is live in richmond. mel any. >> reporter: well, dan and alma, really tragic situation out here this morning. a bit of good news is that there are several surveillance cameras attached to several homes in this area. so police say there is surveillance video of not only the suspect, but also the vehicle that he left the scene in. the shooting in front of the victim's two small children. in the surveillance video you can see 29-year-old's jeep, a silver mercedes-benz just in front of it. moments later the suspect who richmond police have now identified as 43-year-old lawyer dushan mcbride from san bab low gets back into his car and drives off. investigators say mcbride shot franklin one time in her upper body. her two small children both under 10 years old were in the back seat. >> witnessing your own mother being killed, my heart breaks

for those kids. >> reporter: one neighbor says another neighbor took the children into a home before police arrived. >> she was very sad. >> reporter: another neighbor shared this cell phone video of mcbride driving away. police say in a 2007 silver four-door mercedes-benz s 550. >> we have had quite a few witnesses that have been brought to the station and they have been doing a fantastic job for us. >> reporter: richmond police say they received a call for a domestic dispute minutes before the shooting at 29th and ream. they say the shooting was definitely targeted. also that police had been called for past domestic violence situations involving the couple. >> it's unfortunate but i'm going to pray for the family because it's tragic. >> reporter: investigators say mcbride is not the father of the children who were in the car and witnessed the shooting. in richmond, mel any woodrow, abc 7 news. >> a woman charged with a high profile murder case is expected to make bail this week.

testify any lee's bail is among the highest in memory but she is posting twice that amount required by law. abc 7 news reporter is in the newsroom with today's developments in a story you'll see only on 7. vic? >> reporter: dan, the lawyer for defendant tiffany lee is the eighth highest ever made in the country in state court. for many making that kind of bail is, i guess you would call it, mind boggling. the d.a. said this is a perfect example of how the bail system gives advantages to the rich. >> somebody charged with murder in san mateo county is going to post a $35 million bail by posting over $60 million in property. that is not something we've encountered in san mateo county before. >> reporter: that somebody, tiffany lee, the hillsboro woman charged with killing keith green, her ex-boyfriend and father of her two young

children. she's making bail by posting property instead of cash, by law the equity in the property has to be 70 million, double the $35 million bail. lee's attorney jeff carr says the properties come from her supporters and that he says should tell you something about lee. >> friends, distant relatives, business associates who are willing to risk their houses for this woman. >> reporter: a source who knows the family tells abc 7 news lee's family is rich and powerful in china, that her mother has extensive real estate holdings in california, including this mansion in the fluent hills borough where lee lived. this is where investigators believe green was killed. lee, her current boyfriend and adella are all in custody charged with the murder. the d.a. had asked for no bail because he believes she's a high flight risk. >> oh, i think definitely. i think very much. she's facing the rest of her life in prison if convicted. >> very disappointing today to

hear about the bail. >> reporter: angela dunne, long-time family friend of keith green cannot belief tiffany lee will bail out. >> when you have many, many, many hundreds of millions of dollars, you wonder if that -- >> reporter: the hearing resumes thursday. now, the county counsel has been reviewing all of the $70 million equity in the properties lee submitted for bond and we've been told it all checks out. so, she's expected to walk out sometime after that hearing freon bail. vic lee, abc 7 news. >> vic, when she does make bail, what kind of precautions are there to make sure she doesn't escape to say china where she has family? >> right, dan. that's going to be at the very heart of thursday's hearing. now, both the d.a. and the defense have agreed on the terms of the electronic home monitoring and that's a condition of parole which the judge set. so, instead of the sheriff

providing that service, they decided to go to a private company that has gps monitoring 24/7 instead of the random system which the sheriff uses. so, on thursday the judge is expected to sign off on those agreements. lee posts bond and she awaits trial at home. >> vic, thanks a lot. >> a napa man accuse of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl faced a judge today. timothy marble was a rained at the sonoma county jail because of medical reasons. he faces eight counts. he lurd the girl in his vehicle at a gas station. she escaped by jumping the truck. marble called 911. that's when they found him and arrested him. >> it's a bit cooler from yesterday. >> lets a.m. look at the east bay hills camera -- let's get to spencer. >> there's the shot, a little

hazy, but nice. >> nonthreatening at the moment. we've got bright skies, even with the presence of some clouds. current temperature readings range widely from upper 50s at the coast to low and mid 70s inland. so, it is a milder on the bay than inland. check out this image of our next storm, big storm spinning around the gulf of alaska a large plume of clouds and moisture. that will be our rain and windstorm in a couple days. our chances of rain the next seven days, 90%. thursday night into friday, 2 on the storm impact scale. weaken to 1 when we have a 60% chance rain. let's look at the storm impact scale. thursday night into friday is a storm of moderate intensity. showers, heavy rain at times. wind gusting 30 to 50 miles per hour. and there is concern right now about the possibility of stream and creek flooding as the rain will be rather intense for that period of time from thursday night into friday.

lingering showers into saturday. i'll give you a closer look and track the storm for you in just a few minutes. alma? >> all right, spencer, thank you. there is still a good amount of snow in the sierra. and more on the way. this is a satellite image from the national oceanic administration. you can see how green the state still is. look at all that snow. you can get a good idea of how different it is from the past few years. the image on the left is from 2015, the middle 2016, and on the right just a few days ago. >> it's going to cost a lot of money to repair damage done by winter storms in california. the most extensive fix will be in santa clara county. 200-foot long section of highway 1 slid down a hill in february. cal trans estimates it will cost $29.5 million to repair. the bay area has more than $82 million in damage. total damage statewide is estimated at more than $866 million. today san jose launched a program to help replace vehicles ruined in the recent coyote creek flooding. the city showed off some of the

20 vehicles it is donating. more are being offered by individuals with the help of catholic charities and good will. this afternoon the mayor said it's about helping residents return to normalcy. >> it is so critically important as we help them get back on their feet, getting them housed and getting them vehicles. >> though grand dealer group and silicon valley auto dealers association are also offering significant discounts on used vehicles to flood victims, all the people pitching in to try to help. go to safe space to inject drugs help curb the problem in san francisco? that's what some city leaders want to know. board of supervisors president london breed today introduced legislation that would create a task force to research safe injection sites where people could inject drugs in a medically supervised setting. mayor ed lee rejected a similar proposal last year but says he's now open to the idea of harm reduction sites. >> i have health experts on-site

at these home sites. they are not about free injections, they are about reducing harm on the long-term basis. that's what i'm supportive of. >> supporters of safe injection sites say they are intended to help prevent overdose deaths, help people recover and keep needles off the streets. >> a police chase in san diego came to an interesting end when the suspect got stuck on a fence. the suspect was accused of hitting another man in the head with a rock. after police cornered him they told him to climb over the fence. right there, he got stuck on his way over. officers had to help get him off of the fence, but his pants ripped in the process. after officers got the suspect on the ground, well of course they arrested him. and if that looks familiar, you may have seen this picture from arizona. someone just driving by took this picture last week in tucson. the man was spotted upside down stuck on a fence outside an elementary school. he was arrested a few minutes

later fortress passing. >> sometimes you get what you deserve. how close are we to the next big one, and are you ready for it? >> this is absolutely essential. >> how local leaders are getting earthquake ready. >> major cutbacks are coming from two retailers including payless shoe source. >> illegals are making a remarkable come back in the bay area. a local elementary school, they are drawing quite a crowd. >> and checking our traffic, it is looking pretty good on 680 and southbound on the right-hand side through walnut creek better than the northbound traffic on the left-hand side. it's a

it was 50 years ago today that martin luther king, jr., delivered his beyond vietnam speech criticizing the u.s. government for its involvement in the conflict. some say his words sealed his fate. dr. king was assassinated exactly one year later. abc 7 reporter explains that across the country many are remembering the speech as the beginning of the end. >> reporter: april 4th, 1967, martin luther king, jr., declared his opposition to the war in vietnam. he did it by delivering a bold speech at riverside church in new york city called "beyond vietnam." >> the purpose of this speech 50 years ago was real toy summon and awake enthe conscience of the nation about the war in vietnam. >> reporter: dr. clarence jones was his attorney and his speech writer. today he told people attending a symposium at usf that he had come up with a more palatable

version which was immediately rejected by dr. king. >> he said, i thought you were my radical. i said, well, i don't know what you mean. i think i am. he says, well, what is this? >> reporter: in that speech dr. king went on to attack the country and president linden johnson who had been a defender of the civil rights movement. >> he thought it was an opportunity, one he felt he had to carry out is when he won the nobel peace prize. >> reporter: in 1964 dr. king won the nobel peace prize. from that moment on those who knew him said he worked harder than ever to defend those who were oppressed. king pointed to the nation's imperialistic ideas at the expense of the poor. after that speech jones knew king's days were numbered. dr. king was assassinated exactly one year later. >> i got word of his assassination. my first reaction was they finally got him. i wasn't surprised. my first reaction was, oh, i'm

surprised -- my first reaction was they finally got him. >> reporter: next year will mark the 50th anniversary of dr. king's death. in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> the discount shoe chain announced today it has filed for chapter 11 protection. it will immediately close 400 stores in the u.s. and puerto rico. additional closures could come. payless has 4400 stores in 30 countries including more than 50 stores here in the bay area. right now there is no word on which stores will be shut down. cutbacks are coming to ralph lauren as well. today the upscale fashion retailer said it will cut jobs and close its polo store in new york city. it will shut down other stores in addition to the 50 store closures announced earlier this year. and ups is now planning to start saturday deliveries after a test period in just a few cities last year. the change is now going nationwide. it is also going to create jobs, 6,000 new ones by the end of next year.

saturday delivery is expected to officially begin in a few weeks. >> april is distracted driving awareness month and a new ad campaign is driving the point home about the dangers of texting behind the wheel. >> she was such an eager -- >> frightening. a portion of the one of new grim ads by the traffic agency. more than 2800 people were killed and 391,000 injured in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers. >> the future is secure for now for a one-room schoolhouse in the north bay. last night the school for the 121 year old union school in petaluma agreed to consolidate with another one room school

nearby. the school is down to 7 students. starting next fall, union's kids will join the 12 students at lincoln school which is the oldest ongoing one-room schoolhouse in california. >> that is so cool. my grandmother taught school in a one-room school. >> that's neat. >> beautiful day to be in class or out. >> yeah. things are changing, though, spencer. >> changing the next 48 hours rather dramatically. let's enjoy what we have now. it's not going to last long. we have bright skies even with the presence of some high clouds. don't hear yet of rainfall but it's on its way. this is a view of the western sky from emeryville right now, pleasantly calm and mild afternoon. dry and mild again tomorrow, but rain and wind will arrive thursday night and we'll have wet and windy conditions on friday and showers lingering into saturday. here is a look at overnight conditions. we'll have partly cloudy skies with low temperatures mainly in the upper 40s to right around 50. it will be relatively mild in most locations and wednesday

planner for tomorrow shows bright skies tomorrow morning even with a few high clouds lingering it. temperatures will rise under dry conditions into the mid to upper 70s by afternoon. near the bay and inland we'll see mid 60s on the coast. and tomorrow night as the sun sets at 7:36 still pretty mild with temperatures over 70 in many locations. but lets archipelago get on to that storm coming in thursday night and friday. it ranks 2 in the impact scale of moderate intensity. showers and occasional heavy downpours. wind will gust 30 to 50 miles per hour during the duration of this storm and there are concerns about stream and creek flooding because of the amount of rainfall that will fall in such a short period of time. storm forecast animation thursday morning, even during the day on thursday we may see a passing shower or two. but the main event won't arrive until thursday night when a big powerful wave of storminess comes in with heavy downpours, widespread rain, yellows and oranges indicating steadier heavier rainfall and accompanied by gusty wind. that will continue through

thursday night into friday morning. the friday morning commute is going to experience the wind and rain and the wet pavement. it will be a little bit of a break early in the day friday and then the storm will get reorganized later in the day and continue into saturday. projected rainfall totals by thursday, early evening, only a few 100th of an nfrp. rainfall totals ranging from a quarter of an inch to nearly 3 quarters of an inch. as we get into friday it will be even more wet weather coming our way with rainfall totals above the 1 inch mark in many locations, especially in the north bay. and as for the wind gusts let's take you into thursday evening and we'll see that winds will be gusting between 20, 25 and 30 miles per hour, most locatios inland and near the bay 35 miles per hour, santa rosa and point reyes. as we get into friday morning notice how the stronger gusts shift inland over 40 miles per hour in most locations. easing up a bit friday morning

and winds reintensify friday evening. here's the accuweather seven day. snow in the sierra, winter storm watch is in effect for the sierra thursday evening into saturday evening, several feet of snow may accumulate in higher elevations. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. storm ranking 2 on the impact scale. weakening to 1 on saturday and clearing after that. be prepared for downpours on thursday and friday. >> thanks, spencer. >> attention really, tickets for the first round of the nba playoffs go on sale this he can would. the warriors currently have the best record in the nba and are looking toward making their third consecutive appearance in the nba finals. season ticket holders will get the first crack at playoff tickets tomorrow morning followed by those on the team's season ticket waiting list. if any tickets remain, they'll go on sale to the general public thursday. >> stay with us. gearing up for outside lands. find out who is taking the stage at golden gate park this year.

>> my girlfriend katrina is the most amazing human being i've ever met. >> john stamos to the rescue. san francisco man with a girlfriend problem. how he came to the rescue. >> let's take a live look at traffic outside right now. san jose 101 as you can see, moving south it is backed up pretty solidly. moving pretty well in the other direction, and 880 over the top is

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bay area band metallica will headline san francisco's outside lands music festival once again. the tenth anniversary lineup was out this morning. three day general admission tickets go on sale thursday morning for the music art and line festival in golden gate park. it will cost you $375 for all three days. august 11 through 13th. here is a look the some of the other main acts. headlineers will be me tal i can't, the who,

lorde and quest. you can see the full lineup at abc 7 news.com. >> a san francisco man went to extreme lengths to propose to his girlfriend who is a huge fan of full house and actor john stamos. doug cox turned to him in hopes the actor would help him propose. >> if i was a woman, not saying i'm not, i would say yes to doug. i guess this is me asking you to marry him. and i hope you do. >> and, of course, she said yes. you can see the entire raw video of the proposal on our website abc 7 news.com in an interview with dog on right this minute at 140 in the morning right here on abc 7. >> accusations today against the obama administration. >> i leaked nothing to nobody. >> the new report in what president trump is saying about it. >> plus the chemical attack

kills nearly 100 people in syria who politicians are blaming.

back to that breaking news out of napa, officers shot and killed a man they say tried to run them over with his car. >> it's happening on linda vista avenue in napa. wayne freeman is live on the scene and has the very latest .

wayne? >> reporter: good afternoon, dan. let's take a quick look all the way down linda vista avenue. you see the flashing lights, this is where we have a suspect dead, a car that crashed into a tree. until a short time ago we had students on lockdown at west park elementary school. let's go to some areas from sky 7 at this point. it began about 2:00 on gwen owe street in napa, not farah way. police and sheriff's deputies responded to a call of shots fired in a house. they established the perimeter around it, and then they say the suspect drove out of the garage, trying to escape in the honda, firing shots at them. police returned fire. by our account from looking at the sky 7 video, they put at least 20 bullets into that car, killing the suspects who crashed into a tree. witnesses say his horn continued to blare, his windshield wipers kept turning. the deceased suspect remains in the car to our knowledge. they took no chances at west

park elementary school where students said they heard some of the shots fired. now their parents are walking them home only now at this point. let's begin with anna followed by dominic montgomery. >> very scary. very scary. i actually had a coworker tell me she got a text message and that promptsed me to check my phone. it was my son's school so i freaked out, of course. >> we just saw police cars coming once we were getting off the freeway. so, we followed them because we knew they were headed towards our kids' school. i got out of the car and waited here and then took the kids. >> reporter: and as you see now as we come back live, you can see the parents are walking their children out from the school even at this point, trying to put what happened into context for those kids. we heard some of those gunshots, all of this because we still don't know everything that's happened yet. we don't have the details yet. those were yet to unfold, but

that is the latest in napa now. everything is safe. one suspect is dead and the neighborhood is trying to figure out what happened. live in napa, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> okay, wayne, thanks very much. we'll continue to follow the breaking news throughout this newscast. for updates follow us on twitter and download the abc 7 news app and be sure to enable push alerts to get updates sent right to your phone. >> here are the other stories making headlines at 4:30. there is a hunt for a man in the east bay who killed their mother in front of her children. melanie tweeted a photo. police are looking for the suspect. lawyer dushan mcbride. outside a dangerous crosswalk in fremont where a driver hit a child yesterday, coming up at 5:00 david talks to parents and another crossing guard who was injured at the same intersection last year. president trump is jumping on a new report about wrongdoing by the obama administration.

the former administration says nothing illegal happened. this as the president's son-in-law jared kushner has high profile meetings overseas. maggie is live in washington with more. maggie? >> reporter: alma, as you mention, the trump administration is just doubling down on those accusations, but now the former administration is getting their chance to bite back. a former member of the obama administration is back in the spotlight. >> i leaked nothing to nobody. >> reporter: susan rice, the former national security advisor to president obama on msnbc saying she did nothing wrong. president trump is tweeting otherwise saying reports that accuse rice of unmasking or asking to see the names of trump associates whose conversations were picked up by u.s. intelligence agencies. rice says unmasking can common. >> understand that over eight years, for me and others who served, it was not uncommon. >> reporter: clarifying that unmasking is not illegal. it's not the same thing as

leaking. the name is only revealed to the person who asked for it and it's helpful in understanding the depth of an investigation. especially one as complicated as russia's involvement in the election hacking. evgenia we can't be passive consume ers of this information. imagine if we saw something of great significance that involved russia or china or anybody else interfering in our political process and we needed to understand the significance of that. >> reporter: at the same time, rice was sitting for her interview, white house spokesman sean spicer briefs reporters off camera. >> the question is why somebody unmasked. >> reporter: while he doesn't formally accuse her of being politically motivated he says it is troubling. >> i beliee there are more questions than answers at this point. >> reporter: rice was also asked if there is any truth behind the allegations that president trump -- sorry, president obama wiretapped trump tower. now, she said to those allegations, they're absolutely false. in washington, maggie, abc 7 news. alma? >> maggie, how much traction is

this report on susan rice getting? >> reporter: this story is getting massive, massive traction, especially online. so far on twitter she's already been mentioned more than half a million times partially because of some big-name people are tweeting about it like president trump as we just saw. but also because many conservatives are seeing this report as something that's backing up president trump's claims. democrats, though, quick to say this isn't a smoking gun. it proves nothing and it's a distraction from the real story. alma? >> all right, maggie, thank you. >> the white house is blaming the assad regime and the obama administration for today's suspected kim ca suspected chemical attack in syria. the united nations says it hasn't independently verified the reports of the incident, but white house press secretary sean spicer condemned the attack and said, quote, it was the past administration's weakness and irresolution. they say they identified the

person behind yesterday's deadly suicide bombing in st. petersburg as a 22-year-old man born in kyrgyzstan. the number of people killed from the blast is now 14 with 49 people hurt and at least four said to be in critical condition. the iefl tower went dark about 90 minutes ago to pay tribute to the victims of the st. petersburg attack. the mayor of paris had come under fire for not turning off the lights last night as the city has done for other terror attacks. >> a lawsuit will be allowed to move forward against the trump campaign and two supporters for an alleged attack last year. >> get them out. get them out. get them out. get them out. >> that's then candidate trump calling for the removal of protesters at a campaign rally in louisville, kentucky last year. they denied the motions to

dismiss or strike parts of the complaint. the plaintiff said the crowd turned on them as soon as trump said get them out. >> they should have had me, pinched me, yelled racist and sexist slurs at me the entire way until i was ejected out of the back of the crowd. >> two men acknowledged pushing the protesters. they expressed regret. >> the deadline for bids to president trump's wall have come and gone. the next phase calls for the companies to build a quarter mile long prototype wall in san diego county. some bidders are expressing concern about the project. one asked if authorities would help workers if they came under attack by protesters. another asked if its employees can carry firearms. >> local officials are criticizing the ncaa for its decision to once again consider north carolina as a host pour championship events. the governing body of college sports decision comes after

state lawmakers reached a compromise to repeal a law that mandated people use public bathrooms corresponding to their biological sex. ncaa says the new law is far from per expect of fekt but a majority of the board of governors reluctantly voted to allow consideration. mayor ed lee criticized the partial repeal saying, quote, this is not a reset of the law, but another scheme that will allow for a state sanctioned discrimination against a community that is already facing intense pressure. >> the pilot of a small plane was arrested in southern california on suspicion of operating an aircraft while under the influence. the pilot landed in the parking lot of a business last night in whittier. the sheriff's office said he failed the sobriety test. authorities are investigating whether the landing was forced because of engine failure or if the plane ran outs of fuel. no one else was on board. >> from loma preeta to napa, earthquakes are part of bay area history. >> preparedness is absolutely essential. >> less foreions for leaders th

weekend. >> i'm spencer christian. skies are bright now. but it will be rainy in a couple dads. i'll have the accuweather coming up. >> and outside for the golden gate bridge on this tuesday afternoon as you can see, moving nicely in both directions. no problems on the golden gate.

the first ever epicenter summit kicked off today. there are speakers here from all

over the country to help better prepare local officials and organizations for when a big earthquake hits the bay area. abc 7 news reporter kate larson has a closer look. >> reporter: after the 2014 napa earthquake governor brown declared a state of emergency. the quake injured 200 people and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. >> preparedness is absolutely essential. >> reporter: the salvation army's captain responded to napa hours after the quake. >> we were preparing meals actually in solano county transporting those across into napa. and so that preparedness meant that we were ready to go. we had the equipment in place, we had the volunteers in place. we were ready to support them as they needed it. >> reporter: this week he and other emergency response experts are meeting at fort mason for the epicenter conference so ensure they are ready to help bay area residents. the 1989 loma prieta

was near santa cruz. thousands were were injured. according to the usgs there is a 63% chance a magnitude 6.7 earth quick will occur on one of the fault lines in the next 30 years. and a 99% chance for california overall. >> the disaster always teaches the first responder is likely to be your neighbor, not a police officer or fire fighter. so, get involved in the neighborhood, get to know your neighbors find out who may need extra help in a disaster. and take care of your family. >> reporter: tomorrow the summit will be examining a quake simulation along the hayward fault with an epicenter in oakland and a shock that lasts up to a minute. part of the exercise will be examining how to recover and respond when communication across different bay area regions is cut off by all of the damage. reporting at fort mason in san francisco, kate larson, abc 7 news. >> and, of course the time to prepare for an earthquake is now, right? at abc 7 we want to help you make it as easy as possible.

go to abc 7 news.com and look for the prepare nor cal section. there you're going to find guidelines for stocking an earthquake survival kit and how to develop an emergency plan for your family. >> announcer: now your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. >> i won't say clear because we have a few high clouds. those will be with us tomorrow as well. nice and mild conditions, we'll see high temperatures ranging from mid 60s in the coast to mid 70s in the bay and locations within. thursday night and friday we get our next storm, it ranks 2 on the storm impact scale, a storm of moderate intensities. it will produce showers, heavy rainfall, heavy downpours at times. winds gusting 30 to 50 miles per hour, and there is concern about stream and creek flooding with the heavy rain falling. so heavily in such a short period of time. there is the rainfall indicator here with the animation starting at 7:00 p.m. thursday. notice just a few hundreds of an inch of rain. by later thursday night we'll

see a half inch of rain in some spots, and overnight into friday, friday morning we'll see over an inch of rainfall total in many locations around the bay area. not just the north bay, but even down to the peninsula toward the south bay as well. this is going to be a drencher for virtually all parts of the bay area. meanwhile the same storm will produce snow in the sierra. winter storm watch is in effect from thursday evening to saturday evening. we expect 6 to 12 inches of snow at 4500'2" to 3 feet of snow above 6,000 feet. strong powerful wind making travel conditions very challenging. here's the accuweather forecast. we'll have showers into saturday. storm will be weaker ranking only one on the impact scale. finally impartial clearing on sunday. >> all right. thank you, spencer. >> for years the irs has said they will never call a taxpayer and demand payment. but now that is exactly what's going to happen. >> 7 on your side michael

finney, some good news. if you're a spotify user, you can soon get your tunes before anyone else. >> and a hobby like no other. we're going to tell you what this is all about.

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change and did may actually impact you. the agency will now hand over some of its debt collection work to four private firms which will most likely call you about the taxes you owe. >> yeah, the irs told michael finney about the change last week during 7 on your side tax hot line. today the irs made the official announcement. >> abc 7 stephanie ramos tells you what to look out for. >> this call is to inform you the irs is filing lawsuits against you. >> reporter: millions of americans have heard that threat from scammers. for years the irs has warned against callers demanding money saying the irs does not do that. if you're at all behind on your taxes, the irs will have a private company call you starting this spring. it's part of a new program where debt collectors have been hired by the irs to chase down long overdue taxes that the irs just can't get to. and they had no choice. a new law enacted by congress in

2015 requires the irs hire debt collectors to help pay for new roads. but these new contracts could cause a spike in scam calls. here's how to make sure you're not being scammed when this new program kicks in. the irs will contact you multiple times in writing before you're ever called by contractors. you won't hear from a private collector unless you have multiple years of overdue taxes and all payments will be made to the irs, not the contracted company. >> if you get a phone call from the irs and it's this really aggressive threatening sounding kind of thing, hang up. >> reporter: if you're not sure if you have unpaid accounts with the irs, visit irs.gov, plug in your information and it should tell you. if not, give them a call. stephanie ramos, abc news, new york. >> a major retailer is being called out by an environmental group accused of miss labeling its tuna as dolphin safe. >> michael joins us with the

story. >> this is a bay area connection, too. in 1990, a berkeley environmental group changed fishing practices across the globe. this is one right there. you're looking at one of the first cans of tuna with a dolphin-safe label. something most now take for granted. now earth island institute is calling out wal-mart claiming its costa rica stores are selling this tuna that is not dolphin safe even if the label claims otherwise. earth island says mexican fishermen are tracking dolphin pods, knowing those pods will lead them to tuna. mile-long nets surround the pods catching tuna but slaughtering dolphins in the process, and leaving their offspring to die. >> speed boats are going along and they're chasing the pod of dolphins. the babies can't keep up with the pod so they are left behind and they die of tar vegas, they die of preditor eating them. >> abc 7 news has reached tout to wal-mart but we have not heard back.

we have an important recall to tell you about. fleeced hooded sweatshirts and girls bomber jackets made by kids corner may have a zipper pull that can detach and pose choking and laceration hazard to young children. . products were sold in february and march of this year for 7 to $10. they come in 18 different prints and solid colors and sizes ranging from 9 months to youth size 7. now, if you have one, you should return it to the store where it was bought for a full refund. spotify premium users will now have access to some all bums in advance of the general public. the new deal with universal music group, individual artists will now have the option of getting access to their albums to paid subscribers two weeks before free spotify users. streaming music now represents a majority of business for the recording industry. you're probably aware of that. this agreement is the latest effort by music artists to keep

up with the changing times. now, i want to hear from you. the 7 on your side hot line is open monday through friday, 10:00 to 2:00. my number 415-954-8151. if you're too shy to call, you can reach me through facebook page at abc 7 news. don't be shy. >> thanks, michael. >> all right. there is a new attraction at golden gate park and it takes people back to the gold rush days. abc 7 news was at chain of lakes drive as these horses grazed before heading out on trail rides. that is something that hasn't been offered at the park for several decades. the recollect and parks department brought the horses back for two months to engage public interest. it's a different experience than renting a bike or segue to tour the park. the horses make the ride a lot more interactive. >> these horses, they know people how they are. especially when you pet them when you go on rides. some people, riders get scared. they'll figure out how you are. >> the horses come from arizona.

they'll be at golden gate park until may 20th. for trail rides after that, you'll head to yosemite for trail rides. >> meantime there is a new craze in scandinavia that is taking horsing around to a whole new level. >> yeah, this is called hobby horsing. "good morning america" highlighted it while riding horses on a stick. >> 10,000 athletes in finland alone are getting ready to take part in i national competition this month. riders will try to impress judges with their equestrian skills including style, posture and show jumping. >> there is a new documentary called hobby horse revolution about the unconventional sport. >> it is unconventional. no question about that. a remarkable come back. >> this is something you never see. in the bay area. nothing you ever see. >> the nesting eagle making a home near an elementary school and they're drawing a crowd. >> dan and alma, thanks. the exodus from san francisco

and the churches that want to declare a state of emergency because of it. and the police chase that ended up with tierney ageers arrested in a series. how public trash can could change the look of an entire community. and the rescue plan for astronauts just in case. those stories and more when i join dan for abc 7 news at 5:00.

coming up tonight at abc the middle. american housewife, tomorrow agents of shield. don't miss abc news at 11:00. you can get out your bin okinawa lars, but you won't need them to spot the two huge bald eagles taking up residence. abc 7 news reports, they are creating a stir from the kids to seasoned experts. >> reporter: a freshly built nest is all in a day's work for a bald eagle. for the folks on the ground. >> i'm just in awe. it's beautiful how god created

such a creature. >> reporter: two majestic birds in the trees near the elementary school. >> i drop off the kids at school and take time-out to look up and admire the birds. >> reporter: stan is a sports photographer. >> everything is so high-paced and fast action, you know, shooting nature definitely slows you down a little bit. >> reporter: but with plenty of patience he's captured the pair as they hunt, build and defend the nest. and then there was this perfectly timed fly over during the pledge of allegiance. you can't make that up, can you? >> i don't think a hollywood script writer could write that. >> reporter: experts say it's far more than luck that brought the eagles here in the first place. this is the result of a decades long effort to restore the population of these birds and give them places to live. >> they have a rich habitat here. we've paid attention to what good development is and what bad development is. >> reporter: the head of the local audubon society says

leaving trees for the birds is the latest step that's brought nearly a dozen nesting pairs of eagles to an area that had none a decade ago. >> we came close to losing them. the >> reporter: the population was d decimated over the last century by hunting and pesticide. >> we've witnessed recovery since that time. the endangered species act passed unanimously. everybody agreed it was the right thing to do to stop stinks. >> reporter: now as bald eagles sore over the elementary, he hopes it will teach the next generation not to undo all that hard work. >> it's awe inspiring to watch the kids' eyes get big when they see the birds. >> you can get et latest with abc 7 app to be the first to know about breaking news where you live. that is going to do it for this edition of abc 7 news at 4:00. thank you for joining us. i'm alma, abc 7 news at 5:00

starts now. >> napa police and sheriff's deputies trade gun fire. we're live with breaking news. >> in richmond, the woman backs up her car and the last thing she does. the hunt for a man who killed her while her kids were in the car. >> i'm so confused. >> people in oakland are getting kicked out of an emergency shelter. so, where do they go? >> in fremont, unsafe intersection, the call for action after a child is hit. >> also ahead, the teenager who got into stanford partly because of a hashtag. >> announcer: live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> a car riddled with bullets in a shoot out between officers and a gunman in napa. now the gunman is dead as investigators figure out what led to the violent encounter. good evening, i'm kristen. >> and i'm dan asher. thanks for joining us. officers were called to a home this afternoon in linda vista

avenue and bueno street. >> abc 7 news reporter is live in napa where linda vista remains closed to traffic. wayne? >> reporter: good afternoon, kristen. we're on linda vista avenue in front of west park school. behind me you can see the suspect's vehicle crashed into a car covered by a chp tarp. that was just a short time ago. the students here were on lockdown. this began at about 2:00 p.m. on bueno street. they responded to a call of shots fired in a house. they established the perimeter. here is the official version of what happened from napa police chief >> stevsteve potter. >> officers responded to the 911 calls, shots being fired. the officers set up in the area. and as they were set up, this guy backed out of the driveway garage and as he was leaving the area in his car, he began to shoot