Were looking from sky seven hk. You can see were told is a duck hunting cabin. Last thing Firefighters Want is to be trapped on a burning island but historically there have been questions as to who should respond to emergencies in this tri county area. Were going try to talk to officials and see what is behind that. Thank you very much. Never before at least not what Weather Observers can remember has a red flag warning been called this early in the year. This alnth beach in Southern California today. No ouncehouse was damaged. Laura anthony begins live tonight in el cerrito. This is the type of weather we should be enjoying. Its dry and warm. Some people told us theyre afraid of it whait mean mean now, and in the future. Fire crews spent much of the day looking for any signs behaviors that might cause the fire. On a rare red flag day in january. Part of the normal procedure is to do patrols with crews in our hillside fire stations were doing those. And staffed with personnel. Signs were put up warning of conditions and boor bee cues. Proactive is the way to be. In oakland there are no extra patrols and the failure of a local measure to boost funds for firefighting. One big connect predicted wind gusts of up to 40 Miles Per Hour. With all dryness we have here and winds we have to keep vigil sxb alert. You know . Like 247. Conditions so dangerous cal fire called back personnel early. 125 of them here in the bayer. Cal fire reopened five bases that provide air support. Those stations include hemet, hollister and chico. Firefighters say conditions are like what they normally see in september and october. Laura anthony abc7 news. The weather were having compares to the kind of conditions youd expect to see in the fall after a long, dry summer. These people enjoying sunshine in San Francisco this afternoon. Really beach weather in january. So is there an end in sight . The short answer is that there is no end in sight. Here is live doppler seven hd. Clear skies with record high temperatures all over the bay area today. That shattered old records set back in 2000. Moffett field 72 degrees. 69 livermore. All new record high temperatures for this date and warmth continues. Warm air over hills. That means elevated risks and a red flag warning until thursday morning for high fire danger for north bay mountains winds gusting 3040 Miles Per Hour. Rapid fire growth is possible we have gusts over 20 Miles Per Hour in many lobings around the bay area. Gusts at 44 Miles Per Hour tonight a drought deck claire yags is imminent. There has been pressure on the governor to declare a drought. Water levels are nearing historic low levels thchl years snow pack was too little to make a difference. Some businesses are underwater conservation. Leafy greens and melons will not go into ro production. They dont have water yir for them what. Water may be available has gt to be to sustain permanent crops. Otherwise, theyll die. The farm bureau is working to move to areas in need. If youve been trifling and sneezing you might not have a cold the warm winter means you may be suffering from allergies. If youre not feeling hot, abc7 News ReporterJonathan Bloom found youre not alone. People out jogging in shorts and tee shirts in the pan handle. Too green perhaps. We have had severe allergies lately. Post nasal drip. Just poll yerngs allergies. Might start sneezing then eyes get itchy. They realize this isnt a cold. This is hay fever. Advanced Allergy Solutions in San Francisco. We have improvement she suspects high pollen levels are the culprit. Youre going to see that in spring. However, because of the weather were seeing it in january this year. What does this look like . Runny nose, sneezing in the morning. Some say this isnt a fluke. It may just be the extreme example of what has been going on. There has been an increase this year shes seeing patients from outside of the city. People from east bay, south bay. If he the have been warmer down there. Left over stress can make allergies worse. Drink water, a lot of throat coat tea. That stuff. Im always have to have a tissue in my pocket. There are two more flurelated deaths tonight. San mateo county added another fatality today. Total number of flu deaths now stands at 18. Officials urging people to get vaccinateed. Elmwood correctional facility reported three cases of swine flu. Access to two male dormitory is z. 1 female dorm is being restricted because of the infections. About 200 inmates have been affected a mosque is located in old kaiserfield hospital. Etc. A world war ii era building where the fire marshal found dozens of safety violations. Also undergoing construction without permits. Under the agreement it will remain closed ml leaders submit plans to bring it up to code. Police investigators looking over Surveillance Video to figure out what provoked an officer to shoot a driver. Take a look at the video from sunday morning. You can see cars pull into the station on bay shore boulevard. The drivers get into an argument. Police say the officer was punched, she then pulled a gun and shot at the other driver. Police need help identifying who attacked an elderly man on new years eve. Police are not saying much about what happened but occurred on mark boulevard near 9th avenue. After 11 00 p. M. Again, on Christmas Eve f you have information please contact the police. Hundreds of birds are dieing on the peninsula officials believe they have a solution to stop the deaths happening along radio road and Redwood Shores parkway but they have created another problem of the one that is going to affect people. Water level is receding. Sadly perhaps not fast enough to prevent more birds from dieing. Its not only ducks that use these ponds and geese. There is a lot of shore birds that use it. The System Authority hopes draining will stop the epidemic. Once drying out, bacteria will die. Then we wont have a problem anymore. So far, it has killed 200 ducks here. A bird watcher noticed dead birds and contacted u. S. Fish and Wildlife Service the agency inspected and found through tests that they died from the avian cholera our guess is that a bird passed away contaminating water. Draining the pond may solve this problem. Its creating a bad smell. Birds have to do their duty. There are several inches on the bottom of the pond. This build up over nearly two decades. And will be several months before the pond can be refill refilled. News of the bad odor took residents by surprise. With fires after hours, it was awful here. So. I bet that with the pond its going to be really bad. Ill wear a mask. Oxygen mask. The plant will try to mitigate the smell as best they can. Theyll bring in heavy equipment to turn over bird droppings once the pond is dry. A 12yearold legal battle comes to an end for residents of this Mobile Home Park. Tesla recalls a product that could trigger a fire. Were going to bring you details on this. Tonight human toll of targets yits data breech. How a womans christmas was ruined. And more on the unusual weather. Tonight youll be able to see sdpreez plants are confused. Keeping an eye on the delta tonight. A small island evacuated was of the fire. A lot u. S. Supreme court affirmed a major victory for california mobile homeowners protected by rent control. Ive been reporting on this case five years focusing on a Mobile Home Park in san rafael the park owner sued the city claiming rent control law was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal meaning rent control stands this, is a huge decision. Its expected to protect with similar laws marin county ser storm lost another round. Drakes Bay Oyster Company ordersered to close by 2012 by u. S. Interior department which hopes to return the property to wilderness. A panel in San Francisco refused to block the governments order and today the full court voted not to review that decision. It means the farms last hope could be u. S. Supreme court. The facility continues to operate during appeals process. Its lawyers are contestimony nate mraiting their next move. Tesla motors issued a recall because of a phone shall fire hazard that does not include telsa electric car buzz does involve an adapt arer used for charging the model ss sold last year. Akoerdzing to stesla it could cause it to overhead or start a fire. So what to do if you have one . Tesla will send you a new one long, warm winter created an unusual phenomenon. Flowers popping up in january tricked into thinking its spring there is a down side, though. Well, carolyn, to Winter Weather we we can end up paying higher food prices Landscape Architect leslie sdeen designed this front yard. Mother nature tricked plants into thinking its spring. Some flowers are months early. I wont call them confused just following their natural sense to grow when the weather is warm. Its warm enough for fees to be bees out. You might find its damaged with cold frost. It would normally have a growing season to harden lead was wax. Valerie wants to surround her garden. Arugula is flowering so is this desert plant. A change back to normal Winter Weather could inflict economic damage. If we got a freeze meaning all of the flowers goring to fall off. So youll get, you know lower production. And. Prices will reflect it. That is supporting cherry grower thats need to make sure fruit trees stay dormant. A lot of farmers are irrigating to keep soil cool as it can to ward off this heat in the daytime. And were just keeping our fingers crossed. Wild, but beautiful. It is beautiful but strange. Hard to complain. You know . There are problems for conditions so dry so long. We can use rain. We can use a lot of rain as a matter of fact. Here is a live view looking down on to the bay. Downtown San Francisco, 62 degrees at this hour. 59 in oakland. Temperatures upper 60s. 64 los gatos. Another live view of an almost full moon luma. Cool in spots. 61 livermore, a final live view looking westward aconsiders the bay these forecast features for hills and mountains more record highs are likely. Warm spell continues and there is still no rain in sight in the immediate forecast future. Large ridge of High Pressure deflecting jet stream north. That is why there is no cool air coming our way soon. There is no rain making systems either. What we have are dry winds giving us warmer conditions and dry conditions how dry . Well, santa rosa is more than 16 inches below its average rainfall level for this point of the season. And that is very difficult to makeup. At this point in the season. Overnight tonight, clear skies. Low temperatures low to mid40s around the bay. Upper 40s to 50 near the coast. Tomorrow, low to mid70s. Low 70s on the peninsula. Upper 60s to low 70s on the coast. East bay, 73 in san ramone. Here is the accuweather forecast. Warmth holds on well see upper drop off noer any hint of rain. Coming up next a bay area woman looking forward to the nfc championship. [man] no one told her,right . [son]hi [mom screams] fifteen minutes could save youn car insurance. Insuranc. Everybody knows that. Did you know there is an oldest trick in the book . What . Trick number one. Lookest over there. Ha ha. Madeest thou look. So endeth the trick. Hey. Yes. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you. Well, you know. 149ers fan is so angry the seahawks didnt let him buy a ticket he started a petition on change. Org. It now has about 800 signatures. I have people other fans from other teams saying my team isnt knit. This is ridiculous. Nfl needs to step n why is there allowed to be discrimination within these teams . Denver banned fans in new england from buying tickets to the championship game. He hopes that protests will force nfl to change its rules its not easy be being a seahawks fan this week. Just ask vicky. She says she will keep wearing this shirt until the team makes it to the super bowl. I go into star bucks and people say you just ruined my morning the bus driver almost didnt let me on. Looked at me and thought about opening that door. Then when he did open the door he said i dont know if i should have let you on. Its all about the jersey. Celebrating on sunday probably wont make life easier for her. She predicts a seattle victory by three points. We continue to ask to you give us your fan photos. Check this to us on abc7 news bay area or post them to our face book page. Abc7 needses your help to win. Yes. We have a competition going to see who has the best fans emerald bay or San Francisco bay area. We know its us. Yes. You need to go to abc7 News Facebook page and like this post. Seattle thinks they will beat us we plan to clobber them on the field and on facebook. Whoever has most likes by kickoff wins. Nobody has got it better than us. Yes. Exactly. There is more still to come here on abc7 news at 6 00. From michael finney, data breech at target forcing one woman to borrow money for christmas dinner. Neighborhood dispute drew dozens to the home of 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. 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Many people in the east bay report smelling smoke, Officials Say the sfier not posing a health hazard. So rare. Yes. On to consumer news the target data breech keeps growing with personal stories of how customers have been affected by this are starting to come out. Yes. Weve reported number of victims increased to 100 million. Leslie is one of those 110 million but it would be a mistake to consider her another number. Leslie worked freelance jobs whenever she can get work. It can be a struggle to come up with money to just meet life basic necessities. I live paycheck to paycheck. She shopped at target on black friday. Christmas eve she was confirmed she was a victim of the someone rang up four charges to her account in sandy, utah. Ive never been in sandy, utah. Those left account 100 overdrawn. Her debit card was rendered useless until it could send her a new one. I had to borrow money for christmas dinner from my brother and from my rent. She says net spin told her nothing could be done until charges cleared. Would it likely shed not get a new card until tree three weeks after she first reported fraud. Iet was empty feeling. And she was told shed have to wait. Once seven on your side contacted them, my money was returned needily. Net spin told at net spend were focused on provide proing teches from unauthorized use including alerts. We were more than happy to assist miss frederickson in this situation. Leslie now has a new card. I felt great. Great. Im part of the living human beings again. Live without plastic doesnt mean anything. Were glad shes whole again. Target refused to answer our question about whether driver license information was also stolen in that data breech. Target swipes when you return merchandise or purchase age related items. Officials say thaefrg can be shared the s. At target. Com. We found no information about the driver license data being stolen. Cam california dmv says it has no evidence license information has been compromised. There is so much here, what do privacy advocates say . Great question. The Clearing House say most consumers think its unlikely the information was stolen. If it was, people with most concern would be those thinking in terms of Domestic Violence or stalking victims. I dont like how they like to swipe our licenses so much. Yes. Yes. Thank you. Sure. Efforts to reach a bipartisan deal extending emergency jobless benefits for 1. 3 million americans collapsed in the senate today. Yes. Lawmakers have been working to restore extended benefits expiring december 28th. Theyre considering providing three months to long term unemployed. Both party as agree they want po to move forward but neither can agree on how. Republicans want it paid for by cutting other programs struggling americans wait for washington to make a decision. Both sxhous senate on recess next week. The bank turned 21 billion in profits. Tesla says its sold 6900 model ss a thousand more than expected kpt announced it will double outlets in 2014. They now have 88 dealerships the stock rose on that news up 21 a share. Holiday sales up merely 4 . Los angeles sheriff detectives say the pop star Justin Beiber was cooperative during a search of his house today for evidence related to an egg throwing incident. He accused of causing 20,000 worth of damage by chucking eggs at his house thursday night. That raises the