely wore gloves during a brief belichickian type News Conference. How is your hand . Im not talking about that. Why are you wearing gloves inside . He already asked that. See you. Thank you. Revealing. He is going to play. We just dont know what is going on with the hands. I like that term. Belichickian. Join us tonight members are scheduled to be voting at any moment. That vote and its impact tonight at 9 00 and 11. Coming up tonight, episode of child support. Mar vels agents of shield. 20 20. And at a few thoughts about what really matters, the circus is in town again, not our town but in washington. Two hours away from a federal Government Shutdown if lawmakers cannot come up with a spending plan that they can agree on. 100 of the most powerful men and women in the world bicker, haggle and horse trade in the senate to keep it from happening. An absurd and embarrassing spectacle that has happened. No game for the people who would be adversely affected. The next deal they should make should be to keep letting this absurd showdown keep from taking place again and again. Follow me on twitter and facebook. 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