vic lee has the story. vic? believes that someone should have seen this teenager as he wandered around aimlessly for six hours the congressman is also aware in recent years there have been other security breeches at airport perimeters and he says enough is enough. tsa plays a major role in airport security but operations are inside of the terminals. congressman swalwell is a member of the committee on homeland security. >> we protect the term fal. however, 95% of an airport can be entered through the perimeter, exterior fence. >> major airports have fences and cameras as well as patrols. but he points out it's a fourth security breech of a perimeter in five years and he is demanding the office conduct an audit of security at the airports. >> we need to do is look at these airports start with ones breeched but look aconsiders the country and see if they're more porous than they should be. and also, see what is the culture on the ground among employees. >> last audit was conducted five years ago. vic lee, abc7 new

. >> vic lee joins us live with the latest. >> a close confident to state senator leland yee was in court today was on court today. the judge continued a hearing to decide whether or not to make that bond $250,000. prosecutors want to keep him in custody. the prosecutor called jackson a flight right after this sxk a danger to the community saying the campaign fund-raiser was quote, a one man crime wave the complaint says jackson was involved in drugs, weapons trafficking and murder for hire. prosecutors say jackson brought former chinatown gangster raymond shrimp boy chow and senator yee together to commit crimes. his lawyer said his client was a community activist. no danger to anyone. >> not just preassumed innocent. he's not guilty of anything. >> he says the fbi agents were quote, trolling for someone to prosecute and they ensnared his client. >> trolling. you just look for anyone. they did that. >> there is no murder, no corpse. it was in the mind of an fbi ago. several of them. >> jackson's co-conspir store served time in federal prison for racketeering he got out, saying he was a r

as vic lee shows us tonight they're everywhere. >> rats sneak out looking for food. they'll chew through trash cans to get it. >> they're between 6 and 8 inches long. >> dark colored. mangy looking. not the kind of rats you'd want hold >> people say the rat population boomed two years ago when work started on a new subway extension. >> it's just one of many project in the neighborhood now. >> you see things off scurrying around. >> we found rats all over the place. now, south of market off ramp we found a thriving >> other night i must have seen 50 of them, not exaggerating. they were just coming out like it was nothing. like a water fall full of rats >> orlando is worried they'll hitch a ride home with him. >> i don't want to get bitten by one. suppose it comes into the house? and bites someone in the house? >> johnson ojo is with san francisco department of public health. he says rats are just part of urban live and show up all over the city. left unchecked they can spread bacteria like salmonella. >> when you drink water or food contaminated by rat feces, you're m

abc7 news reporter vic lee is live at the station in the city with more on this for us. vic? >> reporter: well, there is a sense of urgency because trains cross the quint street bridge 92 times every di. cal train is trying to come up with a plan as soon as possible. we're told that the planning should take about a week, and then, two more weeks for the work to be done. >> i'm sure should have been done a long time ago. i'm glad they're making repairs. >> most of the cal train riders never heard of the quint street bridge. news of the emergency repairs caught them by surprise. the bridge is in bad shape the floor beams are corroding. sections, cracking. flanges are breaking. cal train has been inspecting the bridge every month. last week the board declared an emergency. >> the bridge has deteriorated more rapidly. so we're going have to do emergency repairs. >> reporter: trains have been slowed to ten miles per hour to help reduce further damage lous martinez wondered why it slows down. now, he knows >> well, man, i hope they get it fixed up, quick. you know? >> we're going t

as vic lee shows us tonight they're everywhere. >> rats sneak out looking for food.ash cans to get it. >> they're between 6 and 8 inches long. >> dark colored. mangy looking. not the kind of rats you'd want hold >> people say the rat population boomed two years ago when work started on a new subway extension. >> it's just one of many project in the neighborhood now. >> you see things off scurrying around. >> we found rats all over the place. now, south of market off ramp we found a thriving infestation. >> other night i must have seen 50 of them, not exaggerating. they were just coming out like it was nothing. like a water fall full of rats >> orlando is worried they'll hitch a ride home with him. >> i don't want to get bitten by one. suppose it comes into the house? and bites someone in the house? >> johnson ojo is with san francisco department of public health. he says rats are just part of urban live and show up all over the city. left unchecked they can spread bacteria like salmonella. >> when you drink water or food contaminated by rat feces, you're more likely

abc7 news reporter vic lee is live at the station in the city with more on this for us. vic? >> reporter: well, there is a sense of urgency because trains cross the quint street bridge 92 times every di. cal train is trying to come up with a plan as soon as possible. we're told that the planning should take about a week, and then, two more weeks for the work to be done. >> i'm sure should have been done a long time ago. i'm glad they're making repairs. >> most of the cal train riders never heard of the quint street bridge. news of the emergency repairs caught them by surprise. the bridge is in bad shape the floor beams are corroding. sections, cracking. flanges are breaking. cal train has been inspecting the bridge every month. last week the board declared an emergency. >> the bridge has deteriorated more rapidly. so we're going have to do emergency repairs. >> reporter: trains have been slowed to ten miles per hour to help reduce further damage lous martinez wondered why it slows down. now, he knows >> well, man, i hope they get it fixed up, quick. you know? >> we're going t

vic lee is live now with the story for us. vic? >> well, right now, cal train is working on a plan ask trying to do it as quickly as possible to minimize inconvenience in the neighborhood we're told planning should take about a week, then two weeks for work to be completed. the century-old bridge is in bad shape. floor beams are corroding. sections are cracking. and flanges are breaking. cal train has been inspecting the kwint street bridge every month. last week the board declared an emergency. >> the bridge deteriorated we're going to have to do repairs. lieu ease commutes from san jose. >> just slows down. >> martinez wondered why. now, he knows... >> wow, man. i hope they get it fixed quick. you know? >> we're good going to sandwich the beams into steel. we're planning to bill a birm. >> many near the bridge say they want the connector road built before the street is closed for repairs. the road is a short cut that allows drivers to avoid heavy traffic of third street. >> i used to go that way. >> cal train may have to begin wo

reporter vic lee is live in chinatown with the story you'll see only on abc 7 news, vic. >> reporter: many are relatives who pooled their money together to see their relatives in china, others are those who saved for a very long time. all of them bought their fake tickets, unfortunately, at the amuse travel agency here at chinatown and at a branch office in millbrae. by the way, this is very similar to another big fraud case in chinatown years ago. it happened six years ago here in chinatown. angry clients gathering at the abandoned office of a travel agency trying to get their money back. more than 100 mostly elderly chinese defrauded when they bought fake tickets to china. now it's happening again. >> of course very upset, i cried. i was so week the whole week after i knew that -- the closure of the business. >> reporter: this woman does not want to be identified but she is the victim of a fraudulent travel agency operation. one of more than 100 people who have filed reports with police. captain joe mcfadden showed us an enormous flowchart. bottom line, losses totaling more than $26

vic lee, abc7 news. >> there was an event yesterday, the annual march of dimes march for babies. >>>menlo park residents have a new place to interact with local officials and meet with police thanks to facebook. facebook page transformed this budding from a real estate office to a neighborhood service center and police substation. it will serve menlo park's bell haven neighborhood near facebook's head quarters. facebook will also help pay the rent for that building. >>> still ahead on the abc7 sunday morning news, some bay area students take on an impressive project. x marks the spot of their school's new library. and here is a live look from our richmond bridge camera. cool and damp, but what about the rest of the day and the week ahead? lisa argen will have your forecast in just a few. fuel reward card is really what makes it like two deals in one. lesperso salesperson #2: actually, getting a great car with 42 highway miles per gallon makes it like two deals in one. salesperson #1: point is there's never been a better time to buy a jetta tdi clean diesel. avo: during the first ever

vic lee, abc7 news. >> hundreds.people walk in san francisco yesterday so more children could take their first steps. the event was the annual march of dimes march for babies. abc7 traffic reporter mced the event. and meteorologist mike niko took part in the walk in pleasanton. >>> menlo park residents have a new place to interact with local officials and meet with police thanks to facebook. facebook page transformed this building from a real estate office to a neighborhood service center and a police substation. it will serve menlo park's bell haven neighborhood near facebook's headquarters. facebook will also help pay the rent for that building. >>> still ahead on the abc7 sunday morning news, some bay area students take on an impressive project. x marks the spot of their school's new library. and here is a live look. i really like this one. it's from our richmond bridge cam showing you the raindrops there on the camera lens. it tells you right away what's happening out there. our meteorologist lisa argen will have

tomorrow night at 11:00 abc7 news reporter vic lee goes looking for rats and he doesn't have to look heard to find them. >> a couple now. i must have seen 50 of them. >> exaggerate san francisco general hospital. >> no. >> tomorrow at 11:00 p.m., vic investigates complaints of rats in the city and who is responsible for fixing the problem. that is a yuk there. >> glad you didn't get that story. >> yeah. >> good morning. we are still look at some rain higher up in the higher elevations but right now it's pretty cloudy san francisco, 53. 56 at the airport, sun shane in the south bay and that is working through our afternoon. the clouds will be parting. but you can see the raindrops on the lens. we will talk about the timing and how warm we will get when we come back. >> thank you lisa. also next an uncertain future for oracle arena. what experts say officials need to do to fill the void when the warriors move to san francisco. to you earlier ] so, and i lied to you earlier when i said that...we weren't ready to have a baby we're actually eight-weeks pregnant. [women] shut up! [brother-

abc7 news reporter vic lee talked with the fbi to find out what happened. >> this is the cobbler.ld she traveled the world painting, settling down in the bay area. her artwork is considered a national treasure in poland. when she died in san francisco in 1998, she left 86 paintings to the polish museum in switzerland. the art never reached the intended destination. >> they vanished. for 16 years the whereabouts of the paintings were a mystery. four years the museum intensified their search for the artwork n mid-january the polish ministry of culture turned to the fbi in san francisco. >> the polish government had asked us to try and reach out for one of the family members here in the bay area and see if he was aware of the location of the paintings. >> the fbi went to cally's nephew's home in san francisco were he few where the paintings were. they were being main taped in a storage facility and after a conversation with us it was agreed that we would take them and get them back to switzerland where they belonged. the fbi recovered 75 of the 86 paintings. the nephew said he was pr

vic lee, abc 7 news. >> what a great bit of local history. neat. >> it really is. >>> let's turn to the forecast. spencer christian is here, tracking we hope a little bit more rain. >> yes, a little bit of rain. the clouds will thicken first. the rain will arrive next. and maybe even a thunderstorm or two. >> really? >> interesting changes coming our way. we have mainly clear skies right now. we have thin high clouds above. and they've been covering more and more territory as they've been moving through during the evening hours. and they'll get thicker tomorrow, those clouds will. remember how gusty it was yesterday and last evening? it's still gusty in some spots tonight, but not nearly so. we have gusts up to 31 miles per hour and novato 18-miles-per-hour gusts at sfo. 17 at san carlos. and lighter winds in most other locations. here is a nice live view from our exploratorium camera look back at the part of the skyline of downtown san francisco. it's 56 degrees in search right now. 59 at oakland. 58 redwood city. 57 san jose. 54 at half moo

. >> vic lee is live. vic. >> the sheriff supporting a plea for a home detention. but the judge said no. >> the junl imposed a 60 day sail jent yens. his attorney said his client will spend time in chinatown. >> he will work with older people that need help. and things like that. >> jew was held in february. this security video captured him accepting a bribe. he was convicted for lying when he ran for office that he lived in san francisco. he resided in this home. he was enter yensed to a year as part of the plea deal. this through community service the district attorney disagrees. >> to take what should have been a ten year sentence. now to, say this individual is going to be home, home monitoring is very disturbing. >> jew sentenced on the day leland yee was indicted. in an interview his attorneys told us his client's mentor was senator yee, yee was doing the same things about it years ago. >> taught him how to raise money. which was putting pressure on people to give money. >> today, jew said he had no ties to wrchlt ee's current trouble with the law. >> he hope

vic lee is live with developments. vic?his indictment lists formal changes was released on friday. so those in custody had to appear and they now have lawyers. there seems to be consensus. >> government created the crime. the government financed the crime and ensnared our client. >> that is how the lawyer tony sarah characterized the case against raymond shrimp boy chow. sarah, now on his defense team made an appearance he is charged with money laundering and dealing in stolen property. 20 others pleaded not guilty. that includes lelandy charged with mill corruption ask gun gunning. keith jackson entered a plea charged with drugs and weapons trafficking and murder for hire. at arraignment there are more lawyers than there were defendants. all those we spoke with pointed to entrapment. and the case began five years ago. >> teams the government out there throwing money at anybody that can get to take money.

. >> one of yee's protegees won a battle today to avoid more time behind >> vic lee is live. vic. >> the sheriff supporting a plea for a home detention. but the judge said no. >> the junl imposed a 60 day sail jent yens. his attorney said his client will spend time in chinatown. >> he will work with older people that need help. and things like that. >> jew was held in february. this security video captured him accepting a bribe. he was convicted for lying when he ran for office that he lived in san francisco. he resided in this home. he was enter yensed to a year as part of the plea deal. this through community service the district attorney disagrees. >> to take what should have been a ten year sentence. now to, say this individual is going to be home, home monitoring is very disturbing. >> jew sentenced on the day leland yee was indicted. in an interview his attorneys told us his client's mentor was senator yee, yee was doing the same things about it years ago. >> taught him how to raise money. which was putting pressure on people to give money. >> today, jew said he had no t

vic lee joins from yous daly city. >> he was arrested there. that is his home behind me.d a shotgun and ammunition in his home but did not find the gun. a resolver. those sources tell us he was a man that lived with a tremendous amount of pain and he was angry and he was frustrated. neighbors say the 84-year-old lived in this home for decades, lived alone and kept to hip self. >> you'd say hi. pretty quiet otherwise. pretty shocking. >> sources say he is a retired postal worker and his relatives live in hawaii. business resumed today here in the building. this technology returned to work. >> the most unexpected place it can happen. >> guards told us reporters were not allowed inside but police say there are bullet from aing manies and a hole on a wall near the office of a doctor who was reportedly the intended target. dr. kevin wong, seen here getting into a detective car after the shooting. sources tell abc 7 news he treated him for a virus similar to shingles but it was unsuccessful. that was the motive for the 84-year-old man to go gunning for the doctor. dr. wong said

vic lee, abc7 news. >> vic, thank you. today, pg&e is offering a reward in connection with last year's attack in a san jose substation. someone cut lines and shot 17 transformers in 19 minutes the utility is spending $$100 million on security enhancements. that could result in a raid increase. one official called the incident terrorism but pg&e only saying it was quote highly professional. interest there have been no arrests in this case. >> spencer christian has the day off. you notice he's off when it's warm and sunny. when you're the weather man, have you an edge. >> exactly. so every time it's nice, i'm just going to take the day off here, it's beautiful. blue skies are behind me. and we'll talk about where it's not blue. we do have fog right along the coastline. that is keeping your temperatures only into upper 50s to low 60s this afternoon away from the coast, we've seen a little bit of a warm up around the bay area. seven degrees warmer in san jose. from our mount tamalpais camera, watching dog below. it's going to

vic lee, abc7 news. >> thank you. the legal problems facing a veteran concord police officer could have a ripple affect on other cases. matthew switser, a former canine officer is accused of stealing prescription drugs from senior citizens. we're are live in martinez with how this is unfolding. laura? >> reporter: well, hi, cheryl. just got off the phone with the public defender they plan to ask a judge to throw out one guilty verdict here because of the involvement, they're in the process of reviewing two dozen other cases from last year alone. meantime, today, switser's lawyer told us what might have motivated his client. >> there is no question this is a case about anyone that fell into prescription pills addiction >> the attorney for a concord police officer says his client was overpowered by an illness. addiction. >> started off with an off duty injury. he was prescribed these powerful drugs. >> shown here with hoiz police dog figo, the prosecutors say matthew switser used the animal as a ruse to gain trust of se

vic lee, abc # news >> police are responding to a video that we've shown you taken at the home opener. you can see it shows an officer using a choke hold on a fan that is not resisting but is talking about. a spokesman says it appears he was about to use a choke hold but managed to talk him into comply yens. police would not say why the fan was detained or whether he was charged with a crime. >> well, still ahead here tonight can san francisco afford to lose 900 parking spaces? tonight for whom the city is planning to reserve them. >> extraordinary accomplishment of a marathon swimmer. his journey through shark-infested waters off the coast >> imagine a car that doesn't start. 7 on your side coming up. it's almost impossible to get them to sit down to dinner. that's why we have... kfc dip'ems! a kfc dip'ems bucket, 20 extra crispy tenders. 6 awesome sauces. i mean he's sitting still, this is kind of miraculous. ♪ i'm taking off, but, uh, don't worry. i'm gonna leave the tv on for you. and if anything happens, don't forget about the new xfinity my account app. you can troubleshoot tech

vic lee is live at the home of the suspect. >> the 84-year-old was arrested last night, over there, that is his home. our sources tell us police found a shotgun, and ammunition at his home, but not the actual gun. a revolver and he told investigators he was angry and frustrated because he had been living with a tremendous amount of pain for many years. >> neighbors say the 84-year-old lived in this home on plymouth circle for decades saying he lived alone and kept to himself. >> saying hi. and quiet otherwise >> sources with moth of the investigation say he is a retired postal worker. that his relatives live in hawaii. business resumed today here at the medical and dental office building. the surgical technician returned to work this morning. >> i'm not shocked that it happened anywhere. >> police say there are bullet fragments and a hole on the wall near the office of a doctor who was reportedly the intended target, seen here yesterday getting into a detective car after the shooting. sources tell abc7 news wong treated the man several years ago for a season similar to shingles, which is

vic lee is live with the story. >> this has every abled researchers to set the records straight aboutrow of crew members after the collision. in case you're wondering the city is resting on mud at the bottom of the bay. bridge. >> the city is resting 217 deep at the bottom of the channel inside of the golden gate bridge. this shot from sky 7 shows the approximate location of the ship wreck. this is what wreckage looks like on sonar standing upright. unlike today's clear blue skies, a dense fog enveloped the golden gate channel august 22, 1888, the steam ship was leaving the bay. the oceanic, a ship twice as large coming in from asia. >> the oceanic had a manifest of 74 chinese crewmen, 27 caulkation officers >> robert streamer is with noaa. >> they had less hahn a half mile visibility. >> not only dense fog a flood tide churning water was a fierce rip tide all affecting the city of chester's navigation. iet was the bow penetrated the hall of the city of chester, scientists surveyed the area, mapping. no one had located the city of chester until last may. when one of the sonar equipped

abc7 news reporter vic lee investigates what happens at night when rats go looking for food we'll showou what he found tonight at 11:00. >> well, just ahead here tonight romantic balloon ride almost didn't happen. >> a local couple left grounded by excuses they claim were full of hot air. and it came with a free chocolate chip cake. [sighs] how do you guys feel about this meal i had to not cook? you should not cook more often. i will try not to take offense to that. ♪ hey. hey. [doorbell rings] what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live tv from your device. hey. hey. anywhere in your home. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. so you won't miss a minute of the game. call now to get a u-verse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. guaranteed. >> supposed to be a romantic adventure turned into a huge headache. >> they turned to michael finney for relief. michael is here now with the story. >> it was a christmas gift for his girlfriend. as a christmas gift in 2012. more than a year later they haven't been table aibl to take the balloon ride. these pictures on he

vic lee has the story. >> the paintings said to be worth $1 million.asing details about the case. this one of the works of art. she was a polish resistance fighter traveling the world, painting and settling down in the bay area. the art work considered a national treasure at em. she died in san francisco, leaving 86 paintings to the polish museum if switzerland. >> the art works never reached their destination. >> four years ago the museum intensified the search. in mid january they turned to the fbi in san francisco. >> the polish government asked us to try to reach out for one of the family members here in the bay area and see if he was aware of the location. >> think were being maintained in a storage facility after a conversation it was agreed that we would take them and get them back to switzerland. >> the nephew says he was protecting them. the polish government says there are 80,000 pees of art missing from the country. most believed to have been stolen. >> finding more paintings in germany and holland. these paintings are coming back >> now, 75

vic lee, abc7 news. >> thank you. the legal problems facing a veteran concord police officer could have a ripple affect on other cases. matthew switser, a former canine officer is accused of stealing prescription drugs from senior citizens. we're are live in martinez with how this is unfolding. laura? >> reporter: well, hi, cheryl. just got off the phone with the public defender they plan to ask a judge to throw out one guilty verdict here because of the involvement, they're in the process of reviewing two dozen other cases from last year alone. meantime, today, switser's lawyer told us what might have motivated his client. >> there is no question this is a case about anyone that fell into prescription pills addiction >> the attorney for a concord police officer says his client was overpowered by an illness. addiction. >> started off with an off duty injury. he was prescribed these powerful drugs. >> shown here with hoiz police dog figo, the prosecutors say matthew switser used the animal as a ruse to gain trust of se

vic lee, abc # news >> police are responding to a video that we've shown you taken at the home opener. you can see it shows an officer using a choke hold on a fan that is not resisting but is talking about. a spokesman says it appears he was about to use a choke hold but managed to talk him into comply yens. police would not say why the fan was detained or whether he was charged with a crime. >> well, still ahead here tonight can san francisco afford to lose 900 parking spaces? tonight for whom the city is planning to reserve them. >> extraordinary accomplishment of a marathon swimmer. his journey through shark-infested waters off the coast >> the great american novel. so you can happily let life get in the way, while planning for tomorrow. so you can finish the great american novel banking for the life you have investing for the life you want chase. so you can i can't wait to get to mattress discounters good and early for the tempur-pedic bonus event. choose $300 in free gifts, and, get up to 48 months interest-free financing with any tempur-pedic mattress. ♪ mattress discounters >>>

vic lee is live with the story. >> this has every abled researchers to set the records straight aboutthe row of crew members after the collision. in case you're wondering the city is resting on mud at the bottom of the bay. bridge. >> the city is resting 217 deep at the bottom of the channel inside of the golden gate bridge. this shot from sky 7 shows the approximate location of the ship wreck. this is what wreckage looks like on sonar standing upright. unlike today's clear blue skies, a dense fog enveloped the golden gate channel august 22, 1888, the steam ship was leaving the bay. the oceanic, a ship twice as large coming in from asia. >> the oceanic had a manifest of 74 chinese crewmen, 27 caulkation officers >> robert streamer is with noaa. >> they had less hahn a half mile visibility. >> not only dense fog a flood tide churning water was a fierce rip tide all affecting the city of chester's navigation. iet was the bow penetrated the hall of the city of chester, scientists surveyed the area, mapping. no one had located the city of chester until last may. when one of the sonar equi

vic lee is live at the home of the suspect. >> the 84-year-old was arrested last night, over there, that is his home. our sources tell us police found a shotgun, and ammunition at his home, but not the actual gun. a revolver and he told investigators he was angry and frustrated because he had been living with a tremendous amount of pain for many years. >> neighbors say the 84-year-old lived in this home on plymouth circle for decades saying he lived alone and kept to himself. >> saying hi. and quiet otherwise >> sources with moth of the investigation say he is a retired postal worker. that his relatives live in hawaii. business resumed today here at the medical and dental office building. the surgical technician returned to work this morning. >> i'm not shocked that it happened anywhere. >> police say there are bullet fragments and a hole on the wall near the office of a doctor who was reportedly the intended target, seen here yesterday getting into a detective car after the shooting. sources tell abc7 news wong treated the man several years ago for a season similar to shingles, which is

vic lee, abc7 news. >> oakland police have stepped up patrols around a school they say a girl was sexual last week on friday, as school is letting out. police say a man lured a 6-year-old girl away and sexually abused her in his truck. he is hispanic and may have a tattoo of a horse face on his left calf. police are gating whether is a connection between this and two other swaults of small children near schools this year. >> pleasant hill police are hoping this photo will help them capture a man suspected in two groping incidents. he is described as hispanic in his 40s last seen wearing a light blue wind breaker and jeans. latest attack happened when a 16-year-old high school student was grabbed on her backside. a similar incident took place on monday involving a different girl. >> well, there is a happy ending in a search for a man who vanished. he braved elements after spending two nights in the snowy and frigid wilderness. >> these are his family and friends when they heard the news that is the lieu tenant in charge of finding the missing hiker. that, after close to 50 hours gone, and

vic lee, abc7 news. >> former san francisco supervisor ed jew is back in jail tonight. jew began a 30 day sentence for lying about where he lived when he ran for office in twitch. last week a judge reduced a sentence from a year to 60 days with only 30 days to be served with good behaviors. he'll perform 2000 hours of community service. jew released from custody after serving almost five years for taking bribes. >> a 3-year-old boy was injured by a truck today in san francisco. it happened in the outer richmond district. neighbors say the dangerous intersection the boy was in a crosswalk when a truck turned into his path his family saw everything. >> the child had a green light. and crossing the crosswalk. the vehicle made a left turn and was struck. >> the driver may have dragged the child as far as ten feet is cooperating with police and has not been arrested >> the search for ocean beach for a missing teenager swept out to sea has been called off. take a look at the group here. thousand teams saturated the area down to the peninsula. >> signs boasted here. get year a

vic lee, abc7 news. >> former san francisco supervisor ed jew is back in jail tonight. jew began a 30 day sentence for lying about where he lived when he ran for office in twitch. last week a judge reduced a sentence from a year to 60 days with only 30 days to be served with good behaviors. he'll perform 2000 hours of community service. jew released from custody after serving almost five years for taking bribes. >> a 3-year-old boy was injured by a truck today in san francisco. it happened in the outer richmond district. neighbors say the dangerous intersection the boy was in a crosswalk when a truck turned into his path his family saw everything. >> the child had a green light. and crossing the crosswalk. the vehicle made a left turn and was struck. >> the driver may have dragged the child as far as ten feet is cooperating with police and has not been arrested >> the search for ocean beach for a missing teenager swept out to sea has been called off. take a look at the group here. thousand teams saturated the area down to the peninsula. >> signs boasted here. get year a

abc7 news reporter vic lee investigates what happens at night when rats go looking for food we'll showou what he found tonight at 11:00. >> well, just ahead here tonight romantic balloon ride almost didn't happen. >> a local couple left grounded by excuses they claim were full of hot air. [♪] happy birthday! it's a painting easel! the tide's coming in! this is my favorite one. it's upside down. oh, sorry. (woman vo) it takes him places he's always wanted to go. that's why we bought a subaru. (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >> supposed to be a romantic adventure turned into a huge headache. >> they turned to michael finney for relief. michael is here now with the story. >> it was a christmas gift for his girlfriend. as a christmas gift in 2012. more than a year later they haven't been table aibl to take thelloon ride. these pictures on he purchased two certificates the romantic adventure with his girlfriend had been grounded more than a year since purchasing the trip in 2012. they were told they'd have to pay $160 >> i paid about $390 initially for the two tickets.

vic lee, abc7 news. >> oakland police have stepped up patrols around a school they say a girl was sexual assaulted last week on friday, as school is letting out. police say a man lured a 6-year-old girl away and sexually abused her in his truck. he is hispanic and may have a tattoo of a horse face on his left calf. police are gating whether is a connection between this and two other swaults of small children near schools this year. >> pleasant hill police are hoping this photo will help them capture a man suspected in two groping incidents. he is described as hispanic in his 40s last seen wearing a light blue wind breaker and jeans. latest attack happened when a 16-year-old high school student was grabbed on her backside. a similar incident took place on monday involving a different girl. >> well, there is a happy ending in a search for a man who vanished. he braved elements after spending two nights in the snowy and frigid >> these are his family and friends when they heard the news that is the lieu tenant in charge of finding the missing hiker. that, after close to 50 hours gone, and m

vic lee has the story. >> the paintings said to be worth $1 million.bi is releasing details about the case. this one of the works of art. she was a polish resistance fighter traveling the world, painting and settling down in the bay area. the art work considered a national treasure at em. she died in san francisco, leaving 86 paintings to the polish museum if switzerland. >> the art works never reached their destination. >> four years ago the museum intensified the search. in mid january they turned to the fbi in san francisco. >> the polish government asked us to try to reach out for one of the family members here in the bay area and see if he was aware of the location. >> think were being maintained in a storage facility after a conversation it was agreed that we would take them and get them back to switzerland. >> the nephew says he was protecting them. the polish government says there are 80,000 pees of art missing from the country. most believed to have been stolen. >> finding more paintings in germany and holland. these paintings are coming back

vic lee, abc7 news >> a football player has been identified as a student suffering second degree burns in that apartment fire wednesday night. jared leaf has burns over his body. the football coach believes leaf will probably be in the hospital for a while but says it's not a matter of if, but when he returned to the football field >> he has a drive. and it's earl hi to speculate. knowing his personality, i'm sure jared will reach out and come back in full force. >> for the moment he remains sedated. teammates and coaches have been to the hospital to advise quit him >> san joes kwa police need your help to catch these brazen armed robbers. surveillance video shows them into a convenience store, terrorizing people inside. >> police officers were wearing helmets and carrying rifles they went door to door. >> this is about as dangerous as it gets. searching people's backwards >> officers searching for men seen here in this video from the 7-11 on south white road. the clerk stole cash from the register. check this out. as the second robber hopped to leave he feels a last thing. a banana th

. >> we begin right now with abc7 news reporter vic lee in san francisco's main library. >> a string of complaints of deplorable and violent behavior at that library. >> including penalties and increase in security there, vic? >> right. >> they already have a full-time police sarnlent assigned to head up the in-house security team. those things helped bring down the incidents. so far this year, of cases are too many. san francisco main library opened only eight years ago and the building has been plagued with violence, drug use and deplorable conditions it's become a magnet and homeless. >> they started tearing pages out of books and slamming things down. it doesn't happen every day. >> the mayor sent this letter to the city librarian saying he wants to restore the library to a safe place for families, he is spishlly with opening of a new teen center here, next year. >> we're going to welcome more kids and families next year. they wanted to see changes before that opened >> the commission will consider implementing tougher security measures including adding two more positions to its c

vic lee will go looking for rats and he does president have to look too hard to find them. >> i used to see a couple. the other night i must have seen 50. exaggerating? no. >> tomorrow at 11:00 p.m., complaints of rats in the city and who is responsible for fixing the problem? >>> a special day in san francisco for the sailing community. it was the opening day on san francisco bay as well as the 51st blessing of the fleet. opening day signifies a return of the sailing season and the blessing is a tradition to protect fishermen. it will feel like summer coming up. let's get to spencer christian. hi, spencer. it will feel summer like in a day or so. we are looking at clear skies over the bay area. hardly a cloud to be found, although some did linger after early morning light rainfall. here is a live view from the emeryville camera. mainly clear skies and these are the forecast features. a warm willing trend that against tomorrow and really heats up big time tuesday, wednesday and thursday with inland highs in the low to mid mid90s. before we get to that, here is a look at the satellite

vic lee, abc7 news. >> first for a special olympics competition. athletes with and without disabilities will be competing together. 550 students took part in the games. the students competed in track and field events and athletes took part in a relay race all special ed students participated in a 24-week program at their school. >> all right. get a look at the forecast now. it's getting warm. >> yes. >> spencer christian is here now with the accu-weather forecast. >> yes. the glow of the afternoon sun is really warm to hot around the bay area now. sunny skies here and there. looking towards golden gate where it's clear. another forecast features, clear, mild overnight. and a cooler pattern will settle in this weekend but not before warm up continues here is a look at the satellite image. hip continuing to build. a big warm ridge bringing us warm to hot conditions over the next couple days looking at projected high temperatures for san jose, that is indictive of what we'll see around the bay area. highs around 90, # one for two days in downtown san

vic lee will have the latest at 5:00. >> there has been much talk about the recent morning commutes onay bridge. traffic has been horrendous. >> it has. here is a live look at traffic now on the bridge. today we asked abc7 news to get some answers from those in the know. >> she joins us with what she found out. leanne? >> there is no evidence but there are several factors causing this back up the bad news is that they're not going away soon. traffic has been the discussion later. at 11:30 the back up extended past the maze the metering lights were still on. >> very bad. every morning. every morning. there is a back up until we reached the part where old bridge was. coming apart. so it was gawker-related today. >> john goodwin told us commuters can't help themselves. >> that is a scenic attraction. >> the economy improveed and there are more jobs in the city, more people are driving in. there are about 1500 more cars but goodman says that number is not high enough to have an affect on the commute. we asked for a second opinion and drove across the bridge with chp officer. >> one is demo

vic lee will go looking for rats and he does president have to look too hard to find them. >> i used to see a couple. the other night i must have seen 50. exaggerating? no. >> tomorrow at 11:00 p.m., complaints of rats in the city and who is responsible for fixing the problem? >>> a special day in san francisco for the sailing community. it was the opening day on san francisco bay as well as the 51st blessing of the fleet. opening day signifies a return of the sailing season and the blessing is a tradition to protect fishermen. it will feel like summer coming up. let's get to spencer christian. hi, spencer. it will feel summer like in a day or so. we are looking at clear skies over the bay area. hardly a cloud to be found, although some did linger after early morning light rainfall. here is a live view from the emeryville camera. mainly clear skies and these are the forecast features. a warm willing trend that against tomorrow and really heats up big time tuesday, wednesday and thursday with inland highs in the low to mid mid90s. before we get to that, here is a look at the satellite

abc 7 news reporter vic lee with a story you'll see only on abc 7 news. >> reporter: it happened six years ago in chinatown. angry clients gathering at the abandoned office of a travel agency trying to get their money back. more than 100 mostly elderly chinese defrauded when they bought fake tickets to china. now it's happening again. >> of course, very upset. i cried. >> i was so upset the whole week after i knew they closed -- the closure of the business. >> reporter: this woman does not want to be identified. he have she is a vehicle tip of fraudulent travel agency operation. one of more than 100 people who have filed reports with police. captain joe mcfadden showed us an enormous flow chart. bottom line? losses totaling more than $260,000 so far. mcfadden says their main suspect is raymond shu. he bankrupt hi shut down his chinatown office about a month ago. a cell phone business now occupies the space. captain mcfadden says it was an all-cash business. >> they were offering tickets to china without going through a broker. and they weren't legitimate tickets when these people tri

reporter vic lee is live in chinatown with the story you'll see only on abc 7 news, vic. >> reporter: many are relatives who pooled their money together to see their relatives in china, others are those who saved for a very long time. all of them bought their fake tickets, unfortunately, at the amuse travel agency here at chinatown and at a branch office in millbrae. by the way, this is very similar to another big fraud case in chinatown years ago. it happened six years ago here in chinatown. angry clients gathering at the abandoned office of a travel agency trying to get their money back. more than 100 mostly elderly chinese defrauded when they bought fake tickets to china. now it's happening again. >> of course very upset, i cried. i was so week the whole week after i knew that -- the closure of the business. >> reporter: this woman does not want to be identified but she is the victim of a fraudulent travel agency operation. one of more than 100 people who have filed reports with police. captain joe mcfadden showed us an enormous flowchart. bottom line, losses totaling more than $26

vic lee, abc7 news. >> police at san jose state university are work to go find the person who vandalize add popular statue on campus. reply call gold medal on this statue of former spartan track star tommy smith were pride off. pieces found below. he won a gold medal at the olympics in mexican city in the 60s. he and john carlos raised their fist on the stand during the national anthem in protest. and they said whoever did this probably doesn't understand or care about the importance of the statue. >> probably somebody who doesn't know the story. if they knew the story, they would feel really bad about the whole thing. defacing the statue shows a lost people don't have any respect whatsoever. >> police have lifted fingerprint and they are looking for leads. >> the exploratorium is pushing its mission of hands on learning i don't know their own walls. they are sharing job skills of the future with mission district teen aimer in a partnership funded by the national science foundation. dan ashley has this morning's assignment 7 report. >> kids from the boys and girls club, meet the explora

. >> vi lee is hiv with the story. vic? >> reporter: many families pooled their money together to pool relatives and some saved for a very long time. they bought their tickets in a travel agency called amuse travel. unfortunately and sadly, all of the tickets were fake. and the travel operator has now disappeared. >> upset i cried. i knew they closed the closure at the business. >> this woman is a victim of a fraudulent travel agency operation. one of a hundred people that filed reports with police. losses totalling $260,000 so far. the main suspect is raymond hsu. he shut down his chinatown office a cell phone business now ak ok byes the space. captain mcfadden says it was all cash business. >> offering tickets without going through a broker and they weren't legitimate tickets. >> many showed up at airports to take flight only to be told there were no reservations the victim we spoke with bought a ten day package to hong kong, airline tickets, hotel included. >> i paid $4,000 for my june >> she did have suspicions somethin

we're talking about massive corruption case involving lee land yee and reputed gangster raymond shrimp boy chow. all 29 appeared again in court today. vic >> reporter: the system is setting up to manage what would be an unwieldy trial. and not everyone is on the same page. frustration beginning to show. 29 defendants and a 137 page indictment. evidence from a five-year investigation including videotape and wire taps. >> it's a nightmare case. it's just overriding question is discovery. how will the government present information to lawyers. prosecutors want the judge to issue a protective order keeping evidence confidential once given to the defendant's lawyers. saying the government wajts to protect informants. >> if that is what they're seeking to suppress i'm on the opposite side. not going to sign anything. >> other lawyers say if a protective order enables him to get evidence quickly he won't object >> the government government filed an affidavit we questioned each word ask want to get discovery. these defendants are entitled to that. >> the junl seemed to agree it could expose other figures. videotapes are damaging pieces of evide

we're talking about massive corruption case involving lee land yee and reputed gangster raymond shrimp boy chow. all 29 appeared again in court today. victhe system is setting up to manage what would be an unwieldy trial. and not everyone is on the same page. frustration beginning to show. 29 defendants and a 137 page indictment. evidence from a five-year investigation including videotape and wire taps. >> it's a nightmare case. it's just overriding question is discovery. how will the government present information to lawyers. prosecutors want the judge to issue a protective order keeping evidence confidential once given to the defendant's lawyers. saying the government wajts to protect informants. >> if that is what they're seeking to suppress i'm on the opposite side. not going to sign anything. >> other lawyers say if a protective order enables him to get evidence quickly he won't object >> the government government filed an affidavit we questioned each word ask want to get discovery. these defendants are entitled to that. >> the junl seemed to agree it could expose other figures. videotapes are damaging pieces of evidence. remember

vic's feed. sapp could've been integrated nicely to the android program. facebook paid $19 billion. that was an aggressive buy based on facebook's at the time heidi lee- highly valued stock price. >> brad stone and michael kim. we will continue this conversation after a quick break. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." we are talking about the architect of google plus now leaving the company. with this is michael kim who worked with vic in earlier days at microsoft and brad stone. you just wrote a piece about google versus facebook and acquisition strategies, making big, crazy, unpredictable that's. how does this play out." >> a week and half ago, google acquired titan aerospace, a drone firm. we asked the question, what is going on? i think are equal parts inspiration and anxiety. inspireion these bets employees and allow larry page at google, mark zuckerberg at facebook, to forge a future. we talked about elon musk earlier in the program. i think everyone is inspired by what he is doing, but that anxiety is turmoil in the transition to mobile phones. these guys are looking to see what is next, what is the next platform after phones. outside, tofr