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encouraged to get flu shots. kits are available and there is a reminder. >> they might be here about their ankle or acne, we'll ask them did you get a flu shot. >> we want to make sure you got the shot. and i send out e mails letting them know about the severity of the flu we're seeing. >> flu can spread, yet some avoid getting a shot because they're worried it will make them sick. >> everybody is getting sick all the time anyway. >> her friend disagrees. >> it's good. saves me from getting the flu. >> you're exposed to many students around the country. >> yes. it's just sweeping
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through everyone. >> we can advanced passengers. >> i just usually try to wash hands often. and that is it. there is nothing else you can do. and i am not overly concerned about passengers next to me. >> hand sanitizer is available and some sanitize seats on the plane. >> do you wipe drown the seat? >> yes. baby wipes and clorox wipes as well. yes. yes. >> there is a run on the flu vaccine in south shore ala media. you can see signs telling people today the shots are unavailable. and there is shortage of the vaccine. >> if you have a shot and don't
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know where to go there is a easy to use map on the web site. just type in a city, or skip, will give you where and times available. we've posted a link on our web site. just go to abc news.com. >> in san jess yeah, neighbors are banding together to stop a arsonist terrorizing people setting owe p 13 fires in six days this is a sketch of the suspect fires set in neighbors very close to one another. cornell? >> no exaggeration. many are living in fear 24-7. ate investigators want to get this man off the streets the latest target is this church. tonight the pastor wants tho know why. >> this, we can't use this. >> this is all that is left inside of a classroom at some
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john's baptist church the pastor wants to know why. >> i ask myself that a thousand times what makes someone go around and fire? >> investigators looking for this man. copies of the sketch have been sent to 3,000 neighbors in a 6 to 10 block area. 13 fires have been set the picture of a tall thin white or hispanic man put together using home surveillance clips like this one. showing a man seen walking by four times saturday before a fire destroyed this victorian home on st. john street. firefighters say it's encouraging the arsonist has been quiet for 24 hours. >> hopefully with information out there now, neighborhood is keeping an eye open. >> many neighbors are keeping vigilant and lights on, and
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staying up overnight in shifts. mobile home manager says everyone is on edge. >> it's scary. scary. someone like that running around, you snow >> how are you sleep something >> i'm up at 7:00. miss lisenning to whatever is going on. >> other neighbors are keeping their lawns watered in case their properties are targeted next. >> i play for whoever do this. is lost. >> a red flag warning going into affect in the bay area, you can see how clear weather still is around here. it's pleasant and can be dangerous. let's go to sandhya patel. >> it's middle of winter. live doppler seven will talk about clear skies. it's easy and
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getting gusty tonight. red flag warning starts at 10:00 p.m . it runs until tomorrow morning when we're expecting strongest gusts. maybe will be low, 15% to 25%. with lack of rain, rapid fire growth is possible. take a look at high temperatures for today. 71 half moon way. 67 san francisco. santa rosa and napa. santa cruz at 76 degrees. i'll be back with high temperatures tomorrow and we'll see more records, also talking about potential for any rain in the accu-weather forecast. >> we need it. thank you. >> lack of rain has been buying containers to store water saying
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sales troubled saying if they continue homeowners hoarding water. in less than an hour, city council expected to recommend a ban urging rez don'ts start conserving water. >> also in petaluma rancho feeding slaughter house is recalling 41,000 pounds of meat projects. that may include dell monty in oakland, american canyon and cnm and in napa. also, prime smoked meats in oakland so far no reports of illnesses. >> and
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health care and that, i felt like mission accomplished. >> at least 20 said it was and 68 said labor and health care. let's turn to the end of the year, would not speculate >> well, with twitter in the neighborho neighborhood, san francisco's plan to clean up market streets strooet is working. there is a trouble spot police say paiing atension to main library
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we're talking about street people and those causing trouble. library has become a hangout for many. the mayor wants it stopped. you can see difference on mid market street. the orders to clean it appears to be working. >> to do our best to clean it up. >> those who are causing unruly behavior appear to be moving to neighboring districts. one traffic center. disturbing incidents have been on the rise. >> area around the library...
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>> why is that? >> drug use, abuse. homeless hanging out. individuals have had situation was drugs. that is what we're talking about. >> last week the mayor sent this letter to luis herrera. he wanted stronger penalties. herrera told us he's instituting a no tolerance policy. >> it's some cases that they won't be. you know? >> when we came to the library we noticed more police presence. he's add theed an officer to pat trailer libraries perimeter.
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>> an update on a story broke on abc7 news at 4:00. sky seven over raed when police captured a man after searching a neighborhood downtown. the driver rammed into a building before running from officers >> new details about the off duty police officer who shot a motorist after two got into an argument following a fender bender sunday morning on interstate 2806789 both pulled over to a gas station on gerald avenue the department says they have video showing the other driver identified as a 35-year-old, punching the off duty fame yale officer in the face the officer drew a gun and fired once. he was hit in the leg by a freg fragment and later arrested. the officer is now on routine paid administrative
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leave. she was not in uniform driving a personal car. police say the officer identified herself before she was punched. >> a suspected murderer learned he will stand trial for the murder of a girl killed while answering a door in july. police believe darnel williams wounded two other children and their grandmother. prosecutors say williams was trying to avenge murder of his friends killed in berkeley. >> a lot more to bring you here. it's annoying when someone pulls out a cell phone to text during a movie but shouldn't be deadly. >> why some cars were attacked in san francisco. >> also, why snap chat is apologizing. >> developers say it will be the only project in the country of its kind of massive new mall come together bay area. abc7 news
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t jennie-o w where every ta where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought wsurprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. i feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. i think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. yeah. when i eat well, i feel well. anncr: it's time for a better taco. the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey in a store near you.
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medical marijuana supporters filing an initiative to keep pot shops open in the city. the city began sending letters ordering them to close. >> a group of san francisco tenants is seeing their landlord and say they've been bullied into moving out so the owner could turn the rent controlled building into office space. this area is going through
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construction and many long time tenants have been evicted. tenants accuse the landlord of letting the building fall into disrepair >> bed bug, lack of basic services as hot water and heat. >> the owner disputes accusations saying thesy pushing him to convert the building into offices. >> protest turned violent in harris. french taxi drivers attacked uber cars outside of the two main airports, assailants threw paint and objects. five taxi unions organized the demonstration calling so called smart phone based car services unfair competition. uber faced resistant from taxi groups in the use as well. french regulators issued a dreey allowing independent services to operate there as long as they wait 15 minutes before picking
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up passengers the unions say that is not enough. >> snap chat users concerned about the data breech could have to v.led to snap spam over the weekend one user tweeted is all we're getting caused by a security breech? the question addressing the user names and partial phone numbers snap chat leaked in december the ceo respnded with a question, nope, did you change your setting? snap chat apologized or unwanted photos or videos users may have gotten. >> we have big automotive news right now. >> and how californians are being targeted by dunkin do nuts >> first, detroit auto show. autos come from many country
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buzz american made is getting press this year. the winner of the car of the year is this. the 2014 chevolet corvette sting ray. siller raddo came away with the vehicle truck of the year. >> cars have never been seen in paris or tokyo or korea is unveiled here is huge. >> improving economy added a lot of energy to the show, self driving car are closer to becoming a reality on california roads. california department of motor vehicles will hold a hearing tomorrow on new rules for the testing of
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vehicles legislation includes requires for reporting and rentaling station f you like eating more doughnuts? folks at dunkin doughnuts thinks you will. the company is expanding out west hoping to have 150 new locations within six years. a check of the store locator shows there are no dunkin doughnut shops within 50 miles of san francisco, only one shop in the state that is located in camp pendelton. a long drive for a dunkin doughnut. >> yes. worth it but nice if it's closer. >> all right. check this out. beach weather in winter? in santa cruz yes. temperatures toasty degrees today. it is nice but need something different in
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weather at this point. >> yes. >> we're not expecting any over several days. high pressure is going to block any storms from getting here. next seven days are dry. taking a look at live doppler seven we're going to talk about clear skies now. and what is coming. if you take a look at winds, lower elevations really calm, light and wind direction has been coming out of the east there some warmest weather arrived so far but only going to get warmer later on this week. mount tamalpais you can see moon up at the top. san francisco, well, from our camera, taking a look at numbers. 61 santa rosa.
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view from san jose, it's clear and and remaining that way. red flag warning tonight, sunny, warmer. we're looking at high temperatures for tuesday and wednesday. here is the set up. high pressure is strong time of the year. tomorrow morning temperatures held up because of the breeze. gusty and into 40s except morgan hill there. so tomorrow morning looking at after the noon. p you're thinking about taking doidz park or beach dwoitsing to be warm.
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bay, 72 degrees and hard to believe. sunset district, 68. temperatures have been averaging a good 10-13 degree as above normal and we're going to see it again, tomorrow, 72 napa. oakland. inland spots is it january? yes? you start question this. livermore. thinking about golfing this week, it's dry and mild temperatures into 70s next couple days. cooler at the coast on thursday. mid 60s to mid-70s,
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captain is in custody thanks to a good samaritan grabbing him until law enforcement arrived. >> los angeles county prosecutors charged octo mom with welfare fraud the da claims she failed to report $30,000 in earnings when applying for public assistance last year. >> oversea tz a nasty crash in norway. watch. just incred yivenlt amazingly two drivers inside are okay. they were the fifth stage when the car hit a bump at nearly 100 miles per hour. take a look. the ford tlip flipped and landed upside down in a river the car is toast the two drivers got out, swam to the riverbank. >> incredible. >> in china a truck caused a huge crash after crashing on a
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highway the truck drivering fire works that started to blow up the driver and his passenger got out safely but a pretty frightening experience. >> goodness well, developers planning a unique mall in the south bay the project will be build at mccarthy ranch going to be the biggest in the country including hundreds of small shops, a hoetal and a garage for 800 cars. >> still to come jim harbaugh says he knows a good thing. >> he has a lot to shiel about. he has a lot to sing
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coming up at 6:00 bolts on the new bay bridge, the cost to make sure they're holidaying up okay. should it be illegal for bart workers to strike? and a feeding frenzy on san francisco bay. tonight what could be a major turn around for a troubled safety. >> thank you. see you then. >> just one more win to go to get to the super bowl. you know niners pride busting around the bay area. >> it's thrilling and this is 2-year-old ava, all smiles living in a gorgeous x 24-7 >> check out baby trey. you can e mail us >> that is a fun way to get
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involved. >> 49er fans are giddy about the team reaching the championship game. >> it's fabulous. and dozens waited to welcome the team home of a win in carolina. >> coach harbaguh broke into song when asked about the game. >> there is a lot of situations. been everywhere, man. like the johnny cash song. >> keep your day job, coach. >> next weekend they'll be looking forward to the super bowl. fans are very impressed. >> after the date went through... >> i got my stuff. >> how do we laminate this?
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>> how fun. that is this edition of abc7 news, hatching welcome to "world news." tonight, cockpit confusion. how did pilots on this big passenger plane land at the wrong airport on a runway so small they had to screech to the finish? >> thanks again for your patience. and again, i apologize. >> the pilots and passengers on what happened. what's in the drinking water? five days after the poison spill, can hundreds of thousands of people trust the company saying it's safe to drink the water, despite the smell? and sneezing and greetings. are you saver hugging someone with a cold or shaking hands or high-fives? we're in the lab for real answers, tonight. and a good evening to you on this monday night. we begin this week with a moment
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