county. the one fly death -- flu death in sonoma was 23-year-old matthew walker. he went to the hospital right after christmas suffering from flu symptoms. he died on wednesday. coworkers say walker was well- liked and a dedicated employee and appeared healthy. >> that just shows you better get your shot. if it takes out someone as strong and healthy as matt. good-bye. you have to take precautions. >> while it appears flu cases are up,th is experts don't expect the are you in the peak until february or march. >> bay area hospitals are seeing a jump in patients. some in serious conditions. john is live in oakland why -- with one method is under used.

>> california department of public health officials said that the cases, the number of cases and the number of deaths are rising rapidly. and that seems to and getting people's attention. >> health officials said they are investigating 28 deaths as flu related. >> i'm concerned it could spread, i know it causes complications with older people and young people. there's no reason to think this is a more lethal flu virus. >> this time it's the h1n1 swine flu virus, the virus that five years ago killed 600. they die of res provide torrey -- respiratory failure. the hospital has one of these, heart lung machines that saved

lives during the last pandemic. it saved one patient this week. at $50,000 each most hospitals don't have one for flu patients. >> it's a legitimate concern, it's a difficult policy question as we try to rein in health care costs. >> far more cost effective get a flu shot. it's not too late. the flu season is just beginning and it's effective against the h1n1 virus. >> the h1n1 strain was responsible for a global pandemic in 2009 when people knew it as the swine flu. that year there were 12,000 people died in the united states alone. and 274,000 were hospitalized because of it. >> our team continues, john, you spoke with people getting flu shots after hearing about

the spike in deaths. >> here at the county health department, the flu shot business has jumped in the past couple weeks. >> this flu clinic waiting room was twice as clinic before people moved away to avoid being on camera. there were stories about people passing, we wanted to be more cautious. a patient was max, here for his flu shot and school immunizations. >> unfortunately he was not done. max had to get four total shots. but his mother does not get it for herself or other two kids. >> i didn't want to raisic for the little guys. >> she doesn't get the flu shot but she caught h1n1 in 2009 and blamed on it the flu shots.

>> the headaches were unimaginable. this was vomits which was pain induced. the five evers were crazy. up to 105. it left her in intensive care on a business trip in georgia. >> they called my family and said you need to say good-bye to her. she's not going to make it. >> you can not get the flu from a flu shot. >> it's important for people to realize flu is aer isous disease, the best way to stay healthy is to get the vacine. >> there's flu shot clinics four day as week. for information go to ktvu.com. >> ktvu.com has a list of the bay area flu resources to help you better understand the virus and where vaccines are available near you, log

underwent web and look understand -- on the ktvu.com and look under hot topics. a surveillance video shows the moment that an arsonist struck. video that residents and fire investigators hope leads to the arrest of whoever is setting fires. 10 fires have been set in three days including at a church, businesses and homes. so far no one has been hurt. robert is live in san jose where investigators are looking at that surveillance video. >> we are at one of the homes that someone tried to set on fire. you can see where the fire started and it's a pattern they have seen at other incidents. this time there's video of a possible suspect. >> san jose arson investigators are looking to see if they can find clues as to who this person is who walks up to a

home on 28th and san antonio street and seconds later a fire erupted. you can see someone driving by who stops and pounds on the door to wake the family up. family members stopped the fire from spreading and the owner is glad the incident was caught on tape. >> there's a possibility of catching the person and we hope they do. how are you coping now? >> i'm nervous. >> the fire was one of three sus pishes fires in the neighborhood and there's 10 suspicious fires the past three days. it fits the pattern of a small fire on the building such as this porch fire this morning. the mgm drywall fire had a small fire on the side of the building this morning. >> it's random. now we're more at ease we think

there's going to be more patrols around the neighborhood. just in case a fire victim wants video of his own. we set up a camera yesterday. >> that's as we reported arson investigators are looking at this video as well as another neighborhood video that we are not showing until they tell us the person in it is relevant to this case. . a woman claims the remains of her murdered daughter were mishandled and now the case is heard in federal court. the sheriff mishandled the remains of her daughter with heavy equipment when they were found at the bottom of a well. hobson was 16-year-old when she vanished. she was killed by the speak

freak killers. a judge heard arguments about who holds rights to those remains. the attorney for the 16- year-old accused of setting fleishmann on fire went to court seeking to have his client charged as a juvenile. saying rehabilitation should be considered in part of the case. there was no decision and the hearing was continued to next thursday. thomas is charged as an adult for felony assault and hate crime. target said the data breach affected more customers than thought. target says cybercriminals stole the information of 70 to 110 customers, they initially said 40 million were affected.

attorneys will join a nationwide probe into the security breach. target will provide free credit monitoring for all customers for a year. a free credit report, daily credit monitoring, insurance and personalized assistance. to sign up period has been extended for three months. a u.s. appeals court ruled in favor of apple. the court upheld the decision from last year by the international trade commission that said apple did not violate a google patent when apple was designing the iphone. google is disappointed with the decision. a southern california state lawmaker took action that could bring the high speed rail project to a halt. paperwork to qualify a ballot measure prohibiting the sale of

bonds for the project. to get the major on the ballot he made needs 505000 signatures. the 49ers just touched down in charlotte. they all boarded the team buses and headed to the airport this afternoon, and some 49er fans are headed back east as well. >> you have to support the team. they have to know three loved. >> i was out here last year at the same time. >> the 49ers take to panthers sunday at 10:00 a.m. the winner goes to the conference championship game. we will follow the niners to charlotte on sunday, full game coverage beginning with the pregame show at 8:30 followed by fox sports coverage at 9:00 and kickoff at 10:00 a.m.

a 17-year-old girl is killed in a car crash, the possible cause of the accident that police are looking in to. afternoon the break i'll look at the timeline for the showers moving into the bay area this weekend.

. the clash happened after midnight near the port of oakland on maritime near 7th street. the coroner has identified the driver as 17-year-old kaitlyn

benson. the passenger was taken to the hospital in critical condition. a witness told us several people tried to help. >> it was smashed, it was pretty bad. it was a bad accident. and the car was still running. they didn't want it to blow up, a lot of people broke in to open the hood. took a spark plugs wire off to shut off the car. >> the police didn't get a lot of information, once officers arrived several cars scattered. people accused of a sex operating ring in hayward have been arrested. police got a tip from a 14-year- old girl who said ronnie mack brown and thompson forced her to work as a prostitute. both men appeared in court. the judge cited the seriousness

of the charges when ordered held without bail. these charges come with life in prison. >> the suspects asked the court to appoint them public defenders, they are due back in court on monday. a lawmaker pushing to get rid of the wildfire fee for properties in wildfire zone. homes are required to pay 150s per year. ted gains is proposing legislation to eliminate the fee to people who lose the home in a wildfire or other disaster. prisoner officials are praising the budget plan saying the $9 billion will provide a safer system. if that extension is not granted some of the money will

house inmates instead of reducing the reit isvitch rate. it has not been this good in years. all the fish mean big bucks for the bay area economy. a flotilla of fishing boat there's for one thing, and rob went to bay to show us why the hearing come back is a huge deal. >> a ramada of fishing boats near the bridge this morning. it's a scene attracting thousands of birds. >> see the birds. >> even the seals got in the act as people watch from the shore. >> never seen that many out here before. all eyes on the catch of the day. hearing, this is spawning season. this is a good year. it's spiking back up. fish returning to san francisco bay, it's great. >> by early afternoon boats

stopped off at fisherman's wharf to unload the cargo. the herring is sucked off the boat and on a conveyer. most end up in japan where the eggs are in high demand. all this activity is different than it was a few years ago. that's when the herring runs declined and the industry was almost nonexistant. >> everyone was talking about how the herring business was just starting to deplate. it was going to go away. >> now. >> there's a lot of fish out there. this year's herring quota is 3700-tons a fraction of the amount of herring in these waters. >> the resurgence means more money for the fishing economy, an estimated $15 million. and herring is a large part of the food chain.

the herring may be back but the sardines are in shorter supply. these are the temperature from today. a 64 in santa rosa. 67 and that was -- it was 66 in livermore. 61 in fremont and 62 in san jose. it will be warmer tomorrow. upper 60s and low 70s. that's a nice looking swath of clouds, it's a drag, the strongest part of the storm, that's where the strength is, we're so far south it will drag through, sprinkles tomorrow, rain, sack rafael north, a 10th of an inch. temperature outside are mostly in the 50s. as we move forward we're watching tomorrow's forecast as

the system slides in. i think everybody gets a little bit of wet tomorrow before lunchtime. as the day goes on, sunday clears out. and monday through wednesday we're back into the deal we're we get upper 60s and low 70s. big swells showing up our way as we go into the next couple weeks. they will continue to increase tomorrow and next week. be careful if you're fishing out there. the cloud cover tomorrow morning 7:00 a.m.. at lunchtime, scattered showers and moves through quickly. mountain snow, the activity lingers, stalls out. they may get 8 inches or a foot of snow if they are lucky. for us widely squattered showers, it's nothing really for a winter storm. you want an inch of rain. in the north bay i expect 2 1/2

inches of rain. this is below what we need. 58 in napa. 59 in antioch. temperature trend down. sunday is the best day on the weekend. sunday is not a deal breaker, especially in the central bay. it will be wet. take a jacket, take an umbrella. things clear out, sunday is a nice day. next week is a nice week with no rain in the forecast. >> i'll be watching by daughter play a goose tomorrow in the school play. >> we'll be inside. it appears san francisco is the running to host the next america's cup. oracle team usa said that changes are good the race will return to san francisco. the sailors enjoyed competing so close to shore. most times it's miles offshore.

a decision on a venue is expected by march. within the past hour the 49ers landed in north carolina as the quest for six heats up. >> not only have they landed they have arrived at their team hotel. >> and the time to check in with the look at 7:00. >> san francisco's yelp responds to an order to identify anonymous posting which some believe is a blow to free speech. join us at 7:00 on tv 36. [ male announcer ] start engine.

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. mark is off, fred is here, 10:00 a.m. sunday morning can't come soon enough. the 49ers are ready for their second straight road playoff game. they travel well and so does joe fonzie, the weather is better than it was in green bay. the opponent is more dangerous.

things will be different this time around. the 49 areas rived at the team -- arrived at the team hotel within the last hour. no heavy parkas, no extreme cold weather gear and the 49ers happy for that. they will have to do better than they did when they met in november, that was a 10-9 pan erwin. teams that are mirror images of each other. the strength of the front seven and the defenses limited newton and kaepernick on that day. how about rushing, newton rushed for 15 yards, kaepernick 16. they have to do it different. >> we didn't do a lot of good things on that game. they scored 19 points. >> they have a good front seven. very athletic, very fast, very strong. something the first game we didn't play well.

we didn't execute the way we should have. >> they have a good defense. we made a lot of mistakes. we know we could have done better. it's playoff time. we'll clean up the mistakes and get the win. >> a lot of stuff to improve. on we got to do things different things to improve on from that game. >> and you said it, when you're the wild card you have the tough path. last week the 49ers in green bay. this is the second cross- country trip in the last six days. they have to win there to play in the nfc championship game. we'll see you then. another close game. something the 49ers are used to seeing. the only place to see sunday's game is right here.

san francisco giants signed rookie of the year dontrelle willis to a minor league contract. >> this badge is on our facebook page. crush carolina. visit us on facebook. thank you for joining us tonight. we'll be back this evening at 10:00. good night.

to pick up the bassinet. or we can save five hours and go around the corner to baby town. what are you doing all day? jay! it's fine, mom. no, it's not fine. today's manny's birthday. aw, jeez. i'm sorry, kid. don't worry. reuben's family's taking me for a birthday lunch. you see? even the reubens remembered. we'll be back at 6:00, and we're taking you to a special birthday dinner. okay? we are? jay! i'm sorry, kid. i wasn't sorry. it was a setup. we're throwing him a big surprise birthday party. and he totally fell for it, the little jerk. i mean, that's the whole point of a surprise party. you take someone who you really love and you play 'em like a fool.