local knows influenza vaccines are plentiful this year unlike in the years passed so health experts all have the same message get a flu shot do it to prevent influenza not only in yourself but also in prevention transmissions to others said dr joseph eyes or if that account is public health officer usually it's three or four different viruses that we attack and it could wind vaccine and we have plenty of vaccines to make them widely available the county is offering low cost clinics through mid december we focus on children because they bring the flu home from school and spread it often to older members of the family or community the community who are most at risk for the flu the national centers for disease control list those most at risk as children from six months to five years old pregnant women anyone fifty or older those with chronic conditions and people in long term care facilities people who live with or care for those in the high risk categories should also consider a flu shot to prevent spread about five percent to twenty percent of the u s population gets flu every year according to the c d c hospitalizing two hundred thousand and killing thirty six thousand so who is contagious respiratory disease complications including the manja sinus infections asthma and diabetes symptoms include fever which is usually high headache extreme fatigue the dreaded cough sore throat runny or stuffy nose muscle aches stomach problems like nausea diarrhea and vomiting this dumb a problems occur more often in children than adults flu shot to kill the some people should not get flu shots according to the center they include those severe allergy to chicken eggs anyone who had a previous severe flu vaccination reaction and children younger than six months anyone with moderate or severe illness should wait to get a flu shot and tell their symptoms decrease stay healthy for the disease is spread when people cough and sneeze and others touch things contaminated with germs then touch their own mouth or nose common sense helps people get in and spreading the flu according to the c d c avoid close contact with people sick with the flu if you can stay home when you get it cover your mouth and nose when sneezing and wash your hands often during the flu season normal good health habits like eating the right foods drinking plenty of junior stress exercising and getting plenty of sleep will also come back your chances of getting the flu flu vaccine will be available at the following times and places from nevada county public health department it ten dollars donation is suggested for more information call nevada county flu shots war line two six five seven two five eight that's two six five seven two five eight those with a family doctor health insurance medicare or medicare are urged to get their flu shots at the physicians office clinics for adults only ninety one p m october twenty fourth grass valley veterans building ridge road grass valley starting november is flu shots will be available on the mobile service band for children and adults from one p m to four thirty p m every thursday at the grass valley veterans memorial building fifty five south street grass these are not normally mentioned unless they are they were you unusual or involved trash being left out reports of bears breaking into homes have dropped by about fifty percent during a time when this activity will leave it at that certainly no one should relax their guard but instead all steps must continue to be taken to uninvite bears in the peoples territory traditionally bears have been fearful of humans  would retreat into the forest to decide one of us they have now lost that natural distrust and will approach your forage in daylight hours when we are out and about we are obligated to let them know  will not allow them to be comfortable on our property for too long people have stood back while a bear approached their deck or kitchen window taking pictures here telling them how beautiful he has and now these bears are smart as they are bully people to be their friends we have to convince them otherwise in order to let them know they cannot come into our homes or take a nap under our d no black bear only species left in california nevada has ever killed a person in all of history so by using common sense and good judgment is easy to scare them away by yelling aggressively or using a non lethal projectile this will obviously create an unbearable situation for the people who will be moving into these homes when they are pleated and the workers go on to their next job construction sites and restaurant dumpsters remain the most common cause of their problems for residence another dumpster at a popular law right on the state line in crystal bay has left wide open daily and is usually overflowing due to infrequent servic this is brought and above the average number of bears into the surrounding areas and the residents are calling to complain and ask for help it trap had been set with one killed a couple weeks ago  leaving trash out in the cascade lake area it trap was set by the key in the hopes of killing bears who have been lured in for easy meals once a bear finds food repeatedly in an area he will return several times looking for more even though the food source is gone this is when the problem usually begins with here's internet homes as was the case all summer the barely has called upon hundreds of times for assistance and most people were very receptive to the advice given there were however several people who complained that it all sounded like too much trouble and they just want the bears to be taken away it's important to keep in mind in mind that the bears are a natural part of this mountain force they were here first i think and they aren't going away any more than we are the best way to maybe you could give us some small blankets the best way to have a tape with them whether one likes the idea or not is to follow the advice of experts who have studied living with bears and who are here it help it's easier to be responsible if you like the bears and want to keep them out of trouble but even if you don't like them it's just it's important to be responsible in order to protect your home your neighborhood an it in our world nude amhurst massachusetts there is just enough space for lisa rivieras family to sleep at jessie's house homeless shelter in one room she fits the full sized bed she shares with her nine year old daughter the trouble for her eleven year old son it went bad for her fourteen year old daughter and he played for her one and a half year old son it's comfortable but it's hard sleeping all together there's thirty two year old woman said oh my god it sometimes it's so hard he also stated faced with domestic abuse high housing costs and unemployment if you're his family finds itself among the growing ranks of homeless in massachusetts and possibly as a country the state figures there are more families in shelters now than at any time since the inception of the state's family shelter program in one nine hundred eighty three according to the massachusetts coalition for the homeless state officials blaming  of problems from cuts in systems to the recent high housing crisis we're very concerned that this is going to keep going to julia commissioner of the state department of transitional assistance massachusetts is one of the few states that keeps government records of the number of homeless families in shelters because state law requires the commonwealth to shelter any family that meets income and other guidelines the state keeps a daily count to show how many beds it needs robert frost executive director of the massachusetts coalition of homeless stated that picture is much less clear data from the u s department of housing and urban development suggests that about seven hundred fifty thousand homeless in the nation at any given night it's about forty percent of those members of homeless families said philip then again director of the us inner agency council homelessness the overall number of homeless people is up five years ago he said but nobody can pinpoint an exact number of families because reporting requirements vary widely from state to state our desire would be to have many more states step up and track research and data that's what should drive the resources that we make available instead it are it's often an idle conjecture in here say as it does that keyhole attributes the increase in massachusetts to a convergence of also lowered the financial eligibility requirements to qualify for a homeless benefits from the poverty level to those making nodded and thirty percent of what would be considered a poverty wage i think that what we are see is a perfect storm she said until we have some investment in affordable housing and some flexibility in using our resources we're not going to see a leveling off of these numbers riviera lost her apartment in springfield two thousand and five when a domestic abuse case involving the father of her youngest child prompted the state to remove all four youngsters from her custody without the money she had been receiving in transitional aid to families with dependent children who fear it could not pay her rent she moved in with friends worked at a gas station went to school to become a medical receptionist and fought in court to get her children back eventually restored custody but without a place to live the family has moved from one shelter to another it's hard to get an apartment anywhere especially with the size of apartment i need she said there's none out there and once one comes available there are just so many of us out here that need it gets taken out with the snap of the pink or the new england farm workers can if private nonprofit agency old who suffers from epilepsy the agency requires the family's been no more than fifty percent of their income in rent a figure designed to make it more likely that families will get behind on payments rents for a three bedroom apartment in the greater springfield area range from about eight hundred dollars to thirteen hundred dollars without utilities tom salter the vice president of the agenc shelter and housing division a minimum wage job for forty hours a week is just not going to pay for the rent in the area he said it just isn't there are state programs that help once the homeless family finds a new place to live a little assistance however often is difficult to get the state spends about thirty million dollars on brant told subsidies compared with about one hundred twenty million in fifteen years from fifteen years ago and there also i have been no new incremental increases in major federal subsidies in about a decade commissioner keyhole and saw said families also are being squeezed by the recent national lending crisis as h mortgages that have forced some landlords to sell or face foreclosure although most of the homeless are not homeowners and many could have been people living in the units that had been foreclosed  once she is able to find an apartment she plans to enroll in another job training program i want to try and live happily ever after if i can't you say i try my best to hang in there and do what i have to do i never want to try and let them be able to take my kids away from me sure glad we have one homeless shelter in t officers made contact with the man who agreed to be transported to the hospital at seven o two p m the call from the storage locker on the twenty five hundred block of ridge road reported that he was stuck inside the watergate security was not had a county sheriff's office on friday at eleven o nine a m a call from the twelve thousand block of view drive reported that the stereo had been stolen from his truck at one o one p m a caller from business on the seventeen thousand block of penn valley drive requested the deputy contact and irate customer whose car had been damaged after the customer had parked in a no parking zone at five o three p m a caller from the eleven thousand block of rough and ready highway reported that a car was parked in the tall grass in the corner of a nearby cemetery the deputies discovered the car had been stolen license plates and contacted the california highway patrol and mr munster that's it for the blotter now for our weather report you can set aside chilly temperatures for the next few days ha it will be in the mid to upper seventy's and the valley looking for plenty of sunshine and calmer winds a a lot for watching and we will see you tomorrow