Also a close buddy. Kind of went back and forth. Its weird. He went into the hospital and it was all good, then, came out and went in again. Then, all of a sudden, just everything went bad within a day. Walker was one of ten severe flu cases so far this season. Of the 10, 4 50 years old. Feels like a steep time frame. Were seeing dramatic increase. But how that is going play out over the season is too early to tell. Walkers father says his son didnt get the flu shot, but didnt sleep a lot and didnt eat well. He believes were factors tanner combreertson says hell miss his friend he says loved to skateboard. One of the nicest guys you can meet. We loved him here. He is one of a kind. An abrupt end to a life friends and family say had so much promise. And state Health Officials confirm the flu is trending thup year. Its spreading rapidly. You can see a map showing what flu activity looked like just two weeks ago. Now here is what it looks like to date. California highlighted in red indicating wide spread flu activity throughout the state. Flu season peaks in february or march. Officials say theyre sighing deaths earlier than usual were noticing people having reported to actually go from being healthy to being in the hospital within two days. The majority of the people had h1n1 strain. Now, all victims were under 65, interestingly. And none of the deaths so far this year have been children. Catholic diocese of oakland is taking steps to prevent the flu from spreading at church. Taking communion has not been halted the diocese is recommending eliminating handshake when exchanging sign of peace. 49ers put hand sanitizers in locker rooms and meeting rooms some players are loading up with viet wrin min c. Player whos do show signs of sickness are being separated from the team. Kaiser permanente acknowledged some spot shortages exist but are shifting supplies to facilities running short. The flu shots seem to be widely available at this point. Abc7 news is live in san ves yeah tonight. There is no excuse not to get one and Officials Say its not too late. That is correct. Its not too late. Its no excuse. Safeway here in the bay area and throughout Northern California reporting on demand for flu shots costs about 30. But the costs of catching the flu is higher. Medical teams working intents outside of Regional Medical centers say theyre seeing a third more patients seeking treatment. Many suspect its flu. That is why the mom and aunt of this 1yearold came here. He was coughing and runny nose. Did you think its the flu . They told us its the flu. Most of the confirmed cases have insolved middle aged adults. Some skoolts closed to minimize the spread this, time, pattern starting out differently. Were not hearing much from schools. What we have in place is something we have had for a while. Running year round is that one of our Communicable Disease nurses is liaison to the school nurses. Demand rises some pharmacies have found themselves short on vaccines in some locations. Abc7 News Reporter lillian kim spoke to a Pharmacy Technician that saw a long line today. There was like 12 standing in line to get them. Is that a lot . Yes. One time that is a lot. If you have a cough or sneezing please wear a mask to help reduce the spread from the ill person to the people who might be sitting by. You can wear a mask to prevent spread to yourself. In san jose, abc7 news. There is an easy way to find out where to get vaccinateed. There is a flu shot finder map showing places near you that offer the shot there is a link on abc7 news. Com. Taf the driest year on record in california were about to get rain. But its not going to end the drought. Abc7 news weather anchor is here with a look at live doppler seven hd. Clouds around that will increase during overnight hours. Here is what weve expected to happen. Starting at 4 00 tomorrow morning. Well see wide spread clouds. By 10 00 in the morning mid Morning Hours well see a frontal system sweeping down and rain begins to spread. Showers throughout the north bay. Then, later in the day, the front shoots through. Rain ends and pushing this afternoon will be out of here. Were not expecting again through this system to put a dent in the rainfall deficit ill give you a look at how much rain you can expect. Two people being detained in north contra county. Reporting it happened just after 3 30. The online site says is a woman that may have been shot in the back of the head. Police anticipating whether its connected to another shooting. Authorities arrested a man on charges of animal cruelty saying he killed his girlfriends puppy on tuesday after severely abusing it over a mochl the womans 4yearold daughter witnessed several acts of abuse the dog suffered. He has been looked into jail tonight. Surveillance video from a murder led to arrest of a man police say is responsible. Three years to the day after the homicide, a 36yearold is now in custody. The richmond resident spotted inside of a nightclub where the murder happened. A 30yearold Joe Hernandez a fourth year student was killed. Nguyen charged with sought with a deadly weapon. Another car versus pedestrian accident this morning. A man struck by a hit and run driver. That man was crossing the street around 11 30 the driver took off. A witness says the ped sdreens was on the phone and Police Arrested the driver after a Good Samaritan polled him this, is Surveillance Video of a white van involved in a hit and run accident on new years eve. Police say the van was the second vehicle to hit the pedestrian on the morning of december 31st. The driver then parked and later drove away. A black bmw was the first to hit the pedestrian the city of richmond is threatening to los down a mosque the fire marshal says the building is a fire hazard. Abc7 news on the issue that is creating a lot of tension. People will die for ability to pray. They will. Its a warning made by richmond vice mayor because of the potential shut down of the mosque. Its a world war ii era billed. Many thought it was vacant. December 31st the fire marshal was in the neighborhood and stopped by to take a look, finding dozens of violations. From sheet rock, fire wood the floor buckled in areas there was debris in hallways. Yesterday a stop work placard was placed outside of the building because construction was going on inside without a kind of permit. We did find leaders of the mosque leaving after a meeting with the city manager. Do you think its unfair theyre asking you to leave . Well, were working with them closely. Is it unsafe is in the build something its not safe. Its safe. Its safe. The vice mayor claims the passional park service wants to buy the building. The ships that are here have models down here. They have i know in the end theyre going to be alive. So, what happens now . The city council will meet on tuesday to discuss the matter of the mosque to see if the city can work with them to make this building safer without them having to move out. Still ahead tonight lone survivor. The story of a live or death anything afghanistan the family of a man who didnt make it home. First, 49er fever. No vaccine necessary. One place where theyre celebrating. If things had gone right this couple would be married today what. To watch out for when you book a wedding. Book a wedding. Safeway presents real big deals of the week. Or how to get great deals the easy way. You do enough flying around. Thats why we give you real big club card deals. This week, honey nut cheerios are just 1. 88. Thats a sweet deal. Brew up a great cup for less. Starbucks is just 6. 99. And lean cuisine entrees are just 2 dollars each. Real big deals this week and every week. Only at safeway. Ingredients for life. Okay, its time to set covered california is how californians can take advantage. We can help you get Quality Health insurance right now. To sign up, call 8008907561 or go to coveredca. Com. You can also use our website to find loca to find local, inperson help. Theres not much time left open enrollment ends soon. So call 8008907561, or go to coveredca. Com, and get covered. The stork made an unexpected visit to a San Francisco law nirm afternoon at an office tower on montgomery and clay streets. Police received a call of a medical emergency. A woman going into labor she couldnt wait for firefighters to get there she went into the bathroom and gave birth there before crews arrived. Were told both mom and baby are doing just fine tonight. 49ers flew to charlotte today theyre on a great run. Third in a row and they hope their second straight super bowl, well see what happens. But as you can imagine they got there after leaving this morning. Fans are very excited about the big game. And we hope that were going to be having another victory well have to see. These pictures that people are tweeting us says theyre huge niner fans. Here is linda a. Look at. That pretty intimidating. Yes. Wed love to see and share your 49er photos. You can post them to our Facebook Page or tweet them to us. Abc7 news bay area. Abc7 news sports director will go one on one with niners vernon davis for an exclusive edition of vernons view. You can follow larry on twitter. Go, niners yes. Great weather. Yes. Turned out nicely. 40 chance of rain. And mild. Temperatures into 50s which is mild. Yes. Steamy. Yes. Lets take a look at whats happening here now. Weve got clouds in the sky here. But clouds francisco. Mid to upper 50s in redwood city. East bay, partly cloudy skies, temperatures in low to mid50s from santa rosa to napa. Down to 50 in petta luma. 53 in fairfield. And another live view looking towards bay bridge. I mentioned clouds will increase overnight. Light showers tomorrow. Versus in the north bay, sweeping south ward. Near record warmth next week. This little rainfall system moves through. High pressure and here comes a frontal system going to bring us a splash of rain tomorrow. Rainfall will begin into Morning Hours and taper on into evening hours. By 7 00 well take a look at totals probably not much more than a tenth of an inch. The south bay no mer shuable rain at all. Santa rosa needs nearly 15 inches of rain right now. You can see other locations need four and a half to 5 to 7 inches of rain. Were not going get that kind of rain over 1 two systems. Overnight, low temperatures mid to upper 40s. And tomorrow cooler than last days. Let me take you to the sierra. Lake tahoe, snow levels 6,000 feet and above. Gusts 50 miles per hour. Tonight sunny mild and look at next week. Unbelievable. Sunny skies. Degrees inland. Feels like swing. Yes. Thank you how do you know if you have a flu or cold . Go for a breakdown on symptoms for each. Coming up, impact of the coming up, impact of the drought for this part of thrtwfoju coming up, impact of the drought for this part of rebus. Yodre. For a smart return to school box tops offer buy ten participating box tops items in a single visit and earn sixty bonus box tops thats six dollars for your school plus, shop at safeway to collect double box tops on speciallymarked packages. Learn more at twowaystoearn. Com. Heres whats new at safeway from General Mills start the day off right with these delicious big g cereals or try yoplait greek yogurt power up with Nature Valley and fiber one snacks and enjoy tasty progresso heart healthy soups. Find these and other great General Mills products at safeway today security, find these and other great General Mills products butalk to the leader. Tyco integrated security. Well create a solution customized just for you. And you can manage it all right from the palm of your hand. Wayne freedman found out 49ers are beginning to bring out the weird in some fans. Lets talk fever we have two kinds going now the kind you dont want called flu. And there is another affliction, 49er fever which seems to grow stronger. Josh leafy is a certified niner fan and a brew master who has commemorated this wrun a new concoction. He made a beer. He needs niners to win big this weekend because he has 35 kegs josh is not the only person investing in liquid joy now. That is the gold dust lounge. Theyve added a new ingredient the owner must retrieve it from a safe. Its edible gold. But real gold oochl when the bartender heard the plan. Here it s a mixture of gold tequila then gold liquor with gold flakes sprinkled on that. Were told it has historic significance. Iet cured one of the popes the story goes will this drink cure johan . Its seven. And down at the other end of the bar joe chavez tried you only need one. Maybe a designated driver in San Francisco, Wayne Freedman abc7 news. First rim nier, now, its the drought. Take a look at conditions at the ski area. One owner says its the driest winter in 25 years. Business owners are barely getting by. I think this is the worst weve had. This one. I dont remember it this bad. Were going to see how to make it through this rest of the winter. Were cinching belts just hanging on. This is the same area where the rim fire chased away tourists then yosemite forced to close by the shut down. By the way the park service is waving admission fees on monday for the Martin Luther king holiday. Still head here tonight at 6 00 a south bay woman claims the county took the money and spent it she tells her story to abc7 news i team. More bad news about that target security breech why woman welcome to learning spanish in the car. C on. Passe. Passenger youve got to be kidding me. Driver this is good. Woman vamanos. Driver passenger vamanos. Woman gracias. Driver passenger gracias. Passenger trece horas en el carro sin parar y no traes musica. Driver mira entra y comprame unas papitas. Vo get up to 795 miles per tank in the tdi clean diesel. The volkswagen passat. Recipient of the j. D. Power appeal award, two years in a row. To those whove encountered welcome to covered california. New, Affordable Health plans so you can be ready for whatever comes your way. Enroll today at coveredca. Com. An elderly woman says shes afraid of the Public Guardian office in one county. For more than a year i team has been exposing disputes with the Public Guardian. Now, the county could be forced to pay back thousands of dollars to a woman who says the county took her money and spent it without her permission. 85yearold rita cook cant get around without her family or wheelchair she says she doesnt need the countys help with anything. I dont know why they want to take over my life. The Public Guardian planned to conserve cook, taking over her financial decisions. Concerned about how cook was spending her money. Taking out a large loan of her home. Purchasing cars for her grandson asks this rv for her daughter. Cook also tried getting one of her grandkids into a music business by investing in the music business i think that is my right. My right to spend what my money, on what i want to spend it on. I had enough. I knew what i was doing. After cooks primary doctor diagnosed her with dementia, the county petitioned to take control of her health care. I wasnt did he meanted at all. She decided to get out of Santa Clara County. I called my daughter. We made the decision to leave. We had to do something. In late may, 2008 they fled in the rv to Ventura County. June 3rd, the Public Guardian conserved cook. They had no jurisdiction over here. Rita cooks daughter says santa clara tried to get Ventura County to take over. Ventura county said were not interested in your mother. Two doctor asks one Ventura County Court Investigator determined cook did not have dementia. One said patient is competent to made decisions on her own. The conservatoriship of rita cook ended on december 30, 2008. Cook and harvey thought that meant case closed we found out they were paying for her care out of her money, the first couple months in 2009. The Santa Clara County guardian used to pay assistive facilities and fees to Santa Clara County. She had to pay out of her money against her will. The Santa Clara County Public Guardian refused to be interviewed nor story. Citing confidentiality and ongoing Legal Proceedings in recent filings, the count makes the case it spent money in her best interest saying the Public Guardian had a duty to make sure her bills were paid but in a ruling a Ventura County judge ordered santa clara to pay cook 19,000 plus interest for money spent after the conservativeship without her merm yigs. I had in idea where the money was. She is not sure shell get the money back, but is more concerned about the treatment other people receive under conservativeships. So sad for other people. People shouldnt have ever go through this. Cook and her family left california where w. No plans to return the santa clara Public Guardian has a court date where they will argue they dont owe the money the county tells us they cant tell us and they cant tell cook how they got involved. Come on. Really . Frustrating. Yes. Thank you. A 14yearold girl helped Police Uncover a prostitution ring operating out of a hayward motel. The girl told officers shed been kidnaped and forced to have sex at phoenix lodge. Police arrested two men there for Human Trafficking two. Other women were found at the motel forced into prostitution. Bad news from target the company says the number of people affected by holiday security breech is three times what was reported saying 110 million customers had their card numbers, names and a. Dresses and e mails stolen in december. That represents about a third of all american adults. How hackers got into the system is under investigation. Target is offering free identify theft monitoring to customers coming up, a story of a life and death anything afghanistan. And death anything afghanistan. Nnieo we where every thursde ia 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. A lone survivor tells about a lasting sadness. A bronze statue in Memorial Park shows two navy s. E. A. L. S. This such a fabulous memorial from every aspect. There are detail thats have meaning to it. She knows from curly hair to hands this is her nephew matthew. He was a navy s. E. A. L. Sniper killed in a mission on afghan fan sthan left only one man alive. That is the voice of the factor playing his friend in the film based on the true account. To see it portrayed it makes it more real. Just as pains taking attention was paid to the details of the statue, the film made with almost constant input from mens families. I think it was accurate and i think his parents believe that. And they worked with ben foster to kind of explane who matt was. He plays him as soft spoken. He was someone died for excellence. This is the real axelson here, at his wedding. He danced with his 10yearold cousin. I was ten. I didnt know anything. My cousin was missing and gone. I think we shoulding thankful for marcus. He lived to tell the story. The story spurred creation of cupertinos memorial, 11 trees for 11 men that died now, a story she hopes the world will know. Iet brings a face to them for anyone going to go see the movie nochlt longer just someone thousands of miles away, fighting theyre these people with these families. It runs two hours and opens this weekend. Breaking news out of concord tonight. Sky seven hd over wendys restaurant. The neighborhood news blog reports someone is lying on the restaurant floor. You can see police cars there in this picture. Follow us on twitter for updates on this and other breaking news coming up next a couple cancelled their wedding because ok, its time to set the record straight. 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They signed a contract, then found out conditions put the costs out of reach. Result changed their lives. If things had gone right this, couple would be married right now. Instead sheri is living at her parents home, and sean at his. Our date was october 5th. That would be last october 5th. The couple was scheduled to be married here at the Family Vineyards in fairfield. Its pretty. I was just like oh gosh this is it. This is where i want to get married. For 3,000 they can hold their wedding and reception here in the garden, use banquet facilities. I said were going to do it. Here we go. The manager wrote up a contract he they signed the deal and put down 50 . Sheri made plans for flowers, dresses invitations then four months later the big blow. It comes to the catering part of things. She told the manager she was still looking for a caterer frm he shocked her. He said woah, you know, you cant use any other catering. Saying she must use the vineyards caterer next door. But sheri said it was teechl pensive. She was given estimate of 4,000. No one told her she had only one choice. Sit in the contract . I dont remember reading that she read and found no mention she news mu use a particular company she contacted the manager again. He didnt respond so i sent him a text message. Sheri wrote him this e mail saying they cannot afford caterer so theyd have to cancel the wedding and wanted a refund of the deposit. He never responded. You know . Never wanted to talk bit. After weeks sheri contacted seven on your side. We checked the contract. It does say no food or beverage may be brought in except as approved by the owner. Sheri admits she didnt notice that, however, it doesnt say about an exclusive caterer. We contacted the manager. He tells us normally the catering food and wine are part of the discussion when a wedding customer commits to the venue. But i dont recall discussing the catering at the time, she signed the contract. As for the refund request, he says, i told her we did not want her to be unhappy committing to geth the refund the refund request fell through the cracks i apologize several times for the delay. And he says i got a call from kg sxochlt almost immediately processed a refund to hem. There was never any intent to keep their deposit. We apologize for any inconvenience. The delayed refund may have caused. I was just relieveed and happy. The couple put their married lives on hold. Sheri and sean got their 1500 back and plan to get married this coming june in another lovely garden. This one her grandmothers backyard. No problem booking that. More affordable, too. Lets check on the forecast now. In for a mild weekend but maybe a wet one. That is right. Here is live doppler seven hd. Clouds around that will get thicker overnight. Showers tomorrow you can see state wide tomorrow there will be hours of showers over the northern part of the states. Here in the bay area, passing showers sweeping south ward into late afternoon, then tapering off to no showers in the evening. High temperatures into upper 50 cool day. Sunday afternoon, 49ers taking on panthers, game time 1 05 eastern time. Sunny, mild with a light wind. There should be no weather interference. Here is the accuweather forecast. Warming up sunday looking at high temperatures around 70 degrees. 12, big storms. A series of rainfall events just to begin to put a dent in this rainfall deficit. That is right. Forecast is niners 30. Panthers 17. Great. Ai say sun yes, 57. There you go. Im going to drink one of those goldsclager drinks. Well tell you who is playing who is out. And hes so yso you can happily let the grlife get in the way, while planning for tomorrow. So you can finish the Great American novel banking for the life you have investing for the life you want chase. So you can we consider ourselveated securi, we consider ourselves business optimizers. How . By building custom Security Solutions that integrate video, access control, fire and intrusion protection. Well show you lots of ways to run safely, and operate more efficiently. So your business can perform like never before. Running safely, running efficiently, thats optimization. We are tyco integrated security. Safer. Smarter. Tyco. Good evening two, nachls listed as questionable for sundays divisional playoff game. Veteran wide receiver steve smith limited in practice from carolina. And Carlos Rogers still nursing a hamstring. Smith at the tail end of a great career. Can still make plays when healthy. 49ers were short handed when lost to carolina in november. And vernon davis believes that was the key. If crabtree was there, if i was there, we would have had a stronger and better shot. We didnt play well offensively. Giving credit that defense. We left plays out there, i think. And know we have to play better than that to expect to win. We know what its like. It will be a sad. We know this month for us. Its going to be beyond sad. Im going to be sad because im travelling to charlotte to cover this game. An excellent move by raiders trying to keep offensive line coach, getting with silver and black. Former raid raiders new offensive coordinator in alabama. Warriors finally back hem coming off a great 6 and 1 road trip hosting boston tonight. In video provided by the team center andrew says warriors have to be focused. Its a game doing what theyre supposed to do. You know . So you can come in with the wrong mind set. The chronicle reporting San Francisco giants signed willis to a minor league contract. The lefty kind of lost and struggled for years bouncing around independently. Giants going to see if will wris has anything left at age 31. Stuart sink playing in hawaii this week. His glowing head getting attention. Hes got a great tan and a stark 1800dome. He rarely takes his cap off which is frightening now. Yes. This the forecast for the game. Do you have a rediction . Im going to say niners. Everybody is picking niners. When that happens the other team usually wins. Have a safe trip. Thank you. Join me tonight at 9 00. Art gallery or terminal . We have a sneak peek at major remodel at sfo. Then at 11 00 the target security breech balloons in size millions more affected and now another reason to check your card statement. A second retailer admits to being hacked. And last man standing at 8 00 and 2020 at 10 00 tochlt see these online go to watch abc dovm for details a few thoughts about what matters. I began reconnecting on a phone with a hahn when had a profound impact on my life, mr. Todd. He owns swensons ice cream restaurant that i worked at. I havent seen anymore decades. I started as a bus boy worked through all jobs waiting tables scooping ice cream, making ice cream. Finally ending my food and beverage years as a supervisor. I learned work ethic and developed an appreciation from entrepreneurship. One coworker became a doctor, another, lawyer and other, a teacher. All of us feel about a man more than a boss, a meanto, a father figure. If there is a mr. Todd in your life, i bet he or she would love a phone call or a visit to start the new year. Connections in life, especially ones we keep sureliy what really matters. Join me on twitter and facebook to share your story of the mr. Todd in your life. Our coverage of breaking news continues now on twitter on abc7 news bay area. Thanks for the company. See you this is jeopardy lets meet todays contestants a healthcare consultant from palo alto, california. A Navy Helicopter pilot from neptune beach, florida. And our returning champion, a statistician from new york, new york. And now here is the host of jeopardy alex trebek thank you, johnny. And thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Well, for over a week now, every one of our champions has won in the mid teens in thousands of dollars. Seth broke the mold yesterday, winning over 26 grand. 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