on your side investigates melanie woodrow, abc seven news. and as she said, seven on your side investigates. and we have a team of journalists who can assist you. head to abc seven news.com/7 on your side. >> it's been a mystery for 66 years. a submerged car from the 1950s may belong to a missing oregon family. today, a crane pulled a ford station wagon from the columbia river after two days of dredging. this diving video shows the body of the car in the water covered with silt and shells. after all of this time. officials believe it belonged to a family that disappeared when they went to collect christmas greenery in 1958. the bodies of two of the family's children were found in the river five months later. folks in san diego are still stunned after a heavy rainstorm last night. san diego fire crews rescued at least six people from flooded roads. take a look at some of this video. you can see cars and trucks just completely swamped in water, with emergency lights reflecting off the water. according to authorities, no one was injured. that's

on your side investigates melanie woodrow, abc seven news. as she said, seven on your side investigates. and we have a team of journalists who can assist you. head to abc seven news.com/7 on your side. >> it's been a mystery for 66 years. a submerged car from the 1950s may belong to a missing oregon family. today, a crane pulled a ford station wagon from the columbia river after two days of dredging. this diving video shows the body of the car in the water covered with silt and shells. after all of this time. officials believe it belonged to a family that disappeared when they went to collect christmas greenery in 1958. the bodies of two of the family's children were found in the river five months later. folks in san diego are still stunned after a heavy rainstorm last night. san diego fire crews rescued at least six people from flooded roads. take a look at some of this video. you can see cars and trucks just completely swamped in water, with emergency lights reflecting off the water. according to authorities, no one was injured. that's the

. >> in this seven on your side investigation, abc seven news reporter melanie woodrow spoke with oneo said he thought he called the right company. >> you know. >> in november, ben phillips was in need of a fix before his thanksgiving feast. this 22 year old sub-zero refrigerator had a leak. >> get the refrigerator done and make my wife happy. >> he had used box appliance back in 2019 for a repair, but this time, when he called and a technician came out, not only was he upsold on replacing the compressor, but the leak remained despite multiple visits. >> she was angry. >> and that was just the start. phillips spent close to $4,000 attempting to fix this refrigerator he called box appliance again. >> i went back online and i go, oh, there's two box appliances. i go, i've been taken here. >> this time, an actual box appliance technician came out and told phillips his refrigerator couldn't be repaired. >> he goes, yeah, we wouldn't have even started on it. and i go, that would have saved me. >> box appliance is aware that someone is pretending to be them. >> it's really hard explaining t

in this seven on your side investigation, abc seven news reporter melanie woodrow spoke with one victimaid he thought he called the right company but ended up with repair despair. >> you know. >> in november, ben phillips was in need of a fix before his thanksgiving feast. this 22 year old sub-zero refrigerator had a leak. >> get the refrigerator done and make my wife happy. >> he had used box appliance back in 2019 for repair, but this time when he called and a technician came out, not only was he upsold on replacing the compressor, but the leak remained despite multiple visits. >> she was angry. >> and that was just the start. phillips spent close to $4,000 attempting to fix this refrigerator he called box appliance again. >> i went back online and i go, oh, there's two box appliances. i go, i've been taken here. >> this time, an actual box appliance technician came out and told phillips his refrigerator couldn't be repaired. >> he goes, yeah, we wouldn't have even started on it. and i go, that would have saved me. >> a box appliance is aware that someone is pretending to be them. >>

on your side investigates melanie woodrow, abc seven news. >> well, seven on your side investigates. we have a team of journalists that can assist you any time. reach out to us by going to abc seven news.com/7 on your side. well, a kickoff now to saint patrick's day week celebrations at san francisco city hall. followed a festive ceremony where mayor daniel lurie raised the flag of ireland from his balcony. and of course, it's an annual tradition. the first time mayor lori presided over this particular celebration. friday was the kickoff to a week of celebrations, culminating with the saint patrick's day parade on saturday, march 15th. well, dozens of volunteers with green thumbs got their hands dirty to improve an east bay community. those handy folks helped plant more than two dozen new trees at bidwell park in hayward. members of the student conservation association joined amazon employees to take part in yesterday's tree planting. the new tree canopy will do wonders for what's to come for the south hayward neighborhood. >> this is a great space to be able to provide a new communi

>> abc seven news reporter melanie woodrow spoke with one victim, who said he thought he called the right. melanie, this is so sad. >> i know. unfortunately, he didn't. and this is happening to a bunch of customers. box appliance has been in the business for decades, but a few months ago noticed an uptick in calls from complaining customers specifically about refrigerator repairs. turns out they were dealing with somebody pretending to be boxed appliance. now, the santa clara county sheriff's office is investigating. >> you know. >> in november, ben phillips was in need of a fix before his thanksgiving feast. this 22 year old sub-zero refrigerator had a leak. >> get the refrigerator done and make my wife happy. >> he had used box appliance back in 2019 for a repair, but this time when he called and a technician came out, not only was he upsold on replacing the compressor, but the leak remained despite multiple visits. >> she was angry. >> and that was just the start. phillips spent close to $4,000 attempting to fix this refrigerator he called box appliance again. >> i went back online and