good evening. let's begin with yet another debtly crash on -- deadly crash. >> and this time at hearn avenue at stone ananyd. >> reporter: and this moment you might notice that there is not a car in sight. police are about to flight a drone over here to see what might be the stone any point road, one can't help count the memorials.y poinp count the memorials. >> i had almost made it all wait

across the street going from the west side to the east side of the road when the vehicle hit him. >> vehicle never saw him? >> they evnever saw him. >> reporter: the 18-year-old last just dropped his mom off from work and accident was not his fault. but residents say beware. >> watch the traffic. >> reporter: this is the fourth time that car has hit and killed a person on or near stone any point road in the last year. >> she was on her bike with her 4 helmet.y point road in the last year. >> she was on her bike with her helmet. >> reporter: her daughter died after a truck ran her over. he never saw her until it was too late. >> i realize with my daughter's situation, it was a horrific accident. but it doesn't change the fact that she was doing everything she was supposed to be doing. and she was hit in the crosswalk and she is gone. >> reporter: it runs north to south with a 45-mile-per-hour

speed limit in places. families of victims want more protection for them. it is the only reason katrina spoke with us today. >> i need to do this for her. i want what happened to her not to be for nothing. >> reporter: sydney was 20 and an only child. you are looking at a live picture now where the accident occurred and where the santa rosa police are seconds away from flying a drone to take a look at everything. as for today's victim, richard burns, we don't know much yet. that are information just came to us a short time allego. wayne freedman, abc 7. >> and we're hearing from a bay area coach who says the daughter of a hills borrow couple charged in that college admissions scandal never played on his team even though that is what her application said. melanie woodrow is live with the story. >> here is the real burn on this

one. not only did lauren isaacson never play, the coaching director there says that there wasn't even a team for her age group during the years she supposedly would have played. the key athletics club lauren as the captain of her soccer team. a mid feerld majoring in psychology and includes a similar description. team captain from to 12 to 2016 and selected team mvp in 2015. >> i would say team captain and mvp would be hard to be that of a team that doesn't exist. >> reporter: zach says during the years isaacson claims she was on a team, a team for her age group didn't even exist. >> and we have been unable to

substantiate any clams. >> reporter: and according to the complaint, her first choice was a us xrchlt as c as a socce krut. and former head coach foshded the soccer profile to the head coach of the men's soccer. u xrchlt la h ach ucla has placed him on leave. >> it smelled fishy to me. >> reporter: the complaint says that lauren's parents took part in the recruitment scheme and the entrance exam cheating scream for two of their children. and they took a tax write-off for the payments. when rick singer began cooperating with investigators, he had recorded phone and intern conversations with the isaacsons. saying, quote, you know the embarrassment to everyone in the

gh communities. it would just be -- later in that same conversation, isaacson told singer if they produced with the cheating scheme for their third child, they would pay in cash. i've not heard back from the isaac dlic isa isaacsons. let's check in with sandy for the rain totals. >> yeah, and it is a lot quieter than earlier this morning. the sun has come out on 24 fith first day of spring. but it wasn't quiet this morning. if you were commuting, you probably remember the downpours earlier this morning. and it is really pretty much winding down. so here a look at the rain totals. oakland, .85. you will notice around concord, about a third of an inch.

and as we take you hour by hour through the night, a few hours going into tomorrow morning. we'll play tag with the santa cruz county coastline. but tomorrow consider it a break. i'll let you know when the next storm is coming in. a look at the weekend coming right up. this afternoon's clearing skies seem to have brought out this whale in the bay. impressive. sky 7 spotted it about 40 minutes ago and the whale just leaped and breached a few hundred yards off san francisco's marina green. it is unclear exactly what type of whale it is, but many species are migrating off on the coast right now sometimes putting on quite a show. and you've seen it from the freeway while driving down 280 and from the air, but this evening we're giving you a new true of the flint stone house.

and vic lee met with the owner inside the house and got her response to the lawsuit the town has brought against her. it is a story you will see only on abc 7 news. >> thank you to give me the chance to tell my side of the story. >> reporter: that is the voice of florence fang owner of the flint stone house. she gave us an exclusive tour of the now controversial hillsborough residence. it is a three bedroom, 2700 square foot home built in 1976. what is most striking, there are no square rooms, only curved lines everywhere. and in the front yard, a life size statueof fwrred and wilma and dino. and of course dinosaur x. and let's not forget flintstone's friends the rubbles. in the backyard away from the public street, large dinosaurs, giraffe and even big foot.

this is her favorite room, the conversation pit. it is peaceful, private. but the view outside also reminds her she is not isolated from the world or from the complaints of some residents in the city which is suing fang for either i can'ting what it calls a highly visible eyesore. fang thanks her many supporters who have contacted her through social media. >> i'm not the only one alone fighting for the flint stone. it is an american memory that makes the people smile. and make them feel good about themselves. >> she says the house and fixtures make her happy and her grandchildren happy as well. >> let's keep fred and dino aline and working together to keep us smile. >> reporter: a message from fang to the city. >> i will fight the best i can. stay tuned. >> reporter: oh, and one last thing. >> yabba dabba do.

>> reporter: vic lee, abc 7 news. this wasn't the first time inside the flintstone house. we also toured the house in 1987 when it was on the market. you can see it looked very different then. colors were more muted. we have post this had video from the archives at abc7news.com. and the milk pail market, an institution for 45 years, is getting ready to say good-bye. the european style market will be closing in the next few months. it started in 1974 as a drive-through dairy. the owners point to several challenges including the impact on the business from the recent construction. changes in their neighborhood and the hard work it takes to run a family business. time also running out to satisfy your ravioli craving at one long time business in san francisco. lyanne melendez explains why luca's ravioli is closing. and today is national raf viovi

day. >> just heard the news. i'm not happy. >> start spreading the news. let everyone know. that the store is getting ready to close. >> reporter: heartbroken but never defeated. customers are stocking up on their favorite items that they can only find at a place like luca's on valencia street. >> i can't tell you how attach i had am to this place, what it represents in terms of community and fabulous food and real places to go. like who wants to order your whole life on line? >> reporter: the family business started in this building which she have owned since 1925. and one on one attention to customers is old school, soon to be a faded memory. >> i come from an italian neighborhood in new york where we have like three italian

delis. so this was my home away from home. >> reporter: the reason for closing is that the owner has no one to leave the gem to. childr interests. >> i miss coming in here and listening to frank sinatra. >> reporter: the owner says the store will close april 20th. by frank >> he did it his way. >> reporter: lee an lianna len c 7 news. nd as the 2020 campaign heats up, bay area is a hot spot for hopefuls. >> whatan feel the bern. and turns out fruits and vegetables have a

pesticides even after you watch them. and the riot button showing up in a government elevator.

several presidential hopefuls are make being the rounds. this week amy klobuchar and actual cigab bard and andrew yank made appearances. pete butte judge wiigieg will bt week. and josh haskells that from los angeles. >> reporter: these strikig workers are employed by the u krchc system and this afternoon they had a visit from presidential bernie sanders. >> i'm proud to be here with two

great unions. if we are going to rebuild the american middle class, we need to grow the trade union movement. >> reporter: bernie sanders brought his message of income inequality to westwood wednesday standing in solidarity with striking uc workers, 40,000 across the state. they are asking the uc system to halt contracts with private companies, overtiming pay after eight hours like other state empl employees, and no cuts to benefits. sanders says >> it must be an employer that respects its workers. it must be an employer that treats its workers with dignity. and it must sit down with its unions and negotiate in good

faith. >> reporter: in a statement the university of california office of the president said in part if union leaders had channelled as much effort into negotiations we'd have a deal by new. workers will be back on the job thursday. in westwood, josh haskell, abc 7. and the dirty dozen list of fruits and vegetables have been released. at the stop of the list, strawberries, spinach and kale. the study nound thatfound that plow sold in the u.s. has pesticides left on it even after washing. the cleanest, afternoon cof a corn. people who use can that

business every day could increase their chances of developing psychosis by nearly five times. symptoms include hallucination and delusion. the findings published in the journal are consistent with previous experiments that suggest heavy use can be harmful to mental health. workers in sacramento couldn't believe that i ever eyes when they recently got into apple swratd tore. all right th >> reporter: this elevator will let you know if a riot is going down outside the doors. a button spelled out in black and white is now inside several elevators in the california department of tax and fee administration building. >> it is bizarre. >> reporter: state employees say they never got a memo explaining why the riot buttons were added. what was the idea behind it?

>> you're asking the wrong person. >> no one knew. just they are here, don't touch them. >> reporter: the buttons were installinged within the past few weeks. tonya thinks it is bizarre but also wonders if there is a secret safety concern in her building. >> because no one randomly put as riot button in there. somebody powers that be knows something that we don't. >> but it is alarming to see that. >> it is. >> and the building is managed by the state department of general services which confirmed in a statement that the buttons were installinged as part of our overall safety and emergency plan covering a variety of scenarios including the need to have the elevator not reach the first floor. wording is in the process of being changed to more effect i have itleffectively reflect the purpose. and take a look that the, sun is back out. in after a real drenching.

sandy patel is here with the forecast. >> something for everyone today. it is quiet right now. the storm has impacted much of the state. in tsierra, we are seeing some some snow hours. 4 to 8 inches of snow is expected. tahoe is not reporting snow at this hour. temperatures have fallen. 5 to 15 degrees cooler compared to yesterday. so even though spring is here, still feeling a little like winter. let me show you what you can expect in the days ahead. overnight tonight going into tomorrow morning, we will start to see some fog forming.

afternoon sunshine tomorrow and the rain returns friday. we are looking at dry for most of your weekend about so if you have outdoor plan, you don't have to worry about the rain dampening your plans. take a live look. right now you can enjoy the sun. and tomorrow morning watch out for the fog, temperatures 30s, 40s. we'll also see some high clouds around. tomorrow afternoon, isolated shower can't be rulinged out eve -- ruled out, but for most of you, it is a dry day. and a level one system on our storm impact scale will follow on friday. light to moderate rain moving north to south. early friday, a few sprinkles around. north bay, san francisco get something showers. 11:00 a.m., still in that same j vicinity, but afternoon and evening is when most of the

steady rain will come through. here is a look at the accuweather 7 day forecast. tomorrow your chance to dry out, but watch out for the fog. rain returns on friday, it is a light level one system. saturday, sunday, you get that dry break although clouds will be increasing and by sunday night could be a few showers. right now we're looking at another storm monday and that will be followed by another system on tuesday going into wednesday. so do look for some more rain chances in our accuweather 7 day forecast. as you know, spring can be a pretty wet time of year. we've seen this repeat. 2 to 5 inches of rain typically around this time. you can always download the accuweather app and track it anytime you want. rachb rain, sunshine, clouds. and it is called spring showers. and spring showers bring may

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>> you were such a big boy when i was gone. i'm so proud of you. >> reporter: it is the simple moments they miss the most. >> wow. >> reporter: it is easy to forget how tough it is for the families they leave behind. >> i love you. i'm so proud of you. >> isn't that the sweetest thing? you do forget sometimes how hard it is for young children. >> you know i can't watch stuff like that. moving on now to something the kid in you would absolutely love. >> ur new exhibit in the bay area. we'll have details next.

coming inat 6 on:00, we sit down with a man once suspected in a sensation at bay area murder mystery, what he says is being done to him to keep him from testifying in the case. >> it has become a public safety and health issue. and it has happened again, another bay area city bans rv parking on city streets.

officials explain why it is necessary and what vehicle owners plan to do now. all coming up in a half an hour. and finally tonight, don't be alarmed if you hear a strange roar in golden gate park the next few weeks. >> life size t-rex is part of dino days at san francisco's california academy of sciences. >> for six weeks, visitors can see the sure to spark the imagination. >> they are just so big. and it is almost unbelievable that something like that existed at one time. >> the dinosaurs lived in north america 65 million years ago. dino days starts friday, but goes extinct on may 5.

like jurassic park. >> pretty fun. appreciate your time. tonight, as we come on the air in the west, the breaking news. the fbi now joining the investigation. the horror in the cockpit now revealed. what happened inside one of those new boeing jets after it went into that nose dive. the pilots frantically trying to flip through the manual. and what happened the day before on that same yet. also, the major storm set to hit tonight and into tomorrow. it will affect travel coast to coast. major travel hubs in the path. flight delays expected. we'll time it out. abc news learns tonight new england patriots owner robert kraft will not take the plea deal that would have forced him to acknowledge guilt. and tonight, the interview just coming in now, the woman, the original owner of that day spa, now at the center of the scandal, speaking out. president trump and what he said today about the mueller report, expected soon. and late today, the president