we know at least two of the shigella victims have lawyered up. march ris co-'s saun want number three is still shut down by order of the health department. 80 people have confirmed or suspected cases of shigella, that is, still being tested. 12 people are so sick or dehydrated they're in the hospital in intensive care. the county is working to find out how the outbreak started friday and saturday night. they say that all of these folks ate there weekend. they didn't eat the same thing. both the public health director and the attorney working with two of those victims say this case of shigella was unusually violent. >> most of the people that were ill are sort of middle aged or young, healthy people, who you wouldn't necessarily assume would be severely ill from shigella. >> you don't generally see 12 people, a dozen people in an icu, even if some of the worst food-borne illness cases. >> reporter: he should know. this is an area of specialty. he represented 16 families who contracted shigella back in 2000. in that case more than 100 people got si

shigella bacteria is very contagious. so, again, some of the infections we're seeing now that we're going past the 80 mark are secondary infections where people got sick at the restaurant and then took it home or took it to work. if you have symptoms, get yourself tested. if you feel sick, don't go out. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >>> it is 6:07. in oakland a showdown between a man wielding a machete and two cars. now detectives are searching for the driver who hit him. a neighbor caught it all on cell phone video. it happened at about 3:00 monday morning. police say the man in the middle of the street had a machete and was lunging at several cars. that's when the driver in the red car there backed into the man while a white car eventually will come along here and bump him into the intersection. the man is reportedly okay, but he was placed on a psychiatric hold. >>> at 6:08, beware of shoulder surfing, especially in san leandro. it's a scam where thieves watch you use an atm and then access your k. mor

shigella bacteria is very contagious.re seeing now as the number is approaching 80 and beyond is some of the folks who are now sick are secondary infections. that is, the person who got sick from eating at that restaurant friday and saturday night has passed it on. it's highly contagious. >> that's an important thing for people to know. thanks a lot, kris. >>> at 5:32, drug concerns at a local high school has a principal taking action. it comes after three students were hospitalized in the past week for drug in the abuse. it's linked to an over-the-counter cough and cold medication. >> reporter: that's right, laura, one you can buy online. it runs about $25 for a pack of 50 tablets, for instance. the concern is this is not only very accessible but very affordable. take a look at this picture from the drug enforcement administration of decks trauma thor fan or dxf. it's a cough suppress sapt found in 120 over-the-counter cold medications tam high sent a letter saying it will result in hallucinations, dizziness, vomiting, s

more details on shigella. it can happen any time. infections have not significantly declined over the past years. >> it's sanging attack. a 59-year-old man brutally beaten on the streets of san francisco. this morning he's recovering. it happened around the north beach neighborhood of grant and vallejo. police say the victim and three men got into an argument which quickly turned physical. the suspect attacked that man, a 59-year-old hitting him in the head. witnesses tell police the suspects were three men in their 20s. >>> several tires slashed in the east bay and now police say they have their man. san leandro police say the man slashed the tires in dozens of cars. he has family living at that complex. he caused about $5,000 worth of damage. >>> follow-up now. police in san francisco going to investigate a deadly officer-involved shooting as a homicide. police chief greg surh held a town hall meeting to suggestion what unfolded when they shot and killed a man last thursday. police say the officer shot a man when he managed to grab

coming up, another update to the shigella grout break in the south bay. the new information we just got into our newsroom that shows it may be headed farther south. >>> coming up after nbc bay area news at 11:00, "access hollywood live" followed by "days of our lives." kris/cu the south bay's shigella outbreak appears to be spreading to outside santa >>> just into our newsroom less than 25 minutes ago we told you that the shigella outbreak in san jose has grown to 93 people. and we've just learned in the last five minutes that it appears to be spreading outside santa clara county. just a few moments ago santa cruz county revealed that it is now investigating cases of the highly contagious infection. authorities believe those cases are linked to the outbreak that began in san jose this weekend where now 93 people are sick or recovering from shigella. all of the cases associated with the downtown san jose restaurant marcos san juan restaurant number three in downtown san jose. the health department is trying to pinpoint the case of the outbreak at that rest

twelve are in intensive care with shigella. these cases are all connected to the mexican seafood restaurant marisco san juan. the health department closed the restaurant sunday. shigge -- shigella isen extremely contagious disease caused by bacteria, spread and eat with something that has come into contact with the stool of an infected person. >> the most important prevention measure that you can take if you have shigella or any illness involving diarrhea is meticulous hand washing. >> the health department is waiting for lab results. health experts are supposed to gives us an update. if you ate at marisco san juan or friday or saturday and suspect you may have shigella action, go see a doctor immediately. the restaurant will remain closed until the safety of the public can be assured. we have been unable to get in touch with the owners of this restaurant on fourth street. bryan? >> and janine, by any chance, do you know, there are two other restaurants. there are three of them. do you know if any of the other restaurants are c

are also investigating reports of shigella cases. the majority of people who got sick weight at mariscos san juan restaurant number 3 in san jose. shigella is very con taj yous and can cause diarrhea, fever, abdominal pain. we spoke to one person sickened in that outbreak. he and his lawyer have filed a lawsuit against the restaurant owner >> it is reasonable after the amount of physical suffering i have gone through to have some kind of compensation. >> another reported victim also filed a lawsuit. the downtown mariscos location still close this had morning. the health department says all employees vsh detected and will need to be cleared from a doctor before going back to work. >>> in the south bay a san jose supermarket back open this morning after being shut down for rodents. the health department recently found an infestation inside the mi pueblo market. the santa clara county health department sent inspectors back to the supermarket and found that those problems were fixed and the supermarket was declared good to go and is reop

shigella. the outbreak is believed to be linked. to the restaurant- mariscos san juan. kron four's jeff bush spoke with a woman who got sick. he is live tonight at marisco's with the latest jeff. >> jeff :the health department moved in and shut down the restaurant it was too late for one woman that i spoke with tonight. along with 80 other people got sick from eating a tainted food get well soon balloons and cans of soup are on the kitchen table at alicia ingram's housethree days after going to the hospital with food poisoning. >>:i ended up collapse in the hallway here and so i passed out and my body officially told me that it could not go any more my family was like we need to go to the hospital >> jeff :she had a talk go and by midnight the first symptoms were coming on with an outbreak of the shigella infection. it is important to know what to look for. with some detective work it was determined that everybody ate at the same restaurant so the signs went up and the doors were closed indefinitely. more than a dozen of those people who got sick were worse off than thi

now, because shigella is so infectious, the health department fears that another 100 people could be reporting themselves getting sick over the next couple of days before this outbreak is truly over. we are live in downtown san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> crews say it will take them longer than projected to patch up that massive sinkhole in union city. the sinkhole opened up last wednesday at the intersection of alvarado boulevard and fair ranch road. district officials say a broken water main is at the root of the problem. both westbound lanes on alvarado boulevard will be closed as crews work to try to fix those pipes. >>> there is now a temporary barrier in place on the 23rd avenue overpass in oakland. the fence that was there fell on to 880 monday night. the chp is trying to figure out how it happened. the section that fell was long enough that it blocked traffic both directions for about an hour. crews removed it but not before it caused a 10-car crash. a caddy in the crash burst into flames. the driver made it out okay. two other people involved in the wreck did go to the hospit

this man spent the weekend in intensive care sick with shigella. it's a highly contagious and happens when people don't wash their hands after going to the bathroom. he wasn't the only one who i got. >> she said it with us like a hollywood movie with all the patients coming in. >> mariscos had a positive track record with the department of health. in each case they were docked for not keeping proper employment records which bha the reason they're having a hard time finding the employee who spread it. in august it passed with a score of 89 out of 100. the problem there was improper cooling. it got a score of 93 back in january. the shigella bacteria causes high fever, pain, and cramping, also vomiting and diarrhea, which should be treated with antibiotics. the restaurant is on 4th street, a few blocks from city hall. if you've done business down there, perhaps you've gone. here's the thing. the bacteria they got is so highly con tanks there could be more cases stemming from the original worker and the people that that person got sick. so if you ate

the latest on the shigella outbreak which is now close to 200 cases. plus, the findings of the lab results on the infection. despite being in a drought. officials say. some east bay part to help conserve our water. plus, important halloween safety tips for kids. that every parent will want to know. >> pam :the source of the shigella outbreak. that has sickened nearly 200- customers at a san jose mexican seafood restaurant. may never be found. the santa clara county health department says. the results of lab tests show, that all but one food handler at marisco's san juan restaurant number -three, tested negative for shigella. the department believes. that the individual who tested positive for shigella, likely contracted the disease as a result of the outbreak. and was not the cause of it. the latest count indicates. 191 people fell ill. after eating at the restaurant. marisco's san juan restaurant remains closed. just ahead. east bay water wasters called out again. for not doing their part in the drought. and the numbers are shocking. plus. tips on how

everyone tested negative for shigella except for one person.that food handler likely contracted the disease as a result of the outbreak and was not the cause of it! how did it start? dr. george hahn says we may never know. >> it's likely we will never be able to pinpoint the exact cause or the source of the back tear yachl >> reporter: that's common for the majority of public health problems of shigella. >> we know it came from the restaurant on these two days of >> reporter: most likely an infected employee didn't wash their hand, contaminated the food, and tested negative after not contracting the disease. the same goes for 22 people who contracted the disease and work with the public. for now the restaurant remains closed. >>> san francisco is teaming up with a major cosmetics company in an effort to eliminate hiv and aids in the city. an outreach program they're called getting to zero. that refers to zero new infections by 2020 and 0 aids deaths. mack says the approach to stopping aids is not so different than selling lipstick. >> we spent

that's why it's so important to know if you have shigella, so you know what to do. to wash your hands carefully, to not prepare food. >> reporter: mariscos remains shut down during the investigation. the restaurant did get high marks during its last health inspection, receiving a 93 in january. even long time customers say they may think twice before eating there again. >> that's not something i would have in mind, coming to somewhere that i'm going to eat, is like, oh, my gosh, am i going to get sick? >> reporter: one of the challenges is someone can be a carrier of the bacteria, but not show symptoms. the health department would like to pinpoint how this was spread. >>> the cdc says symptoms can take up to a week to appear, but most begin 1 to 4 days after infection. >>> a lot of great places to visit here in the bay area. you've got the golden gate bridge. alcatraz, wine country, but a cemetery? the mystery that apple fans from all over the world are trying to solve. >> reporter: ken, they're trying to figure out where steve jobs is buried, and we only know it is

now to the shigella outbreak.that continues to grow tonight.han 100 people have fallen ill.all linked to a san jose here's the latest. health officials say there are 110 reports of people becoming sick 92 people in santa clara county alone. there are reports of people also getting sick in alameda, san mateo and santa cruz counties. officials say among those ill.19 are confirmed cases of shigella. tonight, mariscos san juan number 3, the restaurant at the center of the outbreak, remains closed as the investigation continues. * * * as kron four's rob fladeboe found out today, another person after spending three days in the hospital, alecia ingram is feeling feeling the effects of acute ingram is one of the 110 people who got sick after eating here at marisco's san juan restaurant in san jose. she had a shrimp damages. ingram is one of three people to file suit against marisco's owner, sergio becerra cruz. the other two, according to court filings, are greg meissner and daniel estrada, both of whom also ate at mariscos last weekend. the claims acc

health officials say dozens of diners have reported experiencing symptoms of shigella. kpix 5 reporter kiet do is live outside that restaurant in san jose. >> reporter: the restaurant is red-tagged and closed indefinitely. no word on when it will re- open. this is a highly infectious bacteria. the victim count continues to go up every day. and at last report we have now got 80 people who got sick. a dozen were so sick they went to the icu. the health department thinks the infections happened here marisco's san juan number 3 on 4th street in downtown san jose friday or saturday night. when people started getting sick in droves the county conducted a thorough inspection and by sunday the entire restaurant was shut down. inspectors think it originated with an employee, then passed to the food and then to customers. >> someone that's ill with shigella and has diarrhea can spread the infection if after using the restroom they don't wash their hands probably and then prepare food or prepare beverage. >> reporter: the restaurant got high marks during the last two inspections r

. >>> let's move to the developmentes the shigella restaurant linked to a flaunt san jose. adam smith received an update and is live with that now. >>reporter: at one point a dozen people were hospitalized after eating at mari is of course co's san juan restaurant. a number of suspected cases is up to 93, 24 of them confirmed shigella appeared we're expecting the number of suspected cases to go up given that this is highly contagious and we're hearing about secondary cases. now, earlier today, talking to reporters, the health department says while they're hearing about more cases, the good news is, patients rushed to the intensive care unit have been released or their condition has improved. it isn't clear how many are still in the hospital. as you may recall, dozens of people reported having symptoms like fever, abdomen pain and diarrhea after eating at mariscos san juan restaurant number three. the restaurant is still closed. how this outbreak got started is still under investigation. >> if you look at other shigella outbreaks that have occurred is that an ill food handle

. >>> the shigella outbreak linked to a south bay restaurant continues to grow. ktvu fox smith got an update but it appears it is spreading. >>reporter: the health officials are getting reports from doctors from patients showing shigella like symptoms, the fever, cramping and diarrhea. the majority of those patients ate at restaurant but we're hearing of the secondary cases, people who didn't athlete but are getting it from those who did. we asked the department could not provide with us an exact count of how many of the hundred 10 cases are secondary cases saying they're talking to all of the patients determining when they got ill and the dining history. this is what we can tell you. those 110 reported cases, 92 are santa clara county residents. 18 live in santa cruz, alameda or san mateo countries. 24 cases came back confirmed to be shigella including a child. because this illness is so contagious and it only takes a few bacteria to get it, the health department today could not stress enough the importance of hand washing, saying it is the number one way to pre

twofr of them are confirmed to be shigella. >> this is not respiratorily spread. this is not something you catch on the street. this is by direct contact with another person or eating food or beverages prepared by an ill person of >> reporter: that's why health officials are urging the importance of washing hands to prevent the illness's rapid spread given it's highly contagious. chavez says it's the worst pain he's ever felt, and he wants the restaurant to pay up. >> we've been going there for years. but if you're not going to be responsible for your employee, you don't deserve to be open. >> reporter: they'll get the results back from employees early next week. and this restaurant remains closed. >> do officials think this could get worse? >> reporter: they said the numbers are stabilizing. they are expecting to hear more secondary cases, those who didn't eat here but got the illness. but right now they don't think the number is going to grow dramatically. >> thank you. >>> anyone in the south bay can expect heavier traffic than usual thanks to two sporting even

clara county public health department says 80 people are either being treated for or tested for shigella. all of the cases associated with the ma ris cosan juan restaurant number 3 in san jose. 12 sent to the hospital in intensive care. >> you don't generally see 12 people, a dozen people in an icu even in some of the worst food borne illness cases. >> bill is a food safety attorney. he was contacted by two of the 80 people this morning wanting to sue the restaurant and is reviewing their medical records. >> it's medical bills, wage loss. and then obviously, you know, you may have long-term complications. >> his firm also represented 16 family who's contracted shigella in 2000 this time from redwood city restaurant viva mexico which has since shut down. more than 100 people became sick from eating there and one person died. the families split a settlement of $1 million. for ma ris cosan juan, records show just two months ago inspectors report aid violation after the restaurant did not have the proper documents to the prove employees had proper food handling training. tonight the health d

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he came by here on friday for takeout, but the next day, taken down by shigella. he was masking how he felt after being in the emergency center. he ate a tostada the day before on north 4th street in san jose. >> it is an extremely high fever, really bad chills. extremely bad cramping. running to the bathroom. nausea. vomiting, dizziness. >> reporter: still sick, but home now, he seeks damages for pain and suffering. >> i have no animosity against anyone but i don't want this to happen again, not to my of my neighbors or people i work with. >> reporter: the number of suspected cases stands at 93. health officers believe the reason may be secondary infections as the bacteria spreads. the cause of the outbreak is under investigation but is slowed by the fact that some employees have not yet turned in stool samples for testing. this is believed to be the largest outbreak of shigella to occur in santa clara county. 200 people got shigella from a mexican restaurant that is no longer in business. >> there are so many people affe affect -- effected is there enough insura

new information tonight in shigella outbreak in san jose.e latest revelations surun >>> new information tonight in san jose's shigella outbreak. why the latest revelations surrounding the restaurant at the center is raising new questions. investigators say an employee at mariscos' restaurant tested, but they don't think the employee is the source of the outbreak. the infection spread from other counties. and why we may not know the reason for the infection. >> reporter: health officials say they're confident somebody is to blame for contaminating the food but say it's unlikely they will ever identify patient zero. >> we have not found the exact center of the source. >> reporter: the doctor says one employee has tested positive for shigella, but they do not believe that person is the source, saying the employee ate the same food that sickened dozens of people in four bay area counties, in total, 190 cases of shigella have been reported. of those, 100 laboratory confirmed. >> the most likely source is a person infected, contaminating the foods

. >>> san jose restaurant worker has tested positive for shigella but santa clara county health experts say that employee wasn't the cause of the bacterial outbreak. kpix 5's keit do joins us live from san jose with more on that story. good morning. >>> reporter: good morning. we're live here at marisco's san juan number 3 in downtown san jose. this place has been shut down for nearly two weeks now. it looks like the big question of what caused this outbreak may never be known. test results are in for all the employees and it looks like just one of them came back as positive. but investigators say that employee got sick from the food, not the other way around. in other words, that employee likely did not bring the shigella bacteria into the restaurant and contaminate the food. >> we do not believe that the individual who tested positive was the cause of this outbreak. but instead, contracted the disease as a result from eating food from this restaurant. >> and so we will likely never know where the shigella came from since two-thirds of food- borne illness cases are unsolved. they never

he came by here on friday for takeout, but the next day, taken down by shigella. he was masking how he felt after being in the emergency center. he ate a tostada the day before on north 4th street in san jose. >> it is an extremely high fever, really bad chills. extremely bad cramping. running to the bathroom. nausea. vomiting, dizziness. >> reporter: still sick, but home now, he seeks damages for pain and suffering. >> i have no animosity against anyone but i don't want this to happen again, not to my of my neighbors or people i work with. >> reporter: the number of suspected cases stands at 93. health officers believe the reason may be secondary infections as the bacteria spreads. the cause of the outbreak is under investigation but is slowed by the fact that some employees have not yet turned in stool samples for testing. this is believed to be the largest outbreak of shigella to occur in santa clara county. 200 people got shigella from a mexican restaurant that is no longer in business. >> there are so many people affe affect -- effected is there enough insura

so far the county has confirmed 93 cases of shigella. san mateo county has two cases and santa cruz county is looking into five suspected cases. the restaurant marisco's on 4th street also faces two lawsuits. kpix 5's betty yu spoke with one diner who got sick. >> this is a very serious risk. it scared the heck out of me. >>> reporter: it sent gregory to the emergency room saturday night with 105-degree fever. he says he got shigella after he picked up take-out from marisco san juan number 3. he ate the ceviche tostada and by the next morning -- >> it really was nausea, running to the bathroom a lot, a lot of stomach cramping, um, really, really bad abdominal pain. >> reporter: gregory is back at home recovering. but not back at school. he is the dean of students at independent high school in san jose. he is the first to sue the restaurant owners. he is asking for unspecified damages for missing work and pain and suffering. >> i have no animus against the restaurant owners or anybody. i just really don't want me, myself, or the other peo

have 4 of those shigella case -- 144 of those shigella cases have been reported in alameda, san mateo, santa cruz, marin. >>> the three transients accused of killing a hiker in marin county are in san francisco making a brief court appearance today. the marin county judge postponed morrison lampley, sean angold, and lila alligood, because alligood is yet to be signed an attorney. the three suspects shot and killed 23-year-old audrey carey in golden gate park and 67-year- old steve carter while walking his dog on a hiking trail near fairfax. the three suspects are due back in court on thursday. >>> san francisco police identified the suspect today in a dramatic police chase involving the stolen police car. they also released this picture of the 26-year-old. facing a number of charges, including carjacking, hit and run, assault with a deadly weapon, and resisting arrest. police say that they would receive their report about a man with a knife on saturday. officers say that the suspect would manage to steal the patrol car and then they let them on a chase through their city to treasure i

the number of people affected by the shigella food poisoning outbreak. has now exceeded one-hundred. we have the latest. the former secretary of state grilled on capital hill about benghazi. and the hearing gets heated. we have a wrap up. plus, a popular grocery chain is shutting down operations and laying off thousands of workers. ♪ ♪ it took the rockettes years to master the kick line. but only a few moves to master paying bills on chase.com technology designed for you. so you can easily master the way you bank. >> pam :the number of shigella cases continues to grow tonight. more than 100 people have fallen ill. all linked to a san jose restaurant. here's the latest. health officals say. there are 110- reports of people becoming sick. 92 -people in santa clara county alone. there are reports of people also getting sick in alameda. san mateo. and santa cruz counties. officials say, among those ill. at least 19 are confirmed cases of shigella. mariscos san juan- number three. the restaurant at the center of the outbreak, remains closed as the investigati

one of the people treated for shigella is alicia ingram who spent three days in the hospital.she really wants to know how this could happen. >> this is negligence, or is it just some sort of malicious intent. i am just curious because it's such an odd or unusual thing to happen. >> doctors say shigella is not that rare, and there are about a half a million cases of it every year in the united states. they have told her that she will continue to have digestive problems though, for at least two more months, and the restaurant remains closed. >>> now, one san jose lawfirm says it has been flooded with calls from infected patients who want to sue the restaurant. at least two lawsuits have already been filed. they claim the restaurant owner was negligent in supervising employees to prepare food. the attorney in those two cases says his clients deserve to be compensated from their medical expenses and lost wages. he also expects more people to take legal action. >>> according to the san jose mercury news, san jose have cut ties with an office bore posted controversial comments on so

someone infected with shigella can spread the disease. by direct contact, or by preparing food or drink. that is consumed. the restaurant has been closed since last week. health officials continue to investigate the outbreak. coming up. part of an 880- overpass. falls onto the roadway. now documents show, cal-trans knew about the problem for months. but did not do the needed repairs. a warning - someone leaving sharp objects on the ground in a local park. potentially injuring pets. another cluster of sharks spotted near a bay area shoreline. what experts have to say this time. ooh, i thinki saw dessert! but you just had a big lunch! wasnthat big steve... hey! come back here, steven stay strong! what's that? you want me to eat you? honey, he didn't say that! he did, very quietly... you can't hear from back there! don't fight your instincts. with each 150 calories or less, try our chocolatey brownies, tangy lemon bars and new creamy cheesecakes. fiber one. go on, have one! >> pam :a new report reveals. what could be the reason behind a 460

more details on shigella. according to the centers for disease control, 500,000 people in the united states are sickened by this infectious bacteria each year. symptoms usually hit within a few hours or up to a few days after being exposed. this could be treated with antibiotics and patients normally recover within about a week. stay with us for the latest on the outbreak and the future of the restaurant. we're constantly updating our social media platforms and our website, nbcbayarea.com. >> for the second time this week, another unruly passenger forced pilots to make an unscheduled landing. an american airlines flight this time took off from san jose to dallas but it was diverted to phoenix. that's where police came aboard to remove the man. passengers say he was threatening flight attendants by being belligerent and making fing er guns at them. two days ago, if you remember, a southwest flight from los angeles to san francisco turned around for an emergency landing after a passenger choked a woman in front

in total, 190 shigella cases have been reported. . of those, 94 have been laboratory confirms. >> we have not found an exact person or source. >> reporter: today investigators reiterated that they believe an employee was to blame for contaminating the food. however, that person has not been found. which means either that employee didn't know they were infected because they didn't have any symptoms or lied to investigators about their medical history during the investigation. >> they may have taken antibiotics. >> reporter: dr. hon says it's likely the source behind the outbreak will remain a mystery. still no word on when or if the restaurant will re-open. reporting in san jose, michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. >>> more fallout today from the murder suspect who tried to turn himself in at the santa clara county jail but was allegedly turned away by a correctional deputy. the person chairing the blue ribbon commission investigating the troubled jail says she's concerned about this latest incident. nbc bay area's damian trujillo spo

the health department has shut down the restaurant ever since they discovered an outbreak of the shigella bacteria. there have been 40 confirmed cases so far just under a dozen severe enough that they had to be treated in the emergency icu. the health department says that they are working now to try and figure out how these people caught this disease but they say the most likely culprit is that someone on the restaurant staff was sick with the bacteria and didn't adequately wash their hands after using the restroom. >> shigella is a bacteria that causes diarrhea. so someone ill with shigella and diarrhea can spread the infection if after using the restaurant don't wash their hands and then prepare food or care for someone. that's how the bacteria is spread. >> reporter: health department officials say that this bacteria is highly infectious. right now they are trying to limit the spread to other people that may have come in contact with the people who were sickened here at the restaurant. so far, all 40 cases of people who got sick either ate at this restaurant on friday or saturday night

we think it's important to know if you have shigella, shigella is quite infectious. if you have it, it's important to note that you can prevent spreading it to others. >> we know that at least 11 people, many of the people went to hospital, 11 in intensive care. how serious in terms of being life threatening. >> ordinarily people get shigella, fever, diarrhediarrhe sometimes dehydrated but you recover on your own in five to seven days. in this outbreak, we've seen a lot of hospitalizations, and, as you mentioned, about a dozen people have at one time or another been requiring icu care. so it's a little bit more severe than we usually see about important to know that most people do get better on their own. >> what about antibiotics? antibiotics can treat this? >> some people require antibiotics. we encourage anyone who ate at the restaurant and ill, be evaluated, see whether they require any further treatment, including antibiotics. >> we heard from a patient who became sick, in intensive care who asked the rhetorical question, how does this happen in this day and age

. >>> new developments from the shigella outbreak. raising the number of the sick people to 141. we also got details of a health report just conducted at the mariscos san juan restaurant. that they violated health standards for improper cooling methods with its shrimp broth, shrimp, and octopus. inspectors found food was partially cooked and potentially hazardous. last sunday during the inspection after dozens of people got sick. the report states that all of the food was impounded. the restaurant has been shut down as the county now investigates those 141 cases of shigella. >> the good news is that we've had very little spread to others. just a handful of secondary cases. and the reason that the case count increases is that there is a lag in reporting. >> the patients are told that shigella could take up to six months to go away. san francisco health officials say that a fake prescription drug sold on the street has been linked to one death and a number of overdoses. at least three people have been hospitalized after taking fake xanax. officials says it contains a very potent op

he said he got shigella after he picked uptakeout from mariscos san juan no. 3. he 8 the ceviche tostada and by the next morning -- >> a lot of stomach cramping, abdominal pain and really bad pain. >> reporter: he's the dean of students at independent high school in san jose, the first to sue the restaurant owners asking for unspecified damages for missing work and pain and suffering. >> i have no animosity against the restaurant owners or anybody. i just really don't want me, myself or the other people that i know and in my neighborhood at risk. >> reporter: the santa clara county health department is investigating the source of the outbreak. shigella can be spread by restaurant workers who don't properly wash their lands before touching food. if -- hands before touching food. if that's the case here, legal analyst ladoris cordell says that would leave the owners on the hook for medical bills and more. >> a restaurant has to exercise a duty of reasonable care is the legal standard. they must maintain an environment that assures that the product, which is the mea

tonight, the shigella outbreak spread to more people and now to three bay area counties. i'm janelle wang in forage mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. a nasty intestinal infection that at best will leave you dehydrated and in pain and worst could kill you. in the last hour, the san mateo county health department confirmed two cases of shigella, that brings it to 26 cases and 98 reported cases. one restaurant remains closed and employees being tested. we're joined with more on the new cases. >> reporter: that's right. the employees won't be able to come back until they have clearance from their doctors. the restaurant also has to be cleaned. meanwhile, dozens of people are still sick tonight wondering how this happened. i spoke to one man who is ready to go back to break and is spending his days off suing the owners of this restaurant. >> i'm scared. >> greg mize ner says once he gets his appetite back, he plans to eat at home for a while. >> i'm kind of at the mercy of whether someone had to wash their hands because there was no indication that anything was wrong. >> mize ne

. >> reporter: the health department says an outbreak of the shigella bacteria is to blame. likely spreading from an infected employee to the food and then to customers. >> someone that's ill with shigella and has diarrhea can spread the infection if after using the restroom they don't wash their hands properly. >> reporter: the health department says shigella is highly infectious. they are working overtime to prevent it from spreading to people who ate at the restaurant. >> we are concerned about further spread. that's why it's so important to know if you have shigella so you know what to do to wash your hands carefully, to not prepare food. >> reporter: it's shut down during the investigation. it got high marks during the last two health inspections receiving an 89 in august and a 93 in january. but even long-time customers say they may think twice before eat there is again. >> that's not something to think of am i going to get sick. >> reporter: one of the challenges for doctors and health inspectors is someone can carry the bacteria but not show symptoms. the health depa

so far, shigella has been confirmed in 15 cases. officials suspect it was spread by an infected food handler, and a man has been eating there for 15 years with no problems but now this is troubling. >> i would give them a chance...but, maybe a little bit down the road. >> they passed the previous two health inspections but there have been ten violations in 2013 the restaurant will remain closed until the safety of the public can be assured. i am joined now with deputy health officer dr. george hahn. what is shigella? >> it is caused by a bacteria. it infects you when you eat it. you have little bacteria that gets into the food or someone is preparing food and you eat it and after six or 12 hours you will get cramps, diarrhea, fever, perhaps blood in the diarrhea, and vomiting. >> very serious symptoms, the the recommendation is what? >> if you have the symptoms see your doctor. get tested. possibly get treated. >> get evaluated. >> thank you, doctor, we appreciate your time. my colleague will follow-up on had story and bring you mor

. >>> a san jose restaurant is facing two lawsuits after an outbreak of shigella. we spoke to two of the people. nearly 100 people have now reported getting sick. >> exhausted and sick is how alicia is feeling after a three day stint in the hospital. she got shriver cocktail at a restaurant she had -- player cocktail from a restaurant he had never tried. he noticed symptoms of severe stomach cramps and diarrhea. >> county health officials say there are 93 reported cases connected to the shigella outbreak, 24 confirmed cases and the majority of them ate at the same restaurant. >> there have been whole families infected. there's somebody who is actually pregnant and in the hospital currently, which complicates things as well. a a leash shah wants to know what happened and specifically who or what was the source. >> i don't know if it was negligence or some sort of malicious intent. it's just such an odd or unusual thing to happen. >> she still suffers from severe diarrhea and stomach cramps and her doctors tell her she will have digestive problems for the next two mo

. >>> right now at 11:00, the shigella outbreak in the south bay continues to widen and nearly a week after the outbreak started the number of cases now tops more than 100. another region now also under the microscope. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. first we need to talk about what's happening in washington. hillary clinton off the campaign trail and on capitol hill. you are looking live at a live photograph of a photographer who is not cooperating with what we would like to show you and that is hillary clinton's empty seat. they are on a break right now. mrs. clinton answering questions about the deadly attack of course on americans when she was secretary of state. >> well, nbc bay area's tracie potts shows us what's happened in that hearing before that break. >> reporter: hillary clinton shook hands before what's expected to be a full day of testimony. republican chair trey gowdy slammed eight previous investigations as incomplete, ignoring thousands of e-mails from clinton's private server, he says, would have been irresponsible. >>

. >>> a san jose restaurant worker has tested positive for shigella but santa clara county health experts say that employee wasn't the source of the outbreak. kiet do joins us live from san jose with more. >>> reporter: good morning. we're live here at marisco's san juan number 3 in downtown san jose. this place has been shut down for nearly two weeks now. it looks like the big question of what caused this outbreak may never be known. test results are in for all the employees and it looks like just one of them came back as positive. but investigators say that employee got sick from the food, not the other way around. in other words, that employee likely did not bring the shigella bacteria into the restaurant and contaminate the food. >> we do not believe that the individual who tested positive was the cause of this outbreak. but instead, contracted the disease as a result from eating food from this restaurant. >> and so we will likely never know where the shigella came from since two-thirds of food- borne illness cases are unsolved. they never found the bacteria in the food samples, eithe

. >> pam: the number of people diagnosed with shigella. keeps rising. as of today, 188 people got sick with the infection. >> pam: public health officials say, all of the cases can be traced back to a san jose restaurant. >> pam: mariscos san juan- number- three. has been closed since the first case was diagnosed. >>those numbers include one- hundred and- fifty people in santa clara county. >> pam: and almost forty in other counties. >> pam: the santa clara county department of environmental health. is investigating the outbreak. >> pam: people get shigella but not thoroughly washing their hands after using the restroom. and the illness is spread when people come into contact or digest food. prepared by an infected person. >> pam: cell phone video captures the moment a school resource officer. rips a student from her desk. slamming her to the ground. >> pam: ahead at five. the federal investigation now launched into the confrontation. >> pam: plus. there are new concerns tonight. about the safety of cryo-therapy. after a salon worker freezes. to death.

. >>> santa clara county health experts confirm a restaurant worker has tested positive for shigella. but they say that employee was not the cause of that bacterial outbreak in the south bay. kpix 5's kiet do is live in san jose with the latest developments on a friday morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, marisco's san juan here in downtown san jose has been shut down for nearly two weeks and it looks like the big question of what caused this outbreak may never be known. test results are in and only one employee came back as positive. but investigators say that employee got sick from the food not the other way around. in other words, that employee likely didn't bring the shigella bacteria into the restaurant and contaminate the food. >> we do not believe that the individual who tested positive was the cause of this outbreak. but instead, contracted the disease as a result from eating food from this restaurant. >> and so we will likely never know where the suge -- where the shigella came from since 2/3rds of food bacteria are never solved. the rate of secondary infections

. >> reporter: told their doctors around town is about the second by the highest and pages of shigella bacteria contract it last friday saturday night dining here in the corner of fourth and st. james in downtown san jose with the source of bacteria still unknown investigators suspect it was spread quite often food handler. if a >> reporter: will use the restroom at don't wash them extremely well then handle an object food someone else have the opportunity to each swallow otherwise put in the mouth that's how the bacteria is transmitted. >> reporter: the specialized engine cocktails' fresh oysters fish those report eating a variety of foods and says the source material came from a food handler rather than the food itself, "you want doublethink like a mission the here. >> reporter: the health department at expects the number of cases will arise in the days ahead concerns about secondary spread of the bacteria infected people interact with prepare food for others in their homes or work. "who has this should not be preparing food for anyone similarly if you have shigella don't take care o

the shigella outbreak keeps on getting worse. there are over 100 suspected cases in four bay area counties traced to the same restaurant? san jose but in some of those cases, they didn't actually eat there. we spoke with doctors to find out why the shigella outbreak continues to spread. >> thank you very much. see you at 5:00. >>> one of the most popular toy makers alerting parents it might be hard to get your hands on lego this is christmas! >>> the dodgers made it to the playoffs, then they lost to the mets. now the team is saying goodbye to its manager. >> don mattingly, see you later! the club made the announcement that the team and mattingly mutually agreed to part ways. apparently both sides had talked for several days. the president says they discussed the past year, necessary changes, what the roster needs. >> they said it became clear that both sides needed to part ways. mattingly said equality we talked about several scenarios include my returning in 2016. however i believe this is the right time and move for both parti

all of the restaurant workers tested negative for sabella with the exception of one shigella -- shigella with the exception of one, and they believe the worker caught the disease but is not the source for it. >>> the search is on in san mateo, looking for three juveniles that escaped from the camp. about 11:30 pm, three young latino men walked away from the juvenile camp on log cabin ranch road, and they may be in the law honda area and wearing burgundy sweatshirts, white t- shirts and jeans, and one of them could actually be missing his shoe. if you see him, call 911. >>> it is 9:22 am. >>> halloween is tomorrow and everybody is looking for a good scare.>>> you could find a scare in the form of a history lesson.>> we take a haunted look at the past.>> reporter: this old big taurean is known as the cameron stanford house, and these days as you walk in the door, you may find ms. cameron sitting by the crib mourning the loss of her two- year-old daughter that died in 1877.>> of the five families that lived here, the first family had a two-year-old that died. she died in this house. you wou

---y es que la shigella es una bacteria sumamente contagiosa... ramon adame, esta en san jose y nos dice que pueden hacer los clientes para prevenir comer en lugares que podrian estar contaminados... ramon. george hancdo de santa clara00 >> es el balance oficial dado conocer luego que decenas de personas enfermaron al consumir mariscos, en san josÉ. este inspector de la divisiÓn de protecciÓn al consumidor, dice que mariscos permanecerÁ cerrado hasta que concluya la investigaciÓn y se disputan las medidas indicadas de higiene. se supo que la mayorÍa de los afectados son adultos y ahora el restaurante deberÁ estar sujeto a una rigurosa revisiÓn. debemos estar seguros que el negocio no estÉ contaminado usando las soluciones para que cuente con los requerimentos del departamento de salud. lo peor del caso es que transmite con gran facilidad. >> se puede transferir la bacteria a otra persona cuando estÁ preparando comida. >> y aunque de momento es difÍcil detectarla. al consumir alimentos comienzan los sÍntomas, 'pero hay manera de combatir la. >> no

now to a shigella outbreak has now grown to 182 cases. the santa county health department says the outbreak started in downtown san jose two weeks ago. this morning, that restaurant is still shut down. 144 of the shigella cases are new santa clara. >>> well, the president of ireland is in the bay area with in the bay area with a visit economic al and emotional. and he then will attend a reception tomorrow thanking first responders to the june 16th balcony collapse in berke low. higgins at the apartment complex is part of a memorial for the six people killed in that collapse. five were students from ireland. >>> a construction project hate ashbury district is temporarily on hold after running into several problems. at least -- the latest. now business owners, people who live in the neighborhood, and city leaders are going public with nary safety concerns. >> the bigger issue is, you know, are people safe? with this work being done? with five gas leaks? what is going on and why does it continue to happen? >>> well, the city blames a company