. >> now, let's get to abc7 news reporter laura anthony. >> reporter: hi, cheryl. well, that same sister told these two men in this courtroom today that they got off easy. especially given what her brother, brian's life is like now. the harshest words came from a man clearly hurting brian stow's father. >> we >> the time you serve is insignificant compared to what brian must endure. however, the years that you spend in prison is what you deserve. >> the 30-year-old marvin nor wood and 31-year-old sanchez face charges related to the brutal beating. >> as men are you proud of yourselves? >> one of stow's sisters described what his life is like now after suffering severe brain trauma >> he has to wear adult diapers. and i hate having to say that out loud. but it shows the severity of what you did. >> the former paramedic can only walk with a walker confined mostly to a wheelchair. he can no longer care for himself for his children. >> brian is my older brother. i never imagined having to care for him the way i do with my family, my sister and parents. we shower him, d

abc7 news reporter laura anthony broke about the story yesterday and met a woman on the hook for $17,000 for a tub that she can't use. laura is live tonight. >> reporter: for her, it has turned into a nightmare because she says the company that is the object of a multiagency investigation won't do anything about it. alice walker purchased her safeguard tub in december but now it sits outside her open home, in a backyard shed. the 75-year-old walker paid nearly $17,000 for her tub. she financed nearly $14,000 of that over eight years at 9.9% interest. >> it's just too tight. too tight. >> reporter: but three days after the tub was installed, walker found it wasn't as advertised. >> i called them on about the 9th and told them this tub is not working for me. and i feel claustrophobic, closed in and i had a panic attack trying to take a bath. >> we have a search warrant for this business today. >> reporter: on thursday, as shown in this cell phone video, several agencies served a search warrant on safeguard's richmond call center. officers called off dozens of boxes and computers. >> so a n

. >> it has become more apparent with the heavy rains and laura anthony went inside to take a look athe problem. laura? >> hi, larry. this issue coming to light as lawmakers in sacramento are preparing to look at ways to reform caltrans. that is happening tomorrow. and another problem for a department that had its share, lately. >> there is water along the bolt. >> caltrans >> we expected to have issues come up and this is not an a typical issue we'd find with unique features. >> the bolts about an inch in dia beater with plates every three feet the leaks have been found along the us suspension portion of the bridge >> water could be streaming in around the light standard, or through these openings built into the barrier rail on each side of the deck. >> we needed a good rain to get us into how it's getting in. we're looking at how water is getting in. >> the agency acknowledges having a little standing water inside of a steel structure can lead to rust, and corrosion. inside of the bay bridge, laura anthony, abc7 news. >>> weekend storm was welcome change considering the dry weather

inside of the bay bridge, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> now, that is the new span. western span will be rechristened tomorrow in honor of former mayor and ex-assembly speaker willie brown. the signs covered up for now but will be uncovered tomorrow. >> california naacp raised private money to pay for them. >> number one, there is nothing that could compare to vth second most-used bridge in the country. >> tomorrow's ceremony expected to draw a who's who of more than 500 people from politics and sports. governor brown who has opposed renaming the span not scheduled to attend. >>> a report suggests pilots prepared to land at the wrong airport in san jess yeah mer than you'd imagine, finding half a dozen times, pilots who were supposed to land made preparations to land in moffett field. tonight, why pilots are getting confused. >> most incidents happened at night. when there is cloud cover. clouds on final approach. the traditional dyinga grams of airports tend to make them look similar with parallel runways however, modern technology is designed to eliminate confusion

inside of the bay bridge, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> now, that is the new span. western span will be rechristened tomorrow in honor of former mayor and ex-assembly speaker willie brown. the signs covered up for now but will be uncovered tomorrow. >> california naacp raised private money to pay for them. >> number one, there is nothing that could compare to vth second most-used bridge in the country. >> tomorrow's ceremony expected to draw a who's who of more than 500 people from politics and sports. governor brown who has opposed renaming the span not scheduled to attend. >>> a report suggests pilots prepared to land at the wrong airport in san jess yeah mer than you'd imagine, finding half a dozen times, pilots who were supposed to land made preparations to land in moffett field. tonight, why pilots are getting confused. >> most incidents happened at night. when there is cloud cover. clouds on final approach. the traditional dyinga grams of airports tend to make them look similar with parallel runways however, modern technology is designed to eliminate confusion

laura anthony is live in oakland with new details. laura? >> well, officially here, bart is saying it will be a few more days before there is a good idea of what happens on friday. we know that in addition to being in the same spot, friday's accident involved some of the same components that kaled in 2011. >> it's an emergency. >> derail. concord. >> the latest derailment in concord is in the same place where another train ran off the tracks three years ago. an interlocking device known as a frog may have failed or abc7 news learned investigators are looking at whether the wheel axels froze. over the weekend the bart spokesman described how often the track gets inspected. >> turns out the special track work is inspected in detail every three months and all tracks are inspected every two weeks. >> besides bart, california public utilities commission commission is investigating the accident. a process that could take up to a month. in oakland laura anthony, abc7 news. >> we're enjoying the last of the sunshine. >> it's gorgeous outside. that i

they are joining us now with their son and daughter laura and anthony. diane what is the speed on that tread mil that you are talking about being on right now? how are you feeling? >> i'm still running. [ laughter ] >> still running, and now the car that i spoke about is done. the engine cracked and we're working on one car, and now he has to get another car, and we're in trouble with that. >> phil you said something to our producer and that is that the tires on that car were going to need to cost you $600. and you were hoping it would last you several more months, but even if it did, how are you going to get that $600. tell me how you deal with that? >> well, then i would just have to sacrifice from another bill that i would pay unfortunately. or dip into my retirement, sell some stock or something. that's -- that's all i could do. >> laura you are 19 years old. you are ready to embark on your

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laura anthony is live with the story. laura? >> hi, dan, well this business here in richmond safeguards hubs raid by the a host of state and local officials you can see some are still inside here, law enforcement from southern california and state they just took out or finished taking out evidence. of this is safeguard hub marketed by green works. state tells me it involves several al gayings. many include fraud. >> it is crazy. >> this is one of 150 employees of the hubs at work when police showed up. another employee shot this video. >> we have a search warrant for this today. >> did you see anyone arrested? >> i wish i did. >> safeguard perhaps best known for television commercials featuring various celebrities tubs cost $10,000. at this facility employees tell us there were 200 low wage employees working in a phone bank with few breaks. this employee did not want to be identified. >> there has got to be something shady going on. just seemed like a shady place. >> you said there are changes to caller id? >> as far as i know.

more from abc7 news reporter laura anthony. >> leave it to a kid to come up with a simple idea that'slliant. it grew out of young josh's effort to find batteries one day at a grocery store. >> mommy, why isn't there braille on the shelf? he's like, i don't know. >> josh is the boy behind joshua's project. a foundation dedicated to making the daily lives of the blind easier, like being able to find things in a store. >> that way they can come into the store and they don't have to wait a million years, they don't have to wait this long for somebody to come over and help them. >> josh was born without sight. something his parents thought would never be treated. >> we thought if you raise him different, he will grow up different, if you raise him the same, he will grow up the same so we raised him the same. >> he thinks blind people should be able to shop for groceries, the same for everything else. >> a feeling of accomplishment. getting there is one thing, but knowing where everything is is really a good feeling. labels, whole foods also has whole foods also has these hand-held scanners

in west oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> let's check in with lisa argen up on the roof.to stay dry? shall we come back to lisa and go on to sports? >> sorry about that, carolyn. >> okay. >> heck with the umbrella, i don't need it. i was just updating the doppler. we have rain in the cities, but as i said, let's get right to it. in the north bay look at the flash flood watch until 3:00 this afternoon. heavy rain has been falling all night long. let's take a look at napa, american canyon, from novato, to martin owes and right along to oking at wet weather. wet dry in the east bay, the peninsula, the south bay. it's been the north bay where the rain really has not let up. we will continue to see that. a closer look at san francisco, oakland, we are sharing this little shower right now. but it is white and the winds aren't as gusty as they were yesterday. by the afternoon the rest of the bay area will see more green on this map and we will add up the rainfall in inches. the sierra nevada upper to 30s to low 40s lake level. it will be fluctuating throughout the day. the winte

in the meantime, laura anthony is in court and you can see her report tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. >> right now a livermore golf teach are accused of molesting students is in court today. the 31-year-old is charged with 75 felony counts for sexually abusing three boys who he was teaching. he created an instructional golf videos and taught golf to kids in several states. the sims are thrown -- they victims are between 14 and 19. there could be more victims. >> in ukraine the truce is over. profits say at least 70 people have been killed to a new round of clashes in downtown kiev. video shows government forces shooting at protesters. demonstrators want the country to seek closer ties with the west but the ukraine president believes the former soviet republic should align itself with russia. the head of the city administration quit his post because of the unrest. president obama says the united states is outraged by the violence and urging the ukraine president to withdraw forces immediately. >> we have developing news in the south bay, a shakeup at rural metro ambulance company in santa clara

in west oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. >>> love it.en to give us a full accuweather forecast. are you there, lisa? >> yeah, i'm here, carolyn. how are you. >> hi. >> in the north bay still a small stream flood advisory until 3:00 in the afternoon. once again, they have been particularly hard-hit. but morin -- more rain is on the way for the entire area. highest for the north bay and possibility of street flooding all around the bay and split possibility of wind damage and rockslides. still maybe two to four inches in parts of the highest elevations of the north bay. here's a look at the north by with sonoma is getting heavy rain south of yachtville, near napa. lighter showers here's, san francisco a mist and drizzle until 3:00. we are watching for some of the streets and flooded storm drains to cause in localized problems. the san ramon valley, a few sprinkles. down by san jose things are pretty quiet. also the coastal hills and santa cruz mountains looking at a few light showers n the sierra nevada it's rain, higher elevation snow and

laura anthony is live tonight with the story. laura? behind me head of the 7:00 meeting. this union they don't buy claims is ot on the brink of a crisis. if anything, workers say this city can afford to give them a modest raise. >> after months of negotiations the city council is poised to impose a contract on one of the biggest unions. >> the city is facing huge liabilities. >> fdiu local 1021 accepted a cut in recent years the city council expected to impose another 5% reduction for a total of range from $50,000 for animal care workers to $78,000

laura anthony is live with the latest. laura? >> hi, ama. a spokesperson told us they're doing a complete analysis of the development. one thing is clear from the get go. it appears the accident has many of the same qualities. they're 104 miles of track. there are two derailments in the same pot in concord within three years. >> bart's latest derailment is in the same place where another train ran off the track. an interlocking device may have failed or abc7 news learned investigators are looking into whether the wheel axel damage theed the frog. over the weekend, bart spokesman said there is no evidence the interlocking device is the culprit. >> there is no evidence to lead us to believe this would occur. it's going take investigation >> the california public utilities commission is investigating the accident. a process that could take up to a month. >> patrol says it's been assured there will be no more bottle throwing in snoenla county. nine vehicles were hit. they had their windshields shattered. chp identified the pick up. the owner won

laura anthony is live tonight with the story. laura? >> well, union is holding a rally here behind me head of the 7:00 meeting. this union they don't buy claims is ot on the brink of a crisis. if anything, workers say this city can afford to give them a modest raise. >> after months of negotiations the city council is poised to impose a contract on one of the biggest unions. >> the city is facing huge liabilities. >> fdiu local 1021 accepted a cut in recent years the city council expected to impose another 5% reduction for a total of 17%. their salaries range from $50,000 for animal care workers to $78,000 for a maintenance neck nick. average total for workers is about $106,000 per year >> it's going to take a toll. >> linda reed is the president of the clerical unit and says any cuts could be devastating to her members. >> we have many single moms and single dads and have families that are struggling. one person could no longer afford to live in hayward. >> according to the city of workers are paid as well, or better than, their counte

laura anthony is live now with more. laura? >> well, hi, larry.here are a number of questions about this case, including the fact no one reported a young teen and older man missing. oakland police said their amber alert is in effect and until the investigation takes them down another path they're treating this very much as a car jack and kidnap. >> that person of interest is name is roy. >> police say this is the man they want to find a person of interest in a shop lift that turned into a possible car jack and kidnap on redwood road. 54-year-old roy mckamey. >> we had numerous reports this individual frequents the area, he's known to the area. he also is very similar to the suspect description. >> police say they are familiar with the suspect and he does have a criminal history including theft. tuesday this, surveillance video from the safeway shows the man police say is the suspect walking up and down seafood and meat department aisle he later got into an altercation with employees and ran out. >> then, when the suspect left the store, he approac

laura anthony is live with the latest. laura? >> hi, ama. a spokesperson told us they're doing a complete analysis of the development. one thing is clear from the get go. it appears the accident has many of the same qualities. they're 104 miles of track. there are two derailments in the same pot in concord within three years. >> bart's latest derailment is in the same place where another train ran off the track. an interlocking device may have failed or abc7 news learned investigators are looking into whether the wheel axel damage theed the frog. over the weekend, bart spokesman said there is no evidence the interlocking device is the culprit. >> there is no evidence to lead us to believe this would occur. it's going take investigation >> the california public utilities commission is investigating the accident. a process that could take up to a month. >> patrol says it's been assured there will be no more bottle throwing in snoenla county. nine vehicles were hit. they had their windshields shattered. chp identified the pick up. the owner won

laura anthony is in los angeles. >> what you both did late in the evening in the dark at dodger stadium was cowardly. >>reporter: david stowe could barely look at marvin and sanchez the 2 men who brutally beat his sochbility the giants fan who faces life of disability unable to take care of his most basic nichltd he has a life time of pain therapy hard work daily. that he must endure. he will strive to persevere. >>reporter: norwood pleaded guilty to one count of assault causing great bodily injury for his involvement in the stowe beating. it happened in the parking lot of donor stadium after opening game between giants an doneers in 2011. sanchez was sentenced to 8 years after pleading guilty to mayhem. he is the one who initially attack stowe from behind. brutal punch that sent the former paramedic head into the pavement. >> pl you are smiling you think it's funny. >>reporter: during the sentencing sanchez was reprimanded by the judge for his smiles and disinterested behavior. >> even now with your smirk i'm talking about mr. sanchez not so much about mr. norwood you show no remorse.

laura anthony broke the story, and today she has new details from a woman who may have paid too much> she purchased her safeguard tub in december, but now it sits outside her oakland home in a backyard shed. the 75-year-old walker paid nearly $17,000 for her tub. she financed nearly $14 of that over four years at 9.9% interest. >> it's just too tight. too tight. >> three days after the tub was installed, warrer found it wasn't as advertised. >> i called them on about the 9th and told them, this tub is not working for me. and i feel claustrophobic closed in and i had a panic attack trying to take a bath. >> experience the magic of water. >> safeguard is perhaps best known for its commercials often featuring celebrities that market its walk-in tubs largely to seniors. >> we have a search warrant for this business today. >> on thursday, shown in this cell phone video, several age y agenciagenc agencies served a search warrant on their call center. officers hauled off dozens of boxes and computers. >> a nommal day, great day today. >> today, that call center was back in business, but it'

in oakland, laura anthony abc 7 news. >> the cost to build a high speed rail lane between san franciscond los angeles has dropped. less than 1% so slight but it did drop. latest estimate to get the license open by 2028 is now 67.6 billion dollars by comparison to 2012 business plan with 68.4 billion dollars. not exactly overwhelming difference but something. cost is still more than double however what was original nationally predicted in 2008 when voters approved bond measure to partially fund this controversial project. >> all right. let's talk about the weather forecast. series of storms coming through. spencer live on the roof of the be tonight. watching it all roll in. spencer. >> no rain just pick up just before you talked to me up her here. bad hair night and getting windy so now my hair is blowing to and from. here's look at live doppler 7hd rain spread across much of the bay area right now and someplaces it is coming down with intensity. just east of vallejo. north of concord look at the area of downpour and all across the north bay and down to the down to the golden gate quite

laura anthony has the story now from walnut creek. >>reporter: families throughout the east bay have trained themselves to do their part. separating the food waste and putting it in a separate kitchen bucket for eventual composting. now some worry all that effort may going to waste. >> so this shows that residential curb side green way collection. >>reporter: rest didn't monica white with the california compost coalition that examine recent data posted by the central contra costa county solid waste authority. authority contract with arizona base republic service for its green waste services. >> after reviewing public data the california compost coalition found that the vast majority of yard waste collected in walnut creek and danville is actually not composted but sent to land fill. >>reporter: according to the waste authority own report to the state for 2011 of the 4 40,000 plus 3 92 ton of green waste collected zero sent for composting. contract requires 75 percent be composted. >> really upsetting to find out that the company you a

laura anthony explains the new concerns that have now surfaced. >> the whole set of issues is makingnervous from kind of strategic risk perfect speck tivshtion peter is an earthquake engineer based ncaa monitoring the construction of the new bay bridge. he says he's seen enough in terms of problems with the structure. >> things like that happen. at this point however broken rod broken this misalign this and that i'm beginning to ask maybe we should kind of put the whole thing together and review the whole system rather than little pieces. >> this is not an issue. it does not affect the structural stability of the bridge. >>reporter: once again cal-trans on the defensive over the latest issue on the new bay bridge. revelation that the lower deck misaligned in 10 places on the suspension portion. >> what we are talking about when we say miss alinement is at most an 8 mm. difference between the 2 decks. the public does not feel this or see this whatsoever. >>reporter: he says ting taken alone the misalignment may not be a big deal but on the heel of all the other issues. >> i have seen

laura anthony broke the story, and today she has new details from a woman who may have paid too muchguard tub in december, but now it sits outside her oakland home in a backyard shed. the 75-year-old walker paid nearly $17,000 for her tub. she financed nearly $14 of that over four years at 9.9% interest. >> it's just too tight. too tight. >> three days after the tub was installed, warrer found it wasn't as advertised. >> i called them on about the 9th and told them, this tub is not working for me. and i feel claustrophobic closed in and i had a panic attack trying to take a bath. >> experience the magic of water. >> safeguard is perhaps best known for its commercials often featuring celebrities that market its walk-in tubs largely to seniors. >> we have a search warrant for this business today. >> on thursday, shown in this cell phone video, several age y agenciagenc agencies served a search warrant on their call center. officers hauled off dozens of boxes and computers. >> a nommal day, great day today. >> today, that call center was back in business, but it's unclear for how long.

phil and diane sabino and anthony and laura joining us from lindenhurst, long island let's drill down. robert reich served during the clinton administration and spent decades studying pressures that the middle class in america faces his book "after shock," the next economy in america's future is the basis for the film, inequality for all which explores the widening income gap between the classes in the u.s. ♪ contrary to popular mythology, globalization and technology haven't reduced the number of jobs available to americas. these transformations have reduced their pay. ♪ it's not just that wages are stagnant. but when you take into consideration rising costs, the riding cost of rent or homes, dramatically increasing costs of healthcare, the riding costs of child care, and, also, the riding cost of higher education, rising much fat earn inflation. >> robert reich joins us from the university of california, berkeley where he is a professor of public policy. good to see you. you heard us speak with the sabinos. income, getting loans, general upward economic mobility, i don't think that'

more from abc7 news reporter laura anthony. >> leave it to a kid to come up with a simple idea that'sfort to find batteries one day at a grocery store. >> mommy, why isn't there braille on the shelf? he's like, i don't know. >> josh is the boy behind joshua's project. a foundation dedicated to making the daily lives of the blind easier, like being able to find things in a store. >> that way they can come into the store and they don't have to wait a million years, they don't have to wait this long for somebody to come over and help them. >> josh was born without sight. something his parents thought would never be treated. >> if you raise him different, he will grow up different, if you raise him the same, he will grow up the same so we raised him the same. >> he thinks blind people should be able to shop for groceries, the same for everything else. >> getting there is one thing, but knowing where everything is is a good feeling. >> despite the braille laters, whole foods also has these hand-held scanners so lined shoppers can find when they need on the shelves. >> the scanners allow th

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laura. >> you mentioned 17, that's one of the places expected to get significant rain. santa cruz mountain, rain has a way of turning the area into one of the more dangerous to drive. >> anthony is near the sum michigan have you seen flooding so far? >> reporter: no, we haven't seen major flooding but you know the thing that exists today that is unlike some of our past storms that we haven't seen, is a lot of ponding on the roadways. the ponding is what we're going to focus on because it's coming down very heavy. the wind is blowing and it does make for treacherous conditions. the thing you want to pay attention to, really not your own driving of course we all know we're good drivers especially when it comes to good conditions but it's the other folks, especially when you're driving up against that median, the water that splashes up over the median is a thing to pay attention to. there's a lot of water on the roads and unlike the past storms it's coming down very heavy and not only that but the wind as well so. you want to make sure you're paying attention not only to yourself t car ahead uf and look ahead by several cars. again, you want to be prepared for what's down the ro

laura garcia-cannon. we have a weather alert. look at the clouds hanging on. anthonynt to check that morning commute. how is it looking now? >> soupy and sloppy. traction is an issue, it is tough to brake. in oakland you have to ease on the brakes because of the traffic. the camera shaking from time to time as well. watch as you're crossing the bay on those bridges. slick conditions in spots like this. as we look at the maps it's not so bad. lighter volume, slow krooif that's okay so far. both directions for 238 have been tied up all morning as things ease through the area east and westbound coming into and out of the area. a slower drive as well north 101 that just drags from san mateo and now you're crawling past the interchange at 280, the green shows you where there is wet roadway conditions. a couple lanes blocked but the n northbound side is all clear. ♪ >>> 8:30 now on this friday morning. it's the 28th and final day of february, 2014. we have a great and brave crowd in the elements out here on rockefeller plaza. >> warming up. >> it is. yeah. hooray, it's 12 d