. >> reporter: everyone who knew nancy pinnella thought she was extraordinary. she taught others the joy of giving. >> she loved to bake. >> reporter: in other ways she was like so many of us and never got a flu shot. >> i'm equally guilty of not getting a flu shot. i'm not old. i'm not young. so why get one? >> reporter: but her family got the tragic answer to that question over the weekend when the otherwise healthy 46-year- old died in a sacramento hospital after contracting the h1n1 flu virus. >> you can sleep a flu off in three or four days and this thing tookmy sister's life in that same time frame. records tuesday, she left work feeling ill. wednesday morning she went to the doctor and by that night, she was on life support. she died saturday. >> it is vicious, fast and that's why, you know, my brothers and i are really pushing to get a flu shot because it's not something that you get sick and then you get your shot. you need to have the preventative before. >> reporter: i went to school with nancy here in danville. and later, we worked together at kpix 5

. >> reporter: everyone who knew nancy pinnella thought she was extraordinary. she taught others the joy of giving. >> she loved to bake. >> reporter: in other ways she was like so many of us and never got a flu shot. >> i'm equally guilty of not getting a flu shot. i'm not old. i'm not young. so why get one? >> reporter: but her family got the tragic answer to that question over the weekend when the otherwise healthy 46-year- old died in a sacramento hospital after contracting the h1n1 flu virus. >> you can sleep a flu off in three or four days and this thing took my sister's life in that same period of time. >> reporter: tuesday she left work feeling ill. wednesday morning she went to the doctor and by that night, she was on life support. she died saturday. i went to school with nancy here in danville and later we worked together at kpix 5. she is the kind of person you never forget. her family also wants us to remember how she died. >> if her death helped somebody else that would have made a very big impact for her. >> reporter: tracy was one of nancy's best

after reading the heartbreaking story of nancy pinnella went to cvs and got my first flu shot ever.tors still encouraging people to get vaccinated. february is the peak of the flu season and it is not unusual for a second wave to hit in march or april. by our count there have been 32 flu related deaths in the bay area so far. 95 in all of california. updated numbers though are scheduled to be released at 10:30 this morning. >>> time is 6:16. toyota issued an order to stop selling toyota's top brand. that is as they try to work out a way to replace seats that are not up to the standard. toyota says there have been no reports of fires or injuries and toyota customers still say they are confident their vehicles are safe. >> i think it is great. as long as they rectify the situation and they do what they need to do to take care of the customers. i think it is fine. >> at this point nothing has been recalled. there is no word on how long the stop sell order will remain in place. >>> yahoo says some of the customers e-mail accounts have been hit by hackers. yahoo has 81 million u.s. e- ma

of a bay area woman who just died from the flu is urging people to get vaccinated. 46-year-old nancy pinnella sick tuesday of last week. wednesday morning, she went to the doctor and by that night, she was on life support. nancy died saturday from the h1n1 virus. now her family wants everyone to get a flu shot. >> wouldn't have wanted her life to be without meaning and i think this gives meaning to her life. if her death helped somebody else that would have made a very big impact for her. >> nancy's doctor told her family they are convinced she would be alive today if she got a flu shot. nancy was a former kpix 5 employee. >>> curbside mailboxes are the target of thieves in the city of belmont now. police say it appears the crooks are keeping items that could be worth something to them and then getting rid of the rest of the mail. in the past week, a large amount of discarded mail has been found tossed into people's yards along terrace drive and hillman avenue. >> what we think is happening is that subjects are going through selectively taking pieces of mail. they are probably going for thing

that's the message from a family of a bay area woman who just died from the virus. 46-year-old nancy pinnella sick on a tuesday of last week. wednesday morning she went to the doctor, wednesday night she was on life support and died from the h1n1 virus. now her family wants everyone to get vaccinated. >> she wouldn't have wanted her life to be without meaning and i think this gives meaning to her life. if her death helps somebody else that would have been a big impact for her. >> nancy's doctors told her family they are convinced she would be alive today if she did get the flu shot. nancy was a former kpix 5 employee. >>> a vacation is cut short after hundreds of passengers get sick. what caused the illness on a caribbean cruise ship? coming up. >> and i'm dennis o'donnell. you're not going to believe it. i have a richard sherman update. and the president's speech must have inspired the wizards. their state of the union came against the warriors. straight ahead. ,,,, >>> good morning, everybody. seahawks cornerback richard sherman still believes that michael crabtree is mediocre. but at the m