live in san francisco, melanie woodrow, "abc 7 news." >> that is for sure. melanie, thanks very much. we want the hear your ideas about building a better bay area. share them by joining our facebook group. >>> a head-on crash shut down a tunnel today. it happened about 3:00 near the town of montara. the roadway along the coast reopened at 4:15. the san mateo county sheriff's office is investigating. it is unclear how many people were involved or the extent of their injuries. >>> memorial day weekend marks the start of the summer travel season. we're keeping an eye on both the roads and the airports. you are looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza. very light right now, and there's san francisco international airport. aaa thinks drivers will set a memorial day weekend record. more than 37 million people are expected to hit the road. nationally gas prices are lower than last year's memorial day, but in california they're higher. san francisco tops our biggest city's at an average of $4.14 for regular. oakland, $4.08. san jose coming in few cents lower at $4.0

. >> today melanie woodrow explains how bird got creative to get its cut of the ci scooter market. >> reporter: in san francisco, scoot and skip have the market when it comes to scooters. the sfmta chose those two companies out of 12 when it granted permits. the sfmta did not grant bird a permit. but now bird says it's scooting back in with personal, unlimited monthly rentals as opposed to shared by the minute rentals. >> once again, bird is giving san francisco the proverbial bird. >> reporter: the city's permitting process was established following nearly 2,000 complaints to 311 in a little more than a month about scooters blocking sidewalks and unsafe riding in the public right of way. the sfmta publicly shared ratings for all of the applicants. bird received two fair ratings in the safety and disabled access categories. it received poor ratings in those same categories and poor ratings in all of the other categories considered. >> there may be a loophole in the law. if there is, i suspect given the thousands of complaints that we received against bird before we had our permitting

. >> melanie woodrow has the latest. >> this is alleged fake nanny darlene montecalvo.ccused of scamming real nannies and unsuspecting families in multiple cities with a criminal history dating all of the way back to 1978. >> i wouldn't want her in my house watching my children. >> this is montecalvo in court in 2004. a family looking to hire montecalvo did some digging and discovered the credentials she was hiring matched another nanny. montecalvo posed as a real nanny and get all of the other nannies' personal information and provide that information to families she was interviewing with to be a nanny. the information she would give those families was real, verifiable on trufst line and a database of nannies that have cleared in california. >> it would be nice to have trust line to help prevent this from happening because with the name and driver's license you can get away with a light. >> abc news reached out to trust line for comment. montecalvo is expected to appear in alameda court on charges of identity theft and cruelty to a 2-month-old child by inflicting injur

in berkeley, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> don't tell a beehive about this. a former player says beyonce maying to blame for the loss of the super bowl. the power at the super bowl went out at the start of the third quarter shortly after beyonce's halftime show. he said if beyonce hadn't knocked the power out the game wouldn't have slowed down and that they would have won. >> scientists exploring the deep ocean water have discovered a new species. it's a tiny yellow coral just three inches tall. it was first spotted 15 years ago. last year a research team with the california academy of sciences found it again and they were able to put it under the microscope and found it was different from any other coral species. it was published in the proceedings of the california academy of sciences. we are getting our new look at the gray wolf pups in the oakland zoo. the pups were born early monday morning and they will not be visible to the public until some time in late june. parents siskiyou and sequoia have been at the zoo for more than a year and these are their fi

melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> on the peninsula it's day two th year.aker fair now in its abc 7 news was at the san mateo count county events center. it's an opportunity for inventors, craft makers and engineers to show off their handiwork and they'll consider what's next for the event this week end. he said corporate sponsor ships are down and not everyone is used to this kind of fair. >> i think we need this now more than ever in our culture and it's hard to convince people that it's important to do. >> there are more than 200 maker fairs around the world each year. most are licensed and san francisco-based maker media puts on the one here and in new york. the fair lasts through tomorrow. time now 6:26 and still to come on abc 7 mornings. a man arrested for recording people in the restroom in a popular trampoline park. also in san francisco, a new also in san francisco, a new honor for a while shopping at sears, you need to place yourself in the moment. ♪ our products make the wins more victorious... ♪ and the rewards even sweeter. you need confidence in the appliances you select t

melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> time now is 6:33 and happening today, cinco de mayo celebrations willacross the bay area. ♪ ♪ >> the annual street fair in san francisco's mission district will be held from 10:00 until 6:00 treat. the festivities will shut down valencia until midnight. muni service will not be impacted. cinco de mayo commemorates mexico's victory over france at there will be aesval nequare in oakl starng noon. >> the top chefs at a popular new york city restaurant aren't trained at the top schools. their take turns creating the dishes of their mother land. >> every day we have a different grandmother from the different part of the world being couping her cuisine and passing >> it's the nonnas of the world. we have two kitchens. one kitchen is downstairs with our italian grandmother cooks and the other is upstairs and that's the one that change every day. >> the dishes that i make in trinidad that are popular here. >> i make ox tail. >> i make penne. >> empanadas. ? we have nonnas from sri lanka. >> professional chefs do a great job imitating different dishes and in my

melanie woodrow has more on the woman who fought for the decision. >> there is a big change coming to former uc berkeley volleyball player committed to making a difference. >> i just want students to know that they can do anything if thaw see a problem they can fix it. >> when makenzie feldman was a junior she and her teammates convinced the grounds keeper to stop spraying herbicides here. >> he was like, yeah, totally. i don't have the labor to pick the weeds. i said perfect, we have 20 girls on the team. we'll do it for you. >> we were worried that these were young women of reproductive age and they probably shouldn't be exposed to any of this stuff. >> they ended up coming out here and having weeding parties basically. >> now mackence's served up an ace for the entire uc community. uc president janet napolitano issuing a temporary suspension on the use of glyphosate-based herbicides at all uc locations due to concerns about possible hazards. >> and we were, like, dang, we did it. >> it's going to make a huge impact for every student in the whole uc system. that's a lot of kids that

melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> and the u.c. president initiated a task force for future guidance on the issue. >>> abc 7 is trying to build a better bay area this week with tips to keep you safe. with property crime spiking protecting your car and stuff and home from criminals, it can sometimes seem impossible but did you know a simple nightly routine could help. cornell bernard checked it out. >> property crime in morin and reporter: we're on patrol with brett snyder and said car break-ins are spiking and he knows why. >> this car has a backpack sitting in the passenger floorboard. >> reporter: it took five minutes to understand why this parking lot in mill valley was a potential jackpot for thieves. >> so it looks like this person has a bunch of documents, mail, people leaving stuff in their vehicles and in plain view makes it that much more of a target-rich environment. >> reporter: jack o'keefe had clothes and an ipad in plain excite. >> be careful. we don't want you to become a victim. >> my mom's car just got broken into.

. >> gab rella mara is at santa rita jail and he spoke with melanie woodrow today. >> reporter: i was not able to bring in a camera but i did tell him i was a reporter and asked if he would be willing to answer questions about the alleged incidents. he told me that he's been driving for u h and that the on-boarding procedure was in his words normal. he became an uber driver because he likes escape and that he admitted he was attempting to, quote, pimp her out. and today he said he didn't know anything about that. he said, quote, i dropped her off, she just got out. he didn't know why two pim told police he attempted to kidnap them. in a ride in oakland he released a second woman only after she threatened to break the window. uber has said it is deeply troubled by the allegations and they removed him from the app. in the newsroom for the i-team, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >>> did ammary share anything else with you? >> he did. a couple of things. at one point he told me that it was a rental car. he also said that police thought he looked like somebody else. almost suggesting it was a

. >> abc news melanie woodrow has more from the woman who advocated for the decision. >> reporter: therea change coming to the campus in thanks in part to a former volleyball player committed to making a difference. >> i want students to know they can do anything. if they see a problem, they can fix it. >> reporter: when mackenzie feldman was a junior, she and her teammates convinced the ground keeper to stop praying herbicides here. >> he was like totally. i just don't have the labor to pick the weeds. we said perfect, we have 20 girls on the team. we will do it for you. >> we were worried that these were young women of reproductive age and they probably shouldn't be exposed to any of this stuff. they ended upcoming out here and having weeding parties basically. >> reporter: now, mackenzie served up an ace for the entire uc community. uc president janet napolitano issuing a temporary suspension of gilyphosate-based herbicide t all campuses. >> we are like, we did it. >> it

the eye team reporter melanie woodrow covering the story, has the latest. >> hillsborough parents bruce and da vin a isaacson entering guilty pleas of the college admission scandal. this is video outside boston -- the first parents in the varsity blues cheating scandal. they're cooperating with the government in exchange prosecutors have agreed they will not face any further criminal charges and are recommending sentencing at the low end of the guidelines. they paid rick singer for the athletic recruitment scheme and college admissions exam admissions scheme for two of their daughters. sentencing set for july 31st. another parent charged, elizabeth enriquez of atherton introduced them to isaacson in 2015. >> the isaacson face a maximum of 20 years in prison. prosecutors are expected to recommend a lesser sentence. bruce isaacson may face addit n additional penalties from additional charges. if you want to learn more go to abc7news.com. >>> abc 7 news is helping build a better bay area by looking for solutions to safety issues that concern you. >> red light camera will be upgraded or new

in berkley, melanie woodrow, "abc 7 news." >>> new at 6:00, a downed power line caused a lot of damage in martinez. sky 7 was over the scene less than 30 minutes ago. our exclusive map technology shows the work happening between green and ward. four cars were damaged by no one was inside any of them thank goodness. power is out to the neighborhood and may not be fully restored until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. >>> berkley's public health department is issuing a measles alert. officials confirmed an adult resident was diagnosed with the illness on monday. they say that person had visited the original berkley bowl on the afternoon of may 7th between the hours of 3:00 and 5:00. >> the person is not contagious at this point, so there is no risk of getting measles from that individual. however, those people who were exposed, especially there at berkley bowl, need to be watching for symptoms of measles. >> and those symptoms include fever, cough, runny nose and red eyes. they start to emerge 7 to 21 days after exposure. as always, doctors remind people to get vaccinated. >>> tonight a progress repor