the director who is retiring for health reasons. the v.a. was at the national scandal about wait times that led to a system wide overhaul and exposed deep, deep problems within the v.a. it is hard to forget this image from yesterday. a bus swallowed up by a sinkhole. this is 35th avenue and van buren. it was a mess. >> seven f wide, gushing gallons of water into the street. today, surrounding businesses working to get everything fixed and cleaned up. liz kotalik was there and she has a progress report tonight. >> reporter: crews are busy fixing the line that caused the gaping hole, just feet away is louis bored a work as he sits and waits.

because of this? >> the streets are closed, the cars are dirty because of water. reporter: this is what his auto lot looked like yesterday in 4:00 in the afternoon. in front of him, a city bus sat stuck inside a seven foot sinkhole, a scene he watched from beginning to end. >> the street was like a balloon. it was broken and the water was filling up the hole and five seconds later, the bus coming so he is going inside the hole. >> reporter: no passengers on bored the bus but it started after a 24-inch water line broke. the water gushing out making it 100 yards down the street about 7 inches filling a puddled auto lot, as workers sat watching the water creep closer to their always. >> we were scared.

inside the building. >> reporter: it didn't and they are grateful that it did not damage the cars. for now, he waits as crews work to get everything back to normal. crews will have to fix this throughout the weekend. 35th avenue is back open but you can expect van buren to be closed until monday. small plane makes a crash landing in scottsdale. it happened this morning at scottsdale municipal airport. it landed fox helicopter lands. it does not look like there is much damage here to the plane either. phoenix police looking into if two shootings that hand within hours of each other were related. a man was shot outside of his home at 22nd street and broadway. the man knocked on doors until he found someone to take him to the hospital. at last check, he was in stable

surgery. the last shooting was 24th street and broadway. the man opened fire on three others in the home. two of the men died, a third is expected to be ok. police are investigating if the shooting was drug related. latino leaders in maryvale are calling on people in their community to come forward with tips to help catch the serial shooter. the reward for information leading to an arrest stands at $75,000. there are people out there with information but they are too scared to report what they know. nicole garcia is here with the latest. they are pretty sure of this, huh? >> reporter: the county attorney says immigration status will not be questioned if someone comes forward with a tip. still community leaders say many spanish speakers are afraid to go to the police.

who know this person. he's more than likely has talked, somebody knows something. say something to get him off of the streets. >> reporter: community leaders pleading with spanish speakers in their neighborhoods to put their fears about the status aside to catch the serial killer. >> i've been talking to my neighbors and they are afraid to come forward because they are afraid of the police and they will be deported. >> reporter: despite a from the maricopa county attorney will not punish tipsters even if they are undocumented but some are still skeptical. >> they are just going to close the door and don't say nothing. >> reporter: leaders are concerned that many spanish speakers are unaware about the case and calling on city leaders to destem nate more information in spanish.

details or what they could do to be proactive. >> nobody in my neighborhood wants to come out and play. this man says he has had enough and hopes the $75,000 will compel someone to come forward. >> you just have to say he is the guy and that's it. you that is a lottery ticket right there. >> reporter: the suspect is hispanic man in his 20's, driving a late 1990's black series bmw or a white lincoln. tipsters can remain anonymous. i'm nicole garcia, fox 10 news. f.b.i. needs your help to catch the golden eye bandit. investigators say this man is responsible for robbing a deer

avenue near greenway and a chase bank near central and columbus on 18th. he got away with both bank robberies and did not show a weapon. he was wearing gold-rimmed eye glasses during one of the robberies. if you have any information, call the f.b.i. thieves hit a mesa r.v. dealership making off with thousands of dollars worth of tailgates. the business owners are hoping surveillance video will lead police to the suspects and they are offing a reward. danielle miller has a look at the video. >> reporter: john, that happened during the early morning hours around 2:30 on thursday. these are the five trucks that the tailgates were stolen from. in the surveillance video that you're about to watch, it took these thieves about 10 minutes to steal all five. >> they can pop then off in two

$500 cash but retail is $1,000. >> reporter: this is the site that michelle barr came into thursday morning. five tale investigates -- tailgates missing from the lot. >> we're a small business and when this happens, it is kind of devastating. >> reporter: as you can see here in the surveillance video during the early morning hours around 2:30, thieves stole the five tailgates. them taking them off and lining them up while another person driving a black toyota 4runner backs up to load them. >> the delay of selling the trucks and finding the exact color and model of the trucks to replace will take a while. >> reporter: they are offering a $5,000 reward to anyone

arrest. >> we have a solid look at the vehicle so the vehicle is not a standard vehicle. you can see it on the video, it kind of stands out. got a good chance of finding the guys. >> reporter: barr says the cancel is in the process of hiring a security guard to patrol the grounds here of their dealership because of this incident. if you have any information on this theft, you're asked to call police. reporting live, danielle miller, fox 10 d.p.s. removed more than 2,000 marijuana plants from an abandoned cultivation site in arizona. the site had $3 million worth of pot. two armed men confronted tribal members near the plants. the case remains under investigation. you decide 2016, voting got easier for a.s.u. students.

election in november and that is a first. the first time they have put a polling place actually on campus. the polling place will be at the sun devil fitness center on the tempe campus. wet conditions in the high country. flagstaff pick up rain and you're looking at pictures here from adot. lots of headlights and wet streets. adot using their messaging system to tell drives to slow drivers to slow down. some of the storms moving through brought hail. thanks to fox 10 viewer natalie green for sharing this with us. all of the hailstones hitting the rooftop. that makes a noise when that happens, kari. >> i heard a lot of noise this morning when the rain came flu. i did not hear hail but there was rain. there were clouds back there and

of the valley. we're going to break down the forecast and your chance of getting rain through the weekend. making sure the nation's blood supply is safe from the zika virus. a slight uptick at the gas station. we have the latest prices from the pump.

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the united states to start screening for the zika virus. the goal is to protect the nation's blood supply from the mosquito-borne virus. the recommendation is a major expansion from the one in february that limited regulation to areas with active zika infection. >> this is a recommendation not a requirement. >> reporter: they already test blood donations for nile, and other viruses. adding zika to the panel is less than $10. >> we're continuing to test donated blood for anybody who traveled to a zika-impacted area or someone who had sex with someone who traveled with a zika-impacted area. >> reporter: there has been

but it has not happened in united states. >> in arizona, especially people who give blood in southern arizona, yuma, san luis, we saw a heavier decline in donations because people who travel across the border. >> reporter: zika is spread primarily by mosquito bites and sex. it causes a mild illness in most people but scientists have confirmed an infection during pregnancy can birth defects. >> our blood supply has never been safer and it is safe to donate blood as well. >> the recommended expansion is not going to happen at once. they want 11 states to start testing, arizona included in starting it first.

should be testing for zika within 12 weeks. there has been 125 cases of zika, mostly related through travel abroad or sexual transmission. gas prices rising above the $2 mark. according to gasbuddy.com the average price of gas ringing in at $2.03. the statewide average at $2.06 and nationally it is more expensive than that. pric below the national average. they are down 35-cents from this time last year. taking a look at the tower cam and there are clouds out there and there is rain across the state. what is the chance that your

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filed to keep legalizing marijuana off of the arizona ballot. that is all coming your way at 6:00. what a day. we started off with rain showers and if you are traveling out and about around the state up in the high country, you're seeing rain showers. the monsoon keeps giving. we're at 98 degrees. the humidity is at 24%. the dew point is high enoug bring in a few rain showers. the pressure is falling right now. 98 was the high today. 104 is the normal. look at that record. i don't remember the 117. >> we blocked it out of our mind. >> yes, we blocked it out of our mind. we don't want to remember this date in august of 2011, it was

high country, north of phoenix and south of phoenix. the question is, will they make their way in south of the valley, 10%-15% chance. north of i-40, big storms. flagstaff saw storms. prescott got rain today and south of us a few storms are popping but not right here. the dew points would support some of these storms. 59 in casa grande. anything weather for a storm to begin to form. as we see here, we're starting to see the dew points climb a couple of degrees here in the valley. i do think there is a 10%-15% chance making their way in. since midnight, they got more than an inch of rain in the high country, .16 in prescott. .10 of an inch in winslow. a trace in show low.

the valley. look at the futurecast. we dry things out over the weekend. saturday, we see a chance of storms up through the high country but for the most part, we start to dry things out for the next few days. temperature, when we dry the weather out, it goes up so we'll see that as well. take a look at the forecast lows for tonight. as we move through all of this, we're seeing temperatures tomorrow a couple degrees lower. hitting louisiana. it is not a tropical depression. it is expected to bring 3-5 inches to miami and could bring a couple inches to louisiana. a 10% chance of rain and we put the 10 day together and here is what is happening. we dry things up for saturday and sunday. the temperature begins to rise a touch, about 104 by monday.

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every night and that is where i'm at right now. >> reporter: a big round of applause for this brave teen. he got a free laptop computer as soon as he walked into best buy today. >> a sweet face plait for your play station. >> i like it a lot. i got beatz, too, i'm excited to use those. >> reporter: a shopping spree was a welcome change of pace. >> people know what i'm going through and want to suppor me and i think that is the best?fe. coming here with my family and i'm happy and they are happy, that is is the best feeling in the world. >> he wanted to do the shopping spree list and created a list of things he wanted. >> reporter: he also got a gaming system so he could play with his two brothers and two

stop then clothing shopping. >> it is overwhelming and coming here with everyone and them supporting me is just so great. it is like the best feeling in the world right now. >> last year make a wish arizona broke a record and granted wishes to more than 350 different children across our state. people down under are taking the pokemon to a whole new level. a pokemon-spined restaurant features the characters in burger form. the so-called poke burgs are supposed to have a taste that matches each character's personality. i don't know how you do that but glen would know. >> i thought this would be a fad that would go away by now.

>> that is not a bad idea. one man did not do well after breaking up with his girlfriend. what he sent her in the mail still ahead. a bus driver placed on administrative leave. what he is accused of doing. after the break, surprising results involving a study with teens and concussions here in

it's a big concern with it is always a major concern for parents when they let their kids play sports, particularly football. today, the results of statewide survey involving arizona teens and the numbers are surprising. kristy siefkin joins us live with the story. what did you find out? >> reporter: interesting numbers here, john.

complete concussion training and that program is called the brain book. it is out of barrow and a new study from barrow shows training may have a big impact on students reporting concussions and choosing particular sports to play. a new study from barrow neurological institute shows more arizona high schoolers are reporting concussions than ever before. >> a third of high school seniors report having had a concussion. this is far > than published in the literature of the 10% range. >> reporter: the doctor who led the study believes that concussion education is the reason for the spike. of the 300 high schoolers polled, 80% of the student athletes said they told their coach if they thought they had a con cushion. 30% would tell their parents.