lee ann was equally smitten. i lost you once and do not want to lose you again, she wrote. >> she was preparing for him to come be her husband and be a part of her life for the rest of her life. >> reporter: while he carried on with lee ann in pennsylvania, back home in san diego, larry was growing distant from connie but never mentioned getting a divorce or separating. in fact, he still kept up his family routines, even going to church with them every sunday. >> my dad was a church board member. my mom was really involved with bible studies and women's groups. it was a big part of our life. we didn't know anything was wrong. i always thought that everything was fine and great. >> reporter: so larry was leading a double life and lying to both of the women? >> exactly. >> yeah. he had two complete lives. >> and lived them as one. it was really weird. >> reporter: connie remembers that time well but for different reasons. larry told her and the kids that he'd gotten a big photo contract in pittsburgh and for the ne

. >> lee ann says the problem came from the city provided water running from her faucet. state tests proved hers has the highest levels that the city had ever seen. >> it shows you the max is 15. >> another independent evaluation by virginia tech researchers showed the levels to be that of hazardous waste. >> oh my god i'm poisoning my kids. if you have issues the question would be, would he have had these issues, if he had not had lead poisoning. >> before tests confirmed it lee ann said city and state officials dismissconcerns when she publicly declared something was wrong with the water. >> i wasn't stupid. i decided to get the science. >> lee ann set out to prove them wrong and helped to alert the city a bigger crisis lurking in the pipes, covered up by the officials tasked with keeping the community safe. >> they thought it was flint, no one was going to care, they were wrong. >> there needs to be a full independent investigation. people need to be put under oath to answer questions because they have not told the truth multiple times. >> kurt guyette is within the am

lee ann explains how the oakland community is now helping.st rains hit the bay area the 7-yeaoldq. boy from guatemala showed up at school unprepared. >> he said i don't have a coat. k so we want to learn the rain can't stop me. >>reporter: public education fund heard about henry ordeal from his teacher. within days coats were delivered to the bridge academy at melrose if oakland. to students who have come across the u.s. mexican border. >> they put them on right away and i think just receiving something new is the a special moment for them. >>reporter: 20 percent of the students here are newcomers from different parts of central america. they are escaping the violence in their country and of course many of them don't have clothes, certainly no coa coats. >> it's much cooler here than any of the towns so they don't come necessarily prepared for being here in the cold and rain. >>reporter: most of them are awaiting deportation hearings to see if they will have to return. there are still others would node more clothes. oakland public education f

here's lee ann. >>reporter: known as top designer kenneth cole dead kited finding a occur for aids.an see a cure by 2020. >>reporter: cole is chairman of the board at the foundaiton for aids research. that organization committed 20 million dollars over the next 5 years to create the new institute for hiv cure research at ucsf. it will be led by paul who treated some of the first aids patient's in the early 80's. >> either full eradication. get rid of it could be difficult but finding ways to keep it under control is doabl doable. >>reporter: research group work together to chart the virus that you say would require extensive examination of tissue matter. veer us is present but dormant in some patients. but if they can locate activate the virus patients would be given new treatment. >> really going to push hard to get our drug into people in the clinic to see if we can eliminate the virus. >>reporter: matt was diagnosed in 1988. >> long shot but i have always remained hopeful. i'm still here. mutating and years of trying to rebuild his immune system. great optimism for the younger ge

lee ann explains how other direct respond.s union fight school district responded to a threat, san francisco and oakland went into action. chance to review the safety plan. >> all of our principals were remeaned of procedures if they receive a bomb threat. we do regular safety drills. we have crisis response teams identified with specific roles at all of out of schools. >>reporter: oakland unified has open police force. chief jeff was in contact with the superintendent. >> it was business as usual with no interruptions no issues t:u e-most schools ifg[ san francisco havi school resourceq÷ officer with threatmt in los angeles, h4those given priorityl status. >>%w in case february does call= the mr. east from a"f school o@ any type>k of campus we would havecr a top priority response: notify(@ parentú ticket but it wasb never activate the7w becaue threate5. the chief6á is a? vet run of the san ó)údeputy. he believesç, the % bernardino shootings influencedo close.x >> i'm sure it probably had wááá)r'g to do withis that. what

lee ann explain explains. >> there is nothing normal about this day.d directing your mail and oakland hired 75 additional workers for this day because of the volume expected here in. this building alone oakland plant distribution we are expecting to process 11 million letters flats and parcels. >>reporter: nation wide the u.s. postal service will process 6 12 million pieces. 100 million more than on a typical day.en crease of 15 percent from last year. it's expected to be a goodyear for the postal service. over the course of the holiday the more than 15 billion pieces mailed out this year oakland will use small parcel sorting system which can process 6,000 pieces an hour. cards letters and packages are first sorted out then they are organized by location and sent out. anywhere from sacramento to beakers field. you can send your christmas krdz as late as december 19 but the dead lean for the ground transportation parcel is tochlt send as late as tomorrow. december 16 and still have expectation of getting it delivered before the 25th. >>reporter: this ye

. >> lee ann explains. >>reporter: take a beautiful canyon like this field in oakland. miller elementary and you have the makings of a great restoration project. >> we pulled 8 bag of invasive plants. this will help keep the creek healthy. >>reporter: im proving and maintaining the creek is also one of their duties. all through this canyon there are habitat restoration projects like this one and what the kid have done here is something that could actually help protect the area during el nin nino. >> we have been taking this and playing games to learn more about them. >>reporter: they replace the invasive plant with native ones. >> even at the top of the water shed you need the plants to stabilize the areas because of the reins and they are washing through and you need the plants. >>reporter: noaa was so impressed that the agency awarded them more than 6000 dollars to be shared with 3 other east bay schools that are also helping to save our oceans because eventually everything ends up there. hillcrest school transformed plastic bottle and bag into useful object. >> they

lee ann looked into it.u would think many of these semi-automatic rifle were already banned in california=uuu. they are in fact perfectly legal. >> in california the thing5v tht 10 round magazine is thexb bulll button. q which is& right here >>reporter: Áit's called the bulletpc button. éÑ gina'- of to be able toj release tq÷ magazine. i could push this2ú all day long and÷+won't release. >>reporter: i tried1vd and the magazine wouldn'tc budge. but it relesss÷b if you use a bullk or tool. would needon to use the tool to be able to release thethe maga e >>íd yes. usegu the pen as wel. >>reporter: gun advocate say and reloading using a lot more to you see how long it takes for to you insertzi something there and take it out and seconds. >> voters. >>reporter: lieutenant governor knew some says we may have to go to the ballot to=u close this loop hole e.if you ask the legislature to act that's when the nra goes to action and the nr a home court is the legislative branch. >>reporter: through the internet one

lee ann is there. >>reporter: people in the north bay knew the storm was coming. late this afternoon cities like no have the 0got pelted. drivers being especially cautious navigate go through the wet roads. this homeowner was concerned about the heavy winds and the large trees behind his house. >> i'm afraid they are going to come down on the house. you stop an think about the winds. that mayo occur this winter. >>reporter: those are pretty tall. >> they are. >>reporter: aside from that he was prepared for the upcoming rain. >> they bring the leaves down so i cope the gutters cleaned up. >>reporter: earlier kurt donaldson was filling sand bag. about 250. he knows from past experience the creek near his home overflows very quickly. he nearly lost his barn about 12 years ago e.the creek came up 3 feet from me bar barn and if i lose the barn i can't rebill it because it's now on an easement so i have to save it. so that's why i have so many sand bags. >>reporter: donaldson also helping marian week who had concerns of her on. >> we have water we know it reins really h

that the lee ann has more. senator feinstein made yet another push to prevent the sale of guns to those known or suspected terrorists. >> if someone is too dangerous to board an aircraft they are too dangerous to buy a gun. >>reporter: california already bans most assault weapons and you can't buy large capacity ammunition magazines. but there are no limits on how many nds you can secretly have in your possession. san bernardino suspects had thousands of rounds on them and at their home. 2 oakland council members will introduce an ordinance which says anyss can not have more than 10 rounds. >> we of see the mass shootings using the large capacity magazines because they don't have to reload. >>reporter: lieutenant governor is also proposing similar restrictions for california. san francisco has had the ban in place for years. some are calling for changes elsewhere. nearly all states have? prescriptionaeç drugn-s to avoid >> b unforeignlytm they are not, >> u.j(reignly they are not, they are not.t going forward a

in the marina district, anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> mayor lee announcing a sweeping new effort to help combat homelessness in san francisco today. a new city department will be dedicated exclusively to homeless services and rehabilitation. the plan is to combine health, housing and counseling programs all under one roof. the mayor's also dedicating $1 billion to homeless aid over the next four years. >> we are going to create a new department with a mission to end homelessness here. >> he said he hopes the effort will inspire other cities to follow suit. >>> up next, a historic announcement is made for the nation's military. the jobs women will now be allowed to apply for. >> and color-coded pickup. how rideshare giant uber wants to make it easier for customers to spot their drivers. coming up. defense secretary ash carter announced a few hours ago: the >>> a historic change for the united states military. defense secretary ash carter announced a few hours ago the military will open all positions to women. this includes front line combat. opponents to the measure argued mix gender unit

still get a kick out of watching you and lauren and lee on wabc, happy holidays and behind the scenes staff. we thank our behinds the scenes staff as well: ann marie says she's been watching our annual traditional greeting since the first year. there typically isn't a moment when one letter doesn't make me cry. there are some emotional moments we reach when we do this. i'm now without a job due to a recent layoff and fractured her spine a week ago but as usual her husband is there supporting her. so that's really nice. merry christmas. >> we think of you and think of all of you. keep the cards and letters coming. tweet us or post us on facebook and we'll try to get to them. we have hundreds of them. thank you all for writing. >> that's right. >> so we will be reading your but first a look at some of the spectacular christmas lights, images that you've been sending us of your homes, inside, outside, you can send your photos using the hashtag abc7ny. stay with us. (man) what's that, remy? (remy) it-it's a speck of cork, sir. (vo) a new york gentleman spends $28,000 a week on wine to sit in. (man) i'm so sorry you had to see this. (vo) you'd ma