. >> abc's wayne friedman spent the day with a taxi driver to find out how the rise of hate share is affecting him. -- rise of ride share is affecting him. >> reporter: welcome to the place of flywheel taxicab. is this a war? >> yes. it is a war. >> reporter: a war? you're a driver. >> we arement. >> reporter: corey lamm, married father of two, a driver for 13 years, specializing in transporting passengers with special needs. it's a niche or maybe a foxhole against an overwhelming army of ride-share drivers. >> my personal belief is that uber and lyft are here to stop the taxis. >> reporter: what happens when they do? >> they raise prices. >> reporter: like walmart, he doesn't like losing out to what he calls out-of-town amateurs. people who signed up, got an app, and collect the spoils by a different set of rules. >> we have drivers that have been doing this for a very long time. and they feel sleighted that anyone can get in the car and pick up people. >> reporter: is sleight the right word? >> absolutely. >> reporter: what do you need to make it a level playing field? >> i need so

wayne friedman became a lyft driver for a day and here's what happened? >> have you always wondered what it's like to be a lyft driver? we did. so take a look at our car. we rented it from lyft and now we'll hit the streets of san francisco. >> so, welcome to the fray. it's slow moving much of the time, you're watching a man casting himself to the whims of passengers he'll know only on a first-name basis, but not for long. >> you must be amanda. >> that's me. thank you. >> you're karen, right? >> so you're -- and here's meade who was happy to talk as long as we didn't show his face. >> we know how to get to the airport. we've done this before. >> what's the feature story? >> i want to know what it's like to be a lyft driver. >> it's all online, give them a license number, social security. >> the hardest part for me was figuring out what picture to use. >> would you ride with that man? >> no. >> are you trained to be a slightly scary picture? >> a scary picture might be appropriate when dealing with downtown traffic. >> okay. we'll make another right on pa

nbc 7 news reporter wayne friedman shows us what happened. >> shutter bug camera in santa rosa is alwayse, but when security cameras picked up three young men entering through the front door with open backpacks who then spread out the employees thought they might be up to no good. >> i heard the door, saw them on the screen and ran out. >> i yelled he's grabbing stuff. >> there wasn't any time to be scared. >> scott manchester, jonathan parnell and owner park passkey, three of the people working as suspects jumped behind the case, grabbed gear and encountered something they hadn't planned on, resistance. >> in most situations like this stores have policies to de-escalate situations before they get worse, but this store had a history. it had been robbed before. >> so when suspects moved in employees blocked the front door and wrestled with them and later they learned the suspects had a gun. >> what made you challenge these guys? >> instinct. unfortunately, we're not supposed to and we had to tell the staff not to because we don't want anyone getting hurt, but it's personal for us. >> espe

in santa rosa, wayne friedman, abc 7 news. >>> a former prep school administrator has pled guilty tors in the college admissions scam. mark riddell was paid $10,000 a pop to take entrance exams in place of the students or correct the answers. he will have to pay $240,000 that he earned from the scheme and we are learning that federal prosecutors in boston have sent letters to some of the adult children involved in the scheme and like their parent, they, too, may face charges. >>> all right. time now 6:32. in san francisco lawmakers are trying to reduce the traffic on the crooked part of lombard street. he will detail legislation on monday. it will include charging drivers eeorive down the street and require them to make a reservation. the transportation authority says the average capacity on the street is 320 cars per hour. past attempts to address traffic concerns on lombard have failed. ♪ ♪ >>> abc 7 news was in oakland when the city saluted two championship basketball teams. the girls' teams from oakland tech and oakland high both captured state championships in different division

abc 7 news reporter wayne friedman has more. >> welcome back to guerneville, at least for us.ks. two months ago covering covthe third or fourth largest flood in this place. estimates say it cost $150 million in property damage and another $25 million to infrastructure. this is the truck where we spent most of those two weeks doing stories, sending them back to the bay area and talking to a lot of people. >> it was definitely shocking. it was more than i was expecting. >> that's lisa flint. she and her husband jason own and are still repairing the farm hand deli. >> you had a thing where you were selling gift certificates. you didn't want to take a handout. did it work? >> it did. it did. we sold a little over 10,000 and that definitely helped out with construction costs and different things that we needed. >> okay. to give you an idea of how high the water was here. they had to rethink the sign. that's high. the river is just down here outside this window. of course, on the day of the flood, the river was in here. jason. >> yes? >> you broke into tears a lot of times when we t

wayne friedman shows us what happened. >> reporter: shutterbug camera in santa rosa is always a busywhen security cameras picked up three young men entering the front door with open backpacks who then spread out, the employees began to think they might be up to no good. >> i heard the door and saw them on the screen and saw them. >> i yelled out he's grabbing stop. >> jonathan parnell and mark pafky, three of the eight people working jumped behind the case, grabbed gear and encountered something they hadn't planned on, resistance. >> in most situations like this stores have policies to de-es crate situations before they get worse. this store had a history and it had been robbed before. so employees blocked the front door and wrestled with them, later they learned the suspect his a gun and that's mike in the red shirt. >> what made you challenge these guys? >> instinct. unfortunately, we're not supposed to and we had to tell the staff not to because we don't want anyone getting hurt, but it's personal for us. >> especially in a store that's been robbed in the past. of the three suspec

. >> abc7 news reporter wayne friedman has the latest on the investigation. >> when police arrived, thehad long passed when they could prevent an attack. all they could do is shoot to kill. >> he was playful and friendly. so something happened to him, i don't know. that's why i get surprise d. >> the assailant a neighborhood rottweiler. police shot and killed him as he attacked 30-year-old gil in his own backyard. the victim's father says the dog fought his way in to do it. where was the dog? >> neighbor. >> he come over the fence? >> the hole. >> there was a hole in the fence? >> big dog. >> here is a closer look at the hole in the fence. patricia ochoa heard the screams and then watched the attack from next door. >> he threw a knife so he could try to use it, but i think the dog had already broken one of his arms. and one arm was in his mouth. yeah, it was very graphic. >> another neighbor tried to spray water on the dog but without success. daly city police arrived as soon as possible. >> the dog was on his arm, and the guy was saying thr knif t m. i throw h knifnd a at, the police f

abc 7 news wayne friedman has the story. >> welcome back to guerneville, at least for us.two months ago, covering well, maybe the third or fourth largest flood ever in this place. estimates are it cost roughly $150 million in property damage, and another $25 million to infrastructure. this is the truck where we spent most of the two weeks and doing stories in the back of the bay area and talking to a lot of people. >> it was shocking. it was more than i was expecting. >> that's lisa flint. she and her husband jason own and are still repairing the farm hand deli. >> you had a thing where you were selling gift certificates. >> right. >> you didn't want to take a handout. did it work? >> it did. it did. we sold a little over helutit construction costs and different things that we needed. >> okay. to give you an idea of how high the water was rethink the sign. of course, on the day of the flood the river was in jason. >> yes? >> you broke into tears a lot of times when we talked to you initially. >> yeah. >> are you past that now? >> sometimes. >> sometimes. >> yeah. >> are yo