. >> this is damion when he was just four years old. his father wanted to make sure he could go to college some day. >> in 2006 my mom passed. >> james took his inheritance to wells fargo bank and put $25,750 into a college fund that could earn tax-free interest. >> she told me if they invested aggressive lie they could earn $10,000 in five years. >> which sounded great. however, years later when damion was ready to use it, his dad got a pretty big shock. the college fund was gone. >> we don't have a record of this. are you sure you opened it at this bank. >> wells fargo said the college fund did not exist. he lost his own paperwork over the years, and now he couldn't prove he had opened his account. his $25,000 had simply disappeared. >> i felt like, you have to be kidding me. i felt like i gave my money to somebody i trusted. he knows more about it than i do. >> james tried for more than a year to find his money, a search using his social security number turned up nothing. >> i was so flustered and so upset. when it comes to college,

to the maps, first locating the south bay, police car at the bottom where damion is with the s.w.a.t. activity for blossom avenue. 17 further south, over the summit, laurel road, that's where reports are two big rigs head-on collision right there at the break presumably. we got word from chp someone has died as a result of the accident. north bound side first shut down. now the southbound side has shut down, a hard closure. closed the freeway in both directions and we don't have word from chp when they expect it to reopen. a major reroute for locals through the area. some have special ways. highway 9 a good distance out of the way as well as san jose, socal, only if you're familiar kit the area. if if you don't have to go down to the mountains over the summit do not take that. highway 17 currently closed by the deadly head-on collision between two big rigs at laurel road. we'll update online and twitter account as well. we'll send it back to you guys for now. >>> thank you for the updates. we've had all kind of weather this week. busy in the bay area weather center. meteorologist chri

we are live in san francisco, i'm damion, "today in the bay." >>> two families search for a missing teenager in morgan hill. law enforcement held the largest organized search yet for sierra lamar. among those that turned out to support sierra's family, mark class whose own daughter was kidnapped and murdered in 1993. and also onhand, michelle michael lay. >> no one expects this situation to develop, it just does. and that's why people who have been through it, you just feel so much for them. you just can't. if you find anything, it just tears you up. >> after more than four hours of searching, her family attended a candle light vigil in morgan hill. her mother and father say they're not giving up hope in finding sierra who disappeared ten days ago. >>> a frightening near abduction in the south bay. san jose police say an armed man with a stun gun tried to kidnap a teenage girl friday in the willow glenn neighborhood but she was able to escape. the suspect was last seen in a red compact car with tinted windows. he's described as a hispanic man in his 30s, 5'7" tall, weighing about 200 pounds.

this is damion when he was just four years ochld his father, james, wanted to make sure that he could go to college some day. >> in 2006 my mom passed and i got inhert yens. >> he took it to wells fargo bank and put $25,000 into a college fund earning tax free interest. >> she told me if they invested aggressively up to 10,000s ndz five years it sounded great, however, years later when he was ready to use it his dad got a big shock. the college fund was gone. >> there is no record of this account. >> wells fargo says it did not exist. james lost his paper work over the years and now, he couldn't prove he had opened the account. his $25,000 had simply disappeared. >> it felt like you've got to be kidding me you know? i gave money, someone i trusted. and there is just telling me we don't have it he tried for a year to find the money a search using social security number turned up nothing. >> i was just so flustered and just so, so upset. and this is expensive. now, what sup, dad? what are we going do? >> james called 7 on your side. we told him to search every scrap for any document lin

. >> damion electra here yo has more for us tonight. it may not be enough a boost for our water supply. >> we're seeing the leading edge of this cold front starting to get closer. producing mid and high level cloud cover. as we take our satellite and radar picture full. you can see it's not too ominous look i looking. we're finding heavier and consistent rainfall that will eventually be here, here is the big problem we keep highlighting. in just 72 hours across the santa cruz mountains, ben lomond picking up 11.61 inches of rain. san francisco at 10.2 inches. the next round coming, we'll have some flooding concerns with us over the next two days. one of the biggest dangers will be the mudslide danger in and throughout the santa cruz mountains. already two mudslides tuesday. that's going to stay at an elevated risk here as we head throughout the next couple days. in nearby lexington reservoir. we're getting all this rain, it's coming so quick, producing dangers now, on the other side, is this going to be enough rain to solve our problems

that's where damion trujillo joins us. business boom but also a possible traffic headache? >> that's what it is. this is the place to be if you want a good look at traffic congestion. traffic gets bad here, and it may soon get worse. now that developers have decided to open their wallets. they're putting in a new stoplight on the expressway, hoping to ease some of the traffic congestion. one place that doesn't mind the cars is a salon nearby, because they're getting some that traffic. >> we've gotten more business and new employees, and everything's going great. >> not so great for drivers who have to navigate the expressway. >> in the afternoon, the traffic is bottlenecked and congested. >> it will likely get worse with a new upscale shopping center going up across the street. but the councilman says there is some pain relief in sight. those business tax dollars that will replenish the dwindling city coffers. >> we're hoping to capture more retail. >> reporter: the road development and the one on almaden expressway are both privately financed. projects signalling san jose