square, which is just blocks from this morning's car burglaries. neighbors tell me that they're worried that, as car burglaries start getting pushed out of high-visibility areas like alamo square, the terminals are then going to start targeting the neighborhoods that surround them. >> we have seen it before. you know, when you do these different pushes, whether it is cleanup civic center or the homeless camps, they went into a market. >> reporter: mayor london breed says, a nearly 50% drop in car burglaries compared to last year is great news but also says the work is not done. >> we are not suggesting that this problem is goes away because we have seen some success in the bait car operation. it just means that, as people adapt and adjust their strategies to commit crimes, we just hours too. >> reporter: according to a spokesman for san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins, prosecutors have been filing motions to detain serial car burglars, and in an effort to disrupt what investigators believe are organized criminal operations. so far, they

. >> he owns kung fu near alamo square, it has been broken into more than half a dozen times since 2020. kelsi thorud explains why the video is causing such an uproar. >> san francisco, that's my home, let me put it in a song. >> reporter: this san francisco rapper has found himself in the hot seat of san francisco politics, he uploaded a new song , in which he critiques the city's policies on crime, specifically calling out mayor london breed. >> you ain't nothing but a clown, when we really needed you, you would never be around. >> reporter: the video has gotten tens of thousands of views and hundreds of comments, many are supporting the lyrics but it has also hit a nerve for london breed's supporters. the reverend posted a more than hour-long press conference with fellow civil rights and faith leaders, calling out yang for the inappropriate and unwarranted attack on the mayor. >> it is unfortunate, this young man hijacked an art form that evolved from the black community and used it for destruction. >> reporter: he initially defended his song, but then posted this apology video, clai

square has been burglarized seven times since 2020. >> in albany because an injury to one is an injuryall. >> east bay community activists held a rally this morning calling on oakland's mayor to declare a state of emergency. they say they're frustrated by rising crime in the city and what they describe as the tepid response to the problem. >> people are sick and tired. they want to see results. they don't want all these lofty ideal programs. they want to see results and we don't have the luxury of time. why? because people are dying. businesses are dying. our communities are dying. so we need to address that now. >> in addition to oakland's mayor, the group singled out alameda county d.a. pamela price and city council president nicky fortunato bas for their handling of the epidemic of crime in the city. >>> on christmas eve in oakland thieves stole a food truck hours before it was going to hand out meals to the homeless. thanks to the public's help, the truck's owner, eric scott, who also owns temperature of soul in emeryville, posted that he got the truck back, not saying exactly wher

just today, several break-ins near alamo square. you can see someone breaking the won't of that silver prius right there. then that white sedan whizzes by. a neighbor called 911, yelled at the thieves, who raced away in that white sedan. we're told more than 10 cars were burglarized here in a matter of minutes. >>> today's announcement comes just days after the department says it's maing progress on another type of crime, shoplifting. sfpd says there's a 75% drop of reports over the thanksgiving weekend alone. they've also seen a 21% drop in cases in the past six months. the department says it's been going on the offensive. police blitzes, more plainclothes officers patrolling hot spots. what about the rest of the bay area? and are businesses also noticing this reported drop in crime and drop in shoplifting? joining us now, our consumer investigator chris chmura and david ashworth, the ceo of digital media international in sebastopol. his company is using technology to help solve the shoplifting issue. nice to have both of you on th

square raise new concerns from neighbors. this video was shared with us today by a resident of ivey street and hayes valley. a neighbor tells us she heard the car alarm going off this morning, called 911, then yelled at three thieves who ultimately raced away in a white sedan. residents say at least 10 cars were burglarized here in just a matter of minutes. now, some residents are worried a police crackdown for the city's tourist hotspots may be pushing burglars into surrounding neighborhoods. >>> we have seen it before when you do these different pushers. whether it is cleanup civic center or the homeless camps, into the market into the east valley. >> according to san francisco crime numbers, car burglaries are significantly down. between september 1st and november 26th, 3400 car break- ins were reported compared to more than 6700 last year in the same timeframe. maryland and bree did celebrate the numbers in the news conference today but admitted more work needs to be done. >>> can you believe it? the year is almost finish

the new comes as a series of break-ins near alamo square is raising new concerns from neighbors. this video was shared with us today by residents of iab street and hayes valley. you can see a white sedan whizzing by from a different angle with three people breaking into several vehicles. a neighbor tells us she heard the car alarm going off, called 911, and actually yelled at that the, who ultimately raced away in the white sedan. we're told more than 10 guards were burglarized here in just a matter of minutes. now, some residents are worried that the new police crackdown on car burglaries in the city's high- profile tourist spots may be pushing burglars to surrounding neighborhoods. >> we have seen before when you do these different pushers. whether it is cleanup civic center or the homeless camps, they went into the market or hayes valley. >> according to san francisco crime numbers, car burglaries are significantly down. between september 1st and november 26th, about 3400 car break-ins were reported compared to over 6700 last year at the same time frame. in a news conference t

. >> yang owns san francisco's kung fu restaurant near alamo square. he says his business is now being targeted by thieves seven different times in his rap song, he blames the mayor for the crimes and other crimes in san francisco. yesterday, the naacp hosted a meeting where many community members defended the mayor and everybody always looking at her like, oh, she got the city. >> the city been messed up. i've been living in the city all my life. the city been messed up and she inherited a lot of these problems as. >> statement on social media apologizing to mayor breed and promising to take down the video . we've checked this morning and it's still on youtube with about 13,000 new views. contra costa county wants to take a closer look into the operation at the martinez refinery, members of the board of supervisors held a news conference after meeting with the refining company to discuss recent chemical releases. they delivered an open letter ordering the company to provide regulators full access into facility access to employees, documentation and da

square.en broken into more than a half dozen times since 2020. but the way he chose to vent ignited a political fire storm. ♪ >> reporter: san francisco rapper chi owe yang found himself in the hot seat of san francisco politics. a few weeks ago yang uploaded new song called 'san francisco our home" in which he critiques the city's policies on crime specifically calling out mayor breed. ♪ mayor breed, you ain't nothing but a clown and we really needed you, you were never be around ♪ >> reporter: the video since racked up tens of thousands of views and hundreds of comments. many supporting the rapper's lyrics. but the song has also hit a nerve for london breed'ssupporters. on thursday, naacp san francisco president reverend ramos brown hosted a more than hour long press conference with fellow civil rights and faith leaders. calling out yang for what he says was an inappropriate and unwarranted attack on the mayor. >> unfortunately, this -- young man e roanously hijacked an art form that evolve

square. worry that as the car burglaries are pushed out of high visibility areas, the criminals will target the surrounding neighborhood. >> they will likely adapt well in the south bay. dense fog may have been a factor in the death of a pedestrian in the in mountain view early this morning. officers are investigating the fatal traffic collision in a walmart parking lot on showers drive a woman in her 60s was in the middle of the lot when an employee driving into work ran her over. sadly, the woman died later in the hospital. drugs and alcohol are not believed to be a factor in this collision. mountain view police say the parking lot was dark and covered in fog at the time and that fog also created problems for travelers at oakland international airport, where scores of flights were delayed or canceled. >> abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley checked it out. >> it was the worst flight ever. >> passengers had plenty of tales of travel. woe to share at oakland airport today because of what a

square, residents worry that as the car burglaries are pushed out of high visibility areas, the criminalstarget the surrounding neighborhood. >> well, just a few hours after those burglaries, san francisco mayor london breed and police chief bill scott touted new progress in stopping car break ins in the city. mayor breed says they're down 50% in the past three months. but to put that in perspective, the chief pointed out there's still been 18,000 victims this year down from 31,000 in 2018. the mayor credits the drop in car break ins to the police department's use of bait cars and stepped up patrols, as well as the work of district attorney brooke jenkins. most of the break ins are being committed by organized theft rings. the mayor says it is important for the city to adjust its strategies as the organized rings committing most of the break ins adapt to the crackdown last night. abc7 news hosted take action san francisco, a town hall conversation to tackle some of the city's most pressing issues. mayor london breed, police chief bill scott and district attorney brooke jenkins all took th

square.ts worry that as the car burglaries are pushed out of high visibility areas, criminals will target surrounding neighborhoods. >> an advocacy group called together sf action is making plans of their own to reform the city. they're hoping to amend the city charter through measures on next year's ballot. one amendment includes cutting the number of city boards, commissions and advisory bodies by half. another would be empowering the office of mayor london breed to hire and remove department heads without commission approval. so these two measures provide clear authority over who's in charge. >> in san francisco, government so that voters can get beyond the endless finger pointing that we've been stuck in now. and be able to hold the elected officials accountable. >> business owners and residents support the proposed changes next month, together, sf action will start gathering 50,000 signatures for each measure to qualify for the november ballot. >> today, the hayward city council will dis

this slide is 650 divisadero, located in the alamo square district at the southeast corner of divisadero and grove. it is located within a hcd designated highest resource area. currently a one story commercial building occupied by tenant seismic retrofitersism the space will operate by the commercial tenant during interim use until construction starts. the site then will be developed to 95 unit building with ground floor commercial estimated to be about 9 stories. units serve low income families and composed of studios, one bedrooms two bedroom and three bedrooms. the units splan from 25 percent to 60 percent ami. one unit set aside as on-site manager unit. 25 percent of units serve formally homeless and supported by the city local operating subsidy. residents service and case management provided by lutheran social service. construction is projected to start october 2026. with that, this concludes the prezen sentation. joining me today are additional mohcd staff and sponsors of both sides. we ask for your support for the projects. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> item 9 is a resolut

square, western addition, hayes valley, and vine civic center. this contract has 27 blocks and 16 intersections paved with new pavement, 17 curb ramps constructed, meeting ada compliance and pfizer blocks completed. and now, in response to chair paul's inquiry regarding the block on 14th street between baker and broderick, we skip that block because the pavement on that block was in very good condition . um, on our condition score scale called pci score or pavement condition index zero, basically is rated worse and 100 being excellent. the pavement condition for this block was 79 on. now the project started october 12th, 2021, uh, with a contract duration of 400 days and contract duration continued jen psaki of 40 days as of now, the project is 100% fully completed and we're moving forward to execute the close out of the job. as in previous slide mentioned, the main reason for the contract duration increase was due to mta and ability to provide overhead wire support services for the paving work in a timely manner. uh, on one of the blocks along f

i live in alamo square neighborhood. every old building basically contributes to that--most of them. and so essentially what we are doing is providing a lot of tax discount and this is money that goes to general fund. this is what funds our basic city services. we are reducing that and i just think that some of the questions we need to be asking are one, is there showing of need? are people only doing the work if they get this because otherwise it isn't financially feasible and we have dilapilated old structures in the neighborhood or is this just a tax relief and give away to folks who would do the work anyway and many paying tax rates from something they owned for 50 years because of prop 13 barely paying property tax? that is there conversation i hope we'll have and just i think for the historically significant-for the neighborhoods that-historic neighborhoods virtually anything old will qualify. >> they must be formally listed on one of the registers i mentioned. >> great. i look forward exploring more with you. been

. >> louisville will square off with usc tonight, arizona plays oklahoma tomorrow and in the alamo bowl missouri will take on ohio state in the cotton bowl on friday and kwa will take on florida state in the orange bowl on saturday. with us cnn contributor and host of the carrie champion show, carrie champion. good morning. >> good morning. good to see you. >> i guess we have to talk about ohio state because -- >> i was saying to him i wanted to really get into it. phil and i off camera had a really good point. college football, especially around bowl season, it used to be this situation where everyone loved to come and play the game because it was for the team and for the pride, but with the advent of nil, name, image and likeness, these kids are businessmen now. they are like, no, i'm not going to play, i may injure myself, you go ahead and play these bowl games. most of the bowl games in my opinion are going to have a little less because these kids aren't playing. the bowl game, though, that everyone should be watching for and you and i talked about this when we were here, orange. be

. $6.00 square kind of made a patch of terrain and out in the wasi is one of them. honey mass moved to pull us from the alamo us one of the last remaining references for tens of thousands of palestinians who have to spend the past. the weeks to fling further and further south to escape israel's war on gauze. here we have set up, make shift tens on the sand. isabel has labeled this humanitarian safe zone, but it's not a humane. and it's not saying it's the fan and the children died because of the freezing conditions here. our life was now focused on how to find bread is really skilled people with misfires and shows. and we are about to die here because of the lack of everything that kind of keep us alive. they send us here to face a slow death. this really is don't kill us. the current conditions here will definitely send those to our death at these has told me she had already been told to move a 3 times before she set off for on my was but she says there's no help at all here . how did the image snag? yeah, medicines are not available. i am a cancer patient and i ha

several residential areas in hong units. thousands of palestinian refugees of slopes to the town of alamo quasi on the southern coast of guns, which is now designated as a safe though at least by the ideas the area, roughly 20 square kilometers in size is mostly made up of byron. does it land? according to the idea, if it's also launched, it's also a launch pad full, how much we'll get to talk soon as well, which makes the town, oh, you, the late is designated to humanitarian. so with also a potential military targets. the u. n. has repeatedly set that out. my was the, is not a suitable place to show to refugees. people display specify the make shift. one is usually without adequate food, was so as a basic supplies we had from some of the palestinians, saving refuge and the so called se then i was displaced from jack ballier to her new news, then to rafa. but we came here and there was no life. there are no tents, no water, no food, and the un humanitarian workers here do not recognize us. we hope the world will be able to stop the war and cause we want america, israel, and from us to end