cleveland 19 news sponsored by national carpet mill outlet. ohio's flooring superstore. asking questions and getting answers. cleveland 19 news starts now. >> romona: now at 11:00 we are getting answers on a deadly outbreak of legionnaire's disease. we did some digging and it is the bacteria that causes it grows and multiplies in a building's water system. you can get the disease by breathing in contaminated mist or water droplets. that bacteria was found at some businesses in eastlake. workers there and some people leafing in the area got -- living in the area got i can is. >> denise: one person died after coming down with the disease. sara goldenburg is in lake

you and your family is at risk. sara? >> reporter: the health department is investigating more possible cases and three out of the 11 cases are all connected to local businesses neighboring each other right here on lakeland boulevard. this dates back to the summer. het -- health officials say it is pretty uncommon. 11 cases of legionnaire's disease started in july. a 54-year-old man died from the illness. the three separate businesses. >> the odds of that occurring are pretty rare. you expect them to be sporadic and unrelated doing your investigation. >> reporter: three employees caught legionnaire's disease from these businesses on lakeland boulevard in eastlake. the other cases residents living within a one to 10-mile radius appear. >> the reason we focus on the

vaporizes and the bacteria can be put into the air up to a one-mile read yous. >> reporter: he says the coolant towers are a frequent source of the bacteria. graham says one tower was contaminated and since then all five towers have been cleaned and they are now negative for any bacteria. >> we are continuing to monitor cases. it is important to know that we will never know the reu source of the bacteria -- the true source of the bacteria. positive. >> reporter: they tsked the water supply including drinking fountains in the businesses and they were all fine. as far as why they didn't start their investigation until october they were not a large number of caseses and they could not confirm the source. residents should not be alarmed by the outbreak. >> if you are immunocompromised the general public would not get it if they are healthy. >> reporter: now, osha is looking into the history of

they could face citations if they were not following the proper procedures. live in eastlake, getting answers, sara goldenburg, cleveland 19 news. >> denise: sara, thank you. we just got this statement from consolidated precision products. it reads in part x "no bacteria was detected in the post cleaning test results. we kept our employees in formed of the activities at the facility and fully cooperating with the appropriate federal, say the and -- state and local agencies." we did some digging into some of the symptoms of legionnaire's disease. here is what we found. symptoms develop two to 10 days after expose shirr and it it includes fever, cough, nausea, shortness of breath and muscle aches. about 5,000 people come down with legionnaire's every year. every 10 people who get sick will die from the disease. >> romona: we are continuing to get answers from the people

quality of the water after we received test results showing one house tested positive for lead. to nate paul orlousky who broke the story talked with people in the neighborhood who were dealing with the problem for years. >> reporter: we spent a good amount of time in the neighborhood talking to people and collecting water samples. their complaint are largely discoloration and taste. to be honest, they don't dr t >> we have lived here probably six years now. >> it was a surprise to us. >> we haven't drank the water since we moved here. >> what year was that? >> 15 years ago. >> reporter: this is where we collected the samples of water. water that flowed through old pipes that look like this and being replaced. however, it is not the only street where we got complaints.

looked like this this morning. the pure white new one in the middle and the old brown one we watched her take out on top. at abbie's home she noticed a problem when filling the tub for her daughter's bath. on the day we were there it was not terrible, but monday she sent us this picture. the test results came back on monday and lead was found in abbie's water. the two other homes didn't have lead, but had high iron. >> we were almost triple limit. >> surprised? jay permanently -- >> personally i don't drink the tap water. to me it is flavored. >> reporter: these days the flavor of the day is bottled water. the sample we discussed was the most discolored of those we sent and contained no lead. not every home on the street has problems and it is worse when construction crews disturb the supply for a variety of reasons. >> it comes and goes? >> only when they are playing with it. it is fine otherwise. >> the day way moved in we

didn't even have stuff in the house yet. i went to the faucet and it smelled bad and tasted bad. and folks have to live with this construction prog -- project until next august. >> romona: if there is a problem with your drinking water you are supposed to be told right away. they are to be told of immediate risks. if the contaminant levels exceed the epa standards and there is no immediate health risk they have 30 days to monitor. for monitoring or testing procedure violations they can take up to one year to tell you. >> denise: chris tanaka is tracking stories that are happening right now at the alert desk. >> chris: we are hearing from hillary clinton since she made her concession speech. and she admits it has been a

>> there have been a few times this past week when all i wanted to do is curl up with a good book or our dogs and never leave the house again. >> chris: as the former secretary of state said in washington, d.c. she will never give up and she is encouraging americans to remain defiant after her loss to donald trump. >> chris: we just got this video from an aftermath of a small illinois town. one person is dead and 10 others are injured. debris from storefronts was sent flying all over the town square. police and firefighters rushed to the scene to rescue anyone who may have been trapped. at least one building is a total loss. >> chris: investigators are working to figure out where the explosion was centered. denise? >> denise: thank you, chris. we just learned shaker heights

student's suspension after she and a friend posted a classmate's racial text message on-line. the success speption which was supposed to start yesterday -- the suspension which was supposed to start yesterday will not go on her record. another student served a suspension on friday and her punishment will not be reversed. >> romona: a dog in lorain is fighting for his life. he was found shot and his leg in a trap. now veterinarians are hoping he can have a second chance at life. shelby miller is getting answers on how this dog is doing. shelby? >> reporter: ramona, luckily someone found hem before it was too late and he ended up at the lorain county emergency center. now they are working around the clock to nurse chance back to health. resting up after losing his back left leg. it will be a long road to recovery for this sweet dog, chance. >> he's recovering noisily. he is pretty doped up on pain medication right now. to might, later tonight we are

digit that need to come off. >> reporter: the golden retriever pup was found wandering in lorain. his front left leg was stuck in a trap sort of like this one. when he got to the lorain county animal emergency center, dr. craig talbot realized chance was also shot. >> this is the first time we had a trap and being shot. >> reporter: overnight they amputated his back left leg and today he was curled up with a plasticon head and stitches cover the left side of his body. >> who ever owned him took good care of him. he is well mannered and he has not shown any aggression toward us at all. for the amount of pain and discomfort he has gone through he is very well mannered. >> reporter: despite everything this poor dog has gone through, dr. talbot thinks chance will be okay. >> there is always a chance for complications, but at this stage we feel he should do

veterinarians are doing all they can to make sure chance get a second chance at life. right now there are no update on who shot chance, but there is a go fund me account. this covers his medical expenses. the goal was $5,000 and they exceeded that. right now they are just shy of $8,000 and any left over funds are helping any stray animals at the center. denise? >> denise: a sweet pup. a tremendous show of u basketball game tonight. ? each player went into the audience and asked a fan to come on to the court during the playing of the national anthem. the team came up with this idea hoping to bring some unity following the election that left many people

the feazel roof camera. we are warming up the next couple days and then, well, we get a little shot of winter this weekend. the first alert details coming up. >> romona: why are these grown adults crawling on the floor like toddlers? we are getting answers on the latest exercise craze. that's coming up. >> denise: first with the holidays around the corner, you may be on your smartphone or tablet right now looking for the perfect gift. have a warning you need to hear. how the apps are stealing your

live from cleveland's news center driven by don joseph toyota in kent this is cleveland 19 news. >> denise: many of you will be using apps to save time and money in the holiday shopping season. but bea you are downloading. several fake retail apps popped up in april pl's app store. in apple's app store. tiff intoe -- tiffani tucker is finding out if the ones you are using are legit. >> tiffani: if you are using apps, beware. hundreds slip through the vetting process. >> during the holiday season there are a lot more and they are overwhelming apple's ability to screen them out

>> reporter: the first line of defense is to check who published the app. >> if i go to the overstock app it says it is overstock .com and another says overstock.inc. >> tiffani: you are not sure which is legit. next check the reviews and the ratings. >> if i look at the customer rates there are a lot of -- ratings there are a lot, over 10,000. they will average four stars. is the legitimate app from the legitimate company. >> tiffani: if you go to the fake app. >> there are no reviews and it was published a few days ago. >> tiffani: look at the instructions. >> there are typos and mess takes. and mistakes. it is a beg red flag right there. >> go to the store's website and this happens to be macy's. all i have to do is scroll to the bottom of the screen and

to the mobile app. >> apple has removed hundreds of fake apps and new ones are being created each and every day. >> tiffani: take a look at the screen shots. if they look fuzzy or low quality, you will want to look out for those. look at how many previous versions are released. most will have multiple updates. ramona? >> romona: the next team you floor like that, they may be exercising. crawling like a baby has quickly become the new exercise trend. professional athletes and physical therapists are using the movement to strengthen the core muscle groups. doctors say the exercise isn't for everyone especially for people with knee and wrist problems. >> denise: a warning if you have grated cheese in your refrigerator right now. four seafood corporation is recalling several different

contain salmonella. all of the cheeses come in six ounce glass jars. for a complete list of the affected cheeses open our cleveland 19 news app. >> romona: a frightening story out of pittsburgh. a warrant has been issued for a mom police say forced her 5-year-old son to smoke crack cocaine. investigators say the boy was frequently left alone, given pills to take to make him fall asleep, and she made him, quote, smoke from a pipe. neighbors don't t would intentionally hurt her son. >> she loves her son. she loves him dearly. everybody has demons, but it is what it is. >> romona: tonight mom is in a long-term rehab facility and facing several charges including child ep danger -- child endangering and the 5-year-old is living with a family member. >> denise: good news for those who suffer damage to their arteries from heart disease.

lowering statin has been used to reverse some of the damage. there is one drawback though. it will cost you $14,000 a year. >> romona: it is a video you saw as he was springing into action to save his little brother's life. mom is busy talking to one of her other children her 1-year-old is balancing close to the edge of the changing table. yes, he but the 9-year-old runs over to catch the toddler. the family hopes by sharing this video it well remind parents to never turn their backs on their little ones. >> denise: happens in the blink of an eye. >> romona: we will be okay around here even though the temps will really dip. >> jeff: we will be okay. this is the first snow of the season this weekend.

before that happens we are going to be 70 on friday. it is going to be -- it is a wild ride indeed. we are going from shorts to winter coats. that's how it goes. we have some fog out there and it is dense especially in the northwest part of the state. toledo and ottawa and sandusky and seneca county and there is worcester with a quarter mile vis. you can see other than t develop over lake michigan we got the fog. it is a mainly clear sky out there. a few clouds east of cleveland in lake giaga and ashtabula con tee. the fog may even lift before the morning commute which would be good. 34 worcester at 7:00 al and 34 canton. we start the day out in the 30s. but quickly go up. 50 by 10:00 a.m. at 1:00 in the afternoon we

and i think we will be in the low to mid60s. it is even warmer on friday. and then saturday is the alert here. from rain to snow it is going to be windy as all of this happens. the changeover will come sometime on saturday afternoon and i'll show you the front passing by. 65 tomorrow and 70 on friday. that's going to come close to a record. it will crash in temperature on saturday thr and we -- and look at this on sunday. that's a wenter-like day saturday night and sunday here. the snowfall could see the first accumulating snow in the higher terrain. it is east of cleveland with the strong northwest wind. clear, seasonable and areas of fog and 37 the low. tomorrow morning the weather impact is a two on a scale of one to 10. upper 30s. sun glare eastbound. 65 is the high.

turn sunny at 56 and 63 at 2:00. akron of this canton your forecast high is 61. look at the 70 on friday. wow. very windy on saturday. rain to snow and that's the front passing through. through the 40s the temps will go and just cold, windy, snow showers flying on sunday for the browns game. 34. here is the good news though. i don't think the morning commute on monday will be bad. by that time the snow wie 41. we're talking rain by the middle of next week. denise? >> denise: thanks. united airlines is offering a in new, no frills low cost fare. the basic economy ticket will restrict you to one carry on bag that can fit under the seat. so nothing in the overhead bin at all. you won't have an assigned seat and the last to board the plane. sounds like fun.

on sale in january and start with february flights. >> romona: amazon will give you x ray vision to see what's in the package on the porch, but you must have an iphone and ipad and have an up-to-date version of the amazon app. the way it works is you open up the amazon app and click on the icon on the top of the page and scan the bar code on the side of the package and each item inside will show up on your screen. of you who order multiple gifts from the website. you won't have to open each box to figure out who the gift is for. and there is a security feature that only allows you to see what's inside your box. your neighbors won't be able to snoop to see what you ordered. do they snoop anyway? ton den they might. >> denise: nah. kids do though, christmas presents.

american league cy young tonight. tony zarrella has the shocking tweets from a supermodel coming up in sports. they are unbelievable. >> romona: and come and help us start the holidays this friday with our annual giving. the turkey give away is from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. they will be at the knr law offices parking lot across from summit mall. hoping to hand out a free turkey to anyone who donates a

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now, this is the serpentini chevrolet sports report. >> tony: the candidate that won the electoral college won again beating out the candidate who won the popular vote.

porcello took home the cy young and he found out like we did, on live tv. >> it is unbelieve believe a. i have my family -- it is unbelievable and i have my family here and i don't think they know yet. >> what a moment! >> tony: they were eccstatic. justin verlander's supermodel girlfriend, kate upton, not so only one allowed to [bleep] justin verlander, but tweeted the real world. keep it classy, kate. we needed one more hot hand. can larry still play? the cavs are sloppy. they shot 40% and even worse from beyond the arc. they turned the ball over 18 times. yeah, one of those nights. they fall to 9-2 and good news

the pistons are here on friday. now last week it was the cavs at the white house. yesterday andrew hawkins and josh mccown on capitol hill huddling up to discuss ways to improve relations between police and communities. and hawk was a natural in that room. don't rule anything out. >> if there is anyway i can help you it is helping others less fortunate or helping others get opportunities or have a better life. if politics is a means to d positive change, that's a legacy you want to leave. >> tony: before we go, the toledo rockets will light it up. 40 points per game. nothing can slow them down. not even the fog. this was the scene tonight. what is going on? >> jeff: dense fog advisory. >> tony: you're late. screw tipped them off before the game? this is crazy. >> jeff: i would have told them. >> tony: the rockets score

they can find the end zone with their eyes closed. that's one countriesy scene. that is not coming our way? >> denise: we have fog in here.

>> jeff: here we go. the sunrise will kind of look like that. 45 at 8:00 a.m. m look at that jump in temperature there. 63 by 2:00 p.m. 70 on friday and then mr. cold front comes through on saturday. and it will be a cold one. >> romona: you sounded like you were in your living room.

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