this is kpix5 news on kbcw. >> a teacher from a bay area elementary school arrested. the serious charges. >> change is coming to san francisco general hospital. the new plan to ensure the safety and security of its patients. >> a massive set of waves that challenged to the world's best surfers. the man who took home the trophy in the mavericks surf contest. i'm juliette goodrich in for elizabeth cook. >> a teacher took the term, pot luck a little too literally. she is now in serious trouble with the law. andrea with the dish that got a woman arrested. >> detectives say the trouble began on november 21 at a party involving several teachers from matthew turner elementary. it was a pot luck. after the party, several of the 20 people there began feeling ill, seriously ill. >> one of the party goers was

rushed to the hospital with severe reaction. she was hospitalized. the very next morning, another party goer was taken to the hospital because she continued to feel like she was under the influence of something she wasn't sure exactly what it was. >> hospital blood tests confirmed the presence of thc, the active ingredient in marijuana and it went just the holiday goers who ate the food. >> one of the attendeis took the food home and their 15-year- old juvenile ingested this food and became ill. >> that is when a police investigation began and the person who brought the allegedly laced dish was identified as 47-year-old, teresa badger, an elementary schoolteacher. witnesses told detectives after the party, badger admitted to them that she put pot in the dish. badger's neighbors say the charges, three felony counts of poisoning don't fit the woman

and mother they know. >> what i'm hearing is totally out of character. teresa is about as, she is kind. she is a dedicated teacher. she is someone who keeps to herself. >> badger was arrested friday afternoon at her home. when our cameras were there, tonight, an upstairs light was on, but nobody answered. the police department is not commenting on exactly what item badger may have brought to that party. saying they have people to interview in this information. andrea, kpix5. >> badger has been with the school district for 18 years. she is on administrative leave. >> san francisco general hospital has a new safety and security plan in place following the death of a patient. lynn spalding disappeared in september. her body was found more than two weeks later in a stairwell. the new plan includes more thorough searches and alarms in the stairwells. the changes were checked out by federal officials earlier this week. >> we have taken it very

seriously and made many significant changes to assure her family, our patients today, our patients in the future, and the whole city we are safer now. those changes primarily have been around security and safety. >> a review of the case found numerous mistakes in communications from the start. it found problems with surveillance cameras and security alarms. there has been a dramatic spike in the number of flu deaths this season. they have almost doubled to a total of 95. state health officers say it's not too late to get vaccinated. just today, santa clara county confirmed it had two more flu related deaths. the state says only nine people had died from the flu. >> police in palo alto released a sketch of a suspect wanted in a home invasion robbery. investigators looking for this man and two others in their 20s. the suspects forced themselves into the home of an elderly couple yesterday morning and robbed them.

the couple who were in their 80s were shaken up by the whole ordeal, but not injured. they told police they were forced to lie on the floor with a gun pointed at their heads. robbers took off with wallets, cash, and valuables. >> 14-year-old oakland boy wanted for killing his sister is still on the run tonight. that teen allegedly shot and killed his 17-year-old sister in an argument over laundry. the victim, justice, was the mother of a two-year-old. neighbors say they heard two or three shots from the family's chinatown apartment. surveillance cameras recorded the boy leaving the complex. the family is pleading for the boy to turn himself into police. state lawmakers are demanding answers other the con controversy. brushing aside concerns. a geologist said his supervisors covered up,

reportedly told the engineer not to document corns, but voice them instead. it's not a coverup, just a difference of opinions. >> after the falsifications were discovered, it became apparent to me that the problem was kept secret and more covered up. >> i have no evidence or no reason to believe that there was any coherrings or anything like that and bullying to make determinations. >> caltrans says the bay bridge is structurally safe. there will be another senate hearing next month. that one dealing with possible reform for caltrans. >> a nonprofit organization is working to change the future for some young girls by teaching them to code. kristen ayers shows us, girls as young as 7 years old are learning to build their own websites. >> like most 9-year-old girls, they love dolls. >> it shows the condition, the price. >> but unlike most kids their

age, butterfield created an app for doll lovers like herself. it's called doll finder. >> you can sell and buy doll products. >> butterfield is a member of black girls code. an oakland nonprofit that teaches young, african american girls to build websites and create apps and computer games. like the one rebecca taylor made. >> a game about if i were a rubber duck named larry that teaches you manners. >> the brain child of electrical engineer, kimberly brian. >> we like to think of ourselves as the girl scouts of technology. >> bryant did the research and black women receive 3% of bachelor's degrees in computer science. >> we hope to be able to tap into changing the ratio for women of color and making a difference in what the face of technology looks like. >> the nonprofit has taken off. there are branches all over the country and one in south africa. some of the girls apps are available on sites like google

play. i just down loaded doll finder. and the news keeps getting better. black girls code, just one microsoft prestigious prize for $50,000. the money will allow bryant to hire more staff and buy laptops and tablets for the girls to learn on and hope they will pursue tech careers. it seems to be working. >> i want to be a computer science engineer. in the future, i want to be an entrepreneur. >> i would like to make an ipad, but i think that's too hard, because i'm only 11. >> kpix5. >> and brian's ultimate goal is to reach 1 million girls of color by the year 2040. in two years, she reached 2500. it was a great day to go for a ride if you're a big wave surfer. chopper 5 was overhead as one of the finalists in this year's contest dropped in on a massive swell. the results and talked to some in the huge crowd who showed up to watch. >> it was a picture perfect day out here at pillar point for

the mavericks invitational. a lot of great competition out there on the waves. a south african wins for the second time here at the invitational. grant baker from durbin, south africa, takes the title again. he took it in 2006. second was shane, a hawaiian, and third was ryan of santa cruz. there were tens of thousands of spectators for the competition. a lot of people watching this also around the world online. it was a great day of competition. a lot of other top finishers from california were in the top six, including tyler fox, greg long of san clemente and anthony of santa cruz. kpix5. >> the winner was grant twiggy baker of south africa. baker had incredible rides like this one, and the waves are huge. up to 40 feet tall and this is what it is like to surf

mavericks. >> the waves are pretty big. a couple 20-foot -- but it has a chopper and every time you're about to get your feet, it looks like there's no way you're going to make it and you know, i saw guys going on waves. it was just outrageous. >> he takes home $12,000 for coming in first. >> new video of justin bieber drag racing with police close behind. not only that, wait until you hear who he is comparing himself to. >> free crack pipes in san francisco? a controversial recommendation to the city's health department. >> and another warning for athletes and spectators going to the olympics in russia. what they are being told not to wear for their own safety. >> kpix5 high deaf doppler is dry once again tonight, but you won't believe what i've just added to our forecast. hint, it's been a month since this happened.

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justin bieber may have won the drag race. a yellow lamborghini racing with other cars 60 miles an hour in a 30 zone. look who is catching up at the tail end. a police car chasing a lamborghini. the drag race led police to book on resisting arrest and speeding without a license. sources say two breath tests put his blood alcohol below the legal limit. police say the 19-year-old singer admitted to drinking and taking prescription pills. and today, he published this photo to his account comparing himself to michael jackson. on one side, bieber is found waving to fans. the other shows jackson waving to fans after pleading not guilty to child molestation charges. well, it was a brutal day on wall street and for markets all over the world, investors are worried global economic growth is slowing a bit. plunged 318 points today.

that's worse one-day drop since last june. s & p 500 lost 38 points. >> one group say unique plan to slow the spread of hiv, it wants the city of san francisco to start handing out crack pipes. the health department was looking into it until joe vasquez started asking questions. >> hailey harris, 28 years old, says she is a crack cocaine addict. a group considered at high risk for spreading hiv. >> most of the conversation they have is, i don't care, you know, and i'm going to die anyway. >> could handing out clean crack pipes make a difference in that attitude? >> it may seem counterintuitive, but it's a great program. >> laura thomas is a group made of formal recommendation to san francisco's health department asking the city to consider a program to distribute free crack pipes to crack addicts. how will it work? it's not like the needle

exchange programs, which are accepted as a means to prevent the direct spread of hiv. crack pipes are different. you can't get hiv from sharing crack pipes. giving them out for free as is being done on a trial basis in seattle and canada is more of an outreach effort. >> once you can bring people into your program, make them feel respected, taken care of, they are more likely to want to come back and want to get on hiv meds. >> meds which have been proven to not only treat, but prevent the spread of the disease. >> insane. i think it's an insane idea. >> chairman of the san francisco republican party. i'm just concerned that the message we're sending, we give up. here's some free crack pipes. who knows, next year it's free crack. >> what do city officials say? an interesting thing happened after we posted this story to our website. a health department official told me the city was exploring

the program. just exploring, not formally considering it. then we got this statement from mayor ed lee's office, quote, mayor lee is not aware of this exploration and not supportive. there are other interventions that could and should be explored before considering this. barbra garcia, the city's health director went a step further. check this out, that recommendation has not come to me and i'm telling you if it did, i would say absolutely no, we are not going to distribute crack pipes. juliette, essentially this is a program that would build trust with people on the street. a lot of crack addicts are homeless. now it appears the city lost all trust with the folks recommending this. it looks like it's not going to get off the ground. >> interesting. joe vasquez, thank you. u.s. athletes and those going to the olympics are being warned to watch what they wear. russia as increased security because of numerous threats of terrorist attacks. the latest coming just this

week. the olympic committee is warning people not to wear clothing that has any u.s.a. logos on it. the state department down played that alert. >> to be clear, we generally give this kind of guidance around big international events, particularly if there's a threat. >> the games will start in two weeks. dry as it is, sierra, nevada, tahoe in particular, hurting without snow, but on the flip side, wine country is having a great winter. >> ryan tells us how warm weather is bringing in more business than usual to napa. if you're a glass half full kind of person, you'll love how this story goes down. >> like 75? something like that. and it's very strange. >> they are in napa celebrating their anniversary. normally they choose tahoe. >> there's not enough snow if you want to play.

>> there are some snapshots. if you like open slopes, it was a good day. the only snow was manmade. that's not good enough for this couple from sacramento. >> since it's nice enough this time of year, you know, down here we decided to go to napa. >> no snow means people are going to be more likely to come here than they might otherwise. >> napa is seeing 25% more visit tons than last winter. january is supposed to be slow around here. >> normally, some of our tasting room staff gets bored sometimes. >> you won't see wineries complaining. >> it's so much fun having people in here. >> this weekend, it will look like a different season in wine country. with the warm temperatures, it will feel like one, too. >> beautiful and sunny. just perfect. >> the only thing missing will be the fruit on the vines. >> wine makers are happy today, but some told me they are worried how the dry weather might affect next year's wine. in napa, kpix5. >> and sai know ma is seeing a

double digit increase from this time last year. >> interesting. you're seeing the things i saw last year. have the thing with the dust and dust in the air right now. >> we just looked up, what is that? it's the stuff in the air. and usually once or twice a week, gets washed out and it goes away. this year, no. we are stuck with it. air quality not so great. another spare the air day coming up. we need rain fall. guess what is in the forecast? two minutes. i'll let you know which day is looking wet. mainly clear skies overnight, sierra snow pack, we need some snow. 14% of normal. last year at this time, it was 110%. we're now sitting at 14%. had some clouds today. we'll talk more about that in a second. but how chilly or not chilly it gets tonight. we'll stay in the 40s in concord and fair field.

liver more 39 and san francisco 49 degrees when you start your weekend tomorrow morning. it's interesting that the ridge of high pressure, we want to go south, instead of going to the north. as it does, it's taking your influent of it and look what's coming up from the south. cloudy and raining in california. some of those clouds made it into the bay area. because that ridge is so far to the north, we'll be cloudy at times tomorrow as well as sunday. the ridge of high pressure comes back. it looks like right now, all computer models are saying once it passes over us, it is far enough to the south. that much needed rain fall will make it here as soon as next thursday night. the megaridge after four months may finally move out. mixture of sun and clouds over the weekend. not perfectly sunny, but we can

deal with that. upper 60s for you tomorrow. well above normal. san jose 67. sunny vail f 6. pretty warm inlad, 69 degrees for kentfield, berkeley 70. 75 for wynn cor. another nice day to get outside. air quality. saturday and sunday were first. first half. thursday, we go cloudy. thursday night showers move in and there's a rain i con. next friday, we are looking wet. >> and that's february. there you go. you called it. >> top of the month, we need a lot more than one day, it's a start. >> thanks, paul. >> you can bring your family and kids and hear all about poop. >> yup. poop. how a bay area zoo is teaching

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from the kids. zoo officials tell us questions about waste are the most often asked at the zoo. >> coming up in sports, the ladies take the center court. and the warriors were home to face minnesota. this one came down to the last shot. highlights and more coming up in sports. ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,

someone tell the warriors that home is supposed to be sweet after losing on monday night to the pacers. they were pushed to the last second by minnesota tonight. hit the clock. let's do this. seth currie's game. t-wolfs in town. currie with one of 15 assists. this one for andre.

15 seconds left, now up 1. kevin love to kevin martin who buries a jumper. 8 seconds left, he will go up by 1. currier gives it up to harrison barnes right here who probably misses the open jumper. those are tough. timberwolfes get the win 121- 120. the stanford women facing ucla. game was close, but cardinal pulled away in the final 20 minutes. the lay in off the inbound pass. she had 21. stanford wins. leaving the lady bears hosting usc. led by as many as 11 early, but they could not stop crook. she had 34 trojans lose the upset, 77-70. bears now 5-2 in pack 12 play. that's a look at sports. >> we just made it. >> and warriors have lost three consecutive games at home. >> wow.

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