floor. >> reporter: the walls around this kouft yard were cover -- courtyard were covered with paint. 11 windows were broken and at least three computers. one of the pilots in the girls bathroom was smashed with a massive rock. >> certainly a lot of supplies that have been destroyed. you know, we're talking thousands of dollars certainly, and that doesn't include the people hours. they had to come in and clean up real quick. >> reporter: based on the pattern, some teachers believe the vandals checked every single door, and the ones that were unlocked like this were the easy target. even though the staff room doesn't look like it vandals got in here. over 400 students attend the community school. today all had one question in common -- what happened. >> there wasn't anything outside by the front door that was particularly obvious about something like this going on. once the staff gets back here, they start to say, my gosh, what's going o shocked. >> reporter: todd davis is using this as a learning experience. >> what do you think this school is going to look like tomorrow?

much better? >> yeah. >> reporter: clundfied school district con -- oakland unified school district confirmed an alarm went out, and they're investigating. abc7 news. two teenagers were electrocuted as they tried to save a dog from a canal in solano county. investigators say the dog jum ed or fell from a foot bridge west of interstate 80 in dixon yesterday. the boys, both age 17, jumped in tograph the dog. they reached up to the metal bridge. it appears the teenagers were electrocuted. one of their friends was able to knock them off the bridge and pulled the boys and the dog out of the water. both boys went to dixon high school which is a horrifying tragedy. newly released surveillance photos show the person wanted in connection with a bloody attack atdenny's. >> the suspect attacked a man friday while he was waiting for his food. >> we have more on the latest in

the case. >> reporter: there is some good news. frederick iboni is home. his mother says he is resting, not comfortably, with some pain. but he is starting to mend today. the picture is hard to look at. a picture of fred iboni beaten, a broken nose and palate, ten stitches in his lip, teeth out of place. >> i feel like [ bleep ]. you know. >> reporter: a monster, the 35-year-old is not. he stood up for a denny's employee who was being harassed by a boston college rent customer sunday morning. these are security photos of suspect. >> please, everybody look at this picture. this guy's dangerous. >> reporter: it was initially believed that his assailant was a doordash driver. investigators say now there's no evidence of that. iboni says he tried calming the man and was sucker punched. paula tells us her son was taken

to highland's hospital yesterday for emergency surger to work on his jaw and to save his teeth. >> they put it back and wired everything together. >> reporter: the sad irony is frederick's father was attacked 15 years ago by four men during a robbery outside a citi bank. >> six fractures of the skull was the least of his problem. everything, severe brain injury, he'll never work again. >> reporter: police showed paula video from an outside camera that they have yet to release to the media. she says it proves her son was not physically confrontational. >> i saw a part of the video. his hands, never raised his hands. he was like, hey, we need to calm down. >> reporter: we might have a development soon. police tell us that they were contacted by doordash this morning telling them they have an employee, an employee of doordash, a delivery man, that they would like investigators to

look at. just exactly what that means police would not say. but they did say that starting tonight, the night investigations units will begin looking at this particular person. stude stay tuned. we will have the latest information for you. >> a couple of questions here. we're hearing that frederick was living at his parents' home because of his father's condition, is that right? >> reporter: that's right. this is a sad story. like a generational story. his father, as i said, was viciously beaten in front of the atm machine. he's been out of work, he cannot work, his wife says. frederick knowing that, moved back in with his parents at the age of 33. he's 35 now. and that's where he's been taking care of his father and even providing financially for the family. that's what his mother told us. this is really a sad irony.

>> certainly is. and vic, does he still need more surgery? >> reporter: unfortunately, frederick is going to need facial surgery, a complicated surgery to essentially fix the broken bones in his face. doctors were in the emergency surgery were able to wire his jaw, his palate, and save his two front teeth or three front teeth which were out of place. they did that yesterday, as i said. but now they need the money, number one, to go and get frederick some basic surgery to fix rest of his face. essentially to put it back together. >> goodness. all right. vic lee reporting live. thank you. well, lawyers of the ghost ship trial clashed as it began over a defense strategy that may include accusations of a cover-up by the city of oakland. we have more on the counts of onvoluntary manslaughter in the

fire. today prosecutors asked the judge to bar the attorney from using words like cover-up and scapegoats in presenting their defense. the judge agreed to only part of the motion banning the phrases from opening statements but giving attorney tony sarra sarr leeway if he can prove it's relevant. officials are said to need to answer to the jury, too. >> i do believe that they should be here to testify. they had a bigger part in this than anybody else. this was their -- their building, you know. the city had their -- their different agencies go through the warehouse and do nothing about it. if they want answers, these are the people that will can give it to them. not the 26-year-old tenant who wasn't even on the lease. >> the judge says she's expected jury selection to begin in about two weeks. a brooklyn chemical engineer charged with trying to poison his co-worker apeapeared in a courtroom today. >> we havestory m.

>> reporter: loved ones of berkeley chemical engineer david schuh left a courtroom in silence. schuh is charged with attempted murder for trying to poison a co-worker to death. >> he's presumed innocent. these are allegation, only allegations, charges have been filed. >> reporter: that's all his attorney would say. she wouldn't got g into any possible motive. according to the clriminal complaint, he used cadmium to treat the victim's food and water. this went on for almost a year and a half. she became sick, and so did family after drinking her water. neighbors told police she was at the lafayette home days ago. they worked at the berkeley engineering and research lab. they declined to comment. schuh is due back in court thursday at 9:00 a.m. abc7 news. >> thank you. an east bay priest accused of abusing a teenager is charged with 30 counts of lewd acts with a child. father david mendosa-vela was

arrested last week and made his first court appearance today in dublin. the alleged abuse took place at st. john's catholic church in san lorenzo. he was transfer friday >> we're hoping that the courage of our victim strengthens other vitims that may or may not be out there to come forward, as well. >> mendoza-vela remains in the alameda county jail. the diocese of oakland says a hotline has been set up for this case and is encouraging people to call the alameda county district attorney's office. the diocese of san jose has a added another priest to its list of clergy accused of sexual abuse. this brings the total count to 16. they added paul dug an who was accused of misconduct while at st. patrick's cathedral during the 1950s. he retired in 1983 and was removed from the ministry of the archdiocese in 2002 and died in 2007. it's now official, everyone

can stop saying "we need the rain." officials with the department of water resources measured 106.5 ation outh lake tahoe.t phillips more importantly, the snow-water equivalent is at 51 inches, the fourth highest level recorded for april. how significant is this? check this out -- four years ago at this time, there wasn't a single inch of snow at phillips station. remember these pictures we showed you then? last year it was 52% of normal. it's now at 200% of normal at that location, while the entire state is at 161% with more rain and snow on the way. we always kind of need the rain. but we're in pretty good shape. >> right. we definitely are. but we are still going get more of it. >> yeah. spencer christian has the forecast. the cry now is we need the sun. might be a while before we see it. lots of clouds around. little areas of light sprinkles have been passing through the bay area throughout the day.

there is the view on live doppler 7. very active weather to the east. thunderstorms over the central valley. storm totals from the system which is winding down now generally under .1 inch in most locations. oakland received just over .2 inch. and in the city, .12. 58 degrees in san francisco. 61 in oakland. 60 in santa rosa. 62 danville. conco concord, 64. san jose, 65, mountainview, 63. here's the satellite/radar view of the waves of moisture continuing to move in, not producing much in the way of rainfall. we have another rainstorm coming on thursday that will be a light storm, that will be followed by a little more vigorous storm on friday. in fact, looking ahead, you can see the friday storm is expected to tap into a developing atmospheric river which would enable that storm to produce heavier rain than the one on thursday. but there is sunshine to follow. i'll give you a look at the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. alma? >> thank you. with storms set to hit orville, water rushed down the

main spillways at the dam for the first time in more than two years. in february, 2017, it broke apart in heavy rain and caused the evacuation of about 200,000 people downstream. the plj spillway -- emergency spi spi spillway also eroded. the repairs cost more than $1 billion. water was released by the reservoir is 81% full, and officials want to make sure there's room for the rain and all that melting snow. let's move on now. in our commitment to rebuilding a better bay area, abc7 is exploring the booming ride-share business, that includes the protections for passengers. >> i can find out more about an amazon seller than i can about the uber driver i'm about to get in a car with. >> ride-sharing services are more popular than ever, but are they doing enough to protect you? and more parents are set to appear in court in the college cheating scandal. what could happen to them. plus -- >> reporter: i'm daytime lkate ,

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don't mistake this woman's nervous laughter -- she is terrified -- she had done the right thing, not getting behind the wheel after a night out with friends in seattle and ordered a lyft. but at 2:45 in the morning, her driver followed her up to the door, grabbing at her, grabbing himself in an obscene way. after a long two minutes, he smacks her behind and leaves. she safely gets inside. the next morning, her boyfriend checked the security camera and found that the lyft driver returned a half hour later, tested the windows, the door handle, and knocked. >> freaks me out the most is the fact that like -- he knows where i live. >> reporter: the woman asked me not to show her face or use her name. but she wanted you to know her story. the lyft driver was convicted last september of assault with sexual motivation for the incident. >> wouldn't give my address out to a random person on the street. it's important for, you know, people like this to, you know, have background checks or have safety kind of audit. >> reporter: serious c about some ride-share drivers

are coming across the country and the bay area. tomorrow morning, this man is appeared to appear in superior court again. prosecutors call him the ride-share rapist for attacks on four women over five years. he says he's not guilty. i.c.e. reports lazo's in the country illegally and fraudulently represented himself when applying to be a driver and removed himself when allegations became public. this man was hired a day before sexually assaulting a woman according to police. he still drove for lyft, but police tell me he picked up the passenger off the street, in from an app. >> at the time of this incident, his vehicle did have a fix to the -- affixed to the windshield lyft and uber stickers. >> reporter: this past summer, this uber driver was convicted of raping a female passenger he picked up at a restaurant. surveillance video showed him carrying the woman from the back of his car into a maryland motel. the victim called police after the attack.

>> you have an engimergency, ma? >> i don't know how i woke up here. >> reporter: uber tells me this was a deplorable crime that nobody should ever have to go through. "we've worked closely with police to support their investigation." >> here we have an app that basically puts women in predators' cars. >> reporter: i met attorneys megan mccormack and rachel adams at the embarcadero where they are working dozens of raid-share cases. -- ride-share cases. they say uber and lyft have to do a better job. as it stands the ride shares rely on the dmv and a third-party background checks. there is no face-to-face meeting, no drug test, no fingerprint with federal background checks through live scan. >> companies don't require to even talk on the phone, let alone a face-to-face interview. >> i think also with the fingerprinting, there's a sense of accountability. if you're a driver, you know your fingerprint is on file and that matters. >> reporter: that's what happens at taxi companies like flywheel.

fingerprints, drug tests, close supervision, cameras in all the cars that managers can see what's happening. safety manager cory applamm tel me no flywheel driver has assaulted a passenger in the last year. >> not one. >> reporter: two years? >> not one. >> reporter: five years? >> not one. >> reporter: ten years? >> not one. i've been here 13, a driver's never assaulted a passenger. >> reporter: a lyft spokesperson said he would get back to me but has not. and uber declined an on-camera interview but e-mailed there is nothing american important than safety of the riders and drivers we serve. that's why we've doubled down on safety over the last 18 months, strengthening u.s. background checks, launching safety features. while no back ground check is perfect, our process is thorough, fair, and conduct friday cordance with state law. i'm posting the full statement at abc7news.com. they say they will release a first of its kinds report detailing the number of xuality-

a w alwing women to choose a female driver even if it meant waiting a little bit longer. that's an option. >> interesting. >> thank you so much, dan. "7 on your side's" michael finney has been investigating uber and lyft and found ride-share cars only get a minimal inspection compared to the taxi cabs. tonight at 6:00, he'll show a typical ride share inspection. all this week on abc7 news we are looking at the ride-share realities and the impact the companies are having on building i better bay area. now let's focus on the weather. we need the sun. >> yeah. >> we do. >> less rain. >> to use an old cliche, what you see is what you get. the clouds behind us are going to be with us for a while. here's live doppler 7. we have cloudy skies and pockets of sprinkles or very, very light showers. so there's some damp pavement out there and some places you may need the you alertness. here's a live view from the

tower looking over san francisco. a little flash of dunns sunligh trying to work through the clouds. san francisco, 58. oakland, 61. mid six at san jose and half moon bay. the dramatic view of the western skyline. look at those clouds -- looking westward from emeryville. it is currently 60 at santa rosa. napa and petaluma just under 60. 61 at vacaville, livermore. concor concorde, 64. as we look at the clouds, these are the forecast features. we'll see light rain returning on thursday. a stronger storm with the heavier rain and stronger winds will come in on friday. and a warmer, drier pattern will begin on sunday. that will continue into next week. right now, this is what we can expect overnight. lots of clouds, and still some light, scattered showers may develop and move through the area during the overnight hours. low temperatures will drop into the upper 40s. some inland valley location, 47 at lakeport.

even red land city, not inland, a low of 49. other locations will see lows in the low 50s. this is the forecast animation. notice going through the late night and overnight hours, we'll still see these little widely scattered pockets of light rain or drizzle moving through, including tomorrow morning. the morning commute could be a little bit slow. not because of heavy rain but because of light rain and slippery pavement. in the afternoon hours tomorrow, mostly cloudy, maybe a sprinkle here and there. high temperatures, mainly in the low to mid 60s. near the bay, shoreline, and inland. on the coast we'll see upper 50s to near 60. that sets the stage for the next storm coming in on thursday. a light storm, more of a nuisance storm than anything expected to produce light showers. it ranks one on the storm impact scale. the rainfall totals will be under .1 inch for most of the bay area. let's skip ahead then to friday's storm. the stronger one. that will start to move in early friday morning, through the day friday. we'll see the storm expand, producing light to moderate rain. maybe more moderate than light. accompanied by some occasional

wind gusts that could be relati continue into friday night and perhaps produce some lingering showers into saturday morning. by the way, friday, the day of rain, is the day of the giants' home opener against the tampa bay rays at oracle park. game time, 1:35 in the afternoon. we expect it to be wet. i don't want to predict a rainout, but i am predicting rain. be prepared if you're going to the game. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. each of the approaching storms, thursday, friday, and friday into saturday, rank only one on the storm impact scale. but i think we're all getting tired of the wet weather now. that will change on sunday. as we get sunnier skies and warmer conditions, sunday, monday, and tuesday we expect mainly sunny skies, high temperatures from the bay to inland ranging from low to mid 60s. i beg your pardon, low to mid 70s. let's correct that. low to mid 70s. low to mid 60s on the coast. so drier, warmer, more springlike pattern is coming our way. we have to dance through the raindrops first. >> all right. thanks. >> okay.

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today, april 2nd, signals how much longer the average woman must work to make as much money as men did last year. equal pay day was started in 1996 as a way to illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages. mill valley-based glassdoor says the gender pay gap is shrinking in some countries. it's down to about 20 cents in the u.s., according to a recent study. the top five industries with the biggest gaps are media, retail, construction, repair and maintenance, i'll, gas, energy, and utilities, and the insurance

industry. as far as specific careers, pilots and clefs are the jobs with the big -- chefs are the jobs with the biggest pay difference. remember that ring made out of a clipper card? we showed you this ring created by software engineer amy webowo last week. and it works. amy wrapped the smart label and antenna in tape to protect them, and there you have it. abc7 news anchors kristen sze and reggie aki talked about the inspiration. >> the idea came to me when i was fishing through my card for the clipper card and i couldn't remember where i put it. i was holding up the line, there were people behind me to swipe out a bart. i was thinking it would be so much easier if i had my clipper card attached to my hand so then i'd never lose it. >> amy doesn't plan on making the rings to sell but does say that she will eventually post a tutorial on how you can make your own.

clever. catch "mid live" here on abc7. a nevada teenager recently parted with his xbox for a worthy cause. he bought a car for his mother. william is only 13. he, his two siblings, and their mother recently started a new life and didn't have any means of transportation. william said he had seen videos on youtube in which people buy cars for their mothers and decided he wanted to do the same. he found a car on facebook and messaged the seller. >> i asked if i could trade the xbox or earn it. she said, at first she said no, and then she said she thought about it and then she said yes. >> i bawled so bad. i was just like, there's no way. what 13-year-old do you know buys their mom a car? i don't know any. >> so sweet. william also did some yard work for the woman to earn that car for his mother. well, more parents are set to appear in court in the college cheating scandal. >> oh, some parents are definitely going to serve actual time.

there's no doubt. >> that's expected to happen tomorrow. and an arrest in

welcome back. here are the stories making headlines at 4:30 -- fremont police have released two surveillance photos of a man

wanted for an attack at a denny's restaurants. a customer was waiting for food on sunday when police say the suspect just went on a rampage. abc7 has more on a tweet from the photo. teachers and students found the manzanita community school trashed. our wet winter which is spilling over into spring has more than helped the water supply. the california department of water resources sent out this picture from its sierra snow survey today. the snow pack statewide is 162% of normal. what a big change for us. six more bay area parents charged in connection with the nationwide college admissions scandal will appear in court in boston tomorrow. two of them are facing a more significant charge than the others. abc7's i-team reporter melanie woodrow reports on the parents' arraignment and has the latest. >> reporter: the two parents y the colburns.

in addition to mail fraud charges they're falling money laundering charges following an indictmeentsed i th u.s. distri massachusetts is now a revolving door for parents charged in connection with the nationwide college admissions scandal. marcy, are you and your spouse still laughing about it? was it still worth every cent? tomorrow, six more parents appear before a judge. criminal attorney doug rapoport. >> some parents are definitely going to serve actual time, no doubt. >> reporter: rapoport is not p repre -- representing anyone involved in the case. he says they may receiver lesser sentences than jail time. >> my guess did they'll be sentenced to between six months and two years depended on the extent of the conduct.co fm atherton. according to the criminal complaint, an one exam, elizabeth, her daughter, and the

guest proctor gloated that they had cheated and gotten away with it. prosecutors have not charged any children. >> whether that's a policy decision or that they're using that as leverage to get their parents to plead guilty, i don't know. >> reporter: also expected, bruce isaac son from hillsborough whose daughter was a purported usc soccer player. a member said she never played on the team even though her team bio says she did. a packaged food entrepreneur from menlo park accused of paying for the college entrance scam for his daughter. and a couple from palo alto, accused of paying for the college entrance exam cheating scheme. after the attorney demanded a history, the u.s. attorney's office indicted them on additional money laundering charges. >> it's not retaliatory. it happens in every single federal case when you demand a preliminary hearing. >> reporter: in a statement, the couple's attorney writes, quote, the colburns' son took his

s.a.t. test with no assistance and the couple was unaware that his test it was altered in a wi guilty p. and that attorney for the colburns says that they will go to trial if need be. also in court tomorrow, actresses felicity huffman, lori loughlin, as well as her husband. in the newsroom for the i-team, abc7 news. >> thank you so much. for more on the college cheating scandal, go to abc7news.com. we have information about the parents caught up in the scandal and details about the man at the very center of it. be sure to download the abc7 news app to get breaking news updates. there are new details today in the murder of rapper nipsey hussle. >> yeah. a short time ago los angeles police announced the arrest of the suspected gunman in the case. >> abc has more from los angeles. >> reporter: a manhunt in los angeles for a suspected killer is now over. >> we're not done gathering evidence on this horrific shooting. >> reporter: the lapd identifying eric holder as the alleged gunman in the shooting death of rapper nipsey hussle.

the 29-year-old walked up to three men outside the rapper's clothing store in south l.a. on sunday and fired multiple gunshots killing hussle and injuring the other men. >> i asked him to surrender. to find a local law enforcement agency, to go to a station, and surrender. >> reporter: the arrest following a night of chaos at the scene of the killing. a crowd of mourners gathered at a vigil for the slain rapper scrambling for cover, triggering a stampede. >> absolutely chaotic. mass panic. >> reporter: police now believe reports of gunfire may have caused the panic but say no shots were fired. tributes continue to pour in for the rapper. beyonce posting this pictures of hussle on instagram saying i'm praying with every ounce of my heart for your family. hussle, grew up in the neighborhood where he was murdered. >> this is voice that was hising to help, was investing in

>> reporte abc ws l angeles. disgraced pharmaceutical ceo martin shkreli is reportedly in solitary confinement accused of running his company from prison using a contraband cell phone. he was moved to the federal prison in ft. dix new jersey. according to the "wall street journal," the company shkreli is allegedly operating is a reincarnation of his old firm which jacked up the cost of an hiv/aids medication from $13 to $750. the man known as "pharma bro" is serving a seven-year sentence for securities fraud and securities fraud conspiracy. house speaker nancy pelosi says accusations of unwanted touching against joe biden don't disqualify him from a potential presidential bid. she said that biden is sometimes too aaffectionate. a woman -- affectionate. a woman said he rubbed noses

with her and other said he kissed her on the back of his head. biden says he doesn't believe he acted inappropriately but if it's suggested he did so, he will listen. >> say i'm sorry that you were offend sudden an not apology -- offended is not an apology. i'm sorry, i invaded your space. people's space is important to them, and what's important is how they receive it, not necessarily how you intended it. >> a good point. pelosi suggested biden shake hands with people instead of being touchy-feely. a woman confronted for speaking spanish. it happened again. >> we could [ bleep ] -- >> don't talk to me -- >> the bay area incident caught on camera just ahead. i'm spencer christian from emeryville. we see dark clouds in the western sky and raindrops on the lens. there's still wet weather around. it may dry up a little tomorrow.

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a woman in san jose said she was confronted for speaking spanish. >> a shell employee was caught engaging in a racial rant. >> abc7 spoke with the woman on the receiving end.ter: wtovitg thatagnocio avenue, they expect gas, not an earful of remarks. >> you don't tell me when i should talk in spanish -- >> reporter: a short conversation between two spanish

speakers was interrupted by in employee. she demanded the pair speak english. >> i even went up to her and apolme'm sorry - you know, greeting me in spanish, how my day was going. she said, i don't care. you talk in english because this is america. >> reporter: the woman said she grew even more hostile. >> she started saying something about trump needs to hurry up and build the wall. that's when i was like, oh, my gosh, she's being serious. i just got my phone, started videotaping her. >> you know what, i -- >> i was born here. >> well, so -- >> reporter: the confrontation caught on camera. the interaction happening with the phone in one hands and her young son in her other harm. >> i was born here and raised here. >> come on -- prove it to me. >> i was raised here. you know what -- >> prove ithere, raised here,

and never thought in a million years it would happen to me. >> reporter: the manager tells me the employee was fired the same day. san jose police have been notified. w moran filed a report as a possible hate crime. abc7 news. >> hard to watch. >> yeah, definitely. let's update the weather forecast one more time. >> lots of clouds hanging over us. still, spencer. >> they won't go away. >> no. >> spotty drizzle that we have here, that's going to be the pattern overnight. overnight lows will drop mainly into the low to mid 50s. some inland valley locations and some places along the shoreline, seeing lows into the upper 40s. tomorrow, there still may be a few pockets of drizzle, but it will be a mainly dry day. high temperatures generally in the low to mid 60s. and as we look ahead to -- look over to the winter weather advisory for the see air athat's in effect until midnight -- sierra, that's in effect until midnight. above 6,500 feet. not heavy snow, but we expect snow nonetheless. the higher peaks, up to about 12

inches may fall. we'll look at the accu-weather seven-day forecast. so we'll have another storm coming in on thursday. it will produce light showers. a stronger, more energetic storm comes in on friday. and that will be a wet and breezy day. that storm also ranks only one on the storm impact scale. and showers from the storm may linger into saturday morning. late saturday we'll get a little drying and clearing out. sunday, monday, and tuesday, look for mainly sunny skies, high temperatures in the low to mid 70s around the bay shoreline and inland. and mid 60s on the coast. we do have a drier pattern coming our way. unfortunately, though, not in time for the giants' home opener on friday which will take place under rainy conditions. >> okay. >> thanks very much. >> all right. holy [ bleep ] -- [ bell ] >> yeah, holy beep is right. it doesn't get much better than this. kayakers in humboldt county were on a tour when a whale surfaced within feet of the kayak. kayak trinidad called this a once in a lifetime experience.

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a san francisco mother's pregnancy led to her getting cancer. it's a rare complication that can have deadly results. fortunately she survived and shared her story with kate larsen. >> i sort of knew something was wrong. >> reporter: alisa rosenthal was in the first trimester of her second pregnancy and was dealing with extreme nausea weight loss, stabbing pains, and unusual utrasounds. >> i think it really baffled everybody, and no one had seen it before. it's so uncommon. >> this outlines the uterus -- >> reporter: enter dr. fun fung lamm, an ob-gyn who has been practicing in san francisco for almost 40 years. >> i think this is where experience counts. >> reporter: at 11 weeks, she was diagnose wednesday a molar pregnancy, a rare and dangerous complication where the placental cells grow into a tumor inside the uterus. >> in the united states, it's only 20 women out of 100,000

pregnancies that will be affected. >> i'm so grateful. he might have saved my life. >> reporter: her moral pregnancy took over the embryo, and she lost the baby. that was just the beginning of her medical journey. >> i don't really think i adequately grieved because i was just -- i was so afraid of what was going on with my body. >> reporter: after months of improving blood tests, alisa's hormone levels shot up again. >> my oncologist and said, you know, well, surgery's off the table. it's on your lungs. you know, you have -- you have tumors on your lungs. and there's something on your liver. >> reporter: at 35 with a full-time job and toddler at home, alisa began chemotherapy for the 17 tumors on her lungs. and an even rarer complication of the already-rare molar pregnancy. >> after the treatment i felt euphoria. >> reporter: she is being screened but is currently cancer free and has recently found power through sharing her story. >> it feels like when we're going through these things that we're completely alone. especially pregnancy loss or

infertility or -- you know, female health issues. it's -- it's very isolating. and all i got through the whole experience of support when i opened up about it. so i would encourage women to talk about it. share what you're going through. the more we can be open about it, the last taboo it will be and we'll realize we're not alone when we go through this. >> reporter: after receiving lifesaving care in san francisco, alisa felt inspired to help other women. she's been fund-raising for this organization -- every mother counts. it works to make pregnancy and childbirth safe for women around the world. alisa has already helped raise thousands of dollars and is looking for more support. we have a link and more information on our website, abc7news.com. i'm kate larsen, back to you. new research suggests that children born through in vitro fertilization have slightly higher risks of certain types of cancer than other children. a university of minnesota study found a 17% increased risk of childhood cancers in children conceived back to you ivf.

the researcher -- conceived through ivf. the researcher says those considering the procedure should not be troubled by the findings. ings that because most of the -- that's because most of the risk was for embryonic cancer that's occur in fetuses or young children, not more common childhood cancers like leukemia or lymphoma. interesting but no cause for alarment there are always scams -- cause for alarm. there are always scams. a woman tries to trick you into giving up your cell phone account information. >> i get these all the time. michael finney with more. >> as we reported before, once they get your telephone number and have the information, it's amazing. the key to the kingdom. new scammers were busted in florida after they tried to buy phones under people's accounts at a verizon store. police say the men contacted victims and pretended to be from verizon. we've told you about in. they asked the victims for their pin to verify their account. the scammers then used the pin to reset the account passwords

and take it over. police recommend checking the companies you deal with and being aware of the ways they interact with you, and do not ever give personal information over the phone. americans borried $8 -- borrowed $88 million last year to pay for medical bills they could not afford. that's according to a poll from west health and gallup. the polls found americans skipped treatments and cut back on other expenses in orders to afford health care costs. 45% of those said they were near bankruptcy if a major health event were to strike. americans pay more than $10,000 per person for health care costs in 2017. if you have netflix, you can expect a bigger bill in your next billing cycle. the los gatos-based streaming service sent emails to subscribers this week about the price increases about to take effect. netflix announced the price hikes in january saying the extra money would help it add

more tv shows and movies. the price of the basic plan is going up $1 to $9 a month. the standard plan will be to $ h >> interesting. >> yeah. >> thanks. >> sure. dozens of peninsula kids are spending their spring break in the classroom. about 50 students were taking part in a week-long s.t.e.m. education program at palo alto high school. courses like virtual reality design, java coding, 3d printing, and modeling are being taught by a silicon valley-based company. the leader says the goal is to train the next generation of students to fill the more than two million unfilled jobs in science and technology. >> we want to get them started as soon as possible, spark a passion inside of them, that internal drive. and see them pursue and eventually go on to college and career on that pathway. >> the spring break course is a great way to put the curriculum

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tonight on abc7 at 8:00, catch "the goldbergs," followed by "modern family," "blackish," and "splitting up together." then "the rookie" and abc7 news at 11:00. a 92-year-old woman is back on her tricycle after it was stolen. the community got together to give her a new one which is

important because she's never even had a car and her tricycle helps her get around. our sister station in los angeles has91, louise bianco keeps a promise to her late husband, angelo, she does not ride her tricycle away there home without a pell met. >> that's -- helmet. >> that's how i got my 25,000 miles. i do it for exercise, and i do it because it's beautiful. >> reporter: but after riding it to a fitness class at pierce college one morning, it was stolen. >> joy said, your strik strike , gone. it was. >> reporter: lapd officers stepped up to get her a new one. a community and an act of kindness she is grateful for. >> they are dear hearts and gentle souls who live in my hometown. those are some of my kind with perry cuomo and bring crosby about the -- bing crosby about the dear hearts and gentle souls in my hometown who never let me

down. >> reporter: louise is always up to something, but she tells us riding this is what she looks forward to most. why is that? >> i'm outdoors. i'm going to get out of here. >> reporter: when she's not riding her trike, she's preparing something in the kitchen, reading the paper, or listening to public radio. her advice to other seniors is simple -- >> move. if you don't you can't. >> reporter: it's a good thing she's back on her tricycle and not missing her workouts. what louise learns there she applies to everyday life. >> if three times a week i get down on that and then i've got to get up from that mat, when i fall in the house, don't panic. you can get up. you're doing it three times a week in class. >> reporter: abc7 news. >> she's an inspiration. get the latest news any time with the abc7 news app. it has enhanced live video features, more customization, and personalized push alerts. to get the news you want delivered to your phone innel

aretime. thank you so much for joining us. i'm ama daetz. abc7 news at 5:00 starts now. i want him to suffer. i mean, that's the honest truth. a mother's blunt words about the man accused of killing her son. why she is finally feeling a sense of justice. the state finds itself in an earthquake drought. the big question is when will it end. walkways trashed, windows shattered, debris everywhere. school officials try to find a teaching moment amid a big mess. and a billion-dollar spillway sees its first big test after forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people. >> and a day in the life of a taxi driver in the world of uber and lyft. live where you live. this is abc7 news. >> good evening, thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. i'm. >> i'm kristen sze. relatives of a man killed know how slowly the wheels today -- they've been waiting for

today, the day the trial began for the accused killer. i am not a murderer, and i did not murder anyone. >> reporter: those were the words of steve lebo from inside county jail in 2016. he was 39 at the time. after a three-year wait, he's on trial for the murder of 28-year-old kyle myrick. the two worked in the parts department at a san jose motorcycle shop where they assembled all-terrain vehicle. myrick's parents, two brothers, relatives, and friends, say it's a long wait. after a string of hearings, this is the 39th time they've been in court. >> we wanted to show our support for our son, and we want everybody to know how much we love him. and i think everyone is here for that. >> reporter: the opening argument by prosecutors said it was difficult on them. myrick had suffered a traumatic death, his left ear left at the crime scene, a storage room at the motorcycle shop. the body was found days later along a creek in the santa cruz mountains. it's not clear yet what