Allen wong broke the story. Manuel sanchez found out someone she didnt even know was showing her oakland rental home. So manuel decided to confront the imposter. Set up a meeting like she were prospective tenant. Woman who met her at the house said she was the rental agent named nicole. That is interesting i have an agent also by the name of nicole. The real nicole told sanchez somebody changed the lock on the house pretend to go rent it out and might actually be taking deposit from unsuspecting renter like the woman who doesnt want to be identified. We showed her a picture of the bogus agent. Tell me if that is the woma woman. Yes she is. Reporter potential tenant said the imposter asked her to bring a blank money order to the meeting. Leaf it blank. How much. How much was the money. Whatever i have. She dont. Wow okay. 1,000. 2000. Reporter miss sanchez says the Oakland Police department told it could not investigate unless she caught the imposter in the act. Which she believes she just did. If i dont have this. Well we have your license plate number. At this point. Okay. Reporter now she hopes she has a case for the police to investigate. Now i sent a photo of the woman to a Daly City Police detective who says he identified her and says they have arrested her several times for fraud and now they are interested. Few minutes ago i spoke to another victim. Tonight at 11 00 oclock we hear why shes worried about a lot more than losing money on a bogus deposit. Reporting in oakland, abc 7 news. We have developing news from virginia tonight where hot air balloon caught fire and crashe crashed. It happened just before 8 00 oclock eastern time in this area in virginia a little north of richmond. Police say at least 3 people unaccounted for. The balloon heading for landing zone when it hate power line. Witness say some passengers were seen jumping from the pwloochbility horrifying of course to witnes witness. The search under way in that area for people on board. There were witnesses tell us they heard 2 explosions from the hot air balloon and at one point the gond will and the balloon separated. And the balloon took off at raped pace so at this time we are now searching for actually 2 crash, wreckage site where the gondola landed and balloon landed. We also know that there was a pilot and there were 2 passengers on board the hot air balloon. Reporter balloon was part of the mid atlantic Balloon Festival at the meadow scheduled for the weekend. Washington an image that is. New details tonight on the midair collision over San Pablo Bay two week ago. 2 planes were flying together after an air show at half man bay when they collided killing the pilot of the cessna. The other pilot tells federal investigators he thought he had enough room to pass below the cessna. But heard a thump and realized the two planes had hi hit. Investigators found his plane tail fin had been crushe crushed. Surviving pilot whose name was not released was in korean war era show plane and had just complete add photo shoot over the golden gate bridge. After the crash he continued on to his home base in am door county he stos avoid Populated Areas in his danieled plane. Firefighters who responded to the Asian Airline crash at sfo filed a lawsuit against the San Francisco fire department. She believes she have was made a scapegoat during the response last july. 3 passengers killed including 16yearold girl run over by her fire rig. The lawsuit alleges another rig ran over the teen twice before her truck. She says her name was the only one released to the media indicating sole responsibility. She has been with the department for 24 years. Shes seeking unspecified damages. Fremont Elementary School teach remains on leave because please want to take another look at allegations that he slapped a student in the face. Patterson elementary teacher Frederick Bird accused of slapping 9yearold boy Julian Rivera and squeezing the boys fees because he did not know the answer to a math problem. Bird was cleared of the charges and set to return to the classroom this morning. The protestors plan to greet him. Then investigators decided to reopen the case. School officials then told bird to stay home. We placed the teacher open administrative leave sentences hes already on administrative leave we just tint. Its not right or acceptable and make sure he doesnt come back. School Officials Say bird admits to patting the boy fees but not slapping him. Would not say what prompted mr. Is to reopen the case. The daughter of porn pioneer art mitchell has been arrested in connection with a bay area Identity Theft ring. 33yearold jazz man mitchell was taken into custody yesterday at the lodge at tiburon. Mitchell father and uncle started the much el brother porn empire. Secret service and Homeland Security believe shes connected to large scale Identity Theft ring. Authorities had been searching up scale hotel for her after they arrested suspected accomplice. Last month when officers found mitchell yesterday they say she had counterfeit credit cards, meth and papers that suggested she was trying to leave the country. Well we have late word tonight that the bishop of the Oakland Diocese michael barber has agreed to meet with teachers over a contract clause that requires those teaching in Catholic Schools to abide by catholic doctrine in their private lives outside of schoo school. Nearly 20 percent of the teachers in the Oakland Diocese are not catholic. 7 News Reporter has the story now from bishop 0del high school. Might have to happen. Might have to happen. Reporter miss cock has between juniors at oakland bishop 0del. She says she may pull them out of the school if the contract language offered teachers in the Oakland Diocese doesnt change. They have been formed by these teachers. They have been formed by this administration for 3 years. I was i would like that kind of integrity and difficult divorce ty to continue. Reporter the diocese of oakland says its a small word change but some teachers and Community Leaders say a new contract clause that requires teachers to live by catholic doctrine outside of class goes too far. The clause parents and teachers are worried about reads quote in both employee personal and professional life the employee is expected to model and promote behavior and confirm ty with the teaching of the Roman Catholic faith n. Matters of faith and morale and do nothing that tends to bring discredit to the school or to the diocese of oakland. Denise has freshman daughter at bishop 0del high school. Frankly my daughter said the right thing. Mom this reads like something we read about in history books. That happened a long time ago. Like the spanish inquisition where people swear dishonest loyalty to protect their family. If they sign the includes some teachers worry they could be fired for such things as being gay. Living with partner or using birth control. Diocese spokesman mike brown told 7 news quote there is no list of prescribed behavior this is not a witch hunt but effort by new bishop to make things more clear. Teacher here at bishop 0del were not talking today but we know the administration did meet with the Bishop Michael barber to try to reach a compromise in that contract language. In oakland, Laura Anthony abc 7 news. Someone wept to grit length to get their hands on some apple product today. Look what happened in berkeley this morning. Driver of this car drove right in the apple store on Fourth Street and stole lap top and i phones. The high retail valley of apple product make them atracktive to thieves and glass store front make them especially vulnerable this type of break in has also happened at apple stores in southern california. Chicago. And even germany. We have much more to bring you tonight on 7 news at 9 00. Coming up next. Acquisition of popular head phone maker help apple get cool again . You hear from a man who designed them here in the bay year. Also neighborhood complaints about reopening this elementary june stops work in the middle of a big construction job. We explain why. Sandy here with the weather. And that weather looks fantastic for the upcoming weekend. Mothers day just around the corner. Let you know how much the temperatures willis come up. Thanks. Young man encounter with the leader of the free world during the stop in san jose. 7 news at 9 00 continues jose. 7 news at 9 00 continues in just a moment. Stay wit safeway knows you dont want to fly all over town to find the best deals. Thats why they have lots of ways to save. Real big club card deals, the safeway app and gas rewards. For mothers day weekend two pounds of driscolls strawberries are just 3. 99 moms love tulips. Theyre just 5. 99 a bunch. And brew up starbucks for only 6. 99. Theres more savings to love. At safeway. Ingredients for life. Breaking news from san jose airport. Small private plane made a hard landing tonight. 3 people on board got out safely. San Jose Fire Department is on the scene. Crews trying to get the plane off the runway now. It appears landing gear on the beechcraft bonanza failed. We bring you any development throughout the newscast and on twitter. At 7 news bay area. San mateo county judge stopped the building of new school on the peninsula saying that increased traffic might actually put children at risk. Big victory for neighbors who sued to stop hoover Elementary School in burling gale. 7 News Reporter sick lehas the store. Our worries from the beginning have been the safety of the kids being dropped off. Joe is one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit. He and the others point to the dangerous narrow streets that front the school. Leak summit drive with the blind curves. Chris fitzgerald another neighbor in there. You can see in the neighborhood theres no sidewalk. And wipedy roads here. Hoover Elementary School was built in the 1930s then shut down in the late 70s because of declining enrollment. But now the district is bulging at the seams. They thought reopening the old school would accommodate much of theen flux. Hoover on a hill stride straddling the border of burlingame and hillsboro. Expensive home on the hillsboro side lean the street across from the school. Neighbors sued the district last spring. Citing the risk to children traffic impact of hundreds of cars and over all affect on the neighborhood. The district said its own traffic study show no safety risk as case wound its way through the courts construction continues. Including a big new building. But yesterday the judge ordered the district to stop all construction saying there needed to be an Environmental Impact report. The decision surprised school officials. How cap a handful of people prevent a school from opening . The residents bought their houses across the street from the school. Always intended to be a ask. Superintendent kaiser says all construction will be stopped. There has been no decision yet on what the district next move will be. This is 7 news. Not official yet but apple said to be close to multibillion dollar deal to buy beat electronic known for sleek head phone line and music streaming service. Lillian has more. Im happy. I dont want anybody to make that kind of money. Lee isnt bitter he wont get a penny in the deal despite the fact that the brisbane base company came up with the technology and design for the head phones. They parted way a year and a half ago. We didnt capture all the fruits of our labor and the could have done better than that but it wasnt, we were happy for the experience put it that way. They moved into the dog patch Office Building in San Francisco less than a years ago. Music streaming start up is part of beat electronic. Today employee had little to say about a possible 3. 2 billion dollar acquisition by apple. Nothing official. Right. Its all just rumor. Just like its all rumors. We dont know anything that anyone else knows. Apple plan to buy beef electronic hashed out and could still fall through. Dr. Dre hasnted at the sale on video on you tube. Hiphop writ here from the west coast. The head phones company will no doubt bring a cool element to apple but analyst say the music streaming as i was really what apple is after. Apple pioneer the idea of purchasing muse being. Owning it in an actual if he can or virtual file but streaming has become the way to good and i think apple has to be very much part of streaming to remain relevant van. Not like apple cant afford it. Company has more than 150 billion dollars in cash. If the deal goes through its expected to be announced as early as next week exploratorium, lillian kim abc 7 news. Taiwan media says apple has unveiled the next general rigs of iphone or will in august. Thats a month earlier than many experts had expected. They were expecting to it come out in september. Taiwan Economic Daily news cited unidentified supply chain source for the report. Phone would feature a 4. 7 inch screen. Biggerp than the one now you can see in the photo. Mockup of phone has appeared on the internet. This is from italian blog. Report says another larger version still could be released in september. Apple could not be reached for comment. We wouldnt chop them to xhpt. Hush hush always. Sandhya is in for spencer. The weekend is here. Things are changing sountdz leak the next few days. Absolutely. Nothing secretive about our weather here. All above board. All being laid out. Mothers day warmer and then we start to see things really heating up around here next week. Live doppler 7hd mainly Clear Conditions. Overnight we did have the showers. Measurable around parts of the bay area. The wind continues howling at sfo gust to go 31 miles an hour. Still 30 miles an hour wind gust Napa Fairfield so you see this on shore breeze continues and we are going to hang on to the wind heading that your saturda saturday. Rate now a lack from our kgo roof cam are. Not too windy out here along the embarcadero 57 in oakland. San jose writ now 52 in half moon bay. Another live picture from our emeryville camera. No restriction as far as visibility you can see all the way across the bay towards San Francisco. Upper 50s for santa rosa, no have the oshtion concord, 56 in livermore, and one last live picture from our exploring camp are looking at beautiful view of the bay bridge there. Sunny windy for your saturday. Warmer weather for mothers day and it heats up next week possibly to record levels. Certainly looking leak it by wednesday and as you look at the satellite radar let me show you what will reinforce the wind tomorrow. Its this trough that is going through the pacific northwest. So locally windy tomorrow as you see computer animation strongest winds will be along the coast line. 11 00 oclock tonight. 36 miles an hour at point reyes as we dmil to tomorrow afternoon evening. Now winds Even Stronger than earlier model runs. 44 miles at point reyes. 38 half machine bay. Still pretty breezy across the rest of the inland locations. Winds will turn around on sunday. Ep stead of coming from this direction they are going to come off the land and bring the warmth with it all wait down towards the coast license so well take the temperatures up a few degrees for mothers day and beyond that we take them up quite a bit. Look at the temperatures trend for san jose. Average had you ever in the mid 70s. San up to 80 and then we will see the mid to upper is in around the middle of next week so we will go with hot conditions not just in our inland spot but even around the bay. Tomorrow morning starting out with patchy low clouds around the bay area. Temperatures in the mid 40s to low 50s. If you have got kids who have game want to bundle them up. For the afternoon mild one. 69 in the south by and milpitas. 71 san jose. Cupertino breezy 70 in santa cruz on the about instant will and palo alto. 69 in redwood city. Windy here along the coast. Thats what is going to keep your temperatures only in the upper 50s tomorrow. 64 downtown San Francisco. 59 in the sun set district and in the north bay up to 68 petaluma 72 in santa rosa, san rafael, sonoma, Beautiful Day in the wine country 74 nap a. East bay 69 oakland inland spots breezy sunny 74 concord 72 livermore a look at the accuweather 7 day forecast. Warmer for mothers day. Lots of sunshine. Mom should be happy and then we start to get those 90s in the picture most of next week for inland spot 70s along the coast line so dan we hang on to that heat for awhile. For a second. May talking about fire danger by then. Thanks happy mothers day. Thanks dan. Still to come tonight on 7 news at 9 00. New attraction in chicago that can send you a little over the edge. Would you be up for this. Shes an internet cat star where you condition meet and shake paw with little one this wean. Ill be back. Wean. Ill be back. Thank you thank you dedicated bankers born to go the extra mile. 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