an emergency. i will explain coming up. >> at least two people are heard an explosion at a high rise. we will have a report coming up. >> this morning on the kron 4 morning news. the number of flu- related deaths doubles as an outbreak hits the bay area. now health officials express major concerns about the flu and at least two people hurt in a firey explosion in a high-tech highrise. we'll have an update from the amgen laboratories in >> good morning. it is thursday january 9th. i'm james fletcher. >> and im darya folsom. >> san francisco has i of 61 degrees. as we go to the afternoon we will see warmer weather. mid 50s by

lunchtime. by 3:00 p.m. a lot of spots will be in the low 60's. we have changes to highlight and i will explain coming up. >> we continue to monitor pretty good conditions in general certainly at the bay bridge were we normalcy seatmate reminds activate. we do not see that so far. we're having heavy traffic on interstate 580. light traffic for rest of the east bay freeway bridge sought they may have slowing on 1 01 passed julianne mckee because of the warehouse fire. in the meantime, peninsula traffic is still light. >> developing news now on the flu that serve to remind us. it won't just get you sick. it can kill you if you're the flu is believed to have played a role in six deaths here in the bay area. the latest victims come from marin county:

one was a 63-year-old man who was in bad health before he got the flu. but the other was a previously healthy 48-year- old woman. contra costa and santa clara counties have also seen women in their 40s die from the flu. yesterday, kron-4 confirmed deadly cases in alameda and san mateo counties. and health officials say two deaths in santa cruz county may have been flu- related. >> and in the south bay. san jose regional medical center has set up a tent outside the emergency room to handle the volume of patients that come in with flu-like symptoms. that is where we find kron 4's will tran. will? >> you can see the tent is right behind me. you do not need to be admitted but this is just letting you know the to do monday to walked into the emergency room you can

come there and that will go over your health to see what needs to be done. the reason why is because they were accepting people but the volume has risen. the overflow is just too much. they cannot handle it and yester day they decided to set this up and apparently, they took 28 patience and when all it to midnight. about six hours ago they should began business again. they expect volume to increase and that is why they planned to take this down according to the center and set up one that is a lot larger that can handle triple the amount of cases. that is about 60 patients instead of 20. >> they do not want you to walk-in the building with

like symptoms and exposure so off to other people. >> we will continue to follow the latest with this. >> milpitas police are investigating a home invasion rubber rate this morning. it was reported just after midnight. three men broke into a home of the 1700 block of tahoe ave. they had weapons, took money, property from home. one person inside the home sustained minor injuries. >> two amgen employees are recovering this morning after an explosion in south san francisco. crews were called to the bio-technology company on veterans boulevard yesterday afternoon. some cleaning supplies used to sterilize equipment caused a chemical reaction that sparked a flash fire. a section of oyster point was closed while fire crews officials say no chemicals were released into the air.

and >> non of the chemicals got into the there is no danger to the public. the building was of back waiteevacuate. >> the closed off area is back open this morning. the two workers were treated at the hospital for minor injuries. >> happening now, airports are getting back to normal as the nation tries to shake off the deep freeze most states are in. cancellations have decreased by two thousand flights to under 8-hundred mostly small, regional flights. delta, united, american and southwest canceled one percent or fewer of their flights. still, the upper midwest is seeing lows around minus-20. the low is below freezing in most of the nation. pipes that froze or cracked will begin gushing water.

>> new charges for the man accused of kidnapping a 7- year-old girl last week in antioch. 42-year-old david douglas. is facing several felony charges, including kidnapping and committing a forcible lewd act upon a child. the suspect is expected to be in court next week. his bail is set at seven - point- one million dollars. >> jahi mcmath has been given the feeding and breathing tubes that her family had been trying to obtain for weeks. mcmath's family attorney christopher dolan says doctors had inserted both the gastric tube and tracheostomy tube some time yesterday at an undisclosed facility where she was taken on sunday. dolan says the procedure was a success and that jahi mcmath is getting the treatment that her family believes she should have gotten 28 days ago, when doctors at children's hospital oakland first declared her brain dead. jahi underwent tonsil surgery last month and afterward began bleeding heavily before going into cardiac arrest and was declared brain dead a few days later.

>> coming up on the kron4 morning news. an apology today from dennis rodman about the comments on a detained american and north korea. >> plus, the search is on this morning for a missing sailor involved in a deadly and navy helicopter crashed off the coast of of virginia. >> new jersey gov. chris chris state is in hot water today addressing accusations of a bullying against a democratic mayor.

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>> welcome back. we had warmer temperatures this morning. a lot of people on facebook are stating that start. everyone is above freezing in fact most of us are 15 degrees above a. 45

for vallejo. low 50's for down time san francisco. by later on this afternoon was a partial clearing. we are still to dealing with the cooler day and fact the temperatures are pretty average. generally we are in the '50s and '60s for the first part of january. maligned low 60's through the san ramon valley. my letter on this evening a lot of those calls will stick around and the temperatures will mainly be in the mid 40's. >> satellite and radar shows up dry weather at we have rain to the north. i do not think we will see rain outside of mosquito county. as we head into the weekend, we will increase the likelihood for showers. a cold front is one to

approach and we may have rain. this will go quick. past that, we're back in the sunshine and warmer weather on the way. >> the time is 6:16 a.m.. >> we have traffic now at the bay bridge. although it is not bed is still lighter than usual. you're 92 ride on the san mateo bridge the traffic volume has built. it is still 11 to 13 minutes. your ride to the toll plaza at richmond san rafael bridge, interstate 580 traffic headed to the toll plaza and you can see it is pretty light with no backups. >> let's check the traffic maps, we're updating the

ride through the east bay. we're looking at the east shore freeway and the drive time is still under 16 minutes for hercules to berkeley. a little slowing for highway 4. in san jose i mentioned of slowing on 1 01 and there is a structured fire just off the freeway. it is close to 101 at 28 and julianne two blocks away from the freeway that the smoke is what drivers are saying in the northbound direction. it doesn't count for delays on the bayshore freeway. one-on-one, southbound is easy with no delays between the golden gate bridge. >> the search continues for a sailor who's been missing since a navy helicopter with five crew members aboard crashed in the ocean off the virginia coast. two people died in the wednesday crash, which happened during a routine training mission. coast guard petty officer 1st class brandyn hill says

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>> the time is 6:22 a.m.. we have breaking news about a second fire in san jose this morning at a warehouse on no. 28 and julianne street. it is affecting traffic right now because it can be seen from roads. we have a crew at that seeing right now and will bring you more details as they come in. they willwant >> we do not know what this where households. they're attacking this from above. we know there is another one, two on the scene. you

just saw this huge fireball this seems to be burning the most intensely and we will continue to up watch this. >> it looks like a whole landscape is on fire. we're not sure the size of this warehouse but this fire is huge. this is our first live picture. what all the smoke going up in the air, it can be seen clearly from the roadway. and >> i do not know if it's possible to bring up the traffic maps but aiken's show you where the slowdown occurs. chp said the they have received several cars from motorists on 1 01 and you can see onscreen that it is right, only one block off the freeway. it is not only the smoke but the flames that are visible. it is closer to the southbound

side to the north. all the traffic is in the northbound direction and that is why it is backed up. >> it can cause a delays for your commute. the safety of the people in the neighborhood. we are their lives to show you what is burning. as you see the smoke rises, you always wonder about the impact that the weather will have. it looks like the smoke is going straight. >> right now we're saying when speeds below 5 mi. per hour. because this is a pretty contained area it is really hard to equate how this is going to affect the spread of the fire. with not too much of a factor, you can definitely see that these claims are growing. the wind is not going to

hurt conditions there. >> right now this is just something you can see from the road. obviously, this is huge in nature. >> when we first received word of this it was the top of the 6:00 a.m. hour. we immediately dispatched our crew. will tran is out there gathering information >> you wonder how long this has been burning. it is clearly a huge. i wonder if people were working overnight. all so how long it took them to respond. sometime these are not reported until it is too late. >> the third alarm was

called and now we have more of firefighters headed to the sink. you concede that the traffic has also been impacted. perhaps, there may also be police out there to manage the traffic pripe. >> people are just aren't to get out and about. we will be right back with more.

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lackluster opening today. >> there was a fire at a warehouse overnight. people on 1 01 can see this clearly. kron4 will tran has the latest. >> i am right next to the on ramp. as you can see the tail lights are popping on. you can see the huge flames. over the past minutes of firefighters and knocked to the flames down but you can see there's still a huge blow. this is so massive. this is there a ladder and because it is so dangerous for them to be on the ground and they were shooting water down to the ground. james, there is so much water that i can fill it raining. on the other side of this is where all the fire engines, they are

located here. yoli is over on that scene and she is stating their residents in that area are worried. i did not hear of any injuries or fatalities at this point but as you can see it is very huge. dick smoke is going through the sky and it is causing traffic to slow down because these cars are trying to go on 101 and they're going slow. they're not on the speed limit because you cannot help but notice what is going on. >> over the course of a few minutes i heard things cracking, exploding and one. my knees buckled. it was so loud. the firefighters are using all that they can and when i showed you, they're trying to knock out the flames down. this is the second wave but, they're

doing all they can to spray water on this. >> as we look at these pictures is seems that the firefighters would get a hand on one side and then the other side the ropes. we saw a fireball happened. from your vantage point, the smoke as we can see seems to be going up. do you smell any of that? >> no. i am on the other side, the east side of one on one. i do not see any fire officials or police telling people to stay in place. guanays amount, i can show you that this is moving away from me. it is moving

from the left to the right of the screen. it is not impacting anyone. as you can say, they seem to knock down one side and it picks up again. you can see the orange glow of what is going on. it seems to be burning out of control. we have not made any progress. >> the breathing quality is not so bad. i do not see if anyone has to have shelter put in place. here is one car, they should not do this but this cars pulling over just to get a better look. maybe they want to get a video of what is going on. i will monitor the situation and get your updates. >>

this fire is just one block away from the freeway. even though is closer to the south bond most of the traffic flow is 90% in the northbound direction. this is why we are seeing this back a continuing to build all way to the 280 interchange. it is a little bit beyond. your best bet is to lowe's the guadalupe parkway for your nor the

bond ride or transfer to a highway 85. so far, it has added about six minutes of the north bound, one on one commute. >> in terms of the weather conditions the wind has changed direction. it is blowing from the south was still under 5 mi. per hour. it is not a factor. started off with a live look from san francisco where is pretty cloudy and we have areas of fog mailing in the north. by lunchtime, you could expect mid to upper 50's, low 60's as we approach the afternoon. i will have a full look at the forecast coming up. >> new this morning. an arrest was made a sacramento in an east bay murder that happened nearly a month ago. police say that

33 year-old anthony dodson allegedly shot and killed 27 year-old frank gore of vallejo in december. he was pronounced dead at the scene. his murder was the second in vallejo bad day. police have not disclose whether the two shootings were connected. >> a cockroach infestation has shut down a foster farms processing plant. the closure of least and plant near merced, is temporarily close. foster farms officials said that the plant is one of three which was threatened with the shutdown. >> the big story is sweeping

the bay area today, the flu. not just a fluke, but the bird flu. two people have died of complications with the flow in marin county. we will give back to terisa estacio who was live in walnut creek and a return. >> here is a mother live look at the warehouse that is burning.another look at the warehouse fire that is burning. we will get more updates on return. ♪

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>> the time is 6:40 a.m. perry here is a live shot at the warehouse fire. there are trucks out and they're trying to put the flames out from above a. this fire is clearly it burning out of

control. they do not want to get too close to it. close to their homes in the area. we have spoken with the 2 live crew members. yoli and well and they have not said anything about any one been evacuated. they stated that there is a lot of smoke in the air. >> you can see from these live pictures it was read, it looks like on the right side they have done a good job. this is where they have these hoses. we will continue to follow this. we're also following the latest with the flow. >> this is not just the flow, it is the h1ni , known as the swine flu. more

people are coming down with the virus. >> here in walnut creek there are signs all over. this walgreen's is advertising the fact that they have flu shots. they're offering the flu shot 247. this is on the heels of a reported the deaths of around the bay area. this assault related to theh1n1 h1n1 iris. doctor stated it is not too late. the highly recommend you to get one. they want to to get a shot and some of them are stating why that waited late and if they decided to russian. >> the time of 6:42 a.m.. we will have more information on the breaking news, the

warehouse fire in san jose. >> a school in the area has been shut down because of this fire. they're want to shut it down out of the abundance of caution. if you have children that go to the school know that they are closed. >> [ female announcer ] shop at safeway now through january 14th

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know if they had to evacuate but if you smell the smoke, you should send your window. >> it is having an affect on the ride on 1 01. people were emerge in. what do you see? >> i see big delays for the bay shore freeway. it has doubled the normal commute time. it is coming to a stop right adjacent to the fire. this is just north of julienne mckee off ramp. look at the back up, it continues to grow it is now reaching into coyote valley. the drive time should be about 19 minutes is actually up to 33 minutes for the north, common no. commute. >> when you add to that we have delays in morgan hill due to a crash. the 1 01

ride--a quick look at the bridges, the bay bridge is backed up but it is not bad. it is slow from the east parking lot. this is some of the heaviest traffic. 92, the san mateo bridge is loaded here in the drive time has increased now 14 minutes. and newbridge, a shot for the richmond san rafael, this is interstate 580. you can see traffic is just beginning to back up for your ride over to marin county. >> i do want to talk about when the speeds, they are fluctuating between zero to 5 mi. per hour. this is something which will continue to monitor.

although the fire should not spread but what is happening is that we are seeing air quality being affected. there is a lot of smoke. everyone in the area is advised to stay inside and shut windows and doors. we will continue to monitor this. in terms of your afternoon we will see plenty of upper 50's, low 60's. 60 degrees for mountain view. we will see partial clearing for the afternoon. danville will be at 58. a low 60's along the east bay shoreline. satellite and radar shows the dry weather. >> all the rain will stick to the north and our next chance will be on saturday.

woman weather is on the way as we head into next week. >> we have looked at the big board, the dow is up by 22 points. there was great trading on tuesday. yesterday, we saw it go back. they finished a negative. >> rob, our financial expert what do you see on the horizon for today? >> i am waiting for the jobs report on friday which drives profit, businesses. i am waiting for the earnings season to start. we are waiting for that and we are putting past problems behind us. apple and samsung has agreed to mediation during their patent. this should

help both companies. even if you bought one company it was going to win. that is a lot of what we are seen. i saw that macy's had good numbers. >> is that because they were cutting it jobs? >> this is not much. they are shutting down stores there any fishing. i think it is to tell the people are not going to malls. sears and j.c. penney bought up. bed bath and beyond stated the their numbers have gone better. dollar general is also getting better. resellers are difficult unless you make luxury items. >> what we're talking about companies i want to bring thup google. they have something new in the works. >> they will not stop the

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>> the big developing story right now is at this warehouse fire in san jose you can see this is the vintage rutroof tile business. we are not sure what is burning inside. >> you can say that there is a big flare-up, popping and we spoke with will tran who was live on the scene. he stated that he can feel the force of the explosion. we will speak with him in a bed.bit.

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that we are following of this fire at a warehouse. we are live with the jackie sissel who is showing you what is burning. their heirs a lot of flames and smoke going through the neighborhood. will tran is at another vantage point also shown us what is going on. >> wwell. >> we had a transformer expo. my ears are ringing. this building right now has basically crumbled because it jumps to another building. it is so dangerous that they are calling an additional units. because of this fire is far from being in c