animal control officers took several animals from the whom including two dogs. neighbors say officers have responded to the area numerous times in the past. the spike in flu cases is causing a hospital to put up another tent outside the e.r. to keep the virus out of the hospital. matt, we hearing other hospitals are doing this, as well. >> it is happening across the bay area. let me step out of the way. a tent is being put up to treat patients just in case the emergency room is overwhelmed with flu patients. hospitals across the bay area are dealing with more and more people get the flu and a spokesman said there has been a dramatic increase this week at stanford hospital similar tents went up and necessary addition to the hospital goes through renovation and deals with uptick in flu patients. the emergency room and urgent care unit are filled with flu patients and some had to wait

four hours to see a doctor. those at san jose unified are taking precautions and health clerks got a refresher chart outlining the flu tote -- flu it is not too late to get a flu shot. >> experts are noticing many flu patients are young to middle age following a pattern similar to what happened during the 2009 pandemic known as the swine flu. 657 california residents died last year. the tents are not in use but if a lost flu patients come today, they will be treated here. >> thank you, the number of confirmed flu deaths is at least nine. there have been two deaths each in marin and santa clara county. a death each, in sonoma, san

francisco, contra costa, and san mateo. >> how do you tell the difference between the flu and bad cold? you can have chills, headaches and body aches but with the flu the symptoms are more severe and you have a fever. people with colds have hacking, productive costs, but with the flu they are dry. cold includes stuff any nose or sneezing and with the flu symptoms come on rapidly in three to six hours. we posted the symptoms on our facebook page. >> fire investigators want to know why a condo complex want up so quickly last night. ama daetz has the report. >> cell phone video shows the flames spewing from the back of a second-story town home in san jose.

>> we saw smoke and my son and i ran over to the safeway to see what was going on. >> the fire department arrived minutes after the first call before 6:00. you can see the response from sky 7. >> they found two structures upstairs and downstairs fully eninvolved with flames. they tried to make entry to put the fire out. >> three units were damaged. the total of eight people are displayed. investigators are determining what caused the fire. >> >> it looks like it may have started upstairs but as the crews ariffed, fully end of involved upstairs and downstairs. it was surreal. >> it was hot. really hot. all the steam coming off from the fire or from the water, from the fire department. >> it took an hour and 15 minutes to knock down and contain the fire and then they went do, would on the hotspots. one firefighter was taken to the hospital for exhaustion.

firefighters are watching for flare-ups from a huge warehouse fire we brought you yesterday morning. films devoured 120,000 square foot warehouse near east julian which houses six businesses including a feed store. two schools that closed for the day because of the fire will re-open. happening today, the attorney representing the oak that teen accused of setting another teen on fire on a a.c. transit bus will be back in court this inform ask a judge to send the case to juvenile court. the 16-year-old sasha fleischman was sleeping on a a.c. transit bus in november when his skirt was set on fire. his legs were severely bound. the 16-year-old suspect said he difficulty because he is homophobic and faces hate crime charges and currently being tried as an adult. >> two kayakers are fine because of the crew of the ferry.

the captain and a crew member stopped the vessel to rescue two kayakers. they spotted the men in trouble in the bay. this is one of the rescuers. one man was still in the kayak and the other was clinging to the side. no word on how they got into trouble. authorities say both will be fine. thousands of internal documents are scheduled to be released in a new jersey traffic scandal that led to the departure of four people in governor chris christie's administration, firing the deputy he of staff after e-mail and text message show she ordered lane closing on a busy road in ft. lee after the mayor of ft. lee refused to endorse christie for re-election. it caused gridlock for days and impacted track on the george washington bridge into new york. a class action lawsuit is now filed against christie, kelly, and former port authority official. wildstein would refused to

answer questions before a new jersey assembly comment. >> economics have an optimistic view the latest government jobs report with experts surveyed predying that the labor department will report nearly 200,000 jobs were created last month, and the economists expect the december unemployment rate to remain at 7 percent, a five year low. today, the 49ers will hold a final walk through before hopping a flight to charlotte for the playoff game with the panthers. practice is at 9:15 in santa clara and the head coach harbaugh has been blasting music during the work outs to stimulate the fan noise inside bank of america stadium. the team leaves at 1:45 for the divisional playoff game and amy hollyfield will have what the plays are saying coming up in a report at the to which the hour. >> >> sports anchor will travel to charlotte to bring complee

post-game coverage including another edition of vernon's view on sunday night and you can follow larry on twitter for an inside look at the game. check out tyler, a young 49er fan caught on camera calling an audible, red and gold, in concord. yes, he comes from a split household. moment is a 49s diehard and dad roots for the radars. >> can you imagine if they were in the super bowl together? >> that is a family problem. san us your photos and e-mail them to us at ureport@kgo-tv.com . that sounds as dangerous as having a cal and stanford family. >> something like that, can't

imagine two people getting together like that from those rival schools. >> now we will check with mike nicco. maybe some rain in charlotte. talk about that early in the week and then a drying trending continuing this morning. good morning, everyone, i agree with the assessment, mid-to-upper 50's and looking at a lot of sunshine in the queen city. now, what will happen back hour at home today? high pressure is taking over and it and dry and cooler this morning with a few 30's inland and a lot of low-to-mid 40's when you step outside. by noon, money 50's and hang out there along the coast into the bay and low 60's showing up at 4:00 and if you head out this evening, temperatures are in the upper 40's to low 50's. we still have a chance of light rain tomorrow and dry push comes in on sunday when we are two to four degrees warmer and low-to-mid 60's on monday.

i will show you how warm it will be in the seven-day forecast. leyla? >> good morning, everyone, we have lots of construction in the bay area starting off in san jose with this project. if you are traveling along northbound 680 watch out for crews, we have this project working earlier yesterday, as well, and it will be ongoing project. plan ahead. >> 101 southbound from san francisco to sfo if you have a flight, you will not be late. 880 nobody from 238 to the maize is 14 minutes and northbound through san jose airport that is 12 minutes. outside, the san mateo bridge away from hayward into foster city, the drive is wide open and we do not see too many cars so the westbound push eastbound is quiet and accident free. a dramatic police shooting in san diego after a high speed

chase and how a driver on his cell phone led to this violent confrontation. >> robbed at gunpoint hours after the birth of his first child and a man describes the terrifying moment he dodged a bullet aimed at his head. the hidden costly tolls of the lack of snow in the sierra is tak

covering los altos, antioch, petaluma and all the bay area this is abc7 news. welcome back, a dramatic end to a high speed chase in san diego. it began yesterday morning when police tried to stop a man for talking on his cell phone while driving. officers say he took off speeding up to 60 miles per hour through neighborhoods. police stopped the vehicle. officers opened fire after the

man refused orders to surrender. the car matchedded description of one involved in a recent shooting. police found a firearm and possible drugs in the vehicle they stopped. the driver is in critical condition this morning. >> a man almost lost his life on the same day his first child was born. we have concealed his identity to protect his safety. we have the story straight from the man who thought he was going to die. >> he was here the i was there. he was like, give me all your money, and i said, okay, okay, don't shoot anyone. don't shoot, here is the money. i throw the money right here on the car. >> a minute he was at the temple thanking god for the birth of his first child early in the day. the next meant he was watching the explosion from the muzzle of a gunpointed at his face. >> i was shot at from right there. >> from this distance he pointed

the gun? >> yes. >> he missed. >> he missed. i feel like i got shot. >> investigators found the bullet casings but they have not found the slug. the suspect also went after the man's sister-in-law with her 2-year-old son. >> she was holding the baby and running into the house and the door was locked, and she was screaming. >> the suspect fired a shot into the ground toward the baby, grabbed the william's -- woman's valuable. police have a vague description. >> we hope maybe someone will have surveillance on their house they can check in that time window from 8:15 to 8:30 time period. >> it was a day of from joy and great fear for this man. >> i saw the gun. >> he said the birth new life and the near loss of his own will have him traveling back to the temple to thank god. >> in union city for abc7 news.

several local police agencies are on the look out for a man they call a brazen carjacker. officers spotted him year at a gas station in half moon bay driving a car stolen from oakland. he ran to hilltop mobile home park where he is accused of carjacking a woman and forcing her to drive him to san mateo. the search forced a lock down at half moon bay for a while, police are asking anyone with information to give them a call. >> oak police need help identifying a man who tried to kidnap a teen on new year's day. this is a schedule of the suspect based on the description. the man is described as african-american in his late 20's. police say the 19-year-old woman was walking on 17th near lake merritt and the man jumped from between two cars and grabbed her and dragged her down the street the she escaped. there was a hit-and-run that left a student with severe injuries, run over, deliberatery. the 20-year-old and a friend were offered a ride by an

unknown man in an s.u.v. after a new year's eve in portland. they refused the driver drove off, did a u-turn, came back and hit mcmahon and he was drug for 100' and broke his pelvis and nose and the skin and muscle on his back was ripped off and he lost a third of his blood. his rehab could take a year and police are hoping witnesses will come forward. >> >> the lack of sierra snow is hurting small towns that count on winter sports business. a ski resort in pine crest is empty with no skiers, no paychecks for 350 employees and very little spending. it is a double whammy for another county hit bit rim fire that left campgrounds closed. two years ago, dodge ridge did not open until january 25. the latest opening was january 27 during a drought in the early 1990's. >> a growing number of religious

denominations are asking people in california to pray for rain with a special prayer session at masks for the service and is joining the catholic mike, what do you see? >> a little bit of rain. not much. but it is coming in the morning and for the rest of us in the afternoon. now the 50/50 weekend and what is happening this morning as far as our snow pack. 17 percent of where we should be up to today and if we were to extend that to april 1, the end of the snow season, it would be 7 percent of what we normally get. last year we had a great december but remember how dry it was and we ended up well below average again. will we see a reversal?

it is not looking promising. visibility is unlimited in most neighborhoods with five miles at half moon bay and haze hanging around but it is a different day stepping outside this morning, and temperatures are up to 13 degrees cooler in some areas, and upper 30's around palo alto and woodside and 39 in menlo park, and foster city is 43 and the mid-to-upper 30's in the north bay valleys and at san ramon and low-to-mid 40's everywhere else but for antioch at 50 and san francisco at 48 and half moon bay at 50. this morning is a clean air mass on top of the bay and it will be mostly sunny and slightly warmer today, with a chance of rain tomorrow and the record warmth is still lucking in next week's forecast. as far as today, we will hit low-to-mid 60's in most neighborhoods, a few clouds will linger along the coast and keep you in the upper 50's with temperatures, again, above

average and the clouds are coming in tonight, milder and a lot like yesterday morning are we had clouds and drizzle in the morning. that is what we will wake up tomorrow morning with low-to-mid 40's and here is what is happening: our front is to the north. you can see the drizzle along the sonoma county coast and the best chance of light rain is moving through the north bay in the morning up to 12:00 and from 12:00 to 2:00 it is moving through the heart of the bay and from 2:00 to 4:00 moving through the south bay. then it is gone. our rainfall amount is light. it will be mostly less than .1" and in the higher elevations you could get .25". temperatures tomorrow are the coolest in the forecast. most of us in the 50's. you can see the mid-60's to 70 on tuesday, wednesday, and thursday of next week. have a great weekend. >> we have a big closure in antioch, we so you are going to need to get around that this

morning. this closure will last until 5:00. as you can see, antioch bridge is closed 160 gene sherman island and antioch and the way to get around this, though, is to use highway 12 to 5:00 to get to 4, so a round about way to get this. drive time traffic, 580, tracy to castro valley is 33 minutes and still quiet and it is friday lite. 101 northbound from highway 85 is 11 minutes. we will look at what is happening in walnut creek, southbound, along 680 making the move away from highway 4 to the 24 junction, it is a short 90-minute commute. we are accident free. this is no construction. eric and kristen? >> a plane crash caught on camera from inside the cabin and what passengers did to survive as the plane filled with water. >> as you go do work a new

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just released video show terrifying moments of a small plane going down in the water off the coast of hawaii with passengers returning off the plane filling with water. one was killed in the crash last december and eight others survived. the passenger who shot this video says physically he is fine but he still is emotionally shaken. >> if you are not a fan of the i.r.s. you are not alone but a new report could explain why so many americans are frustrated with the federal tax collection agency. the taxpayer study finds the i.r.s.' lack of responsiveness can be blamed on budget cuts to the agency. there are now 8,000 fewer full time i.r.s. employees than in 2010 responding only to half of the e-mails.

>> a career website is revealing the results of the career resolutions survey for 2014 and here the top three: most say they want to get a pay raise. that is new, right? look if a new job. use all the vacation day they have earned. 3 percent of employees said it was will their new year's resolution to get their bosses fired. >> wow! >> some people are steaming out there. >> more than 3 percent, that is just those who admit it. >> now, mike nicco is doing a good job. >> i thought that is what you were whispering about. >> you keep the rain away for too long... >> don't put that on me! the temperature in santa rosa is one degree colder. most of us one to five degrees warmer. low-to-mid 60's. you can see the high pressure and clockwise flow of the clouds

around the entire state and 60 in monterey and mid-to-upper 60's through the central valley. 70 in san diego and los angeles and nearly 80 in palm springs. the seven-day forecast for lake tahoe, not much accumulation. we could have record warmth next week in the high country. >> construction in oak and it and on northbound 880 if you are traveling between high street to embarcadero crews are out here until action so they are wrapping it up as we speak. traveling on the bay bridge we have construction in both the eastbound and westbound direction. westbound is with respecting up. eastbound has a couple of lanes closed and that lasts until five o'clock. the travels through berkeley are 62 miles per hour. as we look at drive time traffic, 680 southbound from walnut creek to dublin, 15

minutes and 101 southbound from santa rosa to san francisco is 51 minutes and through the santa cruz mountains, 25 minutes. >> >> customs agents at sfo have intercepted a pest that moses a significant threat to agriculture which is a non-nottive -- non-native stink bug living on the juices of plants and fruits and officials say they could be destructive to the state's fruit industry if they spread. in 2010 growers lost $237 million in crops. >> three symbols for the doggie diner chain need your help so they are not thrown away. they were used this parades and events around the bay area but are corroded: the owner is trying to raise $50,000 on "kick

starter" to restore the dogs to their former glory. >> figure skater and south bay native has no intention of revealing that he is gay until the white house picked him as a member of the olympic delegation. he said that he is a private person but realized coming out following his selection would make a power will statement and support what president obama was trying to do. the president picked openly gay athletes like billy jean king to send to russia to protest the country's antigay haws. next at 5:00, the quest for the must win game of the 49ers against panthers. >> what thousands of documents could be revealing about the bridge-gate scandal that is threatening the career of new jersey governor chris christies. >> tens

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