Three gift cards at 1,000 each. A few hours later the scammers called dr. Tomasini to get the code numbers from the back of the cards and then the reality hit. I was at work and my sister called and said oh, my god, dad just got scammed out of 3,000. Reporter her father then filed a Police Report with the Oakland Police department and his case is not the first. In fact, best buy has posted warnings about this scam on its web page, but inside the emeryville store at the register we found no such warnings. Best buy knows about the scam and the real corker is best buy keeps the money because the cards cannot be converted to cash. They can only be used at best buy. So my money goes back to best buy. They buy goods and then they sell them on the black market for whatever they can get. Reporter best buy says it works closely with Law Enforcement once a crime has been reported and its employees have been trained to spot seniors buying large dollar amounts of gift cards, but no one stopped dr.
Employees to 250. Most of them working with Student Financial aid. National Transportation Safety board staffing will be reduced from 405 to 22 people. This weekend the shutdown had a big impact on tourism here in the bay area. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard has the story. Reporter the parking lot to muir woods was off limits, blocked by u. S. Park police. The National Monument was closed for the first time sunday. A victim of the Government Shutdown. Were a bit disappointed. They told us we could go in. Reporter these tourists from ohio were told by police they could enter the woods but at their own risk. Beautiful. Pretty big trees. Reporter debbie kevin kline sa clooin said it wasnt the same. The government shuts them down to us when they belong to us. Its very disappointing. Im surprised. Ive never seen it ever be closed. Reporter it was a surprise to see gates closed to port bridge. Its a hassle. Reporter a favorite for runners and tourists part of the golden gate Recreation A
Earlier today, it looked like the two parties were close to an agreement. Senators took a proposal. Minority leader Chuck Schumer followed a 90 minute meeting this afternoon. This resolution would fund the government through february 8. Schumer and mcconnell met for have an hour to discuss emile a deal. Immigration on the daca debate still seem to be at the center of the impasse. The deep divisions between the parties mean hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be furloughed again tomorrow. Senate leaders Mitch Mcconnell and senator schumer Chuck Schumer worked to strike a deal and and the Government Shutdown down. Shutdown. Lets get back to work. Reporter South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham saying if they dont figure it out tonight, it will be a lot harder tomorrow. To my democratic friends, dont overplay my hand. The Government Shutdown is not a good way to get an outcome legislatively. Reporter grandma is among the republicans who voted with republicans against the govern
System moving in on wednesday and mike is tracking the wet roads. You told the tale of the conditions out there. We also see that on our road weather index, the green highlighting anywhere north of the dumbarton bridge, but all around the coast for 101 slicker conditions, be careful. Ive been watching this crash and slowdown weve seen pop up from time to time northbound 280 approaching cesar chavez. We officially only have the fast lane opened by an Early Morning crash. Chp struggling to get this opened by 5 10. North 101 will keep you clear of that incident but those round ro bins are causing slowing from time to time but not all the time. Easy drive approaching the bay bridge toll plaza. Wet out there. Soupy. Just be careful this morning despite the lighter traffic right now. Back to you. A busy morning in south san jose right now as investigators work two different scenes. Breaking news right now as police are surrounding a south San Jose Hotel this morning, a standoff that has been
We haveq rn our camera right ar tassajara and theres more slowing toward hacienda. There may have been movement where the crash was approaching hacienda and the dublin interchange. We will show you the map where we see a little slowing in the trivalley and wet roadways throughout the bay. You need to lower those speeds. Over here is where the crash rash crash is in the dublin area for 580, another crash around sunol should be on the shoulder but enough distraction to cause slowing toward the sunol valley. Things are smooth around the Castro Valley y. The metering lights are on at the toll plaza at the bay bridge. We are following that breaking news out of the south bay this morning. A very busy morning in south san jose as investigators worked two different scenes. This is video of police surrounding a hotel overnight. A standoff thats now been under way for about 12 hours. Today in the bays pete suratos live at the scene, its happening at the Wyndham Garden Hotel close to highway 101.