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Citations. The nature of the complaint is confidential. Meantime, First Responders are Contracting Construction workers with helping rescue their colleagues who were trapped today. You can hear and see the chaos in this cell phone video taken moments after the partial collapse during the cement pour from the second floor. I was on the third floor. I was walking that way. Reporter construction workers knee deep in cement, others dangling from the rebar. Everybody was worried about the coworkers. Reporter as oakland Fire Fighters arrived, those coworkers also sprung into action, putting up a ladder and putting down pieces of plywood on the now still wet cement which was nearly impossible to move through. Its kind of like quick sand. Reporter oakland fire says 15 to 20 construction workers initially were trapped. Everyone got out. It was a very great rescue between us and them. Reporter First Responders transported 12 construction workers to area hospitals for minor injuries. The general contractor on the project is Johnston Moyer construction. The subcontractor is largo concrete, incorporated. Cal osha is now investigating, talking to workers and reviewing safety procedures. Was this a situation in which this could have been prevented . Reporter cal osha says it has inspected both Johnston Moyer and largo 11 times over the last five years. It issued johnston lawyers with low penalties over four of those inspections. Whereas four of largos inspections were accident related. Three resulted in violations for Workplace Safety hazards, including one serious violation for failing to guard reinforced steel which could have resulted in a worker being impaled. In oakland, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. We sent an alert through the abc7 news app about the exclusive video of construction workers dangling from that collapsed building. Lets take a closer look at that video. You can see a worker on the righthand side of your screen lying down on the cement. One of the mans coworkers carlos bell tran, took these shots moments after the accident. You can also see workers hanging from the scaffolding. Now, we have frozen the video here so you can get a better look since the video is a little shaky. Heres one more for you, one more freeze frame. You can see a worker covered in cement being escorted away. The site of that collapse may be familiar to bay area car buyers. And the current project developer has ties to former president bill clinton. Abc7 news anchor kristen sze is here with more on the sites history, current project and the big name politico involved. Alma and larry lets start with the site. From 2011 to 2014, this corner at broadway and hawthorne was home to bay city chevrolet. Now im going to bring you closer so you can take a good look at it. Right there, look. Even today on google maps, you can see the dealership and all the cars on the lot, even though the cars are well gone and the dealership has been demolished. Now lets talk about the project. The city approved it in late 2014, a 150 million mixed use building. Seven stories, 423 apartment units, and 21,000 square feet of commercial space. Now, these are developer renderings of how it will look. Now, im going to show you the developer is city view, based in los angeles. It has buildings you can see in San Francisco and, of course, this one in oakland. Thats the project underway. But look, we did some digging and found who the cofounder and current chairman. Henry cisneros, hud secretary to president bill clinton. I also want to show you some more pictures. These are sketches of the project posted on the architect studio website. The building was supposed to open sometime next year. No word on whether todays accident there may set it back. Larry and alma . All right, thank you, kristen. Pg e crews are working to cap a gas leak in cupertino in apples new campus that is now under construction. Authorities reported the leak just after 2 00 this afternoon on north tanto avenue, not far from north wolf road. Fire fighters evacuated crews working at the Apple Construction site. There is no word of any injuries. A 73yearold man is in Critical Condition today after a suspected drunk driver hit him in livermore this morning. This happened on iz a bell avenue south of 580 just after 10 00 a. M. Police say the man was parked and standing outside his car when the womans suv hit him. He was wadly injured, taken to the eden medical center. The driver of the suv is 42yearold jennifer of pleasanton and she underwent a field sobriety test and has been arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence. Four people including a teenager are in custody following the overnight shooting of a Good Samaritan in gilroy. A witness took the cell phone video of a s. W. A. T. Team in action outside a home off monterey road. Police say a neighbor was breaking into cars around 3 00 a. M. I heard two gunshots and then i heard someone screaming and yelling, bloody murder. The man who stepped in to stop the break in was shot in the leg, but is expected to be okay. New developments in the case of a san jose state Football Player seriously injured in a stabbing, we now have Surveillance Video to show you of the suspects police are trying to find. This security footage was taken in downtown san jose around 1 00 a. M. On sunday morning. Police are trying to identify the man in the white tshirt who is wearing a hat. The second suspect is also wearing a white tshirt, a black beanie and has a long ponytail. The men are accused of stabbing san jose state student chad miller during a fight. Miller is still recovering at the hospital. Turning now to the weather, we are kicking off the Holiday Weekend with, as larry mentioned, gray skies, a little cool out. This is a live look from our mount tam camera. Is that the way i said it, gray skies . Yes. Actually what i said, i said Spencer Christian, its cold outside. And i need a sweatshirt this morning. What is going on . Youre right. It is a bit chilly. It will make us appreciate the warm upcoming our way this weekend a bit more. Heres an interesting feature look at live doppler 7. You see this coastal eddy generated by todays circulation. Massive clouds swirling in a counter clockwise fashion just offshore. We have these once in a while when the circulation is right. This is the rooftop camera overlook being the bay. Mid to upper 60s in oakland, Mountain View and san jose, 59 in half moon bay. Heres the view westward. We have clouds at various levels of the atmosphere. It is mid 60s right now. Santa rosa, napa novato upper 60s at fairfield. Concord and livermore. Fire works tonight, at t part park. The giants take on the braves. After the game, cloud conditions cooperating, youll be able to see some nice fire works. On we go to our overnight forecast animation showing the clouds will thicken during the overnight hours, but theyll pull back to the coast line tomorrow and we have a memorial day weekend warm upcoming our way. Ill give you a closer look at that in a few minutes. Larry . Spencer well see you then. Lets look at the Holiday Weekend traffic. This is the bay bridge, the toll plaza and the bridge has been actually backed up for the last couple of days. Not continuously, but coming into the city has been somewhat challenging look at that. We have a spider on the lens there. Go away, spider. Im afraid of spiders. Dont want you around. Golden gate bridge looking much, much better. Northbound moving nicely, in both directions, skies hazy, otherwise pretty good. In walnut creek, 680, oncoming traffic is new york. That northbound. Thats what the pictures are showing. Southbound side looking good. Well keep you posted throughout the newscast as far as traffic is concerned. Alma . Thanks, larry. Land slides caused by recent storms have caused many People Living near big sur wondering when theyll catch a break. Shop owners want them to know they are open for business. Reporter businesses in big sur, a quiet holiday stretch like no other. One of the most trying years that weve had in 17 years of business. Between the fire and the road closing. Reporter and for francesca, coowner of the local color gallery, it wasnt supposed to be this way. We open our doors every day. We just dont know if anybody is going to walk in. Reporter last saturday a massive land slide hit highway 1 at mud creek between gorda and san simeon. Cutting portions of big sur from the south. Combined with damage from previous storms, cal trans says it can now take up to a year for repairs to be made. Contrary to popular belief, this village is still open and easily accessible to those who are driving from the bay area. At the Big Sur River inn, business is down nearly 70 . Manager hopes to see more visitors soon. Mother nature really is in charge, and the best we can do is react to what she gives us and continue to do the best we can to provide a place for people to come and have a great time. Reporter just up the coast, a much different scene in carmel by the sea where employees at brunos market and deli are getting ready for a busy weekend. Any time one of our cities is, you know, kind of pulled down, we try to stay together, pull together and reinforce our Central Coast feeling. Reporter residents in the region wanting to remain strong for one another. You try and look at the Bigger Picture and what can you learn from this and how can you grow from it. Reporter in big sur, chris nguyen, abc7 news. Chris, some breaking news out of napa today related to the high school hazing scandal. Criminal charges will be filed against students. Latest details coming up in a live report. Plus bandaged and burned, but recovering. These goats that were trapped between a fence and a fire are doing better today, but they still need help. What you can do. Maroon 5, palm petty, thousands of fans and dozens of metal we are following breaking news out of napa. In just the last 15 minutes, the District Attorneys Office announce the criminal charges will be filed against six students involved in the football hazing scandal in napa high. Abc7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman is at Napa High School with reaction on the big decision. Wayne. Reporter as you said, the news came in just before 4 00. They filed petitions on six juveniles in Juvenile Court for juvenile actions for criminal actions, 11 other kids remain under investigation. There was not enough evidence to charge any coaches, according to this press release, nor are there details of charges against any of the kids. For all we know, these could be misdemeanors, or they could be felonies. Earlier today we spoke exclusively with county superintendent of schools barbara nemko. What would be best for the district . If no charges were brought. Reporter what has happened already has been painful enough for the napa skechool board, fo district parents and students. The program has been pulled apart. Players against players, families against families, coaches against coaches. Reporter they expelled nine students for hazing. Four remain out. The county office of education takes appeals and overturns napa suspension of quarterback Johnny Torres based on technicalities according to dr. Nemko. She could not be specific about his role in hazing. If there is anything in due process that was not done or that the boards felt was not done, we have to overturn it. Reporter isnt that pretty serious when a district misses out on due process on something as big as expulsion . Have you ever read the ed code . I piled it up once. Its taller than i am. There are so many ways that you can make a mistake. Reporter so, napas hazing scandal is not over. It would not have been over anyway. A group of parents has already asked for a recall of the Napa School Board and now abc7 news has learned that before the d. A. s announcement, parents had hired an attorney and will file a complaint against the board with a citizens grand jury. The County School board, the County School board will review two more expulsions next week. Live in napa county, Wayne Freedman, abc7 news. All right, wayne, thank you. Spirit airlines is expanding its operations out of Oakland International airport. The discount carrier is adding two new destinations. A nonstop flight from oakland to Baltimore Washington International airport. Spirit offers seven nonstop destinations from oakland with 11 daily flights including chicago, dallas fort worth, houston and los angeles. Keep your mind if sightseeing, two parking lots at either end of the Golden Gate Bridge closed for most of this long Holiday Weekend. The lots will be closed from 11 00 a. M. To 5 00 p. M. Through memorial day to prevent traffic from backing up onto the bridge. You can still reach the parking lots and viewpoints by bus, taxi, ride sharing service, biking or walking. And there will be closures on bart this weekend as well. Oaklands lake merritt station will be shut down through the Holiday Weekend as part of ongoing maintenance work. This is video from bart of the project. Buses will run instead of trains from fruitvale to west oakland and from fruitvale to 19th street. The shut down starts after service ends tonight and service will resume as normal tuesday morning. Visitors flooded into napa today for the first day of bottle rock and people turned out early this morning to catch just a few of the 85 acts who will be hitting the stage this weekend. Some big names, too. Abc7 News Reporter Jonathan Bloom at the napa county fairgrounds. Jonathan, how is it going out there . Reporter last year it was really hot. Today the weather is just about perfect. Names like maroon five, tom petty and the lineup, the festival is sold out and teaming with people. To get in, you have to go through this security line. While it may seem like an inconvenience a week ago, today some folks tell us theyre awfully grateful for it. There are countless reasons to come to bottle rock. Great music, great wine, great beer. Reporter which may be why countless people flooded the tiny road into napa from as far away as texas. You dont find the combination at any other festival. Reporter they found something out of the ordinary. There are definitely more bag checks. They check you with security wands, make you empty possible et cetera. Its more than a year or two ago. Reporter just days after a terror attack in england, security is there are guarded checkpoints. There are a list of people coming through with deliveries or assisting with the event. And its very well controlled. Reporter and fans are preparing, too. We get separated we have a meetup time, back up plans as well in case something did go wrong that we know were all accounted for and going to be safe. Reporter being able to communicate is key. If there is an emergency, we dont want to have any blocked calls. Reporter so at t brought in a mobile cell site what they call a cheese wheel. It looks somewhat like a farm san wheel in the air. Reporter it inincreases capacity ten fold for a media frenz si when a headliner takes the stage. I am die hard tom petty. I have to hear free paul in live and burgers and beer. Reporter something for everyone. Bottle rock enter tanz a lot more guests. You wouldnt have tom petty in coachella. Reporter Jonathan Bloom, abc7 news. Were all sitting here watching and wondering why we are not i know. Wondering what the weather might be like if we were there. We have two more days to make it there, right . Its a threeday festival. The weather is going to warm up the next couple days im happy to say. Maybe it will encourage more of us to get out there. Heres a look at live doppler 7 right now. Were still looking at the great day around the bay. [ laughter ] thats a low clouds, cooler than average. A little bit breezy, coastal air swirling offshore. This is a view from sutro tower looking out over the golden gate. You can see cameras shaking in the breeze. These are forecast features. Cloudy overnight, sunnier tomorrow. A warmer pattern for the Holiday Weekend, memorial day weekend that is. Mild to warm days into the middle of next week. Right now though were looking at increasing clouds as we move into the late night and overnight hours and overnight lows will be in the low to mid 50s. Breezy conditions near the coast line and tomorrow by afternoon well see sunnier skies than weve had today for sure. Although some clouds will linger at the coast, it will be breezy again tomorrow with highs ranging from almost 60 degrees at the coast to mid and upper 60s around the bay. Low to mid 70s inland. Temperatures are gradually rising. Now let me take you to napa where we have two days left of the bottle rock music festival. Saturday and sunday will be sunnier and milder than today with high temperatures both days over the weekend in the 70s in fact, upper 70s by sunday. So, plez ants weather for getting up there for a little music and wine. And if you plan to stay here in the city or venture into the city, there is carnival in the Mission District and both days this weekend here in San Francisco skies will be partly cloudy to mostly sunny. It will be a little bit on the cool side breezy, high temperatures in the low to mid 60s. On we go to the accuweather sevenday forecast. And things are warming up nicely or will be as we head into the threeday Holiday Weekend. A little warmer on sunday than tomorrow. Warmer still on monday memorial day with highs around mid 70s in the bay, 80s inland, 60 on the coast. Temperatures may drop a few degrees mid week on wednesday but bounce back into the low 80s inland on thursday and friday. Through that sevenday period we can expect mostly sunny skies even when the temperatures drop, it will be bright and not so dreary. Can i Say Something right here . You guys are doing this impersonation of me like im iore. I dont say i bet its cold. I didnt say anything about gray. More of a yeller. Anger. It will be cold this weekend. I promise. Thank you. Promise you. Thank you, spencer. Warriors against the cavs. Youre going to impersonate me do it right. What the dubs are saying about the rererematch. Plus. [ screaming ] if you thought the warriors are heavily favored to win the nba championship. Finals Begin Next Week exclusively here on abc7. The dubs will face the cavaliers in the finals. Warriors won it three years ago, last year cleveland. Well see who will win this time around. Cleveland advanced to the finals last night defeating the celtics, crushed them four games to one. Warriors say they are excited about this opportunity, but the long layoff until game one next thursday is kind of challenging. Its a long time until we play. A long layoff. Were just making sure everybody stays locked in every practice. Thats all you can do. Just keep the focus level up, keep intensity level up each and every day. The dubs will have a full nine days off since their last game, the victor over the spurs. You can catch game one of the nba finals next thursday night. Well have a pregame show at 5 00 for you only on abc7. The cavs visiting oracle arena the first two games. The new galaxy ride begins tomorrow. Matt keller took it for a spin live on abc mornings. Matt was a little uncomfortable, better than he did yesterday. His reaction nothing compared to a reporter from our sister station in fresno, kfsn. Check this out. [ screaming ] i feel like he almost said a bad word there. Really . I didnt catch that. Was screaming. Thats reporter cory james live during a newscast last night. And the video has gone viral. More than 1. 3 Million People have checked it out. Disney is of course the Parent Company of both kfsn and abc7. I have to say matt looked like ironman compared to cory. Thats true. Although matts new nickname is where are the handles keller. We love him. With he do. All right. Back to serious news, World Leaders taking on terrorism. Big problem, its the worlds proble problem, and it will be solved. President trumps overseas visit winding down now in italy. But the russia investigation still is not going away. Plus dash announcer live where you live, this is abc7 news. And here are the stories making headlines at 4 30. A construction site collapsed in oakland, injured 12 workers today. Video from an employee shot moments after the collapse shows a person down on the ground while other workers dangle from broken metal rebar to keep from falling. There were no major injuries. Reporter Leslie Brinkley tweeted this photo from sky 7 of a plane crash in concord. It slammed into a light pole at a busy intersection after having mechanical problems. Only the pilot was taken to the hospital. Leslie is headed to the scene and will be live with any breaking details when she arrives. Reporter Laura Anthony tweeted video from tahoe. She said what a difference a year makes. A lot of water flowing for excitement for the summer season. Shell show you the major change year to year coming up at 5 00. President trump is in italy for the g7 summit, a meeting with some of the worlds most powerful leaders. Its the last leg of his first foreign trip. His presence on the world stage has made headlines while the investigation into russian meddling in last years president ial election moves forward. Abc7 News Reporter Stephanie Ramos is live in washington with more. Stephanie . Reporter alma it has been whirlwind trip. President trump hitling five countries in nine days. Speaking with World Leaders, some of them for the first time. President trump is rounding out his first overseas trip with this stop in italy. This is the president s first g7 summit, all agreeing to do more in order to fight terrorism. This week, the United Kingdom suffered one of the worst terrorist attacks in our history. It is at moments such as this that we are reminded of the fundamental importance of this unique group of nations. Reporter the president on the world stage basquing in high praise early on this trip. But then these headline grabbing moments got some attention. The president appearing to push aside the Prime Minister of montenegro and then he told nato leaders to pay up to the military alliance. Nato members must finally contribute their fair share. Reporter but back in washington trumps soninlaw and Senior Advisor Jared Kushner is in the spotlight. Hes not a target in the fbis investigation into russias interference in last years president ial election, but agents do want to ask him a few questions about his interactions with russian officials during the campaign and transition. There is Something Else the fbi is looking into, an attempted overseas cyberattack against the trump organization. Abc news has learned about representatives of the cia. That meeting held the day before trump fired fbi director james comey. Reporter eric trump would not confirm or deny that he and his brother met with the fbi in new york, but he does tell abc news that the company has not been hacked. Alma . And, stephanie, what is on the president s agenda for tonight and when does he head back to washington . Reporter so, as far as the president s trip, it is coming to an end. He and first lady melania went to dinner tonight in italy. It was a hit dinner hosted by italys president. And then they, the president heads back to washington. Hes expected to arrive tomorrow night, saturday evening. Back over to you. All right, Stephanie Ramos reporting live from washington, d. C. , thank you, stephanie. First Lady Melania Trump made quite an impression today with a lunch outing with the spouses of the other g7 leaders. She wore a colorful floral a pli kay jacket that comes off the rack at 51,000. One report noted thats more than most americans make in a year. President trump tweeted out this photo thanking italys president for hosting him and melania in italy. More arrests days after the terror attack on the manchester arena. This is a memorial as it continues to grow and grow. Abc7 News Reporter molly hunter has the latest. Reporter this morning secretary of state Rex Tillerson meeting with British Foreign secretary boris johnson. All across america hearts are broken. And i know that we share that grief with the rest of the world as well. Reporter vowing to drive out the extremists. Every priest, every reverend, and every church, every rabbi in every temple, every imam in every mosque, must condemn the souls of those who carried out these attacks. Reporter with security in the u. K. Still at its highest level, armed troops hit the streets and now guard the trains. In manchester and beyond, the hunt is on for salman abet is accomplices. Early morning raids here, one at a pizza parlor police, say eight total people in custody, but the bomb maker may be still on the loose. And new clues about abedi. He crisscrossed europe on his way home flying from libya to istanbul to deusseldorf before arriving in manchester all undetected. Back in the u. K. He phoned his mother in libya to say forgive me. And so many mothers, of course, youre in manchester, never will. Now as that Investigation Continues here in manchester, this city still grieving. Heres the cover of the local news pap earn. Hail our heros and that memorial behind me will only continue to grow as people stop by laying flowers throughout the day. In manchester, molly hunter, abc news. Ariana grande says shell hold a benefit concert to help victims. Our response to this violence must be to come closer together, to help each other, to love more to sing louder and live more kindly and generously than we did before. She did not announce a date for that concert. She suspended her dangerous woman tour after the bombing. It will restart in paris on june 7th. Now, following the terrorist attack in Manchester United airlines has issued a travel waver for passengers using several british airports. The airline says its passengers will be able to change their flights without paying a fee. The waiver covers flights to or from manchester. In london, heathrow airport, birmingham, ed inberg, and glasgow between may 24th and june 30th. There is still no claim of responsibility for todays deadly attack on a bus carrying christians in egypt. Gun men opened fire on Coptic Christians traveling to a monastery killing 28 people and wounding four. Officials say children are among the victim. It happened in the central egyptian town. The attacks followed a series of Church Bombings claimed by isis. The montana republican charged for assaulting a reporter is now a congressman. Greg gianforte easily beat his democratic challenger by the seat left vacant by the new interior secretary. The Software Executive is accused of misdemeanor assault for allegedly body slamming a reporter on wednesday. Gianforte addressed the issue after his victory. Im not proud of what happened. I should not have responded in the way that i did. And for that im sorry. I should not have treated that reporter that way and for that im sorry, mr. Ben jacobs. Nearly 70 of the votes in this election were cast early before the alleged assault. A life changing experience. The way to keep it back, he doesnt have to volunteer. Meet the doctor who says a patient changed his life and now continues to help to improve the lives of others. Im Michael Finney. Askfinney ahead. As alsz im still taking your questions on twitter and facebook. Post them with the askfinney and ill answer them in just a few minutes. Im Spencer Christian we still have lots of clouds hanging around and the wind is brisk. Ill have the warmer weekend forecast coming up in just a moment more than a dozen nonprofits are getting a boost from the city to help stay afloat in this difficult housing market. The cost of doing business has gone up and its challenged all of our nonprofits so that sometimes they couldnt even afford the kind of challenges they have. Abc7 news was at the 6th Avenue Community youth center today where city leaders announced a 2. 7 million grant, 13 nonprofits that offer services to seniors, under served teens and job seekers will use the money to secure current or future locations. The mayor said nonprofits are vital to the city. His budget next year allocates 1. 2 billion for nonprofits, up 48 million from last year. East bay residents will have a new way to keep cool this memorial day weekend. The wave, a 43 million water park opens tomorrow in dublin. The 31,000 square foot facility features attractions like the slide tower splash zone and sports tool. The park has been under Construction Since 2015 and uses about 480,000 gallons of water to fill its attraction. Tickets for residents range from 13 to 15 and are just 2 more for nonresidence. We need your warm up here. I was going to say i dont think i want to go to the water park if its going to be this cold. Spencer is working on it. A little warmer . Hang out. It will get warmer and warmer as we get into the Holiday Weekend. Right now youre right. Great beach weather if you look at live doppler 7. Low clouds and high clouds and its much cooler than average for this time of the year. Overnight well have lots of clouds spreading inland much as we have seen all week long during the overnight hours. Low temperatures in the Early Morning hours will be in the low 50s. Tomorrow a sunnier day than we had today. A few clouds at the coasts, but it will be breeze i. Upper to mid 60. Inland upper 70 am in some spots. Well be warmer as we get into sunday and monday. Valley Christian High School has a graduation tomorrow at alameda fairgrounds starting at 5 30 going into the evening hours. It will be sunny with temperatures in the 60s. Great graduation weather. Makes you want to go back and do it all over again, right . Maybe not. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. It will get even warmer on sunday and monday memorial day. Mid 830s inland, mid 70s on the coast. Well have seasonal temperatures the remainder of next week. So, it is looking nice and mild and pretty good beach weather especially sunday and monday. Ill go back if youll do all my homework for me. There will be a fee. All right. Thank you, spencer. The new safety concerns about this summers hottest toy, the investigation into the popular financial et spinner. Im 7 on your sides Michael Finney. What can you do if you get medical treatment then find out the doctor isnt in your network . Ill have answers coming up next in askfinney. In honor of Asian Pacific heritage month, we are using our instagram feed. Today we are highlighting the Korean American Community foundation of San Francisco, pictured here is k. W. Lee, considered by many to be the godfather of Asian American journalism. You can learn more on the sunll come out for people with Heart Failure, tomorrow is not a given. But entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. Tomorrow, tomorrow. I love ya, tomorrow in the largest Heart Failure study ever, entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading Heart Failure medicine. Women who are pregnant must not take entresto. It can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. If youve had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, dont take entresto. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure. Kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. Tomorrow, tomorrow i love ya, tomorrow ask your heart doctor about entresto. And help make tomorrow possible. Youre only a day away. Abc7 stars recognize local people doing extraordinary things. Jessica castro from abc7 mornings introduces us to a doctor whose patient changed his life and community. Reporter it is meant to be a home way from home. It is for patients who need an extended stay at local hospitals. The pristine home sits in the parking lot of the Kaiser Permanente tee Santa Clara Medical center. It is adorned with gorgeous roses on the outside and welcoming furniture on the inside. But this story is not about the building, its about this volunteer and the unexpected friendship that started it all. First of all, this is my baby. This is j. W. s baby, my baby, napas baby. When you have your baby, you are not going to let go. Hes an authentic human being who loves j. W. , loves j. W. House. Reporter moyer than a decade ago, dr. Alan wong, a Pediatric Oncologist had a special patient named j. W. K napp in. They forged a unique bond. I would say i love him. We are good friends. Before he died, we were so tight. Reporter j. W. Died of leukemia just before his 17th birthday. In his short life, j. W. Wanted to build a home for families in situations similar to his. The Teenager Fund raised the initial 10,000 and gave the money to dr. Wong, asking the doctor for help to make this home a reality. Suddenly i became a fundraiser, too. And then i became a businessman, too. Reporter when j. W. Died in 2005, dr. Wong and others continued to fund raise and eventually went through with plans, opening the doors in 2008. They loved each other very dearly. This love that they shared through this dream that gave j. W. Hope, gave his family hope, and now certainly has given thousands of people hope. Reporter dr. Wong is here every saturday. I learned how to do laundry in j. W. House. Hes so humble in the way that he gives back. He doesnt have to volunteer. Its just a wonderful example of volunteerism and compassion and empathy. J. W. Changed me. We never hug a patient. We dont hug people. Reporter but he does now. Byebye. Thank you. Reporter i reached out to j. W. s mom and she told me dr. Wong is just a really good human being and has become a family friend. She said, quote, he went above and beyond. So, thank you, dr. Alan wong. Youre an abc7 star for your generosity. To letter more about j. W. House and services, find a link under the story on abc7news. Com. Jessica castro, abc7 news. It is time now for askfinney 7 on your sides Michael Finney answering questions from facebook and twitter. Can a landlord say they do not accept section 8 when renting out their property . Landlords cant just accept exception 8 vouchers. They have to sign up and apply first. There is no law stating they must. Really the short answer is they do not need to accept them. Now, when looking for a new place to live, ask if they accept section 8 vouchers. Another good starting point is the u. S. Department of housing and urban development. Ill post a lincoln our website. It is not a kind of thing where you show up and they have to take it like its cash. Okay. Danielle from moraga asks where should i look if i want to start investing money . First sign up for your 401k at work. Many Companies Manage your money and it grows tax free. A deal way too good to pass up. Start reading a bit about investing online as well. Kiplinger. Com is a great starting point. Very well written. Also check out Charles Schwab and other low cost brokers offer online advice. Once you know just a little bit, enough to be dangerous to yourself, you can invest in mutual funds that track a large part of the market. Dont buy individual stocks like the s p 500, that type of thing. Its not rocket science, but seems hard today. It will actually be a breeze in three or four months if you start educating yourself now. I always say one article a day. If you just start reading one article a day you start to know enough. Interesting. Margaret from daily city asked, am i responsible for a medical bill if i was unaware the doctor was out of network and i did not give consent in i have to tell you, this is a common problem, i hear this a lot. There are actually systems in place to deal with this. You may or may not win, but since you did not give consent to an out of Network Doctor at an innetwork facility, you should file a grievance with your health provider. Tell them you should not be responsible for the extra costs. Now, if that doesnt work, contact the California Department of managed health care. You may or may not win, but thats how you go about it. Now, if you have a question for me, you can record your ten to 15second question and then share it on social media using the askfinney. You can will reach me through facebook and abc7news. Com. Okay, and you have free stuff coming at 5 00. Yeah, we have some cool stuff. Yours are cool stuff. Really cool stuff. Dont miss it. Food, theres food. For those who are willing to wait. Oh, interesting. But theyre fun right away. Okay. Now, a little bit later. Im not very patient. See you at 5 00. Well, the hottest toy on the market right now is being investigated by the Consumer Products safety commission. Investigators are concerned about Fidget Spinner because they can fall apart and be swallowed by children. A womans daughter had surgery to remove a spinner. Not long after his mom showed him the texas girls x ray. It is terrifying. Its heart breaking to see my child choking up blood. I would never want another parent to go through what i went through. Some Fidget Spinner are packaged with a choking hazard warning for children under three years of age. Many schools are banning these toys, not just because theyre dangerous, but teachers find them so distracting in the classroom. Too dangerous to mesa round with for little kids. Yesterday we showed you a frightening video of goats trying to escape this huge fire and they got trapped and overrun by flames. Well, today the goats are on a road to recovery. Well show you exactly how theyre doing. And kristen is here with a look at what is coming up on abc7 news at 5 00. Kristen. Larry and alma, were on river watch. The rainy season and the snow melts add up to a dangerous Holiday Weekend. Military personnel in an armored truck in San Francisco neighborhood, what federal agents have found. And what the warriors now have in common with the new york giants in the 1920s. Those coming up tonight on abc7 news at 8 00 its back to back episodes of shark tank followed by 2020 at 10, and do not miss abc7 news at 11 00. Ael now, yesterday we showed you a dramatic fire in milpitas. You can see it right back here. Sky 7 was over this herd of goats and they were trapped by this wildfire. They had nowhere to go. Amazingly, though, they all managed to survive, although some were hurt. San jose Animal Services is asking for hurt. Abc7 News Reporter david louie has todays update. This pin at san jose Animal Services has ten of the 15 rescued goats, all of them babies. Their injuries include first, second and third degree burns. Perhaps the best indication of what theyve suffered is how quiet they are. They do have emotions so im sure they are traumatized. Like i say, normally you would hear baa or something, but theyre very, very quiet. I mean theyve lost their home, they had to run for their lives yesterday. And, you know, many are in pain. Reporter being herd animals, you can see they are sticking closely together. When they are walking some of them are hobbling indicating they do have injuries to their hooves. Veterinarian is treating hooves with ointment. They were surrendered by the milpitas property owner. He kept five goats that did not appear to be injured. Animal Services Plans to put 15 goats up for adoption after they have recuperated. Sky 7 showed us it is remarkable they all survived the fire. Some of them i think are going to make a decently good recovery. I think some of them, im more on the fence of right now. Im not sure how theyre going to do. Like i said, we do have a goat currently right now on iv so it is in the back still. Reporter this goat is in Critical Condition. The goats require round the clock vet care. Animal services will have to send them to an emergency clinic on weekends when it doesnt have a vet working. That is going to cost an estimated 3,000. The shelter is seeking donations to defray the expenses. In san jose, david louie, abc7 news. They look scared there. You can see them all shaking. They are obviously rattled by that experience. Well, if you can help with expenses to care for the goats, you can donate online. We do have the lincoln our website, abc7news. Com. Yeah, cute little guys. Yeah. A reminder you can get the latest news any time with the abc7 news app, download it for tree. Be sure to enable push alerts to be the first to know about breaking news where you live. All right. That is going to do it, though, for this edition of abc7 news at 4 00 today. Thank you so much for joining us. Im alma daetz. Im larry beil. Have a great Holiday Weekend. Abc7 news at 5 00 starts right now. Breaking news in concord, a Small Plane Crashes on a city street. One person is hurt. Were there live. Plus. People just screaming. Screaming and trying to help others get out. Scaffolding at a construction site gives way, workers fall to the ground below. In livermore, debris liters the roadway. A suspected drunk driver is arrested. A man now fighting for his life. And a warning for people headed to lake tahoe. The rivers are rushing and the danger is rising. Announcer now from abc7 news, live breaking news. That breaking news is in concord, a small plane makes a crash landing, slamming into a light pole, an entire wing is completely sheered off and the pilot is injured. Good evening, im eric thomas in for dan ashley. And im kristen sze. Thanks for joining us. This accident happened just short of the citys general aviation airport. Now well show you a map. The crash was at solano way and marsh drive near buchanan field. Abc7 News Reporter Leslie Brinkley is live at the scene with the latest. Leslie . Reporter quite the scene. We have busy highway 4 behind us. We have a major intersection and a plane crashing in the middle of it, you see it back there right on the corner at 2 45 this afternoon. Thats when this small single engine glass star plane went down. Lets take a look at a view from sky 7 of the wreckage. The plane was taking off from buchanan field when the pilot reported a mechanical problem. The plane turned around to come back, but missed the runway just a few hundred feet away really from the air field. The plane crashed into a stop light at this intersection sheering off one of the wings. Witnesses at an adjacent car dealership told abc7 news they saw no smoke from the plane as it came down. It did not catch fire. The pilot was the only one on board and was pulled out of the plane by a

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