turning their neighborhoods into garbage dumps. >> officials prepare to send layoff notices to hundreds of full-time teachers. >> i'm meteorologist christine hanson. we still have a little sun in our forecast but rain as well. i'll tell you and have that complete forecast when that rain comes coming up. >> thanks, christina. 6:00 this saturday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm jenelle wang. there's a new down side to the collapse of the housing market. the iron triangle, vacate and foreclosed property are turning into garbage dumps. as soon as they clean up one, another one pops up somewhere else. thomas rahman has more. >> horrible. >> this is the horror. gloria jackson lives next to this empty lot on fifthth and businessel street on the iron triangle. >> people come in with trucks. they dump lumber, they dump couches, everything. >> today it's garbage that sits next to her home, food, clothes

and other trash which she says is not only ugly but unhealthy. >> i call all the time to tell them about this, it causes rats and mice. it's a constant battle to keep the area clean. >> how long have you lived here? >> three years. >> how long has this problem been going on. >> three years. >> he was shown the spots throughout the area where illegal dumping has become commonplace like this alleyway. >> the bank's foreclosed homes, vacate property, alleys like this. it's just people who are out there, you know, doing construction work and don't wanna pay the fees to go to the dumps. >> some are just off alleys like this. the backyards of foreclosed homes which at times become playgrounds for children. this has containers of hazard waste and lumber bristling with rusty nails. crews come all times during the day or night to dump the material. the city of richmond is looking for funding. they're trying to put stationary

cameras in areas like this to catch the people who dump in the act. >> that they will be here on the corners where we see consistent dumping and they will track the license plate down and prosecute. >> they try but they can barely clean the area before people fill it with trash. the fine is $1,000 but he wants to take it further. >> a lot of people get a slap on the hand. they just pay a little fine, that's it. i think we really need to be aggressive. jail time needs to happen. >> in richmond, i'm thomas rahman, abc 7 news. >> we have a report on this issue at abc7news.com under "see it on tv." on wednesday the oakland school board is expected to approve sending out layoff notices to 500 full-time teachers, librarians and counselors. they are losing $12 million k-12

if they have to slash funding. it protects spending on grades k-12 but that depends on a voter-approved tax extension and deep cuts in other state programs. the oakland tribune reports the march 15th deadline to notify teachers they could lose their jobs if the additional cuts must be made. the president of the california teachers association will be in san jose today talking about the state budget crisis with 500 teachers. cta president david sanchez shown here with east bay teachers last year is calling on educators to join a march 15th rally. the red tuesday demonstrations will coincide with the state's pink slip deadline. they will rally with the plan to ask for a five-year tax extension in a june special election. governor brown says there's a good chance sometime next week lawmakers will approve that special election. a panicked 8th grader called 9-1-1 saying she's afraid of her own teacher. that teacher is on paid leave

and investigation is underway but other students in the class are coming to the teacher's defense. lisa amin gulezian reports from atherton. >> is he there right now? >> i'm scared. >> i know you're scared. think happy thoughts. >> we now know what led up to atherton's emergency response to the school on tuesday. this 9-1-1 call came at 2:24 p.m. >> my teacher was lifting a table, screaming at us. he was going crazy. >> the teacher's going crazy? >> yeah. >> the student it talking about john haynes, an 8th grade math teacher. >> he started calling us names and throwing things. but, i mean -- >> that's when the 13-year-old left room 505 to go to the girl's bathroom. on her way out she borrowered her friend's cellphone. when police arrived they found a

calm classroom and teacher. the district is investigating and haynes is on paid administrative leave. the redwood city school district released this statement saying "we firmly support the right of teachers to be treated fairly. we also take our responsibility to protect students extremely seriously seriously." edward martinez was in the classroom that day. >> he got a little mad. picked up the desk -- just kind of picked it up. >> students and parents are supporting hayes that's been a teacher here for over 11 years. >> do you trust your kids with him? >> absolutely. i hope he comes back and my son has his class. >> in atherton, lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >> richmond police are investigating the shooting death of a man sitting in his car yesterday afternoon. it happened at 3:30 behind kennedy high school at south

45th street. school had not let out he yet. no students were injured but some may have seen what happened. the 26-year-old victim died when someone walked up and fired several rounds into his white cadillac. police believe he may have been targeted. a man who escaped from the jail in dublin has been caught. police arested him early yesterday morning at an apartment complex in fremont. they've been looking for him since tuesday when he walked out of jail after mixing in with other inmates following a court appearance. he was held on a possible immigration violation. this morning a plainclothes police unit is off the street in san francisco. the police chief suspended all six plainclothes officers at southern station. they're accused of illegally conducting drug raids. it shows the officers during drug busts at a south and market hotel. the officers failed to identify themselves properly and search the rooms without a proper warrant. >> i'm going to look at

everything. i'm going to look at supervision, the training, everything. we're going to audit the entire plainclothes operation on this department in reference to anything involving plainclothes operation. >> three cases involving these narcotic officers have already been dismissed and more are under scrutiny. the f.b.i. along with the district attorney and the san francisco police department are conducting several investigations into the drug raid. (yelling) >> yesterday hundreds of east bay high school students rallied outside oakland city hall to oppose the city-proposed gang injunction in the fruitdale district. they are set whether to issue a preliminary version of the injunction. gang members will have restrictions placed on their movements in the ra fruitdale area. it's overly broad and wastes tax dollars. a brave 84-year-old woman took

matters into her own hands after an intruder broke into her home. >> 9-1-1, what's your emergency? >> last sunday she woke up to someone breaking down her door and then saw a man coming toward her bedroom. that's when she grabbed her .38 caliber resolver off her nightstand and fired a shot. she missed and hit the wall but it was enough to scare off the man. then she called police who say she won't face any charges for firing the weapon. >> as a homeowner you're allowed to possess a weapon and defend yourself and your property. so these are all things she was well within her right to do. >> harvey says she had never fired the gun until the break-in. the f.b.i. is asking for your help finding a man who's been impersonating bank customers and emptying their accounts. the man in his fifties, 5-9, 140 to 160 pounds, he's balding and

has brown hair and green eyes. he's wanted in a string of incidents in california and nevada dating back almost two years. officials have not reached details how he's been able to steal people's identities. >> a lot of people are still without power in the east bay this morning because of one distracted driver. the driver was using his cellphone last night when he crashed into a power pole. the driver wasn't hurt but the power pole snapped causing 600 homes to lose power. pg&e had restored most of the service by midnight but about 150 homes won't get power back until 8:00 when crews finish installing a new power pole. demonstrators disrupt a foreclosure process as a new batch of homes goes up

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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> welcome back, folks. demonstrators are calling for a statewide moratorium on foreclosures. yesterday they protested outside the alameda county courthouse. (chanting) >> the protestors were trying to drown out the auctioneer selling some 100 foreclosed homes. they want officials to do something to help the people who lost their homes such as mandating loan modifications or prosecuting banks that made questionable loans. a major group of bay area business leaders are now supporting governor brown's proposal to extend tax increases for five years. the governor met with the bay area counselor yesterday afternoon in san francisco. its members include most of the biggest and best-known

businesses in northern california. governor brown wants voters to decide in a june special election whether to continue temporary increases in the sales tax for small income taxes and vehicle taxes. they're set to expire this year. >> california is $25 billion in the red. it's been living to some degree in fantasy, the least the people in sacramento. >> many are opposed to the plan. the governor has until next thursday to put the measure on the ballot. san francisco he had lee only needed the vote of a few supervisors who become interim mayor. former mayor became governor. lee needs legislative or voter

approval to return to his city administrative job. just before yesterday's 5 p.m. deadline supervisors approved a ballot measure asking voters to change the rule. christine hanson is here with her forecast. >> we've got a great day ahead but how long will it last. let's go outside. first of all a live picture from our embarcadero hd camera. beautiful sunrise what's going to be a mostly sunny day. when is the rain due in? we'll have that completely forecast. >> the warriors make a late comeback in boston led by monta ellis but could they catch the celtics. [ female announcer ] it's monday, some people will stick with their old way

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>> hi, folks. it's 6:17 -- >> don't you love her! i just love her! hi, everyone! >> so glad you're here but you have a little bad news coming. >> just for your day off. those who have today off and tomorrow, you get a mixed bag. look outside. we've got plenty of sunshine. this is a picture from heavenly mountain. is that gorgeous? i can tell you firsthand there is so much snow, we'll be skiing until august if we wanted to. nobody will, we'll all wanna be enjoying sunshine by then but anyway a great day on the ski slopes, nice weather, the winds will pick up a little later and

now we're looking across the bay at the city. this is from mount sutro and what a beautiful picture that is. yeah. look at the lights of the city. you can see the bay and plenty of sunshine in the forecast for at least the first part of today. here's our satellite image and you can see a few clouds. put the system in motion but let me go start it up first or we can't put it in motion. i had it going earlier. and here it goes! you can see the image is going to move across the screen. notice the high cloud cover to the east of us and a little rain. plenty of sunshine starts the day. some of that cloud cover will move in. nothing showing up right now on radar. we'll follow that tomorrow morning though. we'll start to see some echos, especially to the north of us tonight and then throughout the area by tomorrow. temperatures have dropped in the last hour. we're now seeing 42 napa,

fairfield, 40 livermore, 43 half moon bay and 49 san francisco. a mild start to the day. and a mild day with clouds moving in from hawaiian islands. so as that continues to stream across the pacific, still fairly mild but the rain arriving later today. and here's our forecast. you can see the clouds thickening up and by this evening we see a few showers, especially the north bay and over the north bay hills. and then heavier rain associated with this system by tonight. now, the rain is heavier because of the moisture in this cloud mass. and that's why we're expecting some rainfall totals plus an inch, especially in the north bay. and then by tomorrow afternoon, all of this moves off to the east and then we've got some showers popping up as some colder air moves in sunday night into monday and that's what will bring the snow levels up in the sierra.

here's what we're expecting around the area. today so beautiful. plenty of sunshine today, 65 santa clara, 67 degrees. down the peninsula. low 60s in the city, 62 degrees, mostly sunny. and mid-60s north bay. let's go over to the east bay where temperatures will also be fairly mild, low to mid-60s, 65 fremont. and there you see 60 brentwood, livermore, 67 watsonville, 70 hollister and the rain continues into the first part of the work week. drier weather tuesday, wednesday. find next week's probably going to dry with that thursday storm system washing out. >> wow, a pretty long stretch. i don't mind the rain when it's in the 60s. >> when it's mild. more tropical. >> yeah. in and out it's not too bad. >> as you know two weeks ago we were shivering under 40 degree

temperatures. midday we have record cold and now we're seeing temperatures in the 60s. something we're not used to. but new york they've had cold temperatures. let's talk to dan, he's live in new york. what's coming up in "good morning america." >> if it was 60s here i'd put on an inappropriate neighborhood and walk through the neighborhood. i'm very jealous. >> i'm sure people would like to do that. >> horrify people. a question looming over the entire american economy. are we in rebound right now or relapse. unemployment has gone down raising hopes the job market might finally be turning around but on the other hand gas prices continue to soar. could that kill the recovery. a whole crew of reporters on this story this morning. and then two workers dangling hundreds of feet above the ground. check this out. they're on the side of a high rise building after scaffolding

collapsed beneath them. firemen rappelled them to safety and it was caught on tape. we'll show you that. the former and perhaps future presidential candidate mike huckabee criticizing the recent oscar winner suggesting her out of wedlock pregnancy. what is the most wanted job in britain these days? turns out it is playing prince william and kate. you will not believe how much these impersonators are making. she interviewed these two. they are making careers out of this job of impersonating will and kate. >> that's crazy. that woman's wearing the exact same blue dress that she made fame mouths. >> and that is not by accident. she is married, by the way, and said she is not going to have a child until kate does. >> that's going to be fun to

watch. >> thank you so much. "g.m.a." coming up in about 40 minutes. let's go to sports. this afternoon stanford plays cal. the last regular season game for both teams until next week's pac ten tournament. still no agreement but still time to avoid a lockout. collin has details in the morning sports. >> outside an agreement between league owners and the players' union, this is as good as it gets. seven days they resume neighbor negotiations on monday with a new deadline of next friday. both sides have the feeling an extension a sign of progress that's being made. the four key points that need to be compromised on. how to divide the $9 billion in revenue, expanding the season from 16 games to 18 and benefits for retired players. commissioner roger gadell had these words yesterday. >> again, i've repeated over and over again.

this is going to get resolved in negotiations, not through litigation. so prosecuting is better than litigating. >> lorenzo alexander, a five-year veteran. i asked him yesterday when he thinks an agreement might be reached? >> i think we'll probably get something done early april. i think they're going to have another extension and get something done. i think both sides are finally realizing this is bigger than us and we need to get something done. fans turn their nose to it. here's all these millionaires and billionaires fighting and we're in a recession. you fightin' over this and we're trying to figure out how to pay our rent, mortgage, pay our child's healthcare whatever and you all fighting over an extra billion somewhere. >> the perspective from lorenzo. 11 days ago troy murphy was traded from new jersey to golden state, had his contract bought out by the warriors and

subsequently signed with boston. a deal for him. the first game against his former team, golden state. david lee, right-handed jump, impressive because he's a lefty. monta ellis, high degree of difficulty for you and i. like a basketball, hot potato finds the hand of kevin garnet to paul pierce, down low jeff green throwing it down. allen would hit his first big shot. boston led by 18 at one point. in the 4th takes it in and scores. down 9. later in the 4th. hustle play here from david lee, keeps it alive. monta in the quarter. the three. got it! ellis has 41, the war years within one but couldn't get over the hump. celtics hold on 107-103.

calflers from madison square garden. had it going in the big apple. carmella anthony, driving for the tie. that's a charge on mellow. calfs, 26-game road losing streak ends. in the last four months, the giants world series trophy has seen more of this country than i have in my entire life. if you're one of the seven people who hasn't seen it, the tour continues. it was in scottsdale yesterday. giants and bruins, felts. a name made in baseball. now heading 375, 5-0 giants after one. he pitched well. the range. dupont three scoreless innings of one-hit ball. his shoulder looks okay right there. the single, aaron row wen, giants beat milwaukee 7-2.

glendale they down the dodgers 5-3. barry zito gave up one run. the rangers 6-3. a three-run homer for oakland. he's the balance of my 15-month-old son, struggling a bit. jeff observerton, the par for 11th. this is a second shot. bounce rolls in from the eagle. one over for the tournament. kyle stanley. who's he? i don't know but he can punt. stanley at 66. at minus 6 he has a one-stroke lead heading into today's final round. the big event later today, locally cal and stanford on the court and the sharks go for a 9th straight win when they host dallas. i'm collin rush, have a great day, everyone. >> next at 6:30, the partisan food fight playing out in the capitol hill cafeteria. and fish and chips

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♪ in libya, the oil-poor town is now in the hands of libyan rebels after they engaged in a fierce gun battle with moammer gadhafi forces. the forces fled, orders entering the city found the old libyan flag. it occurred far to the east of qaddafi's strong hold in the libyan capital. president obama is calling on both parties to come together and pass a budget that cuts wasteful spending while also investing in america's future. >> my administration's already put forward specific cuts that meet congressional republicans halfway. and i'm prepared to do more. i will only finish the job

together by sitting at the same table, working out our differences, and finding common ground. >> the president made his comments while visiting a miami high school along with former governor republican jeb bush. next week they will consider two very different budget proposals. while neither are expected to pass it will indicate how far apart the two parties are on budget issues. house speaker john boehner announced a legal effort to defend a federal ban on recognizing the same sex marriages. it's being challenged as unconstitutional in federal court in new york. the administration announced it would no longer defend it. speaker boehner pledged the house would step up to defend the law in court. minority leader nancy pelosi is criticizing the move as costly and a burden on how staff. a fight underway between democrats and republicans on capitol hill. the battleground is the capitol hill cafeteria. >> when nancy pelosi became

speaker, this was her pet project. she replaced the greasy french fries or freedom fries as republicans call them bringing in locally grown organic food and lots of recycling. >> she made everything more environmentally friendly. everybody recycle, combustible. these forks and knives out of a corn-based material now. you see the spoons, well, they tend to melt after a while they've been in your soup. >> enough is enough. they've had it with the flimsy utensils, the array of recycles bins and the $400,000 bucks a year to truck it all out to a composting facility in virginia. >> let's not perpetuate this. it costs more, doesn't work. >> earl bombenhaur, a democrat that rides to the capitol on his

bicycle fires back. >> ultimately this is what america will do. this is what progressive employers are doing. if congress wants to say, of course, by taking a step backward, so be it. >> it's not just the cafeteria. pelosi set out to make the capitol a beacon of environmentalism. installing energy efficient lights and making plans to install solar panels. republicans are cutting all of it. abc news, washington. >> in other news this morning, salmon fishermen are hoping they have a season for the first time in years. state authorities predict 700,000 will be swimming in the ocean. the actual number was half what was projected. state fish and game have a history of overestimating projections. expect to have a restricted salmon season this year.

giving researchers valuable clues how to protect them and make our lives better on land. karina rusk reports on a new collaboration. >> this is what the scientific community recovers to as fish and chips. it's putting computer chips on marine mammals. it's where species live and eat. >> where the core dos are, where the hot spots are. finding out where are the places we need to protect. >> researchers are supplying tags for 200 species. they offer a free ride for collecting data from unmined locations. they go where satellites, ships and buoys don't traffic. noah says marine tags can provide critical input to provide short-term weather

forecasts. >> all this information plays out in improving our knowledge of those storms, both the intensity and the tracks coming on to the coast. >> they're taking their research to the next level by merging information in various computer models to create an explosive picture that's never been used before. pacific grove representing academic and government agencies announced a partnership called the u.s. integrated ocean observing system or u-use. it's led by no one. the collaboration will lift a veil of secrecy off the ocean. >> working in a vacuum is personally unsatisfying and professionally unsatisfying and all of a sudden to have 100 times more information overnight is revolutionary. >> they say working together they can get a better picture of the ocean's health and create policies to protect it. in pacific grove, karina rusk, abc 7 news. >> scientists say they have

discovered a new seabird, the first new species of seabird found in 55 years. the black and white was discovered last month in a coastal area off chile. the bird was likely missed by darwin when he sailed the same area a century ago. how big a deal is it? peter harrison says if we had won the lottery we could not feel better. you're going to get a little of everything this weekend. christine hanson has the forecast. >> you are going to get a bit of everything. hd, you can see the city in the background, the bay bridge. we've got some sun, the clouds are thickening up. we'll have your complete forecast. >> also ahead, high-speed rail or high-speed pork. something some say will never pay off. well this year our garden's simply amazing. how did you do it?

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welcome back, everyone. you're looking at a live picture from our hd camera in emeryville. it's such a beautiful morning. some cloud cover though. things could be possibly changing. speaking of clouds, planes flying in the air. no delays in the bay area but traveling to chicago today or the baltimore, washington d.c. area, there are reports of delays there. so check the website and with your airline if you are heading over to those places. but let's check our local forecast right now. joining us christine hanson. >> hi. >> hi. how are you? >> i'm just great, thank you. lisa's off this morning. great to be here. easy to get around town. no wet roads. in fact a lot of activities going on. so a very mild day. let's go outside. you can see from mount sutro looking over the city and the

hills and there's the golden gate bridge. >> it just stands out. >> yeah. you can see why golden gate. that is it. and it goes right through the city and marin head lands in the background. we are going to enjoy a fairly nice day today, a dry day except for the possibility of a few sprinkles later this evening in the north bay and then overnight for most of us -- isn't that the best time for the rain to fall. i think so. except for the animals probably outdoors. most of us will see just light rain tonight and heavier rain by early tomorrow morning. right now there's a little bit of rain up around the california/oregon border. a little snow at mount shasta. a few high clouds continue to stream our way over the next few hours and that will thicken up. heavy rain just off to the east, eureka, and a lot moving in our direction. right now readings in the low to mid-40s. we've dropped from the 50s into the 40s right before sunrise

this morning, 43. half moon bay, 44. fairfield, napa, santa rosa, the airport 45 degrees. 40 out in the livermore valley. 46 in downtown san jose. 44 up in the hills in los gatos. here's what we expect today. the clouds although they'll be thin throughout much of the day will thicken up throughout the afternoon so clouding up. a mild air associated with this cloud cover coming all the way from the hawaiian islands and that's why it's much milder than the storm we saw just last week and the week before. rain arrives later this evening for the north bay and then it will spread over the entire region throughout the evening hours. so there's the cloud cover and by tonight you see that one system moving in but this is the stronger storm system. this pushes in overnight through early sunday, and then can you see all the cold air up here? that will also move in and

produce lower snow levels in sierra. up to 3 feet of new snow expected just monday morning. the rain starting in the north end of our viewing area and spreading over the region throughout the day on sunday, then tapering off to just scattered showers. you can see off to the east, that's why the snow is expected to pick up by tomorrow night and that means lower snow levels and chains if you're going out to enjoy good ski conditions, be sure and carry chains. no road problems at this hour. temperatures along the peninsula, low to mid-60s, mostly sunny in downtown san francisco. clouding up in the north bay, 65 santa rosa, 63 san rafael. mostly sunny in the east bay with readings in the low to mid-60s. we'll also see a nice day, solid 70 in hollister, 68 clean nas, monterey. and there's your extended

forecast, showers through monday and then dry weather throughout much of next week. i think that chance is just a slight chance on thursday. >> no problems. just have to get through a couple days. thanks so much, christine. many contend high-speed rail is a good green idea that will reduce traffic congestion and benefit the environment while gaining thousands of jobs. others call it wasteful government spending. so which is it? heather ishimaru has an in-depth look. >> the current price tag on california's high-speed rail project is about $43 billion for an 800 mile all electric line between the bay area and anaheim. this is the high-speed rail authority's animation how it might look zipping along at a top speed of 221 mph. the authority wants the federal government to pay about half the cost. after that and the nearly $10 billion in voter-approved bonds, there's still a nearly $15 billion gap. >> it's absolutely crazy.

the world over high-speed rails are heavily subsidized by government. they don't pay for themselves it is. they don't make a profit. >> an analysis of whether it's a good use of taxpayer money. there's better use of the money in times of deficit and debt. >> it's not the future. we don't need it. we have perfectly good highways and we have very good air transport which has a lot of advantages. >> in about 20 years' time we'll have 20,000 more people in california. we need more ways of moving people throughout the state, kids throughout the state. this is a matter of planning four our future. they consider him of being biassed since he lives along the corridor where the train will pass. >> doesn't depend at all my feelings or opinions or about

where i live. the authority says the line cannot be legally subsidized once operational. >> what's occurring now with high-speed rail, it's highly politicized. the euphemism for the republicans speaks of a signature issue of the obama administration and the democrats. >> the bay area's metropolitan transportation commission says there are good arguments for and against. >> it's not going to make the country independent of oil, nor is it gonna solve our climate issues? is it a definite direction? yes. >> institute of transportation studies director has analyzed current ridership projections. he says they're unreliable, possibly too high or too low because the formula used is faulty. he won't often an opinion whether the project is an example of wasteful government spending but he will say this. >> some alternative is needed.

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nightmare for a bay area man and his daughter. their disturbing story. >> myron heimrick of petaluma helps support his daughter ann while she studies film making at usc. >> she's struggling in graduate school. she needed to make a rent payment. >> ann was low on cash so myron deposited a $10,000 check at wells fargo. however, what happened after that came as a complete shock. >> they thought the check was fraudulent. they had cancelled the account, and they didn't want to see her again. >> wells fargo bank refused to give ann the $10,000. instead the bank abruptly closed her account and told her go away. the only explanation, the bank claimed the check was a fraud. >> i didn't know what to think. i didn't know why they'd think it was fraudulent. >> indeed, it made no sense. the check had already been cashed by wells fargo bank and the money had been taken out of myron's account. these documents prove it.

here's the cancelled check with the wells fargo stamp on the back. it shows myron deposited $10,000 into his daughter's account the very same day and here it shows the $10,000 came right out of his checking account at west america bank in petaluma. >> they had the money. it's the strangest thing i've ever seen. you couldn't find anybody to talk to. >> wells fargo would not even speak to myron about what happened citing privacy laws. the bank also would not speak with ann saying her account no longer existed. >> it was a catch 22. i can't get the money because i don't have an account with them and my daughter can't get the money because they closed her account. >> the way myron saw it, his money had been stolen so he reported this to the federal comptroller of currency which makes sure banks obey the law. surely the feds would make this right. >> that didn't work either.

wells fargo got out of the complaint by saying this gentleman doesn't have an account with us and so there's nothing we can do for him. >> the federal agency closed the case. no one would listen. >> and this is $10,000 we're out here. so that's when i had the idea to call "7 on your side." >> he did contact us and we showed all these documents to wells fargo bank and requested the bank deliver a check to myron's daughter in los angeles right away. >> she went into the bank and said she wasn't going to leave until she had the $10,000. >> myron says his daughter sat in the bank for two hours until finally the check was in her hand. wells fargo tells us it only needed a letter of indemnity from west america bank stating the check was valid. once myron provided that letter, the bank returned the money to the family. wells fargo did not explain why the check was deemed fraudulent

in the first place. >> "7 on your side" finally saw we were just happy to get the money back and thank you very much. >> wells fargo still can't explain to "7 on your side" how it can take $10,000 out of myron's account nearly a year ago and yet still question the validity of the check. they held the money in a separate account all this time which is new to myron. they declined to comment about its role in closing the case. i'm michael finney, "7 on your side." >> coming up next, the bay area's famous klepto cat. find out how you can get some of his stolen items and help out a good cause. >> oprah and gayle's big yosemite camping adventure -- part two --

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century but don sanchez explains he also helped create the movies. >> his western landscapes are considered artful master pieces, yosemite on a huge scale. his 17 feet long panorama of san francisco in 1878 captured the spirit of the city. what mygrates did was a break-through. >> he was an absolutely pioneer. it was a technically complicated process. you had to coat the negative and make the photo while it was still wet. >> and his dark room trick, he added clouds to the skyline because he was always overexposed. he came from scottland and left a legacy. yosemite and the landscapes are impressive. he was into motion studies considered so innovative and a technological break-through. they commissioned him to prove all four horse's hooves were off the ground when he ran.

>> that he would be able to stop motion. >> people were astounded and then bybridge took it further. he shot a series of films showing movement. >> this is the very first motion picture projector. the first time people saw a photograph in motion projected on a bulb. >> the photos were put on disks which spun in the projector. it lasted one second by his technology led to the king's speech and everything that has come before. >> i think he had a sense then of how revolutionary his work was. >> now, we can get a perspective in this retrospective of his work. through june 7th. don sanchez, abc 7 news. >> today neighbors of the bay area's most famous cat burglar will have the opportunity to get back some of their items stolen by this kitty. they will lay out the stuff the

cats stole and have neighbors identify them during a reverse garage sale. the cat will be the grand marshal of the parade. he became a national celebrity after stories we aired and from video animal planet showed unmasking him as a neighborhood thief. he's stolen hundreds of items from neighbors' yards. they will up for auction. all proceeds will benefit the peninsula humane society. isn't that just the best story. >> i can watch klepto the cat all the time. >> i just can't believe that he or she can drag that many things. >> yes. >> you know what, you have a dog that does that. >> i do. >> but it's your items. >> he doesn't wanna steal neighbors but he'll steal my stuff. i'll find it in other rooms or outside. i think where did i leave my socks? >> trying to make life interesting. >> changing up. let's take a look what we have right now. it's in the low to mid-40s. we have mostly sunny skies but

by this afternoon, we are forecasting rain for the north bay. and that will sweep over the entire san francisco bay area by tomorrow morning we'll start to see some heavier rain and then some scattered showers sunday afternoon. cold air coming in so if you're headed to the sierra, carry chains. up to 3 feet of new snow, drier weather the first of the week. >> thank you for joining us on the abc 7 saturday morning news. we're back at 8 p.m.. "g.m.a." is next. stay connecteded on abc7news.com. have a great day, folks!