>> snap chat's parent company goes public. >> everybody here in the bay area is watching this closely. >> daniels is a consultant focused on snap. it may inspire local tech companies to get serious. >> seeing what happened today could really get boards excited. and if boards in the next couple months start saying, let's be like snap, we could have just a -- quite a herd of really nice companies, and unicorns heading toward the markets. that would be awesome. >> potentially awesome for those companies, what about the bay area economy and housing market, which has been pricing people out for years. >> one ipo like that could make a difference. >> steve has been a realtor in san francisco for 40 years, and says, tech has changed the market, facebook's public offering in 2012, almost doubled the number of million dollar listings in menlo park. >> people make an offer in good faith, and the property gets bid up 20%, very frustrating. folks do leave the city because of that. another blockbuster ipo just makes that worse. >> some bay area companies will likely start getting ready to go public this year, and may ipo in 2018. there may be some time before the next big real estate boom. kate larson, abc 7 news. dozens of protesters took to the streets today in venice beach where snap is headquartered, they're unhappy the company has taken a lot of retail spaces in the area. >> people come to see street performers and artists. if this keeps up, venice beach is going to see a bunch of private offices. with security guards who treat people like they shouldn't be there. >> snap responded with no one could have anticipated how quickly we've grown, and we have already gun focusing our future growth outside of venice. >> amazon is explaining what led to the big internet out average last week. a swoorker hit the wrong key. amazon writes, unfortunately, one of the inputs to the command was entered incorrectly, and a larger set of servers was removed than intended. amazon's cloud base and web services went down on the east coast for more than four hours tuesday. the system hosts a half a million websites, including netflix, air b & b or spotify. when it goes down, it causes major issues down stream. >> a heroic rescue in san jose. witnesses say a distraught man jumped into the water at pier 23, when it appeared he was going under. two good samaritans, one a former lifeguard jumped into action. >> he's paddling trying to keep his weight up. his energy gave up, and that's when it was time to make some moves. >> once we put our hands on him, he calmed down, and he was fine. not in hysterics any more. >> paramedics checked out the man at the scene and took him to the hospital. new at 6:00, police arrested this man for trying to steal an ice cream truck in fairfield. tony antoine walker jumped on the truck and tried to drive off. but crashed and took off on foot. he tried to carjack three other vehicles before officers detained him. >> firefighters knocked down a big fire that burned a vallejo home this afternoon in less than 30 minutes. sky 7 flew over the scene a few hours ago. no one needed to be rescued from inside the home. >> a top administrator in a south bay center has been arrested for possessing child porn. in the '70s, he volunteered as the sunnyvale boy scout troop. the agency says, lang has been suspended from his post pending further investigations. the center is koomting with authorities. teachers in san jose are on the lookout for signs among children of stress and trauma from the coyote creek flood. the city revealed that nearly all homes have been cleared for people to return to. mud and debris cleanup continues. tomorrow the city expects to have a better picture of what they estimate is $73 million in damage. one of the hardest hit neighborhoods is called rock springs. david louie joins us live with many of the children from that neighborhood go to class. david? >>. >> because of the flooding, some of the students at this school are going to see disruption lasting weeks if not months. many of them are living in a shelter. learning must continue. and their teachers are going to take a close look at their learning process. >> we can't expect students to learn if their basic needs, safety are not met. >> the superintendent of the franklin mckinley school district has teachers watching schools closely, one in ten of them has been displaced or impacted by the coyote creek flood. they're looking for coping and stress issues, which can lead to inattentiveness, combativeness or lashing out at teachers. >> it's not just the children that were affected that we're monitoring, the entire school. so teachers are checking with all their students in their classroom to make sure that they're ready to learn. >> 8-year-old ester gomez sees a sadness around her. one of her classmates is a flood victim. >> we're sad her house got flooded. she's a nice kid in class. and -- >> is she feeling better now? >> i think she is, pretty sure she is. >> ester is giving up recess today, to help fold the many donated clothes volunteers have collected for families. it's an act of kindness that helps to lift spirits. the school has raised $32,000 on a go fund me page. >> they came to school with what they had on when they left their home when this thing devastated their home. luckily, because of what we have here, they're able to get back somewhat of what they've lost. >> in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. knorr salman will stay in jail, this is after a judge in florida just hours ago agreed with a prosecution request to keep her behind bars. she'll stay there while the judge decides if she should remain in custody until her trial. she's charged with helping her husband scout out possible targets was scheduled for release tomorrow. yesterday the judge in oakland said it was debatable whether the prosecution has enough evidence to convict her. an accident on 880. no one was hurt. leslie brinkley is live from oakland with more on the story. >> a $10,000 reward was offered for any information leading to whoever fired upon this offduty oakland officer overnight. by afternoon, there were a couple arrests, this has only rkindled worries about gunfire on freeways. >> there are three arrests, two associated with this particular shooting, one unrelated. i'm very grateful that our officer is okay. >> at 11:40 wednesday night, an offduty oakland police officer was fired at on southbound 880 at 16th avenue, his car was struck. but he was not injured. police tried to make a traffic stop, but the suspect vehicle escaped into an east oakland neighborhood. here are the tire tracks from where the car was abandoned in this yard. it was just last saturday night that a 28-year-old man was gunned down and killed on highway 4 in antioch. last year there were dozens of freeway shootings throughout the east bay, chp is already investigating 9 more incidents in 2017. >> it's difficult for you to investigate these freeway shootings? >> yes. >> because of the size and scope and cars that are out there, the fact that everything's in place, as far as cars are moving. >> san pablo police just activated three new freeway cameras as a supplement to their city surveillance. >> we had two shootings on the freeway, there was a lack of witnesses and a lack of witnesses that were able to recall accurately what had happened. >> pittsburg put up 14 freeway cameras to catch crime in progress. a vast network of wireless cameras all along i-80 and highway 4, a hotbed they say of gang violence. the cameras would be triggered by shot spotters to turn in the direction of gunfire. i'm lesley brinkley, abc 7 news. the price gouging of tourists on the golden gate bridge, the serious claims about a rental car company. and the question we discovered that could have visitors save them big bucks. california dreamers face a midnight deadline. why fewer undocumented students are reaching out for financial aid. >> sandia patel, a stunning sun set after a spring like day, i'll show you the changes that are coming for the weekend. women need a room of their own in their own community. >> tonight you're going to hear from the real lgbt pioneers who are among the minis five years ago, california passed a law -- applications are down in part because of the current political climate. what's being done to make sure they get their applications in by tonight's deadline. >> jessica is a student at city college san francisco. she also describes herself as a dreamer, meaning, she was brought to the united states as a child, and has remained here undocumented. >> like thousands of undocumented students in california, she's entitled to apply for the dream act. meaning state financial aid for college. >> irene thely applied for the dream act. i knew about the deadline, made sure to get it in right away. >> the deadline is tonight at midnight, in california, there are fewer applicants than last year, when 34,000 applications were received. dreamers are afraid any information will be shared with other government agencies, including ice. >> they fear they'll use this information against them, and they'll be knocking down their doors. >> they ensure them their information is confidential. >> if you don't apply, you won't be able to attend school. even though under trump's administration, i feel like people still shouldn't be afraid to apply. >> city college of san francisco sent out reminders to current students about tonight's deadline. >> we have a task force to support undocumented students on campus, so we're very proactive in trying to let students know if they're undocumented they're absolutely welcome here at city college of san francisco. >> san francisco unified has reached out to dreamers in the district to make sure they have applied. otherwise, they'll have to wait until next year. >> in san francisco, leann melendez, abc 7 news. chevrolet is going to offer unlimited data through its onstar program. drivers can turn their cars into hotspots. data usage increased 200% from 2015 to 2016. unlimited data costs $20 per month. gas prices have been going up lately, and they're about to rise even more. >> california statewide average is just under $3 per gallon, that's according to aaa, that's an increase of 10 cents in the past month, and more than 50 cents in the past year. gas prices are expected to rise soon. here's a look at the current prices across the bay area. san francisco as usual has the highest cost for gas at $3.09 per gallon. drivers can save a few more pennies in the east bay, even less in vallejo and santa cruz, where it's $2.85 per gallon right now. without fast track, it costs 7.50 to cross the golden gate bridge. some drivers in hertz rental cars have paid much more than that. now the city attorney is suing hertz over fees that have cost unsuspecting tourists millions of dollars over the last few years. >> no doubt the golden gate bridge is iconic, it's likely anyone visiting the bay area who rents a car would drive over the bridge during their visit. they can't pay cash at the toll. one rental car company in particular is taking advantage of that, and needs to stop. this couple began their journey right here on the air train. >> they keep calling it the golden state bridge, it's the golden gate bridge. >> matthew goldberg says what rental car company hertz corporation is doing to unsuspecting tourists is no laughing mat ter. >> we believe has been defrauding their consumers of millions of dollars in fees over the past four years. >> any hertz customer who doesn't pay their toll within 48 hours of crossing the bridge will be charged more. >> it's kind of all fine print. >> including that service fees can run nearly $25. >> if i didn't ask you, how would i have known? you wouldn't have. >> the hertsz employee said customers who don't ask up front will find the pamphlet inside their rental car also he explains to them, the less expensive option is read before you get home. >> who's going to read these things, it's annoying. >> brimming with fees, delivered after their vacation is over. >> in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. gorgeous day as you saw there, good evening to everyone, look at the post sun set glow. we have pretty clear skies looking for this vantage point. those temperatures are still comfortable. san jose, you're at 60 degrees, gilroy, 63, a lovely view from our emeriville camera, low 60s from santa rosa. here's how warm it got today for winter standards it was above average. 73 in clover dale. got up to 68 today in concord great day for the beach and the middle of winter. >> we're not tracking rain yet, but we're expecting it it's a dark view, one more mild day tomorrow. cooler weekend with rain. tomorrow morning, when you get going, you're going to notice there's more high cloud cover around, the temperatures are not going to fall quite as much. mid to upper 30s, you will see patchy fog in our inland east bay. for your afternoon with all the extra clouds, temperatures are dropping. we'll go upper 50s to mid-60s. the storm impact scale appears for your weekend. it's a light system, a one. rainfall between a tenth to an inch. we're expecting light to moderate rain with low snow levels. snow could be falling as low as 2500 feet on sunday. especially. hour by hour forecast, 5:00 a.m. saturday, the rain is in mendocino county, moving into santa rosa, it's still in the north bay primarily, right on through about 12:00. then it slides southward at 2:00 p.m. by 5:00 p.m., you're looking at pockets of moderate rain, looking at yellows and dark greens here. by 7:00, it's in the east bay, the peninsula to south bay, good idea to have your rain gear handy. some snow will be falling up over the hills, above lake county, and that kins into sunday morning. we will switch over to showers and possibly snow over mount hamilton there. you can download the abc 7 news app and track all the rain that's coming to the bay area. 12k3w4r increasing clouds, decreasing temperatures tomorrow. it's dry again. it's a one, cooler weather. on monday, some morning lingering showers. back up to the 70s. >> a storm separated a dog from her puppies. >> they're these adorable puppies can rest well, they were separated from their mom when they weren't even two weeks old. they're on the road to happy and healthy lives. they heard crying noises last week, they dug under a school building and found puppies. three were taken to the spca fo this video. a female dog that had recently given birth had been found and taken to a different shelter. the puppies are being nursed back to health. >> could that be sweeter? >> a gaggle of geese is causing problems in the east bay. they attacked a man taking a walk. abc 7 news was in walnut creek taking a gander at the geese. it was here yesterday that a.j. was taking a walk, he says three geese began to attack him. a.j. ran but fell and hurt his leg. he thinks the geese are vicious. >> well, they have to get rid of the geese, there's no question, is it going to injure a child? there are a lot of children in that park, i think it's inevitable a child will be injured. >> who would be liable if such an injury happens. >> we talked with a city spokesperson who told us, birds are not considered a substantial risk, walnut creek likely does not have liability. >> diamonds and emeralds are the star of a new jewelry show. >> hear the lessons these students learned from a civil rights icon. just by going to school. i appreciate that some have taken the view that this was a false comment. >> the continued calls from california democrats for jeff sessions to step down over questions about his contact with the russians. has crazy low prices. do you know how we do it? - how? - bargainomics! say, if california has a bumper crop and produces too many oranges. or a winemaker in sonoma suddenly has 1000 bottles too many. we've got name-brand, 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politicians. >> kristen sze has a sampling of opinions from top leaders of both parties. >> the attorney general is recusing himself from the trump campaign probe involving russian contacts. democrats aren't buying it. nancy pelosi tweets, we are far past recusal, jeff sessions lied under oath, anything less than resignation or removal from office is unacceptable. >> southern california congressman ted lieu is calling for two prosecutors. >> you don't really forget about a meeting with the russian ambassador, and then not only has he not collar phied, he's changed his story. >> and the fact of the matter is, he did not tell the truth under oath before the judiciary committee of the united states senate. >> most republicans are quiet, but darrell issa tweets, news overnight affirms what i've been saying, we need an independent review, and jeff sessions should recuse himself. camel la harris is urging an online petition urging for jeff sessions resignation. california's attorney general will open an office in washington, d.c.. javier says it's because of expected battles with the trump administration a former lettive affairs director for the obama administration will run the office. some say he should focus on the state and they're concerned about how it may look to taxpayers. his press office hasn't said how much the office will cost. a pioneer of the civil rights movement, spoke to students and staff in the san ramon student school district today. this comes to hateful graffiti scrambled on a few of the high school campuses. >> make sure your armor is on. >> terence roberts is one of the little rock 9. one of the first black students to attend central high school in arkansas, following the brown versus board of education supreme court decision. his first day of school, he was met by an angry mob and the national guard. >> the ma main thing was opposition to our presence. every day we knew we would have to push our way in, and force our way into situations that we were constantly being shoved out of. >> roberts is now an activist. he spoke to students and staff from the san ramon valley school district. he focused on his experience during the civil rights movement, and how to fight for equality today. >> there will be many battles to fight. choose the hill you will die on. >> i liked what he was saying about having us sit down at a roundtable and talk. >> she hopes his story encourages dialogue among her peers. in the fall, racist graffiti was found at monte vista and cal high school. >> people talking about coming from ghettos or mentioning comments about my hair or my friend's hair, little things that are quips, but they still hurt. >> rick schmidt invited roberts here in part because of the graffiti. >> we have work to do, and today was another example of our dedication to doing that. >> he believes roberts powerful message of overcoming hate and finding strength within is what students need to hear. alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. stanford health care's first facility in the east bay will open in two weeks. this is video of what the new outpatient center in emeriville looks like the two story building includes specialty care and x-ray care. it's located on hollis street. the building opens on march 16th. >> here's a great headline. california's statewide drought is nearly over. the latest map from the u.s. drought monitor shows nearly three quarters of the state is no longer in a drought. right now only sections of santa barbara, ventura and imperial counties remain in severe drought. that's the third of five levels of drought. compare that to this time last year. most of the state was in severe drought, with all that red and dark red being exceptional drought. that's the worst possible stage, so we've seen tremendous improvement. >> the fire rings at ocean beach have gotten a makeover. they showed off these new square pits so people can make fires and stay warm. the park service removed the old fire rings over the winter. it may not be the best beach weather this weekend. a live look at santa cruz. >> the updated forecast as we continue. also ahead. >> what would you buy with $2 million? a nice house, 80,000 shares of the company that makes snap from now until saturday, can you see a few of those things at a well known san francisco jewelry store. the rare jewels aren't quite priceless, in fact, there's a price tag on everything. >> this was made in 1935. >> a collaboration between two of the era's hottest daughters. >> slightly over $2 million, so a little out of my budget for my birthday. >> that's the sort of piece you'll find at this event showing off estate jewelry. >> some of these pieces have been owned by dignitaries, personalities, celebrities. >> the star of the show, a necklace made for katherine de nov. she's an icon. >> to have a 26 karat emerald is so extremely rare, of this quality. >> for the fashion designer who's wearing it. >> this is my first model walk, thank you for enjoying that with me. >> the price tag is something to aspire too. >> it's so beautiful and feels so good around my neck. i have to maybe take this home. >> it may sound like a lot to spend on a necklace. alongside the ups and downs of real estate and the stock market, it could be a solid investment. >> most of these do increase in value, like the cartier piece or the davideb piece. while some are priced in the millions, some are only in the 10s of thousands of there's always the possibility -- >> you think you're going to walk away with something shiny today? >> i certainly hope so, i think the more the merrier, i don't believe in less is more. >> less is more, when you're styling a piece like this. >> karen kept the dresses simple for this event. the jewelry is the fashion statement. >> it doesn't matter what else you're wearing? >> no, i could wear a burlap sack and this would look lovely. >> jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >> the more you read the more things you will know. the more that you learn, the more places you'll go. it's dr. seuss's birthday, which is why today, we're celebrating read across america today. abc 7 news was at sunset elementary school, the chief of the fire department read books to students. >> i think reading is fun. >> why? >> because there's exciting new words you can learn, and there's cool pictures. >> she's exactly right many today is the 20th anniversary of read across america day, which is the nation's largest celebration. the champions of the lgbt movement with the miniseries when we rise. it's okay to cry, right? no more! we don't want anymore! [crying] ahhhhhhhhhh! everyday price and no extra monthly fees, unlike cable. speeds up to 45 megs, for $30 a month. san francisco is taking legal action toll protect the rights of transgender students across the country. san francisco has filed an amicus brief with the u.s. supreme court. this brief supports transgender students rights to be free from discrimination at school. including being able to use the bathroom of their choice. tonight at 9:00, abc continues its groundbreaking miniseries on the lgbt rights movement. >> two of the characters are based on two women from right here in the bay area. >> which programs do we sacrifice? rape crisis? battered women? >> the roma i knew years ago, wouldn't be deterred by a crisis. >> we were involved in the formation of the women's building. >> they've been part of the women's movement their entire adult lives. >> women need a room of their own in their own community. >> when the women's building opened, it was the first of its kind, roma and dion provided women a safe place away from violence, and gave them access to health care and mental 4e8th services. now, it's still a building run by women for women. >> but the work -- >> the work we did together -- >> roma and dion met in togo in the early '70s while working for the peace corps. >> dion and are are getting married. >> as you'll see in "when we rise." they went on to build a family. they crossed paths with cleve jones over the years. he's a lifelong political activist. based partially on his life. dustin lance black wanted to hear more from roma and dion. >> lance and others fell in love with our family. they had found some sort of a gold mine to tell a story. it was a good san francisco story. >> that family included many men stricken by aids. >> how has it changed over the last five years. >> well, the numbers have changed. >> abc news has spoken to dion many times over the years. she was one of the first nurses to treat hiv patients at san francisco's general hospital. she was there when they started the aides ward. >> when we opened the ward it was a 12 bed ward that often times wasn't full. >> reporter: she ended up working with mostly men. >> i was assigned to the adult medical service which was ward 5c. and half of the patients on that ward were patients living with aids. >> many of the gay men who died in the wards had been abandoned by their families. women from the women's building, and nurses stepped in to fill the void. >> we're drawn to the care of those patients, for the most part, because we were either lesbians or gay men. >> it's going to take vision for us to step up. >> i'm asking you to dig deep for our brothers. >> reggie akee, abc 7 news. >> you can see more of dion and roma's story tonight at 9:00 right here on abc 7. tune in an hour earlier, to catch a special episode, when we rise, the people behind the story, that starts at 8:00, followed by night three of when we rise. and stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. the bay area is a beautiful place. >> matt captured these rolling hills near napa. he says that's mt. st. helens. >> it's a nice shot, isn't it? notice those green hills, all the rain we had and mt. st. helena is where the radar is. it's in the clear, but we will be seeing rain soon. and snow in the sierra nevada. saturday at noon, until monday at midnight. we have a winter storm watch, 1 to 2 feet with the gusty winds, expect chain controls and travel delays. look at the resorts, they're going to be picking up quite a bit of snow. 14 inches, tahoe city, if you want to get away, tomorrow's your day. >> partly cloudy, friday, mix of rain and snow saturday. it's going to be gusty, with snowy gusty conditions on sunday. still on the mild side, not as warm as today. upper 50s to mid-60s. the increasing cloud cover will result in a slight dip of temperatures. a storm for the weekend. a light system, one on our storm impact scale, saturday through monday. could even see some naurs on sunday, believe it or not, over our highest peaks. we bring back the warmth mid week. baseball's just around the corner, but we're still thinking football? >> that's right. the top college football players doing their best to impress this weekend. christian mccaffrey gets his chance to make a lasting impact at the combine. how the dubs the warriors are playing his first game since kevin durant's injury. the sky is not falls, even though k.d. is expected to be out a month, the dubs are still the betting favorite. since resigning with the dubs, he'll be expected to pick up some of the slack he did. came in in the second and instantly puts points on the board. dubs up 6. steph curry showing off his handles and the finish, with the left hand. curry with 12 points in the half. grant gets steph to bite, and hits the three, to give the bulls a one point lead. back comes golden state. draymond green with the runner and golden state retakes the lead, we are going back and forth. more golden state, this time it's klay thompson, he misses, but it bounces right to steph, who says thank you very much. and right now, the bulls lead the warriors by two points. women's basketball, she had a cool dozen. christina would take over in the second half. she had 12 points in the third quarter. cal led after three, that's three points in case you're following along. she would add 11 more in the fourth. she had 13 boards. cal wins it 71-58. they will take on oregon state tomorrow in the quarterfinals. kohling kaepernick will stand during the national anthem next season. he no longer wants his protest to take away from the positive change he believes has created. has been created. that's according to a report from espn, it sounds to me like the power of the all mighty dollar, he's about to hit the free agent market after deciding to opt out of his contract, that leads the niners at quarterback, looking like this. >> free agency is something we're examining. the draft, other options as well. both kyle and i from the start, that's one thing we talked a lot about in our discussions. i'd love to tell you that a strong safety, free safety is that position you have to have. i believe it's important, but the quarterback position is one you have to hit on. >> jack delrio is looking for more blocks to build the raiders foundation. they lost derek carr on christmas eve. coach, if you can do it again, what would you change? >> don't lose your quarterback, we finished the year, i was disappointed. because -- you know, in my opinion, what we need to be about is hey, let's rally, let's rally around, let's find a way, let's get it done no matter what, and we weren't able to do that. >> well, christian mccaffrey feels disrespected in this year's class of running backs. this is not going to help. the former stanford cardinal only did 10 reps of 225 pounds on the bench. he can rep out 12 right now, lifting weights doesn't make you a good football player. it may leave some teams questioning his power and durability to be an every down back in the national football league. >> i play with a chip on my shoulder, i feel like a lot of people don't give me credit for my skills and talents. that's just the way it is. i don't really care too much. i don't feel like i'm crazy disrespected. i have a chip on my shoulder at all times. check this catch out, lee use taking the bear handed grab to the next level. who needs a glove, when you can do that. check that out, look out. he says, i got it, no problem. who's next. >> if you can do that with your bare hand, just imagine what he can do with the glove. he's a mets prospect looking to make the team. something tells me he's going to catch somebody's eye. >> thanks anthony. >> join us tonight at 9:00, a state employee was paid with your tax money to watch youtube videos and play games. the surprising response from his boss. >> at 11:00, the top executive for a south bay nonprofit has been arrested for child porn. we have the response tonight from the youth center where he worked. that's all for now. >> thanks for joining us. - gr"wow" means you savehome of50% or more.gs. there are three stages of wow: denial... - is this price right? 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