,, your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. a nasty bacterial infection spreading across the bay area. it all started at a south bay restaurant. good afternoon, i'm michelle griego. frank has the afternoon off. and we begin this noon with an

update on the shigella outbreak linked to a mexican restaurant in san jose. over 100 people have now gotten sick from the nasty bacteria infection. kpix 5's kiet do is live in san jose where health officials released new information this morning. >> reporter: marisco's san juan remains closed indefinitely and the county says the investigation is active and ongoing. with a total of 110 cases now reported, the health department says we are near the tail end of the incubation period. >> the rate of spread, does that concern you? >> what we're on the lookout for is secondary cases or cases that might be related to those initial cases. right now, we have only documented a handful. >> reporter: the most common method of transmission in restaurant cases is when an employee uses the bathroom, gets fecal matter on the hands, doesn't wash and then prepares food. to stop shigella in its tracks and stop the spread of secondary infections, the county is getting the word out

about washing your hands. >> wash your hands after you use the bathroom. wash your hands after you clean a bathroom and after you change a diaper and after you take care of someone who is ill. wash your hands before you prepare a meal. >> reporter: all righty. there are a total of 110 cases. 92 of those cases are in santa clara county. 18 are spread throughout santa cruz, san mateo and alameda counties. back here live at the restaurant, the case is still under investigation. the owner is being cooperative. the investigators do have stool samples from the other than and the employees and the results should be back sometime next week. live in downtown san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. a u.s. marine fighter pilot killed in a crash in england had ties to the bay area. friends identify him as major taj sareen seen here on the left of san mateo county. he earned his bachelor's degree at the university of san francisco in 2004 and played on the tennis team. his f-18 went down yesterday after taking off from royal air

force base lakeenheath. the jet crashed in the english countryside. the cause of the crash is under investigation. a warn to parents this noon from berkeley police. detectives say someone is trying to kidnap children. they say there have been five close calls in recent weeks. and now police are putting out a warning about a van. extra officers are patrolling areas where the vehicle has been seen and schools are offering workshops for families. >> what we have been seeing in these instances is a man coming up in some sort of van and trying to lure young children into his van. >> police say the attempted kidnappings began back on september 18 when a man tried to lure three girls and a boy into his van on telegraph avenue. a woman is in critical condition after being hit by an suv this morning in mountain view. it happened around 6:40 near el monte avenue. police say the drive is cooperating with investigators.

alcohol and drugs are not a factor. overseas a bloody scene at a school in sweden after a teacher and student are stabbed to death. police say a masked man wielding what looked like a sword entered a public cafe in the school's lobby. he started stabbing people before he was shot and killed by police. one teacher and at least one student were killed. several other students were seriously hurt. police are not commenting yet on a motive for the attack. right now, hillary clinton is on capitol hill answering questions about the deadly benghazi attacks. weijia jang on the testimony under way. >> reporter: hillary clinton greeted members of the special house committee before facing tough questions about the deadly attacks at a u.s. compound in benghazi, libya. >> why were there so many requests for more security personnel and equipment and why were those requests denied in washington? >> reporter: in her opening statement clinton said she was appearing in honor of the four americans who died in 2012.

>> i'm here to honor those we lost and to do what i can to aid those who serve us still. >> reporter: this is the third time clinton has testified on capitol hill about the attacks. once again, she accepted responsibility for security lapses in benghazi. >> before i left office, i launched reforms to better protect our people in the field and help reduce the chance of another tragedy happening in the future. >> reporter: democrats and even a few republicans have argued this hearing is nothing but a bipartisan effort to derail her presidential campaign. clinton is the democratic front- runner for president. candidates in both parties will be watching her testimony very closely looking for a comment that can be used against her. the hearing could last up to 8 hours or longer. weijia jang, cbs news, washington. new data today indicates the job market is looking healthy. the labor department says the number of people applying for

unemployment benefits edged up by 3,000 last week to 259,000. but despite the rise, the four- week unemployment average hit its lowest level in four decades. grocery chain fresh n easy will close all 97 remaining stores in california, arizona and nevada. and the daily breeze newspaper reports the california based chain "fresh & easy" will lay off all 3,000 employees. they closed about 50 of its stores back in march. mcdonald's is serving up some good numbers. sales edged up during the 3rd quarter ending a two-year streak of declining revenues. >> they weren't up by a lot but they did rise. that's key for the company which is undergoing a major turnaround. now, part of mcdonald's' turnaround includes all day breakfast which it rolled out across the country recently. >> sales rose globally about 4%. mcdonald's is trying to spark a turnaround under a new ceo who started in march.

it's rivalry night in santa clara, the 49ers hosting the seahawks. the game means football fans in trains and automobiles will be competing with people going home from work. as for the game itself, these two teams have developed one of the league's fiercest rivalries in the nfc west. the loser tonight will wind up in last place in the division. remember, you can watch tonight's game right here on kpix 5. coverage starts at 4:30 after a special edition of kpix 5 news at 4:00 live from levi's stadium. hands-free technology is supposed to make us safer on the roads but coming up, new evidence it may be leading to dangerous habits. >> plus, backpacks specially made for the bay area's homeless. the nationwide effort making its way to our community. >> our eyes are on the south bay this afternoon. that's going to be the tonight's 49ers game playing host of to the seahawks. lots of blue skies in do you understand san jose at this hour. we have the full microclimate forecast coming up as the news continues right here on kpix 5. ,,,,,,

road. but cbs reporter kris -- a new many cars made today have hands-free technology designed to keep the drivers' attention on the roads. but cbs reporter kris van cleave tells us, a new study shows hands-free can be more dangerous an distracting than first thought -- dangerous and distracting than first thought. >> reporter: college graduation went from perfect to a nightmare in seconds thanks to a distracted driver on a hands- free device. >> he turned left through the red light and as he did that, the 18-wheeler swerved to try and miss him, um, still clipped the front of his car but then slammed full force into our family's car. >> reporter: good parents were killed instantly. she was given just a 10% chance of survival. she beat those odds but suffered a lasting brain injury. she now advocates against

distracted driving which killed more than 3100 people and injured an estimated 424,000 in 2013 alone. >> who would you like to call? >> 801- >> reporter: a new finds even new hands-free systems that works with voice commands leaves drivers with a technology hangover. >> you're getting out of the distracted zone into an alert driver but it takes time. it takes up to 27 seconds. >> reporter: university of utah professor david strayier evaluated more than 250 adults in ten vehicles. >> oh, my gosh, i guess that is a stop sign. >> reporter: lingering distraction was found across the board. >> if you are now all of a sudden talking to your phone, you are now focusing on one task to the exclusion of attending to the driving environment. >> reporter: bottom line researchers say, just because the technology is in your car to say, voice to tweet, doesn't mean you should do it while you're driving. kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. some homeless in the bay area are getting a hand. volunteers with the city pack

project are distributing customed designed backpacks to them. they are being given to people in san francisco, berkeley and oakland. they say the goal is to help make life on the streets easier for the homeless. >> we thought a lot about theft. so we have anti-theft on the bags that you can put around your wrists or ankles at night. we thought about being safe and dry so underneath there's an integrated poncho. >> the city pack project is a national nonprofit organization. the group will distribute more than 22,000 backpacks to the homeless around the country this year. and today the first fire engine built in california returned home to san francisco. the broderick was build in 1855. it helped put out fires in the early days of san francisco. it took 40 people to operate the hand cranked pumper. it's been on display at the former fireman's fund insurance company in novato. this morning it was donated to the san francisco fire department museum combining life-saving

research with a passion for literature, kpix 5 is proud to sponsor this weekend's 27th annual national kidney foundation authors luncheon and joining us today is author anthony mara. thank you for joining us on the show. >> thank you so much for having me. >> all right. so you have a book out. the czar of love and techno. tell me what that. >> i do. it is a novel formed of inner linking sort stories -- interlinking short stories and spans 20th century russian history from the 1930s to the present and hopefully it will make the reader laugh and cry in equal measure. >> it has to be good. >> what's not to like? love and techno. >> so it's a love story with history? >> exactly. that's love, death, betrayal, forgiveness, drama. >> takes place in the 1930s? >> to the present day. >> okay sounds great. tell me about the event. >> this weekend's event sponsored by book passage

fortunate kidney foundation has something for everyone. there's authors of literary fiction like me. there are authors of nonfiction, cookbook authors, children's authors. it's for an incredibly important and deserving cause and i hope that local residents will come out on saturday. >> it's not just authors. it's other people too until the community doing great things. >> exactly. yeah. >> yeah. and so, um, you have a special luncheon tomorrow? or dinner tomorrow? >> it's a special dinner tomorrow with the various authors and then on saturday, we will sort of present our books and speak with the public at large and i think it will be a wonderful event. >> okay. this event every year is great. don't forget to pick up a copy of the czar of love and techno. sounds great, love the title. remember, the national kidney foundation authors luncheon is this saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the san francisco marriott marquis. antony will be there.

roberta, we are going to toss it to you for the forecast. >> thank you. good afternoon. it is stellar outside right now. we have nothing but blue skies looking out towards the bay bridge. the waters are relatively calm. but it will be increasing winds later today out of the southwest up to 15 to 20 knots and will have a small craft advisory in place. temperatures in and around our microclimates right now have been stacking up pretty much in the 60s and 70s at this particular time. livermore is at 75 degrees. san francisco is at 69. san jose is at 69 degrees, as well. let's check the weather watchers in and around our microclimates because these are people who check in with us and let us know what's going on in their particular neighborhoods. and right now we do have air temperatures from 76 degrees right here, let's see who that would be, that's dana in novato, and thank you so much, dana, for checking in with us right here at kpix 5. let's go ahead and take another look outside right now. our liv weather camera from

mount hamilton. this is our mount ham cam and it illustrates lots of blue skies, a few wispy cirrus clouds. another view from the lawrence hall of science and again, blue skies, a few clouds, temperatures are pretty steady. we have a chance of rain returning right here to the bay area on wednesday. now, that's because of this right here. this is hurricane olaf. first high pressure is not going anywhere. that's why our temperatures are steady. the remnants from the hurricane will make its way into the bay area tropical moisture by next wednesday. tonight sunset 6:23. today 70 at the beaches. 78 degrees in oakland. 80s way from the bay to our inland areas. here's the extended forecast. you notice again, as i was alluding to earlier, steady temperatures all the way pretty much through the period. we increase the cloud cover on tuesday and we up the relative humidity, as well. and then that's all from the

remnants of hurricane olaf. meanwhile, if you are heading to the ballgame tonight, the football game, boy, we are talking about temperatures of 76 degrees at kickoff, tumbling into the mid-60s by the end of the game with lots of sunshine but boy is that going to be some fun. >> what have we been saying all day go niners? >> go 9ers! >> my favorite player number 95, tank carradine. he is a big boy. 300 pounds. >> you have to love a guy named tank. giving babies a healthy start. coming up, how this week's jefferson award winner is helping fight a trend in her bay area community. >> and we invite all you pet lovers send us your questions about their health and well- being. just email pets@kpix.com or on our facebook page, and we'll have our pet expert give you an answer every friday right here at noon. s. is the fuel powering this ', ♪

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jefferson award winner. kp's allen martin reports -- she what she calls a disturbin a passion to protect babies is the fuel pouring this week's jefferson award winner. kpix 5's allen martin reports, she saw what she calls a disturbing trend and would not stand for it. reporter: dr. vicki alexander or dr. vicki to most people loves babies. >> okay, young man. >> reporter: the now retired ob/gyn has dedicated her career to making sure babies born to black mothers have a healthy start in life. it was true at ucsf school in

the '60s, true in '78 when she started the coalition to fight infant mortality in oakland. true at harlem hospital in the '80s. and it didn't change when she came back to berkeley 10 years ago. >> the city was the size of berkeley, had a disparity of four black babies it compared to one white baby with what's called low birth weight. so it was like, oh, my goodness. and i'm in berkeley? oh, no, no. we can't have that. >> reporter: dr. vicki's black infant health program grew from her coalition at highland hospital all those years ago helping women with medical care and social issues. [ non-english language ] and her baby loladay are participants. >> like healthy eating, getting rest, being aware of being afternoon, um, you know, -- aware of being in, you know, violent situations which i was not. thank god. >> the importance of being around other women. >> reporter: margaret thomas has worked with dr. vicki for 20 years. >> i had a lot of experience

with mothers and babies but the perspective that vicki had was something that was just new and exciting that i didn't even know existed. >> reporter: being retired really only means dr. vicki has given up a paycheck. she is as busy as ever starting a new health program that dovetails with black infant health. >> our new organization healthy black families, we can serve women all along the corridor. we are a nonprofit organization and we can serve people across all the borders. >> reporter: and will continue working with those families. >> so now we got the woman, the pregnant woman, the postpartum woman, her kids, now her kids got to school, the school district, and it goes on and on. so i see nothing but beautiful growth. >> reporter: so for helping ensure black women, their babies and families get the best chance at a healthy life and promising future, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to dr. vicki alexander. allen martin, kpix 5. hero for a jefferson award g our emai >> nominate your local hero for

a jefferson award using our email form online at cbssf.com/hero. hero. using sight... and touch...o find just t fruit. fresh grocer tony tantillo has on shopping for late-variety peaches. using sight and touch to find just the right fruit. fresh grocer tony tantillo has tips on shopping for late variety peaches. >> reporter: well, today's tip of the day is going to be is late variety peaches in the market right now. they are a fall variety but these could be tricky. if you select the peach that's not a fall variety, a late crop peach, you're going to be very disappointed. it will be mushy. so you have to -- follow these directions carefully. when you buy them, you want to make sure they have this beautiful color all the way around and not too soft. fairly firm to the touch. when you bring them home store them on the counter and don't wait until they become soft. with just a little bit of a give they are ready to eat. they are a little bit more crunchy than peaches in the summertime. there's not as much juice but they are good for this time of

the year. if you wait until they are too soft they will be mushy. and that's disappointing. late variety peaches for the fall. in the market, still good. but select and store them carefully. and i'm tony tantillo, your fresh grocer. and always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. this one will be good. and this one, too. a reminder now. if you have a consumer problem or question, email our hotline consumerwatch@cbssf.com. or you can call the hotline 888- 5-helps-u. we'll be right back. ,,

stadium. the 49ers take on the seahawks.. we'll have a preview of the big game.. a all the traffic head coming up a special 4:00 broadcast live from levi's stadium. the 49ers take on the seahawks. we'll have a preview of the big game and all the traffic headaches plus how marshawn lynch is teaming up with starbucks to do good for oakland. again, that's coming up at 4:00. and go 9ers. right? >> i'm excited. >> captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ,,

♪ >> maya: well, i don't know what i thought was gonna happen, but i think that psych eval went pretty well, don't you? >> rick: it was good to talk together... know our roles. he didn't freak you out too much, did he, nicole? >> nicole: no, not at all. i mean, we've been reading up on surrogacies, and dr. march reminded me that the physical way we're doing this isn't the norm, but... i'm glad they feel that i can do this for you two. >> maya: so we'll just wait for the lab results and do the paperwork. you should have something to eat. >> nicole: [ laughs ] you don't get to police my food intake until the baby's in place. >> maya: okay, fine. sorry. >> nicole: [ laughs ] >> rick: not even some herbal tea? >>e: