fire tonight. so far 11 people have been evacuated. one structure has burned and several others are being threatened. this is a marshy island with slews winding through it we've seen a fire boat spraying it but there has been very little response. this is bordered by sacramento and contra costa county. but theys counties tonight say they're not engaging the fire. several people here tell us the island burned in july and it burn out. >> it's burning. >> what is on the island? >> cabins

>> we're looking from sky seven hk. you can see we're told is a duck hunting cabin. last thing firefighters want is to be trapped on a burning island but historically there have been questions as to who should respond to emergencies in this tri county area. we're going try to talk to officials and see what is behind that. >> thank you very much. never before at least not what weather observers can remember has a red flag warning been called this early in the year. this alnth beach in southern california today. no ouncehouse was damaged. laura anthony begins live tonight in el cerrito.

>> this is the type of weather we should be enjoying. it's dry and warm. some people told us they're afraid of it whait mean mean now, and in the future. fire crews spent much of the day looking for any signs behaviors that might cause the fire. on a rare red flag day in january. >> part of the normal procedure is to do patrols with crews in our hillside fire stations we're doing those. and staffed with personnel. >> signs were put up warning of conditions and boor bee cues. >> proactive is the way to be.

>> in oakland there are no extra patrols and the failure of a local measure to boost funds for firefighting. one big connect predicted wind gusts of up to 40 miles per hour. >> with all dryness we have here and winds we have to keep vigil sxb alert. you know? like 24-7. >> conditions so dangerous cal fire called back personnel early. 125 of them here in the bayer. cal fire reopened five bases that provide air support. those stations include hemet, hollister and chico. firefighters say conditions are like what they normally see in september and october. laura anthony abc7 news.

>> the weather we're having compares to the kind of conditions you'd expect to see in the fall after a long, dry summer. these people enjoying sunshine in san francisco this afternoon. really beach weather in january. so is there an end in sight? >> the short answer is that there is no end in sight. here is live doppler seven hd. clear skies with record high temperatures all over the bay area today. that shattered old records set back in 2000. moffett field 72 degrees. 69 livermore. all new record high temperatures for this date and warmth continues. warm air over hills. that means elevated risks

and a red flag warning until thursday morning for high fire danger for north bay mountains winds gusting 30-40 miles per hour. rapid fire growth is possible we have gusts over 20 miles per hour in many lobings around the bay area. gusts at 44 miles per hour >> tonight a drought deck claire yags is imminent. there has been pressure on the governor to declare a drought. water levels are nearing historic low levels thchl year's snow pack was too little to make a difference. some businesses are underwater conservation. >> leafy greens and melons will not go into ro production. they

don't have water yir for them what. water may be available has gt to be to sustain permanent crops. otherwise, they'll die. >> the farm bureau is working to move to areas in need. >> if you've been trifling and sneezing you might not have a cold the warm winter means you may be suffering from allergies. if you're not feeling hot, abc7 news reporter jonathan bloom found you're not alone. >> people out jogging in shorts and tee shirts in the pan handle. too green perhaps. >> we have had severe allergies lately. >> post nasal drip. just poll yerngs allergies. >> might start sneezing then eyes get itchy. they realize this isn't a cold. this is hay

fever. >> advanced allergy solutions in san francisco. >> we have improvement >> she suspects high pollen levels are the culprit. >> you're going to see that in spring. however, because of the weather we're seeing it in january this year. >> what does this look like? >> runny nose, sneezing in the morning. >> some say this isn't a fluke. it may just be the extreme example of what has been going on. >> there has been an increase >> this year she's seeing patients from outside of the city. >> people from east bay, south bay. if he the have been warmer down there. >> left over stress can make allergies worse.

drink water, a lot of throat coat tea. that stuff. >> i'm always have to have a tissue in my pocket. >> there are two more flu-related deaths tonight. san mateo county added another fatality today. total number of flu deaths now stands at 18. officials urging people to get vaccinateed. elmwood correctional facility reported three cases of swine flu. access to two male dormitory is z.1 female dorm is being restricted because of the infections. about 200 inmates have been affected >> a mosque is located in old

kaiserfield hospital. etc. a world war ii era building where the fire marshal found dozens of safety violations. also undergoing construction without permits. under the agreement it will remain closed ml leaders submit plans to bring it up to code. >> police investigators looking over surveillance video to figure out what provoked an officer to shoot a driver. take a look at the video from sunday morning. you can see cars pull into the station on bay shore boulevard. the drivers get into an argument. police say the officer was punched, she then pulled a gun and shot at the other driver. >> police need help identifying who attacked an elderly man on

new year's eve. police are not saying much about what happened but occurred on mark boulevard near 9th avenue. after 11:00 p.m . again, on christmas eve f you have information please contact the police. >> hundreds of birds are dieing on the peninsula officials believe they have a solution to stop the deaths happening along radio road and redwood shores parkway but they have created another problem of the one that is going to affect people. >> water level is receding. sadly perhaps not fast enough to prevent more birds from dieing. >> it's not only ducks that use these ponds and geese. there is a lot of shore birds that use it. >> the system authority hopes draining will stop the epidemic.

>> once drying out, bacteria will die. then we won't have a problem anymore. >> so far, it has killed 200 ducks here. a bird watcher noticed dead birds and contacted u.s. fish and wildlife service the agency inspected and found through tests that they died from the avian cholera >> our guess is that a bird passed away contaminating water. >> draining the pond may solve this problem. it's creating a bad smell. >> birds have to do their duty. there are several inches on the bottom of the pond. >> this build up over nearly two decades. and will be several

months before the pond can be refill refilled. news of the bad odor took residents by surprise. with fires after hours, it was awful here. so... i bet that with the pond it's going to be really bad. >> i'll wear a mask. oxygen mask. >> the plant will try to mitigate the smell as best they can. they'll bring in heavy equipment to turn over bird droppings once the pond is dry. a 12-year-old legal battle comes to an end for residents of this mobile home park. >> tesla recalls a product that could trigger a fire. we're going to bring you details on this. >> tonight human toll of targets yit's data breech. how a woman's christmas was ruined. >> and more on the unusual

weather. tonight you'll be able to see sdpreez plants are confused. >> keeping an eye on the delta tonight. a small island evacuated was of the fire. a lot

u.s. supreme court affirmed a major victory for california mobile homeowners protected by rent control. i've been reporting on this case five years focusing on a mobile home park in san rafael

the park owner sued the city claiming rent control law was un-constitutional. the supreme court refused to hear an appeal meaning rent control stands this, is a huge decision. it's expected to protect with similar laws >> marin county "ser storm lost another round. drake's bay oyster company ordersered to close by 2012 by u.s. interior department which hopes to return the property to wilderness. a panel in san francisco refused to block the government's order and today the full court voted not to review that decision. it means the farm's last hope could be u.s. supreme court. the facility continues to operate during appeals process. it's lawyers are contestimony nate mraiting their next move. >> tesla motors issued a recall because of a phone shall fire hazard that does not include

telsa electric car buzz does involve an adapt arer used for charging the model s's sold last year. akoerdzing to stesla it could cause it to overhead or start a fire. so what to do if you have one? tesla will send you a new one >> long, warm winter created an unusual phenomenon. flowers popping up in january tricked into thinking it's spring there is a down side, though. >> well, carolyn, to winter weather we we can end up paying higher food prices

>> landscape architect leslie sdeen designed this front yard. mother nature tricked plants into thinking it's spring. some flowers are months early. >> i won't call them confused just following their natural sense to grow when the weather is warm. >> it's warm enough for fees to be bees out. >> you might find it's damaged with cold frost. it would normally have a growing season to harden lead was wax. >> valerie wants to surround her garden. arugula is flowering so is this desert plant. a change back to normal winter weather

could inflict economic damage. >> if we got a freeze meaning all of the flowers goring to fall off. so you'll get, you know lower production. and... prices will reflect it. >> that is supporting cherry grower that's need to make sure fruit trees stay dormant. >> a lot of farmers are irrigating to keep soil cool as it can to ward off this heat in the daytime. and we're just keeping our fingers crossed. >> wild, but beautiful. >> it is beautiful but strange. >> hard to complain. you know? there are problems for conditions so dry so long. we can use rain. we can use a lot of rain as a matter of fact.

here is a live view looking down on to the bay. downtown san francisco, 62 degrees at this hour. 59 in oakland. temperatures upper 60s. 64 los gatos. another live view of an almost full moon luma. cool in spots. 61 livermore, a final live view looking westward aconsiders the bay these forecast features for hills and mountains more record highs are likely. warm spell continues and there is still no rain in sight in the immediate forecast future. large

ridge of high pressure deflecting jet stream north. that is why there is no cool air coming our way soon. there is no rain making systems either. what we have are dry winds giving us warmer conditions and dry conditions how dry? well, santa rosa is more than 16 inches below it's average rainfall level for this point of the season. and that is very difficult to makeup. at this point in the season. overnight tonight, clear skies. low temperatures low to mid-40s around the bay. upper 40s to 50 near the coast. tomorrow, low to mid-70s. low 70s on the peninsula. upper 60s to low 70s

on the coast. east bay, 73 in san ramone. here is the accu-weather forecast. warmth holds on we'll see upper drop off noer any hint of rain. >> coming up next a bay area woman looking forward to the nfc championship.

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149ers fan is so angry the seahawks didn't let him buy a ticket he started a petition on change.org. it now has about 800 signatures. >> i have people other fans from other teams saying my team isn't knit. this is ridiculous. nfl

needs to step n why is there allowed to be discrimination within these teams? >> denver banned fans in new england from buying tickets to the championship game. he hopes that protests will force nfl to change its rules >> it's not easy be being a seahawks fan this week. just ask vicky. she says she will keep wearing this shirt until the team makes it to the super bowl. >> i go into star bucks and people say you just ruined my morning the bus driver almost didn't let me on. looked at me and thought about opening that door. then when he did open the door he said i don't know if i should have let you on. it's all about the jersey. >> celebrating on sunday probably won't make life easier for her. she predicts a seattle

victory by three points. >> we continue to ask to you give us your fan photos. check this to us on abc7 news bay area or post them to our face book page. >> abc7 needses your help to win. >> yes. we have a competition going to see who has the best fans emerald bay or san francisco bay area. we know it's us. >> yes. you need to go to abc7 news facebook page and like this post. seattle thinks they will beat us we plan to clobber them on the field and on facebook. whoever has most likes by kickoff wins. >> nobody has got it better than us. >> yes. exactly. >> there is more still to come

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hose who've been denied ewelcome to covered california. now, you can no longer be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. enroll today at coveredca.com. it's happening now in the delta. we want to update you on a brush fire near antioch that is in sacramento county but firefighters in neighboring towns are responding as well. contra costa county deputies helped get 11 people off the island when flames broke out around 3:30 this afternoon. one building burned to the ground. and no one lives on kimble island. crews relied on a helicopter and fire boat to try to contain these flames. it does not appear crews are actually on the ground there tonight. no one

has within hurt. many people in the east bay report smelling smoke, officials say the sfier not posing a health hazard. >> so rare. >> yes. >> on to consumer news the target data breech keeps growing with personal stories of how customers have been affected by this are starting to come out. >> yes. we've reported number of victims increased to 100 million. leslie is one of those 110 million but it would be a mistake to consider her another number. leslie worked freelance jobs whenever she can get work. it can be a struggle to come up with money to just meet life basic necessities. i live paycheck to paycheck.

>> she shopped at target on black friday. christmas eve she was confirmed she was a victim of the someone rang up four charges to her account in sandy, utah. >> i've never been in sandy, utah. >> those left account $100 overdrawn. her debit card was rendered useless until it could send her a new one. >> i had to borrow money for christmas dinner from my brother and from my rent. >> she says net spin told her nothing could be done until charges cleared. would it likely she'd not get a new card until tree three weeks after she first reported fraud. iet was empty feeling. and >> she was told she'd have to wait. >> once seven on your side

contacted them, my money was returned needily. >> net spin told at net spend we're focused on provide proing teches from unauthorized use including alerts. we were more than happy to assist miss frederickson in this situation. leslie now has a new card. >> i felt great. great. i'm part of the living human beings again. live without plastic doesn't mean anything. >> we're glad she's whole again. target refused to answer our question about whether driver license information was also stolen in that data breech. target swipes when you return merchandise or purchase age related items. officials say thaefrg can be shared the s.at target.com. we found no information about the driver license data being stolen. cam california dmv says it has no

evidence license information has been compromised. >> there is so much here, what do privacy advocates say? >> great question. the clearing house say most consumers think it's unlikely the information was stolen. if it was, people with most concern would be those thinking in terms of domestic violence or stalking victims. >> i don't like how they like to swipe our licenses so much. >> yes. yes. >> thank you. >> sure. >> efforts to reach a bipartisan deal extending emergency jobless benefits for 1.3 million americans collapsed in the senate today. >> yes. lawmakers have been working to restore extended benefits expiring december 28th. they're considering providing three months to long term unemployed. >> both party as agree they want po to move forward but neither can agree on how. republicans want it paid for by cutting

other programs struggling americans wait for washington to make a decision. both sxhous senate on recess next week. >> the bank turned $21 billion in profits. tesla says it's sold 6900 model ss a thousand more than expected kpt announced it will double outlets in 2014. they now have 88 dealerships the stock rose on that news up $21 a share. holiday sales up merely 4%. >> los angeles sheriff detectives say the pop star

justin beiber was cooperative during a search of his house today for evidence related to an egg throwing incident. he accused of causing $20,000 worth of damage by chucking eggs at his house thursday night. that raises the case to a pbl felony. one of his entourage was arrested on a narcotics charge. witnesses say he has driven over 100 miles per hour down the veet and spits in the face of one neighbor. >> well, still to come tonight a landmark agreement between police and san no. tonight, i got the favorites bucket.

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a report says children as young as eight have been arrested on school campuses >> today an agreement that more clearly defines the role of teachers, and police. this 17-year-old is a stewed yevenlt his mother pulled him from public school after ak rested when he was only 12 >> my son was arrested and went

to jail because he was a black boy. >> his mother says charges of robbing a class mate were dropped. her son's experience is not unique. accord together organization coleman add slow kits between 2010 and 2013, 460 students were arrested at san francisco schools. 39% were black. there are only 8% of the student body. now a new agreement between the district and police department spells out protocol when cops come on campus >> you put handcuffs on anyone it's going to have impact z what we want to do is in the us business of educating youngsters. >> we're hoping to see out of the mou is that school discipline issues goring to be handle by the school officials >> an earlier agreement put into

place after this 2002 clash that began with a fight between students. >> anything that helps us be in a better place with young people is never work for us. in san francisco, abc7 news. just ahead researchers on the verge of wiping out a deadly disease. >> two security, butalk to the leader. tyco integrated security. we'll create a solution customized just for you. and you can manage it all right from the palm of your hand.

bay area researchers getting a major boost from the bill and melinda gates foundation to fight malaria. >> from the developing worth deaths have been cut in the last decade. with advances the disease kills half a million

people per year, many of them, children. this doctor leads the elimination initiative at. >> it's a long battle. it's seen with huge genome. >> he says successes made a difference. one was wide spread distribution of bed nets pro testing villagers and another project funded by n.part by the gates foundation. experts believe there is a danger of it returning to countries that now have it under control. some variations can lay dormant while infected person may not feel symptoms, he says they're walking reservoirs. >> as long as you have that reservoir around, mosquitos can

bite you and about 14 or 15 days later will be infectious, that infectious mosquito can bite lots of people. >> that led to a resurgence of the disease. he says the grant will help fund testing programs to identify, and treat those carriers. he says the other challenge will be to develop drug treatments for new forms of malaria that have either grown resistant. the goal to eradicate the disease entirely in 40 years. >> bill and melinda gates made this one of their main goals in their live time. and as long as we this v.this leadership, we can do it. >> the world health organization estimates malaria elimination programs have saved 3 million lives since the year 2000. >> this is just in to the abc7 newsroom. san jose police

department announced it's taking over the hunt for an arsonist set as many as 13 fires in downtown area since just last week. >> the fire departments squad had been handling this investigation. but now, the police department has taken over. >> going back to update the weather forecast. >> spencer christian is here with that for us. >> clear skies, mild conditions over the bay area tonight getting breezy. high fire danger through thursday morning. state wide, sunny, warm, highs expected in locations including monterey a high of 76 tomorrow. that will be a new record for the date for monterey. here in the bay area, more warmth is likely but a santa cruz predicted to have a high of 78 that, will be a record high. santa cruz, 73. napa, a record as well. meanwhile, no heat up in seechlt unless niners are bringing it. sunday theshg play in the seahawks game time in seattle is

afternoon. ef temperatures in the 40s. mid-70s throughout the remainder of the week. tapering off just a couple degrees over the weekend. warm, dry, and a bill challenge will be containi containing marshon lynch. >> yes. exactly. >> heist continues. 49ers and seahawks we have the latest coming up out of the 49ers locker room. all about the noise level. trust me. i was standing next to the cameraman. we cannot hear

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by the end of the week both niners and seahawks will be so tired they're going to be ready to put on pads and play the game. trending today at 49ers locker room was noise level at century link field you can't hear snap counts or calls in the huddle. so hand signals and counts and screaming

out plays become alternative. >> this isn't the only stadium where violent communication takes place. just the most ex-team one. we can use experiences in the past to do this. >> it's a different animal. a different kind of crowd noise and level. we've experienced that. it's not our first so we know what to expect and to prepare for that. we'll be ready for. that >> jason carver joined the team in 2012. stanford free safety will join guard david yankee to enter the nfl draft. and is

considered a top three prospect. >> to the ice starting in washington, d.c. to face caps in a battle of second place teams. things can get ugly. blood on the ice already. tyler kennedy gets a pass. second period cap scores his 33 of the season. sharks won victory. american fashionista with her outfit of the day. didn't work. goes long and out of the first round safely. a straight set

victory. rafa in aedal also moving on for the net. a two-point home one friday night, warriors getting a four-day break back on the court yesterday and today by the looks of steph curry good from 80 feet. take a look. time in oakland may two he ousted them in game six of the first round. he's happy to be a warrior now. happen yes to get four days off between games. >> you know that schedule can hit you. we're at a point in

time the game is back, back where injuries happen. so we're blessed to not have any interference with so many games. >> high school hoops tied at 65. grand view, the steal. grand view kun inspect high winds and rain up in seattle. >> thank you. thank you. nice role reversal. >> yes. and a lot of noise. >> join me tonight at 9:00, why a lawmaker wants to prohibit the sale of all filtered cigarettes. >> alert, aware. the way neighbors are taking action against a serial arsonist. >> stay with us. we have marvel

agents of shield followed by goldbergs and we'll be back with the late news. thanks for joining us. >> we appreciate your time. from all of us, have a good night.

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