jessica tovar is with clean energy alliance. >> the cpuc today is enabling criminal negligence that killed 86 people in the camp fire with a $6 billion bailout on the backs of the already struggling rate payers in the state of california. >> pg&e says it faces $30 billion of payouts from the 2017 and 2018 wildfires, but critics, including the protesters, lawyers for the wildfire victims say pg&e is rushing through the process. late today pg&e sent me a statement after the vote that in part the dip financing provides the funds needed to continue operating our business and to continue investing in our systems, infrastructure, wildfire and mitigation initials through the process. coming up at 6:00, i'll explore something that people are calling tone deaf. pg&e has just given a top executive a big raise, and there

are clearly questions about raised about that. we'll explore that coming up at 6:00. kristen and ama? >> dan, thank you so much. all right. in the meantime, the price of pg&e's stock rose to $12.01 today. that's up nearly 1/4 of 1%. pg&e's stock price plummeted to little more than $5 earlier this month. it traded at more than $47 before details emerged about its potential role in the wildfires. a new report says the 2018 fire season was one of the most expensive in state history. state commissioner ricardo lara says claims last year topped $12.4 billion, and it will likely grow even larger. lara says $11.4 billion came from the november wildfires in butte, ventura and los angeles counties. house speaker nancy pelosi offered president trump a new invitation today to deliver his state of the union address in the house chambers. the president received a normal letter suggesting he reschedule

his annual speech to next tuesday, february 5th. and he replied that it would be, quote, his great honor. pelosi called the president before sending the letter to confirm the date. the speech was supposed to happen tomorrow but the partial government shutdown prompted that delay. breaking news from houston where five police officers have been shot. the scene is still very active. according to our abc sister station in houston, the officers were with the narcotics department and were serving a warrant at a home. they are reporting that two suspects are dead. the five officers were taken to the hospital. no word on their conditions. a strike vote for oakland teachers is scheduled to begin tomorrow. and in the meantime, the school board will vote tonight to close one school as part of the district's consolidation process. >> abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez joins us live from where that meet willing take place. lyanne, it's been a tough week for oakland unified. >> oh, they have a lot on their plate. happening right now, union site

represents are gathering ballots so that teachers can begin voting tomorrow through friday. we won't know the results until saturday. 2700 union members have been called to vote. more than a week ago, teachers in oakland had a one-day walkout. now that the signs are being collected and a strike authorization vote has been called, teachers could be on the picket line as early as next month. their demands have not changed. >> we're at a 12% raise with reduction across the board in class size and providing nurses and psychologists for our students. >> that's 12% over three years, but the district has offered a 5% raise over that same period. adding to this conflict is the fact that oakland unified has a huge structural deficit that continues to be addressed. the school board is considering letting go of staff at the central office and cutting back on school services. >> any raise is beyond what are already there, those will add to the deficit and cause us to have

to cut more. >> reporter: the school district has stated that one way to reduce its deficit is to operate fewer schools. not counting charter schools, there are 86 traditional public schools in oakland and not enough students. >> when you have this many schools with the limited resources we have, we literally have to spread it very thinly across the district. so it's about consolidating resources. it's about consolidating staff. >> reporter: already the district is in the process of consolidating two schools, and will vote tonight to close roots international academy, which has fewer than 200 students. last week, students, parents and teachers showed their opposition to the idea. the final number and names of schools that will be closed or consolidated is expected to be revealed next month. and developing in the last few hours, the school board has canceled wednesday's meeting. that's when they were going to vote on all these other cuts. i asked the school district why.

this is what they told me. the board wants to make sure the staff has enough time to have everything ready before they issue their final report. i'm live in oakland, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> lyanne, thank you. he never played in a world series or threw a no-hitter, but he engineered that greatest save in san francisco giants history. former managing general partner peter mcgowan has died after a long battle with cancer. mcgowan was a key member of the ownership group that kept the giants from being moved out of san francisco. he and his partners then raised private funding to build what's now known as oracle park, opened as petco park. larry bear believes every fan should be grateful for mcgowan's contribution. >> otherwise but for peter, the group that peter led, we would be in florida. and we would not be standing at this ballpark. >> mcgowan also contributed to the unique design of the small park, including gaps in the

outfield wall where passers by can stop and catch a few moments of a giants game, even without a ticket. peter mcgowan was 76 years old. now your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. >> quite a change in our weather pattern the last few days after a string of dry and unusually mild days. we have more clouds in the sky now. today was a spare the air day as well. here is a look at live doppler 7. the sky is still bright out there, as you can see in this view from santa cruz beach, but clouds are increasing. let's talk about the spare the air alert for today. moderate air quality in most regions of the bay area, and it's actually good in the inland east bay, easy for me to say. on we go to look at our rain chances this week. the pattern is changing. on wednesday an 80% chance of rain. thursday, probably will be dry, but then we get a stronger storm, a moderate one in on friday. chances of rain friday and saturday are 90%. looks like it's going to be a wet weekend. i'll give you a closer look at what we can expect each day in

the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. ama? >> sounds good. thank you, spencer. the man accused of the brutal beating of a san francisco grandmother pleaded not guilty today. 18-year-old keaontay gathrin is being held without bail. family members of the victim, 88-year-old yik oi huang attended the hearing. they say it's been a very trying time. >> our family wants this tragic incident to be an important -- to be an opportunity to address community safety both in the immediate and the long-term. >> officers found her beaten in a park in visitacion valley. he faces other alleged crimes. he is expected back in court tomorrow to set a date for a preliminary hearing. a senior at mount diablo high school is expected to make a full recovery after being stabbed. police say the 18-year-old student was attacked around 7:00

this morning outside a mini-mart on pacheco street in downtown concord. but instead of going to the hospital, he drove to school and flagged down a friend on campus. a security officer called police, and administered first aid. police say the student had a shallow stab wound to his abdomen. no information has been released on a suspect. san jose police are look fogger the driver in a fatal hit-and-run. it happened on northbound almaden expressway between camden and redmond avenue around 6:30 this morning. police say the driver of a red pickup hit a man crossing the street. four other vehicles then hit the man. the pickup driver initially stopped, but then took off. the four other cars cooperated with police. the victim died at the scene. he has not yet been identified. this was the fourth fatal pedestrian crash in san jose this year. three have been hit-and-runs. if you recently bought nectarines at cosco, you want to check them. a new york-based company is recalling the fruit which was sold with the brand of rio

duero. they can contain a mysterious bacteria that can lead to fatal infections in children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems. peaches and plums sold in other states are also impacted. so far no illnesses have been reported. smoyflt after more than a month, the government is back open. but it may not be for long. >> nobody is ever prepared for something like this. >> the shutdown that could happen again in just a few weeks. and up next, the bay area man held in an iranian prison for 544 days. we're going talk about with "washington post" reporter jason rezaian. >> it's essentially you're buying a house that y

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our guest today may look familiar to you. that's because you saw a lot of him on tv two years ago when he was freed after spending 15 months in an iranian prison, accused of being a spy. jason rezaian has a new book detailing his ordeal. it's called simply "prisoner." jason, we always say to our guests so nice to have you here, but in your case, truly, so nice to have you here. >> and i can say that it's truly great to be here, back in my hometown, back in the bay area after my long ordeal. >> you were 2014. >> correct. >> how did you get from here to there? >> it's a great question. i had studied creative writing in college out in new york, and i knew i wanted to be a journalist. i knew that i wanted to be a

foreign correspondent, but there was no real tried and true route into that kind of work. and i started traveling to iran pretty regularly, knowing that if i had the opportunity to stay and write from there, i might make a go at a career. that's exactly what i did. i worked as a freelancer for several years before i got the "post" job, which was a big get. it was really fantastic. >> you got the great job. you got the girl, your wif all was going well for you. start your book staub talking about how everything was wonderful. then the arrest. tell us about that. >> we were getting ready to go to a birthday party for her mother. we were leaving the house. we lived in a big high-rise. we came out of the elevator to go out to a taxi that was to pick us up, and there was a guy standing with a gun pointed right in my face. and they made their way into the elevator, took us back up to our apartment, ransacked the place, looking for who knows what. seized all of our documents, all

of our id, everything, then hauled us off to prison, which was the beginning of our long nightmare. >> now, i don't know how you managed to infuse humor into retell ogg of a story like that, but as i read it, i was struck by the way you tell it. your interrogation started with questions of a kick starter product you had involving avocados of all things. and iranian police saw that as proof you were a u.s. spy. can you explain that? >> yes. they said we don't know what this means, but it's code for something. we haven't cracked the code, but we're sure this is something very nefarious. >> that you were trying to bring avocados to iran. >> when i tried to explain kick starter to them, they said people giving money to other people they don't know for no other reason, for projects that are meaningless? that doesn't make a lot of sense. so it was a very tough situation. and as i often have in life, i look to humor to get myself through it. and i tried to kind of recreate that in the book. >> now you say you were not

physically tortured, but what was life like for you? >> i spent seven weeks in solitary confinement. yegi spent 72 nights her entire time. solitary confinement is torture. it's psychological torture. the effects of it last. there are almost impossible to undo. and it's not a practice that's justifiable in any way. and i hope that as a means of punishment or extracting of information, that it is outlawed internationally. >> you've been out for two years. do you still see some of those signs of the psychological trauma? >> sure, sure, every day. i don't have nightmares the way i did when i first came out. but there are little things. i get disoriented in crowds. i'm sensitive to noise and to light, and all sorts of things that weren't an issue before this all happened to me that i've had to learn how to live with. >> now free jason became an international cause. >> yes. >> your family, the obama administration, and even food

and travel show host anthony bourdain really became champions for your release, putting you out there every day. did you me any of that was happening while you were in prison? >> little bits and pieces. as time evolved and i was taken out of solitary confinement and i was given the opportunity to have short visits with my mother and my wife, and had access to iranian television, which is a lot of propaganda, but a lot of that propaganda was directed at me. i started to understand if they're saying these terrible things about me in iran, there must be something god they're saying about me outside that in america. >> to counter that. >> to counter that. >> so you didn't lose hope? >> i became pretty low at some points in the experience, but realized i had a lot of people fighting for me. >> now, if i read this correctly, you recount a conversation with your guards, and that's how you end your book. the presidential campaign was heating up between clinton and now president trump, and you asked them who they thought would win the election.

>> yes. they asked me who i thought was going win. >> and you said? >> i said i don't know. i don't think it's going to be either one of these people. what do you guys think? >> and they said? >> they said donald trump. >> and this is your last sentence in your book. why did they say that? >> they said he's the candidate that hates muslims the most. that's why we think he is going to become the president of the united states. >> you developed quite a close relationship in fact with some of your guards. tell us about your freedom, as you won your freedom in a somewhat controversial prisoner swap deal that the obama administration was able to broker. what did you do? what was the gesture as you were leaving? >> well, i'll tell you, it's hard for people to wrap their minds around. but 544 is a very long period of time. and no matter what sort of ill will, angst, anger, resentment you have, and as much as i wanted to leave that place and leave these people behind, human connections form for better or for worse. i knew it was going to be the last time i saw this person.

i through an arm around his shoulder and gave him a hug. i thought to myself, we've been through hell and back together. we're on opposite sides of this ideological struggle, and i just won. i'm going home. >> that is great lesson for so many people right now during these times, especially. jason rezaian, you're back to writing, opinion writer for "the washington post" right now. >> yes. >> and you're a contributor on cnn. >> that's right. >> best of luck to you. if you would like to meet jason and maybe get a copy of his book, he will be tonight at dominican university in san rafael. >> in conversation with bell. and at the commonwealth club in san francisco wednesday at noon. >> jason rezaian, thank you so much for coming in. >> thank you. >> ama? >> all right, thank you. we want to turn our attention to the weather now. it is monday, and i think, spencer, some rain coming our

way maybe? >> yes, maybe a string of rainy days. here is doppler 7. it's dry at the moment, but clouds are increasing. this is the view from the exploratorium camera, looking out over the skyline as it gets cloudier and cloudier. 60 degrees in san francisco. oakland 64. low to mid-60s. morgan hill, 55 at half moon bay. and this is the view of the increasing clouds from looking southeast ward. beautiful cloud formation there's. we have temperatures in the mid to 60s also, low to mid-60s i should say at santa rosa, napa, plume, fairfield, concord and livermore. on we go to a beautiful view of the western sky. sun is setting now. lots of color there because of the clouds, as we look westward from the east bay hills. these are forecast teachfeature. spotty sprinkles are possible tomorrow. it could be a sprinkle or two here or there. and our rainy pattern begins on wednesday and that will continue for several days. overnight under cloudy skies, look for low temperatures in the mid- to upper 40s. up to about 50 here in san

francisco. and here is our forecast animation. taking us into the early morning hours. notice a little patch of green going by in the early morning hours. it could be a sprinkle or two, but mainly a dry day of high temperatures from low to mid-60s just about everywhere from the coast to inland. and the approaching storm wednesday is a light one, ranking only 1 on the storm impact scale. likely to produce light to moderate rain. slow evening commute is likely. forecast animation for wednesday evening shows the approaching wave of moderate rainfall, light to moderate that will complicate the evening commute that will pass on through. and that will open the door for the next storm coming in about ofriday, which will be a stronger one, a moderate storm producing moderate to heavy rainfall with strong gusty wind and a chance of a thunderstorm, and that's on thursday. that's on friday, rather. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. notice dry tomorrow except for the possibility of sprinkles. light rain on wednesday. and then dry again on thursday game. moderate storm comes in with rainy, windy conditions on friday. and that's the first in a series of rainy days that will continue

into early next week. it's rain that we need. probably rain that may not be welcome because we got spoiled by all that dry, mild weather last week. >> yeah, when things change, they change quickly. >> they do. here's a question. would you be willing to rent out a room in your home for just a few hours? it may sound odd, but it's a new money making plan that is taking off. plus, the histo

san franciscans looking to lighten the load of exorbitant rent costs are renting their rooms by the hour through an app called recharge. >> renting shelter by the hour, either to nap, maybe make a phone call or take a shower. abc news reporter melanie woodrow has the story. >> in a bustling city like san francisco, where it's easy to burn out, the app recharge is

expanding its offerings from upscale hotel room rentals by the hour to homes and apartments that you can also rent by the hour to nap, shower, or even just take a phone call. >> we want you to be able to have privacy on the go. >> ceo manny banfos says hourly rental rates run from $20 to $120. it's not just for travelers. it also caters to people who live and work in san francisco. mimi phan is a recharge host who is recharging her wallet. she is renting out a spare bedroom in her home during the day. >> the house is empty. it's not being utilized. >> reporter: her room rents for $30 an hour. she gets 80% of that and puts the money towards her mortgage. >> it's not cheap living in san francisco. >> reporter: phan makes approximately that $00.a month because she manages and cleans her own home. hosts who want to manage and

recharge their own property make approximately $500. the rooms cannot be rented for overnight stays. short-term rental regulations don't apply, but that the planning department hasn't been able to thoroughly analyze this particular type of operation to determine if there are any code issues. >> people always like to say oh, this must be for rock 'n roll. this must be for people partying in the rooms. and we just don't see that. >> reporter: recharge goes to tremendous lengths to review customers and hosts, though he would not specify how. >> the only issue we have is that we need more homes. >> reporter: >> there is a more than 1600 wait list to get on the platform. melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> and despite that wait list, a lot of people are actually still skeptical about recharge. melanie posted a poll on twitter, asking people what they thought. would you let strangers into your home or apartment for a day? well, we're taking a look at the results, and actually, i was

just talking to her earlier. she was telling me a lot of people are saying no, they wouldn't do it. despite the fact there is a wait list, a lot of people responding to her poll, now you can say 10% say passive income, why not? 90% say no, i'm not down with that. you can cast your vote by going to melanie's twitter page and weighing in. i think i'm in the no thank you. >> i'm not down with that. i agree. a woman from redding took matters into her own hands after her wallet was stolen. >> she is on the way. she has already stolen from kohl's too. >> alicia sanders took the cell phone video of a woman she believes stole her wallet and went on a spending spree three minutes later. sanders caught up with her after she noticed her wallet and keys were missing. an app on her phone told her where her credit cards were being used. >> if it weren't for her i would have been sulking in chuck e. cheese, freaking out over my wallet. she was no, let's go now. okay, i guess we're going on a mission. >> sanders arrived a at walmart

in time to get the store manager to confront that woman and stop the transaction. sanders grabbed her wallet and keys back and called the police. officers advise against taking such action on your own typically, but sanders says she'd do it again if she had to. all right. well, the government is back in business right here in the bay area. the gates opened at the hyde street pier, but not everything is up to speed. we'll have the details. plus -- >> the creature of california. she is fantastic. we all know her and love her here. however, she is an unknown to those voters in iowa. >> from kamala harris to howard

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what would she do without me? live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> and here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. five houston police officers have been shot. their conditions haven't been released. our abc sister station reports the officers were serving a warrant at home, and that two suspects there are dead. in san francisco, protesters interrupted an emergency meeting of the california public utilities commission. officials approved a $5 billion financing plan to keep pg&e operating during bankruptcy. dan noyes will have the latest on abc 7 news at 6:00. the state of the union address is now set for a week from tomorrow. president trump accepted house

speaker nancy pelosi's invitation to give the speech on march 5th. it was originally set for tomorrow, but then delayed because of the government shutdown. hundreds of thousands of federal workers are back on the job today, but they feel they could be furloughed again in just a few weeks when the temporary budget agreement expires. abc news reporter mona abd abd d live in washington with the latest. >> good evening. for the first time in over a month, the government is operating at full service and federal workers will be getting their first paycheck in weeks that relief could be short-lived as another government shutdown looms. federal workers breathing a small sigh of relief. >> nobody is ever prepared for anything like this. >> as they head back to work, some for the first time in five weeks. >> glad to be back. get back into the swing of things. >> but it's far from business as usual. in just three short weeks, those same workers could find themselves once again without a paycheck. >> and the table has been perfectly set by the president in order for a good deal to come

together where everybody gets a little bit of something they're looking for. >> one option the president hasn't ruled out is another government shutdown warning that three weeks move quickly and reiterating his demand for more than $5 billion in border wall funding. >> we really have no choice but to build a powerful wall. >> mr. trump telli ining "wall street journal" he thinks there is less than a 50% chance a permanent wall will happen. and according to a abc news "washington post" poll, two third of americans don't have faith he or democrats will do what's right for the country either. >> they're going to try to do in three weeks what they couldn't do in five weeks. >> meantime, the government is scrambling to give back pay to traditional workers and deal with the ripple effects of the shutdown. >> you lose the government output for five weeks. that's never made up. >> and ama, you may be wondering just how costly was that partial government shutdown. well, according to a new report

from the congressional budget office, it revealed that it cost the economy $11 billion, $3 billion of it won't be recovered. live in washington, abc 7 news. >> mona, thank you. as the government reopens, today is also the first day you can file your tax return you. might find it more challenging than usual as sweeping changes were made to federal income tax rules. the standard deduction has been doubled. itemized deductions are limited, and the child tax credit increased. the last day to filed is april 18th, but with the new rules you're encouraged to file as early as possible. abc 7 news was at the hyde street pier as the national park service reopened for visitors. the tourist attraction was closed for the duration of the government shutdown. not all of the pier is accessible for now. some ships will remain closed for a few more days while park service personnel inspect them. the storms damaged some of the access ramps. we'll have more on the effects of the reopening of the government right here in the bay area on abc 7 news at 5:00.

the search continues for nearly 300 people still missing a of a dam collapsed in southeastern brazil last friday. the death toll sat 60, but it's expected to rise. the collapse of the dam at an iron mine buried neighborhoods in iron ore waste. some brazilian officials have called for the company that owns the mine to be held responsible. people across the upper midwest are preparing for blast of cold weather like they haven't seen in years. an arctic blast is behind a c p cripling snowstorm is bringing this to lacrosse, wisconsin. here is how it looked today in st. paul, minnesota. the national weather service says temperatures could hit an astounding 20 to 25 below zero in chicago. they're used to cold, but not that kind of cold. and most major airlines are issuing travel waivers ahead of the winter storm. delta, about united american, southwest and others allow customers to make a one-time change to their plans without a

fee. passengers are encouraged to check their flight status in advance. well, the communities wanting to pay you to move in. >> plus, you've heard about the gender gap when it comes to wages. but what about savings? does it make a difference? i'm spencer christian. another stunning sunset copping our way thanks in part to the clouds. the sun will disappear, but the clouds will not. on this monday afternoon at 12:45. >> hi, melissa. we love you! she walked into our traffic shot. she someone of our wonderful production assistants. she was checking the traffic in san jose. >> she walked away because she was so scared about it. te backup northbound looking good. she is probably

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become a challenge without voters, according to san jose state political action chair melinda jackson. >> she is certainly a household name here in california, but not so much in iowa and other places in the unto can. she really has to start doing that legwork. >> in a statement, the san francisco gop slams harris saying, quote, her record as san francisco d.a. and california attorney general will be heavily scrutinized. much of her records will be unappealing to mainstream americans. while being the front-runner has its advantages, there are drawbacks. >> you've got the big target on your back. you're the one that all the other candidates are aiming for. >> harris is coming in first in a dynamic survey by 538, ranking democratic presidential con atte tenders based on their appeal to different groups. we still don't know who they will be. joe biden and bernie sanders have announced whether they're rung. then will is former starbucks ceo howard schultz who says he is seriously considering running.

>> for a candidate to be successful as an independent, they really need to find a way to still be able to win in the electoral college, which is a big challenge when you don't have one of the major parties behind you. >> professor jackson says it's too early to tell where this race will go, but predicts the democratic field will get a lot busier in the coming weeks. in san jose, carlos salcedo, abc 7 news. >> now carlos mentioned a possible bid from former starbucks ceo howard schultz. now many democrats worry a third party candidate would end up helping president trump by splitting undecided voters. schultz told npr today that nobody wants to fire president trump more than he does, and says he would appeal to voters who feel ignored by both major parties. all right. well, a recent survey find there is a gender gap when it c finances. carrie schwab pomeranz with charles schwab is here today. thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> there is a survey. while women display more financial grit than their peers

that. >> tend to fall behind in investing. what is this grit we're talking about? >> total determination to have financial independence. >> okay. >> and they're doing all the right things. they spend less than boys, or young men. the survey is for 16 to 25-year-olds. so they spend less, 30%. they're more likely to have jobs, a second job and defer spending for saving. but guess what? young men have 40% more savings than young women. >> yes. how does that happen? >> how does that happen. i'll tell you, the other thing is 50% of young women versus boys have an investment account. so they're less likely to invest. so -- >> is that something that's coming down from parents, how they're teaching their son versus daughter on how to save? >> we dug a little deeper. what we found is not only are they talking differently to their sons and their daughters, for instance, they're talking about saving and investing and household chores with their

daughters, but with their sons, they talk about investing and borrowing, which those are key components to financial security. so this gender gap or treatment starts at a very early age. and not only that, parents are paying their girls less than their boys for the same chores. >> oh really? >> yeah. it all starts at home. i know parents don't mean to do it. it's just about us being a little more conscious about it. >> are schools doing anything to about this? outside of the home they're at school. >> unfortunately, only seven states in the united states require personal finance as a mandate to graduate. in fact, that's music to my ears. i've been really trying to encourage the san francisco schools to incorporate financial education within their curriculum. >> okay. so if we aren't necessarily getting it in schools at the moment as much as perhaps we should, what can parents do at home besides just being aware of what they might be doing? >> it's really important to have the conversation about money and investing in an early age.

and in particular, you need to talk to your daughters just the same as your boys and bring them along. also, it's really important to teach them right out of the gate to live below their means. you know, have i three children. i know have you you've have a young daughter too. and it's so expensive here in  san francisco. so the best thing to do is before they go out on their own after college, sit down with them and create a budget, and make sure there is a line item for saving and investing, and in particular their 401(k). save for the rest of their lives 10%, and they should be financially secure. >> i remember going over a budget with my parents when i first started living on my own after college. we had the whole budget laid out so we could make sure i was doing things correctly and not getting into debt. and it's definitely helpful. today is the first day to start filing your tax returns. any advice for young adults on how to deal with taxes? >> well, i think the best advice we could give is to start early. we know there is new tax laws, a lot of them, that are really just getting implemented this year. so a lot for us to all learn and make sure we get the most out of

our money. >> right. >> and also, now, with the federal shutdown, we hear from the irs it's going to take them a while to be back to capacity. so i think if you -- your refunds, if you're expecting one, will be a little delayed. if you need to phone for some advice, it might be a little hard to take. >> take a little longer. >> yeah. and so it's really good to start early, because, again, there is so many tax changes that are occurred that we want to really make sure that we understand and take advantage of. >> all right. lots of new things. thank you so much, carrie. we appreciate your time. >> thank you, ama. i'm spencer christian. here is a look at live doppler 7. we have changes in our weather coming our way. clouds are increasing although right now we have dry conditions. overnight look for clouds to continue increasing. overnight lows mainly in the mid- to upper 40s. inland to the bay and along the coastline lows in the upper 40s to about 50 degrees. now looking at the 12-hour planner for tomorrow, we'll start the day with lots of

clouds as the sunrises at 7:16 a.m. and remain only partly sunny for the remainder of the day. as we get into the evening hours, we'll see the clouds continue to increase because our first storm of the week is on its way to coming in on wednesday, a light storm, ranking only one on the storm impact scale. it improve light to moderate rainfall, which probably means a slower evening commute on wednesday, and it will produce only light wind. we have a little stronger storm coming in on friday. that's going to rank two on the storm impact scale as we look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. a sprinkle or two may not be out of the question. friday begins a string of days of rainy weather. rainy and windy on friday. showers with breezy conditions on saturday and sunday. and a chance of a lingering showers even on monday. and once again, the rain is still much needed. but after getting spoiled by all the mild dry weather we've had lately, maybe it won't be so welcome. >> thanks, spencer. all right. well, that measles outbreak in

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a state of emergency has been declared in washington state, one of several u.s. states coping with dangerous measles outbreaks. abc news reporter danya bacchus has the latest. >> a measles outbreak in the state of washington. in clark county alone, there have been more than 30 confirmed cases, and at least 11 confirm cases of the measles. >> you can actually spread measles for four days before you even know that you're sick. >> health officials saying exposure sites have been places lying this women, infant and children's office, a golden corral restaurant and the arena where the portland trail blazers basketball team plays. the outbreak prompting officials to remind people how contagious it is. >> anywhere from 12 to 18 people can be infected from one case. and those 12 to 18 can spread to it 12 to 18 more. >> the immigration status of those infected is a key factor. according to clark county officials, only four of the confirmed case aren't people who

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her service has been restored and waived her phone bill for that month. our last consumer resolve comes from jim who received a bill from fast track for 8 bucks. he paid by mail but received a second bill for the exact samele charge and a $25 late fee. jim had proof he paid. a check cleared his bank. so he contacted 7 on your side. we got ahold of fast tracrak any agreed to save jim that $25 he didn't really owe. i want to hear from you. the 7 on your side hotline is open monday through friday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. my telephone number is 415-954-8151. you can reach me on my facebook page. >> you're the fast track to getting a problem solved. >> there you go. >> thanks, michael. another european town is now hoping to attract new residents by offering a big perk. locana in northwest italy will pay you up to $10,000 to move there, but you have to have a

child and at least a $6800 salary. just last week officials in sambuca in sicily announced they were selling homes for $1, but buyers have to commit to spending at least $17,000 on renovations. there are now several italian towns hoping rewards will lure in new residents to help repopulate. >> that's interesting. >> population is dwindling. you've probably driven over the golden gate bridge many times. do you ever think about the workers who built it? a bit of history you might not know about coming up next. and coming up at 5:00, a south bay school district is hit by a lawsuit, claiming it turned a blind eye on allegations a teacher had sexual abused a at least one student. the change in policy the suit is seeking. and with the government shutdown over, parks are opening up, and it's back to work for hundreds of thousand of employees. why they remain anxious, though, even though they are going to get paid. >> if you think our weather is cold, ha, people in the midwest might have a beef with you. see what 50

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story. >> take a wild guess where we might be. here is a clue and another. as for that noise, up above it's just the midmorning commute on the golden gate bridge, though that might as well be an alternate universe for the painters below. >> the places you have to climb up to, you almost have to be a gymnast or contortionist to climb up. >> and they need to wear hard hats. it's manner to. >> this hard hat saved me a bunch of times knocking my head on steel. >> as it turns out, the golden gate bridge was the first construction site ever to mandate hard hats on a job. >> i've really hit my head and seen stars. i wonder would what have happened if i didn't have that hard hat on. >> it comes down to personal connections. architect joseph strauss had a friend in the city named edward bullard who made mining equipment. strauss asked bullard to make something to protect his men. >> the design for the golden gate bridge, designed for rivets falling from one of the towers.

>> enter generation five of the bullard family. wells owns the company now. she came to town for a sales meeting. when she learned she had one of the original hats, we asked her to show us. they're made of leather and canvas. >> it feels hard. >> because of the process my grandfather used to hard boil the can advice. >> hence the name. it cost all of $3 back then. her great grandfather used the dough boy helmets from world war i as inspiration and then added cotton straps as inspiration. it's no trivia what you see improved versions on job sites around the world, and that is where it started. on the golden gate bridge, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> so the question is how strong should a hard hat actually be? >> that is a question. well, the current standard for hard hats must withstand the equivalent of eight pounds dropping from five to six feet. >> that makes sense. that's how much the head weighs, generally. >> you can get the latest news with the abc 7 news app.

it has enhanced live video features, personalized push alerts to get more of the news you want delivered to your phone in realtime. >> thank you for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> abc 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. and put its own image and reputation above the safety of children. >> a new lawsuit against a south bay school district makes some serious allegations. >> and we're learning the stunning number of wildfires in california that are being blamed on equipment belonging to utilities. >> and we have new development in the hit-and-run that killed a san francisco state student. >> and just how cold is it? we'll size up our balmy 50 degree weather against the arctic blast that's put part of the country into a deep freeze. >> live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> a south bay school district is accused of turning a blind eye to accusations of sexual assault by a teacher. good evening. i'm ama daetz.

>> and i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. the parent of a san jose teenager is suing the school district for not having policies in place that might have prevented two cases of sexual assault. we first reported the arrest of the teacher in 2017. >> yeah, abc 7 news reporter david louie is live at dartmouth montana middle school where the sexual abuse allegedly occurred. david? >> ama and kristen, this case is still going through the courts with the teacher behind bars right now. the parent of one of the teachers -- one of the victims, rather, says behind this lawsuit, she says that her daughter did report this or she did report to it the school officials, but they didn't take it that seriously and did not take aggressive action against the teacher. that's what this lawsuit is all about. the lawsuit points at a former music teacher at dartmouth montana middle school, samuel knipe. he sits in jail for alleged sexual abuse of two students. a parent had warned school administrators in 2010 of text