Theyre under stress now. Were not sure theyre going to survive without human help. Its designed to expedite water transfers and state and federal regulations. Nearly 10,000 farm workers lost jobs. Expecting more people to be out of work incoming months. This is more wide spread and on a statewide basis. Its a situation putting people, and property in peril. People are heinger to do their part. I talk to roommates about taking shorter showers. Turn it off. Rinse when you need to. If it becomes worse, state can impose mandatory restrictions now a word on things we can do to cut our use by Contra Costa County offering cash for people to install more efficient plants your shower might use two and a half gallons per minute. That is what happens. Half water deliveries go to landscape, half to, lawns. Contra costa county says lose the lawn, theyll pay for it. You to to have an existing lawn. And a sprinkler system. If you do, local nurseries are full of them. Some native to california. And theyre becoming quite the rage. Its becoming a big trend i expect to take out great deal of lawns in next six months. This landscaper watched her business go from planting lawns to ripping them out. Like she did in this backyard. I just take a look and said im tired of mowing this and weeding and i wanted to do Something Different now, shes ready for the front yard, too. I have a lot of clients hesitant. Its hard to change your green aesthetic. You grew up and mowed a lawn. She says people dont use lawns and ever been told to keep off grass . Animals and pets use them mer than anyone else. Abc7 news. A number of tips for you with a list of rebate programs youll find on abc7 news. Com. Now, same conditions that have created drought are also trapping pollution in the air. You can see looking from our east bay hills camera tomorrow will be 28th spare the air day of the season. Spencer christian is here, any relief . In the really. Weve got haze youve talked about. Its dry and probably see haze again, tomorrow, tomorrow will be another winter spare the air day. Along the coast, and central bay area no, wood burning during spare the air alert. Take a look at conditions conducive with outlook. And we have those here in california. As far as precipitation below normal springs outlook that will carry us throughout april, beyond end of the rainy season. Its very unlikely that in the future, well makeup this rainfall deficit. That is a shame. Moving on faa and National Transportation safety board investigating a collision between two planes in san jose this evening. Two planes were involved before 5 00. Both plane were badly damaged. Faa says piper taking off when lost engine power and crashed into the cessna. The people insolved are okay. Police are investigating another pedestrian hit in a crosswalk by a driver with on demand service lift. This photo shows the pedestrian on the ground. The driver and her passenger both got out and helped the woman. She hurt her leg, possibly broke it. The driver has not yet been cited. Look twice, again. Just make sure your surrounded before you make the turn, its clear. This accident follows a fatal accident new years eve where an uber driver hit three pedestrians on polk and ellis streets killing this little girl the united tachlgs taxi workers called for tougher regulations. The company says as we have deactivated the driver and collect more details. A suspected arsonist appeared in court today and reportedly confessed to setting the fires. Abc7 news with latest on this developing news. Prosecutors filed more charges against patrick brennan. Now, the 48yearold is facing ten counts of arson, three more charges of attempted arson. Because of the severity of the case, the judge granted the prosecutions motion for no bail. Outside of the court house, District Attorney said the total amount of damages so far exceeded 6 million. That they still had not ruled out attempted murder charges. Six of the structures were occupied by individuals by people, by residents of the county at the time these fires were set. No one was injured or killed. Brennan arrested on wednesday at his trailer in this park near where most fires were set the biggest blaze destroyed a warehouse, causing estimated 5 million in damage. Another fire ravaged this home on east st. John street on friday. Mr. Brennan gathered Combustible Materials and used an open flight and light to light materials on fire this is a threestrike case because of the prior convictions. Brennan was arrested for setting a dozen wildfires in the south fwhachlt is how he appeared in a sketch. Brennan has a conviction for a sex crime and is a registered sex offender a cording to documents he reportedly showed them the places where he chose to set the fires and told them that he knew people were inside, some of the places. Brennan will enter a plea next month. Firefighters used a million gallons of water to put out a fire in redwood city the fire just raged out of control, flames shot through the roof making it too dangerous to go anywhere near it. You can understand why. You can see these pictures. It destroyed a familyowned business on douglas avenue. Four Apartment Units were destroyed. 17 people are homeless tonight. At one point, a Health Advisory was issued the cause of the fire is not determined. Flu has taken two more lives if the bay area bringing the flurelated deaths to 23. Latest victims are women, both from Santa Clara County now accounting for a quarter of the bay area deaths. Abc7 news is live in the south bay for us tonight. David . Well, we know many people may maybe even you will be joining crowds to enjoy the game. With the flu outbreak, Health Officials are urging preventative measures. Its something most of us do routinely. Officials saying we need to do it more often when crowds gather to watch the game. Advice . Gather and lather. There are going to be a lot of people together so its a great, great thing to do. Washing hands . Hand sanitizer . All is that stuff. And to make sure tv watching areas are well ventilated. Particles congregate inside rooms. So getting fresh air is a classic way to sort of deexpose yourself from those infectious particles. Doctors say the price you might pay for ignoring this advice might hit you quickly. 1 to 3 days youll begin to feel symptoms. Challenge is remembering to take the steps. Iets hard to do. But you make an effort. You snow just like mom taught you. Dont touch guardrails, watch door knobs have you been healthy all winter . No. Some claim best practice is being careful throughout game season. Cant ab frayed eat g rest g back to basics. Another tip from doctors . Relax. Stress increases your susceptibility of getting sick. The big dilemma is sharing throughout the game. What about a high five . I was thinking fist pump from here on out. Still ahead here tonight, at 6 00 a big santa clara sendoff for the 49ers were live with the mostenthusiastic fans also tonight an abc7 news i team report a disgraced politician begins a new chapter in her life. Several users of a fitness device say theyre breaking out in a painful rash. A problem for the fit bit force. Later birth of a dolphin at six flags Animal Kingdom what. Researchers hope okay, its timet 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. [ female announcer ] try a yummy lean cuisine dish. With 13 grams of protein for 10 days, youll feel great. Im trying this too. Maybe this. Nope. Not trying that. [ female announcer ] ditch the diet. Go on a tryit with lean cuisine. 49ers on the way to seattle on their way to the game against seahawks. And its interesting to note everyone must still go through security screening so players did appear loose and plenty of hands were there. Fans were on hand to wish them well up asks downs with and we love them. Im so excited. That is where dozens of fans lined up and expected to land at seatac around 8 00 its a lot of fun. Its exciting. Abc7 news is live at at 49ers headquarters what a great send off. This is as close as you will get. That is how excited people were today. What a message sent to the 49ers. There appears to be a relationship between degree of fervaant behavior and kick ups. I can say i was here. The streets its been getting weirder. They now offer pants, Jim Harbaughs pants, certifyed and dry cleaned. 500. If we win ill come get those. This behavior is not exclusive to San Francisco. Seahawks. These are seattle people. Working out their voices in preparation for sundays little squabble. Hey. Good job. Yes. Theyre supposedly loudest fans in the world need coaching to learn how to cheer. More embarrassing is what some paid for tickets. Its not that great of a speech. He did not call this man in San Francisco. Stuart keselman. He has been getting maybe thr 350 to start nobody is paying a thousand dollars a ticket. I love it. It would appear one city needs schooling. In San Francisco, Wayne Freedman abc7 news. That is obnoxious. Is it over . We have catching up to do. That is right. To see who can get most likes. Between now and kickoff time. Seattle is ahead right now, so. What we need you to do is go to our page, lack for this graphic and simply click like share it with friends, encourage them to like it, too. You can help us by sending in your fan photos. This faithful fan celebrating his birthday. Take a look at that cake. Its true 49ers style. Looks good. Here is one i could not resist. This is my dog, moly. She does not mind getting dressed up. Send your pictures, please molly is adorable. I love her. Lets get another check of the forecast right now. Yes. Spencer is here. Beautiful sunset tonight. So isnt that amaze something haze in the air. Clouds in the air sometimes and colors of the sunset, they often do. There is the haze. It does provide stunning sun sets. There we go. Clear skies now with lingering haze. Another recordsetting day here in the bay area. There is a red flag warning from bakersfield to Santa Barbara to north of los angeles. A diminishing area so lets hope risk will go away. And things will return to normal. Back in the bay area weve had several record highs for the date. Oakland museum 74 degrees. 87 in salinas. 84 monterey. Not only a record for the drive, highest temperatures in the month of january. Looking over San Francisco, its a beautiful evening. Another live view looking westward across the bay we have 60 degrees in santa rosa at this hour. One more live view looking across embarcadero. Forecast features spare the air again, tomorrow, mild to warm throughout the weekend. This continues into next week. Will probably be more than a temperature change not just in dryness. This large ridge of High Pressure is weakening now. And will be cooler by just a few degrees. From land to sea its elevating risks for fire. Well see temperatures dropping off over the weekend. There may be a trace amount of rainfall moving through Northern California but no rain is in store for the bay area. Some highs into the low 70s. Upper 60s in and around San Francisco. Low 70s inland east bachlt here is the accuweather forecast. Notice tapering off the highs by a couple degrees every couple days. Partly cloudy skies with highs only into mid60s. Still, bad no, rain is in sight. Thank you. Okay. Coming up next a man in a wheelchair denied [dad] [lau [boy] mom ughs] [mom] yes . [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa. [mom and dad] [laughing] [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa. [mom] youve got two left feet,boo. Charges dropped against former Alameda County supervisor nada lockyear, arrest aid year and a half ago in Orange County for methamphetamine possession, being under the influence and child endangerment. She talked about her arrest in an interview last year. My sister called and said she found something in her home. And i was arrested. Your sister turned you in . Yes. Lockyears melt down began with a confrontation with her boyfriend. After mer than a year in rehab, she has reconciled with her husband. And a disabled man denied access to a bus this, happened on friday night. After questioning the driver and confronting it through video, ac transit tells abc7 news the man was told he cannot board because the area designated for wheelchairs was occupied by an elderly passenger with a shopping cart and a mother with an infant. After the disabled man got angry and blocked the bus others convinced the woman with the cart to move to another seat so the man in the wheelchair could board ask they can leave. Ac transit says the driver then secured the wheelchair. There is more still to come tonight at 6 00. Users of a popular fitness app claim theyre breaking out in a rash. Changes come together Surveillance Program the president puts new limits on the Agency Monitoring our calls. At six flags discovery kingdom, newest baby, because weve got the kfc favorites bucket. 10 pieces, any recipe. Twelve ninetynine. Everybody gets what they want. We love this new extra crispy boneless. Hes taller than i remember. Those whove been denied than i remember. Ewelcome to covered california. Now, you can no longer be denied coverage because of a preexisting condition. Enroll today at coveredca. Com. Fitness trackers measure your taste and help you get into shape. Tonight its facing a problem. Tonight weve just been informed we do not have this story for you. We do have Michael Finney with us. Well hopefully get back to this. Weelt get to him in just a moment. Controversial video. Added there is no sense after back to yous in the nsa program. Theyll now have to get court approval. To access records. Data collection continues but with tighter controls reforms today should give the American People greater confidence, their rights are being protected as our intelligence and Law Enforcement agencies have tools to keep us safe. Frontier foundation has been critical of the program. We would like to see the government end the collection even in private sector and governor. So far the president has conceded the government will end it. We dont know where from then. The president also said the this, sa will no longer monitor phone calls from heads of state that are u. S. Allies a somber home coming for a marine badly injured while serving in afghanistan the body of the 25yearold arrived this afternoon. He lost both legs and safrd serious wound to the right side of his body in an explosive blast three years ago. He died after a recent procedure at a Military Hospital in texas. His body is being taken to his hometown of fresno, he will be buried intel says it will cut 5300 jobs. Only that its refocusing resources after predicting chip sales would be flat this year. Mayor ed lee delivered his state of the city address today focusing on San Franciscos lack of affordability. The mayor unveiled a plan to address one of the mostpressing issues, the high cost of housing. He proposes rehabilitating 30,000 new units. He says he understands how desperate the crunch has become. Keeping this city in place for where everybody can live, whether here 60 years or 60 days is the challenge of our time. But it is a challenge we must confront together. Mayor lee drew more applause when suggesting the city should stop charging for parking on sundays he says the city met its goal of generating money from meters to pay for transportation projects around the city. Now, returning to complaints about a popular fitness tracker. A number of people have broken out in a rash as a result. Maker is called fit bit. Theyre a very big deal the latest product is called force. Users raved how it helps them lose with a weight by measuring steps and calories, however, several say its caused a serious skin reaction. Now, the company is responding. Whether theyre jogging or walking or going about the day millions of people are wearing these trackers. Cal cue clats calories and tells you how many active minutes youve had for years, diane has worn trackers made by fit bit from San Francisco. They helped her lose 90 pounds by counting steps she took and calories burned. I had a sedentary day, ill perhaps walk extra laps at night. She was thrilled when she got the newest product, a wrist band called force. Its great. I liked it. I can see how many steps taken then, a blistering rash broke out on her wrist. Big angry red spot on the wrist. I thought its a spider bite. Soon there were two red sores she took these pictures and thought they were spider bites. She put the wrist band on another arm. And two days later it was on the another side. A third wroek broke out there. I went online and found out lots of people are having this issue. The web site has several pages of discussion by users. Some posted pictures of the sores on their arms. People are saying put tape on it. Saying were aware sh have received a rash used by the device. As with any jewelry or watch numerous factors could cause skin irritation. Nickel sensitivity, reactions to bacteria that can accumulate in the bands or sensitivity to the material of the band. Elastymer. She used antiitch medicine. The sores are still there. She did get a refund when returning the band and contacted seven on your side we contacted fit bit the company declined a request, saying its still investigating the reports of rashes and would not say how many customers have complained. However, the company did release an updated statement saying were looking into reports from a very limited number of users experiencing limitation possibly because of an allergy to nickel. We suggest consumers experiencing irritation discontinue using this product and kokt fit bit if they have additional questions or an immediate refund or replacement with a different fit bit product. Were sorry even a few consumers have experienced these problems and assure you were looking at ways to modify the