tonight, we go in depth into four investigations already drawing thousands of viewers online at nbcbayarea.com. and we begin with a look into a new scheme putting rideshare passengers at risk. when you get into an uber or lyft, how do you know who s really behind the wheel? we ve uncovered an underground market that allows people to rent rideshare accounts and drive without going through a background check, and you, as the passenger, would never know it. female: well, i m supposed to be trusting them to give me a ride, get me to my destination, but liz: back in july, this young richmond woman took a lyft home from work. she d done it dozens of times before, but she had no idea this time her driver would turn it into a white-knuckle ride. female: and he s like , oh, oh, and he starts backin up on a one-way street. i m like and this is the entering street onto the highway, and he s backing up on this one-way. i was like, do not do that, don t. he s like, no? and i was li
our next speaker is russell mulchiver. he s the editor for over three decades of the corporate crime reporter, a newsletter based in washington, d.c. he explores corporate crime and he is a founder of single paid action and he s in charge of single pay action. he also founded and runs morgancountyusa.org in western virginia. works at the local level as well like jim henry. morgancountyusa. morgancountyusa.org. is the author of corporate crime and violence and the abuse of public trust. it s put out by an environmental group. he lives in berkeley springs, west virginia, and he s probably interviewed more people than anyone you ve ever met over the years. he once actually put out a daily newspaper five days a week and had interviews in each one. the corporate crime reporter, which is not in any of the law school libraries, he is trying to expand the documentation of corporate crime. he s in touch with scholars all the time around the world. welcome, russell mulchiver. [ app
ranger now. only spotty showers here and there. but this was a needed break after all of the waves of heavy rain we saw earlier, especially in sand rafael abparts of marin county and moves up through sonoma and napa county. now a break. and then some dryer weather. but the system is spinning just to the west and wobbling not moving that much as we can see the center of low pressure just offshore and drawing in a lot of moisture for parts of are our coast and also in the north bay. that s where the rain has been concentrated. and then look at how much we measured. unbelievable amounts of rain and spots like monteriop and ukiah had an inch. santa rosa had over an 1.25. and almost an inch in sand rafael. and napa at a acquire inch and san francisco a quarter inches rain there. then heading to the south of san francisco, those rain totals drop off significantly and the rest of us haven t seen much. as we go through the rest of the day probably wondering how the day shapes up, it
across the bay area so the commute is going to be a mess. winds will be a problem tomorrow as well. and flash flood watch for the burns car areas to the main may have been a factor. the driver of this truck told police he lost control. it spilled 30 gallons of fuel and crews were able to contain the spill. preparations for tomorrow s stoefrm, abc7 news reporter laura anthony joins us live with the story. laura? reporter: residents are not the only ones getting ready for the storm. he has everything people might need. it s a shopping trip to the local hardware store to pick up items that may be essential. like tarps. there is bungee cords and ponchos. they ll keep an eye on the football field that flooded over the weekend and could well do it again tomorrow. what happens when we have a flood is that it can wrinkle and tear seams of the field. east bay mudd had crews near jack east bay mud will continue to monitor the situation as the next rains move through. be
tomorrow, the bay area will be hit with a strong storm, we ve only seen storms like this twice for the entire year, good evening, and thanks for joining us tonight. it s going to be intense. tomorrow s storm going to bring gusty winds and drenching rains and we should expect flooding. abc7 news is helping you get prepared tonight and we begin with spencer christian to explain when the worst of the storm will hit. you can see we have areas of light scattered rain at the moment but here is our storm moving into the eureka area now and it s going to be a powerful one. the storm ranks three. we haven t had a three in nine months. this produces gusts up to 50 miles per hour. and flooding and wipd damage are also possible. notice by 6:00 in the morning we ll see areas wide spread of moderate to heavy rainfall into san francisco, then, rain continues to spread and notice areas in yellow, orange, and red and heavy down pours spread across the bay area so the commute is going to