> . a man is alive after being rescued from frigid bow did he bodega bay. they were notified when the kayaker didn't return sunday when he was supposed to. it took half an hour to find him. the kayaker was wearing a lifejacket and a dry suit. the suit did develop a leak. the man did show signs of shock. however, he is okay.

officers credit his survival to filing a float plan and being prepared in the water. sky 7 was over pacifica where yet another dead whale has washed ashore. this is the tenth whale now that has shown up dead on bay area beaches this year. the whale is in a rocky area near shelter cove just south of pacifica state beach. scientists can't determine the cause of death until the carcass drifts into a more accessible area. gray whales have been turning up dead from starvation during their migration to alaska. this is the tenth whale to wash up on a bay area shore and this is just in the last few months. we told you about a dead whale in ocean beach just last week. the previous nine whales that have washed ashore have all been gray whales. the lack of food is forcing them to take dangerous detours through bay where the animals are sometimes hit by ships. berkeley police arrested an uber driver where they say he attempted to rape and kidnap a

woman. >> they say he refused to one woman threw herself out of the vehicle when it was moving just to escape. >> abc7 news reporter liz is live in berkeley where there are renewed calls for stricter background checks. >> reporter: that's right. this intersection here at telegraph and ashby avenue is actually where that woman had to jump out of her uber in order to escape that driver. we're told by the manager of this gas station that she then ran into his convenience store, asking for help. she looked scare. that manager then brought her into his office and called 911. this is the uber driver now behind bars, charged with kidnapping and attempting to rape two female >> police say he picked up a woman in her 20s and refused to let them out of his car.

then he picked up a second victim. they say he released her only after she threatened to break out of the window. >> he want to solicit her for sexual services. >> amare arrested days later in berkeley. uber saying they are deeply troubled by what happened and have removed him from the app. it comes as companies face increased scrutiny over safety. >> it seems they could do a lot more to screen out the bad apples. >> jay who writes about rite ride shares says he believes uber needs to beef up the background checks. >> how long did it take to you become an uber driver? >> 24 hours. >> wow! >> and it took me three or four days to become a taxi driver. i had to go through all steps. it took longer and it was a much more rigorous process. >> in 2017, state regulators document new safety rules for uber and lyft but decided against requiring the companies to fingerprint their drivers.

for now, this is his advice. >> check the license. make sure they know your name. once you're in the car, keep an eye on the path that you should be going. because if that driver diverts off that path, then something is wrong. >> reporter: another thing you can do is use the panic button on your uber app. it will alert 911. coincidentally, the suspect was arrested right here in the area the woman escaped from. police believe there might be more victims. they're hoping by telling the story, other people might come forward. abc7 news. >> thank you. as part of our efforts to building a better bay area, we spent a week digging into the ride share industry and that includes background checks drivers must go through. you can read all the stories on our website. just look for the ride share reality section. a man seen in a vit purse snatching involving a mom and

her young daughter is now in custody. pablo is the man seen walking in this surveillance video from last week. watch as the victim and her daughter appear. you see on the right-hand side there. they walk up the stairs. that's when the suspect right there grabs the woman's purse, dragging her and her daughter to the sidewalk below. police say cabrera is linked to other robberies. investigators say all the victims were women and all were carrying expensive purses. a tanker filled with cooking oil forced crews to shut down westbound 580 and 80. >> reporter: a traffic nightmare followed people into their morning commute. a tanker caught fire from westbound 580 to 80 just ahead of the toll plaza. >> the driver along with the good samaritan attempted to put out the fire but were

unsuccessful. >> reporter: police say if the tanker were carrying fuel, this could have ended much differently. >> luckily it was just cooking oil and it was started by a tire blowout. so luckily nothing. nothing blew up. >> reporter: but you can say some people's minds were blown as they sat in a massive back-up captured by sky 7. and we were no exception. yes, that is our white news van in the thick of it. the chp had to shut down the highway. >> it was a lenty process to get all the lanes back open. a second tanker showed up to take the cooking oil. two tow trucks were needed to get the original tanker and its charred wheels off the roadside. commuters zipped by. attempting to make it to work on time. >> the chp suggests if you hear something like this happening on the highway, and you are near your home, to please try to tak b.a.r.t., possibly the ferry. another way so they can pre investment extra vehicles from being on the road.

abc7 news. >> in case you're wondering about the ban on the 580, it is if place between grand avenue and the san leandro border. it is only lifted when major accidents are on 880 or 238. more than 5,600 homes were lost in the tubbs fire and now some are worried their new house there's never be built. >> they've paid out money to contractors to find little or no work has actually been done. wayne friedman has the details. >> reporter: good afternoon. we have a little pocket of it right here. that house behind me over there. if you look at the inside, only halfway finished. this house here is framed. no work done today. over here, you see the pile of wood over there. it is warped. we did see a little work today.

this led to complaints and then the county district attorney and now an investigation by the state licensing board. there was a random musicality to it. the sound of hammers. for 37 other homeowners, mostly silence and inactivity and it has become maddening. >> we cannot walk away from the house. we can't do anything ourselves. we are stuck in limbo land. >> reporter: eric, we'll show you a fire victim who feels he's been burned more than once. >>n this particular block, one, two, three, four of us. >> reporter: any of them done right? >> the french doors are done wrong. and now i'm my own contractor. >> reporter: at least having spent a quarter of a million dollars, he has something to show. lynette has nothing. >> this was the backyard.

>> reporter: she signed a construction agreement and her mortgage company paid $126,000. they have promised a partial refund. she got a photocopy of the check but -- >> i hope they didn't send that just to play indicate me. >> reporter: clients tell us that they promised fast builds for reasonable prices. the best they can say about the company, they hope it promised too much and simply got into trouble. bob marks works for the company. we found him onsite today. >> i know he had issues. >> what climbed of issues? >> i don't know. i can't say. >> reporter: as we come back live, what exactly is the state licensing board investigating? we got no answers from them today. we did reach out to the construction company. we spoke with pam who said, we are building, we are manning our jobs every day. we are continuing to work hard on these projects.

every job and customer is unique, she said. he should also add that had there has been a learning curve. they blame some of the wet weather and they said they're willing to talk to us on camera. wayne freedman. >> what kind of pricing did the company offer? >> initially, $245 a square foot which would be very low. that's not a lot of money. now we're hearing some of the same pricing quotes at $400 a square foot for some of the same area. part of the company's philosophy, they told us, they were asked in here. them they planned on bringing central valley labor all of a sudden they say the labor market has dried up. the company insists they have every intention of finishing these projects. >> all right. thank you for that report. 7 on your side has been investigating the construction company and found their license

was suspended a few times over the past decade because the company didn't have worker's comp. they also canceled their own license a few times and stopped doing work. then replied and got the license back again. if you live in one of the wildfire areas and have had difficulty with your contractor, we want to know. join our better bay area facebook page and tell us about it. the warriors are four wins away from appearing in the fifth straight nba final. something that has not been done since the 1960s. standing in their way, the portland trail blazers. game one at oracle arena. steph's brother xlas. they'll be the first nba brothers to face one another in a conference final. their parents say they'll flip a coin before each game to say who cheers for which son. tonight mom is steering for seth. dad is cheering for steph. game one is at 6:00 on our

sister network espn. the philadelphia 76ers may have lost the toronto in the playoffs series but they haven't lost the support of one of their loyal young fans. nape-year-o 9-year-old olivia wrote a letter to joel embiid who was 50sly emotional as he left the court on sunday. >> you're my favorite basketball player. i'm sorry that you lost. i saw you crying on tv. it's okay to lose sometimes. >> i felt so proud of her that she recognized that he was upset. i understand that they lost the game and that's unfortunate. the part that touched me the most was that, the empathy that she felt that he had showed. >> that's so wonderful. so cute. >> she says she hopes to let her cheers out for her favorite player. from childcare workers to dog walkers, we are often letting strange enters into our homes. as part of building a better bay area, we're talking about safety. what you can do to stay safe at home. >> and more delays for the long

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from dog walkers, nannies, we are inviting more and more strangers into our homes. >> a reason arrest of a woman accused of stealing the identity of real nannies to gabe entry into homes gives us a pause. we look at home safety, building a better bay area.

>> joining me today, julie, a private investigator. you conduct quite a few background checks. i know this. let's talk about using an agency to hire someone to work in your home. do they do a good job? can you trust them to do a good job? >> some agencies do. what i've been hearing on the news is that they're not doing a great job at it and you need a professional to get it done. >> what does a good background check include? >> good question. it is not only going to check for the criminal convictions but also delve into have they had civil cases against them? are they calling and checking their references? do they have small claims cases against them? who is this person? >> do you have to go to all the counties where they live?

how does that work? >> i don't have to physically to go each county but as i was saying, 13 counties in california do not put the records online. >> unbelievable. >> unbelievable, i know. >> what that means for me to do a good job and be dill general, need to go send a court runner to check those counties for runners, civil and criminal, or i physically go myself and get into the data bases and check for records. >> here in the state of california, what can you legally unearth about someone? >> well, if you're a private citizen, i can do quite a bit for you. you're obviously not anmployer with five or more employees. california state law is very strict. it shouldn't stop anyone from doing background checks. you can work with your employees but you need to be respectful of the legal things. >> a lot of people hire someone

off craigslist. can i check them out? i guess i know the answer. >> i get worried. i get a lot of calls after the fact when someone didn't do their due diligence and they're having an issue from that person who he's stole from them or did something to their apparetly or child or something awful. there are things you can do. hire a private investigator. i match the face to the person. it's not that hard. >> that's the most recent case. she was parading around as if she was someone else. that's what she's accused of. does that happen a lot? do you see that? >> yes. if you don't physically match the person's face with who you're speaking to on the phone. we can use skype. google meet. there are ways we can look at a face during interview and make sure that's the person you're talking to.

>> one final question. how long does it take to do a background check in. >> it should not be quick. it needs to take minimum three days. sometimes depending on what you're using to do it, or the depth can take weeks to get results. >> wow. julie jackson, jackson p.i. services, thank you for helping us. >> a lot of good advice there. >> let's get to the forecast now. i did not think we would be talking about another atmospheric river in the month of may. >> for the next week or so, we can expect lots of rain. and it will be pretty stormy tomorrow. we're seeing lots of moisture in the atmosphere showing up as green. most locations, many locations, are rt roing no rainfall, no measurable rain. there is some activity there.

under cloudy skies, 59 degrees. pretty cool. it is in the mid 60s with oakland, mountain view, san jose and santa cruz. this is how the western skies look from emeryville. quite cloudy but most locations are not reporting rainfall. 63 in santa rosa. mid 60s, napa and fairfield. 64 in livermore. and this is the view from the east bay hills camera. these are our forecasts. sweeping southward and eastward. wet and wendy tomorrow with the possibility of some isolated thursday. and another storm will arrive over the weekend. tonight, as the rain begins to push onshore, first in the north bay, but other locations could see showers overnight. low temperatures will be in the low to mid 50s. it will be relatively mild overnight. it will start to get wet. we bring out the storm impact scale. a storm of moderate intensity.

for tomorrow, look for light and then moderate, even sometimes heavy showers. most locations can expect about a quarter to three quarters of an inch of rainfall. the north bay locations will get an ink or more. and wind gusts will range from 20 to 40 miles an hour. we'll see rain developing in the north bay. by 7:00 tomorrow morning, it will be reaching a little bit to the east and south. still concentrating in the north bay. then we see the rain rapidly expanding. these areas of orange and yellow represent the heavier steadier down pours which will be quite widespread going into the afternoon and evening. the evening will be a messy one. lots of rain. strong, gusty winds. look how expansive this will be. by 7:30 tomorrow evening. into the late night hours, quite wet, quite stormy. finally wing down. we project that by 11:30

tomorrow night, we can expect it to be a half inch to an inch in most hoe indications. up to an ink and a quarter or more in part of the north bay. and wind gusts, starting at noon, over 30 miles per hour at the coast. later in the afternoon, we'll see coastal gusts exceeding 40 miles per hour. it will be quite windy like that into the evening hours. finally, the winds taper off as the rainfall does. >> may bely throw mid 60s just about everywhere else. here's the seven day forecast. after the level two storm, we have storm activity thursday. possibly some isolated thunderstorms. the storm will rank only one on thursday. showers likely on friday. another storm comes in on saturday. continues into sunday. each of these systems will rank only 1. we get some partial cheering

monday with a chance of rain developing monday night and continuing into tuesday. we have a very winter-like unmay-like pattern coming our way. >> all right. thank you. remembering a comedy icon. a look back at the legacy of tim conway. >> and the bay area city looking

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. the comedy world is mourning the loss of a legend. >> comedian tim conway died at the age of 85. he was best known as part of the cast of the carol burnett show. >> here's how he once summed up his whole life. i was born and then did i the carol burnett show for 11 years. what else is there to know? he started outside of cleveland galloping horses for his dad the horse trainer. >> i wanted to be a jockey but

at this weight they asked me to get off. >> he was recommended to network star steve allen. >> you don't have your suit on! >> his feet now wet in hollywood, conway was hired as the bumbling ensign in mchale's navy. >> you have a delicate touch. i didn't feel a thing. >> i haven't done it yet, ensign. >> thank you! >> i just do what i think is amusing. i did. it worked. >> pretty soon they go -- all i can do is blow and go -- >> tim conway was so brilliant on the carol burnett show, gave me so much space. >> just try on catch me. >> i never did that old man

until we were taping. it was a seven-minute sketch that went 23 minutes because i was messing around. >> in one of the most memorable sketches, korman is the patient of a very inexperienced dentist. >> take hold of the hypodermic needle. right. >> conway told conan o'brian, this actually happened to him. >> in the army. >> yeah. the guy said he would pull my tooth. he took my lip. he stuck the needle in and it went through my cheek into his thumb. >> i just gave you a little -- shot. >> tim conway won six emmys in his career. four for his work on the carol brnett show. >> you've got five minutes to live. you can tell one joke again before you bag it. what would it be? >> i would go hold up a bank. [ laughter ] >> i've always wanted to do that.

and take as much cash as i could and run out and once my five minutes is up -- >> he was so funny. i mean, in the art of sketch comedy, he was a master. you can see harvey korman trying not to laugh through the whole sketch. amazing. >> stay with us. we will be right back.

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here are the stories headlines. an oakland man has been charged with kidnapping and attempting to rape two women while working as an uber driver. one have his alleged victims had to jump out of a moving car to escape. donald trump jr. has agreed to meet with the senate intelligence committee next month, complying with a subpoena. sources tell abc news, the closed door interview will be limited in scope and time. another delay for san francisco's central subway. and there's concern it could cost $100 million more than originally planned. leeane? >> reporter: here in chinatown, people have a name for the central subway. they call it the never ending project.

most people in china knew about the delay. it was supposed to be completed by december 2019. now it's projected to be finished by february 2020 according to the management oversight committee. >> we delay and delay. >> the san francisco municipal transportation agency still stands by its december 2019 deadline. by the way, that is one year after the very first original completion date. >> all of our focus and plans are set for december. >> to that, they responded by saying they have known since at least 2016 that the project was not going to be open to the public on time because of the delays that they have sawsed. >> the project began in february 2010. it is supposed to take

passengers from the fourth street cal train station to -- right here. the heart of chinatown. but this 1.7 mile sentence has seen delays. >> delays! >> the report delivered to the federal transit administration on may 8 states the project management oversight committee, the pmoc, is concerned there may be an additional cost increase of $102 million. >> we're working on the differences and the challenges that arise as we complete the project. >> here's how the summit who represents that district sees it. >> finish the project. and then everybody can make claims and sue each other later. >> reporter: he says the only thing he can do is continue offering financial help. assistance to those merchants who have been affected by all of

these delays. >> what are the residents? if it isn't complete as they say it will be. >> reporter: that's a good question. them if it isn't finished by december, then contractor is fined $50,000 a day. i have a feeling that the contractor will fight that. that's why the spup is telling everybody, you know, let's finish this and then deal with it later. more data from the first phase of the mta's escooter pilot program. there were 242,000 trips during the first six months of the pilot program. 72% were less than two miles. most orange nighting in down san francisco. they suggest increasing the number to 800 during the second

phase which runs through october. >> dives teams are looking for two cruise ship passengers missing after two sightseeing planes collided in mid air yesterday. a tragic end for two sightseers. >> the aircraft were found in the water. >> two float planes carrying 14 passengers collided in mid air. at least four people are dead. ten hospitalized. the planes were 10 miles outside ketchik ketchikan. both were full of tourists. >> there's no inevitability. there are a lot of people in the sky, and the reality is the pilots have to see them. >> they are now investigating. the coast guard says these

planes were not under air traffic control at the time flying on their own in a remost area. >> they are piloted by veteran pilots. they know to see and avoid chest. it is not enough to put the operation on the deck. and secondly, because you've got limited visibility. >> princess cruises, the cruise company that sold these fateful flights, told abc news in a statement, we are incredibly distressed by the situation and our thoughts and prayers are with those on board the planes and their families. >> they were on board a since engine plane. last year the company had to make a dramatic rescue when one of the planes crashed into the side of a mountain. the airline has suspended operations. abc news. a former usc soccer coach pleaded guilty today in question pleaded guilty.

later, she helped admissions consultant rick singer create fake accounts for clients. three others have needed guilty in the scam. the effort underway in the south bay to name a street after former president obama. and the celebrities jumping and the celebrities jumping after the moblimpossible it's no ordinary day at denny's it's crepe day. a family tradition we started about twenty-two minutes ago. and from the looks of it, this tradition is going to last awhile. denny's has new crepes! see you at denny's.

we are featuring stories and interviews that highlight the community. >> thanks, guys. today our guest is susan, a bay area native, harvard and yale graduate. also an exmanagement consultant who is now starring in her one-woman show called 140 pounds. welcome. >> thank you so much for having me. >> absolutely. your show got great reviews. now it is in san francisco where it premiered last weekend. you have a chance to see it this weekend. tell us about 140 pounds. who was that weight? >> my mom was that weight and myself. 140 pounds is a true story of how my mom went in for plastic surgery and died when i was 11 years old.

my search to find the man who was responsible for her death. >> were you able to find the answers? >> yes. i was able to track him down and connect with his family. >> so you explore the pain the family suffered and the jar math of the tragic. >> intergenerational trauma is something that happens to many immigrants west don't really deal with it. >> it got buried. >> right. so my hope in doing this show is that we can transform trauma into healing. do i that with comedy. >> you play 11 roles in this show. which is pretty incredible. can you perform a little bit? we're seeing some of it now. i would love for you to do it here. >> we just arrived at america. we arrived at sizzler. we can do the eight ounce shrimp. it comes with the christmassy shrimp that you like. i can do the kids' salad bar.

i'm sure we won't notice. sister, we made more than a thousand at the shop today. everyone gets their own meal and baked potato. >> we should be sending this money back home. >> susan, get your face out -- sit town. you've had enough. >> so sorry. okay? >> oh, goodness. you point at the frugality of it. no matter how successful you are. after fleeing vietnam, rae built a life for your family. i'm really sorry for the tragic loss that you suffered. >> i started in san francisco as a stand-up comic about ten years ago. i was at the purple onion. and then i started doing improv. >> as if she's not busy enough doing that, she is an entrepreneur. you and your sister, tell me about your chocolate company. we started it when we were

teenagers. in 2001 in santa rosa. and we've been work on this business for 18 years. >> and it has a decidedly asian influence of flavors. >> this is the special limited edition, the 140 pounds box. this meansom loves and remembers you, my child. that's our passion fruit vanilla bean. the pitching ones are lychee. >> congratulations to you. i want to let our viewers know where they can catch it this weekend. >> we've got shows wednesday through suns. >> congratulations. we can't wait to see what you do next. thank you for sharing this with us. i also mean these. very exciting.

>> we've got a storm on the way. you can see the approaching storm is one of moderate intensity. it ranks two on the impact scale. it starts to move in. we can expect light and moderate to heavy showers. most locations, over an ink in the wettest locations. 20 to 40-mile-per-hour wind gusts will accompany this storm. tomorrow's highs will range from upper 50s to near cities to only low to mid 60s just about everywhere else. and a winter storm warning will be in effect from midnight tomorrow night into early friday morning. we expect six to 12 inches of snow above 6,000 feet. up to two feet of snow in the highest peaks. meanwhile, here's the accuweather forecast. we've got lots of wet weather. rainy and windy. then we've got a series of storms ranking one on the impact

scale. we might even see a couple of isolated storms. maybe a shower or two late monday night and yet a late storm tuesday. there seems to be no end to these may storms. this is not typical weather for this time of year. >> by the way, how talented is susan? i'm blown away by her energy. coming up, daughter's gift to her mother. the first of its kind surgery in the bay

the future is looking brighter for a peninsula company behind a plant based meat substitute. today burger king announced it is expanding the sale of its impossible whopper. the patty was developed by impossible foods of redwood city. the company has been struggling with the expansion since burger king started offering these meatless whoppers in st. louis last month. it has help impossible foods raise $300 million from investors that include jaycee, katy perry and serena williams. we have to try one of these. walmart is competing with

amazon by offering free delivery. no fee but customers do have to spend at least $35 to be eligible. walmart's move comes two weeks after amazon said it is making free next day shipping the standard for prime members. the world health organization is recommending steps to limit dementia. it says there's a common misconception that it is inevitable as we age and says that's know true. they say more exercise, less alcohol, no smoking, and eating better are key components of the guidelines. who says vitamins as b and e are not a good idea and do not improve could gnitive decline. they say it is likely to triple by 2050. >> we're learning about a santa cruz woman who donated a piece of herself for her mother. >> it was the first nonidentical swap and it happened right here.

>> the smile shows no sign of the pain she endured for years. she started dialysis in 2014. the mother of two needed a transplant to turn her life around. >> if there is nothing, i will just be on it forever. >> she had grown used to it every night. >> only 19 at the time, she found -- >> nobody knew what i was talking about. they didn't know which department to transfer me to. one of the hospitals traps offed me to the morgue. >> until she talked to the liver program. >> one is nobody had ever done it before. >> the world's first nonidentical organ swap donating one of her organs to save her mother's life. >> inno, no. ucs found that match. one in need of a liver.

the other in need of a kidney. a kidney that went to her mom. in turn, she donated part of her liver to one of the sisters. the transplant surgery happened in july 2017. the world is only learning about the case after it was published by the american journal of transplantation. nearly two years later, mother's day, has a different meaning for them. >> she saved my life. two lives. >> she gave the gift of life. her daughter improved the quality of it. >> it is amazing to see her enjoying life. for a long time, she was not able to. abc7 news. >> a great story. doctors say the selfie culture is putting so much pressure on beauty standards, it is driving people to get plastic surgery. doctors worries about mental health as more and more young people seem to become obsessed with their physical appearance. he is known as tugsy to his thousands of follow orders instagram.

he said he feels a lot of pressure to be physically perfect. >> we all want to have new skin, high cheek bones, we all want to have frozen faces. we want to look perfect. >> the fixation took its toll on people like alanna bagwell. she believes the hours she spent taking pictures of herself exacerbated of her condition known as body dismorphic disorder. she spent hours applying make-up just to see her own family. cars inspired by the james bond film gold if i knower are about to go on sale. check it out. look at this aston. they plan to put 25 of them on sale. the new one will feature gadgets that would make 007 proud. replica machine guns, rotated behind the turn signals and extendible front and rear battering rams. as you might expect, these cars won't be cheap. they'll be sold for about $3.5

million. you probably don't want to take them out on the street. >> not that we would use them on people. never. not us. >> a new effort to name a south bay street after president obama. the group behind i had asking for a little help. the city has just voted on whether the police department can use facial recognition technology. plus, one city's decision on rvs and why the aclu is calling it cruel and unusual pum. what you need to know before calling 911. these stories and more at 5:00.

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11:00. a group of san jose residence is trying to bring a barack obama boulevard to their city. >> and they are not having as easy of a time as los angeles. >> i was knocking on doors for barack obama in the primary in cleveland, ohio. >> this was alex shore in 2008. he met two african-american kids whose faces lit up with tleks of brack obama. >> i thought this would be a great tribute to their passion. >> l.a. unveiled barack obama boulevard after a two-year process. >> we'll continue to go through what the process is to get this done. it is just taking some time. >> this is much more sim.

mr. you just need 500 signatures of affects residents or 20% if the population is less than 2,500. but for san jose not only do you need more than 50% residents affected rkt and their utility bill to prove it, you need to collect the name of every pro owner. they have more than 2,000 signatures on change.org. and in down san jose, it was easy to find support. >> i think it is a great idea. >> i agree. >> anywhere you live in the country, especially in a diversity like san hoes, we want to send a symbol to our children that anyone can become president. >> the san jose committee has raised $9,000 for the application. they home to foye identify their desired location next.

preferably in downtown san jose. i would think after they get this publicity, the process will move along with more speed. >> that will do it for us. thanks for joining us. >> it tries to identify who you are based on what it thinks it knows about you. >> high-tech surveillance used as a crime fighting tool. it could set a nationwide precedent. >> the spring time storm. >> and a new concern about trying to rebuild after the by fires. and we're live with the nba finals . >> the city just deed it will not allow police to use facial

recognition technology. good evening. >> thanks for joining us. the san francisco board of supervisors banned the use of facial recognition technology by police and by all other municipal agencies. >> luis pena was inside the meeting and is live to explain >> repter: tt's right. san frsco isnown a the city of technology but also as a sampg twaer city. today they played an important role in the decision after the vote to ban this. >> when it shared with third parties in ways that would make anyone uncomfortable, when imagine naturalized groups, because of the color of their skin, origin, sexual doin, are trapped. >> by a major city, san francisco said no. to facial recognition by police but not to personal business or