abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez is in vacaville, and lyanne, why did it take so long to release the video? >> yeah, well, it took more than two weeks before releasing this video because they wanted to gather all the information. they also wanted to interview the little girl, ask her some questions, and also, talk to her father, her mother, and that took time. they also wanted a way to hide, conceal her face. and that's what you'll see in this video. there are signs everywhere of kids spending time outdoors playing in this vacaville neighborhood. so seeing a child walking home is not uncommon. that's why people here were surprised to watch this video of a young girl being followed in broad daylight by a green or gray pontiac. >> she knows that it's not right. she is aware that this person is following her. >> police say the man described as a black male in his 20s with dreadlocks had been following her for several blocks near ulatis drive and leisure.road. she hid behind this truck and waited, but then the man turned around and tried to approach her one more time. >> he engaged somet

lyanne? >> reporter: again, we were told that the work inside that building will be finished, completed, as you said, by june 1st. but reopening that entire building, that structure, and making sure that everything is up and running, well, that's another story. >> if we can move out to the drive aisle, that would be helpful, to make some room. >> reporter: it's been nearly seven months since the salesforce transit center was closed. today we got a firsthand look at how engineers will reinforce the beams that were cracked. >> i'm going to be using my hands a lot. >> reporter: 16 of these sandwich plates were built in pennsylvania, and holes drilled in stockton. >> it's a high strength steel. it's a bolted connection that was approved that will end up going in the girders. >> reporter: here is a rendering of where those plates will end up. they're represented in white and will act like two slices of bread bolted in between the girder. >> will be installed and that will be the reinforcement for

lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >> all right, lyanne, thank you for that. to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. you can share them by joining our building a better bay area facebook group. >>> it wasn't a big drop, but median home prices in the bay area fell last month on a year-over-year basis for the first time in seven years. research firm core logic says buyers across the bay area paid a median price of $830,000 for new or existing house or a condo in march. that was up nearly 8% from february, but down a tenth of a percent from march of 2018. meanwhile, the number of homes sold in march jumped 39% over february. but year to year sales were down dramatically, nearly 15%. it's the tenth consecutive month that home prices have dropped in the bay area. >>> still to come, a change of ticket? >> the vice presidency is a very unique opportunity. it's the only office that spans two branches of our government. >> the tech executive's plan to change how we vote. >>> and speeding up the process. the change of date for felicity huffman to appear in

abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez is in the newsroom with a closer look. lyanne? what we can say is that the dialogue has started. nothing has been proposed, but a thoroughly analysis again requested by the governor suggests that a hike of 30, 40, or even 50% is possible. a memo sent to the governor warns future wildfires would be of grave concern to pg&e, forcing it to look else to cover its debt. >> if we have repeated fires, we're going get to a point very quickly where pg&e or the other utilities, they're not going to be able to borrow their way out of these liabilities. >> that's stephen weissmann, an energy and environmental attorney who wrote an analysis for the governor's office. many customers say sticking them with the hike doesn't feel right given the mistakes made by pg&e. >> i don't need to raise my personal bill to take care of something that they should have already accounted for inside of their own maintenance. >> rate payers investment should go into stopping fires, preventing them from starting in the first place instead of paying for damage afte

as abc news reporter lyanne melendez explains he's getting majo attention. >>> how are you doing? is popular among the students of mckinley elementary in san francisco. he insists that they all call him by his first name. >> they can't pronounce my last name so mr. miguel. >> he will always bring a smile, tell us jokes, and is so welcoming. >> he'll say ola and now most of our students now know a little bit of spanish. >> reporter: as a custodian for the past 17 years his duties go beyond these hallways. he's quick to give advice to anyone who wants or needs it. be nice with everybody. >> if you're part of a community, your actions matter and if you make a mistake or you have an action that is negative to the community it has impact and he helps kids understand that. >> reporter: students here have learned any kind of work can be done by all. >> each of us like the students try our hardest to help clean up the school. >> reporter: it was because of his contributions to the school community that the staff submitted his name to a national custodian of the year contest. so who decide

reporter lyanne melendez looks at the past 30 years. >> reporter: 30 years ago, congresswoman jackieadvance their skills. >> i want to create this for professional and businesswomen. there's a hunger for that. >> this conference started 30 years ago. let's see. the year was 1989. george bush was president. the speaker of the house was a man. there were only two women senators and 29 women in the entire house of representatives. today there are 127 women in congress, roughly 24%, a record number, including those unlikely to have been elected 30 years ago. >> the most diverse congress. i'm one of two native american women ever elected to congress in history. i serve with the first two muslim women. >> a regular here at the professional businesswomen of california conference has been the state's first partner. a title jennifer newsom agreed was appropriate given our diversity. >> part of the notion of partner is gender expansive and gender inclusive. we'll have a female governor someday, an lgbtq governor. >> gina row certificate owe is -- to advance the rights of transgender individual

happening on post street near lyanne street around 1:00 p.m. the public was asked to avoid the area while crews worked to clear the debris. just down the street a huge tree came down on fill more between sutter and post. alert sf sent out a warning about tp .tree blocked both lanes in the street. >> not just surprise. the brozeas been heavy across the bay area today as we take a live look at the mount tam cam shaking because of the winds. abc 7 meteorologist drew tuma with a little bit of a change ahead. >> yeah, that's right dion. seeing the winds right now. not only very active but also brought in cooler air to start out the weekend. look at the wind in san francisco gusting to 46 miles an hour. 36, the current gust in oakland. 30 in novato. elsewhere you can he see the winds above 20-mile-per-hour. the good news over the next 12 hours the winds will be subsiding. by 10:00 tonight not as windy but breezy across the region. but look at the numbers getting into sunday morning, those winds really back off. to less than 10 miles an hour across th

lyanne melendez is in vacaville with the latest. why did it take so long to release this video? respect in gnat video you will see that they are trying to hide her face and that process took some time. they also took time gathering information and also interviewing the little girl. f this vacaville neighborhood is very kid friendly. families here say they have always felt safe. that's why people were surprised to watch this surveillance video of a young girl being followed in broad day light by a green or gray pontiac. >> she is concerned at this point that this adult is trying to contact her and trying to engage in conversation and she acts very appropriately. >> reporter: police say the man described as a black male in his 20s with dread locks had been following her for several blocks. she hid behind this blue truck and waited, but then the man turned around and tried to approach her one more time. >> and he engaged something about school, questioned to her, but she didn't engage back and she acted very appropriately and it kept her safe in this incident. we don't have a crime