. >> wayne friedman has a look at people trying to rebuild. >> reporter: they'll be able to use that assistance, every penny of that assistance. the good news is in napa there are layers of optimism. in napa today recovery continues with words, all kinds of them on the sides of buildings. simple ones count. >> lpen. >> reporter: for peggy owens, that is a good start. even without her front windows being replaced. >> with everybody that needed glass and all the glass pretty much in the city of napa was destroyed, i think we're doing well. >> reporter: though in these parts well would be a relative term. the county of napa is doing real well in clearing out a main building and moving out 5,000 boxes. what kind of man hours are we talking for this project alone? >> i bet i couldn't tell you. i don't have the slightest idea. >> reporter: do you want to have the slightest idea? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: just outside, mike would say progress is moving real well on his historic building. they got the roof off this morning. >> it was built in the late 1880s. >> reporter: now it's going

wayne friedman reports. >> reporter: here's the good news in napa. almost three weeks since the quake and downtown is coming on strong. sure, in places it still looks like a disaster area, but at least the federal government now recognizes that fact. so why isn't linda cordair, who owns an art gallery, thrilled at the prospect of federal assistance? >> i'm disappointed that it's not more clearcut. i think if the aid is there, it just needs to be there across the board. >> reporter: business owners aren't everybody, nor homeowners or renters. this disaster opens furnnds but only for city business owners so far. >> i don't know what's happening with the process back there in washington, d.c. i'm hoping they're quicker with our individual assistance requests that's part of the fema request. >> reporter: just off main street, al showed us where a high-end wine rack fell over, turning into a blend on the floor. he says the disaster cost him a quarter of a million dollars. >> usually they offer loans with zero interest for businesses. i'm not sure how they

wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >>> doctors say a rare and dangerous virus has turned up in california for the first time after sickening children in other states. four children were treated at san diego area hospitals for a respiratory illness. they range in age from 2 to 13. one of them was visiting san diego. sim tols resemble the common cold and flu, fever, running nose, body aches. children with asthma can be especially vulnerable. no deaths have been reported. >>> president obama has ordered the federal government to create a national plan to fight antibiotic resistant germs by next year. health experts blame antibiotic resistant infections for killing 23,000 americans each year. the centers for disease control and prevention believes the problem is getting worse. the president's order includes new rules to oversee the use of antibiotics in hospitals. >>> we've all asked ourselves this question when we're out shopping. how can you tell if something is a good value or just cheap. >> we're looking into that. >> at walmart, known for value, of course. a good price is only key if you're

e-if napa wayne friedman abc 7 news. >> repair crew working fast along captain row on vallejo mahr island. all buildings here most former home are yellow tag. rental of the building for weddings and other events are key source of funding for the park foundatio foundation. they suffered down chimney cracked wall and water damage. total of 41 structure across vallejo suffered earthquake damage. >> need for aid urgent in vallejo and napa here's how you can give where you live. text the word red cross to this number and 10 dollar donation will appear on your next cell phone bill. >> home depot said today it's looking into possible breach of credit card information that could dwarf the breach at target last year blogger uncovered the incident target reported today that a massive amount of credit and debit card did the a went up for sale this morning on underground web site t.dealing in stolen informatio information. home depot looking into unusual activity an promised to notify customers immediately if it finds a breach. >> hacker who stole the naked photo of dozens of celebrity used technique

these are some of the picture tweeted this afternoon by abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman. >> fire burning in the town:00 of weed along interstate 5 west of mount sheos.take here's more from wayne. >> don't hold your breath for the shot because places in the town of weedre you drive for a block after block after block and see nothing but burp escape actually it takes your breath away. >> homes. churches. businesses. 150 of them disappeared in the space of 2 hours yesterday afternoon. roughly two-thirds of the people in this town of 3000 are evacuated or burned out. diana and her husband travis among the lucky ones. >> it's just awful. just awful to know sfl your neighbor they have no home whoychlt would ever think that it would spread and jump that far. >>reporter: nobody. didn't seem possible. then came the spark amplified by winds from the south side of town. crew from cal fire describe weed as being overrun by flames. 3 of their own firefighters lost homes while fight to go save others. >> it's worst case scenario. everything was in line unfortunately yesterday. >>reporter: including th

abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman with more now on how the band is going to play on. wayne?oing to play on, but the question is what are they going to play on with? they do have spare instruments, but on the other hand, this is really an interesting story because they moved to a place like this to get away from the problems of a big city. now the problems of a big city from just one visit have caught up to them. >> anybody else need music? >> reporter: band practice this mor morning. 100 kids or so about to wrap their hearts and songs and instruments around "the star spangled banner." ♪ >> reporter: but there's a problem with this picture and this practice. the band isn't quite whole. they are missing instruments. calvin will tell you all about what used to be her flute. >> it's heartbreaking. >> reporter: back alat the house, her mother katrina was more direct. >> she walked through the door, slammed the door, started screaming, crying. and she actually couldn't talk for the longest time. >> reporter: and from what should have been the warmest of memories. last week, the ba

wayne friedman reports. >> reporter: here's the good news in napa.hree weeks since the quake downtown is coming on strong. sure, in some places it still looks like a disaster area, but at least the federal government now recognizes that fact. so why isn't linda cordair, who owns an art gallery, thrilled at the prospect of federal assistance? >> i'm disappointed that it's not more clearcut. if the aid is there, it needs to be there across the board. >> reporter: this disaster declaration unlocks federal funds but only for the city and county infrastructure thus far. napa mayor jill tuckle is both optimistic and disadisappointed. >> i don't know what happens back there in washington, d.c. i'm hoping they're quicker with our request. >> reporter: just off main street, al showed us where a rack of high-end wine fell over, turning it into a house blend on the floor. he estimates the quake cost him a quarter of a million dollars. businesses may be reopening, he says, but they're still hurting. >> usually they offer like zero interest rate in loans or somet

abc7 news reporter wayne friedman has the story you will see only on abc7. >>> it's only a few milesm the big city but light years in attitude. this town is sonoma county, distant enough, but not out of reach, apparently. >> it's about being a victim in a way. they came in and stole something that belonged to us. they took something away that can never, ever be replaced. ♪ [playing star-spangled banner] >> the trouble began with the most american of tunes, the star page he would banner. for the 20th consecutive year the san francisco giants asked the band to play before a game. 100 students obliged. >> it went really well. i that you the performance was wonderful. >> but what happened after the performance in this parking lot was not. before taking their seats, the band went to store their instruments. while doing so, they left one bin on the ground outside. only later, after returning to their own parking lot did band realize the unthinkable happened. >> somebody took our bin of flutes and clarinets. >> 14 instruments in all. some owned by the school and others by students. this gir