Numbers from 10 do 15 degrees above average. Its a sparetheair day and offshore flow keeping us mild today. But changes do occur by the beginning of the work week. We will talk about the possibility of a few raindrops, whether or not we will see those coming up in a few minutes. Katie. Thank you. Developing news out of antioch where an amber alert has been canceled. The girl has been found safe and her suspected kidnapper is in police custody. The 7yearold is pack with her parents. Someone recognized the car that led to her rescue. David douglas was arrested. They earlier identified him as a person of interest in the girls ab drugs. The girl was taken from her mother at gunpoint in front. Their home at hummingbird drive 6 45 last night. Douglas allegedly followed them home from a Walmart Store. They were unloading groceries when the man grabbed the girl, pointed the gun at her mother and dragged nationally to his car. Later a pittsburgh woman at the antioch marty reasonerra saw a shirt less man in the back of a gold toyota with someone. She knew about the amber alert and passed down a very fortunate passing car. I went to my car to honk honk the corn and the guy jumped out and he was a Undercover Police officer. We had a similar incident yesterday at the walmart where a mother was with her daughter and this individual, who has been i. D. As the person we have in custody, approached her daughter, and also approached her and noted he worked for social services and asked the daughter to come with him. The chief said that prior incident on thursday, the attempted abduction was not reported until sometime friday. Antioch police know douglas from previous encounters but say is he not a registered sex offender. The flu is being blamed for the death of a Santa Clara County woman in her early 40s. The first flu death this season and why Health Officials are so alarmed. The cold and flu medicine has been flying off the shelves at this san jose cvs store. She just got over the flu. I dont really want to describe it. It was bad . Yeah. Santa clara county Health Official believe the flu season is just getting started. And the death of a 41yearold woman along with a hospitalization of seven others here is raising red flags. Both the woman that died, as well as the cases that have been in icu, they have all been people in their 40s, 50s. You know, fairly young, young people. Reporter the dominant strain so far this season is the h1n1 virus. Also known as the swine flu, the one responsible for the womans death on november 23rd. The centers for Disease Control said it hits the young and middle age harder then older people who may have developed some immunity after facing a similar strain in the 1940s and 50ths. Its a cause of concern and we are urging many people to be vaccinated. Reporter but many question the effectiveness. Some years we take it and get sick anyway, and other years we dont take it and the opposite. Still Health Officials say it can reduce your chances of getting the virus by 50 to 70 . In san jose, alan wang, abc7 news. 25 states seen here in red on the map are reporting widespread flu activity last week. Thats up from just 10 states the week before. The states in orange, including california, have significant flu activity, but only in part of the state. Experts say so far its been a typical flu season but h1n1 is the most common strain of the flu. A new court ruling clears the way for a family of jahi mcmath to move the girl who has been declared brain dead, out of oakland. Its for my daughter. They love their children as much as i love mine. The fit went back to court and an Alameda County court judge said they can remove her from the ventilator on tuesday at 5 00 p. M. But the family is fighting to move her before then to another facility that will continue medical care. I know now the court is making it known that the parents do have rights. Reporter a 7 1 2 hour long settlement conference took place before the hearing. We will bring our own ventilator in. And jahi will exit the facility. The two procedures need for jahi to be transferred or a tracheotomy and feeding tube insertion will not be done at childrens and he isnt saying when and where they are moving her, only this it would be as soon as possible. A superior court judge okayed the move as long as the mother assumes all responsibility for what happens during the transfer. Jahi had surgery on december 9th for a routine tonsillectomy. Placed on a ventilator and on a ventilator and on december 11th she was declared brain dead. The two sides reached their decision earlier in the day. By the terms of this stipulation, theres the possibility for jahi mcmath to leave the hospital. The family may ask for a extension if jahi hasnt been moved. Nick smyth, abc7 news. At least 16 people have been killed in a deadly winter storm pounding the midwest and east coast. Its dumped up to two feet of snow in some areas and brought subzero temperatures. Forecasters say bonechilling temperatures will return tomorrow in the midwest where a polar vortex is expected to begin turning cold air in a wide area. According to flight aware. Com, it also grounded 3500 flights in the u. S. Yesterday and delayed 7,000 more. In the bay area, there were dozens of cancellations. At sfo, twelve departures and 14 arrivals were cancelled at oakland international. 8 Flights Canceled at san jose and another eight flights. We have more from sfo where niner fans are trying to make it a green bay for the game. Milton and his friend, keith, are fearlessly heading into the bonechilling cold hitting the midquest. Im from california so i dont know what to expect. Ill find out soon. They are diehard 49er fans so neither sleet nor snow nor flight delays will keep them from cheering on their team. Its going to be pretty cold. They are saying it might be the coldest Football Game ever. As people in the midwest and east coast dugout of snowstorms, flight delays and cancellations heading in and out backed up. Some flights were delayed because planes were available but the crews were stuck at other airports or the other way around. This is the line of passengers looking to get rebooked from flights that were cancelled or severely delayed because of weather. Kaitlin and bobby are heading into the cold in new york. They arent sure how they will get home from the airport. Dad is supposed to come and get us, but hes from upstate new york so he doesnt want to take the truck. They have plenty of warm ski clothes, unlike this 49er fan who said hes packing light for the trip to green bay. Is this what you are going to survive through over there . Well, i feel good. If my team can have less than me i will which are when they wear he said he will buy warmer clothes once he gets there, if he needs them. At San Francisco international airport, abc7 news. Happening today. Activists will be rebuilding a memorial at a spot in santa rosa with 13yearold andy lopez was shot and killed by deputies. The original memorial burned down wednesday night. Some believe it was torched on purpose but fire officials determined a candle started the fire. At 11 00 volunteers will gather to rebuild the shrine, vowing to make it better than before. Lopez was shot and killed by a Sonoma County sheriffs deputy on october 22nd while holding a toy gun designed to look like an ak47 Assault Police are investigating an accident that killed one person and left another in critical condition. A 67yearold woman died at the scene. It happened yesterday afternoon as they crossed heatherton street near third. Both had the green light but one should have yielded. The truck driver said he did not see the people. Drugs and alcohol are not believed to be to be involved in the Accident Police of investigating a shooting yesterday afternoon. They were over capehorn drive not much after the shooting which was about 3 30 in the afternoon. San jose Police Responded to two men in their 30s fighting and arrived to find one had a knife. Officers asked the man to drop it. When he refused and came toward her, she shot him. The suspects wounds are not to be lifethreatening. The incident is the first officerinvolved shooting for san jose this year. Police want your help identifying a burglar. He was caught on surveillance cameras at this housing complex. Police say the man in this photo entered one of the apartments on nelson riding lane yesterday. He left when a tenant there confronted him. Witnesses say they saw the same man rattling door handles earlier. If you recognize him you are asked to call the police department. Atu Union Members have approved a tentative agreement with bart that ends months of heated negotiations. They approved the deal thursday. It dropped the controversial clause granting Union Members up to six weeks of paid family medical leave this bart said was mistakenly included. They will vote on the contract on the 13th. Kind a damp morning out there. Yeah. Fog across the bay and oakland as well with an eightmile visibility. Heres a look from the emeryville camera where it is 42 degrees in the city. We are looking at low 30s in the north bay. Certainly chilly and fog extends up around the by. We will talk about that. And the ridge of High Pressure, will it get out of here . That when we return. Thank you. Also next, state officials are calling it abysmal, the results of the snow survey. And what if can mean for the water supply. And the one bright spot, all t right . is this the bacon and cheese diet . This is the creamy chicken corn chowder. I mean, look at it. So indulgent. 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He said it was the result of a lifetime of smoking cigarettes. He was 74 years old. Troubled smartphone maker blackberry is accusing a company backed by Ryan Seacrest of being a ripoff artist. Theyat the were in a lawsuit fid in federal court yesterday. Its an iphone keyboard. The los angeles startup founded by him. They claimed typo copied the smartphone makers iconic keyboard. Another sign that california could be headed for a major drought. This is the first snowpack survey of the year, and its the lowest on record. Just 20 of normal. That ties 2012 for the lowest on record for early january. It just reflects the fact that weve had minimal storm activity this year. You know, we get that High PressureCenter Building up over in the pacific northwest, shifting all the storms up into canada, and then subsequently on to the east coast. Theres just no water right here. The officials estimate they will only be able to deliver 5 of the water requested by public agencies this year. The winter snowpack provides about a third of the states water supply. The unseasonably warm weather are benefiting some. Those Getting Energy from solar powers are getting apples isnt surprise when their utility bills arrive in the mail. The best aztec solar can offer are, its his own bill for 13. 33 cents in december, about 95 lower than last oh, its great. Especially with Christmas Lights up. I had Christmas Lights up and even with that i had a 13 bill. Reporter typically solar installations around here arent doing a lot of work during the winter months. The sun is lower on the horizon and you get a lot of rain or clouds and especially sacramento you get fog so typically we dont get the benefit of all the solar. Although you do get some generation but you dont get when we are getting this year. Its no exaggeration to say the fair weather has been a boon to the solar Power Industry all across california. January 2nd they set a record for peak production. Its largely a function of dramatically increased solar capacity in california but who would have thought we would mark a milestone like this just after new years day. July, 2012 we were celebrating the turnover to 1,000watt in solar and now weve tripled that in 18 months. Although california needs normal winter weather, at least solar is picking up some of the load for hydropower thats just not happening right now. In sacramento, george warren, abc7 news. Sounds like for people with solar panels, more good news this weekend. Yes. Yesterday we tied a record in southeast tahoe, 58 degrees. That was the record tied last year in 2012. We definitely had a string of dry days for the past couple weeks. It continues throughout the day today. I should say the weekend. But changes could be coming on monday and tuesday. Live doppler 7hd showing low clouds and high clouds this morning to talk about. Acrosses by in oakland visibility has been reduced to an eighth of a mile. And its clear in the north bay and temperatures are really chilly. Continue to drop to just around freezing in the north by. From the sutro, no visibility problems here. Mid40s and the coast in mid40s with upper 30s on the peninsula, 41 los gatos and san jose at 42. The room camera, mice and calm. No wind. Upper elevations become breezy as the offshore winds kick up. For the short term its freezing in santa rosa and and novato with 34 napa, 35 by the delta and 37 from concord and livermore. So from our exploratorium come raw, another shot of the city where we are looking at that sun coming up at 7 25. Chilly throughout the Morning Hours with that coastal fog. Another spare the air day today. And cooler next week with the possibility of a few sprinkles coming our way into tuesday and tuesday night. So the air quality, Santa Clara Valley will be poor. Medium around the bay. 27th alert since november 1st and that makes it the fifth consecutive spare the air day. The High Pressure is building to the east of us and the storm track continues to be shunted well to the north. That allows for mainly dry and mild weather this week. But there is a system that will slide to the east and drop to the south as High Pressure gives way and that will give us our only opportunity of maybe some light showers. Taking you into the upper midwest where, boy, they have been experiencing some of the coldest air they have seen in a long time. Perhaps 20 or 30 years. So for the game tomorrow for the niners, that means subfreezing weather. But today across the midwest its freezing in chicago with minneapolis at 22 below and look what happens in the west. Phoenix and portland chilly at 47. Temperatures tomorrow ranging from 1 above to 4 below for the game and that windchill anywhere from 25 to 35 degrees below zero and the winds kicking up to 15 miles an hour. That gives you the windchill factor. For the highs today back home, upper 60s will be coming from fremont, san jose and up in the north bay maybe 70 in cloverdale. 65 Half Moon Bay. We have the fog this morning and spare the air day today a few degrees cooler tomorrow. Increasing clouds on monday. Slight chance of showers tuesday, tuesday night partly cloudy and more sunshine with mild weather thursday and friday. Abc7 news has another great weather resource for you to follow. Thats following live doppler 7hd for the latest weather conditions. Spare the air alerts, power outage info and weather tweets from your favorite weather team. At least maybe not as mild, more snowmaking weather for the early part of the week in tahoe. We sure need it. Its getting scary. Thanks, lisa. Coming up, instead of this man getting richer around the waist, he fully lost weight by eating nothing but fastfood. We will look at jennieo w whera where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. We thought wsurprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennieo ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. I feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. I think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. Yeah. When i eat well, i feel well. Anncr its time for a better taco. The tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. Make the switch. Look for jennieo ground turkey in a store near you. Dan harris is joining us from new york for telling us what is coming up the 7 00. Good morning, dan. Katie, i dont know, it might have looked like we were having a earthquake here but we were moving the camera as you kim to us. New york it feel very, very cold, to be honest with you. I envy you on the west coast. This morning its our lead story. The art tick freeze dangerously cold and some cases life threatening cold air blasting most of the country or almost half of the country. Its about to hit 60 below in terms of the windchill in some places. Meanwhile theres a new snowstorm blowing. Our team is out in full effect. And also flu activity in america tripled in the past week. Dr. Besser is here to look at how severe this years strain is and how you can prevent it. And a little girl stuck in a washer after trying to find a perfect spot to hide during the game of hide seek. How did she get locked inside and how did they get her out . Thats coming up. And on a lighter note, check out this reaction. [cheers and applause] what celebrity gave her a gift so grand he had this overthetop screeching response . The answer, thing about reveal coming up on gma very soon. Wow. Sounds like a celebrity i want to know. Thats good news, right . Exactly. Dan, thank you very much. Thanks. An iowa Science Teacher con