scene with the latest on this. >> reporter: this is the kind of neighborhood coffee shop where people spend hours often working on their laptops. it is a safe, comfortable place but not for a time this afternoon. he said in ten seconds if i don't get these, i'm going to start shooting? >> yes. >> reporter: coffee shop employee said he didn't take it seriously at first, but realized the man with an orange vest, a gun, a mask was no joke. >> he said i want all the laptops in the bag right now. i backed up slowly because i didn't want his attention and as soon as i rounded the corner, i ran for my life. >> i heard the guy says raise your hands. >> reporter: land

>> that means you too [ bleep ], you too [ bleep ], oh, raise my hands. >> reporter: a man wearing a mask or a bandana and a work vest over a hoodie and dark clothing got away with the laptops. >> the guy said you got ten seconds and he started calming down and this poor guy, poor guy, i mean he was like >> reporter: never has anything like this happened before. >> i was in the back and i saw him pulling a gun on people in there. so i ran out the back door to call 911. >> i wanted to hide my laptop,

i wanted to say no, i'm not going to give it to you. yeah, i want my laptop back. there's a lot of stuff on it. >> reporter: but you're okay? >> i'm okay. >> reporter: now oakland police don't know at this point whether the suspect escaped by vehicle or perhaps left on foot. there are surveillance cameras both inside the store and out on the street. they are trying to gather that footage to learn whatever they can. the suspect was well disguised from head to toe including that rather distinctive safety vest. in oakland, anthony. thanks so much. one of the students was a victim of an apparent murder suicide, a mother killed her four and seven-year-old son yesterday before taking her own life. the husband and father of the

deceased found the bodies department. -- apartment. we have links to resources on suicide and other issues like domestic violence, bullying and school safety. we are diving deep into issues facing the bay area and possible solutions. one of those solutions homelessness. >> that's according to the most recent homeless count and survey. >> nearly a quarter of the people surveyed reported job loss as a primary reason for homelessness. >> 56% of poem surveyed say the biggest obstacle is finding an afford place to live. >> which helps to explain why more than 5,000 people applied

for a newly built apartment building. >> a city with the help of nonprofits and private industry is becoming a model to other cities when finding a solution. >> lyanne melendez is in the news room with a look at that. >> reporter: this city is creating affordable house and turning it over to the experts who know how to manage these units. even public housing. >> three, two, one. >> mayor london breed and the other tenants celebrated the grand opening of the building. 100% affordable house. 40 families once homeless live here. people like tina turner was homeless. she now pays $341 a month for

this one bedroom apartment in san francisco. >> my own privacy, cooking in my own kitchen. it is a big difference. >> we are out there working every single day with so many amazing partners. people willing to invest in partnerships like this. >> reporter: that partnership is what is changing the way san francisco deals with the affordable housing crisis. the land where 1036 mission stand was purchased by the tenderloin neighborhood development. here is how it works the nonprofit build or renovates using city funds in exchange of keeping 100% affordable for life. >> the terms of the lease says whoever is the lessee has to wh

public house, san francisco has achieved something few cities have done, transferred all 29 public housing structures to nonprofits. a nonprofit owns the building, the land is still property of the city. the nonprofit in this case, units must remain affordable. >> our public housing stock is so improved since we did that. >> reporter: still even today, the reality is that only a few who apply actually get to live permanently in affordable housing buildings. >> in san francisco, it is almost as valuable as winning the california lottery. >> reporter: and it was congress in 2012 that finally accepted that the federal government could no longer adequately maintain public housing so they created a program called rad.

letting them remodel was embraced by the late mayor, ed lee. >> lawmakers are also coming up with new ideas. today assemblyman introduced a bill that he says creates a regional approach. he explained on twitter the bill would create a new housing. the bill draws its inspiration from existing committee to house the bay area. the agency would be able to place funding measures on the ballot. >> we want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area, what issues do you see where you live and what would make them better. we would love it hear from you. >> turning now to our forecast, we may get a couple of dry days

in the future. >> conditions are relatively quiet but patterns remain unsettled. you can see that the absence of precipitation over bay area, but lots of clouds. currently 50 in san francisco, and oakland 52. 47 at morgan hill and had is a view of the dramatic looking western clouds and a little bit of setting here is a look at our forecast animation starting at 7:00 p.m., during the nighttime hours we will see clearing taking place in the north bay but won't last very long. probably will be a few wet spots for the morning commute so be on the lookout for. that our recent storms means the

snow is piled high in the sierra. >> hi there, i am meteorologist mike nico, snow still falling in the sierra. we have a winter weather advisory for another foot of fresh pow pow to shred. let me show you exactly when i think is the best time and that is sunday, the lightest amount of snow. still will be icy saturday depending on how fast they clear the road. and our lightest snow will be sunday. let me show you the seven-day forecast, and you can see that saturday and sunday looking pretty nice at least for the weekend, the best of the three days, monday our driest day and

moderate snowfall on tuesday. squaw pine is going to stay open well into the summer. hope you get a chance to get up there. be careful if you do. >> snow, sleet, rain, sun, check weather conditions where you live on doppler 7. and click on the blue live bar at the top. you can enable push alerts to get updates. in sonoma county, residents are celebrating the re-opening of a restaurant that burned in the tub fire. >> here is more from wayneasy b done. >> reporter: even if one kitchen is booming while the other remains a work in progress.

>> i feel like it is a shoe with sands in it, and you keep knocking it and it keeps coming out. >> reporter: that is jason flint of the farmhouse deli in guerneville. we watched as they began reclaiming their place. today they found inspiration in how dennis tussy and his wife re-opened sweet tea restaurant in windsor. the remains of the original restaurant after the tubs fire left them with little more than goodwill. >> we were getting reservations at two and 3:00 in the morning. >> reporter: in guerneville, they still have a way to go begin with no insurance. >> here at the farm hand, jason and lisa didn't want to ask for

donations, so they came up with this. gift certificates. >> we have had so much help, it's hard to keep asking. >> reporter: it is about faith. lessons learned the hard way about how the return of comfortable places can make us feel whole again. in sonoma county, wayne freedman. pg&e is trying to give employees $235 million worth of bonuses. they asked the judge to approve the bonuses for thousands of workers. the money is intendedive worker. atorneys for victims objected to the company's bonuses last year and the utility did not give them out. a traveling piano man

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the ultimate mishap with his piano. >> dion lim spoke with him today and the surprise ending will be music to your ears. >> i started piano lessons with this chair. >> reporter: what is left of this bench is part of what happened to davide martello this week. transporting his piano proved challenging. >> the first hill wasn't dangerous. >> reporter: but going down the next one? >> i didn't know what to do. >> reporter: the brakes gave way and he lost control. his piano and bench is all he i have only his music. >> reporter: for ten-days he has been traveling all over the world playing his piano on the streets of war torn countries.

>> turkey was dangerous after the riots. i played in dallas after the shooting. >> reporter: determined to play san francisco pier. we followed him to find a new bench. >> thank you so much. i just got a bench for free. >> reporter: the surprises don't end there. >> i could see his passion. a free piano. >> reporter: before we know it, music to our ears and soon san francisco and the world's. the only thing that needs fixing is davide's electric bicycle. his next performance tonight at san francisco pier 35. in the news room, dion lim abc7

news. a semi truck holding cases of modelo beer the driver got out of the big rig and walking. nearly 30 manufactures showing off their new models. of course the super cars. also a new generation of smaller trucks. san jose state students are showing off their self-driver cars. >> i hope this will drive around campus. >> the show runs through sunday

at the san jose mckenry convention center. >> and the blue one with the sunroof will come in > spencer christian i am tired of being called rainman. at the moment things are calm. here is a view of the western ski from the east bay camera. we will see a few showers and possibly flurries in the hills. light storm arrives saturday. and daylight savings time arrives on sunday. we will see clearing up in the north bay. we will see some passing showers down along the coastline and over the santa cruz mountains. most location will see lows in the low 30s. tomorrow a few spotty showers.

relatively cool. over in the sierra, we have a winter advisory. four to 8 inches of snow. saturday kicks off little league baseball. i hope the teams don't get rained on, but it looks like we have a good chance of showers in the morning hours. and by noon, we expect the sun to be breaking through a little bit and in the afternoon, we expect a dry break. let's take a look at this storm, it ranks one on the storm impact scale, a storm of light intensity producing light rain and showers. most locations will an inch. notice the spotty showers trickling down. by 7:00 saturday morning we expect a steady wave of showers.

some moderate to heavy pushing into the bay area. and 9:00 a.m. wet in most locations. and finally the wave gets to move out. clearing behind it. late saturday night we get another wave of rainfall coming this and that may continue into sunday morning. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. linger showers tomorrow. light rain on saturday level 1 possibly continuing into sunday. spring forward into daylight saving time. chance of rain monday night. another storm comes in on tuesday and finally two consecutive days of sunshine, wednesday and thursday. >> what will we do? >> what a thrill. put away those umbrellas. >> that will be night. >> coming up at abc news

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. today marriott hotel and equifax's ceo face tough questions. >> testifying on the breach in

2016. information of up to 303 million guests were compromised. >> one of the largest data breaches in history. >> there were controls in place. clearly weren't strong enough and we have taken great steps since then. we've doubled the size of our security team. >> the goal of today's hearing is to learn what changes have made. san francisco lawmakers unveiling first in the nation criminal justice reform legislation. >> how and why it would allow potentially millions of people to erase their record. hoarding vacation today days, how it is costing taxpayers billions. i am micha

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somewhere in the neighborhood of millions of people that are basically living day in and day out in what we call a paper prison. >> paper prison, that could be someone you know, they did their time but still paying the for it. >> they are hailing as ground breaking proposal. >> san francisco assemblyman and san francisco district attorney announced a bill today that would automatically expunge arrest records. >> the whole point of the sentence was that you served your time and paid your debt to society. at some point it has been paid and you get a chance it start over. >> under current law, offenders can work with the court to have

their record expunged but many don't. this bill would make that process automatic. there is a perk california state employees enjoy. >> state employees can save up their vacation time and in some cases receive hundreds of thousands of dollars when they retire. >> eric thomas explains. >> reporter: he had 4400 hours of unused vacation time. the state had to pay him for that. >> we are concerned from a taxpayers perspective, this should be concerning. to the extent that these public employees are accruing and saving vacation for these six figure pay offs when they retire is very much out of line.

>> reporter: the los angeles times analyze the payoffs. last year california paid out more than $300 million to workers one used vacation and holiday time. added together, state workers had three and a half billion dollars in unused leave in 2017. >> we need to take a complete review, overview of our public employe compensation programs. >> reporter: he told me he was surprised at being singled out especially because "the time i missed being with my family." he also said "the job was especially demanding furloughs when we worked full time with no

time off." tackling this through pension reform would risk coming afoul. in walnut creek, eric thomas abc7 news. san francisco city workers protested for better contracts for women today. hundreds of city workers and community activist union leaders say while women of color hold the majority of positions in the city and county, those positions are lower paid and less stable. today a racetrack analyst. 21 horses died at the track in a

period of two months. the expert will extensive testing and review of that track to see what is going on. santa anita was closed last week because of concerns that the wet weather would be deemed unsafe. normally a dent isn't a total loss but that is what the dmv tagged one car of a bay area woman. michael finney "7 on your side" finds out what happened. >> her car was struck by a hit and run driver. what happened to her later made things worse. walking to her honda car parked outside. she points out where the driver hit her car. >> the car was parked here and

we were surprised how come it was not hit on that side. it was hit inside. >> reporter: this is video she took. prosecutors convicted a driver of one count of reckless driver. the dmv refused to give her a new registration sticker. her car had been designated a total loss. >> the lady said we cannot just keep giving you a sticker, you have to take care of this. i am caught in the middle. >> reporter: a car is defined as total if the cost of repair is more than it is worth. this car is listed for $4,700, $1,100 more than the repair.

a total car is designated a salvage vehicle if it is repaired. cora recalls her discussion with the dmv. >> it says salvage, you have to pay for the salvage fee. >> reporter: that would be an additional $94 above registration. cora traced the mistake of the insurance company of the driver who smashed his vehicle into hers. >> there was another car that was also hit. >> reporter: by the same driver? >> by the same driver and that car was totalled. >> reporter: alliance insurance sent the dmv this letter acknowledging the mistake. it read alliance united insurance company here by

declearer the 20004 honda pilot was erroneously reported. it seems the letter from alliance was misdirected. >> so i don't know where to go.. i think i was crying because that was, i was losing hope. >> we contacted the dmv and told us they were able to contact the insurance company on the customer's behalf. >> i want to thank you guys, i have peace now. thank you very much. >> the dmv called this an unusual situation. if you have a problem like this or any other issue, let me know about it. the telephone number is (415) 954-8151. if you don't want to dial, you can reach me through my facebook page and through abc7news.com.

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quick thinking saved a child from an abusive home much she saw the parents yell at the girl and noticed bruises. the couple seemed suspicious and they took off, but the server managed to take a photo of their license plate and called police. >> she looked at me with a face that said help, you know, like beat up, this like i can't even describe to you like how bad she looked and how and why nobody else noticed it. >> she posted the photo of the couple on facebook asking for help and a childhood classmate started digging. within an hour the little girl was found and taken from the home. >> there is a valuable pair rot

that is pining for its owner. >> the challenge of the firefighters is keeping details about it secret. >> david louie shows what you he can of this >> reporter: they are trying to find its rightful owner and want to prevent fraudulent claims. african grays can command up to $2,500. >> it definitely was happy to be out of the cold and it was very appreciative of me coming to save me and put him in a nice warm cab as we came back to the station. >> reporter: no one knows if the parrot escaped or was released.

>> they do occasionally escape, say for instance if the door is opened on the cage and somebody opened the door, maybe a neighbor or a friend of the family didn't realize it. >> reporter: with no owner far, it will turn it over. >> we will take care of him, safe, and keep him healthy and in the process of looking for owners. >> reporter: african grays won't find more than five miles. if the owners can't be located then the parrot will be available for adoption. we posted how to reach the sanctuary on our website. we have a special treat from the san francisco ballet. abc7 news was invited to a piano rehearsal of the up coming production of the sleeping

beauty. that is principal dancer performing the rose adagio dance. most challenging dance because of the most time the dancer has to balance on foot and on point. >> aurora has to balance on one leg for a very long time but it is an effective moment from the story standpoint. >> this is the second year in a row the san francisco ballet performed the sleeping beauty. a lavish production. >> yes, absolutely. one last check on our weather. >> doing this on one foot. really. here is a look at live doppler 7. we have a few spotty showers coming our way moving down the coastline. overnight lows will be in the

lows. tomorrow we will have spotty showers breaks of sunshine here and there. then on saturday, our next storm comes in and it ranks one on the storm impact scale. light storm. and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. sunday, we spring forward to daily savings wednesday and thursday, we are looking at sunny days. let's see if that forecast holds up. that would be something special. >> thanks spencer. on to sports. >> the warriors have not been on point. giving up a lot of points. going to battle the nuggets for first place. does that motivate them? what does it take, steve kerr?

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good evening, 18 games left in the regular season and the warriors have a one game lead over denver. they will host the nuggets tomorrow night, how convenient. but which warriors show up? the championship team or the team we see now,ow energy,

thc, s outf ate. doe have t play tonight? one boost, clay thompson will play tomorrow. warriors have only nine regular season games. having lost five games by 20 or more this season. the fans deserve a better effort. >> we owe it to ourselves, and our fans in oakland to give them our best stuff over the coming months. and that's been lacking and it is disappointing. but we have a great opportunity ahead of us to close the season strong and to well andlayoffs a right there for us. >> you may recall back in november a girl from napa wrote steph curry asking why his sneakers weren't offered in the

girl section. today the sneakers to be released in celebration of international women's day. she was thrilled that she wrote and even happier that steph responded the way he did. we will hear from her later tonight. >> passing michael jordan or fourth. lebron james is doing to rest a little. the lakers are dropping like a stone, or should i say a tank. limit his minutes. so he will not play any more back-to-back stretch. to the ice we go. they had to have a meeting withe record. the canadians are fighting for a playoff spot.

>> they can score goals and beat good teams and so expect a big effort from them and their team that can be dangerous off the rush and have speed. and you know, they have different areas of the game that are strong so we will have to play a complete game. >> when kyle shanahan and john lynch joined the 49ers one their acquisition is pierre garcon. they decided today to let him go. in two years, he played only 16 games and on injurederve oned, nev developed into the consistent reliable threat the niners were hoping for. >> where did it go? i must have hit that a ton, look down, he hit it into the

netting. despite, that four under 68. shot of the day. da points. his tee shot, look at his body language here, he hates this shot, it is terrible. wait a second, i love that shot. he is looking over his playing partners with i can't believe that in. he thought he left it way short. >> don't quit. leftie has a great right-handed swing. >> he hit it into the net. >> swinging for the fences. join us tonight on kofy-tv 20. a truck highway. a chance to feel like a princess. some bay area high school teens

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