philanthropist qu hong to bring in a check for $5 million. it all happened when he and the mayor talked on the phone about the big job of restoring the lives of flood victims. >> i asked him approximate how much it cost. he told me about $5 million. okay? at first i told him, okay, i have $2 million. >> reporter: going from $2 million to $5 million wasn't a stretch. a billionaire philanthropist who is committed to curing cancer and housing the homeless. he immigrated from vietnam in 1973 and eventually started a biotech company. this takes the flood relief fund from 1 to $6 million. >> today he is helping enormously to heal san jose, and we are so incredibly grateful for his philanthropy here today. >> reporter: mr. wong took a short walk around the rock springs neighborhood. many of the residents are immigrants from vietnam.

the mayor had outlined earlier how the money would be used. >> housing, try to clean up the water, try to resolve conditions so the people can move in. >> reporter: he says he plans to hold the mayor accountable for making sure the money depose directly to flood victims. in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. >> this is fantastic but the flood victims still need more help because that recovery is going to be expensive. you can donate $10 to the red cross by texting the words "red cross" to 90999 and that charge will show up on your phone bill. the u.s. army corps of engineers is responding to questions about why more wasn't done to prevent the devastating flooding in the coyote creek area. a 1997 study showed the cost of federal participation in flood control risk management would outweigh the benefits. this morning the santa clara valley water district announced it will be reaching out to the army corps again and to congress for federal money after last

month's devastating floods. the district is now drawing up new flood control plans. the army corps hopes to work together with the water district to fix the problem. >> there's a myriad of ideas that are coming forth, so we're going to listen to all of it and then we'll make our decision and we're going to fund it and do it and fix this once and for all. >> the early damage estimate from last month's flooding now tops $73 million and is expected to climb. stocks surged today on wall street sending the dow jones industrials to a new all-time high. the dow rose more than 303 points, closing above 21,000 for the very first time. analysts credit the huge jump in part to what they say was president trump's measured tone in last night's address to congress. in addition to the dow, both the nasdaq and the s&p 500 recorded big gains in trading today. abc 7 news was in san francisco's sunset district today as homeland security and

drug enforcement agents swarmed a home. a spokesman for immigration and customs enforcement tells abc 7 there was an undercover narcotics investigation. we saw teams wearing protective suits and at least one man come out in handcuffs. abc 7 has confirmed the identities of all five people involved in a deadly crash in riverside. those include the pilot and registered owner of the plane and his wife, dana. both lived in san jose. also killed, 22-year-old ad dmt ine fareles. the survivors are silvia and stacy pierce. there is reaction now from the fareles family. >> reporter: you can hear thebr >> i appreciate her so much and now realize what it is i'm losing. >> reporter: his sister,

22-year-old adine, was one of three people killed in a plane crash on monday. she and her mom were flying with friends. her mom was one of two survivors. the cessna is owned by nor nori ajazi. before takeoff adine and her mom called brandon. >> before they took off, they gave me a call and told me the weather wasn't the best out there, it probably wasn't the best decision and they decided to go for it anyway. >> reporter: they were returning from a cheerleading competition in southern california where adine and brandon's younger sister competed. she came back by bus with the rest of her team. >> to help her in the future become a strong woman just like my mother and sister. >> reporter: adine was a teacher. they released saying she had a strong passion for children. our community has lost a very special person. she will be deeply missed. the faa and ntsb are still investigating the cause of this

crash. in los gatos, matt keller, abc 7 news. we're also hearing from relatives of another victim, the sister-in-law of stacey pierce, one of the two survivors. >> you just don't think this -- you see these things on tv and don't think this will happen to your family. it's surreal watching it knowing these were members of our family. >> stacey is listed in critical condition today in a southern california burn unit. her mother, again, did not survive. they were coming back from a cheerleading competition when their plane went down. the team they were watching, union middle school from san jose, won the competition. all the cheerleaders rode back safely on a team bus. a carjacking suspect is now in custody after leading southern california authorities on a slow-speed chase and standoff that lasted three and a half hours. police say that chase began around 7:40 this morning in south l.a., winding its way to playa del ray and then los angeles international airport,

el segundo and manhattan beach. officers rammed the suspect's car on pacific coast highway an surrounded it almost two hours before the man gave up without further incident. in oakland this afternoon, the city's new police chief is looking forward to reshaping the department. >> my focus is the future and transformation and being the best of the best. >> abc 7 news reporter laura anthony sat down with chief anne kirkpatrick today and is live in oakland with the story. lura. >> reporter: hi, ama. the new chief is just getting settled in here at police headquarters. while she is optimistic about the future, she's not shying away from the controversies of the past. >> you got it? okay, let's do it. >> reporter: barely three days into her new job as oakland's top cop, anne kirkpatrick told us she's ready to tackle the city's biggest challenges and take the heat when necessary. >> we have to own our mistakes. as a police chief in america, i do know that we have erred.

i will accept that. i own it. but now can we get to common ground. >> reporter: kirkpatrick is taking over a department that's seen a revolving door of chiefs and one reeling from a recent sex scandal involving several ex-officers and an underage teen. a scandal that prompted angry mayor libby schaaf to characterize her own department as a frat house. >> my whole focus is not about that statement, my focus is about our future and that's where my whole mindset is. it's where are we going forward? >> reporter: kirkpatrick also inherits a more recent controversy involving a gun-toting man who terrorized a neighborhood, fired on police and even pointed his gun at our sky 7 helicopter. some community members have raised questions about why police didn't arrest the gunman in two prior visits and whether homeless african-american man, a victim himself. may have been mistreated by police. kirkpatrick will meet with people from that neighborhood this week. >> we own it.

we are going to address the fact that mistakes occurred, we're going to acknowledge it and talk about how we correct it for the future. >> reporter: unlike chiefs before her, kirkpatrick plans to make oakland her permanent home. >> i love oakland. i think it's an incredibly beautiful city. i cannot wait to bring my family out here to see it. >> reporter: in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. let's talk weather, shall we? this is a nice sunny afternoon across the bay area. live doppler 7 showing clear skies everywhere. 59 degrees in san francisco right now, low to mid-60s at mountain view, oakland, san jose, gilroy, 55 at half moon bay. looking westward from emeryville, right now it's from the mid-60s in santa rosa, napa, novato, fairfield, concord. 60 at livermore. our next storm will be coming in this weekend, so look for increasing clouds on saturday and some light rain developing

at least, the storm dropping down from the gulf of alaska bringing cold air with it. i'll give you a look at that a little later. today a top nfl official confirmed the league did receive an updated stadium proposal by the group that's working to keep the raiders in oakland. nfl executive vice president told abc 7 news that the league received the proposal from the fortress investment group last week, that is led by hall of famer ronnie lott. the offer was reviewed but he refused to comment on it. meanwhile multiple sources say oakland mayor libby schaaf will meet with owners next week during stadium and finance committee meetings in florida. the raiders are also expected to present an update on their las vegas stadium effort. major excavation work began today on san francisco's first bus rapid transit system. abc 7 news was on van ness avenue where heavy digging began. prep work began last november and it was narrowed from three lanes to two in each direction.

the project will convert one of the lanes into bus only lanes in both directions from mission to lombard street. city leaders attended today's ground breaking and hailed the project. >> this is going to be one of the most important transit projects in our city, and i cannot wait until this happens because it's going to make a huge difference. >> preliminary data shows it will improve travel times for muni riders by 32%. construction is expected to take three years. much more ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00. >> what, you drove the prices on blak. >> yes, you did. >> uber's pr crisis goes from bad to worse. the newly released video that has the company's ceo admitting he has some growing up to do. also, what a difference a year makes in the sierra. this is a view from space. next, the staggering amount of snow state officials found on the ground today. and kevin durant down.

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over the company lowering its rates. >> lost $97,000 because of you. i bankrupt because of you. the whole business. >> what, what? >> you dropped the prices. >> on black. >> yes, you did. it started with $20. how much is the mile now, 2.75? >> you know what? >> what? >> some people don't like to take responsibility for their own [ bleep ]. they blame everything in their life on somebody else. >> good luck. >> good luck to you too. >> reporter: after the video surface ed he wrote to the employees to say that i -- this is the first time i've been willing to admit that i need leadership help and i intend to get it. the latest in a series of public relations nightmares, reigniting the #deleteuber which started when the company was accused of

taking advantage of a taxi strike that protested president trump's travel ban. uber came under fire when a former employee accused uber are turning a blind eye to sexual harassment. the transportation giant hired former u.s. attorney general eric holder to conduct an internal investigation with the ceo tweeting there can be absolutely no place for this kind of behavior at uber. now he's apologizing for his behavior, saying he's sorry to that driver and to all uber customers. marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. the bonus that belongs to the ceo of yahoo! marissa mayer, will instead go to yahoo! employees. it's because of the data breach that happened back in 2014, which was only recently revealed. since it happened while she was in charge, she agreed to forego her annual bonus and annual equity grant. this afternoon snap, the company behind snapchat priced its highly anticipated initial public offering at $17 a share. that's above expectations and values the company at $24 billion.

snap's public trading on the new york stock exchange is set to begin tomorrow. a huge sigh of relief from the golden state warriors. kevin durant is hurt but should be back, if all goes well, in time for the postseason. the all-star forward will miss at least the next four weeks with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee. also has a bone bruise which he suffered in last night's loss at washington. k.d. will be re-evaluated in four weeks. durant's teammates trying to remain optimistic. draymond green tweeting i'm hurt to see my guy k.d. trey 5 go down, that's durant, but it's always strength in numbers. steph tweeted heal up, my man. we'll hold it down until you're back on the court with us. now, this is bad but it's not nearly as bad as the warriors thought last night. there was legitimate concern that durant was going to be lost for the entire season. it feels a lot like last year when steph curry slipped on that we spot in the playoffs and we wondered how the warriors would survive without him.

the big difference of course, we're still six weeks away from the beginning of the playoffs so the warriors just need to tread water for the next month and hopefully be able to hang onto the number one seed in the west. but the lesson we learned last year with steph, you cannot rush k.d. back. we don't know how long it's going to be before he's 100%. nobody knows, he doesn't know. but the championship dreams are still alive. so there's some good news. let him heal up, start the playoffs in six weeks. well, california's water picture keeps getting brighter. today state water officials conducted their latest sierra snowpack survey. >> kristen sze is here with the staggering results. an eye-opening comparison of this year versus the last few years. kristen, this is pretty dramatic. >> yes, absolutely. today is march 1st. state water officials conducted their third snowpack survey of the season. the results are very positive. >> comparing what we measured today, the 43.4, last month we only had 28 inches of water content at this location.

so i really big increase. >> the manual snow survey was done at phillips station in el dorado county. the 43 inches he mentioned is how much water we'd get if it melted all at once. overall the water content in northern sierra is at 161%. in central sierra, 193%. in southern sierra, 204%. and california statewide, up with -- 186%. this means when the snow melts, reservoirs should romai remain and full. i want to show you how much our water picture has changed. this was california in 2015. so here is lake tahoe here. you can see very little white stuff. all right, now let's go ahead and show you 2016. in the middle. pretty much just as dry. you see not very much either. but now let's look at today.

check out how much snow there is. on the right side 2017, white stuff up and down the state. so looking good right now but we'll see if the storms keep up. the final snowpack survey of the season april 1st will be telling. >> thank you, kristen. we do have more precipitation coming, so probably rain for us, snow for them. spencer, i can't believe it's mar 1st. >> i know. >> it's beginning to feel like spring now. here's a look at live doppler 7. we have sunny skies all over the bay area right now. it's feeling like spring about three weeks in advance of the arrival of spring but that's not a bad thing. people are enjoying it. blue skies, as you can see here from our abc 7 rooftop camera looking across the embarcadero. it will be chilly overnight but sunny and mild tonight and friday. rain returns to the bay area this weekend. overnight lows once again will be relatively chilly in our inland valleys where we'll see mid and upper 30s. low 40s generally around the

bay. let's look ahead, the next two days, nice an sunny and mild. high temperatures cloimg in the m mid to upper 60s. breezy with a chance of some rain. so let's take a look at the approaching storm. it ranks 1 on the storm impact scale. a storm of light intensity. this is for saturday and sunday. it will produce light rain at times. not a washout. it will be breezy to gusty along with the storm as well. here's the forecast animation starting saturday morning at 7:00. later in the day we'll see the light rain beginning to push down from the north bay, eastward and southward. by afternoon and evening most parts of the bay area will have received some rainfall. it will continue into sunday morning and start to wind down a bit late in the day on sunday. we project that by 5:00 p.m. sunday rainfall totals will range from about a half inch up to two-thirds of an inch. looks like a relatively even distribution. meanwhile in the sierra greater lake tahoe area, check this out, thursday and friday, pretty mild. clouds increase on friday.

snow showers on saturday and heavier snow on sunday and chillier on sunday as well so the snow may accumulate a few inches. we're looking at maybe up to a foot or more right around the immediate lake tahoe area. up to a foot and a half as a matter of fact south lake tahoe so this will be a significant snowfall. but the rain here in the bay area will not be quite so heavy. this is the accuweather seven-day forecast. two sunny and mild days tomorrow and friday. stormy weather activity on saturday and sunday will rank 1 on the storm impact scale. breezy with a chance late in the day on saturday. showers under breezy conditions on sunday. rainfall totals once again relatively light and then monday, tuesday and wednesday back to dry and mild. up to about 70 degrees inland by next wednesday. >> you're going to like that. >> yes. >> all right, thanks, spencer. consequences for that oscars oops. the academy hands down a punishment after sunday's best picture mixup. and flying free. a sneak preview of a brand new

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the hack involves the site used for wristbands, not the account to buy tickets.

the hackers took names, e-mail addresses, phone numbers and birth dates. victims could get e-mails impersonating the festival. that comes a day after the festival announced lady gaga will highlight both weekends. she's replacing beyonce whose doctor advised the pregnant superstar not to perform. the two accountants responsible for handing out the wrong envelope for best picture at the oscars on sunday will never work at the oscars again. >> "la la land." >> thank you to our incredible cast and crew. there's a mistake. "moonlight," you guys won best picture. >> because of all the commotion surrounding the mixup, barry jenkins, the director of "moonlight" wasn't able to give his planned speech. here's part of what he told the "hollywood reporter" that he wanted to say, quoting, when you watch "moonlight" you don't assume a boy who grew up how and where we did would grow up and make a piece of art that wins an academy award. to anyone watching this who sees

themselves in us, let this be a symbol, a reflection that leads you to love yourself because doing so may be the difference between dreaming it all and somehow through the academy's grace realizing dreams you never allowed yourself to have. next at 4:00, a bold move by some base jumpers in san francisco lands them in jail. city officials worry others could follow suit. and if president trump can do it, how about oprah? the queen of tv discussing a possible presidential run. the palace of fine arts in san francisco is a romantic setting. couples get engaged here quite often. how often are they photographed by a photographer who they didn't hire who got the picture of the moment and the

and here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. there's been an outpouring of generosity following flooding in the south bay. abc 7 news was in san jose as a qu hong donated $5 million. people are trying to salvage what they can from the flooding eight days ago. today a federal judge in oakland ruled that noor salman, the wife of the pulse nightclub shooter can be released on bond. alyssa harrington tweeted the judge issued a 48-hour stay so

prosecutors can appeal the decision. she'll have a live look at what's next in the case at 5:00. there's a movement to end the use of the "r" word when referring to people with disabilities. abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez is in san francisco and tweeted this video of a student rally against the term. we'll hear from students on abc 7 news at 5:00. two men face charges for a daring stunt around midnight. base jumping off the hilton in downtown san francisco. the thrill seekers say police are going too far. officers just spoke about the case and abc 7 news reporter kate larson has an update live from san francisco. >> reporter: officers happened to be near the hotel when they saw the two jumpers floating down to the ground with parachutes. and now they're looking for video evidence. our cameras were there as police took two men into custody. the pair allegedly jumped off the top of the 46-story hilton

hotel in the tenderloin. the officers took their parachutes and other base jumping gear into evidence and they were charged with trespassing and conspiracy. investigators say the men were not guests at the hilton and do not know how they gained access to the hotel's roof. there are witnesses who say they saw a third base jumper, possibly a woman, so police are still looking into those reports. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield spoke to one of the suspects when he was released from jail today. he told her he was not jumping for publicity or attention. police say just because base jumping is not a crime doesn't mean it's safe. >> it is a dangerous thing to do. so while a lot of sports and extreme sports are fun and exciting and thrilling and people like to watch it on various internet channels or on tv, it's still something that's dangerous to the public, especially if people are unaware that this is going to be taking place. >> reporter: base jumping and other extreme sports become very popular on youtube. this video shows parachuters jumping off the world trade

center three years ago, and this is a video from 2010 when a man climbed the millennium tower with suction cups here in san francisco, both illegal and dangerous acts. coming up at 6:00, how sfpd says last night's jump is affecting their outlook on security in the area, especially with all the new skyscrapers going up. kate larson, abc 7 news. the president and his team are following up on the promises made on his speech before a joint session of congress last night. it's a critical moment for the trump administration. as reactions pour in, there's a question, how long will those calls for unity actually last. abc 7 news reporter lana zak has the story. >> reporter: president trump followed up his address to congress by hosting the legislative leadership at the white house. >> we're just here to start the process. it begins as of now. we think we're going to have tremendous success.

>> reporter: but only republicans were in attendance, in stark contract to his message of bipartisan unity last night. >> i am calling on all democrats and republicans in congress to work with us. >> reporter: meanwhile, reactions to the speech continue to come in. >> i thought it was terrific. i thought it was a very strong speech. it was a bold, positive, optimistic vision. >> reporter: most divided along party lines. >> his speeches are always totally detached from reality. >> reporter: but there were also some positive reactions from democrats. >> i ended up applauding more than i expected to last night. i'm interested to see president trump step up to the challenge of transitioning from campaigning to governing. >> reporter: the governing challenge a real one, with americans sharply divided on issues like immigration and health care. >> when we talk about repealing obamacare and we don't really have a replacement in place, that troubles me quite a bit. >> really overwhelmingly positive. it was a fantastic speech. >> reporter: but there was one moment of unity from the speech

that should be lasting. respect afforded to the widow of chief petty officer rhiyan owen the first american combat fatality of the trump administration. there is debate about the success of that yemen raid. central command is undertaking what is called a 15-6 investigation into owens' death but there is no debate about that family's sacrifice. a group of religious leaders celebrate ash wednesday with a twist in san francisco's mission district. abc 7 news was at the 16th street b.a.r.t. station as representatives from several denominations burned papers scribbled with words like exploitation, racism and deportation. they said it was a symbolic gesture to reject president trump's crackdown on undocumented immigrants. >> we must support every person in our country and be able to have a fair process for people to live here. >> after the ceremony, the group

held a procession to st. john the evangelist parish. today the church declared itself a sanctuary for immigrants. well, imagine president oprah. media mogul oprah winfrey says president trump's victory has her wondering whether she could be elected to the white house. in a bloomberg news interview, winfrey said that before mr. trump's election, she thought she didn't have the necessary government experience to run the country but now thinks differently. winfrey pointed to her talk show experience saying its ultimate purpose was to let people know that we really are more alike than we're different. oprah added, she has no actual plans to run. the northeast is bracing for a round of severe weather. this after the midwest and south were hit hard by an outbreak of tornados. the national weather service is on the ground in several states including illinois where the storms were deadly. kenneth mmoton has more. >> reporter: in the middle of the night, pure terror. >> i live in the upstairs apartment. i had to go to the bathtub to

surprise. my whole street is wrecked. >> reporter: in the daylight jaw-dropping destruction across eight states in the midwest. more than two dozen reported tornados. the furniture visible after the roofs were ripped off homes. >> and now it's gone, but it's just a blessing that none of my family was in there. >> reporter: in illinois, storm chasers captured incredible images of twisters. in the community of ottawa, one man was killed when a tree uprooted and came down. >> is your family okay? >> reporter: the governor was on the ground wednesday surveying the damage where dozens of homes are gone. >> we've got to count our blessings. this could have been way worse. the warnings systems worked well. >> reporter: a nursing home with 70 residents inside took a direct hurt joo. >> five residents sustained injuries and one staff member. >> reporter: katv posted this picture, a massive tree almost crashed into this bed. the person sleeping, survived.

but in perryville, missouri, one person was killed when a tornado touched down on i-55. vehicles destroyed. knocked off the highway like toys. the goal now in the midwest, confirming those tornados. the cleanup, and turning the power back on for tens of thousands of people. kenneth moton. facebook is stepping up its suicide prevention efforts. today the social network introduced a suicide prevention feature that uses artificial intelligence to identify posts indicating suicidal or harmful thoughts. if the post is considered urgent, facebook's a.i. unit will directly alert members of the company's community team and action will be taken. coming up at 4:00, abc 7 news reporter vic lee relives one of dianne feinstein's darkest moments when she --

>> ask finney is just ahead so i'm taking your questions on twitter and facebook. post them with the #askfinney and i'll answer them in five or six minutes. i'm spencer christian. we're looking at beautiful blue skies and how long will they last? i'll have the answer to that in my accuweather forecast

tonight at 9:00 on abc 7 you'll see dianne feinstein in one of san francisco's darkest

moments as part of the ground breaking mini series "when we rise." >> senator feinstein rarely talks about the assassination of hrvey milk but in 2008 on the 30th anniversary, she did sit down for her one and only interview with abc 7 recounting that terrible day. >> abc 7 reporter vic lee reports. >> it was one of the hardest moments if not the hardest moment of my life. >> on november 27th, 1978, the specter of death hung over city hall. supervisor dianne feinstein lost her husband earlier that year, and just nine days before, 918 people with ties to the bay area had died in the jonestown massacre. back in the city, political turmoil ensued. a former cop turned supervisor had quit his job on the board and now wanted his job back. but mayor george mosconi gave it to somebody else. in rage, dan white bypassed security by slipping through a

door in the basement of city hall. feinstein knew dan white was not going to get his job back. >> so i was trying to find him and i saw him come in. i said, dan, can i talk to you? and he went by. i heard the door close. and i heard the shots and smelled the cordite. i came out of my office. dan went right by me. >> feinstein walked down the hall to supervisor harvey milk's office. milk was the first elected openly gay city leader. >> i opened the door. i found harvey on his stomach. i tried to get a pulse and put my finger through a bullet hole. >> she frantically dialed the police chief but couldn't reach him. the reason, the chief was across the rotunda at city hall in the mayor's office with dan white's first victim. >> he came across and told me that the mayor had been shot and

killed. >> as president of the pourboar supervisors, feinstein was now in charge of the city. >> i went out and made the statement on the balcony outside of the board of supervisors. >> both mayor mosconi and supervisor harvey milk have been shot and killed. >> it was a devastating moment for san francisco. it was a day of infamy. >> that night san franciscans came out en masse, a candlelight march remembering the two fallen leaders streamed down market street, but that somber air would not last. white was convicted of manslaughter rather than murder in the deaths of milk and mosconi. enraging the city's lgbt community. riots broke out on the steps of city hall with protesters smashing windows and setting police cars on fire. >> what it did to the city was

divide it right down the middle. >> white served five years of a seven-year prison sentence. less than two years after his release, he came back to san francisco and committed suicide. v vic lee, abc 7 news. >> and the mini series event "when we rise" continues tonight at 9:00 and runs through friday night right here. tune in after that to abc 7 news at 11:00. ♪ >> oh, that voice that turned him into a legend. michael jackson. the pop star passed away almost eight years ago. and tonight we're hearing details of his life and legacy from the man who was behind the camera for all these pictures you're seeing. the story at 11:00. starting with live doppler 7, clear skies prevail over the bay area right now and will for a couple more days. overnight look for clear skies, chilly conditions with low

temperatures in the inland valleys dropping once again into the mid-30s. that's been the pattern for a week or so. tomorrow we'll have milder weather than we've seen in a while with high temperatures climbing in the mid to upper 60s in our inland locations as well as right around the bay. now, we have rain coming in this weekend with a storm ranking 1 on the storm impact scale. it will bring light rain both saturday and sunday. not a washout, just light rain. breezy to gusty conditions at times. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. sunny and mild the next two days. chance of showers over the weekend. light rain, cooling down a bit on sunday, but warming up again next wednesday, up to 70 degrees. spring is in the air. >> we'll take it. >> and will soon be on the calendar. >> thanks, spencer. coming up, myster solved. a photographer snapping this beautiful picture had to wait nearly a year and a half to deliver it. the two people that would cherish it the most. 7 on your side's michael finney. how can you report potentially dangerous food?

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all right, it's time now for ask finney. 7 on your side's michael finney is answering questions sent to him via facebook, twitter and

e-mail. the first comes from robin from fremont. how can consumers report faulty food products? i almost choked on some chickpea snacks i recently bought from an expensive food market. >> boy, that's kind of scary. robin, hi. i'm sorry that happened to you. you should let the market know right away what happened with the product, they're going to want to know that. then you might want to contact the food and drug administration. there you'll be asked when and where you purchased the product, they'll want to know any codes or identifying marks on the label or containers and be ready for a lot of questions. i'll put a link with the fda on our website at abc7news.com so you can just click on it and go to it. i want you to know there's no big money in having problems with food. a lot of people think if i choke, something is going to happen. food generally doesn't work that way. mike and ana asked which company has the best deal on solar? >> boy, this gets so complicated, mike and ana. there's a state initiative called go solar california. we've reported on it here.

it's to help home and business owners make the switch to renewable energy. now, it has a step-by-step guide, all you need to know before you go solar in an effort to get you the most cost-effective system. also the california energy commission keeps an official database to help residents find local, qualified solar companies and installers. i'll add those links to the abc 7 news.com website as well. just one final thing, never talk to just one company. you've got to talk to two or three. you want to know how many solar systems they have actually installed in t your area. this is a big deal, you're talking about a lot of money. you talk about your roof could be damaged so get all the information. it's not going to be fast or easy. >> the whole lease or buy thing will make your head explode. >> exactly. >> jacqueline asked my credit card company sent a letter stating my card info may have been stolen. i called and gave them the info they asked for like my social security number and answers to my security questions.

turns out those purchases were made by me. still, they asked me to send front and back copies of my driver's license, social security card and current utility bill. should i consider this legitimate? >> no, not at all. you're scaring me to death here, jacqueline. it's got to be a scam. i'm sure it is. your credit card company will never ask you to send copies of those items, they already have those items. now, i'm guessing you called the number on the letter, not on the back of your card. never do that. always call the back of your card whenever anybody contacts you. they say i'm from the credit card, go fine, i'll call you back. hang up the phone and call the credit card and then you'll find out. i want to hear from you, the 7 on your side hotline is open weekdays 10:00 to 2:00. 415-954-8151. we're also available 24/7 on facebook and through abc7news.com. >> thank you, michael. >> sure. this year's peek bloom for washington, d.c.'s famous cherry blossoms could be one of the

earliest on record. a national park service forecast says the peak will occur march 14th to the 17th. organizers of the national cherry blossom festival moved up the start of their month-long event by five days to march 15th. records show the earliest peak bloom took place on march 15th, 1990. italy's mt. etna putting on a show here. the volcano continued to erupt after shooting bright red lava into the sky for the first time this year on monday. officials expect the eruptions to continue at least several more days. etna is the most active volcano located on the island of sicily. at 11,000 feet it's the highest volcano in europe. up next, lost, then found. we first showed you this photograph friday. a mysterious couple gotten gauged at the palace of fine arts. now thanks to a viewer they have a permanent keepsake of their cherished moment together. right now kristen has a look at what's ahead at 5:00. coming up next, a former cop

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the sweet notes that echoed through the dome of san francisco's palace of fine arts one afternoon. photographer angie wilson just happened to be there and followed the sound. she snapped this picture along the way of a couple heading the same direction. >> they went under the middle of the dome right here. >> reporter: imagine angie's surprise when a man dropped to a knee, the woman broke into tears and they proposed. >> they didn't see me. they only had eyes for each other. i just took the pictures and then walked away. >> reporter: that's right. she walked away. and then about a year passed and valentine's day approached. angie began to wonder whatever happened to that couple? did they get married? would they like a copy of the picture? and how could she get it to them? here's the picture that angie posted on facebook, one we picked up and showed at abc7news.com. nobody recognized the couple but they did steven. >> and then i contacted the couple and then everything, you know, through e-mails everything

happened. >> reporter: enter jonathan of salt lake city and the former allison squires, now husband and wife with a blended family of eight kids. they found angie within four days. >> she said that's me, omg, how fantastic. >> it takes us right back to that moment to see those pictures again. >> reporter: now they have a big print coming in the mail. call it a random act of kindness boy a woman with a camera who happened to be in the right place at the right time with a big heart. >> in this instance, i just have to give it to them because they made the magic happen. >> it's really the beginning moment of our life together, so we're incredibly grateful. >> reporter: and it's artistic proof that no good deed should ever go unphotographed or for that matter -- >> goes unplayed? >> reporter: in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> great story.

>> all right. thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm larry beil. abc 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. needed to see the people -- >> a family wants justice after their son is killed. police say these two men are the ones who did it. a judge questions the evidence and decides to release the wife of the pulse nightclub shooter from an alameda county jail. >> so this is extraordinarily rare. >> cutting down on crime in oakland. abc 7 news sits down with the new police chief on making the city safer. plus -- >> will it flood again? without a doubt. can we prevent major flooding? we're going to do our best. >> a candid answer to tough questions. a new call to ward off more trouble in san jose. less than four days after a beloved little league coach was stabbed to death, his alleged killers appear in court. as the search continues for a third suspect. good evening, i'm kristen sze.

>> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. now, take a good look here. these are the two men arraigned today in a san jose courtroom to hear the formal charges against them. prosecutors are saying very little about this tragic case but that may be for good reason. vic lee is at the santa clara county courthouse live tonight with details. vic? >> reporter: well, the arraignment for the two men in this san jose courthouse was very quick. they are being represented by the public defender's office. we don't know exactly what their roles were in this murder, and that's because, as you mentioned, the prosecutor, and for that matter the public defender's office, are not saying anything about this case. and for that matter, the court itself is preventing any leaks. robert ruiz and aaron vallejo appeared in court charged with the murder of frank navarro this weekend. >> they're scum balls, little scum balls. >> reporter: in the courtroom, family and friends of the