Wrongdoing. I dont know when to believe. First it was a hoax. Well and then supposedly it wasnt. Reporter neighbors in vallejo are per politics good a bizarre kidnapping case stranger than fiction. It seems weird. Reporter police claim the disappearance of Denise Huskins was nothing but a hoax. Her attorney claims hes got proof his client isnt a liar and that her kidnappers are still on the loose. I have come to receive a 15page singlespaced email from the kidnappers. Reporter Douglas Rapoport calls it a stunning manifesto which he says of sent to the San Francisco chronicle after huskins turned up safe last wednesday teamwork days after her boyfriend, aaron quinn reported she was abducted from their home. They talked very extensively about how they prepared for it, what weapons to use. Reporter rapoport wouldnt tell us how he got the email or show us its contents. In, it the Group Calling themselves College Educated career criminals compared themselves to the crew from oceans 11. Were set. Were set. Were set. Do it already. Reporter the group claims it kidnapped huskins as a dry run so they could kidnap other highprofile people in the future. They admit huskins was the wrong target. They felt terribly when they discovered that it was her. Yet, since this was a training mission, they decided to carry it out regardless. Reporter according to the email they felt so badly they let her off in her hometown of huntington beach. The group wont identify themselves but feel the need to defend huskins and her boyfriend from claims by police who say they made the whole thing up. In fact, it gave police until noon today to apologize to huskins or face consequences. So far, no comment from police on the case and no apology either. Rapoport is a San Francisco attorney who has represented other highprofile clients including former pleasanton assemblywoman mary hyashi in a shoplifting case from 2011. In vallejo, abc7 news. A fire that threatened homes for a time in San Bernardino county is now out. The blaze broke out this afternoon this a dry riverbed in Spring Valley 90 miles northeast of los angeles. It quickly spread to 60 acres and burned a fence and outbuilding. Authorities evacuated a handful of ranch homes in the area. But crews were able to douse the flames before they got too close. We are also see something gusty winds in the bay area as well. Lets take a live look from our abc 7 roof cam. You see the flags blowing there in the wind. This is San Francisco. Spencer christian is here with the accuweather update. Yes, its gusty out here. And the gusts probably have not reached their peak yet. In San Bernardino county where the fire was, its been gusting up around 35 Miles Per Hour. Weve got gusts that high here as well. Heres a look at live doppler 7 h. D. Sunny skies as you probably know across the bay area. And right now, we have gusts at sfo up to 40 Miles Per Hour. 32 mileperhour gusts in concord. 30 at hayward. 28 in san carlos. Quite windy now. The pattern will continue into the overnight hours. Blue skies over the bay as we look over San Francisco. 60 now in San Francisco. 67 in oakland. San carlo morgan hill 67. 57 at half moon bay. Check out the blue skies over sfo. Under windy conditions, of course. Its 70 degrees in santa rosa. Napa 69. Petaluma, 68. 7 at fairfield. 74 apiece in concord and limp. The golden gate bridge, traffic is flowing nicely. Skies are blue, and heres our first forecast. Well see windy and Cool Conditions this evening. It will be bright and breezy early tomorrow morning. A little chilly in the north bay valleys where lows will drop to around 39 to 40 degrees in spots. Sunny and breezy again tomorrow highs in the upper 50s tat the coast to low 50s inland. More coming up in a few minutes. Thank you very much. Police in vallejo are trying to determine if a driver is to blame for hitting and killing a pedestrian this morning. Happened around 6 00 at marin street. A 23yearold woman died at the scene. The driver stopped and is cooperating with authorities. Police are investigating if the woman killed was in the crosswalk at the time. A big mess in fremont this morning. Sky 7 h. D. Was overhead shortly after a tractortrailer loaded with scrap metal overturned on mission boulevard near stevenson boulevard. This was about 10 30 this morning. Police shut down mission from walnut avenue to stevenson for several hours to investigate why the truck tipped over. And of course to clean up the big mess. The driver was injured but not seriously. Sky 7 h. D. Was over 8th and harrison streets in San Francisco where more than a dozen police and chp officers responded to the call of an officer down just before noon. Turns out fortunately there was no shooting or attack. The officer driving the patrol car collided with another vehicle in the intersection. And dispatch couldnt reach them for a while. Emergency crews took the officer to the hospital with unknown injuries. The man driving the other car stayed with police to give his account of what happened. Sfpd is investigating which driver had the right of way. San jose police have finalized the procession route for thursdays funeral for officer Michael Johnson who was killed in the line of duty. There were several road closures along the route. Officer johnsons body will leave the funeral home in los gatos at 10 00 a. M. It will head up winchester and turn on Stephens Creek boulevard for ending with a public memorial at 11 00 which we expect to be well attended. Well have live coverage on abc7 news of the thursday memorial, and well be streaming it on line at abc7news. Com, as well. Now to the growing fallout over that religious freedom law in indiana. This afternoon, theres been even more pushback stretching from the bay area all the way to the hoosier state. The Indianapolis Star made this bold statement today. You see the headline for yourself fix this now abc news Marcy Gonzalez is following the story live from new york with more. Reporter the governor of indiana says theres a major misperception and that the law doesnt allow for discrimination, though he admits the wording of the law needs to be changed. Today indianas governor vowing to fix the religious freedom act which opponents say legalizes discrimination by protecting Business Owners allowing them to turn away gays lesbians, and other customer its they feel serving them infringes on their religious beliefs. Would be helpful to move legislation this week that makes it clear that this law does not give businesses a right to deny services to anyone. No hate in our state reporter the law leading to protests were absolutely not okay with it. Reporter and boycotts. Connecticut, washington state, now new york banning taxpayerfunded travel to indiana. Ahead of the final four College Tournament in indianapolis this weekend, the ncaa headquartered in indiana is reconsidering its longterm investment there. We have to say, all right, what are we going to do if this law goes into effect in july. Reporter some indiana democrats say the governors plan to clarify the laws wording falls short of meeting demands to fix this now. The most clear, decisive and understandable thing we can do is to repeal the statute. Reporter were told tonight indiana lawmakers are working on rewriting wording for that law. Live in new york Marcy Gonzalez abc7 news. Thank you. Levis and gap are taking aim at the indiana law. The San Franciscobased Companies Issued a rare joint statement saying they are calling on retail and Apparel Companies and other businesses to join us in speaking out against legalized discrimination. The statement goes on to say that both companies proud to say were open to business for everyone. A final note on one final note, rather on, this. Usc threatic director and player pat hayden tweeted, i am the proud father of a gay son. In his honor i will not attend the College Football playoff kmeeg Meeting Committee meeting this week. Diversity. Foul smelling Drinking Water on the east bay should be gone by the end of the week. The sour tapwater is running through homes and businesses of east bay mud customers. The company has received more than 300 complaints in the last week. Officials say the water is perfectly safe to drink. It just may taste a little different. Weve been hearing theres a metallic taste that are not used to or an earthy taste. The reason has to do with a change we made in the way we operate our reservoir. California law requires east bay mud to release enough cold water each year so salmon can spawn. Because of the drought theres not enough to go around. As a result, east bay mud had to pull water from a sunnier algaefilled section of its reservoir in the sierra foothills. East bay mud began drawing water from deeper in the reservoir again yesterday. The smelly water should go away pretty soon. Two San Francisco bars are trying to help beat the drought. Bond bar in the mission and wish bar and flounchlg smael are offer in soma are offering discount to customers who order drinks without ice. Now through easter, beer wine and hard liquor are a dollar off. Here at 4 00 east bay parents push to save their preschool. An important meeting about to get underway. And does it pay to use apple pay . Early adopters of the service weigh in. New at 4 30, a Major Development in that germanwings plane crash. The chilling evidence that may have been found at the scene of the wreckage. Taking a live look at our traffic at 4 10 on this tuesday across the golden gate bridge, looks slow on the righthand side. That traffic moving northbound into marin county. Traffic is thick now. Parents are pushing hard to save their antioch preschool. It serves underserved families. Many say if the school closes, theyll have nowhere else to turn. Abc÷ space for preschoolers has been nearly impossible. Very example, wed have to make classrooms put some natural lighting in, windows, skylights. Commercial kitchen, office space. Thats money they dont have. Parents are worried that if the preschool closes, they wont have a place to go. With lowincome families, they cant afford that. Its already hard as it is to like get kids to come here out of their work schedule. Reporter parents arent ready to give up yet. Tomorrow theyll hold a making to try to get the community involved. In antioch abc7 news. Facebook today launched a scrapbook feature to help parents tag and save photos of their children in one place. Heres how it works parents add a child to their profile and indicate up to two facebook members who are that childs parents. They can then tag their child in photos which will show up in both parents timelines and stored in one centralized stroob. Easy to find. Friends and family can subscribe to a childs scrapbook, privacy set regulars the same for any album. The feature also works, by the way, for pets. The apple pay isnt paying off with many who have tried it. A survey shows 2 3 of those who used the Smartphone Payment system have had trouble using it at the check yount counter. Another 48 said they used the service only once and wont use it again because it took too long and recorded inaccurate amounts. They also said clerks werent really able to provide help. Some 3,000 people participated in the marketing survey. All were iphone 6 or iphone 6plus users. We ails learn today apple has received a patent for using facial Recognition Software to unlock mobile devices. One day you may just have to pose for a selfie to get access to your phone. On to some health news. Ficial oil is widely used as a dietary supplement. Does it really work . And forget the doctor an apple away may help keep the pharmacist away. Heres jane king with our health and wellness report. Reporter at least 10 of americans take fish oil supplement. Most believe the omega 3 fatty acids will protect their heart. There is one big problem the New York Times says the vast majority of Clinical Trials involving fish oil have found no evidence it lowers the risk of heart attack or stroke. Can switching to organic fruit and vegetables double sperm count . Harvard Scientists Say pesticides on produce may damage sperm quantity and quality. They found those men who ate produce with no residue saw their sperm quality increase by 37 . An apple a day may not keep the doctor away, but it might help keep the pharmacist at bay. The university of michigan says apple eaters did appear to be significantly more likely to avoid prescription medications. Curiously, the link was stronger for people who consumed small or mediumsized apple than for large apples. Early morning dance parties taking off in the u. S. Daybreakers as they are known attract young people to dance parties without alcohol. The idea is to get exercise as well as socialize. They cost about 5 and usually start around 25 and usually start around 8 00 a. M. Heres to your health. All right. Time to check on the weather. Lets go outside. Spencer christian has the forecast. Blustery out there. It is a little blustery. A healthy dose of winds. Clear skies, sunny skies. Winds have been gusting up to 40 Miles Per Hour at sfo. As you see, flags flapping in the breeze across the street from our kgo roof cam. Its still windy all around the bay area. These are the forecast pictures. Gusty winds tonight. Sunny and breezy again tomorrow. Well have calmer and milder conditions on thursday and friday. The satellite radar composite shows the passage of the dry cold front that has brought us no clouds but cool onshore winds and strong winds at that. They will start up wind gust animation at 7 00 this evening at which point well see winds gusting over 35 Miles Per Hour in coastal areas. 25 in San Francisco. 24 in oakland and san jose. In the Early Morning hours tomorrow well still have strong gusty winds in most locations near the coast. Notice inland spots like napa and san jose will have relatively light winds at that time. Generally it will still be windy, gusty across the bay area. By 3 00 tomorrow afternoon similar pattern. Gusts on the coast over 30 Miles Per Hour in most coastal locations. Anywhere from 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour around the bay. Well go to the weekend. We may get a little easter rain starting the forecast animation friday. Notice showers getting closer on saturday. Finally on Easter Sunday looks like a chance of showers now. Bear that in mind. Well keep watching. It may change. Overnight, clear skies tonight. Breezy to windy, especially near the coast. Well have low temperatures mainly in the upper 30s around 40 in the north bay valleys. The chilliest portion of the bay area. Mainly mid to upper 40s for the remainder of the bay area. Tomorrow, sunny breezy once again. The south bay highs around 70 degrees at san jose and morgan hill 69 at santa clara. On the peninsula highs mainly in the upper 60s to around 70 at palo alto and mountainview. Windy on the coast. And relatively cool highs at 58 in pacifica. 60 at half moon bay. Downtown San Francisco high of 64 tomorrow with windy conditions in places like the sunset district. The north bay, highs in the upper 60s. 69 at santa rosa and snowman amp 69 at novato. 70 at napa. East bay highs will be mainly in the upper 60s. 68 at oakland. Union city 9 in castro valley. Fremont. The inland east bay generally the mildest region. 71 in concord and walnut creek. 72 at livermore and antioch. The sevenday forecast, notice on thursday and friday we get some milder weather, calmer winds. Highs inland will be in the mid 70s. Thursday and friday low 70s around the bay. Low 60s on the coast. It turns a little bit cooler over the weekend. Well get a few more clouds moving in on saturday. Then sunday Easter Sunday, chance of showers. Not talking about necessarily heavy, continuous downpours throughout the day. Probably some wet spots. Than well get partly cloudy conditions on monday. A slight chance of showers again on tuesday. Thats how things are shaping up now. Back to you. Thank you. Taking a look live with our new 360 camera. We just got off the Brooklyn Bridge bay bridge a got off the bay bridge approaching 80. Were stopped as you see. If we flip around, look at traffic. Those folks trying to get on to the bay bridge not moving too badly. Were just getting into the meat of the afternoon commute. Up next a dancing dis. A dancing with the stars judge under fire after comments to one of the celebrity contestants. And suspicious overnight fires in a fastgrowing bay area community. Is it a staple of abcs daytime lineup leads the pack in the daytime emmy awards. General hospital received 28 nominations including lead actor, actress, and best drama. Live with kelly and michael was nominated for Top Entertainment talk show. Kelly and michael themselves are nominated for best hoechting honors. Hosting honors. Today the latest celebrity to get booted off dancing with the stars is responding to a controversial remark made by one of the judges, actress and model charlotte mckinney. The second celebrity to go. She says she did her best and enjoyed the experience. The carls jr. Model was all smiles until dancing with the stars judge Bruno Tonioli gave his two cents. Youre never going to win the nobel prize for quantum physics, but are you easy on the eyes what . [ crowd reaction ] social media, of course, lit one reaction. Some saying the passionate judge who often says wild and funny things went too far. As for mckinney she spoke earlier today on good morning america. To be honest i just really thought it was uncalled for. Especially the week before, i really had been using it as a platform for social media bullying and really to to talk about negativity and being positive. It just came out of nowhere. Tonightyearold apparently mouthed im sorry tonioli apparently mouthed im sorry. But hes being bashed for being insensitive. Some demandation public apology. Dancing with the stars continues next monday at 8 00 here on abc 7. Tonight the warriors are back in action against the division rival l. A. Clippers at the staples center. A potential second round playoff freeze. Seth curry named the western conference player of the week averaging eight assists and point as they went 40 last week. The warriors have won nine straight and are an nba best 6013 with just nine games left before the playoffs. The clippers, theyre also on a roll winning seven straight since Blake Griffin returned from elbow surgery. Tipoff at 7 30. First round of the playoffs begins april 18th. Abc 7 is your home for the nba finals. Live coverage begins june 4th here on abc 7. Washers and dryers pools and gym. Those are some of the amenities youd expect at an apartment complex. Coming up at 4 00, what else bay area landlords are offering to appeal to ecofriendly tenants. First, a workplace shooting in the Central Valley turns deadly. The Motive Police are investigating. And new details on that tragic germanwings crash. Thank you for being a sailor, and my daddy. Thank you mom, for protecting my future. Thank you for being my hero and my dad. 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Carolyn tyler tweeted, levis is the latest company to denounce indianas religious freedom law calling it legalized discrimination. Coming up at 5 00 we look t stance against the law taken by the city of San Francisco. A pedestrian was killed in vallejo today. Tiffany wilson tweeted flare is still visible after a 23yearold pedestrian struck by a car. Locals say, this is a bad crossing. We talk with a close friend coming up at 5 00. Fire rips through four homes under construction in dublin late last night. Today, investigators say the fire may be suspicious. Abc 7 has details. Reporter firefighters were back at the scene this morning to put out hot spots. Four singlefamily homes sitting next to each other were destroyed last night here at the jordan ranch preserve in dublin. Other than the actual construction work that was going on, there are no other reasons that it should have started. We are looking at it as being possibly suspicious. Reporter the twostory homes were in the framing stage and burned intensely. Crews admittedly got lost trying to find the exact loikz in this new subdivision but worked quickly to contain the twoalarm fire. The wind was blowing away from the adjacent structures. Otherwise we could have had more structures threatened. I was concerned, worried about my house and my family. Reporter new reduction in dublin construction in dublin is a common sight. Not everyone here is a fan of the massive growth as seen by the failure of measure t last fall that would have allowed for more development. Theres not much space between the houses, as well. I think its more aggressive than needed. Reporter antigrowth sentiments prompted rumors that this fire could be all the more suspicious. What would have happened if this was summer . Right, if it was over 100 degrees . Reporter others say they moved here because its an up and coming area. It attracted us to the area. So we are excited, yeah. Reporter for now, fire investigators are working with alameda Sheriffs Office to find out where and how the fire started. Fire investigators have been working through the night. They are interviewing project managers and workers. Meantime developers are waiting to get the clear to start rebuilding. In dublin, abc7 news. Multiple reports today say cell phone video found in the wreckage of the germanwings plane that crashed into a french mountainside shows the final moments before impact. A Police Spokesman is denying that that video exists. Meanwhile, the copilot accused of taking the plane down apparently had a history of depression. Lufthanza says Andreas Lubitz informed his Flight School in 2009 that he had a serious depressive episode. The information was found in emails sent to the Flight School after he resumed his training. The airline says it has provided the documents to prosecutors. Lufthanza is canceling celebrations for its 60th anniversary in the wake of last weeks germanwings crash in the french alps. The German Airline declined a long list of festivities on april 15th to mark its refounding a decade after the end of world war ii. Instead, lufthanza will broadcast a Memorial Service for victims of the airlines worstever crash. 149 people were killed when the flight from barcelona to dusseldorf crashed shortly after takeoff. Chaos in Downtown Fresno today after an armed man walked into a medical Office Shooting as he entered, killing one woman before killing himself. Fresno police say the 43yearold woman and 34yearold woman were in a romantic relationship. It started around 11 00 a. M. Witnesses say the man walked into the Medical Clinic shooting guns in the air. Those inside hid in bathrooms and climbed out winds to escape with the help of police. Officers evacuated city hall and several nearby businesses. They discovered the dead man and woman during a search of the building. No one else was hurt. An escaped robbery suspect armed with a gun in virginia is now back in custody after a long search today. Abc News ReporterKaren Travers has details. Reporter a nearly ninehour manhunt is over. The suspect was arrested without incident late this morning. The fugitive launched a massive search was riding a d. C. Bus when a passenger recognized him and called police. An Alert Community member identified him through all the social Media Outlets where we put our message out and called the metropolitan police department. And then mr. Sayer was arrested by the metropolitan police. Reporter the situation began early this morning. Authorities say the suspected bank robber was being transferred from jail to Inova Fairfax hospital about ten miles outside of washington, d. C. He was in the custody of private security guards but managed to overpower them and steal one of their guns. At 3 00 this morning he got into a struggle with one of the security guards. And a round was discharged from the security guards weapon. Reporter Police Tweeted this image of him saying hes wearing a hospital gown and no shoes and armed with a gun. He carjacked two different vehicles during his escape. He broke into the trunk of the first car and hid there until the owner drove to work. While commuting to work in the area of the hospital, mr. Sayer started to kick out the back seat from inside the trunk. The vehicle then crashed and he then committed a carjacking. Reporter he was arrested in connection with a bank robbery. Hes believed to be involved in a string of about a dozen Bank Robberies in northern virginia. This is the suspect that robbed the banks in the region using a bicycle. Reporter Law Enforcement sources tell abc news the reason he was transferred to the hospital was because he attempted suicide last friday after he was arrested. Karen travers, abc news, washington. New at 4 30, Nuclear Talks involving iran and six other world powers including the United States will continue past the midnight deadline. Secretary of state john kerry planned to leave the talks today. But he will remain until tomorrow. A state Department Spokesman said theres been enough progress to justify the extension. The talks are aimed at curbing Irans Nuclear program. Back at home all lanes of southbound 680 in Santa Clara County are open in time for the evening commute after a sixcar accident after 11 00 this morning. Sky 7 h. D. Was over the scene in milpitas. The chp says a lumber trucks load was unstable and tipped over. The collision flipped an suv and caused other cars to collide. There was one minor injury. San francisco officials hope relaunching the Police DepartmentsCadet Academy will inspire the next generation to join the force. The new Cadet Academy each year will prepare 30 to 40 students between 18 and 21 years of age for a career in the police force. The program will provide participants with Financial Support to continue their education while learning about Law Enforcement and engaging with officers. The relaunch happened as a result of a donation by sales force ceo mark benioff. Coming up a San Francisco startup gets the green light for expansion. First, check this out the driver determined to get away from police and how police got her into custody. Im Spencer Christian looking down on the bay. Skies are blue, but winds are gusty. New details a wild scene in Fairfax County virginia this morning that had one very determined suspect trying to get away from police. Inside this silver truck a woman wanted for credit card theft, forgery and other charges was driving look at that crazy. She dodge traffic with a fleet of patrol cars on her tail. Eventually runs into traffic makes a few quick moves to get around it. Officers move in clipped the back of her truck sent her spinning. When it looks like theyve got her, though, she spins away. Starts to take off again eluding the police more than once. She is eventually stopped but wont get out of the truck. Officers bust her window. Shes finally taken into custody. Now for a live look at our traffic here nothing that eventful hopefully. Lets go to dan. Thank you very much. Thankfully all calm as far as we know of on our roadways. Well, our little 360 camera took a weird hit. Were on interstate 80 heading eastbound approaching university actually past University Avenue heading toward albany and el cerrito. Its been terrific, this way toward the bay bridge, its sticky this time of day. As you see at least at this point through berkeley not too shabby. But it has been pretty windy out there on this sunny day. Spencer christian is outside with more on that. Going to remain windy for a while right into the overnight hours, as well. Live doppler 7 h. D. , sunny skies under windy conditions across the bay area. A pleasant day especially if you like wind. Heres a look at the National Weather picture for tomorrow. Across the 48 contiguous states, showers, dry through the midsection. Although a few showers will rumble through eastern texas. And the east coast is looking nice and sunny tomorrow, as well. Things are finally warming up. Minneapolis, high of 72 tomorrow. 66 in chicago. And even up in the northeast which has had a brutal winter, a Little Spring mildness is settling in. Across the state of california tomorrow, look for mainly sunny skies over at least over the southern 2 3 to 3 4 of the state. Well see highs of 70 at chico. 74 in sacramento and fresno. 76 in los angeles. And a sizzling 93 in palm springs. Here in the bay area well have breezy to windy conditions once again. Especially tomorrow near the coast. Sunny skies, highs mainly in the upper 50s to around 60 on the coast. Upper 60s for most part near the bay. Low 70s in our inland valleys. Things will start to get calmer and warmer on thursday and friday. Thank you very much. Ahead on abc7 news one day after being named jon stewarts successor, the new hopes of the daily show finds himself under fire. Plus, coming up first, take off or expansion . The good news for San Franciscos uber. Im michael finney. How are you feel being your Financial Security feeling about your Financial Security . A survey reveals americans attitude. Today marks the 20th anniversary of singer selenas death. She was the first latin artist to day bayh back to you at billboards 100 with dreaming of you. She won a grammy in 1994 for best Mexican American album selena live. She was shot and killed by the president of her fanclub. She was justice 23 years old. Sfrapbased uburr is San Franciscobased uburr is allowed to pick up customers at john wanye airport. Officials have worked for several months to offer a deal complying with requirements. Tax drivers arent happy. The best service possible im not sure uber can provide the service. I think its going to hurt us for a while. Maybe for about a month or two months probably. L. A. s biggest airport, l. A. X. , is close to working out a well do uber and lift to allow them to a deal with uber and lift to allow them to pick. Passengers legally, as well. Footage of a drone flyover was shot yesterday, the drone owned by Brandon Elwood sent to 925mack. It shows a few upclose shots in comparison to past flyovers and focuses in on the segment of the main circular building that has already started to get off the ground, as you see. Apple expects to start moving into its new campus when construction wraps up at the end of 2016. It is a very impressive futuristic absolutely. A survey Shows Americans are feeling good about their Financial Security. Maybe even too good. Mikey finney with bank rates and index reporter are thes startlets start at that point. The Financial Security index is at the second highest since bank rate started keeping track in 2010. 27 feel more secure about their jobs today than a year ago. Thats twice as many as those who feel less secure. 29 say the Financial Security has improved from a year ago. 18 say its worse. Despite this, nearly half are only saving 5 or less of their monthly income. Bank rate recommends you set aside 15 every month for savings. And you may not be surprised to learn that overall the younger you are, the less likely you are to set anything aside for savings each and every month. Financial experts stress that now is the time to save. When you have a job and feel financially secure. 100 students from hill college and schools under the corinthian umbrella are refusing to pay loans trying to pressure the Education Department to forgive their debts after allegations arose against corrine than of falsifying job placement data. It also is accused of altering grades and attendance records. The students are meeting with federal regulators about their concerns. However, ive got to warn by not paying their loans these students risk greater interest and debt and poor Credit Scores in the future. For the first time apple is expanding its tradein program to include products from its competitors. The hope is by accepting nonapple products, apple will gain new customers. Tradeins can be used as credit toward their purchase of any new device many new devices. It is accepting older p. C. S, android phones and other nonapple devices. It will be fun yeah. All right. Thank you. Google has a new way for you to waste some time at work. Your boss will be glad about this. Yeah. The new host of the daily show is under fire. Heres whats trending now. New daily show host trevor noah is under fire for a series of tweets. The littleknown comedian was named host of the show this week after only three onair appearance appearances. In 2011, noah wrote a tweet mocking all women. A few years later he tweeted an offensive joke about jews. This afternoon he tweeted to reduce my views to a handful of jokes that didnt land is not a true reflection of my character nor my evolution as a comedian. Comedy central issued a statement standing by the comedian. He will perform five shows at the cox comedy club. The Rolling Stones getting ready for their First North American stadium tour in almost a decade. It will kick off at san diegos petco park at the end of may. That will be the stones only california stop. Theyve played isolated dates in recent years but havent done a u. S. Stadium tour since 2006. Fun. If your coworkers seemed distracted today, you can blame the folks at google maybe. Yeah. In honor of april fools day tomorrow, theyve turned google maps into an interactive pack man game. Once you switch to game mode, you can use the arrow keys to send pac man munching through the streets trying to avoid the famous ghosts. Abc7 news continues. Next, apartment amenities in the bay area go eke friendly. The drive to get drivers off electric cars as tenants. And to the newsroom. Well see you for the news at 5 00. Cheryl . Dan and ama, thank you very much. Im cheryl jennings. Coming up new at 5 00 reporter they couldnt house all 200 but there is no affordable housing. The fight for housing in san jose and thousands who are having a particularly tough time. Plus the Airline Passengers about to get their own gps tracker. Heres the primetime l ine jumplineup. Join us for abc7 news at 11 00. You may want to think twice before grabbing that cell phone or reaching for a snack while behind the wheel. This morning, San Francisco police and the california Highway Patrol announced they are stepping up enforcement against distracted drivers. A big problem. 40 of drivers surveyed admitted to texting while driving. In 2013, 424,000 people nationwide were injured in a collision involving a distracted driver. Drivers were asked to fight the urge to use their phones. Its not that long ago we didnt have cell phones and we can do this. We can get from point a to point b without having to be distracted and keep everybody safer. Officers wont just be looking for people talking or texting. Drivers eating tuning the room, grooming, or checking a map may be ticketed. More electric vehicle charging stations are popping up throughout the bay area. Tesla, in fact, announced the completion of some new super chargers today. Few exist in apartment complexes. That is all about to change, though. Abc has more live from san luis. Reporter the lack of charging stations may be causing some apartment dwellers to say i dont need electric vehicles, its not going to be streent charge. And some be convenient to charge. And some Property Owners say the costs may be a prohibitive factor. The hurdles have been set aside. An estimated 90 of electric and plugin hybrids are owned by People Living in singlefamily homes where they can wildfire up their own charging stations. Twliel are public charging stations at grocery stores, Shopping Centers and some businesses, its not as convenient for apartment dwellers. Without the chargers theres no reason for them to get a plugin hybrid or electric car. That definitely is holding them back. Reporter energy ev go is a o a campaign to change that, to overcome resistance by apartment managers when tenants ask for them. If im a resident in a building and want an electric vehicle charger, i have to rely on my landlord deciding to make that investment. Reporter the company is covering the roughly 30,000 cost of wiring ten stalls such as this in downtown san jose. We dont want someone to look at the building and say im going to put in one charger and that will serve my drivers. In reality, nobody wants to come home at 6 00 p. M. Park their car and move it again at 10 00 p. M. For their neighbors so they can charge. Reporter the program is called take charge c. A. Narg ev go will host special events april 18 and 19 for tenants to sign up. Nrg talk us to talk to building managers. The apartment charging station vs. Been a major selling point. Not only our current tenants but for people coming to lease from us. They came in looking specifically to have a charging station here within their homes. Reporter the program runs for two months. The goal is to see 10,000 new chargers installed. In san jose abc7 news. Thank you very much for joining us for abc7 news at 4 00. Im ama daetz. Seen the commotion, didnt know it was her. A vallejo woman is mourned after she was hit by a car in a crosswalk. Neighbors say theyd been calling for safety improvements there for years. Plus they need to repeal this law. This is totally unacceptable. The backlash grows against indiana. What bay area businesses and cities are doing to change a controversial law. Also the looming closure of a muchloved preschool. Why it has to make way for other kids. Im meteorologist sandy patel. Gusty winds across the bay area. Ill let you know when theyll die down coming up. The tragic deaths of yet another pedestrian in the bay area. This time it is a 23yearold woman in vallejo who a witness says was in the crosswalk when it happened. Good evening im dan ashley. Im cheryl jennings. Thank you very much for joining us. The Vallejo Fire Department captain said that that young woman had been out jogging when the accident happened this morning. She was crossing curtola parkway at the intersection where a young bottom was killed less than five years ago. Abc 7s Tiffany Wilson joins us from san jose with the sad story. Tiffany . Reporter the coroner identified the victim as 23yearold rita cavalero. Friends say she dreamed of becoming a nurse and just yesterday got a phone call from a hospital about having an interview there. Five weeks ago rita cavalero moved in with jeannette norton. This morning, she grabbed her Running Shoes and set off for the waterfront. Emergency vehicles arrived soon after. I signed commotion. I didnt know it was her. Reporter police say a silver sedan hit the 23yearold. The impact sent her body flying like she had wings. When norton realized her friend was gone, she lost it. All of a sudden i heard this screaming. As soon as i heard the screaming, you know its not the first rodeo for me. Knew what was going on. I didnt have to look. Reporter now norton is on a mission. We need a light a new traffic light right there. Weve lost two people. The first was a 9yearold boy from upstate. Reporter in 2010 isaac rows alleys stepped bo rose alales stepped into the crosswalk and was hit. They didnt do nothing. Reporter today as the neighborhood mourns, many want to see the intersection change. Its dangerous. I stopped taking my kids to the waterfront because sometimes the cars wont even stop. We cant lose no more people. Reporter phone calls to the city have not been returned. The driver is cooperating with police. In vallejo, Tiffany Wilson