Total of three. In the bay area, Health Officials have confirmed 11 people died from flu this season so far. But just seven deaths confirmed state wide because the state has not yet investigated local deaths that number is expected to rise dramatically from the state. Another 28 california cases are currently under investigation. This years flu strain is scary. Its killing a number of young people like this young man. 23yearold Matthew Walker thought he had knew moana. He had h1n1. Swine flu. The 23yearold posted these photos from the hospital. Sonoma county Officials Say he had no previous issues. Im concerned and worried. Im sad for the family. I cant say whether or not this is an indication this is a trend for this particular strain this year. I think its still too early to tell. Doctors say the mostimportant protection is the vaccine. Its not too late to get one. Someplaces are running low. Walgreens say they have a temporary shortage but do expect to be able to restock quickly. Officials are making plans to make sure students get shots. Health care officials are busy getting ready for return of students from winter break in what is predicted to be a busy flu season. Were going to have pop ups to the clinics its short periods of time to come in without an appointment. So we can take care of large numbers of students. They heard the swine flu is back. Weve done it in the past. We vaccinate 600 people in two hours. Officials encourage and promote the vaccine, it sounds like they need to do more outreach. No one we spoke with today is vaccinateedded. I havent thought about that. But i guess i should get a flu shot. Im not, i dont feel concerned. It does have my attention. One woman said her husband is home sick with the from you. Still, she doesnt want to get vaccinateed. We never do. I havent felt the need to get it. I dont like needles so i dont. The number one mechanism for reducing flu so were encouraging that. The vaccine is covered here at berkeley. Officials say they expect the number to go up as students return. Coming up well show how hospitals in the south bay are gearing up to handle more flu cases coming their way. Breaking news. Usda lifted its suspension on a foster farms chicken plant. We told you this facility was closed down wednesday after a cockroach infestation was discovered there. Yes. Investigators say the plant had been infested with cockroaches four times in the past five months. Today the Food Safety Service says corrective actions can now open. Firefighters made quick work of a building fire in downtown berkeley. This shows how crews manage to keep a section of the avenue. Investigators sate fire started on the bottom floor. Eight people and one pet are now out of the home but there no reports of injuries. A possible arsonist could be at work in san jose. Three fires broke out. Firefighters say there have been seven fires in just three days near 24th and san antonio streets. Far from a fivealarm blaze. Bay bridge getting back to normal heading into traffic from the east bay. This fender fender happened about an hour ago. Witnesses say the driver had to kick out of a window to get out of the vehicle. Thankfully, nobody has been hurt. A live look from mcarthur maze, you can see traffic flowing again sort of but its sticky there for drivers. This morning commute. Authorities trying to locate a truck driver who may have information about that crash that killed a owe 40yearold motorcyclist. This morning chp was called to a motorcyclist on fire. Looks like he went down on his own at this point. And after he went down was struck by a vehicle. At least one vehicle and that driver stopped and is cooperating with the investigation. The chp looking for the driver of an early 2000 model blue chevy. They want to talk to businesses. If anyone saw anything, this driver may or may not have been involved. Chp shut down three lanes and officers investigate asked cleared the scene as for the motorcyclist killed the chp says he is someone that owned a lot of motorcycles. A teenaged girl was killed in another injured in a single car crash overnight. Police say the car hit a pole near 7th. The driver died at the hospital the passenger is in the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. Police say speed appears to be a factor in this crash. San Francisco Police say a Good Samaritan helped them a hit and run driver. The driver took off. He was pulled over after another driver followed him and flagged down the cell phone was recover asked given back to the pedestrian. Police say it appears the pedestrian had the right of way. He was taken to San Francisco general his condition is n unknown. Police took the driver into custody. San Francisco Mayor ed lee calling for an end to bad, illegal behavior at the main library. The mayor announced a 0 tolerance and enforcement of a drug free zone around the building. Library officials faced a range of complaints including assaults, drug use, public explow sure and vandalism. San Francisco Police will now help enforce regulations. We want to be quick and respond and with responsive to anyone who feels unsafe. City Officials Say they want the library to return to a place where parents and children feel comfortable. Nobody feeling comfortable at target theyre revealing the number of people whose information was stolen is nearly three times original estimate. The company says 110 Million People have personal information stolen. That number equal to a third of all american adults. Target says how it got into the system is still under investigation. There is a fever starting to build in the bay area, nothing to do with the flu. A few people are complaining. Right now, in North Carolina they will get answers in the second round of the nfc playoffs. Wayne . Talking about good feelings, real worry is lineations. 49er fans are consuming them. Others are conjuring them, and in this case very exotic when niners host everybody wins. Including the gold dust lounge. Now add a new 11 with a 49er ingredient. Rare, unusual and the owner must retrieve it from a safe. Its edible gold. Its real 24 kt gold. This bartender heard the plan. Youre watching a mixture of gold tequila with gold flakes on that to finish it off. The gold flakes cured one of the popes, the story goes. The drink is seven. Down at the other end of the barn, joe chavez tried show this on television. And maybe a designated driver n San Francisco, Wayne Freedman abc7 news. I might have to include the goldsclager in my reporting. Well have another edition sunday night with niner tight end vernon davis follow me on twitter. Well have a look at the game and goldsclager. Plus tequila sounds like a deadly combination, really. One guy says it cured one of the popes . Right . Mild weather, lets hop to charlotte. Sunday, niners take on the panthers game time. Its 10 05 a. M our time. Sunny, mild. So in the bay area, looking north, low clouds, temperatures in san jose, mild afternoon around the bay area. 50 degrees haft moon bay. From mount tam, high clouds near the coast. Sunny skies at the moment. Low to mid60s in petta luma. Another live view from our roof top camera looking along embarcadero under blue skies. Forecast, partly cloudy skies tonight. And mid50s to 60s weve got record warmth coming our wachl ill tell but that a little bit later. Thank you. Still ahead on abc7 news at 4 00 chilling video from a small plane as it crashed into the ocean near maui. Passengers reaction is amazing. Why mexican troops are seizing boats owned by americans and canadians. And the new jersey traffic jam scandal. Why Chris Christys apology isnt enough for some. Seven on your sides Michael Finney taking your questions and will answer them here live in just a few minutes. Im on the hunt, im after you smell like i sound, im lost in a crowd and im hungry like the wolf straddle the line, in discord and rhyme [ female announcer ] only yoplait light and yoplait greek 100 are endorsed by weight watchers. It is so good when youre on the hunt for something delicious. Find yoplait original and light yogurt cups on sale now at your local safeway store. Here is amazing video obtained by abc news of a Small Plane Crash taken as the plane was going down. This is the video of a small plane going down. The passenger says a second engine made a noise and the camera, rolling. I looked outside. And the ocean was coming fast. Time stopped. Your life goes in front of you. Loved ones and everything. I didnt say goodbye. Holding back tears this moment is still difficult for him to relive. The impact surprisingly nine passengers were silent. Everyone rushed to grab life jackets, one passenger dashed towards the door. He opened the door and water rushed in. They evacuated the sinking plane. It took off from molokai. He says everyone made off the plane. Holding on to wings but the Health Director later died. She released president obamas birth certificates after calls from critics to confirm he was born in the u. S. After an hour in the water aircraft pulled them to safety. I feel lucky. Cant take things for granted. Now he has a video of a flight he will never for get. In the last month he says he has flown back to thank rescuers personally. It helped him get over a new fear of flying. New video shows a Small Plane Crashing from trying to take off near new zealand. The pilot passengers were unharmed. The Mexican Government seizing hundreds of boats belonging to americans and ka nayed yinz after a nationwide tax crack down. They impounded 330 vessels the owners say they do have correct paper work. They just werent around when they showed up. They were perfect and our documentation. And then, all of a sudden, there is this problem. And we dont know where that came from. Now, the process could result in auction of the boat. Some are worried this could ward off tourists and retirees many keep mexican marinas and boat yards busy. Taking a look at the weekend forecast. Its going to be warmer here and in carolina. Cool down tomorrow. Showers arrive but after that, warming up sharply. Here is a look at live doppler seven hd. Still sunny skies right now. Hire is a live view from our mount tam camera. An interesting view looking eastward towards ocean beach. High clouds showers get closer, clouds increase, light showers passing through. You can see what is going on in the atmosphere. We do have a cold front approaching you ares. That will be. Next rain maker. Starting at 7 00 well see pockets of light showers developing in the north bay. By mid to late morning a frontal system sweeping south ward. The north bay likely to see showers as well as north bay. Then later in the day, well see showers shifting south ward and eastward to the south bay and east bay. Then, afternoon and evenings breaking up, drying out. How much rain will we get . Not very much. North bay not like it should amount to much more than a tenth of an inch. Into the central bay area, 2 100 is if we dont get more its going to grow. Where do we stand in terms of season to date . Santa rosa needs nearly 15 inches of rain just to get average normal level. San francisco needs over eight inches of rain. Many other need 5 to 7 inches of rain. Or night tonight clouds thicken. Highs tomorrow with showers passing through. Upper 50s to 60s and here is the accuweather forecast. So, you get sunny skies and mild weather sunday, mid60s, looking at next week. Middle of the week and almost end of the week high temperatures near 70 degrees around the bay and inland. Mid60s on the coast. Many locations where highs are between 60 and 70 getting a sprinkle . Then five more days . The deficit will grow. Right. Thank you up next a band promotion helping to make the forum in inglewood fabulous again. Problems in a mosque could problems in a mosque could force a closure but some good. Good answer. Check it out. Learnings fun now. Yeah, back in our day, we didnt have uverse high Speed Internet to play and learn online. All we had was that franklin fuzzypants. Ah, the educational toy bear. Remember when the battery went out . [ slow, deep voice ] give me your abcs. All i learned was a new definition of fear. I need some pudding. Yeah, theres one left. [ male announcer ] connect all your wifienabled devices with uverse high Speed Internet. Rethink possible. We have an update on breaking news, residents being advised to stay in their moments because of police activity. That scene has now been cleared people can come and go as they please. There is no danger in the community. A museum is getting back a valuable painting stolen more than 60 years ago. Today a judge took that painting away from a virginia woman. She wanted to offer 75,000 the museum produced copies of a 1951 Police Report showing that masterpiece was theirs and had been stolen the museum will be back on display by march. People flying into las las will see a flight out of their window this weekend. Its a giant vinyl record spinning on top of the forum. The album is a replica of hotel california. Eagles will kick off the reopening next week with a series of concerts running throughout the end of the month. It was home for lakers and kings hockey team for decades. Its a cool shot right there. Still to come how hospitals in the bay areaer are gearing up to handle case thats are coming their way. Why the u. S. Is taking a diplomat out of in covered california is howt californians can take advantage. We can help you get Quality Health insurance right now. To sign up, call 8007879159 or go to coveredca. Com. You can also use our website to find local, inperson help. One of the biggest questions we get here is, does covered california offer Financial Assistance . Yes. Covered california is the only place that gives you financial help with your coverage. Millions of californians will qualify. Find out if you do. All plans include free preventive care. Now, you might have a question about what that means. It means free mammograms, immunizations, cancer screenings, and more. Its a big list, and its all free. So dont wait. Without insurance, even a small medical issue can cost you big. Call 8007879159, or go to coveredca. Com, and get covered. There are increased reports about the flu right now. Officials tell abc7 news 11 people died in the bay area so far this flu season. This is the latest map from the cdc. The red on this map denotes wide spread activity the previous map had california covered orange. The outbreak caused spot shortages of the vaccine. Abc7 news is live where demand for the flu shots has groevenlt david . That is true, carolyn. The supplies are quickly replenished public Health Officials are urging people to get shots so demand is only going to rise. South Bay Hospitals are geared up to handle cases and the sick, such as 1yearold peter are arriving with symptoms he was coughing and runny nose oochl did you think its the flu . Well, they told us its the flu. And he has brofrng kitis. In terms of the severity, it varies we take each on a case by case basis. Experts continue to emphasize its not too late to get immunized. For those in the community who have not been vaccinated we recommend getting vaccinateed. That advice caused a demand for the vaccine in local farm says. Abc7 news told about a line today in novato. There is a line to get them. Get them some clinics are experiencing spot shortages when a large number of patients come in. It sometimes takes a day or two so its recommended to call ahead just to make sure. And jim anyone getting sick the team put bottles of sanitizer in the locker room and weight room and room how do you tell the difference between flu and common cold . With the flu symptoms are more severe, you have a fever as well. People with colds often have hacking productive costs. Flu could haves tend to be dry. Cold symptoms include stuffy, runny noses, sore throats and sneezing. Irans Nuclear Envoy and Officials Say an agreement has been reached in implementing a deal with six world powers reports say at cord would provide for a sixmonth retaxation of tensions and possibly pave the way for a longer term deal the deal being sent for approval. The u. S. Is withdrawing one diplomat from india after the Indian Government demanded retaliation for arrest and strip search of a diplomat in new york. This case started last month when the indian dip plea mat was arrested and strip searched after being accused of lying for a housekeeper. She left the u. S. After being granted immunity. U. S. State department issued a travel alert for all americans travelling to the sochi Winter Olympics in russia pointing to bombings and hostage takings in russia and potential for terrorist acts during the games. And say american travellers should ab ware of personal surroundings a federal investigation is being launch today into that West Virginia Chemical Spill that left 200,000 people without drinking water. Yesterday a tank spilled with a foaming agent used in this process began leaking into the elk river. Nearby stores are sold out of bottled water and ice fema says 75 truck was water will be in charleston tonight. A bridge gate scandal has gone to another level. A thousand pages of documents relate together four day gridlock had been released. Governor christy apologized for the closures after revealed two of his Staff Members or chess straighted this. This is not a case about a person walking an hour and a half. This is a case about hundreds of thousands of people who were damaged because of this culture of political retribution. Which set on that day. The appears to be in retaliation for the failure of fort lees mayor to endorse Chris Christy for reelection. A discovery from an illinois couple trying to protect their pipes from the polar vortex. Im still taking your questions on twitter and facebook. You can contact me on facebook. Com and on twitter at m finney. Ill answer questions here live later. Spencer christian looking at western sky. Could the presunset sky be more beautiful than this . The accuweather forecast is the accuweather forecast is coming up in just a moment. Ab in touch with the ground im on the hunt, im after you smell like i sound, im lost in a crowd and im hungry like the wolf straddle the line, in discord and rhyme [ female announcer ] only yoplait light and yoplait greek 100 are endorsed by weight watchers. It is so good when youre on the hunt for something delicious. Find yoplait original and light yogurt cups on sale now at your local safeway store. Hose whove been deniedinal and light yogurt cups ewelcome to covered california. Now, you can no longer be denied coverage because of a preexisting condition. Enroll today at coveredca. Com. Sky seven over the scene of breaking news in conk combrord. Reports of a fight at Concord High School that spilled outside of the campus, its believed one of the people returned with a gun and shot someone. That person may be hospitalized. Officers are on scene we saw earlier, there, you can see police car ms. That area. They put up yellow tape there, directing traffic way from the area. Well bring more details as soon as we get them. You can follow us on twitter on abc7 news bay area. An illinois couple saying hooray for ice storms after what they found trying to protect their frozen pipes. Take a look at this wedding band. She and her husband found it trying to cleert pipes in their sink last week the couple called the previous owners right away. Yeah. I asked had he ever lost a diamond ring he said oh, my god. Yes. That she did. I asked if it had sapphires he just kept gasping. Turns out the couple searched for the ring for years. They are ecstatic its been found and it will arrive to their home just in time for their 40th wedding anniversary. A story that restores your faith in humanity. Terrific outcome there. Great way to ring in the new year. Get it . Ring in the new year. It doesnt get better when you keep repeating it. Mild day, we may get showers tomorrow, speaking of tomorrow, more than showers along the east coast. A lot of rainfall occurring there it will be a mild day across the 48 contiguous states. Especially with that deep freeze earlier in the week. Showers moving through the state, sunny skies and mild down south. Here in the bay area, we expect showers going to develop Early Morning hours first north bay, sweeping through south bay and later in the day will be a cool day compared with mild weather weve had of late. Highs into upper 50s to near 60. Here is our forecast lake tahoe tomorrow. Snow there elevations. Gusts expected to reach 50 miles per hour. But snow will be falling in the sierra. Tahoe probably will be happy to see it. Still ahead at 4 00 party crashers. The possible break through that could help people with sleep apnea get rid of the contraption and get a rest. Ill answer your questions plus ill have information on how you can protect yourself in the wake of the target hacki [ angelic music plays ] toaster strudel best morning ever [ hans ] warm, flaky, gooey. Toaster strudel [ female announcer ] try new pillsbury heatngo mini pancakes. [ male announcer ] dont wait for awesome. Totinos pizza rolls gets you there in just 60 seconds. A police chase in oregon had a wild ending when the driver of a stolen car got out and jumped off a bridge into freezing water the whole thing caught by a dash board camera just outside portland the car kept going until it rolled to a stop the 26yearold is now in the hospital recovering from a broken back. Authorities in los angeles cracking down on under aged parties posted on social media using the sail tools the kids are using. Saying when invitations are posted for toefsh see, the guest list can escalate to dangerous levels. Now, l. A. County sheriff created the nations first and only specialized unit to watch those parties in realtime on social media, listening for Dangerous Party buzz. On facebook, and on twitter and instagram. Deputies roll out to bust the parties before they can get out of control. A new study found people who smoked marijuana start having a disorder at a younger age. Researchers found patients who smoked pot daily had their first psychotic episode at age 26. For women ages were 29. The study only looked at people developing sigh koesis, not comparing to marijuana user whos did not experience illness. Doctors have developed a device conrolling the tongue and upper airway. Painless shots push the tongue forward hoping to keep it open throughout the night. Last time new Orleans Saints marched into seattle there was a lot of shaking going on, it was real. If the earth moves again this weekend two, more size mowmeters will record the activity from unside of the stadium. Some of the stands there are metal bleachers, helping expand the sound. That is why it is so loud in there. The activity was kicked up. We can expect another. It will be loud. First one comes from caroline b who asks how long should i keep paper bills and checks i file away after writing checks . Its a great question. Its not simple anymore. Its become complicated f youre talk in terms of the irs ask keeping track of taxes, basically irs says under most circumstances you need to keep your records for 2 to 3 years. Under some going to 6 or 7 years. That tends to be with stocks and how much earned then, if its fraud, its forever. Theyre accusing you ever fraud you need to keep it around forever. So if youre walking a weird line, hang on that that. When a bank makes a mistake they have forever to come back you to you. Have you 60 days to catch them. So in terms of keeping your documents youre talking 60 days. Its very complex. I still keep my items seven years. A repair man supposed to arrive between 12 and 4 00. He called at 3 45 and he said it would be late. Here is the deal. State of california they have to, if you skshgs they have to gich you a fourhour window. You cant sue for pain or suffering. You have to have a loss. So, if you took a day off work you can sue for lost money. Gotting to work late, you can sue for that. If you had to hire a babysitter, you can send them there but they have to have 25 employees. Doesnt kick in until 25 employees. We reported number of people affected by target security breech is larger than originally reported. So, what should people do . Its amazing, jumping million. Check your fraudulent charges on your credit card statement. Call your Credit Card Company immediately to contest any unwarranted charges and report any crimes or potential crimes to local police and the ftc. Ive got to tell thu is like any other breech, more than 110 go out every year. 110 million. People shouldnt freak out about this. Keep track but we dont know how bad it is. When you hear from 40 million to 110 million . We do 110 million every year. Okay. So its standard. Just all at once. Up next a safety concern could force closure of an east bay mosque. Im cheryl jennings. Building on the bay. Ideas for 50 miles of water front development. Its moving day for a piece of bay area history. Youve got to try this sweet sour chicken helper. I didnt know they made chicken. Crunchy taco or four cheese lasagna . Can i get another one of those actually . [ superfan ] hey, america, were here to help. This is the creamy chicken corn chowder. I mean, look at it. So indulgent. Did i tell you i am on the. [ both ] Chicken Pot Pie diet me too [ male announcer ] so indulgent, youll never believe theyre light. 100calorie progresso light soups. Youll never believe theyre light. Covered california is howt californians can take advantage. We can help you get Quality Health insurance right now. To sign up, call 8007879159 or go to coveredca. Com. You can also use our website to find local, inperson help. One of the biggest questions we get here is, does covered california offer Financial Assistance . Yes. Covered california is the only place that gives you financial help with your coverage. Millions of californians will qualify. Find out if you do. All plans include free preventive care. Now, you might have a question about what that means. It means free mammograms, immunizations, cancer screenings, and more. Its a big list, and its all free. So dont wait. Without insurance, even a small medical issue can cost you big. Call 8007879159, or go to coveredca. Com, and get covered. Tonight we have last man standing. Then, the neighbors, shark tank and 2020 f you want to watch these programs online all have you to do is go to watch abc. Com for more details and down load watch abcs app city of richmond is lettening to close down a mosque citing safety reasons abc7 news has more on the issues creating tension in the community. The vice mayor made saving this mosque his crusade. Its located in old kaiserfield hospital. The vice mayor claims National Park service wants to buy the building to make it part of the kaiser ship yard many officials thought it was vacant. December 31st. Richmond fire marshal was in the nabtd and stop by the to take a look. He told me what should have been a 15 minute visit turned into a twohour eye opening inspection. 70 of the building had no sheet rock where it is for stopping the spread of fire. There was no insulation. No heat. There was Kitchen Appliances in the hallway. He says exits were chained and caged. Yesterday the fire marshal placed a placard outside of the building because construction was also going on inside. Without any city leaving after a meeting with the manager. Its safe. Its safe. It hurts me that we look at the rules from the place of worship. I know theyre going to be alive. Sometimes next week, the fire marshal will order nem them to close the vice mayor wants to order that he took the matter to the city council. In richmond abc7 news. Thanks for joining us for abc7 news. Im larry beil abc7 news at 5 00 begins right now. Everybody is helping. Now this, young man is dead from the flu. A death toll is going up by two more. 50 miles of water front development. Plus, 49ers final request before leaving for the playoffs. Live on the roof of the kgotv Broadcast Center ill have 49ers versus panthers forecast. Plus, what day youre going to need umbrellas, coming up. We begin with sky seven hd and breaking news in concord the neighborhood is woman was shot. Sky seven hd has video of two people in custody. Police are actively searching for suspects. Now follow us on twitter for breaking news updates. Good evening, thanks for joining us. Now to our other top story. A sonoma man likely 23yearold healthy, and full of life and he got the flu. And days after posting this picture matte walker died from the infection. Just one of 11 people that died perfect the flu. That brings total to three in alameda. Now has highest number of flu related deaths in the bay area. Officials confirmed only seven deaths but investigating 28 others the outbreak causing a run on flu shots. Now, for more on the flu the youngest victim is 23yearold matte walker. Were live outside where his coworkers are taking it very hard. Matte walker worked here. And they now cant believe hes gone. I cant deal witness. It hasnt been able to sink in all the way. The 23yearold died from dom politicses of h1n1. He began feeling 63 christmas. Went back and forth. It was all g he came out and everything went bad, within a day. Walker was one of ten flu cases. Karen is the interim health officer. This is someone who was
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