Suspect now. We opened a criminal investigation on her. Reporter again, although police did not say what the red flags were in her story, she has a criminal record. Police will not release her name till she was arrested and charged for filing a false police report. Live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. There are new developments in the murder and robbery of a businessman. The four defendants have a gang connection. She is a prostitute who was hired by the victim. She passed information about his mansion along to People Associated with a oakland gang. This new twist could change the case. Going to be very skeptical that gang members came from the bay area and made their way into a mansion without some type of inside information. She could be charged with murder along with the other defendants. The flu season has just hit a milestone in the bay area. Officials reported the first death in our area due to flu and the fifth this season in california. Health and science editor john fowler is live with a shortage of flu vaccine. John . Reporter thats right. Doctors warn this is just the first of what promises to be a deadly flu season. One death, expect more. With the peek of flu a month peak of flu a month away. A 98yearold woman that had chronic illnesses. Reporter she said she died a week ago. Although the state does not report flu deaths in those over 65. We found a myth keeping some from getting the flu vaccine. I am scared because it gets you sick. Reporter but they are swamped with demand and out of flu vaccine. They had 100 doses right now but would ship what is left to other stores that ran out. It is procrastinators and people seeing a bad flu season back east. This isnt the typical time but that is what we are seeing. Reporter doctors recommend school hand wash and encourage everyone to get a flu shot. At 6 00 p. M. Where you can get a flu shot even if your doctor have none. Reporting live in san jose, health and science editor john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. A new study says getting the flu shot while pregnant doesnt increase the risk of death for the fetus. The flu shot reduced the chance of death. Researchers focused on pregnant women who developed developed the flu. A train hit a pedestrian on the tracks today in oakland. A man was struck. The man believed to be in his 60s was taken to the hospital. Witnesses say the man was walking close to the tracts. The engineer blew the horn but he didnt move till the last minute and was clipped. Police are asking for your help in finding a suspect connected with a deadly Jewelry Store robbery. They are looking for this man. They say he and other men tried to rob a store when an employee shot and killed one of his accomplices. With the San Francisco 49ers now just three days away from their championship game, it seems anything that is red and gold is a hot property for 9er fans. Ktvus Christien Kafton is at the 49ers team store where merchandise is flying off the shelves. Reporter these juries here are a hot commodity. Try finding one for colin kaepernick. You can see fans getting ready for the weekend game. Today we heard about how players are getting ready for the weekend game. We just got to play 49er football. You know, do whatever it takes to win. Reporter 49ers star running back frank gore makes it sound easy. He said making it to the playoffs for the second time shows the team has what it takes. Last year, you know, we were happy to be in the playoffs and now, you know, we know we are supposed to be there. Reporter in the locker room the game can be decided with a single key play. Just takes one. That is what i enjoy. Once you get that one catch in a big game it is all down hill after that. 49er team store . The phone rang nonstop today, fans gathered up gear and had one prediction for the weekend. They are going to win. That is all i got to say. I just know they are going to win it. Reporter 49ers are set to leave for atlanta tomorrow. At 6 00 p. M. , jim harbaugh about how to win big games on the road. Live, Christien Kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. You can find out all of todays 49ers press Conference Information on our website, www. Ktvu. Com. Find it under the nfl playoff tab or latest video section. Ktvu channel 2 news has you covered sunday for the game against the falcons. Starts at 9 30 a. M. Championship play book, followed by the championship ace and pregame. And the game is at noon and following the game the point after. San Francisco Giants ithird baseman Pablo Sandoval is in a hospital in venezuela. He has been diagnosed with colitis. His Winter League club says he could return in two days. Raid in north america ended with the north africa ended with deaths where a group was holding 40 people. Algerian helicopters fired on the cop plex killing 35 hostages, including americans. 20 escaped alive with the help of the u. S. Army. They said the incident shows al qaeda remain as global concern. They are a threat. They are a threat to our country. To the world. Life isnt precious to them. But when this incident is over we know we face a continuing, ongoing problem. The terrorists took the hostages because they allowed france to attack militants. Robert muller discussed last years attack on the u. S. Consulate. Officials say he met with officials but that he didnt visit benghazi. U. S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other americans were killed. The visit comes as they plan a curfew to curve violence. Several apartment buildings on the Uc Davis Campus are villevacuated after a evacuated after a explosion. Police responded to the scene at the housing complex around 1 30 a. M. This morning. They found chemicals inside the unit where the explosion occurred. The building and several apartments were evacuated. Current zone we consider not safe to be in. Once we start the removal process that area will open up because we will move the chemicals. There is no word on exactly what type of chemicals were involved. Police say they were alerted the of explosion from hospital officials after the injured person sought treatment for a hand injury. Uc davis officials describe that person as a Junior Research specialists. The creator of dear abby has died. Pauline friedman phillips died yesterday after a long battle with alzheimers. Her column first appeared in the San Francisco chronicle in 1956. Her column competed against her column competed against sk ann landers written by her twin sister. Her daughter promised to continue her legacy. Ktvu channel 2 news ktvu channel 2 news was 94. Temperatures on the increase today. How warm will it get into the bay area weekend . Scalpers hoping to make money out of president president obamas inauguration is out of luck. They refused to sell the tickets. Prepasses handed out were free passes handed out were turning up online. Every four years there is a small number of tickets that wind up online. The government printed 250,000 inauguration tickets. Twice that many people are expected to watch on monday. Today is Michelle Obamas 49th 49th birthday. She changed her twitter identity to floats which is first lady of the united states. They promise updates. It replace as previous account under michelle obama. Ktvu will have live coverage of president obamas inauguration sunday. Look for live reports starting with mornings on 2. All of boeing 787 dreamliners aircraft around the world are now grounded as investigators look into two battery fires. Ktvus consumer editor tom vacar joins us with evidence on what could happen to these batteries. Reporter indeed. Lithium batteries are everywhere. Cell phone, laptops, power tools but should they be powering airlines. Reporter boeing picked lithium batteries for its dreamliners. They store a lot of energy in a small volume and light weight. They were able to use more battery electricity. Reporter here is the danger. From march of 1991 to last year, 132 batteries got fire. Those batteries are tiny compared to the dreamliners. It is a risky proposition. Reporter impurities caused many fires and rapid charging and discharging creates problems. Can cause over heating and failure. Reporter we asked passengers if they would fly on the dreamliners once it is recertified to fly. I would still get on if they cleared it for flight. They are competent, they know what they are doing and they will identify all the things in there. As long as it is corrected i think people will feel safe. Reporter he remains wary. I wouldnt put them in airplanes. Reporter till we know the cause we wont know if they could be trusted where you cant pull over to the side of the road. Tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. A tuition hike can be avoided under governor jerry browns new budget. They welcome the proposal to raise funding. That is despite the fact it is less than what officials requested. After years of budget cuts governor jerry brown wants more money to go towards colleges. We have to get out of our comfort zone. How do we maintain, enhance this wonderful institution called the university of california. California colleges need to control spending, stop raising tuition and create more online courses. Some say they should direct more money away from checkative salaries executive salaries. Hundreds of u. S. Levies are at risk of failure. The u. S. Army corps of engineers assessed 60 of the levies. A thousand were minimally acceptable and 121 were okay. A panel reamed a National Effort to recommended a National Effort to repair levies but congress hasnt acted on it. A lot of people around the bay area saw a great sight. We have that picture here for you. This was a fire ball, which is a meteor that explodes. Ktvu spoke with a physicist and he said it was one of the brightest he has seen. This was sent to us by one of our ktvu viewers. Bay area officials are issuing another spare the air alert. It is the sixth this year. Third day in a row for that ban. It also applies to the burning of solid fuel in fire places unless it is your only source of heat. This extends through midnight friday. You can see the haze in the air. Lets check in with bill martin. Warmer today. Temperatures mid60s. Upper 60s in the peninsula today. Temperatures warmed up from yesterday and a couple days ago. Over night lows remain cold. Where is the rain . Not in the fiveday forecast. The jet stream continues to drive everything to the north and that keeps us high and dry. What we are noticing, a little bit this is coastal fog, right . Coastal fog. More coastal fog. It could be patches tonight, tomorrow. And then valleys, look for valley fog. We could see different types of fog merging up. We will watch that for you. Tonight at 10 00 p. M. I will have the latest positions. Tomorrow is for many a Holiday Weekend, folks will be driving. Morning hours fog could be a problem. Current temperatures are back into the upper 50s. Look at San Francisco, the airport, 60 degrees right now. That is warm considering where we were a couple days go when we were in the upper 40s. Temperatures took an increase. Tomorrow morning cold again. Patchy valley fog. 29 in santa rosa. Frost, freezing. Not as cold as when we had the warns. 39 fairfield. Warnings. 39 fairfield. Oakland 37 degrees. That is cold on the bay. Tomorrow morning, friday morning, bundle up. I will warm the car up before i get in it, that is the morning it will be. Over night lows, there is your 30s. 40s are not showing up, are they . More 60s showing up. Still be upper 50s in the higher elevations. Most of us will be in the low 60s. The fog tomorrow on the north coast could work its way south. Valley fog as well. We will track the warm up into the weekend. Temperatures this weekend will be warm. Which day will be the warmest and how warm it will get. I am back here at 5 45 p. M. With that. Thank you. Amtrak and the Rail Authority are working together to come up with trains to operate on both coasts of the country. They hope to purchase 60 trains over the next decade with the first order next year. They they can find trains to run on both tracks and generate better pricing. Construction for the first segment begins this summer. It is their turn, the mayors of two of the largest cities weigh in on president president president obamas gun control plan. Partnering with yelp. 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We have come to a time where americans, according to polling supports the really fairly reasonable demands for universal background checks. President obama unveiled proposals on gun control. The Vice President pitched that plan to the mayors. He says mayors can help by sharing information on background checks and Mental Health. He says leaders need federal help to make communities safer. All the violence we see cross boarders, joining a National Effort with the president will be critical. Mayor ed lee says he has been talking with Video Game Developers about how they can help curve violence. They said while restricting guns is key to fighting violence addressing Mental Health is just as important. Authorities made an arrest and a weapons seizure that is taking several illegal fire arms off the street. They seized an assault weapons, hand gun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. Authorities arrested this man, he faces felony charges. The city of San Francisco is providing restaurant goers an extra tool to help in their dining out experience. The city is teaming up with yelp to bring Restaurant Health Inspection rattings the public. Ratings to the public. Mayor ed lee says it could improve food safety. People said it is a winwin. People could see how high, you know, places ratings are and how clean they are and we will come to them. And other places will see they should clean themselves up. San francisco is the first to offer ratings on yelp, other cities are expected to do the same and other online sites such as google could also follow suit. Unemployment claims fell. 335,000 people filed for jobless benefits, it is the lowest number since january 2008. Experts warn the numbers this time of year are volatile as Seasonal Workers are layed off. 200 for this Assault Rifle but the popularity has changed the way the program will operate. 100 students absent, the illness that is sweeping through a east bay school. Sofa. Desk. You know what . Why dont you go get some frozen yogurt. I got this. Youre so sweet. You got this, right . I do got this. Let us get everything off the shelf, and to your home. Sofa. Desk. You know what . Why dont you go get some frozen yogurt. I got this. Youre so sweet. You got this, right . I do got this. Let us get everything off the shelf, and to your home. Complete bay area News Coverage continues right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5 00 p. M. A Gun Buy Back Program is struggling tonight. The victim of its own success. The popularity is forcing a change for mexico mondays event. Ktvus jade hernandez is live where the program is now on hold. Reporter the District Attorney is tapped out. They dont have enough money to cover the couchers given on tuesday and now monday is a surrender only. Reporter tuesday got you money or a voucher. Now the vouchers may not be worth anything. Asking people to redeem the vouchers. Give us a month so we are hoping we will be able to solicit more funding but we dont know if or how much we will get. The District Attorney turned monday into a gun surrender. We will not be providing virters vouchers. Reporter one of five buy back locations. The Police Spokeswoman says someone received 200 for this weapon. We went through 5,000 in 40 minutes. 11 30 a. M. We were out of cash and the District Attorney brought down 2,700 and we went through that. Reporter 223 weapons were dropped off at the Police Department. But now instead of participating as a drop off location monday, they will be the only drop off site. Weapons will be destroyed. We will keep soliciting folks for the funds for it. Reporter live at the Police Department where the gun surrender has been canceled on monday but it will be held at the mill valley Police Department, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. They dont believe an assault weapons ban will do much to save live. They say it would eliminate a small percentage of homicide. Leaders say they dont think that will help because criminals will find a work around. It is just beyond reasonableness to think someone is being stopped because he can only get a 7 round magazine. Critics say the last ban on assault weapons didnt work and will not work now. An escaped inmate is back behind bars. Deputies say he climbed over a fence at the facility sunday night. On wednesday they received information from police about his possible wear about and found him. He was supposed to get out december. Silicon valley is the star of a report. The region is the best performing metro area in the