reported a recent increase in the number of people visiting the emergency room. the cdc and several health departments report that we're at the peak of the flu season which started early this year. there have also been more flu related deaths this year, during the last few season, by january 2017, there had been nine deaths in california among people under the age of 65. so far we have seen 42 deaths this season. it's believed this flu vaccine is not as effective as last year's. gloria gomez got her flu shot months ago. >> when i get sick, nobody's going to take care of me. i take care of others. that's why i got the flu shot early. >> she still got the flu, even though her symptoms were mild. >> it didn't stop me from having the flu. >> so it didn't work? >> it helped i guess. >> even in a year where the

effectiveness of the flu vaccine is not optimal, the vaccine still have vents millions of illnesses and tens of thousands of hospitalizations in the united states. >> the san francisco public health department reminds everyone it takes about two weeks for anti-bodies to develop in the body to protect you so they say, don't wait any longer and the flu mist nasal vaccine has not been very effective against the h1n1 vaccine and is not being recommended this season. the flu widespread now across most of the u.s., as you can see on the map from the cdc, it's widespread in almost every state. cdc officials were briefed today on how to reduce the spread and how to help communities where there's a shortage of vaccines or medication. >> this year's influ wenza seas

is proving to be particularly difficult. >> reporter: the cdc says this year's virus is incredibly difficult to work with, treat and prevent. with a high number of hospitalizations and deaths, 42 adults under the age of 65 in california have died from flu complications since october, 19 of those have been in the bay area. >> all of the states, 49 of them at least are reporting in the same week widespread activity and from what i understand from our experts, lynette graham and others, that hasn't happened in the last 15 years. >> reporter: a 43-year-old mother of three went to san jose hospital with flu symptoms. thomas died 15 hours later. >> i know that she could hear us and we were saying katie, you can fight this, you can beat it. and we just didn't believe it. we were in tote it shock. it's still hard to believe.

>> reporter: katie was a marathon runner and did owing wi yoga as well as pilates. her family wants people to take the flu seriously. >> it's important for people to go out there and get their flu shot and take care of the symptoms because we just thought she would be back home in a couple of days and she wasn't. >> reporter: what can you do? the cdc says get vaccinated if you haven't all right and if you do show signs of flu symptoms go to the doctor and get anti viral medication, they say that is working against this virus. >> and we have several resources on abc7 news.com, including links to local health departments and a flu shot finder. remember, you can get personalized push alerts for the news you want delivered to your phone with the app. the chp says officer martin

lendway was investigating a different crash around 6:15 last night when a suspected intoxicated driver hit lendway's motorcycle with a truck. today authorities released this booking photo of the 52-year-old tammy walker of pittsburgh. she was driving with a suspended license after a prior dui conviction. it's not a red carpet he's walking, it's a corporaurtroom hallway. >> abc7 news reporter wayne freedman was in the san rafael courtroom as box entered his plea today. >> reporter: this is not likely a role that actor brian box ever thought he would play. would you talk to us about the charges against you? >> no comment.

>> reporter: box played a bit part in the netflix drama 13 reasons why. a number of hiss activities led to his arrest by tibron police. in court this morning, box who's 23 years old and lives in vallejo pleaded guilty of stealing jewelry and valuables last fall from victims in their 70s, 80s and 90s. the mo in this case is pretty much the same. he worked for his victims as a caretaker. he would later come back and burglarize them. >> there's at least four other cases in marin that i'm aware of and several in the east way. >> reporter: surveillance cameras reported box entering the city on the days of those crimes, from a search warrant of his mobile phone, they found he visited this local pawnbroker regularly. >> he had been there several times over a short period.

we identified a substantial number of property. >> reporter: hence the charges the not guilty plea and the possibility of even more charges to follow. police say they have been able to recover some of the stolen property, in one case, the police association paid for a recovered engagement ring and returned it to the 90-year-old owner. four people are now suing, they say they were attacked in rioting sparked by a uc berkeley protest sparked by yuanopolis. >> they're looking out as hundreds and hundreds of people are getting attacked and they basically didn't perform their job. >> uc spokesman says uc hasn't

seen the lawsuit and can't yet comment. state attorney general javier bassera says that net neutrality will hurt not only individuals but bids. 20 other states along with washington, d.c. have joined this lawsuit. moz still l . turning to the weather, got a little rain overnight and now let's take a live look outside, our mount cam camera is gray, it's foggy and cloudy up there. >> spencer christian here with the forecast, it's not going to rain now, but it's not far off? >> a lot more coming our way, at the moment there may be some drizzly spots, but essentially it's ended. rainfall totals from our most recent storm basically ended this morning. many locations in the south bay and up around the bay shoreline

received no measurable rain at all. only .02 inch. and a mild 63 at san jose, 66 even milder in gill roy and half moon bay. this is a little bit brighter view, looking west from emeryville. 57 at fairfield, concord andly more, 53 degrees. and check out our chances over the next several days, tomorrow 100% chance of rain tomorrow, down to 80% on thursday. it's going to be a very rainy and stormy period of weather. the number of dead from the

mudslides in mondtecito remains at 20. two people are still missing. the number of homes destroyed has nearly doubled rising to 115 today. officials say highway 101 will also remain closed in that area for at least the rest of the week. a lawsuit has been filed by victims blaming utility companies for the disaster. repairs to the goodland library in napa are now complete. the library that was built in 1901 was damaged in a 2014 earthquake. you can see some of the damage here. now the $1.7 million project has finally wrapped up. the construction included a new roof and repaired interior walls and trim. the building still has some of its original fixtures including most of the shelves and wood work. the library is the longest continually operated library in

the area. the governor has now proposed the construction of one giant tunnel that would be designed and built by southern and central california water agencies. the project he proposed has faced opposition from environmentalists and the water agencies that would pay for it. the cost of california's high-speed rail is set to rise, it's expected to cost $10.6 billion, that's up 35%. the extra 2.8 billion comes on a 199 mile segment in the violencely. it boosts the overall cost of the project to nearly 67 billion. the initial projection was 40 billion. the bullet train is supposed to connect san francisco and los angeles in under three hours by the year 2029.

a candid conversation about president trump and his health. >> i approached the president like i would any other patient and he has gone above and beyond. >> the good and the bad concerning the president's health today. and removing the stigma of cannabis, what one group wants to do to change your mind about just who uses that drug. and check out this line, what all these people are waiting to get their hands on and they still have to wait until tomorrow. speaking of waiting and waiting, you knew where we were going with that, the live traffic cam, sky way in san francisco, both directions getting to the bay bridge and getting off the bay bridge both rather slow

do police officers need more oversight? that is the focus of a city council study over whether to give city police officers expanded authority. >> david luie looks at the issues facing the san jose police department. >> reporter: the city is ready to hear arguments both in favor of giving the pol more authority. aaron zisser joined the department several weeks ago, he can investigate officer involved shootings. he's suggesting he should be able to review incidents without a complaint. the councilmember who heads the public safety commission says the decision may not rest with the city at all, but instead may

go to the public for a vote. >> i think that we have always been out in front and that's where we're trying to be right now to decide before we have any major crisis, because that's certainly clear, we are not a city or a department in crisis. but before we have one how can we make the program even better? >> reporter: the internal all the ought for and the -- >> internal affairs takes our feed and changes and gives their feedback or analysis. in other cases they hear our feedback but they are satisfied with the investigation. >> reporter: the police chief is expected to argue he has improved the trust in officers. body worn cameras and releasing data are two very important matters. >> the public is welcome to speak at the police auditors

study session, it starts at 6:00 in the city hall. a city pot dispensary is hoping to attract some corporate specific professionals on specific days next week. the list stretches from lawyers to engineers, salespeople to ceos. marketing director elliott debreeze says they're trying to cut down on the stigma of cannabis. >> there just isn't the social tradition around marijuana that there is around alcohol and we want to break down some of that stigma so that people can feel more comfortable. >> reporter: so how much do you save? the daily discount will be 20% for professionals who bring their business cards. and you can contact the apott car yum for the schedule. >> the san jose board of directors is meeting right now to discuss a pilot program for residential parking permits. the current program allows for

four cars per household. but a pilot program would change that to one per person and two per household. it's to prevent commuters from parking in neighborhoods for long periods of time. the first airport in country where passengers can get emergency alerts on their cell phones. airport officials say they have received permission from fema to isse wireless emergency alerts to private cell phones on airport grounds. the new capability takes the airport's emergency communications ability to a new level. several other airports have received approval but they are not yet operational. burger king will have a new challenger. shake shack will open its first store in the stanford shopping center this fall. so figure a lot of college students from campus nearby. they say they're taking over the wells fargo bank next to p.f. changs. it's also considering op

two other stores. who's got the best burger? i have never -- have you had shake shack? >> i've been to the one in brooklyn, and it's heavenly. >> heavenly? >> the burgers are good, the shakes are good. >> better than in and out? >> or five guys? >> yes, i like shake shack. >> your kids would disagree with you. >> they would. >> spencer, pick it up. >> time for weather. >> yes. >> can't disagree with that. >> it does no good anyway. >> here's a look at live doppler 7, lots ofog forming right now, it's a little damp and dreary out there, but the actual rainfall has ended, but we have rough surf. this is to be taken seriously. this is a high surf warning in effect from 10:00 tomorrow night to 10:00 thursday night. wave heights are all rigt ranging from 20 to 40 feet.

a rough and dangerous surf has whipped up already. now we're looking life from our rooftop cam. these are our forecast features, we'll some sun burning through, especially south of the golden gate and east of the golden gate. now let's look ahead at the next storm coming in on thursday and friday, it ranks only one on the storm impact scale. so a storm of fairly light intensity, so it will bring some cold air, cold rain, some areas will see between a quarter-inch and a third-inch of rainfall. and there's that dangerous surf i told you about. starting out forecast animation at 12:00 a.m. thursday, or mid tight tomorrow night. we'll see the storm pushing down the north bay, it will continue

to be widespread and mainly light to moderate throughout the day thursday, a little bit of a break thursday night and then another wave comes in friday. and we project rainfall totals by friday noon will range from a third of an inch to south bay locations to over half an inch to right around the shoreline. and over in the sierra, a winter storm watch is in effect for that period of time, from noon thursday to 4:00 p.m. friday. we expect 8 to 12 inches of snow. and a few inches of snow will fall down at the 3,000 foot level. meanwhile this is our snow accumulation plot, showing that donner received 20 inches of snow. then our next storm will be a stronger one coming in on sunday. it ranks two on the storm impact scale. we'll see one to three inches of rain from this storm on send and monday, with gusty wind, here is the accuweather sunday forecast.

this is what our winter weather patterns look like and are going to look like for the next week, rainy on thursday and friday, maybe a short break on saturday, then rain and windy on sunday, still stormy on monday with lingering showers on tuesday. get the umbrellas and the rain gear handy. >> oh, boy, thanks, spencer. long lines outside of a south san francisco store, the special shoes they're braving the cold to get their hands on. why not i work overtime when i can get it. i need my blood sugar to stay in control. weekends are my time. i need an insulin that fits my schedule. ♪ tresiba® ready ♪ (announcer) tresiba® is used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. don't use tresiba® to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, during episodes of low blood sugar, or if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. don't share needles or insulin pens. don't reuse needles. the most common side effect is low blood sugar,

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folks. these are no ordinary sneakers, limited edition air jordan 4s in collaboration with levy, with the blue denim there, $203 apiece. i'm told that's right in line with the price. some people plan to buy them and resell them for twice the price. kanye in at 7 pounds 6 ounces, her name has not yet been released. now to a little movie that has done what few movies have. >> here i was trying to be sophisticated watching "the shape of water," "call me by her name." but none have done what a little

bear has done. "paddington 2" has gotten a 100% critic on rotten tomatoes. that means it's gotten 100 reviews and all the critics have loved it. i am talking about the paddington bear. i don't even know what happens, something about paddington getting arrested and landing in prison. but critics can't get enough of it. they're utterly charmed. one critic, this bear is constantly striving to get the approval of the humans in his life. maybe one day we can all be worthy of his. what is happening? all i know is that "paddington 2" now joins the ranks of "toy story 2" getting that 100% approval. we are learning more about that shocking discovery of a dozen children in shackles in riverside county. >> these kids are going to need

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a chp officer has serious injuries after investigators say an intoxicated driver hit his parked motorcycle there on highway 4 last night. officer martin lendway is expected to recover. 52-year-old tammy walker of pittsburgh was arrested. actor brian box from the tv show "13 reasons why" pleaded not guilty to charges of stealing from senior citizens he used to care for when he worked as a home health aid. this is the worst flu season the centers for disease control and prevention has seen in years. now to that shocking case of child abuse in riverside county, parents accused of holding their 13 kids captive in their home. >> investigators say this is like nothing they have ever seen. and today they have praising the

bravery of one of those children, a 17-year-old who came forward to report the abuse. authorities say it was one of the 13 abused children who alerted them to what was happening inside this home. she managed to escape through a window, call 911 and show investigators pictures of the abuse. >> i have been in health care for a long time, i have never seen this. >> reporter: this video shows officers swarming in, taking their parents david and louise turpin in handcuffs. investigators found 12 of the 13 children inside chained to furniture, calling the condition of the home horrific, saying the children were so badly malnourished, seven of them who were adults as old as 29 looked as if they were children. >> being 29 and looking like a 10-year-old, being chained to a bed, i would call that torture. >> reporter: david and louise turpin are considered a good

christian family in their community. >> these kids are going to need a lot of support. it's not going to be anything that you go through, you know, a few sessions of therapy and you're all better, this is going to be long-term. >> reporter: investigators say this was their first time being called to the home and they do not know how long the children were kept in those conditions. kristen? >> donya, i have two questions for you really. number one, what has the parents reactions been to authorities? have they been contrite? have they been defiant? and how could this go unnoticed? a lot of people are asking about that. >> reporter: a lot of people are asking those questions, authorities are telling us that the mother actually seemed perplexed about the deputy's arifle at the home. and how did this go unnoticed? that's something they're investigating here. neighbors say they knew this was

just wasn't right, with so many children, they didn't see any toys at the home, and they would even see the children working in the yard late at night. and authorities are now urging people if you see something like that, report it. president trump is at odds with lawmakers to protect d.r.e.a.m.ers. abc news reporters arre s has t latest. >> reporter: protections are flaring for the so called d.r.e.a.m.ers. >> last thursday, president trump urged lawmakers to craft a bipartisan daca deal. two days later, senators dick durbin and lindsay graham presented the president with a bipartisan proposal which he rejected. >> tuesday we had a president who i was proud to golf with, call my friend, who understood

immigration had to be bipartisan, i don't know where that guy went. i want him back. >> reporter: in that same meeting, the president also allegedly made offensive comments about haiti in african countries, setting off a dispute about what he did or didn't say. >> i stand by every word i said about what was said and what happened at that meeting. >> i did not hear that word used. the conversation was very impassioned. i do don't dispute that the president was using tough language. >> the commander in chief in an oval office meeting referring to people from african countries and haitians with the most vile and vulgar language, your %-p. >> reporter: president trump is also facing questions about whether he said he would prefer immigrants from norway and not africa. >> i want them to come in from everywhere. >> just caucasian or white countries, sir, or do you want people to come in from other parts of the world where there

are people of color? >> everywhere. >> reporter: one democratic senator predicts without a daca deal, a shutdown is more like than not. president trump has a strong possibility of completing his presidency with no medical issues. now that's according to navy dr. ronnie jackson. >> his overall health is excellent, are there a few things he could do to make himself a little healthier with diet and exercise? absolutely. we're tracking that, but overall, he has excellent health. >> the president had his first official physical last year, jackson says donald trump's heart was normal and no abnormal sounds. trump took office at age 70 making him the oldest incoming u.s. president. former white house strategist steve bannon testified before the house intelligence committee today, a source told the panel wanted to

find out president trump's thinking when he fired fbi director james comey. bannon was also expected to be questioned about russian campaign interference, he was told by the trump white house that a meeting between the trump team and russian lawyers was, quote, treasonous. last year 54-year-old barry nassar admitted to molesting 10 girls, including olympic gold medallist simone biles, gabby douglas and mchale maroney. >> i am working on forgiving you mr. nassar, one day i will be able to, but i will never forget what you have done. >> little girls don't stay little forever, they grow into strong women that return to destroy your world. >> most of the olympians who

have accused nassar will not be in court. the jail dantzscher is the only one scheduled to testify at the sentencing hearing. an apology over the sex abuse scandals that have rocked the church. the pope begged for forgiveness in santiago, chilchilchile. the pope's visit has been met with outrage there. officers clashed with democrat nonstraiters today and three catholic churches were torched overnight. students are back in class after learning their class mate has been paralyzed. >> he shook his head like i can't get up. >> the accident that let to the devastating injury 69. you can see low clouds and fog will form as well and there's more rain on the way,

an east bay teenager paralyzed in a wrestling match. many of his classmates are just hearing what happened today as they returned to school after the long weekend. >> ryan joseph suffered a c-4c-4 fracture during a wrestling match last week that has him paralyzed from the neck down.

>> as students returned to class this tuesday they had more on their mind than classes. >> a lot of people are going to be a little distracted today. >> reporter: a.j. played lacrosse with ryan joseph and described him as funny and very social. he says ryan has a lot of support here at school. >> he's just a real good guy in general, like he would always laugh at my jokes and i laugh at his. i think he can get through this. >> reporter: ryan suffered a c-4 spinal cord injury during a wrestling match last week. a friend from childhood was watching the match when it happened. >> the guy took him down in a hold and then the ref pulled him off and he shook his head like i can't get up. and then the ambulance came and had to take him away. >> reporter: school started with an announce with encouragement

to see a counselor if they needed to talk to someone. >> i was surprised, i didn't think it could happen to anyone, but i guess it can happen to anyone. >> reporter: parents say they talked to children their over the weekend, but it's tough to know what else to do. >> i was mortified. it was just terrible. other than that i just prayed, i don't know what else you can do at this time. >> reporter: a fund has been set up to help the family with medical expenses, rye a.j. told that ryan is so happy that people are responding and to know that people care. now your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. >> we'll start with live doppler 7 dealing with a dreary day around the bay area right now, we'll have more low clouds and fog during the overnight hours with temperatures in the mid to upper 40s, so it's not going to be cold overnight, but just a dreary look one. we'll see high temperatures ranging from upper 50s to low 60s for the most part and our

big storm, we have rain coming in at the end of this week, with a storm ranking only 1 on the storm impact scale, but a bigger storm will come in on sunday ranking 2 on the storm impact scale. early estimates 1 to 3 ra -- inches of rain sunday and monday. notice the rain will already be quite widespread at that point, it will continue through the day into monday nighttime hours and into tuesday morning before it all winds down. so we have got some very wet weather coming our way at the end of this week, and then again over the weekend and into early next week. here's the way things look on the accuweather 7-day forecast, the storm coming in that ranks 1 on the storm impact scale. it will be accompanied by cold air, then a short break, then that stronger storm on sunday, ranking 2 on the impact scale, followed by two more days of

stormy weather, ranking only 1 on the storm impact. but after that period of rainfall, it's just going to be real, really wet out there. >> winter is just starting and the field are going to be soaked. >> 100% chance of rain on sunday. >> that's correct. we don't say that very often. >> you're feeling confident. >> high level of confidence. >> but you won't see this, 100% confidence. you will not see this. this looks like a scene from the arctic, but it's actually lake erie in ohio, thick ice piled up more than 30 feet high creating frozen mini mountains. this is sometimes called an ice shove, or an ice heavy or an ice tsunami. it starts with strong winds that push the ice toward the shore, as the initial slabs reach land it creates a jam that results in these large piles of ice. >> makes more an interesting picture. and lawmakers are taking aim

at insurance companies dumping clients affected by recent wildfires. what's being done to help victims covictim s get back on their feet. some deals on airf

any residents in the north bay are still reeling as they try to rebuild their lives and homes from the october wildfires. >> a series of bills unveiled today at the state capitol designed to help them deal with the headache. >> carolyn? >> reporter: california's sheriff's commissioners and communities devastated by the wildfires are now taking on the insurance industry. >> californians hard hit by these starts should not be hung up by insurance company red tape as they rebuild their lives. >> reporter: the wildfires in the north bay and southern california resulted in 30,000 insurance claims, totaling $9.4 billion. a million survivors got a rude awakening when dealing with their losses like this man we talked to in november. >> i'm paying a monthly fee for

my home insurance always thinking that that will pay to rebuild my home the way this was. >> reporter: the package of eight bills unveiled today includes a proposal to extend the time to rebuild. and another lets homeowners avoid the requirements some say no, sir forces them to relive the tragedy by itemizing every single item lost in the fires. >> allowing homeowners to for the itemization list. >> reporter: they'll try to puss the measure sure. >> we know that some insurers are already doing what the bill would make them do, so we already know it can be done so we know it should be done. >> reporter: karen cross is with

the personal insurance federation of california representing six of the state's largest insurers. >> at this stage we have seen the package for the first time recently. so we're still analyzing the bills. >> reporter: she says california's insurance industry is already the most regulated in the nation, so you can expect heavy push back from insurers. in the newsroom, caroline tyler. the number of people with health insurance grew in president trump's first year in office, that's according to a new gallup poll that the number of uninsured has gone down to 12.2%. recalling more than a quarter million power adapter wall plugs. seven on your side's michael fin

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throat, perforating his trachea. air produced by a sneeze can actually explode at speeds up to 100 miles an hour. mcdonald's going green, the fast food giant pledging to use all recycled or other environmentally friendly materials for it's cups, happy meal boxes and all packaging by the year 2025. mcdonald's says it will also outfit it's 37,000 outlets worldwi worldwide. an elementary school is once again a hot spot for bird watchers. >> it's kind of breathtaking to see them fly. >> the challenge to get a good look while keeping these bald eagles safe. new at 5:00, chilling moments in court, a man accused of killing two california

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an elementary school has become a mecca for bird watchers. >> reporter: as dusk arrived, so did they, a graceful return to their newly built nest at kirtner elementary school . rex brought his 6-year-old son darius. >> i have a real camera. it downtown have a big lens. >> we get so busy with our lives, you kind of forget to take in what's around you and forget about the small things. >> reporter: she's been following the pair since last year when they first appeared at the school. >> they do former long-term

bonds and a lot of the same pairs will come back togethe year after year. >> reporter: especially if the pair is successful. >> it's showing that the species is actually coming back. >> reporter: for michael, the eagles present a different challenge. >> birds in flight is the most challenging thing you can do as a photographer and it's one of the most interesting things. i'll be back here again. >> reporter: while bird watchers and photographers are flocking to the area, it's important to note that there are signs telling people to keep their distance. ensuring that the eggals can bring their world. part of a settlement between the marin county nature district, trails will close from sun set to sun rise for the next

five years during the typical breeding season. abc7 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> our hearts are broken, and our lives are shattered. >> a mother talks as the man accused of killing her chp son appears in court for the first time. some comfort from dozens of officers who packed the court. people in wheelchairs, escorted out, firefighters racing to help, people living at an assisted living facility are forced to move out. >> reporter: the damming evidence that challenges hiss denials. and traffic concerns as a messy development fight ends bringing billions of dollars and thousands of future south bay. one by one, elderly residents and alzheimer's patients are forced to leave the facility they call home. a fire is having a big impact

tonight. >> this fire happened in antioch and let's go ahead and show you a map. it was at the country place assisted living on olive lane >> leslie brinkley is live with the story. >> reporter: dan and kristen, you can imagine the panic of getting 49 alzheimer's patients evacuated from the building behind me and then bussed away to another assisted living facility about a mile away from here in antioch. the red cross is bringing in cots to help the displaced seniors. that fire started around 2:00 in a laundry room here at country place and it triggered a sprinkler head that flooded the rooms in the common areas. residents were hoping to go back in and recover their belongings but they were evacuated. no one was injured and authorities called a mass casualty event becausehe