good morning. i'm cheryl jennings. and i'm matt keller. the flu continues to take a toll on people in the bay area. >> two more people have died from the flu. officials say they're 51 and 62 years old, but have not released any other information. >> this brings the total number of people kill ltd by the flu to 13 in the bay area with several other deaths under investigation.

doctors say this year's flu strain is challenging and is affecting young adults and children. thai warning residents about a mystery arsonist that threatened lyes and destroyed homes and buildings. authorities do have a suspect on surveillance video. amy? >> reporter: and city hall is now getting involved. and firefighters think that could be making a difference they say it doesn't look like the arsonist struck this morning. it's been 24 hours, and they say that's good news. the community has handed out 3,500 fliers about this guy. they also handed out smoke detectors and batteries so residents can be residentdy. they have a sketch of what they think the suspect looks like. they say he's tall, at least 6

feet tall and very thin. they believe he has set 15 fires since wednesday. they are asking people to volunteer to stay up for shifts overnight. community involvement could be making a difference. >> we don't want people out there walking around on the street at night. we don't want people driving around at night. it just makes the police job more difficult. >> nothing has happened within the last 24 hours thankfully. so again, hopefully with all the information that is out there so far and the neighborhoods and the community are being more vigilant and keeping an eye open, perhaps it slowed this person down. >> reporter: they're asking for overnight individual leps because that's when he strikes. they have surveillance video of the man they believe is responsible. they want people to know that investigators are busy. thai looking at video, they're

talking to witnesses, but they don't want you to know anything more specific than that, and that's because they don't want him to know. don't approach him, though. if you see something, they're just asking that you call investigators. if you'd like to volunteer for one of the shifts, call city council member's office here, sam liccardo. >> thank you, amy. investigators are examining what sparked an early morning fire in mountain view that destroyed three cars. no one was injured. and palo alto today, investigators are expected to release more details tails about a house fire on bar ka dare row street. federal officials were called in over the weekend. new this morning, municipal

water district shut off water to the red mill senior community after a water line burst at a nearby home. officials aren't sure what caused the break. windy weather is causing a big concern in one part of the bay area where a fire weather watch is in effect mike? >> reporter: yeah, good morning. from the top of the abc 7 broadcast center. the flag's going limp compared to what it was. take a look from another vantage point. they're flying the 49ers flag, we're all happy for that. they're unif you recalling because of the gusty winds. the peak was between k5 28 and 8:11 this morning. piedmont, 43. -- liver mortgage gusted to 34 degrees. winds right now, gusting around

43. oakland hills running around 25. the gusts will be out there for the better part of today and tonight. they're dry, they're coming in from the northeast, so the fire weather watch has been upgraded to a red flag warning. high fire conditions will be present during that time. back to you. >> all right, mike. for the second time in less than a week, foster farms has suspended operations because of cockroaches. the company closed the plant yesterday. it was first shut down last wednesday after a cockroach infestation raised concerns about food safety. production is being temporarily shifted to other central valley plants. sources close to the investigations into the data breaches at target and knee man marcus say the three stores are

associated with others -- with outlet malls. the sources say the technique used were similar sto other breaches. the stores, though, have yet to be named. >> the christmas holiday shopping numbers are in. one in four americans spent less than expected. only 14% spent more than expected over the holidays, and more than half spent about what they expected. financial security is looking up. americans are feeling better about their job security, debt, net worth and overall financial situation compared to this time last year. george miller is announcing right now that he is not going to run for reelection after serving 40 years in congress. he is known for fighting for education, children and family issues and the environment. he was elected at the age of 29 back in 1974. he's now the fifth most senior

member of the house of representatives. more on his career later today. new jersey lawmakers have more questions for go ner chris christie about masstive traffic jams last september. a special council has been appointed. top aides are blamed for ordinary care straighting major delays to retaliate against fort lee's mayor. the governor denies involvement. they are also taking a closer look at how his administration spent $25 million in super storm sandy relief. the san francisco 49ers are in familiar territory. they are one win away from going to the super bowl with only the seahawks standing in the way. the 9ers advance in the playoffs after knocking off the carolina

panthers yesterday. there was a pivotal touchdown just before halftime. great game. fans fwreeted the 9ers when they returned home last night. folks who waited around were able to meet the 9er head coach. >> this is awesome. >> great of you to come out here. appreciate that. >> harbaugh's signature's on my hood ie. >> how do we laminate this thing? >> it will be the niners third straight appearance when they take the field in saettle on sunday. no need to worry about a ticket snub by the seahawks. tickets went on sale at 10:00 this morning. those tickets sold out in a matter of minutes and this

apparently isn't new. the denver broncos are doing the same thing. limiting tickets only to fans in the rocky mountain areas. >> you still have options. the nfl ticket exchange has tickets starting at 425 bucks. what a bargain, right? and on ticket master, they start at $500 which includes a gift card for nfl merchandise so you can make sure you're decked out in red and gold for the game. you can find all the links an abc7news.com. >> still to come, the season's bachelor and the one specific requirement he's looking for in love. and on the street, you may be surprised to learn where kids today are more likely to be injured. >> plus the sanford grad

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new this morning, a disturbing stud suggesting your kids are safer on the streets than in school.

kids spend about 180 days in school every year. making it the most common place to spend their time outside the home. researchers analyze data from emergency room visits. and they found in the child is hurt in school, the injury is more likely to be intentional than if they are hurt on the streets. especially middle school and high school age students. the detroit auto show kicks off today. u.s. car makers are coming off their best year since 2007. we chatted with general motors new chief and ceo mary barra. officials say she got more attention at the show than most of the cars. >> you always focus on her career than the next step up. all right. mike mee co-ahead with the forecast. >> more record setting

temperatures possibly later in the week. he'll have your workweek forecast. and which star shined brightest at the golden globes? plus abc

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this morning, the con artist caper, "american hustle" is looking like the oscar front runner.

abc news reporter shows us the big winners and how they're celebrating. >> reporter: the 1970s con artist comedy danced its way to victory at the golden globe awards. two of its stars also took home trophies. amy adams and jennifer lawrence had big plans to celebrate. >> drink a lot of champagne and try to get home with some dignity. >> i normally have time to have a glass of wine. that's not a good answer. can i -- i'm going to celebrate with my friends and family. >> reporter: best actor in comedy category, leonardo dicaprio. >> i'm just thankful that he's still this punk rock, still this vital at 71 years old.

there's no film makers left like this. >> reporter: 12 years of slave won the golden globe for best picture. best actress went to kate plan chet. >> i'm so happy. it's great. >> reporter: great for matthew mcconaughey too. he won for "dallas buyer's club". >> i'm shocked and honored and grateful and happy just to be here. >> reporter: with the golden globes now behind us, what's ahead? the oscar nominations thursday morning and the civic choice awards thursday night. >> and a lot of folks consider the globes a dress he her sal for the acam my awards. we will bring it to you live. you can see who wins oscar

sunday. >> and there in hollywood, everybody gets to walk the red carpet. nice weather, no rain. i'm sure the stars were happy about the no rain thing. >> i have to say no good news here as far as the rain goes either. we had a little bit saturday. and as expected, it wasn't enough. 3 to 4 inches up in the sierra. that helped slow the growth of the bulging deficit of lack of snow up there, but it didn't do anything a to really help it much at all. 16% now of average just for this year. take a look and show you what's going on. a little breezy up here. it's a nice breeze if you're outside. let's talk about what's going on as far as live doppler 7 hd. a crisp breeze would be the best way to put it. everything is quiet right now. so what we're going to do is

move forward and talk about some of our temperatures around. look at how much warmer we are, like all the 60s around the bay shore. you're close, 59 and 58. the cool spot, fairfield at 52. look at these temperatures. 11 degrees warmer than just 24 hours ago. half moon bay, the only place really cooler is fairfield, but you'll catch up in the next couple hours or so. this is what downtown san jose looks like this morning. high pressure returns. it's going to dominate our forecast so much that the air is going to stagnate. possibly wednesday and thursday, maybe friday for the poor air quality. and the weekend, we'll get a binned shift, which means cooler, cleaner air, but the chance of rain has really

fizzled. winds are gusting 25 to 35 miles per hour. temperatures are running 4 to 6 degrees warmer than they were just 24 hours ago. look at all those mid to upper 60s today. now tonight, temperatures will be mild once again, into the 40s. some sheltered valleys may drop into the 30s. we'll get the high fire danger starting at 10:00 tonight. he's the way it looks from the water vapor. you can see the storm track clearly to the north. it's because of this we're going to see that high pressure lockdown and keep is in that -- that dry and above average. if you hit the h, we'll go straight to the 7-day forecast. what it's going to show you is temperatures are going to be well above average. 70s on tuesday, wednesday and

thursday. then we'll be back in the low 60s possibly saturday and sunday. so don't forget, tonight, 10:00 through 8:00 tonight, east bay hills, you're under a red flag warning. high fire threat. i wish i had some rain to give you, but i just don't. >> well, if you are a fan of "the bachelor" you know it is juanuary. abc 7 news traffic reporter caught up with 32-year-old dad juan pablo. he says his future wife has to love kids and be light on her feet. >> when you play music, there's something inside of you that makes you dance. if you don't have that, even though you try to teach it, it's very hard. >> juan pablo admits he thought

about leaving the show several times this season saying he just wanted to give up and go home. you can watch it a tonight right here on your bachelor station, abc 7. >> what do you do when church and the big game kickoff at the exact same time? >> and

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>> would you all like to be forgiven for your sins? okay. that's great, you are. >> he says he was the guy, he's a huge 49ers fan and was really excited about the game. >> okay, we will. thank you god. >> i'm out of here. >> we're so grateful he had a shirt underneath there. his family still lives in san francisco. he said he did do a one-hour service for those who wanted to stay. from all of us here, thanks so much for joining us. >> "who wants to be a millionaire

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