school finally discovered a phenomena that had been happening in front of them for years, as wayne freedmanhows us, it's a new twist on putting two and two together. >> reporter: pittsburgh high school, home of the pirates, where seniors have begun pondering a new set of challenges. that is true for caleb and miles grant, they're twins, with all the closeness that implies, and they're heading for separate colleges. what are you going to miss about her? >> our finals together. we laugh at everything. >> reporter: the senior class has other twins. nick and victor montez. and vanessa and alicea. and if that sounds unusual, keep counting. nobody made the connection until melanie mosley got all of them together for one picture. >> they knew they were twins, butn't realize that there was -- none of them realized there was that many sets. >> i've had classes with more than one set of twins but i never put two and two together. >> reporter: for every 200 people, we'll see three sets of twins. based on the class size here, that would mean seven sets. but no, not this year. not seven or eight. how ab

abc7 news reporter wayne freedman is live. lillard told you he hopes to close down oracle arena with a golden state loss. we hope not. wayne? >> well, this this is an interesting story. hometown kid comes home. is he going to be a hero or a villain? or both? he certainly has this whole story in context. >> when people ask you where you're from, what do you say? >> east oakland. brookfield. >> and so the confusion bound to land on warriors fans who live in oakland and watched damian lillard grow up there. they've gone on the record before. >> he always kept a ball with him. he always wanted to be around outside courts or inside courts. >> what you see with damian, i followed his career. every time he doesn't get something, he does something to get better. >> i think it's a storybook moment. >> the damian lillard who sat down today arrives in town hoping to knock off a team he grew up worshipping. oakland still runs through his veins, a player who has a lifetime relationship with oracle arena. >> i was with my brother and my dad,

in thrive city, wayne freedman, abc 7. >> we like it, wayne, thank you so much. thrive is the slogan used by kaiser permanente. >>> the warriors are in midair on their way to toronto for the start of the nba finals. >> the players boarded the plane earlier this afternoon at oakland international airport. kevin durant is traveling with the team even though he won't play in game one. >> you can see k.d. carrying his onboard meal in one hand. klay thompson got a double serving. most of the players grabbed two food containers. >> yeah, they work hard, right? now look at steph curry. his four boxes of food. he's done a really good job of juggling one on top of the other. yeah, maybe it's symbolic for the fourth championship that the current team is pursuing. >> good point, that could be lucky. the warriors arrive in toronto at 8:00 p.m. bay area time. >>> abc 7 is the only place you can watch the golden state warriors and the nba finals, game one this thursday. coverage begins with live reports from toronto on abc 7 news at 4:00 followed by the dubson 7 pregame show a

. >> abc7 news reporter wayne freedman puts him to the test ahead of his tern at the national spelling bee. >>> next, see how state lawmakers are trying to fix california's recycling ♪ ♪ with the chase mobile app, jason wu could pay practically anyone, at any bank, all while putting on a runway show for new york fashion week. ♪ ♪ he could. or, he could make it even easier - and set up recurring payments to his neighbor. for cat sitting. (meow) whoa. you've groomed her, too. (cell phone vibrating) and now she's ready for the catwalk. life, lived jason's way. chase. make more of what's yours. >>> part of our effort to build a better bay area has focused on recycling, and what everyone can do to protect our environment. many products we enjoy come in plastic bottles, and now there is a push to use more recycled materials to make those containers. a bill is on its way to the state senate after being approved by the assembly. phil ting is one of the supporters. right now many of the plastics we recycled get sold overseas instead of being reused in california. >> let's ship it to a manufactu

in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >>> it looks like a case of bad sportsmanship caught on camera at a basketball tournament for kids ages 10 and under. >> you'll see it. abc 7 news anchor dion lim shows you the video that paz parents outraged. >> when the video was shown to me i was appalled. it is very dirt. >> reporter: the dirt he's talking about is seen in this video from a tournament. his team, the cornerstone basketball academy was playing against the folsom academy on the weekend. >> in the video you see one player, he's 9 years old, dribbling up the sideline and as he's dribbling up the side line he's passing a woman in a pink hat and you see her leg extend as to attempt to trip him as he's passing by. >> reporter: the mystery woman in the pink hat later identified as a parent from the folsom team. >> almost 15 years or so i've never seen a parent physically try to trip a child. >> reporter: with a front row seetd, this woman was legs than a foot away from the court meaning the slightest kick could take out a player. >> he didn't fall. so we're very fortunate for t

and that leads us to sonoma, where abc7 news's wayne freedman joins us live. wayne?, larry. it's a bit of a wrestling match. this is sonoma square, place to go for fine food, fine wine, fine restaurants. also tonight, a pragmatic question. should the minimum wage apply to people who earn tips. another picture-perfect day in the city of sonoma, even under overcast skies. a day with a storm brewing tonight. >> i think it's a question of your values. do you want people to live in dignity, or do you think we should have jobs where people are required to live in poverty? >> mayor amy harrington will make that argument before the sonoma city council in proposing that sonoma move ahead of california's 2023o $15 an hour. but she has opposition. >> i think they're doing a feel-good policy based on a broader economic challenge. and i think they're taking the easy way out. >> the president of the girl and the fig restaurant, where all employees already make $15 an hour except for the service staff. waitresses like kat huffman for instance make 12. she also collects tips. >> you

live in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> all right. thank you, wayne. it's going to be rough on del fd sonya. escalating trade war with china. >>> and felicity huffman could be facing four months in prison. her guilty plea today. >>> plus -- ♪ >> remembering the iconic doris day. the movies that made history and the actress who was so much more. >>> let us check traffic at 4:12 on a back to work monday. this is 680 in walnut creek. the oncoming traffic is heading north, and that is the bad commute hour so that explains all the car there's. southbound much better. >>> the actress once called america's sweetheart, doris day has died at the age of 97. her career span in order than three decades. many of the songs she made popular can still be heard today. brandi hitt from our sister station has a look back at doris day's iconic career. ♪ once i had a secret love >> reporte >> in the 1950s, doris day was america's sweetheart, charming audiences and her leading men with her beautiful voice and her bubbly personality. >> officer, arrest this man. he is taking

wayne freedman is live in sonoma with more tonight. >> reporter: good evening. decided to raise the minimum wage, critics said they never factored in the cost of living ipdifferent parts of the state in different cities. sonoma would be one of them. a now the city council wants to raise the minimum wage for anybody who works in the city. now the question is this, should it include restaurant workers who wait on tables? the not so simple act of serving a customer. in the city of sonoma tonight that lies in the heart of a controversy. >> i do work two jobs. >> reporter: she hardly sees herself as a poster child for raising the minimum wage here. the mayor and vice mayor regard it as essential. >> i think it is a question of your values. do you want people to live in dignity or do you think we should have jobs where people are required to live in poverty. >> if you work 40 hours a week, you deserve food on the table, health care and the ability for your family to go on vacation. >> reporter: they will make that argument tonight before the sonoma city council in pro

wayne freedman is live with a story that's aboutoo evening, d. behind my is the nash owes tonight. it's not bad compared to what we've normally seen. as you said, two lanes in each direction. drivers here say when is the relief coming. today we asked cal trans. it is the stretch of 101 that will never win a popularity contest. merely mention the name novato narrows, nobody has a kind word. >> horrible! >> going to the dmv without an appointment. >> it is very difficult to traverse this corridor right now. >> reporter: this is one leg of a $750 million, 17-mile project that is elevating the highway, improving sightlines and improving the route to six lanes. cal trans said it would never be easy, not then and not now. but they assure us that despite the continuing clog of roadwork, they are making progress. >> barring any weather impact, we should be able to deliver this end of the project by mid to late june. >> reporter: 146,000 cars thread the narrows daily. the very traffic this project tends to relieve has given the most pain. >> when you have to maintain traffic and build in th

wayne freedman is live from the bay area's fourth airport, sts. that's the airport code for santa rosa. wayne? >> reporter: good evening, dan. aside from the architecture here, nothing is the same at santa roa airport as it was a few years ago. they have more flights, they have more passengers, and they're having difficulties accommodating them. on another busy day at charles m. schultz sonoma county airport, here comes united flight 5805 from denver which will become flight 5789 to denver. mary durnham will tell you all about the pace here. >> it gets so busy in our little permanent tent as we like to call it. >> reporter: actually it's a temporary tent with soft walls which might be helpful to some airline passengers. >> united to denver. >> reporter: also problematic for the airport manage, john stout. >> the old airport is fine. the terminal needs some help. >> reporter: sonoma county airport has come a long way since resuming commercial passenger service in march of 2007. from one plane serving seattle and los angeles then, the small 15,000 sq

wayne freedman broke the story. he joins us live now from coffee park. >> reporter: good afternoon. i was here yesterday in this very spot and told you that the construction company want to go on the record and wanted to explain what's been going on. today they did so even as more homeowners filed suit. it is another burned home that should have been finished. >> they have been months. mog. >> we gave them $90,000 in august of 2018. they did nothing september, october, december. they dug the holes. and now those holes have collapsed. she is one of five people at the district attorney's office who has passed the complaints on to the state contractor's licensing board. >> we're not some fly by night company. we didn't go up there as ambulance chasers to go up there and take these people. >> today, pam sat down with abc7 news, hoping the clear the company's record and intentions. >> are we on every sim day? no. that's not practical from a construction standpoint. they used central california labor and suppliers. was the company naive? >> not naive in the construction process or what it

in santa rosa, wayne freedman,  abc7 news. >>> pg&e will set up wen million fund. this fund will provide relief for people who lost property in fires likely started by pg&e equipment. the utility filed for bankruptcy in january, but money from this fund could be available to victims soon after the court approves it. >>> not every natural disaster is sudden. some, of course, slowly. local experts say a rise in sea level will put many bay area neighborhoods under water, and could cause $100 billion worth of damage over decades, but there is a solution. abc7 news anchor eric thomas explains as part of our focus on efforts to build a better, safer, and more sustainable bay area. >> from the time we have to act has grown shorter and shorter. >> this map shows where flooding would hit hardest as the bay starts to rise. first, 0.8 inches then 1.6 feet higher, then five feet higher, affecting every county that touches the bay. >> we see examples of that with highway 37 was closed for six weeks. this is only a harbinger of what's to come. >> julie beagle of the san francisc

. >> abc7 news reporter wayne freedman with why this project could be done in a matter of weeks. wayne? >> reporter: they're talking about a section of this project. the final project will be in 2023. behind us, the section we've been talking about. ready in june. it has been a frustration for people between sonoma and marin counties. two lanes going in either direction. just two. with so many commuters who are asking the question, when? why? when? well, we've got some answers. it is the stretch of highway 101 in the north bay with a bad reputation. merely mention the name novato narrows and brace yourself for the venom. >> traffic is terrible. >> is it? going to get any better any time so that the last five years. >> how time seems to have not flown since the digging of dirt three years ago from this one stretch of novato and caltrans never said it would be easy. not then. >> it is very difficult to traverse this corridor. >> that's still the case. caltrans drove. despite the opinioning clog of road work, they are working on it. >> we should be able to deliver this end of the pro

wayne freedman has been following this story of broken promises and now joins us live from coffey park in santa rosa. wayne? >> this has become an interesting neighborhood at this point. i'm standing in an empty lot surrounded by homes in various stages of construction. but it's the empty lots that have people concerned. it's the half-built homes that have people concerned, and they're all telling different stories. from the house of their dreams to burnscape to a vacant lot and now a fear that this may be as far as they get. >> the promise was they were going get us back into our home. >> tom lanning and his wife shelly. today they became the ninth customers to file a complaint with the state contractors licensing boit against chiaramonte construction, a central valley company that clients say has taken their money and not delivered. for the lannings, that is $76,000 paid in january with nothing to show for it. >> i don't think we'll see the money. >> we're not going get it back. >> it makes me wonder if i can afford the rebuild at this point. >> chiaramonte came to sonoma county, pro

wayne freedman with his story. >> reporter: open the book, turn the pages, feast your brain on an englishictionary. now try to remember all 180,000 words. >> you got pretty much every word in here down, don't you? >> not every word, no. like there's probably some word in here. flip to a random page. probably find a word i don't know. >> reporter: so maybe there's a gap or two in the mind of mark, an eighth grader in novato, but he does have an unusual aptitude. >> does he ever misspell a word? >> never. >> reporter: we would expect nothing else of the 42nd ranked spelling bee contestant in the world. don't even try to challenge him. >> guffaw. >> >> a-w actually. >> when he was really little he was looking at books. >> he read and understood his first newspaper at age -- >> 3. >> your first word today is -- >> number 42 has been hard at work studying daily with a coach long distance preparing for his super bowl next week, the scripps national spelling bee in washington, d.c. it will be his second appearance. that's a feat. >> it's just in me that i like competitions, i guess. >> reporter:

"abc 7 news" reporter wayne freedman has stayed with this story for a week straight and has tonight's update. >> reporter: among all of the positive rebuild stories in the north bay firestorm zone there remain tales of woe. we are talking about some home projects stalled or never started. did you think you would have a house by now? >> of course. >> reporter: how much money are you out? >> about a quarter million dollars so far. >> they can say nothing to reassure me. >> reporter: the complaints center around the construction, a central valley contractor that took tens of thousands of dollars in deposits and for the most part has not delivered. now after ten complaints in two weeks, the state contractor's licensing board has issued a warning. >> we believe that there's probable violations of law that if we can prove them that would lead either to the suspension or the revocation of their license. >> reporter: today we heard from two former employees who say they left because they see signs that the company is in trouble. elizabeth zayes and her husband tell of unpaid bills, customer c

wayne freedman explains. >> this is another symptom of what california has come to call the new normalhigh vol tan transmission lines caused the paradise fire last year today pg&e received the ability to turn those heavy lines off. the tradeoff for more safety, that more people may lose power as a result, perhaps even in a place like san francisco. the basic necessities we take for granted like electricity, not so fast this fire season. perhaps even in san francisco. >> how long could you go without electric power without being put out? >> a day would be too much. >> well, it would be dark in there and we wouldn't be able to run up sales. >> without power, my friends, some of them would die. >> reporter: that is one reason why ali attended the meeting. it approved new deenergization guidelines from pg&e in cases of extreme fire danger. they have the option to cut power to vie voltage transmission lines, not just the smaller ones used for distribution. the disabled, like ali have expressed concerns about how such measures might leave them vulnerable. >> power for c pap machines, ventila

abc news reporter wayne freedman has a story lit lalli about building a better bay area. >> it is the of highway 101 that willer in win a popularity contest. merely mention the name novato narrows, nobody has a kind word. >> horrible. >> a nightmare. >> compare that traffic jam to something. >> going tots dmv without an appointment. >> three years ago we watched the ceremonial digging of dirt for this one stretch from novato through petaluma. >> it is very difficult to traverse this corridor right now. >> one leg of a 17-mile project that's elevating the highway, improving sight lines and expanding. route to six lan caltranz never said it would be easy, not then and not now, but they drove from sacramento to reassure us that despite the continuing clog of road work they are making progress. >> barring any massive weather impacts, we should be able to deliver this end of the project by mid to late june. >> 146,000 cars thread the narrows daily. the very traffic this project intends to relieve has also created many so of the most recent pain, they tell us. >> i would think they will und

." >>> "abc7 news" reporter wayne freedman went to the house featured in the movie and knocked on the door. you can see his story on our website, abc7news.com. >>> more than 200,000 people in san francisco soon can enjoy a bit of culture at no most. >> the city announced the san francisco museums for allprra m receive medical. >> if you're planning to hit the beach, a high surf advisory has been issued for the entire bay area until thursday morning. meteorologist sandhya patel is here. sandhya? >> yeah, those waves right now are 12 to 16 feet. that's why the high surf advisory until 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. watch out for breakers up to 20 feet and the risk of rip currents. temperatures right now, really walking on the mild side. we have 50s, 60s, feels good out there if you stepped outside. and it's going to feel good tomorrow afternoon, if you go outside. got some lunch or just get out to enjoy the sun. average high is 76 degrees. cooler saturday through monday. and then warming back up tuesday and wednesday. this is sprin pattern with the ups and the downs. here's a look at the up. the r

wayne freedman introduces you to a kid. >> reporter: open the book, turn the pages and and now try tober all 180,000 words. you've got pretty much every word in here down, don't you? >> no, there's probably somebody word in here i don't know. >> reporter: maybe there's a gap or two in the mind of mark, an 8th grader here in nevado. but he does have an unusual anty does he ever misspell a word? >> never. >> from when he was really little, he was looking at books. >> reporter: mom cess he read and understood his first newspaper at age -- >> 3. >> your first word today is -- >> reporter: number 42 has been hard at work, studying daily with a coach long distance preparing for his super bowl next week, the scripps national spelling bee in washington, d.c. it will be his second appearance. that's a feat. >> i just like competitions, i guess. >> reporter: i know you may wonder if he has another element working here. the answer, yes, we might call it an underappreciated advantage. >> he likes to call it he has autistic brain. >> reporter: it's closer tos a berger's. he recognizes patterns and

wayne freedman is live with ith> we first reported problems last week. behind me, a typical example of this property. the problem with delays, they led to complaints that went with the district attorney. now the investigation by the state licensing board. >> there was a random musicality to it. for 37 other homeowners, mostly science and inactivity. >> they promised they could build a house for $245 a square foot. >> did they? >> you can see there's no house here. >> we can't walk away from the house. we can't do anything ourselves. we are stuck in limbo land. >> we'll show you a fire victim who feels he's been burned more than once. >> on this particular block, there is one, two, three, four of us. >> any of them done right? >> i'm from the salon. there are a tunk of mistakes. >> i'm now my own contractor. >> at least he has something to show. lynette has nothing except paper and problems. >> the plans for the house that i was going to have designed here. >> they paid them $126,000 without her knowing about it. but nothing has happened since. they have

in san francisco, live, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> thank you, wayne. and now, they sent a push alert as the police responded to the scene to let people know that the sutter medical health building was evacuated. you can be among the first to know by downloading the abc 7 news app and pushing the push alerts. >>> and now, after getting reports of a armed man at the hillsdale shopping center, the department released this surveillance photo after the witnesses told police that he had a gun and was an undercover police officer. the police did not find him, but received reports of a similar incident at the nearby shopping center. there they found him, and took him into custody. >> the gun that he had ended up to be a bb gun. and when you take a look at this gun, i will bet you 100% that you will probably tell me that it is looking like a real gun. >> grabavetzy is firearm lil leg firearm illegally, and he is also previously charged with similar charges. >>> and now, we go to luis pena at the company's head quarters tonight. what are you finding tonight? >>

as abc 7 reporter wayne freedman shows us, it's a phenomenon that was only recently discovered.tsbur begun pondering a new set of challenges. that's especially true for mccaleb and miles grant. they're twins with all the closeness that implies and they're heading for separate colleges. >> what are you going to miss about her? >> our times together. we laugh at almost everything. >> i think we're ready. it's going to be hard but i think we're ready. >> reporter: at least they're not alone in this dilemma. the senior class his other twins. nick and victor montez. and vanessa and alyssa vanegra. if that sounds unusual, keep counting. nobody made the connection until receiptly -- recently when melody moseley got all the 2019 twins together. >> they were twins but some of them didn't realize that -- one of them didn't realize there were that many sets. >> i've had classes with more than one set of twins but i'd never put two and two together. >> reporter: statistics indicate for every 200 people we'll see three sets of twins. based on the class size here, that would mean seven sets b

in paradise, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >>> today californians got a chance to weigh in on the wildfire man. >> live with more on that. >> this was a different side of things. this was the legislature looking at the governor's 62-page strike force report on the future of wildfires. how severe they'll be and how the state can mitigate that. expert testimony from things like the tubbs fire. the cheryl of the committee is from napa so he knows this very well. the 62-page report. concern beefing up fire prevention. making communities more resilient. investing more in fire suppression plan. cal fire has fewer fire trucks today than they had in 1975. it will implement some of the findings of the strike report. >> there's 25,000 families in 15, 16. >> the quofr set out this goal for the legislature to have some action by july 10th. that's very ambitious. but we're working hard to try to exceed that goal. >> some of action involves the possibility of setting up a state high built fund for fire victims and future wildfires. they also heard just how staggering the cost of that could be. setting u

live in paradise, wayne freedman. in the east bay, the warriors just landed back in oakland following last night's loss in houston. the warriors comeback fell short in game four and the rockets won 112-108. the series tied up now at 2-2. some of the team is a little banged up but coach kerr says the team is excited for game five tomorrow night at oracle arena. >> that's one of the reasons we came back later today so the guys could get treatment this morning, have recovery day. hopefully everybody will be read did to roll tomorrow. >> after tomorrow night's game the team will travel back to houston for game six on friday and if there's a game seven, it will be back at oracle on sunday. >> pretty exciting. >>> using social media appears to have a small impact on the lives of teenagers according to a new study. university of oxford researchers focused on 12,000 teenagers in u.k. researchers say school, friends and family all had a greater impact on a teenager's life satisfaction. soe previous studies reported a larger ne

>> wayne freedman is live from the fountain grove neighborhood with the story. wayne?ng, dan. one step at a time and sometimes no step at a time. take a look at this sidewalk here. we have reached the point in santa rosa where a lot of the big stuff has been taken care of. now they need to think about the stuff they never considered before, like sidewalks. they were an afterthought. they assumed the city of santa rosa would fix them but it's technical, they can't. this begins on the front yard of burn victims and depose all the way to washington. if you appreciate jigsaw puzzles you may feel right at home along sidewalks in the north bay firestorm zone. they're a patch work of blacktop, cracks like canyons with weeds popping through. for anyone with a mess like this in front of their once-burned home, they're the stuff of headaches. >> it's just one more thing. >> it's just another expense we weren't anticipating. >> i really didn't know i was going to be out for the sidewalk. >> reporter: santa rosa burn victims could be on the hook for a combined $1 million in sidewa

. >>> i'm wayne freedman where they're talking expansion, big-time.on his way to work on auto pilot when his tesla slammed into a highway pabarrie and burst into flames. now his family is suing. >> the i-team's dan noyes is the first to get a copy of the lawsuit. >> he broke the news on twitter less than an hour ago including a screen shot of the lawsuit itself. >> he joins us with details of what's in that paperwork. >> ama and dan, attorneys for the family are planning a news conference for tomorrow morning but i've obtained a copy of the lawsuit. it says the tesla model x was defective in that the passenger protection systems would not, could not and did not perform in a manner as safely as an ordinary consumer would expect. march of last year walter wong was headed to his job as a apple engineer when his tesla x veered into a barrier. he died at the hospital from impact injuries. the battery bursting into flames. i was the first to report that walter wong reported to his family on seven to ten occasions, his model x veered towards that same barrie

live in san francisco, wayne freedman, news 7. >>> thank you, wayne. today's incident was not far from a deadly mass shooting at a u.p.s. facility in june of 2017. a coworker shot and killed three people before taking his own people as the police closed in. toda daday brought back some ba memories for the people in the neighborhood. >> last year we had the u.p.s. shootings, and that is past kansas and 16th street by the overpass, and that was kind of a little bit too close for comfort. >> sky map 7 on the sky 7 shows the distance of the two locations is only 641 feet. went on the air and sent out we this push alert to everyone with the abc 7 news alert, and and download it now so you will know when news breaks where you live. >>> and a man is under arrest for threatening to shoot youtube employees and driving to the san bruno facility. the man is charged with making terroristic threats, and he made several threat last year and this year. this is 13 months after a woman shot and killed people at youtube head quarters before taking her own life. >>> now,

. >> abc7 news reporter wayne freedman with why this project could be done in a matter of weeks. e? >> reporter: they're talking about a section of this project. the final project will be in 2023. behind us, the section we've been talking about. ready in june. it has been a frustration for people between sonoma and marin counties. two lanes going in either direction. just two. with so many commuters who are asking the question,

live in oakland, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> all right, wayne. thank you so much. earlier this morning, people gathered in berkeley for a mayday celebration. sky 7 was over tilden park where dancer performed as the sun rose. >> the group danced at several other locations in berkeley. >>> to the south bay now where a group of san jose state students is urging the santa clara county district attorney to take action or reduce or expunge all eligible cannabis convictions. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen with the story. >> i am a member -- >> reporter: at the santa clara county administration building this afternoon, members of the san jose state university group students against mass incarceration stopped by the weekly farmers market to talk about marijuana-related convictions. >> it's a matter of getting people those opportunities and getting them to be able to be successful. >> reporter: opportunities that can't come soon enough. >> still back up here talking about going to do it. >> california voters passed prop 64 legalizing marijuana in november of 2016. assembly

. >>> and abc7 news report he wayne freedman went to the house featured in the movie and knocked on the door. you can see his story on our website. abc7 news.com. >>> this will be fun. they took up the challenge of shopping for each other at macy's union square. each narrowed it down and decided to leave it up to you the viewer to vote on your favorite on facebook. the winning favorite will be donated. now it is time to see the dresses you have chosen. we've got black with the lacy sleeve. we've got warriors blue in the middle. and i don't know if that's chiffon or just a regular white. >> it is actually blush >> are you ready? our viewers by an overwhelming vote chose -- tada! the abc7 or warriors blue. by an overwhelming vote, too. i love this one.e.e.e.e.e.e.e.e. >> which look at that. you will not believe it. the coral is so pretty. >> this is a lot of fun. >> we had a great time and it is going toward a great cause. hope any giving others an opportunity. there were so many votes that we could not keep up. >> and good job there. if you want to see the exact percentages of the vote,

wayne freedman. >> what kind of pricing did the company offer? >> initially, $245 a square foot which would be very low. that's not a lot of money. now we're hearing some of the same pricing quotes at $400 a square foot for some of the same area. part of the company's philosophy, they told us, they were asked in here. them they planned on bringing central valley labor all of a sudden they say the labor market has dried up. the company insists they have every intention of finishing these projects. >> all right. thank you for that report. 7 on your side has been investigating the construction company and found their license was suspended a few times over the past decade because the company didn't have worker's comp. they also canceled their own license a few times and stopped doing work. then replied and got the license back again. >>> if you live in one of the wildfire areas and have had difficulty with your contractor, we want to know. join our better bay area facebook page and tell us about it. >>> the warriors are four wins away from appearing

the construction company told day th cpany is freedman, abc7 news. >> and wayne, what are the city andy doing for those people who want the permits? >> reporter: well we're told they walk into the county offices and they're merely mentioned jerra monty construction they get the permits handed over. the city is working on a plan and we're waiting to hear from them on that. >> wayne freedman, live from coffey park in santa rosa, thank you. >>> three people are charged in what is just a gruesome story out of chicago. a pregnant woman went to a home she found on facebook and promising free baby clothes. she kaz -- she was killelve out of her womb. maggie rulli has the latest. >> reporter: the family of marlin medical examiner's offic >> because to lose a child, it is one of the biggest pains you can ever go through. >> reporter: the remains of their daughter's body found at this home in chicago. they had been canvassing that neighborhood in the week after their daughter's vehicle mysteriously turnedp there. her family believes she was lured to the home by a facebook post promising free bab

. >> in santa rosa, wayne freedman, abc 7 news.weather forecast. >> spencer has the latest. >> okay. heading into a long holiday weekend. overnight tonight, we expect partly cloudy skies. it will be relatively mild. overnight lows generally in the low to mid-50s. tomorrow, another sunny, mostly sunny and breezy day at the coast. it will be mild again tomorrow, much like today with highs inland in the mid to upper 70s. lo to mid-70s in the bay shoreline. here's a little weekend snapshot friday through monday. friday will be the warmest day. clouds on saturday. temperatures will drop sharply. it will be cooler on sunday as we expect scattered showers. it will be bright and mild on monday. memorial day. here's the bigger picture tomorrow. sun and clouds, little change on friday. of course, the cooldown over the weekend and maybe showers on sunday. we're still tracking that one. hoping it will weaken. milder and sunnier on monday. memorial day and then a warming trend begins on tuesday. by wednesday of next week, we expect highs near 8

as abc7 news reporter wayne freedman shows us, it's a new twist on putting two and two together. >> pittsburgme of the pirates where this year graduating seniors have already begun pondering a new set of challenges that is especially true for mckayla and miles grant. they're twins, with all the closeness that implying, and they're heading for separate colleges. what are you going miss about her? >> our times together. we laugh at almost everything. >> i think we're ready. it's going to be hard, but i think we're ready. >> at least they're not alone. the senior class other twins, nick and victor montez, and vanessa and elisa. and if that sounds unusual, keep counting. nobody made the connection until recently when melanie moseley got all of the 2019 twins together for one picture. >> they knew they were twins, but some of them didn't realize that there -- none of them realized there were that many sets. >> the crazy part of it is i've had classes with more than one set of twins, but i never put two and two together. >> statistics indicate that for every 200 people, we'll see three sets of twin

"abc 7 news" reporter wayne freedman caught up with folks enjoying the biggest music festival in theeart of wine country. >> we spread out, relax. you get restless, get up and get something to drink or eat. >> if you start with white wine, can you switch to red? >> no. >> no. >> but you can go from gin to white or red. >> okay. if you are planning ongoing this weekend, take a rain coat or poncho and leave the umbrella at home. they're not allowed and security will confiscate yours at the gate. >> the recent storms jeopardized what could be a record year for california's cherry crop. christina davies from our sister station in fresno found out that help could be on the way for farmers. >> reporter: cherries in the valley are popping up with blemishes after the recent stormy weather. >> in 40 years, this is the weirdest may i have been involved with. >> reporter: the loss of crops so bad the deputy ag commissioner is gathering information to request a disaster declaration, farmers reporting their losses helps the county get a better picture just how much damage was done. >> cracking, r

in santa rosa, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> now,ar's camp fire are stil living in tents, cars or some other temporary housing. lawmakers in sacramento are trying to speed up the process to get them into something permanent. a bill is moving through the legislature to expedite the construction process in butte county. it would streamline environmental reviews and include an exemption from the california environmental quality act. >> we have interim housing that's mostly being put up by nonprofits and by fema. but in that time period, we also need more permanent housing, and that's where something like 8430 comes in where we can build more apartments, single family homes. >> the camp fire killed more than 80 people and destroyed thousands of homes in butte county last november. it's the deadliest and most destructive fire in state history. >>> we are on storm watch once again, but not for much longer. in a few hours we'll get a clear view from our emeryville tower camera compared to how it looks in this live picture. abc 7 news spencer christian is tracking the end of the storm. >> it's

. >> reporter: wayne freedman. >> they're going to different colleges? what are they going to do?> i don't know. >> it's really neat. that's great. >> also so surprising they didn't notice there were more than usual. >> right? that's funny. sweet. >> as a twin don't you have one job and that's to know every other twin? that's what i thought, mike. i guess not. >> that's interesting that it went on that long. >> reporter: >>> partly to mostly cloudy at sfo. fingers crossed we have no delay this is morning like every morning this week. let's talk about more sunshine and warmth. a little bit warmer than average temperatures away from the coast. tonight fewer clouds but the clouds we do have could drop drizzle tomorrow. santa cruz, 68. 72 in milpitas and gilroy. the santa clara valley, everybody else around 73 to 77 in san jose. 70 to 75. that's your spread on the peninsula. on the coast a few more clouds, low to mid-60s, mid to upper 60s in downtown and south san francisco. if you're going across the golden gate, the winds won't be as sharp as they have been, quickly jumping into the

. >> really sweet story by wayne freedman.asked the pittsburg high principal how so many twins ended up in the same class, and the principal said it's probably the water. >> a cute response. so, doing quick math, more than 600 kids in their class. >> that's what the math would lead to us believe. >> that's a big class. i guess that's why they haven't necessarily seen each other that much. >> that's right. we were wondering how did they miss the 15 sets of twins. >> you would think after four years in the same school, maybe longer, they would have noticed. >> i'm sad a lot of them will be split up for the first time going to college. >> good luck to them. it will be a culture change as if college isn't enough to begin with. >> right, right. >>> let's talk about our change in the weather. hi, everybody. we're heading into mother's day weekend and have warmer weather on the way but not before delays at sfo because of the low clouds. a little bit of mist, also. faster sunshine and because of that extra sunshine. warmer temperature

in novato, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> we want to hear your ideas about building a better bay areashare them by joining our better bay area group on facebook. >>> happening tonight, the united irish cultural center in san francisco will celebrate the city's outgoing fire. [ cheers and applause ] thor in the is the holding a retirement party for joanne hayes white and honoring her 29 years with the fire department. she spent the last is a as fire chief, and is the longest serving in the city's history. hayes white retires tomorrow. tonight's celebration starts at 5:30. >>> ski resorts are cashing in on the snow that spilled into spring. according to the "l.a. times," 7.3 million skiers and snowboarders hit the slopes in california and nevada this is, an increase of 17% from the previous year. higher prices couldn't keep people from making the trip up to the mountains. according to liftopia lift prices went up by an average of 7% and online prices rose by an average of 15%, now to a special day in vallejo. this was the largest commencement ever for calmar time with 276 undergradates