Snap chats 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, lets 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, facebooks 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, theyre 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 shouldnt be there. Snap responded with no one could have anticipated how quickly weve 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. Amazons 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. Hes paddling trying to keep his weight up. His energy gave up, and thats 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 cant expect students to learn if their basic needs, safety are not met. The superintendent of the Franklin MckinleySchool District has teachers watching schools closely, one in ten of them has been displaced or impacted by the coyote creek flood. Theyre looking for coping and stress issues, which can lead to inattentiveness, combativeness or lashing out at teachers. Its not just the children that were affected that were monitoring, the entire school. So teachers are checking with all their students in their classroom to make sure that theyre ready to learn. 8yearold ester gomez sees a sadness around her. One of her classmates is a flood victim. Were sad her house got flooded. Shes 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. Its 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, theyre able to get back somewhat of what theyve 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. Shell stay there while the judge decides if she should remain in custody until her trial. Shes 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. Im 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 28yearold 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. Its difficult for you to investigate these freeway shootings . Yes. Because of the size and scope and cars that are out there, the fact that everythings 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 i80 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. Im 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, ill show you the changes that are coming for the weekend. Women need a room of their own in their own community. Tonight youre 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. Whats being done to make sure they get their applications in by tonights 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, shes 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 theyll use this information against them, and theyll be knocking down their doors. They ensure them their information is confidential. If you dont apply, you wont be able to attend school. Even though under trumps administration, i feel like people still shouldnt be afraid to apply. City college of San Francisco sent out reminders to current students about tonights deadline. We have a task force to support undocumented students on campus, so were very proactive in trying to let students know if theyre undocumented theyre 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, theyll 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 theyre about to rise even more. California statewide average is just under 3 per gallon, thats according to aaa, thats 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. Heres 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 its 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, its likely anyone visiting the bay area who rents a car would drive over the bridge during their visit. They cant 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, its 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 doesnt pay their toll within 48 hours of crossing the bridge will be charged more. Its kind of all fine print. Including that service fees can run nearly 25. If i didnt ask you, how would i have known . You wouldnt have. The hertsz employee said customers who dont 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. Whos going to read these things, its 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, youre at 60 degrees, gilroy, 63, a lovely view from our emeriville camera, low 60s from santa rosa. Heres 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. Were not tracking rain yet, but were expecting it its a dark view, one more mild day tomorrow. Cooler weekend with rain. Tomorrow morning, when you get going, youre going to notice theres 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. Well go upper 50s to mid60s. The storm impact scale appears for your weekend. Its a light system, a one. Rainfall between a tenth to an inch. Were 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, its 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. , youre looking at pockets of moderate rain, looking at yellows and dark greens here. By 7 00, its 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 thats coming to the bay area. 12k3w4r increasing clouds, decreasing temperatures tomorrow. Its dry again. Its a one, cooler weather. On monday, some morning lingering showers. Back up to the 70s. A storm separated a dog from her puppies. Theyre these adorable puppies can rest well, they were separated from their mom when they werent even two weeks old. Theyre 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, theres no question, is it going to injure a child . There are a lot of children in that park, i think its 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. Weve got namebrand, topquality groceries priced 4070 off every day. Bargainomics. Thats our Business Model. And our Business Model is. Delicious. Grocery outlet bargain market i have now decided to recuse myself from any existing or future investigations of any matter now at 6 30. A major announcement from Jeff Sessions, one day after the Washington Post reported sessions met with the Russian Ambassador twice during last years election, the attorney general announced this afternoon, he is recusing himself as you heard, from any investigations involving the election and russia. During his confirmation hearing in january, sessions said underoath, no such meeting took place. He tried to collar phi those comments today. Let me be clear. I never had meetings with russian operatives or russian intermediaries about the Trump Campaign. Sessions says he does not believe he discussed political matters with the russian ambassad ambassador. Strong reaction today from california 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 arent 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 dont really forget about a meeting with the Russian Ambassador, and then not only has he not collar phied, hes 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 ive 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. Calif