welcome to assignment 7. today on our program. >> a family escapes hurricane katrina only to have their lives shattered by violence here in the bay area and also doctors examine if your heart needs immediate attention. plus.... >> a local credit union teaches union teaches life's most valuable lessons. >> a family moved to oakland to have a transplant but that was

shattered when their young daughter was murdere. >> the grandfather was a fay moist bebop trumper they could not escape it. >> and she says, all the time. >> she and her family did imagine to escape hurricane katrina. barely. her mother's business and the family's dreams washed away in the flood. >> oakland was a place to start over or so they thought. it was labor day neighbors were outside barbecuing and this quiet neighborhood was rocked by gunshots. >> i don't even remember what

happened after that. >> just stood straight up. you don't even know what you are doing. i stood straight up and i went to straight to hell with that phone call. >> a hell from which this mother has yet to emerge and a murder which police have yet to solve. desiree was walking with a friend when a red car pulled up. three men were inside. at least 20 shots were fired. she was hit twice. investigators say this oakland senior with dreams of becoming a veterinarian was not the intended target and they don't know the identity of the shooter. the family is convinced that other people do know but they are not coming forward. >> it would be helpful if people overcame this because people are still dying. >> as she lay dying.

franklin ran to her side. >> nobody knew what to do. i just kneeled down and immediately started to >> he didn't witness the shooting but days later the neighborhood moved away. >> my response was, well i understand that but you try to reason with them. hey you know if it was your daughter if it was your sister would you take the risk? >> someone claimed responsibility for the murder on myspace but police determined that it was amounted to nothing more than street bragging. the key could be locating the intended target but investigators say they probably moved away too before authorities could find them. >> i mean as far as i'm concerned they are just as guilty as the shooters. >> painful journey to where she was shot is one she has made only a handful of times. >> give me a hard time of moving

on. >> moving on in a place where people may know who killed your daughter but won't come forward is almostossible. impossible. moving on in a city that was supposed to offer a better life may be impossible, too. >> we knew what was going to happen down the road you wouldn't have taken that.... ♪ >> who knew? that this would lead to this. >> i don't want to be here anymore there is a beehie of construction act ist on 880. heather ishimaru takes a closer look. >> there are three active projects on the 880 corridor.

this rebuilt hyde street retrofit and an upgrade. two more are coming soon. phase one and two of rehabilitate go the road surface between the fifth and hyde. >> we want to make sure that the public has a heads up on what is going on. there will be major traffic shifts and lane closures. >> the section of the bridge is done but completion is still three years away. the bridge will be slightly wide ber but the major challenge is working directly over a railroad. >> you have to have a protective cover. having railroad flaggers if there is a train coming through you have to get away from the tracks. >> at hyde street the new foundations are putting in but they have to be 60 feet farther.

they wait for the new 92 bridge when completed the new interchange should eliminate the bottleneck that has plagued the area for year. the solution is bridges. >> other bridges diving underneath others you just build up. >> and then truck lanes between fifth and hyde. 1,000 concrete slabs will be replaced. it will have major traffic impact. >> the folks that will be tralg to an a's game at night they'll see? of the construction. folks traveling from the airport going north. these of these current projects should wrap up in 2014 but caltrans warns they always have a wish list for more. heather ishimaru, "abc 7 news." >> ripley's believe it or not has been an official landmark

since 1967 but the old one is now more interactive. don an is which he has checks it out. >> they are unconventional group. a musician who has three legs. and at the auditorium as in nod. robert ripley searched the world looking for bizarre and strange and unusual and put them in a syndicated cartoon strip. >> people said there is no way that can be real. and he said you know what i'm going to put them on the display. >> it has dwreon to 80 attractions including 30 museums worldwide. this has at largest sea lion. a campbell bone sculpture. a car that was trapped for five days after loma prieta and

shrunken heads every museum has at least one. here is an egg. and bridal gown made out of toilet paper and barnum changed 25 cents to see a foern any mermaid. this artist created the bring out of a toothpick they spent 5 amendment renovating the place making the exhibits more accessible. >> you get to play with them. you have 72 interactive. >> we are still fascinate. >> we just like to look for the unbelievable. >> in an area that is high-tech, this is throw back to another type but ripley has embraced it believe it or not. coming up 7 on your side a major biank causes amp oakland's

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ents. imagine making two payments on the same house. michael finney step in after an oakland's woman's bank made a mistake. >> linda has lived in her home for the entire 59 years of her life. she said she made her mortgage payment of bank of america by phone but they had no record of payment. >> i kept calling back every day being transferred from one department to another and they finally they said we got it. >> bank of america debited her house payment from her checking account at wells fargo. everything was fine until she learned her account at wells was overdrawn.

>> not only that you are overdrawn by $7352 that came out of your account the other day. >> bank of america promised to investigate but days went by and her account remained overdrawn. >> called them back again put on hold. i just love that music. >> more days went by. wells fargo hit her with $37 overdraft fee. that sloot of money living off of her social security check. she is legally blind and lives with multiple slayer eosz. >> it was $5 a day for every day i was overdrawn. those started adding up. >> that is when a friend told her this was indication on 7 on your side. >> i always watch channel 7 news and i watch 7 on your side. i called myself, but i never

thought i would be in that position but i was. >> we contacted bank of america and they agreed to give her back the overdraft fee. a spokesperson says bank of america apologizes for the mistake. all funds have been credited to miss jenkin's account and any fees have been refund i got my money back, i was happy. a new generation of stethoscopes that doctors use to listen to your heart and lungs is much more powerful tool. carolyn johnson has our story. >> he is an internist but the specialized stethoscope offerings special expertise. >> some of this new technology can do analysis or diagnosis. >> it fits right in the stetdz oh scope. it records the patient's heartbeat and transmits to at

computer via a wireless connection. >> the heartbeat is stored as an audio file and wave form graph. they analyze the data and the timing of intensity of a heart murmur. >> it's very difficult for physicians to determine which cardiac murmur actually need to be sent to a cardiologist. this software has the ability to screen those out. >> the postable expertise is valuable for the doctor that perform many of checkups in a mobile examine clinic. >> one of the things we do we send out our team. >> and interactive screen allows assistants to perform exams by walking them through the steps.

>> recording protocol complete. >> and the information can be e-mailed to cardiac special ists at another location. mike is with 3 m which manufactures it. they recently sent them to haiti. >> they were able to record the heart and lung sounds that is trapped. >> they want to continue testing the device also at remote locations like the mobile unit. >> everything they told you and showed you is healit also allows doctors and paramedics to amplify the sound up to 24 times. >> coming up, san francisco credit union teeeng young

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valuable lessons. a credit union in san francisco introduces kids to the world of finance. lyanne melendez reports. >> these are the clients ages five through ten. this is the bank teller 16 years old. its real credit union called mission sf that uses uses a program. she puts 5 dollars into her play account and she sets a coal goal and she most deposited money for six consecutive months. >> so there is an incentive to make those deposits. >> every time they make a deposit they get a raffle ticket. the prize is a laptop. >> all of this while earning a 3% interest rate on their money more than most conventional banks offer today. >> this is located in san

francisco's mission district. the play program uses the same model developed by harvard university. it teaches low income families how to save money. the concept of using kids is unique to san francisco. >> one in two latinos -- >> they hope these kids will encourage their parents to open their own accounts and stop using check cashing places and pay day lenders. maria was an adult when he stirs stepped into a u.s. bank. >> it was out in california. >> he is only ten and he is saving up for an ipad ipad. >> for example i'm pumped and excited like a hurricane. >> one of the teenagers in the program dresses up like the interest fairy to motivate kids.

little ones listen and more respective respective to their peers? >> they learn financ from theirepts from their peers it's wildly different than adult telling them you should save your money. it sticks. >> here is a 9-year-old describing a savings account? >> you put money in and at the end of six months you have a lot of money. >> to and she talked to us about loans? >> a loan is using money but then you pay it back. >> she says her daughter has good financial habits? >> she says i'm going to put my money away. she has a small savings at home too. >> a study suggests when a family saves the children tend

to have a higher academic achievement. it gives them ideas how to generate money by having a garage sale setting up a lemonade stand being rewarded for good grades and recycling. >> you don't like cleaning up the house? >> no. >> the tellers encourage the smaller kids call the big dreamers to save while they themselves go through financial training. they are called the money makers. jesse is one of those trained members? >> i love this. i love doing this. i got interested because it shows me more leadership and more responsibilities with other jobs. >> in san francisco, lyanne melendez "abc 7 news." up next a bay area woman

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85-year-old olga mur bring has an accomplishment that is almost unbelievable. next time you think that one person can't make a difference think of olga. >> she ma another birthday ogga has a lot on to think about. she saved thousands of children from poverty and slavery. none of it would have happened without olga. >> 25 years ago, she was about to retire from a lifetime spent as a lawyer. >> i was out with my friends but it's hard to believe. >> she took a vacation to nepal and found her future.

it's home to some of the poorest people on earth. children who sleep in the streets and dig through garbage to find food. >> what they all want is to go to school. i said that is a i'm going to do the rest of my life. >> she started giving scholarships then she founded the nepal youth foundation which gave thus video. they opened group homes for children the rest of the society had abandoned. when we talked to her ten years ago, the homes were flourishing. >> it's really wonderful. what they have and able to put those horrible things behind them. >> she was just getting started. half the children here are malnourished. first there was one rehabilitation center and now there is ten.

the babies arrive on the verge of death. >> these before after pictures show the results. 5,000 transformed in a few weeks simply by improving their di zblet and then while this is going on their mothers are being trained. >> next they are fighting child slavery. >> the girls really go to school but are often abused but they figured out a solution. to bring the girls home. they raise a goat and can sell. >> 10,000 girls rescued. now, they have pledged $1.5 million. >> we didn't start out to have a big program but when you see the needs you think i can do something about that.

>> it's a big program but each success is personal. she was rescued from the streets. he drew grew up in one of the group homes and came to the bay area for education. olga was at education. >> runaway kid and here he is from mba. >> she was severely burned with no hope of a good life. now thanks to her organization she has extensive surgery and plans to be a nurse. she was one of 200 people in san francisco to wish alga a happy 85th birthday. >> she made each and every one of us really s really special. >> her supporters had another tribute. $100,000 donation. and olga is by no means slowing down. >> i don't think so. >> so we salute olga murray they

call the mother teresa of nepal. to contributed to her foundation we posted a link at our website at www.abc7.com. if you want more information for our stories go to our website and look under the news links on the left side for assignment 7. that's all for this edition of assignment 7. i'm eric thomas. thanks for joining us. we'll see you next time. >> next at 5:00 residents of san bruno are finally allowed back in their homes. plus, state regulators come down on pg&e to prevent a similar tragedy from ever happening again and help for those who lost everything. a chance to replace the basics

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