concrete wall to tilt dangerously. tonight, the city says, though, the situation is safe. sky 7 was over 33 tehama where workers are under way to repair a pump atop the high rise to lean. the accident caused panic in the financial district wednesday afternoon as 16 buildings around the high rise were evacuated. the order was lifted hours later when the slab was stabilized except for this tech building that is still off limits. >> if they say that it is safe, i guess it is. >> reporter: david works in the shadow of the high rise. many of his co-workers didn't show up today and for now he's taking precautions. >> i'm staying away from the sky lights and, you know, maybe the top level. but just trying to stay as safe as possible. >> our city has issued a notice of violation on 33 tehama. >> reporter: the supervisor says this notice halts construction at the building except for the

repair work that's still going on. it gives the construction company and developer 48 hours to give the city a status report on the fix-its. cam is demanding more information. >> is this something that is systematically at issue with our inspection process that allowed this oversight to take place. >> in the 11 years i've been at the building department, i've never heard of a construction incident like this. >> reporter: the building's texas developer hines news that the forms are now in a stable condition. we checked with cal osha which found five violations from the buildings construction company land lease since 2011 involving worker safety and equipment not in safe, working order. as you can see, between first and second street, it is off

limits. we do not know when it will be reopened. cornell bernard, abc7 news. a truck driver suffered serious injuries after his truck overturned after hitting two other vehicles around 4:30 a.m. along northbound 880 near 5th avenue. a woman riding from the truck was also thrown from the cab. the woman had minor injuries. all lanes reopened just after 11:00 this morning. we'll turn now to our weather. take a look behind us. >> not bad. >> it looks great. however, a live look from our mt. tam camera and you can see a little bit more clouds over there and more rain is headed our way. >> let's check in with spencer christian with our forecast. spencer? >> larry communicated a lot with that. however, here's live doppler 7. the clouds are prominent. before we get to the animation, i want to show you a flood

warning in effect for this area in the sacramento valley from woodland down to davis until 2:14 tomorrow morning and flash flood watch until noon tomorrow including vallejo and interstates 80 and 680. a wind advisory for much of the bay area from 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. tomorrow. let's get to aour approaching storm. moderate and heavy showers for the morning and afternoon hours. here's the forecast animation. 8:00 tonight, notice the increase in clouds. the storm is moving up from the south this time. not the usual pattern. by 5:00, continuing through the morning commute and actually the first half of the day we'll see showers, moderate and heavy at times before they wind down. layer sfl

larry? >> thanks, spencer. let's get to the oroville dam. repairs continue for the third straight day on that damaged spillway. the lake's level has dropped 32 feet since the emergency spillway went into use and it's expected to continue dropping. so good news there. officials slowed the release of water today so crews could remove debris from the bottom of the spillway which will allow them to eventually restart the dam's power plant. >> at this point, i do not have any information to suggest that the threat level has increased necessitating an imminent evacuation. >> the national guard is getting ready just in case. officials have identified three areas that cause the most concern for possible flooding. one of those areas is 100% repaired and another is 69% fixed and the third is only 25% repaired. let's take a look at the central

valley now. the san joaquin river is now above flood stage. the river rose above 29 feet around 1:00 this afternoon. look at this. some people in the city between tracy and stockton are getting around their homes in boats. into mobile power generators are on standby waiting for the call. the emergency power systems are being used more and more by pg&e to get the lights back on during storm-driven outages. many units are already loaded up and ready to go. they have already been used this winter to provide power in san rafael, diablo and fairfield. >> part of the plan is to prepare for large-scale outages and that's when we call on greko. >> we can power anything from single residents up to 5,000 or

greater. >> the generator systems can be prepositioned ahead of where storms are expected. crews are working to shore up an area where there was a mudslide on highway 17 in santa cruz. it's near vine hill road where mudslides you'll recall damaged an abc7 news van with one of our colleagues inside. it was a very scary scene. another separate truck incident that occurred. meanwhile, the cost of all of these road closures and repairs like highway 17 and this one on highway 37, they are really adding up. officials with the department of transportation say repaving the state's roads after recent winter weather could cost the state some $401 million. new at 4:00, solano county authorities are investigating a case of tuberculosis. this is at armijo high school.

they are looking at an active tuberculosis case. they are not releasing any information about the patient, citing privacy laws. so we don't know if the victim is a student or a faculty member. scott's seafood has been ordered to pay $841,000 for illegally constructing a pavilion near the water. that environmental fine may be cut in half. laura laura anthony is live. laura? >> reporter: hi, larry. some see the pavilion behind me as a huge asset in oakland but many consider it a restaurant owner run amok and a government body that's done little about it. >> they've been defiant over a repeated period of time. >> reporter: it's taken nearly 20 years to get to this point as scott's seafood as failed to obey the commission and the commission has done little about

it. >> public access is your job, 100-foot setback is your job. >> reporter: the issue, this pavilion. scott's added retractible walls and doors as has exceeded the 70 events per year. >> scott's overstepped. >> reporter: last year, scott's and the commission's staff came to an agreement that the restaurant would pay the $250,000 fine but they rejected the deal and tripled the fine. now this committee is recommending that the fine be reduced to $395,000. >> i think we need to discuss with staff a little bit more about whether we're going to contest this. but at least we're happy that it's not 841. >> this is disappointing. it's a big fine and they deserved a bigger fine.

they've been flagrantly violating the fine for years. >> reporter: they will vote in early april. in oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. an officer will not face charges for a fatal shooting of a mentally disabled man armed with a rig. investigators say dash cam video show alt charging at officers with the rake raised over his head. he was tased at first and then shot and killed by officer bailey when he kept approaching. san francisco police have arrested a suspect following a murder near the civic center. the victim crashed his suv into a parked car after being shot early yesterday morning. that man, 34-year-old preston bradford, died after being rushed to a trauma center. the suspect was caught in oakland late last night. police have not said whether the shooting was random or targeted.

one san francisco supervisor thinks you should pay a toll to drive down the so-called crookedest street in the world. lombard street attracts about 2 million visitors a year. residents are fed up with traffic jams. they believe charging a toll would improve the quality of life for russian hill residents. coming up at 5:00, kate larsen will have more on this proposal. san francisco has a street that's even crookeder, if that's a word. a lot less famous than lombard street. you can see where vermont street. it's tucked in to u.s. 101. sky 7 flew over the road as this driver negotiated down the hill very slowly earlier today. well, a major walkout across the u.s. thousands of kids are out of school and even more people were off the job.

the day without immigrants and the effect on the economy. plus -- well, you can't advise someone when they don't want to get your advice. >> we'll tell you why 16 out of 20 people have now left. plus -- he said, hi, grandpa. i said, who's this? >> the phone scam targeting seniors. tips from the scammers themselves that could help prevent you or your loved one from becoming a victim. at 4:11, our first live at the afternoon commute on 680 in walnut creek. northbound traffic is oncoming not as heavy as it usually is at

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immigrants across the court stayed home from work and school today. a day without immigrants were held today and the bay area was a big part of the protest. a rally was held in san francisco's city hall to make the argument that the u.s. needs its immigrants. abc7 news' matt keller was there. >> reporter: the largest school district in santa clara received phone calls saying that their students would be absent. >> i couldn't quote you the number because we don't track immigrant tat t immigrant status which is one way we protect them. >> reporter: they are staying home today to take part in a day

without immigrants protest. they want to show how critical they are to the economy and the way of life. >> as far as we're concerned, it's our job to educate them when they are not in class. >> many stores and restaurants are staying close in support of the protest. gazzali's is closed down for the first time ever. chavez supermarkets is also closed. >> i hope it gets to his attention that it's not a good thing to do because without the immigrants here, this country would be nothing. >> reporter: but not everybody is happy. eli showed up at 7:00 at the chavez supermarket in san jose saying he was supposed to be stocking shelves but with the doors closed, he'll be losing money. >> one less paycheck for my family. >> reporter: we reached out to chavez this morning to find out if they are paying their employees for today but we have

yet to hear back from them. >> we reached out to san jose unified. the school tells us some students were missing because of the protests. 290 people were absent yesterday and more than 1100 missed school today. there were 10% more absences today. napa valley reported 1100 absences. and in san francisco unified, absences really weren't anything unusual today. >> a new report is touting the impact that immigrants have on the u.s. economy. the partnership for the new american economy say immigrants earned $1.3 trillion in 2014 and contributed $329 billion in state, local and federal taxes. the partnership for a new american economy is a coalition of business leaders and mayors launched by michael bloomberg and rupert murdoch. and a day without a woman, the same people who organized

the women's march on washington, d.c., are behind the call for a general strike. it will take place on wednesday, march 8th. a group of music fans and rock and roll legends plan to sue san francisco after being rejected again to stage a huge free concert that would mark the 50th anniversary of the summer of love. members spoke outside the city hall before the park commission meeting. commissioners stood by their earlier denial of the permit. that request to use golden gate park cited safety and security issues. >> this specific concert promoter has not complied to the safety requirements. >> there's never been a security problem. it's a little bit crowded. >> concert promoters had planned their show for june. >> well, from summer shows to

both in terms of quantity and quality. kristen sze is here with dramatic new satellite images that show what a difference the few months make. kristen? >> larry and ama, satellite images from nasa, this was last april coming off of a very dry winter and i'll show you in particular san pablo bay here. the water is as green as the ocean. now i'll bring up the same bay. we're talking about this week a look at san pablo bay now. that is sediment washed in from the sierra and central valley. just a big difference for you right there. now i want to take you north. we're talking about lake oroville down to sacramento. on the left split screen, you can see november of last year and this is just this week.

there is robust amounts of water from feather river to sacramento river. but take a look. a few months ago, you can't even see that. what water flow? you couldn't even tell. the other thing, the colors of the bay down below, look at that, brown now and green just a few months ago. now, you'll probably wonder, is all of this good or bad? well, the raging rivers are dumping it into the bay as we see from this photo gallery and the sediment hurts clams and kril. so pros and cons for you. lauri larry, ama?

>> here's a look at live doppler 7. lots of blue skies but it won't last very long. this repetitive pattern begins tomorrow morning. there is blue sky from the rooftop camera. it's currently 61 degrees and 59 at half moon bay. a cloudy review as we look from the sutro tower even though the storm is not coming from the northwest, it's coming from the south, lots of clouds are drifting in. 59 degrees in santa rosa westward out over the bay, we have isolate clouds. low and dark clouds out over the bay. it's rainy and windy for the morning commute. occasional showers over the weekend and this wet pattern continues into late next week.

the storm ranks 1 on the storm impact scale. moderate to heavy showers morning and amp nofternoon. 3:00 tomorrow morning, at that point, most of the bay area will be dry. notice the wave of rainfall coming up from the south. that pattern continues into the morning commute as the morning commute gets under way, we see pockets of moderate to heavy rain through the central part of the bay area. most of the rain will be light but the moderate showers have become more widespread as we get later into the morning hours and into the midday hours. we won't see the steady rain breaking up until probably about the middle of the afternoon tomorrow and then it winds down into the evening and late night hours at 6:00 tomorrow mornings, we see gusts from 20 to 30 miles per hour. and then gusts increase from 30 to 50 miles per hour and just

gradually ease up into the midday hours and then finally winds moderate going into the late afternoon. rainfall totals, under .01 and santa cruz mountain locations and over in the sierra, a winter weather advisory in effect from 7:00 a.m. tomorrow until 10:00 a.m. saturday. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. it ranks 1 on the storm impact scale as well for saturday and sunday a stronger storm and on monday, rainy conditions. we're ranking that one a 2 right now. and then followed basis testimonies ranking 1 on the impact scale for tuesday, wednesday and thursday. and that's the repetitive pattern. >> ever get rain fatigue? >> i have it already. i feel soggy right now. >> well, you don't look it. >> thank you, spencer. the hiding place that was a little too good. what workers of a recycling plant found when they took apart an old tv and it's the second

big find this week. and in honor of black history month, we're using the bay area instagram feed to celebrate the people making a difference where you live and we're recognizing the first african-american female aviator, bessie coleman. she spent part of her career in oakland. she's remembered with a large sign at oakland international airport. we have lots more information on

announced today, felicity jones will serve as presenters at the oscar ceremony a week from sunday. past oscar winners javier bardem and charlize theron will take to the presentation stage as well as well as brie larson.

you can watch this on sunday, february 26th. our coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. on abc7. we have proof that recycling your electronics can pay off big. really, really big. an employee at a recycling center in canada was taking apart an old tv when he found $100,000 in cash inside. turns out, about 30 years ago the original owner stashed the money in a box and he put it inside the tv. he was planning to one day give it to family members as an inheritance but forgot all about it. he found documents inside the tv which led police to find the rightful owner and they gave him back the cash. >> wow. >> yeah. that story comes a day after we brought you the story of a woman who had $8,000 returned to her from a southern california goodwill store. she donated a budge of her husband's shirts. she didn't know that he had hid $8,000 in a pocket for a surprise visit to italy.

goodwill employees went through stacks and stacks of clothes. they finally found the money and returned it to its rightful owner. well, the mass exodus from a presidential commission that includes some people right here in the bay area. plus -- i'm not ranting and raving. i'm loving this. i'm having a good time doing it. >> president trump lashing out at the media again. and the effort to keep people safe by looking do tomorrow's the day we'll play something besides video games. every day is a gift. especially for people with heart failure. but today there's entresto... a breakthrough medicine that can help make more tomorrows possible. tomorrow, i want to see teddy bait his first hook. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto.

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and here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. a broken piece of equipment is being fixed in san francisco. it prompted evacuations yesterday. all construction at 33 tehama must stop until the repairs are made. cornell bernard tweeted this photograph of a violation notice that's been posted on the building by the city. restaurants throughout the bay area are participating in the nationwide day without immigrants protests. lyanne melendez spotted this sign in san francisco. for the first time since taking office, president donald trump took questions from the media today. much of the focus was on the media and russia.

mr. trump called the leaks real but the news fake. kenneth is live in washington, d.c., now. kenneth? >> reporter: it was an incredible press conference. president trump's message to the people. >> i don't think there's ever been a president elected who, in this short period of time, has done what we've done. >> reporter: trump covered a wide range of topics from his executive orders to fulfilling campaign promises. but in a surprise move, he took questions for nearly 90 minutes, tackling everything from russia to the administration chaos. >> there's zero chaos. we are running -- this is a fine-tuned machine. >> reporter: the president delivered a blistering attack on the media pushing back against "the new york times" report that the intelligence community is

investigating the ties to russia. >> i have no loans in russia. i don't have any deals in russia. >> reporter: on the one hand, the president called the stories fake news and on the other, he's declaring those who are leaking information to the media. >> the news is fake because so much of the news is fake. >> reporter: house gop members focused on the leaks they want investigated. >> if classified information is being leaked, that is criminal. >> we do not know all of the facts but we all already know that something is rotten in the state of denmark. >> reporter: and on those leaks, the president said he called the justice department to investigate the former director of national intelligence said leaks need to be investigated but not in a manner that's disparaging or destructive to the entire intelligence community. larry? >> the whole reason for the news conference in the first place got overshadowed by all of the

q&a. what do we know about the president's new labor secretary nominee? >> he's a man by the name of alex acosta and a dean at a law school in florida. he's been confirmed three times for the senate for posts that needed nate confirmation and he's also been a member on the national labor relations board. he's a guy that some say should have been nominated the first time around but he is the person and he's nominated now after the first person for labor secretary withdrew his name under controversy. and if confirmed for labor, acosta will be the first and possibly the only hispanic on trump's cabinet. >> all right. kenneth, thank you, live in washington. president trump announced today that his new narrower executive travel ban is coming and tailored to what he called a bad ruling by a bad court. >> we're going to keep going with that decision. we're going to put in a new executive order next week

sometime. but we had a bad decision. that's the only thing that was wrong with the travel ban. >> last week, a three-judge panel of the ninth circuit court of appeals in san francisco un nan unanimously ruled that it violated due process. you can watch the entire press conference on our website. a mass exodus from the president's advisory commission on asians, 16 of the 20 members have resigned, including some here in the bay area. >> today, melanie woodrow spoke with one of the commissioners who resigned as well as one who is staying on. melanie? >> larry and ama, they are a liaison between the community and the government. the commissioners who remain say they want to see projects all the way through to completion and others say the communication is practically closed. until yesterday, dr. win was the

chair of the president's advisory commission on asian americans and pacific islanders. of 20 pictured here, 16 have now resigned. four resigned when president trump was elected. >> about a week before he was actual actually inaugurated, we sent him a letter to ask him for a meeting to talk about his priorities. we never received an answer to that. we were told that there is basically no way to communicate information to the president unless it's congruent with his policies. >> reporter: policies dr. win says he and other commissioners do not support. >> the most substantial border security measures in a generation. >> reporter: from immigration policies. >> we've ordered a crackdown on sanctuary cities that refuse to comply with federal law. >> reporter: to health care policies. abc7 news reached out to the four commissioners who remain.

by e-mail one said, i am staying on because i'm still working with the white house initiative on asian americans and pacific islanders staff on a few remaining projects and wish to complete them. dr. win believes president trump will other appoint replacements for those who have resigned, create a new commission or do nothing at all and let the current commission lapse. melanie woodrow, abc7 news. a man pled guilty in the terror case in san bernardino. the plea agreement was accepted by a federal judge in riverside. in addition to providing material support to terrorists, he conspired with one of the shooters to plot other mass killings that were never carried out. under this plea deal, marquez could face up to 25 years in prison. a sentencing hearing is set for august 2nd.

a massive recall involving 700,000 strollers. we'll tell you if your stroller is affected. plus, more of these heart sculptures will soon be left in san francisco. the good cause behind the art. i'm spencer christian. here's a look at the bright sunny skies right now but clouds are under

expect to see more of these

giant hearts in san francisco. 32 sculptures were on display by local artists and sold to raise funds for the san francisco general hospital's foundation. one of those hearts was made by a doctor at sf general. >> he created a heart out of all of the notes that she had taken when she was in medical school and then cut them into beautiful butterflies and flowers and adorned a heart with those. >> how cool. since 2004, the foundation has raised more than $15 million for sf general. an effort kicked off today to help give a fighting chance to every baby. that's an enthusiastic crowd in san francisco today. natasha received the march for babies kickoff. it's the first step in organizing teens for the annual walk.

premature death is the number one cause of death for babies. last year, the walk raised $90 million. this year it's in april. live doppler 7 showing quiet conditions right now but it will change overnight as rain arrives and snow is in the sierra. winter weather advisory from 7:00 a.m. tomorrow until 10:00 a.m. saturday. we'll see between 6 inches and 12 inches of snow down at lake level. heavy at times with gusty winds and dangerous driving conditions. the rain chances over the next seven days, we have very strong chances through next thursday -- through next wednesday, rather, with only a 10% chance next thursday. let me give you a little bit of a view of the weekend conditions. forecast animation starting at midnight tonight or 12:00 a.m. tomorrow, here's what we can expect tomorrow. a dry break will develop tomorrow after morning showers, especially in the afternoon. it is going to be pretty calm and dry, even bright and sunny

for periods of the afternoon and then clouds thicken and rain moves in overnight into sunday. sunday starts off as a wet day. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. periods of wet weather every single day through the seven-day period with a possible exception of next thursday. we're looking at rainy and windy conditions tomorrow morning. tomorrow morning's commute will be a messy one. storm tomorrow ranks 1 on the impact scale. a stronger storm comes in on monday. presidents' day ranking 2 on the storm impact scale. we may get relief next thursday. let's hope that holds up. >> all right. thank you, spencer. >> all right. do you have a baby or a toddler at home, you want to listen up. there's a major stroller safety alert. the recall that has just been issued. pus -- >> it's saving my life. i feel lucky that i'm the first one. the new device developed right here in the bay area that could help sleep apnea sufferers and it's powered by something that you may have played with as a child. by the way, tomorrow i'm

heading to new orleans. warrior stars steph curry, draymond green and the entire coaching staff will all be there as part of the western conference team. my

millions of people suffer from a condition called sleep apnea that can rob them of sleep to the point of exhaustion. now researcers are testing a new device. it's powered by something you may have played with as a child. >> reporter: for most of us, eight hours of sleep is rev rejuvenating. for others, it can be torture. >> i was waking up multiple times a night. i hadn't been breathing for over a minute. >> reporter: j.j. suffers from obstructive sleep apnea, a condition so severe, he says it left him like a walking zombie during the day. it's typically triggered when muscles that keep your air passages at night overrelax and collapse. >> when he has that obstruction in sleep, his lungs and brain are not getting the oxygen he needs and it causes his brain to lead him or trigger him to wake

up. >> reporter: j.j. first tried a pressurized air mask known as the c-pap but like a significant number of patients, he just couldn't sleep with it on. then, in the first of its kind neck surgery, an experimental device was implanted in jrk .j. that was designed to keep his airway open with a magnet. >> it's placed under the skin and secured to that bone with a couple stitches. >> reporter: then at night, j.j. puts on a collar containing a second magnet. the attraction pulls the magnet forward pulling open his airway at the same time. >> it sounded fine to me. i know how magnets work. >> reporter: this is the brain child of dr. mike harrison. he first used the concept on children with sunken chest to pull the bones forward. >> this idea about obstructive sleep apnea came directly from that because i was thinking about, i wonder what else we could pull out that would be

useful. >> it's saving my life. i feel lucky that i'm the first one. >> reporter: it's now in clinical trial at ucsf. the only significant side effect so far is a temporary soreness when swallowing. as for the benefits, it could give j.j. an attractive new fashion option as well. >> take this, tuxedo land. >> wow. well, j.j. does wear a special dog tag warning doctors and emergency responders that he can't be placed in an mri because of the magnet. a massive recall involving nearly 700,000 strollers in the u.s. after dozens of kids have gotten hurt. britex says the problem is with their click and go strollers. children can fallout of the car seat. they've received complaints and this is includes the be agile and bob motion models. the consumer product safety

commission says you can contact britex for a free repair kit. you can find those documents on abc7news.com. dutch engineers believe they've found a way to keep distracted pedestrians from stepping into traffic without looking. this is an l.e.d. light that is embedded in the pavement. red to stop, green to go. so far, the dutch traffic safety association has criticized the lights which were installed in an amsterdam suburb. they believe people should just watch where they are going. >> look up. in if you're being looking for something to do this weekend, we have some ideas. >> reggie aqui has some ideas from hoodline. >> it's fun, home. fun home.

and a stars a woman i knew from college. she won miss america when we were both at northwestern. >> because the last time i saw you, you were miss america. in person, i mean. then i see you on person on stage and your hair is chopped. >> right. it's totally gone. >> i see everything. >> caption, my dad and i were nothing alike. >> hair has always been one of those things that made me feel feminine and to me that is something that i value. like, why does this mean feminine? and why do i need that? and so it's caused me to ask some of those questions. >> that's kate, one of the leads in "fun home" which won a tony in 2014. it's based on a true story of a lesbian examining her dysfunctional family's past. >> i walk out the stage door and there are kids just crying saying they cried the whole way through because they are going through it right now and what they need is someone to see them.

>> "fun home" is a debut show for san francisco's renovated theater, everything from the seats to the 95-year-hold chandelier were renovated. your last chance to catch a show. everyone has seen it and absolutely loved it. or perhaps you'd rather take your clothes off for charity. saturday is the cupid's undie run. the appetite you build up from that can lead to you a sushi-making event in soma. all of the details right now on hoodline will link you to abc7news.com. have a great weekend. when it comes to picking up the check, it appears traditional dating rules apply in the minds of many. 85% of men say they should pick up the tab on a first date. 72% of women think men should foot the bill. online survey company survey

monkey got feedback on love and finances on nearly 5,000 people and found 43% of men say they usually shell out between 50 and $99 on a first date while 47% of women say first dates don't need to be that expensive. they feel 25 to $49 is a good start. did you ever get asked out where a guy expected you to pay or dutch? >> i can't remember -- not that i can remember. or maybe i've blocked it out. huh-uh. no. i don't know. >> you lost his number quickly. i'd say this, if you're a guy and expect her to pay on the first date, the likelihood of a second date is slim to none. so keep that in mind. all right. well, helping stop scams in their tracks. tips from the con artists themselves. >> perfect victim is somebody living alone over the age of 65. the warning signs of how to keep you or your loved ones from becoming a victim. >> kristen has a look at what say head at 5:00. >> a smoky fire in san francisco

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it is tgit. at 8:00, it's grey's anatomy followed by scandal and then how to get away with murder and then stay with us for the news the 11:00. you've probably heard of the phone calls that target the elderly, they call and say they need help right away. how do you know if it's a scam? >> we offer tips on how you or a loved one can avoid being the next victim. >> reporter: richard would do anything for his family. >> my first thought was, i want to help.

>> reporter: this unconditional love is what scammers were hoping for when they called pretending to be his grandson. >> this young voice said, hi, grandpa. i said, who's this? he said, it's kenny. don't you recognize my voice? >> reporter: but it wasn't kenny. it was a con artist with a story about getting into trouble with the law and needing money for bail called the grandparents' scam. it's happening across the country. >> the perfect victim is somebody living alone over the age of 65. >> reporter: many thieves will do their research collecting details about their victims to make their stories more believable. stephanie zimmerman solves a wide range of consumer problems. >> sometimes they purchase stolen information, stolen names and numbers. they also scan owe bbituaries a look for relationships.

>> if you receive that phone call, stop, take a breath, slow it down. >> reporter: second, guard your personal information. >> the scammers will do anything to get information about you. >> reporter: third, ask questions that only the real person would know, things that can't be found online, like, what did i send you for your birthday or what did i call you as a child? and, of course, if something doesn't sound right, just keep asking questions. that's what richard did and it saved him from getting scammed. >> apparently, the request for home address rattled him and then he hung up. >> reporter: if you're contacted by one of these scammers, report it immediately. the fbi says they are highly sophisticated and you shouldn't feel that there is a stigma attached with having fallen victim abc7 news, washington. get the latest news and weather with the abc7 news app. >> thank you for joining us at

4:00. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm larry beil. abc7 news at 5:00 starts right now. for about $100. >> oh, no. no hundred. no. >> how much would you pay to drive down lombard street? the proposed fee could be a first. staying away to stand up. immigrants all over show their presence but students may have had the biggest impact. police need your help finding this man that may lead to an arrest in a road rage killing. economic snapshot. san francisco's loss is san jose's gain and the mayor couldn't be happier. >> san jose is the place where great minds come to meet. a new twist for lombard street in san francisco. drivers could have to pay to access the crookedest street in the city. why make them pay? good evening. i'm dan ashley.

>> and i'm kristen sze. it's a big change that could make life a lot easier for people who live on lombard. it means tourists may one day need reservations to drive down it. kate larsen is there live. kate, what's driving this idea? >> reporter: kristen, you know, it's quiet here right now at hyde and lombard but on the weekend there are lines of cars. a neighborhood association and the city are hoping to change that by adding a toll system in the hopes that it reduces some of that tourist traffic. >> in the summer, weekends and so on, traffic can back up five blocks down the street. >> they are trying to make the neighborhood more liveable. >> people can't get out of their own homes because of the line-up of traffic. >> 2 mli