abc7 news i-team reporter melanie woodrow covered the story since the beginning and has the latest in their first interview since american nightmare was released on netflix. >> aaron quinn and denise huskins are retelling their story involving the vallejo police department. >> reliving it is always a challenge. it always brings up a lot of deep pain from the past. >> in 2015, matthew mueller broke into quinn's vallejo home, tying up, blindfolding and drugging the couple before kidnaping huskins for ransom. >> the kidnapers told me, if you call the police, we killed denise. >> when quinn did call vallejo police detective matt mustard interrogated him, believing he had killed huskins. >> so now i get out my puzzle pieces and i start figuring out, okay, how do i make it so you look like a monster? >> he was even accused of failing a lie detector test. >> you know where she is? i don't know where she is. i want you guys to find her. >> they are trained to break you. >> they're good at. that's what they do. >> he was kidnaped too. but by the police. because they try to isolate you. they ke

abc seven news reporter melanie woodrow has more. we are tired. >> more than 100 uber drivers gathered at the potrero center lot wednesday morning, including eight year uber driver abdullah elena, here to protest unfair wages and platform deactivations . drivers say terminations are often abrupt and without explanation or an opportunity to appeal. they been deactivating unfairly. >> activations the earnings are going low and low and low. this is like enslavement. >> we've been enslaved and we've been forced to work like for almost like for nothing. >> these drivers say uber has increasingly claimed a greater share of their earnings without offering information on fare calculations. >> but according to an uber spokesperson in an emailed statement to abc seven news, drivers often think if you take the difference between what the passenger pays and what the driver earns, it equals all uber profit, and that is grossly incorrect, says the spokesperson. according to uber's most recent earnings, the take rate is 21.2. uber also says it cont

. >> abc7 news i-team reporter melanie woodrow has the story. >> this ram truck may have been a real of concrete nearly took him out while driving over the richmond-san rafael bridge, and it hit me right about here. >> it just scared the hell out of me, shattering violetta's windshield. if it did come through. i mean, it was like aim straight at my and my chest and it will probably kill me instantly. >> the impact showering him with shards of glass. >> i was lucky i was wearing my sunglasses and i didn't get any glass in my eye. otherwise i probably would have been blind. >> now villetti can't believe what he's seeing. more than five months after he filed a claim with caltrans for damages to his car, the agency wrote back, letting him know based on its own investigation, it determined it's not liable to me is total negligence from state of california. >> it's a state owned bridge and they should own up to it. >> abc7 news data journalist recently crunched the numbers and found caltrans was out owning up to most claims, approving less than 4% of claims filed between 2020 and mid 2023.

abc seven news reporter melanie woodrow has the story. we are tired. >> more than 100 uber drivers gathered at the potrero center lot wednesday morning, including eight year uber driver abdullah elena, here to protest unfair wages and platform deactivation. drivers say terminations are often abrupt and without explanation or an opportunity to appeal. >> they've been deactivating unfairly, activating the earnings are going low and low and low. this is like enslavement. >> we've been enslaved. we've been forced to work like for almost like for nothing. >> these drivers say uber has increasingly claimed a greater share of their earnings without offering information on fare calculation. but according to an uber spokesperson, in an emailed statement to abc seven news, drivers often think if you take the difference between what the passenger pays and what the driver earns, it equals all uber profit. that is grossly incorrect, says the spokesperson. according to uber's most recent earnings, the take rate is 21.2. uber also says it continues to a

melanie woodrow, abc seven news. >> disgraced former congressman jorge santos is suing late night host jimmy kimmel. santos claims kimmel duped him using the celebrity. video sharing app cameo. santos says kimmel hid his identity when making more than a dozen requests last december. kimmel then used the footage on his shows that air on abc seven, mocking the former congressman. santos is seeking $750,000 in damages for the five videos he created that were played on kimmel's show. coming up, the beginning of the end, a sneak peek at the start of the final season of the good doctor, plus one more check on the weather to help you plan the week ahead. how much more rain to expect? stay with us. >> the abc seven storm impact scale. it's going to be a two moderate storm from 1 to 5 light to severe. no exactly how every storm will impact you. >> wet and windy once again, be prepared with the abc seven storm impact scale from abc conservative republican steve garvey is the wrong choice for the senate. ...our republican opponent here on this stage has voted for donald trump twice. mr. garvey, y

abc seven news reporter melanie woodrow has some of the key moments.a personal apology from meta ceo mark zuckerberg to families for harm the platform may have caused. >> would you like to apologize for what you've done to these good people? >> no one should have to go through the things that your families have have suffered. and this is why we invest so much and are going to continue doing industry leading efforts to make sure that no one has to go through the types of things that your families have had to suffer. >> the senate judiciary committee grilling executives of meta x, tiktok, snap and discord saying they failed to protect young users on their platforms. did you or ever and everyone else at snap really failed to see that the platform was the perfect tool for sexual predators? >> senator, that behavior is disgusting and reprehensible. we provide in-app reporting tools so that people who are being harassed or who, you know, have been shared inappropriate sexual content can report it. snapchat ceo not alone in highlighting tools on the social me

until you do that, nothing will change. >> melanie woodrow, abc seven news or weather coverage. >> as we continue. we knew today's storm was coming and some used the advance notice to get prepared. that's why we got a view like this. we'll explain what you're seeing next. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. the storm continues to hammer the bay area. we are not through with it yet. how much longer? we're going to have to deal with this storm? and what's ahead in terms of watches and warnings coming right up. >> the abc seven storm impacts kingvale today's storm is level three. that means a strong storm. look out for flooding hazards on the road and possible power outages. stay ahead of today's storm with the abc seven news app. download it now in order for small businesses to thrive, they need to be smart, efficient, savvy. making the most of every opportunity. that's why comcast business is introducing the small business bonus. for a limited time you can get up to $1000 prepaid card with qualifying internet. yup, $1000. so switch to business internet from the company with the largest

melanie woodrow abc seven news. tonight is a big night of premieres here on abc seven. >> several of your favorite shows are back with all new seasons, including will trent. the detective is back in this season. we'll get to know more about his back story. you can watch the season kickoff of will trent tonight at 8 p.m. right here on abc seven. it's a part of a jam packed slate of season premieres, followed by the rookie at nine and the final season of the good doctor at ten. all leading up to abc seven news at 11. president biden will be spending the next few days here in california, coming up at 530, when he will be in the bay area, and what he plans to do here, plus an elaborate phone scam. >> how a financial columnist became the victim of fraudsters claiming t you're not alone. rent is up, and every family outing costs an arm and a leg. well, we want to help. so when prices go up, we find new ways to go low. and now, we've lowered the price on hundreds of your favorite products. designing something beautiful is

back in the spotlight thanks to a new netflix docu series called american nightmare, reporter melanie woodrow has new details on this case that she's covered since 2015. join us for those stories and more at 530 on abc seven. bay area streaming tv. dan and ama. >> all right, karina, thanks very much. >> and you can download the abc seven app or just head to abc seven news.com, and you can join karina in two minutes. >> if you're watching us here on tv world news tonight with david muir is next for sandhya patel for all of us. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley and i'm ama daetz. >> we will see you again at >> we will see you again at 6:00. let's take a look at this knee. that truly matters. [ physical therapy staff discusses results ] for your mind. for your body. and for the community. -team! kaiser permanente. "overflowing with ideas and energy." that's the san francisco chronicle endorsing democrat katie porter for senate over all other options. porter is "easily the most impressive candidate." "known for her grilling of corporate executives." with "deep policy knowledge." katie porte

joins us to discuss plus more caltrans car damage claims denied abc seven news i-team reporter melanie woodrowthe surprising reason the agency gave one man for his denial. join us for those stories and more. at 530. >> all right. thanks, karina. >> and you can download the abc seven app or head to abc seven news.com and join her in two minutes. and if you're watching on tv, world news is next. >> we a two very different visions for california. steve garvey, the leading republican, is too conservative for california. he voted for trump twice and supported republicans for years, including far right conservatives. adam schiff, the leading democrat, defended democracy against trump and the insurrectionists. he helped build affordable housing, lower drug costs, and bring good jobs back home. the choice is clear. i'm adam schiff, and i approve this message. this ad? typical. politicians... "he's bad. i'm good." blah, blah. let's shake things up. with katie porter. porter refuses corporate pac money. and leads the fight to ban congressional stock trading. katie porter. taking on big banks to make hou

abc seven news i-team reporter melanie woodrow is here with the story. >> melanie, dan and kristen. this one is a doozy. as you said, a fremont man allegedly was victim to falling concrete from the richmond-san rafael bridge, something we saw back in 2019 possibly happening again this summer. cal trans now is saying that that driver or telling that driver, rather it's not liable. this ram truck may have been a real lifesaver this summer. marco villetti says a chunk of concrete nearly took him out while driving over the richmond-san rafael bridge, and he hit me right about here. >> it just scared the hell out of me, shattering his windshield. if it did come through. i mean, it was like aim straight at my and my chest out. it will probably kill me instantly. >> the impact showering him with shards of glass. >> i was lucky i was wearing my sunglasses and i didn't get any glass in my eye. otherwise i probably would have been blind. >> now villetti can't believe what he's seeing. more than five months after he filed a claim with caltrans for damages to his car, the agency wrote back, let