>> announcer: live from the kgo-tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. good afternoon, and thank you for joining us on this friday. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm larry biel. there's a growing controversy today as public schools received a federal directive to allow transgender students access to restroom facilities matching their gender identity. now, critics are calling this blackmail. here's abc news reporter brandi hitt. >> reporter: from georgia -- >> i will stay home every day and homeschool. >> reporter: to ft. worth, texas, anger and frustration as parents pack school district meetings over whether franz gender students should be be allowed to use public school bathroom and locker rooms of the gender they identify with. >> transgender students are our neighbors, and they are all of our children. >> reporter: and for the students themselves, they say

the bullying has become outrageous. >> i was beaten up. >> i started skipping school because i didn't feel safe in school. >> reporter: now the obama administration says at the request of school districts, it's issuing what it calls a letter of guidance, detailing how schools can ensure transgender students' legal civil rights suggesting schools provide access to an alternative restroom, adding curtains could easily be put up in locker rooms. >> it's not an enforcement action. it does not add a requirement to the applicable law. >> reporter: but critics see it as an ultimatum, that if they don't comply, federal school dollars may be withheld. >> we will not yield to blackmail from the president of the united states. >> reporter: earlier this week, the federal government and north carolina sued each other over that bathroom law. now it appears texas is ready to join the fight. >> i am working with the governor of north carolina, and we are going to fight back!

>> many lgbt groups are praising the obama administration's letter of guidance, one texas school says they're throwing it straight into the shredder. brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. >> two years ago, california became the first state to ensure rights for transgender students in schools. >> access 7 news reporter laura anthony joins us live from elsa reit toe high. >> reporter: california and the bay area are well ahead of other states when it comes to accommodating transgender students on public school campuses. in 2014, the state enacted the law the school success opportunity act requiring school districts to provide access to school programs and facilitys consistent with their gender identity. here at el sa reit toe rye school, frints, that meant there is access for transgender students for school bathrooms but that was just one step.

marcus walden is a spokesman for the west contra costa school district. >> the state of california passed ab-1266 in 2013 and the bay area and this school district have been advocates and champions for civil rights for a long time so this hasn't been much of an issue here. >> transgender people are what they want to be. like the whole point of the united states is to be free to be who you want to be, do what you want to do. >> reporter: today california superintendent of schools tom tore lick son issued a statement saying, quote, i strongly support the action by president obama to make sure all states follow the lead of california and protect the rights of each and every student. now, besides the bathrooms, california schools are required to make locker rooms and other facilities able to accommodate transgender students without harassment or discrimination. tonight on abc 7 news at 5, we'll hear from some of the students heret el sarito high about how they think the law is

working here. laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> laura, thank you. we will see you at 5. a construction worker was crushed to death while operating equipment in san francisco around 8:15 this morning. people say the man was worked inside a ramp that goes below ground e. was standing atop a cherry picker when he hit a concrete slab. no one else was injured. cal osha is investigating. there have now been 20 shootings on east bay highways since notchmevember. last night the latest. the 25-year-old driver was shot in the leg. he was treated at the hospital and reemsed. officers aren't saying whether he was targeted. they say the shootings appear to be gang related with different gangs involved. for the first time, we are hearing from the attorneys defending two alameda county sheriff's deputies accused of beating a man. several charges have been filed against luis sant maria and paul

wieber. this video shows both of them hitting stanislav petrov. >> if two police officers are assaulted with a deadly weapon and then they lead this chase and you have this guy who is a career criminal, why not file? it's your county. it's your citizens. >> the defense says the surveillance video is a key piece of evidence and will help them prove their client's innocence. we have new details regarding a south bay gym owner accused of sexually assaulting female clients. abc 7 news was in morgan hill as a sheriff's deputy handcuffed the man and led him back to jail. two more women have come forward saying he touched them bringing the total number of allegations to seven. two of the victims are teenage girls. wolfsmith runs the wolfpack gym in morgan hill. a judge raised his bail from $100,000 to $325,000 because of concerns for public safety.

let's turn to the weather and our weekend's forecast coming up. we have a live look outside from our mt. tam cam. clear a little bit hazy there. >> a little bit of haze in. spencer christian is here with what's ahead for the albuquerque r weekend. >> ama and larry, as the week winds down, our temperatures are coming down as well. here is a look at live doppler 7 hd. despite the mostly sunny skies we have now, a cooler pattern has developed. here is our 24-hour temperature change. look at the inland areas. nine degrees cooler in fair fooel and concord than at this hour yesterday. 10 degrees cooler in livermore and 15 in antioch. many locations right around the bay and near the coast are a couple of degrees milder actually, but the entire region will experience a cooldown as we get into the weekend. here is the view of the golden gate bridge under mostly sunny skies, 61 agrees in san francisco, 66 in oakland. we've got 69 in mountain view and san jose, 71 at morgan hill and fin at half moon bay. this is the view of partly cloudy skies over sfo, 68 in santa rosa, napa 77, 71

fairfield, mid to upper 60s at concord and livermore. here is a forecast animation starting 5:00. drizzle will develop overnight and there is a pretty good chance of a line of coastal drizzle approaching the bay area during the overnight hours, which may necessitate umbrellas and windshield wipers early tomorrow morning. i'll have the accuweather forecast. work to replay a breeken sewer main that caused a sinkhole in san francisco is under way. that work began this morning to replace the 140--year-old brick main. the 12 by 5 foot sinkhole appeared on mission and a car got caught in it. no one was injured but the work is expected to wrap up tomorrow. governor brown released his revised budget today, the $122 billion ldz plan is slightly less than his january proposal due to a $2 billion drop in rejected tax revenues. the governor says state leaders

need to anticipate leaner times so they won't repeat the budget mei takes of the past. >> instead of pulling back in the last two recessions, the state of california accelerated its spending and therefore made the budget cuts all the more painful. >> the governor's budget now heads to the legislature for a month of intense negotiations. by law, legislators must send the governor a final spending plan by june 15th for the fiscal year that begins july 1st. america's homeland security boss is taking action to try to shorten the wait times at airport security checkpoints. secretary jeh johnson announced today the tsa will immediately increase the use of overtime and will accelerate the hiring of 768 new transportation security officers. this move comes in response to passenger and congressional outrage over hours-long lines at checkpoints at u.s. airports in recent weeks. what was supposed to be a relaxing vacation for a fairfield couple, oh, man, turned into a dramatic ordeal.

>> that couple became involved in a rescue right before they were supposed to be heading home. chris nguyen has the story. >> reporter: for denise burnham and her fiance todd buckley, it was initially all smiefls thursday afternoon as they flew over the river in maine. but the joy and excitement quickly turned into shock. >> anyone many a situation like that is going to respond. that's just in our nature. >> reporter: speaking to us via skype, the couple who are both licensed private pilots from fairfield spotted a paddle boater in distress. >> you don't know why they sunk. you you're kind of saying, this is what it looked like, what happened. but you don't want to end up causing more people to be in danger. >> reporter: the couple enlisted help from a family who was on the other side of the river. that family agreed to take their boat out to help rescue the man, but that's when things took a turn for the worse. the family tried towing the man's paddle boat but ended up ripping out their engine. on board a husband, wife and three kids as well as the man they tried to rescue.

burnham and buckley sprang into action from their seaplane. this time buckley tried to help the people to shore. burnham stayed in the plane to help warm up the children. >> it was kind of an upsetting and frightening experience. just want to keep them calm but also take action, get everybody moving quickly. >> reporter: all of the people involved are expected to be okay. the fairfield couple say they've since loerp learned that the family that tried to help didn't have insurance because the boat was brand-new. they're hoping that people in maine will come together to help them out. >> it's kind of just a bummer, right? they go out, want to do a good deed and help a person. we encourage people to help each other. >> reporter: chris nguyen, abc 7 new. still ahead, a growing scandal in the oakland police department. at least three officers accused of misconduct. we'll tell you what they're accused of doing. and cheaters exposed. a new study finds about 25% of carpoolers aren't really carpoolers. and dubs fans come out in force to check out steph curry's

two mvp trophies. take a live look at 410, the macarthur maze. ways hoping for something more optimist optimistic. the long and winding road interstate 80 eastbound for folks trying to head to berkeley. a little better on the right-hand sidor for those drivers making the turn into san francisco.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ breaking news out of the central valley. three people died after an amtrak train slammed into a pickup truck. this happened in madera county north of fresno.

police say the truck was stopped at a crossing when the train hit it. no one on the train was injured. if you ever get the feeling that everyone's cheating in the carpool lane except for you, there may be some truth to that. >> right. a new study ree yy released tods rampant misuse of those lanes. matt keller has the details. >> let's see if we can find some cheaters. >> reporter: we hit northbound 101 at 8:00 a.m. in san jose. to be honest with you, i thought it would be harder than it was. there's one person in that one. there's another one right here, in the kia. one person. there's one in the mercedes coming up right here. right next to us. one person. six? >> six we've seen in like 30 seconds. >> reporter: unbelievable. a new study from the metropolitan traffic commission reveals the truth about the bay area. we are filled with a bunch of carpool cheaters. check out the numbers. during peak commuter hours in the morning, 24% of drivers in the hov lanes are there illegally. in the afternoon and evening,

19% are solo in the carpool lane. sometimes all it takes to stop cheating is getting caught. once. do you ever cheat? >> not -- no, not very often anymore because i did get caught a long time ago. >> reporter: that stopped you now. >> yeah. 375 bucks. >> reporter: the mtc says hov lanes are clogged every day. 58% are degraded. failing federal hov performance standards. that means cars are traveling at less than 45 miles per hour for at least 10% of the time. we found one honest driver. she has a message for youcheate >> you will get caught, and it's not fair for the rest of us obeying the rules and doing it legally. >> reporter: the mtc says you fix the problem through engineering, enforcement and express plane lalanes. in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. subaru is telling owners of newer legacy and outback vehicles not to drive because of

a steering problem. subaru says steering columns on the vehicles may have been manufactured improperly by a parts supplier. thousands of gm suvs won't be sold at least as of now because the gas mileage is wrong, afking all 2016 chevrolet traverse, acadia and enclave models including those that have already been sold. gm says it's printing new stickers. google is hiring drivers who will probably never even have to drive. the drivers will help pilot google self-driving cars. google wants to road-test the cars in phoenix and they need people to sit behind the steering wheel for six to eight hours a day. just sit there. my kind of job. drivers will need to be be able to take control of that car if necessary. >> apple has shelled out $1 billion to invest in the chinese ride share company dd. dd operates in 400 cities and wants to use the investment to

build a platform that can handle 11 million rides a day. dd is also uber's biggest rival in china. the warriors' next playoff series, the western conference finals, doesn't begin until monday. so you might be wondering whior oracle was so busy today. >> ahh, there's a reason. kristen sze is here with what was a really cool opportunity for the fans. >> yes. larry, you know the reason. larry and ama, check this out. this is the line that extends 100 people strong outside oracle arena. not to see a playoff game, not see steph curry in action, but just to get a picture taken with curry's nba mvp trophies. the doorzs opened at 9:00 a.m. and it was busy from the start. warriors fans tell us this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get up close and personal with two similar bombs of steph's achievements. some played hooky from work or from school. others drove here from across the state just to snap a photo with the trophies. >> came from the central valley. we drove 2 1/2 hours to come, just for this opportunity. it's a yuonce-in-a-lifetime

opportunity. >> we called in sick to school to see this historic moment. >> i called in sick. boss thinks i'm sing right now, but that's okay. he's a warriors fan as well. >> you don't look very good. i'm going to write you a note. some warriors fans showed their pictures with us. matt actually learned about this opportunity orn the abc 7 midday news and rushed out to oracle arena for this picture. aaron tweeted this of himself sporting a number 30 t-shirt and a big smile. he told me he went early and waited less than 45 minutes. we also want to share this espn tweet. steph's looking pretty snazzy himself with the trophy times two. you still have time to get your picture until 9:00 tonight. >> imagine if steph himself was there. they'd have 10,000 people lined up. >> the warriors will face oklahoma city in the western conference finals, the first game at oracle and second. games three and four move to okc the following sunday and tuesday.

and let's not forget about the san jose sharks who have also made it to the western finals in the nhl. their first game against the st. louis blues. last night the sharks completely dominated nashville. they won 5-0. this will be the sharks' first western conference finals appearance since 2011. the sharks during the regular season went 2-1 against the blues this year. so encouraging and really cool to have both the warriors and the sharks going at the same time. >> oh, yeah. time to check on the weather because it is the weekend. >> yes. spencer christian is here. wre anxious to know what the forecast is. >> stay tuned. i've got it right here. let's go right to live doppler 7 hd and relieve your anxiety. we have partly sunny skies right now. clouds will increase during the evening hours and we might see some drizzle. right now drizzle free from our abc exploratorium camera.

spotty drizzle may appear overnight into the early morning hours. generally a cool and breezy and dry weekend after the morning drizzle. next week, we'll see a bit of a warm-up monday through wednesday. and on we go to overnight conditions. we'll see low clouds and clouds above mid-level as well increasing during the overnight hours, low temperatures mainly in the low to mid-50s, again the chance of spotty or patchy drizzle mainly near the coast. here is our forecast animation starting this afternoon. right now, we'll see low clouds and coastal drizzle, the possibility of it, increasing by about 11:00 p.m. if you're out driving, you may need the windshield driver wipers, may want to carry an umbrella. the chances increase overnight as the line of drizzle approaches us. it will pass through quickly. the air will be dry after that. cooler air will follow the frontal system and that will take us into a generally cool weekend. so tomorrow's highs look like this. we'll see rain from about 60 in

the coast through mid and upper 60s at the bay, maybe a couple of bay shore locations will hit 70 tomorrow. and we'll see low to mid-70s in the mildest inland locations. looking at the week ahead, though, we can expect a bit of a warm- warm-up. we'll use san jose as our indicator of what inland areas can expect over the next couple of days. temperatures just a little bit below average, low 70s in san jose over the weekend. up to 78 on monday, just above average, then tuesday and wednesday we'll see mid to upper 80s in san jose, well above average. and that is the pattern that most of our inland locations will see over the next seven days. let's go on tthak you wirth seven-day forecast. after a weekend of clouds and maybe drizzle, cooler than average temperatures and breezy conditions, we'll start to see sunnier, warmer conditions on monday. looks like the warming will peak around tuesday most inland locations, upper 80s in the warmest spots, around 80 in the bay, upper 60s on the coast.

temperatures will taper off a little bit wednesday and further cooling on thursday and friday. still no significant rainfall in sight. if we get the drizzle, enjoy that. larry and ama in. >> we'll take drizzle. up next, a dangerous new trend is heating up social media. what skateboarders and more are doing on southern california

the whales are back. check them out. sky7 hd caught some whales off the coast of san francisco. this time they were out in the ocean, not in the bay. coming up on abc 7 news at 5, the excitement all around the bay area and why these whales keep coming back into the bay. our post on the whales have been viewed nearly 50,000 times. if you want to check it out, follow us on facebook or twitter. michael strahan said good-bye today to daytime tv's "live with kelly and michael." strahan and co-host kelly ripa

held hands as they appeared on stage. after four years on "live," strahan is joining "good morning america" full time in the fall. strahan's final day on the fall was originally planned for august but was moved up to today. >> i'm not dying. i'm feel still in the family. and i'm still available to come back if i'm ever called to co-host. i'm not going anywhere. i'm not gone. so there you go. >> today's finale follows a tumultuous few weeks for the show when the network announced april 20th strahan was moving full time to gma. jimmy kimmel will guest host alongside ripa monday. you can watch it here on abc 7 at 9:00 a.m. it's a dangerous new stunt gaining traction in southern california. look at this traffic, skateboard guy coming into the middle of all this. they just go right into heavy traffic and then they post the video on social media. like a parent's worst nightmare. they shoot these brazen stunts

weaving through l.a.'s slow freeways. then they post it with the hash tag freeway challenge. a pro skateboarder showed off a flip between cars. >> that was reckless and dangerous. why would anybody want to be on the freeway? >> even bicyclists are now flipping and spinning their way down these busy freeways. this is not the first time stunts like car surfing blew up on youtube last summer. officers say this is extremely dangerous. even gueetting hit at 20 miles r hour can kill you. abc 7 news at 4 does continue. does this voice sound familiar? >> i'm sort of handling pr because he gets so much of it. >> "the washington post" says it's donald trump. so why was he pretending to be someone else? a strange twist to that george zimmerman gun auction. how much it's up to and why it might not go to the highest bidder.

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>> announcer: live from the kgo-tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. here are the headlines at 4:30. a california state law for the past two years has gone national. the obama administration issued a directive today telling all public schools to allow students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their

chosen gender identity or risk losing federal funding. the goal is to remove discrimination against transgender students. the lieutenant governor in texas is telling school superintendents there to ignore the directive. for the first time, a woman will lead a u.s. military combat command. world news tonight tweeted about the historical appointment of general lori robinson. she'll need northcom and norad. a federal judge has thrown out a gun charge after surveillance video contradicted a police officer's sworn testimony in court. coming up at 5, vic lee shows us the video and what it means for the officer. in oakland, the police sex scandal tied to the suicide of an oakland police officer and his wife. a news conference will getter under way in about a half hour. right now abc 7 news reporter melanie radioed woodrow has the details on the scandal involving an escort who may have been under age. >> reporter: oakland police officer says three officers are

on paid administrative leave following an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct. law enforcement sources say the misconduct involves the daughter of an opd dispatcher who may not have been 18 when the contact began. attorney mike raines says his office is representing the officers. charges have not been filed. >> it's tragic if the district attorneys succumb to media pressure and don't make charging decisions based on the evidence. >> reporter: sources say the investigation is connected to police officer brendan o'brien's suicide in september of last year. the coroner's report says, according to a note of intent he left at the scene, he was suicidal and a series of events regarding his wife and work prompted him to commit suicide. according to a second coroner's report, o'brien's wife committed suicide the previous year with her husband's off-duty weapon, following an argument the couple had. oakland major crimes initially treated her death as suspicious. attorney john burse is a member

of an opd oversight committee. >> we need to get to the bottom of all of this, not only whether or not there's a homicide/suicide versus a suicide with notes that in fact implicates other people involved in a sexual relation or sexting other officers. >> reporter: burris questions whether a criminal investigation or internal affair investigation was conducted in a timely and prefgsal matter. >> if there's a cover-up, heads must roll. >> reporter: it's unclear whether more than three officers were involved. by phone, we were told, we didn't do anything. in oakland, abc 7 news. bids in an online auction for the gun george zimmerman used to kill florida teenager trayvon martin reached $65 million today. but the site was apparently hacked, receiving fake offers for the weapon. according to the associated press, the leading bidder is listed as racist mcshoe face. a jury acquitted zimmerman in the death of trayvon martin. the foerl former neighborhood

watchman has defended his decision to put up the gun for auction. >> what i decided to do is not cower. i'm a free american. i can do what i would like with my possessions. >> the online site united guy group says it will keep the auction open out of respect for the constitutional right of its users. donald trump says a 25-year-old recording of a man posing as his spokesman is not him. as alleged in a new "washington post" report. take a listen. >> it's going to be a great relationship, and it's going to be a very, you know -- we believe strong fully the marriage. >> ha tha is a snippet thf 1991 recording between a "people" magazine reporter and a man named john miller who claimed to be trump's pr man. the "post" report claims trump would routinely make calls in the 1970s, 80s and 90s and pose as a publicist named john miller or john baron where he would

advocate for himself and answer questions about trump and his business dealings. "world news tonight" will have much more on this developing story at 5:30. donald trump and hillary clinton are taking a day off of the campaign trail. there are new question bz their trustworthiness. here's lana zach. >> reporter: the question of transparency is at the forefront of pol sicks today. bill clinton on the trail for his wife in new jersey denies a new report by the "wall street journal" na alleges the clinton global initiative -- with personal ties to clintons. >> it's not an actual story. we need to get the facts. >> reporter: on the republican side -- >> it's none of your business. >> reporter: -- donald trump saying he does not believe the voters have a right to see his tax returns before the november election. >> there have been many presidents that have not shown their tax returns. >> actually, every single nominee since 1976 has released their tax return. >> but before 1976 people didn't do it. >> reporter: trump maintains an audit is preventing him from releasing them now. the irs says the audit doesn't

stop him from sharing his returns with the voters. all of this comes as republicans are struggling to unite behind their soon to be nominee. tonight senator john cornyn said enough is enough. >> no staying home, protest votes, nursing your disappointment. i think now is the time for people to become unified. >> reporter: senator corn inwas in that meeting with senator trump and leaders. we're learning more about what happened behind closed doors and apparently trump's tone was discussed extensive live. a state dinner for the lead everies of the five nordic countries is about to get under way at the white house. this is a live look at the bhiet house as dinner guest as rife. now, earlier several abc stars including actresses tracee ellis ross and connie britton walked in. president obama welcomed the leaders earlier today. the president says the countries are a model of cooperation and, quote, hunch above their weight

especially on humanitarian and environmental efforts. the vatican is downplaying any expectations that pope francis is about to let women serve as deacons in the catholic church. the pope made headlines just yesterday when he toll a closed-door meeting of women religious orders that he agreed with their proposal to create a commission to study this issue. still to come on abc 7 news at 4, there's a winner. >> and i guess all of you thinking you wish you was me right now, right? >> sounds about accurate. the $400 million-plus powerball winner and who she's sharing her riches with. i'm michael finney. "ask finney" is just ahead. i'm still taking your questions on twitter and facebook. just post them with the hash tag ask finney. i'll answer your questions live in just a little bit. i'm spencer christian looking out over the bay right now. we see just a few clouds but more clouds are on the way and possibly a little drizzle. i'll have the accuweather come willing up in just a minute as abc 7 new

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i said, stop april fooling me and get off my phone. divine intervention gave us the numbers. that's the only way you can explain how the numbers were chosen. >> the smith family chose the lump sum option making> not too shabby. >> for spencer christian, that's tip money. >> find that in the couch between the cushions. >> i may have larry handle my taxes from now on. here is a live look at doppler 7 hd. breezy, cool area as we look at statewide conditions tomorrow, though, we'll see a little light rain or drizzle up in the northwestern corner of the

state, around eureka. that may move into the bay area. going south, conditions are sunnier and milder. here in the bay area tomorrow, we can expect probably a cloudy start to the day, a little fog near the coast and some early morning drizzle. highs will range from low 60s at the coast to mid-60s around the bay and low 70s inland. and here's your event planner, on sunday early sunday morning about 7:00 skies will be mainly cloudy here in san francisco, cool, about 55 degrees. we'll is a little peek of sun coming through 9:00 a.m. by 11:00 a.m., a bit breezier and a bit more sunshine. by 1:00 p.m., mainly sunny, high about 64 degrees, lovely day for beta breakers and lovely weekend ahead, including the drizzle. >> thank you, spencer. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4, the organization making a big difference in one san francisco neighborhood. now it's helping people find the prescription to good health. i'm seven on your side's michael finney. can years old checks from the

the low income housing crisis in san francisco is getting a major boost from a highly respected nonprofit. >> abc 7's sheryl jennings went beyond the headlines to show you

who the tenderloin neighborhood development corporation is helping. >> reporter: these seniors range in age from their mid-60s to 100 years old and they feel very fortunate to live in a building run by the tenderloin neighborhood development corporation in san francisco. it provides quality, low income housing to 3600 residents in 33 buildings, more affordable housing is on the way. 40% of those served are seniors. these exercises are just some of the many activities seniors get to enjoy who are part of the family. and they go on outings together. this group is headed to the san francisco zoo, the low rent helps people like ms. chen to pay for food and other costs for her and her husband. >> we totally pay almost more than $4,000 in cash. just for medicine. >> reporter: the seniors live in this beautifully renovated old church in the haight district of

san francisco. it's locked and secure outside. and on the inside it's bright and welcoming. you've been here for a long time. and how do you like it? >> i'm delighted with it. >> reporter: so this is your sleeping space. >> yes. and i have to move this. it opens right to here. >> reporter: so it's perfect. >> yeah, it is. and do you like my -- >> reporter: your tv is bigger than your whole bed. and the tndc residents become caring friends. >> so when they have emergency, when they are sick, they always give me a call. >> we now from 15 development projects with over 2,000 homes for low income people between now and 2020. >> reporter: done falk has been the ceo of tndc for over 10 years and with the nonprofit for 22 years. this is not just his job. it's his passion project. >> by 2020 we'll be housing over

6,000 people, which is nearly double what we're doing now. >> reporter: don says affordable housing is really health kay. >> there is a whole body of research that has emerged in the last five to ten years that show that when people live in affordable housing, their health impro improves. sometimes what people need more than anything to improve their health is a prescription for affordable housinging. >> reporter: sheryl jennings, abc 7 news. >> the annual tndc fund raiser is may 17th. 7 on your side's michael finney will be emceeing. for more information, visit our website. speaking of michael finney, he's here with "7 on your side" answering questions. first question, an envelope with my granddaughter's social security card was found opened. any idea how we can check to see if her i'd dentity was stolen a protect her? >> i'm glad you're worried about her because your granddaughter is the perfect target. that's who thieves like because

nobody is paying any attention to her credit report, which means they can run wild with it. we get cases like this where nobody knows about it until the kid graduates from college. then they go to buy their first car or get their first apartment in their name and all of a sudden they have ruined credit. it takes a couple of years to unwind all of this. i'm glad you care about it. check their credit report uf say they don't have one. hopefully not. but if the bad guy vz stolen their social security card, they may have set up fake credit in her name. what i want to you do is go to annual credit report.com. go there, say probably the parent will have to sign on and do it, then you can check your child's report. >> i was cleaning and found some old irs tax return checks from 2001 and 2003. are they still valid? what should i do? >> okay, checks themselves aren't officially valid after six months. you can go to the irs. they say they will help anybody that has old checks that haven't been cashed, but it's quite the process. what i want you to do first is

just try to deposit them and see if they go through your bank system and go through the irs system. if it does that, then you're done. don't go spend that right away. put it in and wait about a month to make sure everybody is cool. if everybody is cool, go ahead and spend it. if that doesn't work, i want you to contact the irs. they say they'll help anybody with an old check. they would not tell me exactly when we looked at this earlier how far back they're willing to go. there you go. >> i have a ticket to alice in wonderland that was canceled when they closed/went bankrupt. any way to get my $200 back? >> no, you can't get your $200 back. but i've got some great news. the other art agencies down in the silicon valley are honoring those tickets for their events. so the ballet is closed an symphony and opera and other organizations will accept your tickets. you're going to have to have

proof that you had old tickets, but you can call the art commission down there or call the individual place and say you want tickets. they'll exchange one for one. this will run out at some point so think about getting tickets now for use this summer. okay, now it may look like you're using wi-fi from a legitimate source, but crooks may have figured out a way to fool you and steal your information. in a special "7 on your side" investigation, i'll show you how to spot the threat and protect yourself, all of that tonight at 11:00 here on abc 7 news. >> thank you, michael. in today's wellness report, your car window could be harming your health. and yoga may help ward off alzheimer's. here's jane king. the front windshield of your car probably shields you from the sun's uva rays as you drive, but the same may not be true for the side windows. experts told epi that exposure to uva rays can raise the odds for skin cancer and cataracts. one researcher says only 14% of

cars offered a high level of side window protection from dangerous sun rays. yoga may improve memory better than brain training. an australian study involved 25 adults ages 55 and over who have had mild cognitive impairment or problems with thinking and memory, that sometimes precedes alzheimer alzheimer's. those who practice yoga had better improvement in visual spatial memory, the type of memory used to recall locations and navigate while driving. there's a batch of so-called smarter alarm clocks that say they help you wake up less groggy. they have l.e.d. light and special sounds. one is the philips wake-up light. it costs 140 bucks but it does cast a bright and broad beam that fills the whole room 30 minutes before the alarm. it simulates a sunrise. also brookstone's pro sleep station at $170 plays special recordings by a sound therapy expert. from the nasdaq, i'm jane king. here's to your health. abc 7 news at 4 continues. up next, female world war ii

pilots will once more be laid to rest at arlington national cemetery, all thanks to a bay area woman. how her efforts led to a change. and dan is here with a look at what's emcoming up on abc 7 news at 5. coming up, new video captures the terrifying moment a skydiving plane crashes into a nearby vinvineyard. how a police car was stolen from the front of the hayward police station. and the sharks friday the 13th kickoff to the next round of the

tonight on abc 7 at 8, beyond the tank, shark tank takes over at 9:00 and 20/20 at 10:00, then join us for the news at 11:00. congress has sent a bill to the president. >> it began with a petition sent by a woman here in the bay area. wayne freedman has the story you'll see only on abc 7 news.

>> reporter: never allow the present to color your perceptions of the past. back in world war ii 91-year-old jean harmon of menlo park was all you can handle and that might still be the case. >> they really just thought we belonged in the kitchen pregnant. >> reporter: forget that. remember instead an elite corps of women's air force service pilots known and now revered as the kauswasp. as far as the wasps were concernedor, they were already in the army air corps, just waiting for confirmation any day. they marched. they saluted. they lived in barracks. they flew every airplane in the arsenal. complicated machines, often in difficult conditions. wasps tested and delivered planes, towed targets, but they only got recognition in the 1970s. then last year an ultimate insult, the army which runs arlington cemetery decreed it

had no more room for them. >> so far we have 175,000 signatures. >> reporter: this week a vote of congress reinstated the honor, thank tiffany miller of walnut creek who wrote a petition on behalf of all wasps, including her grandmother elaine dan forth harmon who just passed away after a long battle with cancer. >> to notten able not be able to lay her to rest is heartbreaking. to have a letter come from arlington saying her service doesn't count, she doesn't matter, it's heartbreaking. so we knew that we had to make it right. >> reporter: and now she has. so why did it have to be so difficult? >> well, there are less than 100 of us left. how long can they, whoever they is -- how long can we be disrespected? >> reporter: she answered a question with another question. in menlo park, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> that is going to do it for this edition of abc 7 news at 4. thanks for joining us.

>> abc 7 news at 5 begins right now with dan and kristen. one of the most outrageous examples of perjury by a police officer. >> only on abc 7 news, the surveillance video that prompted a judge to call a local police officer a liar. a bicyclist gets hit when a squad car pulls into his path. what department is saying tonight. plus, new video from inside a skydiving plane that flipped upside down in a vineyard in the valley. and whales taking over the bay? why local scientists were hoping to keep them a secret. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist cindy sind sandhya patel. >> announcer: live from the kgo-tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. another black eye for the sfpd. new tonight, a spect who could have gone to prison for a long time gets off scot-free because a judge concluded an officer lied in court. abc 7 news reporter vic lee has

the story you'll see only on 7. vic? >> kristen, among prosecutors and defense lawyers, there is a term they use for this. instead of testifying they call it test i lying. that's apparently what happened in federal court yesterday at a hearing. then came a video which the san francisco public defender's office gave to the suspect's federal lawyers. federal prosecutors had no idea that lawyers for brandon simpson, the suspect arrested with a loaded gun, had the security video, evidence that would result in a dismissal of the case. officer nicholas buckley had signed this sworn declaration detailing the arrest last december in the tenderloin. he was testifying yesterday in federal court before judge charles breyer. he repeated what he said in his declaration, that he and his partner had just broken up a dice game on eddie and taylor streets, that he engaged simpson who looked suspiciously at him, ignored his commands, acted aggressively, and tried to

sprint away up the hill. buckley and other officers took him down and arrested him. that's when they found a gun. public defender jeff adachi has a different account. >> they went into court and just told bold-faced lies to the judge and to the u.s. attorney. >> reporter: after buckley testified, simpson's lawyers showed the court a security video from an apartment building near the intersection. it shows officer buckley and his partner arriving first and breaking up the dice game. they interact with simpson. there's no evidence he acted aggressively nor did he try to escape by sprinting up a hill. they grab him quickly and take him down. other cops arrive and help as they struggle with simpson on the ground. >> they went up to this man and basically grabbed him for no reason. >> reporter: after viewing the video, prosecutors asked judge breyer to drop the charges. the judge said the officer purr jurored himself and it was an affront to all of