she says boulders are not a solution. baskin tweeted that her posts were taken down from craigslist but she says if it started a discussion then it's well worth it. now these boulders are all still here 24 of them some homeless people still here too but again residents say there have been. >>fewer homeless and fewer 10 since these boulders showed up. the city says they had nothing to do with these boulders here, but they like the mere they want them to stay here and in fact they might authorize this. boulder installation live in san francisco. dan kerman kron 4 news. >>all right interesting, thank you. dan tonight's and from san ramon police are asking for your help to try to identify a man who approached a young girl who was walking home from school police say about 3 30 thursday afternoon, a man in his 20's walked up to a 13 year-old girl who was walking home from school along brought more dry. >>our grant lodes is here now he has more on exactly what happened grant can it what he said tour did he commit a crime no, but

. >>> up next, a neighborhood buys boulders to keep homeless off the sidewalks. the unusual way one woman is trying to get rid of them. >>> plus, a woman with a meat cleaver, accused of taking a hostage inside a police station. video capturing how officers put an end to the scary situation. >>> and we've got our storm ranger mobile doppler radar fired up this evening, tracking showers to our north, and snow as hlow as 5,000 feet, the timeline when we come back. >>> huge boulders on a san francisco sidewalk. neighbors used their on money to put them there to keep homeless people off their street. the city is not doing anything about it, so opponents are taking matters into their own hands. nbc bay area's ali wolf is live on clinton park. opposition to these boulders is growing. >> reporter: janelle, it definitely is. we spoke to one woman who came up with a unique way to try and get rid of these huge boulders that were placed on the sidewalk secured to t sidewalk. neighbors say 18 boulders lining the sidewalk of clinton park are working as they intend defecati and

the boulders were removed yesterday.that neighborhood near market and dolores. >> reporter: the boulders are now gone. they said that the backlash just was not worth it. >> one by one, the san francisco public works crew hauled away each of the two dozen boulders near market street. >> we have had people pushing those rocks out on to the streets which has made it unsafe. >> earlier this month a group of residents so tired of asking the city to do something took matters into their own hands, they banded together and paid $200 each to place boulders there as a deterrent. >> they want getting e-mails feeling that there was a lot of pressure being put on them. >> many of the boulders ended up in the street pushed there by those that feel that the barriers are wrong. >> for the people now vandal, vandalizing the boulders they are worst than the criminals that they are trying to defend. >> that could involve larger boulders or some kind of land scawp plan, for now, just to put things at rest we are in possession of the rocks a

these boulders compelled him to share his messages. neighbors in clinton park paid to have them brought in, in hopes of stopping drug use, camping and crime on their street. >> i just want people to stop and think and kind of just think before they act about what's going on, you know, because there is so much attention on this issue. >> reporter: neighbors are not anti-homeless but anti-crime. they've dealt with fires and drug dealing and say calls to the city and police haven't helped. so they pooled their money to put the boulders on the sidewalk but not all the neighbors here agree with the move. >> i definitely empathize with neighbors. there are legitimate concerns on the street. i've seen everything from mattress fire to poop on the street and nobody wants folks to sleep out on the street. i just don't believe the boulders are the right way to go it b about it. >> reporter: daniel spent the last two months sleeping on the street. >> they'd save a lot of money. use compassion and love and understanding. we're humans. cityimes sinc

. >> one san francisco neighborhood took matters into their own hands by installing boulders.ver the weekend, the boulders were removed from the sidewalk on to the street, making this a public safety concern. and today those boulders were removed by the city's public works department. >> luz pena has the latest for us. luz? >> last week when we covered this story many neighbors we spoke to were glad they bought the boulders. the main reason behind it was to push drug dealers off their block. fast forward. today many of the neighbors are concerned about their safety. 24 boulders, neighbors bought them and pced them silently on this sidewalk. fast forward a couple of weeks later. this, the noise and attention brought to the neighborhood is louder than anticipated. >> people were getting harassed. people were out here on the streets in the middle of the night sometimes harassing people that were living on the street. >> concerned for their safety, many neighbors decided not to give their names and remain off camera. after weeks of having these boulders out, they were threatened b

. >> tensions mounting over boulders on a sidewalk. neighbors fed up with crime put them there to keep people off their streets and now they've become a spectacle with opponents even rolling them into the street. marianne favro live in san francisco with more. >> reporter: this gives you an idea just how large these boulders are. there are 20 of them and the city is no longer moving them from the street back onto the sidewalk. instead today crews came out and put out these orange cones. spent the day writing several quotes in san francisco, including this one saying for every action there's an equal and opposite reaction. these boulders nearby compelled him to share his messages. neighbors in clinton park paid to have them brought in hopes of stopping drug use, camping and crime on their street. >> i just want people to stop and think and kind of think before they act about what's going on, you know, because there is so much attention on this issue. >> reporter: neighbors say they're not anti-homeless but anti-crime. they've dealt with

was giving away free stone boulders in hopes someone would come and cart them away. her posts were immediately taken down but she says it started a discussion, but it's well worth it. and as we mentioned these rocks are still here as for the city's position they say that no they did not put them here, but they want the rocks to stay here and in fact they might authorize this installation of boulders. live in san francisco. dan kerman kron 4 news stan. thank you governor, newsome has signed 13 bills aimed at dealing with homelessness. >>one will give cities and counties new power to speed up building of supportive housing in shelters. the governor signed the bills yesterday. one takes effect immediately and let's los angeles bypass parts of the california environmental quality act to build housing in shelters. another adds alameda county as well as san jose to the list of places that can declare emergencies to build shelters on publicly owned land about 200 protesters gathered outside chevron's headquarters in san ramon today, the group. >>the us versus apocalypse led

neighbors paid for those boulders to keep the homeless off sidewalks. ktvu to explain what is happening. >>> these boulders have caused a lot of controversy. there have been some cones. is this these have not been moved to the sidewalk just yet, but this is the 49 time in ten days the boulders have been rolled from the sidewalk on to clinton park. each time public works crews have to roll them back on to the sidewalk. a san francisco public works spokesman woman says since the boulders are aren't blocking the sidewalk, the cities won't remove them. crews put them back on the sidewalk so the road isn't blocked. some critics criticized the city's use of taxpayer dollars every time the boulders are rolled from the streets to the sidewalk. neighbors pitched no to deter the homeless from setting up tents on the sidewalk earlier this month. homeless advocates call it a cruel antihomeless tactic. we don't know who is putting the boulders into the street, but the placement is frustrating to some. >> i am stuck back walking the street. >> now according to the ch

those are for the boulders got the boulders here. so the city wasn't aware of it, but they know it's a traffic problem so that's why they removed it in the past over the weekend, somebody actually try to place the boulders on to craigslist to get the boulders removed from this area because the woman thinks this is an affront to the homeless situation but craig's list ticket down. it is quite difficult guys to get people on camera because this neighborhood is split and this debate down the street here back to you all right, thank you very much well. 8 oh 7. is filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy, which means it's not going out of business out right, but it is going after restructure which means. >>closing down a lot of stores trying get back to profitability and there are about 21 suffer ever 21 stores in the bay area kron 4 sarah stinson is outside of one of them in walnut creek. >>are all the ones in the bay area going to be closing. guess not executives with forever, 21 they're saying they're not going to exit any big markets and big

u can see multiple boulders here on clinton park.erns and caution tape up until they are moved back on to the sidewalk. the boulders were orangely placed earlier this month and just been the last ten days they have been rolled on to clinton park. this is the 4th time the boulder havings been rolled. san francisco public works put them back on to the sidewalk. they were meant to deter homeless from setting up tents on the sidewalks and doing drugs. they aren't blocking the sidewalk and lever a few-feet walkway for people to get by so the city won't remove them. and the road isn't blocked. the chronicle says some criticize the city's use of taxpayer dollars every time the boulders are rolled from the streets to the sidewalk. homeless advocates say this isn't a solution, but a cruel antihomeless tactic. neighbors say they have called mr. is and complained to the city about this issuement. be. >> we have to do something. i feel like there is nothing being done. >> according to the chronicle, the city hasn't said how much longer they woul

brought the boulders down here mysteriously because they want to fight the homeless problem and they want the homeless to keep going. now there are other people who said that's just not humane that this is not a way to tackle the problem. so over the weekend. we got reaction from both sides of this very controversial issue. i do feel safer. definitely less tense. but they're occasionally is still homeless people. but i have noticed a difference. james darya just to make the story even more fascinating over the weekend a woman place these boulders on craig's list saying they're free come down and pick it up craigslist's flagged it they take it down and then the woman repost $5 you can have the boulders for $5. craig's list once again flagged in took it down so it's no longer available on craig's list, but the woman, just didn't want this here anymore as far as the city, they too are dumbfounded how it got here they're not behind this. they are tired and i'm moving the boulders and i want to show to they're not i mean you could push him, but you definitely can't pick them up. they are

on saturday for the third time in about a week, public works crews put six large boulders back on the sidewalk on clinton park after someone rolled them on to the street. neighbors in the mission paid to have the boulders installed to prevent homeless people from pitching tents. the boulders are a cruel response to the city's homeless problem. >>> it appears former raider and patriot antonio brown will spend the majority of this season with his lawyers. according to multiple reports, the star wide receive will be the first player in the nfl history to file nine grievances and appeals during the same time period. brown is trying to recoop about $61 million that he believes is owed to him. about half of that money comes from the raders who cut brown earlier this month. he then signed with the patriot, but brown was cut after a woman accused him of sexual assault. >>> 4:37. the radersing looking ahead to their next game in london after an exciting victory in indianapolis. the rader's offense did just enough. derek karr threw for two touchdowns. this is one of them. the play at the first

the huge boulders were pushed off the sidewalk. and we're live in san francisco and the controversy surrounding the huge rocks and why moving them back on the sidewalk costs money every time. >>> stunning video. one city in the sacramento valley is hit hard by a series of severe weather innocences. we'll look at the thunderstorm and why the witnesses said they were terrorfied. >>> the commute is a little slow. we'll gives you an update what it is like in the silocon valley and other places. >>> it is cold out there this morning, a lot of upper 30s and partly cloudy. we'll take a look at your temperatures coming up. >>> pretty scary day here. an employee saw the tornado as it happened. >> we were having happy hour on the patio and it knocked over the drinks and a couple chairs. >> no major damage or injuries reported. >>> the faa and the ntsb are investigating a small plane crash that happened on highway 99 in modesto. it caught fire, but it did not hit any vehicles. the pilot suffered minor injuries. the road was closed for three h

can a street lined with boulders keep crime at bay?eople hanging out on the street before. >> reporter: neighbors here on clinton park in san francisco think so. they say they pooled their money together to put about 18 boulders along the sidewalk where they say people have been selling drugs and going to the bathroom right outside their homes and the city wasn't doing anything about it. >> it makes me kind of sad. >> i haven't noticed anyone hanging out on the street the past couple of days. >> reporter: but to city officials the whole thing is a mystery. >> we don't know how the boulders got here. >>. >> reporter: that may be illegal. >> they could be encroachment on the sidewalk without a permit. there are different scenarios we're looking at. >> reporter: not everyone is happy with the result. >> they're trying to make everything look nicer. it's trying to keep the vagrants away. so, if you're going do it, be truthful about it. >> reporter: meanwhile the city tells us it's going to continue to look into the legality of the boulders

upset about the crime the homelessness the drug use in the area and they hope the boulders to turn. other people saw that one is an attack on the homeless situation in san francisco. that is not being fair to the homeless people who might come along here and maybe even camp as daria said camp in this area so over the weekend, somebody actually try to place the boulders on craigslist for free for anybody come by pick him up. to even by craigslist flag it they took it down. so the city was forced to come out here in place those orange cones in the meantime the battle continues over one side. they think it's good to help crime. the other side saying it's just that attack on humanity. i do feel safer. definitely less tense. but they're occasionally is still homeless people. but i have noticed a difference. >>too. >>so one an attack on humanity and basically saying that according to people who are against the rocks they believe there's other humane ways to deal with the homeless situation in san francisco as far as the city of san francisco. this is their solution for now they're trying

. >>> and boulder battle.ep homeless people from camping on one san francisco street is taking a surprising turn. ♪ >> and a woman with a captivating voice has now been identified after a viral video. new details about the subway ♪ >>> news to build a better bay area, this is abc 7 mornings. >>> good morning. it's monday, september 30th vrnlgts. >> i had that trouble with that earlier. >> it's the last day of the month. >> and you're happy. >> september is about to be in the past, but that does mean tomorrow your rent is due. >> and a change in the weather pattern. we'll hold on to this cooler trend. as we get towards the fist day of the month, we're turning the corner. look how active the northern part of the state is with the numerous showers. snow in the mountain. mist and drizzle here. otherwise we're looking at clear skies. parts of the bay and fog in the north bay. 54 in san francisco. there's the golden gate bridge. no wet pavement there. fog in santa rosa. 39. we'll look for those clouds to clear throu

friday. 24 boulders have been set up legally on the sidewalk by neighbors. they say it's meant to discourage drug dealers from gathering in front of their homes. some people criticized the boulders saying they are anti-homeless. >>> a bay area family says they made history. the family of six tells us about their trek on the appalachian trail. >>> a security camera inside a police statin captures a terrifying scene. an armed woman takes a hostage while holding a meat cleaver. >>> china and hong kong protesters lock in showdown ahead of a major national celebration. the crackdown under way this morning. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. here's lisa. >> hi there. good morning to you. here's live doppler 7. plenty of cloud cover. we have just a widbit of moistu down through the santa cruz mountains. you may run into slick roadways in the sierra nevada until 5:00. a dusting still possible there. temperatures are in the 40s from blackhawk to danville, 47 in laugh vet. a chilly start with 54 in san francisco. 41 in santa rosa

and. >> rob roth reports, the city is letting the boulders say there. >> reporter: boulders on the sidewalka residential side street. >> since they put the rocks it helped. >> the rocks are an attempt to do what police and city hall haven't, to keep drug users from turning the street into a shooting gallery. >> reporter: his family received a letter from the neighborhood addressing the sidewalk problem. >> a bunch of my neighbors and everybody chipped in a few hundred dollars and this what they came up with. >> reporter: two weeks later the peared. >> there is a name for it, anti- homeless architecture. >> reporter: advocates call it a cruel response and not a solution. two years ago caltrans put rocks to keep homeless encampments away. >> people have nowhere to go. >> reporter: san francisco public works department spokeswoman says the city had no part in putting the boulders here and she says since they aren't blocking the sidewalk the city has no plans to remove them. the neighbors say it makes less room on the sidewalk, especially when homeless people return at night and sleep on the gr

boulders on the sidewalk. the boulders suddenly showed up in the haight neighborhood. the idea is to discourage people from selling drugs or using the neighborhood as a bathroom. we contacted san francisco public works who says it's not sure if this is legal. >> it's potential, though, that they could be illegal dumping, encroachment on a sidewalk. >> neighbors are not saying how much they paid to have the boulders put in, but a few people have said they've seen less illegal activity outside their homes in the past few days. >>> a rare first-hand look at what it's like to battle a house fire. this video comes from body cameras worn by san jose firefighter recruits, all part of the training that prepares ne say live fire exercises are critical for the new recruits. today's exercise, though, proved extremely challenging because of the hot weather. >> when we're fighting real fires, we don't get to choose what the weather's going to be like. if there was a real fire today, we wouldn't be able to say, you know what? let's wait until tomorrow when it's a little cooler. >> t

these boulders nearby compelled him to share his messages. neighbors in clinton park paid to have them brought in in hopes of stopping drug use, camping and crime on their street. >> i want people to stop and think and just kind of think before they act about what's going on, you know, and because there is so much attention on this issue. >> reporter: neighboring say they're not anti-homeless but anti-crime. they've dealt with fires, assault and drug use on their street and say calls to the city and police haven't helped. so, they pooled their money to put the boulders on the sidewalk. >> people out here are dying on the streets and to say boulders have more of a right to rest than homeless people is just wrong. >> reporter: daniel has spent the last two months sleeping on this street. >> they would have saved a lot of sxhoen a lot of trouble if they had come and said something to us. you know, use compassion and love and understanding. we're humans. >> reporter: the boirlultders started on the sidewalk and moved them back to the street. the

now some people a rolling the boulders on to the street. critics say the rocks are a step that may be going a little too far but not everyone agrees. >> people are out here dying on the streets and to say that boulders have more of a right to rest than homeless people is just wrong. >> i definitely empathize with -- there are legitimate concerns on the street. i've seen everything from mattress fire to poop on the street and nobody wants folks to sleep out on the street. i just don't believe the boulders are the right way to go about it. >> city workers have stopped returning the rocks to the sidewalk and instead putting up safety cones to alert drivers and bicyclists. in the meantime the city is trying to come up with a workable solution. >>> three bay area parents are awaitinghe fe in what is called operation varsity blues. later in week they will be sentenced for their roles in the college admissions scandal. san francisco augustine junyas pled guilty to paying $300,000 and pretending his daughter was a polo player. felicity huffman has

someone and start putting large boulders. city is letting the bodenow. >> to boulders stretch along the sidewalk along clifton park a residentstreet near market street. >> they put the rocks it has helped. >> the rock sorry frustrated neighborhood attempt at doing what police hasn't done. >> they shoot up at night and they stay overnight. >> they received a letter from the neighborhood about a month ago addressing the sidewalk problem. >> a bunch of my neighbors and everybody paid a few hundred dollars, this is what they all came up with. >> two weeks later the boulders appeared >> it's called anti-homeless architecture. >> a cruel response and not a solution. two years ago caltrans but rocks and open space to keeps a >> we have shelter today or tonight. people have nowhere to go. >> a public works department books woman says the city had she says since ing the boulders they're not blocking the sidewalk the city has no plans to remove them lead the neighbor says the rocks having less room when homeless people return at night

across from us, neighbors pitched in to buy 24 boulders you see here on the sidewalk. spoke to homeless man who says this sidewalk is his home. >> looking at turf war one night that got to the point everybody was done. people with knives and guns out fighting and carrying on, waking up everybody in the neighborhood. >> reporter: this was tipping point for this neighbor who wants voice heard but identity protected. through a neighborhood facebook group dozens raised money for solution to problem they say got worse with time. drug deals. >> fights with each other, start fires, people bringing infant by -- it was rough. >> reporter: for the last six months this neighbor said they tried to do things right way. made over 300 reports to 311 line, attended several city meetings. in one of those someone unofficially advised to buy boulders. here they are, 24 on the sidewalk. what do you think about the rocks? >> i think they're cool to look at but not going to solve the problem. >> reporter: met eric mills drying clothes on the boulders, sidewalk is his home and he will be bac

the residents said they felt like they was being targeted so they want the boulders taken out of your completely. we asked a couple of residents who said the same thing. they thought this was too overwhelming and too much attention on it and they wanted to move past it. the boulders that was placed on the sidewalk a couple of weeks ago was rolled into the street for the fourth time in 10 days. one man who lives here said a neighbor confronted the people who was moving the rocks but that did not stop them. every time the rock was moved the san francisco public works put them back on the sidewalk and got them off of the street. but now they will be removed completely. earlier this month the neighbors pitched into by the boulders and live the sidewalks with them to try to keep people from setting up tents and doing drugs. >> there is going to be billions unemployed in the next 20 years, and this is going to be 1000 times the number of homeless and this will not solve that coming problem. >> reporter: placing rocks to the two are the homeless is not a new idea. rocks was placed here in th

she says boulders are not a solution.er posts were taken down from craigslist but she says if it started a discussion then it's well worth it as far as the city's position know they say they were not the ones to put the boulders ia but they want them to stay in fact. >>author on ice this boulder installation. in san francisco dan kerman kron 4 news. >>well governor newsom has vetoed a bill aimed at stopping the trump administration from rolling back federal environmental regulations in california. the veto comes as the state is battling the trump administration over a host environmental regulations. but governor newsome previously announced that he would veto the bill because he was afraid that it would harm the ongoing negotiations between state and federal water agencies or how to manage the state's water. kron 4 news weekend after the break the fallen continues from the whistleblower complaint against the president. a key white house official has been subpoenaed will explain why. good morning we're back with the nation

and in fact white authorize this boulder installation. in san francisco dan kerman kron 4 news. >>of a theme death rate has climbed again the reason health officials can't figure out what is causing the fatal lung disease connected to the cigarette plus how one school here in the bay area >>the 13th vaping associated death has been reported in oregon. it happened thursday kron 4 grant lodes joins us now with more on the warning from health officials as these deaths increase and it's getting a lot of attention across the country hard to believe right at this time last year even a couple months ago you didn't conceive of people dying from vaping and all the sudden you look at the map of the u s. >>several states have seen such tragedies this now marks the second such death in oregon, california. 2 as well oregon's health authority issuing a warning urging everyone to stop vaping the governors also asking the department of justice for options too control or ban the sale of vaping devices. these products are are still in the community and peo

she says boulders are not a solution.kin tweeted that her posts were taken down from craigslist but she says if it started a discussion then it's well worth it. >>as far as the city's position know they say they were not the ones to put the boulders in but they want them to stay in fact white author on ice this boulder installation. in san francisco dan kerman kron 4 news. >>governor newsome has vetoed a bill aimed at stopping the trump administration from rolling back federal environmental regulations in california that veto comes as the state is battling the trump administration over a host of environmental regulations. the governor newsome previously announced that he would likely veto the bill because he feared that it would harm the ongoing negotiations between the state of california and federal water agencies about how to manage the state's water. >>chief meteorologist lawrence karnow and we're talking about a week and is going on around the bay area. yeah we are get ready for a nice weekend. it's going to be lot c

. >>> in san francisco tonight, a boulder battleground. these heavy rocks are once again pushed off the street. neighbors put the boulders there two weeks ago but people keep pushing the rocks into the street and closed from san francisco public works department keep putting them back on the sidewalk. >> i just think it's incredible how whole blocks and neighbors can pull together and spent so much effort, time, and money into something that doesn't seem the most positive or productive into the problem they're trying to solve. >> a spokesperson with the city's public works department said they did send crews out this morning to put cones and tape around the boulders. >>> startx celebrated its anniversary. the university hosted a startx expo on campus. we saw a vr app that helps you take more engaging photos. the high tech glove that uses an electrical current to reduce excessive sweating. and an autonomous segue thatan la sd they chose applicants based on the problem they're trying to solve, not how much money they're going to make. >> fro

residents say they put the heavy boulders on clinton park after the city failed to do enough. >> kpix 5's john ramos on what drove neighbors to ta this action. >> reporter: the people on this street in san francisco got so fed up with the late-night noise and drug dealing on the sidewalk, that some people decided to take matters into their own hands. 25 large boulders have been placed along the sidewalk. neighbors say before the rocks, this sidewalk was crowded with tents. and meth dealing and use went on all night long. >> people would come in the morning, set up a tent, get the dope, and then they would set up, shoot up and either break it down or stay for a day or two. >> reporter: neighbors say they lodged more than 300 complaints with the city in the last three months before finally taking up a collection to buy the boulders, which at least so far has worked. one resident says he doesn't think it was the right solution, but says he understands why they did it. >> people can't sleep. it's frustration because they're not getting any sleep at night. and they don't know what to do. t

someone put large boulders to detour people from camping out. the city is letting the boulders stay for now. >> there is a residential side street by market street. >> since they have put the rocks they have helped. >> an attempt to do what police and city hall have not. to keep drug users from turning their street into a shooting alley. >> it is called anti homeless architecture. >> homeless advocates call it a cruel response and not a solution. >>> a spokesperson says the city had no part in doing this and since they are not blocking the sidewalk the city has no plans to remove them. >> it is something. we got to do something. there is nothing being done. >> neighbors got tired of calling the police to complain so it has come to this. >>> bart will stop selling paper tickets at the downtown berkeley station. they are phasing out the paper tickets and encouraging clipper cards. the transition has been made at the 19th street embarcadero. tickets will still work but you can't buy new ones. clipper cards are reusable. reloadable and let you get t

they brought in massive boulders to their sidewalks. the neighbors got together and used their own money to put the boulders there and they seem to be doing their job. but now homeless advocates want them gone and one woman is offering them up f free. this fight is happening on clinton park street. this is near dolores and mission. one woman says it's a gesture of hate towards the homeless. that woman then posted the boulders on craigslist for free in the free section but her post was flagged and removed. city public works crews have already been called out twice to that street to put the boulders back on the sidewalk after they rolled into the street. >> the rocks should be removed immediately by dpw. the fact that they went twice already and haven't removed the rocks is just wrong. >> the city tells us it has no plans to remove those boulders. >>> another poll that supports what many of us l know. more and more people are thinking about moving out of california. a new poll by the berkeley institute of governmental studies says half of

people from camping out there. >> reporter: there are two dozen boulders to now stretch along i havehelped.>> reporter: they are a frustrated neighborhoods attempts to keep drug users from turning their street into a shooting gallery.>> they will shoot up at night and stay overnight.>> reporter: he told us his family received a neighborhood letter addressing the sidebar problem.>> a bunch of my neighbors shipped in a few hundred dollars and i guess this is what they came up with. >> there's actually a name for it's called anti-ole miss architecture.>> reporter: homeless advocates cortical response. about two weeks ago caltrans put rocks under the boulevard to keep homes and cabins away. >> we have 1200 people on the list for the shelter, people have nowhere to go.>> reporter: a spokeswoman says the city had no part in putting the boulders here and she says since the boulders are not blocking the sidewalk the city has no plans to remove them. the neighbors said the rocks my classroom on the sidewalk especially when homeless people return at night and sleep on the ground behind the bou

friday. 24 boulders have been set up legally on the sidewalk by neighbors.y it's meant to discourage drug dealers from gathering in front of their homes. some people criticized the boulders saying they are anti-homeless. >>> pg&e claims equipment failure for two separate outages that knocked out power to 58,000 customers. the first happened around 7,000 yesterday morning in the east bay. 35,000 homes and businesses in berkeley, albany, richmond, kensington, oakland and san pablo were in the dark. b.a.r.t. brought in a den jater to get restored power to the downtown berkeley station. power was fully restored by 11:00 in the morning. >>> about an hour after that power issue, an outage hit san francisco. this pg&e outage map shows the areas where 2,000 customers lost electricity. power was restored about three hours later. >>> coming up, china and hong kong protesters are locked in a showdown ahead of a major national celebration. the. >>> and meet the homeless woman with a beautiful voice. this video of her singing received national attention. >>> and taking a

here and she says since the boulders are not blocking the sidewalk the city has no plans to remove themighbors say the rocks my classroom on the sidewalk especially when some homeless people return at night and sleep on the ground behind the bowlers.>> i'm stuck walking into the street and of a car does, can quickly get on the sidewalk because there is a rock right there.>> i feel like there's nothing being done. >> interesting approach, we will see if it continues to work. >>> the cable cars in san francisco are running again, they have been shut down for nearly 2 weeks while workers replace some of the gearboxes that pull the cable cars of pills. upgrades were part of a project that started two years ago to repair heavy equipment that is decades-old. the gearboxes spin 30 foot wheels that pull 12 miles of underground cables which are what pull the cable cars. officials say the $6 million upgrade project was needed to ensure the safety and reliability of the system. >>> the latest poll out of iowa has elizabeth warren leading the presidential democratic candidates, the first high- qual

they will show up at night and stay over overnight. >> the boulders are there now.from both of you. >> we see the extreme of communism and the crackdown in hong kong and in america we see this creeping radicalism where homeless people are literally taking over neighborhoods, sleeping on people's private property as well as california is in shambles. i know leslie lives there but the rest of this country is looking at california saying if this is socialism now thank you. >> this is not socialism. what this is is capitalism, people pushing out individuals that can't afford housing, they are building expensive housing and when they build these houses they don't affordable housing or rental units for people. what we need is not just legislation that sweeps these people up. what we need is something that will protect these neighborhoods and address the problem. >> for now it is the boulders. thank you. most-watched, most trusted, most grateful you spent the evening with us, good night from washington, that is it for now. i am shannon bream. ♪ ♪ introducing a razor that w

once he turns the corner, back to you where you were. >> reporter: others are considering boulders for their streets. >> i'm hoping we're not going to see them all over. >> reporter: abc 7 news. >>> you can see 72% think it's helpful. it's not a solution for every neighborhood because we have cars that are parked there. imagine everybody putting boulders, but nobody has any ideas on how to fix this so that's where we are. >> we do want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. perhaps you have a great idea. share those by joining our better bay area facebook group. >>> how about a cooler bay area? >> why do you have to set me up like that? it's going to be hot again tomorrow. >> that's why i did it. >> it's going to be a warm evening tonight and that will be the launching pad for another hot afternoon on the way for your wednesday. live doppler 7, you want to see that marinelayer. we don't have that right now. nothing but sunshine. you wish you saw fog on the horizon. that would usher in cooler weather. that will not be with us for the next 24 hours. numbers pretty impressiv

for their streets. >> i'm hoping we won't see boulders all over. pena, abc 7 news. >> we want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. you can share them by joining our building a better bay area group on facebook. >>> we learned about a new battle between the bay area and the trump administration over salt ponds. specifically the ones tucked near the redwood city side of the san mateo bridge. you're seeing sky 7 video over the saltworks site. environmental group say the ponds act as vital wetland habitat for wildlife. they are asking a judge to overturn an epa decision that would remove protection for the ponds. saltworks says nothing has been proposed for the site. >>> a fremont police officer suffered a little range anxiety on the job last friday. he was chasing a felony suspect in the department's tesla when the battery showed it was down on juice. >> i'm down to six miles in battery on the tesla. if someone is able to, can they move into the number one spot. >> after that call, police called off the the the the the t an reasons. ap

. >> more developments in the strange street fight in san francisco involving boulders.y're not being thrown. they're being put on sidewalks. overnight some of the rocks were pushed into the street for a third time. naeshs ha neighbors have been spending their own money and the idea is to discourage homeless people from camping there by creating le them, but now there's some pushback against the boulders and homeless advocates say it sends a message of hate and people with disabilities can't navigate around them and the city has no plans to remove the boulders. >> it might be slow for bart and highway 24. in contra costa county. take a look at time lapse video of the construction. oh, if it only went this vast. it will replace the trains and the work near lafayette station will close two lakes in eastbound 24 and it will be closed until 7:00 a.m. on monday. >> sad news for music fans legendary music singer and songwriter jose jose died at the age of 71. our partner at telemundo confirmed he passed away in florida while battling pancreatic cancer. he rose to fame in 1970

the boulders were pushed on to the street multiple times. public works crews put them back on to the sidewalk. they aren't blocking the sidewalk so the city did remove them. >> we need to deal with the homeless problem. this is not a solution. it is a temporary solution which means they'll move somewhere else. they are human beings and we have to find the solution to the homeless problem. >>> you don't know -- we don't know when neighbors plan to come up with another solution. >>> new england patriot antonio brown is working to recoupe tens of millions of dollars. the star wide receive will be the first player in nfl history to file nine grievances and appeals during the same time period. trying to recoupe about $61 million he says he believers is owed to him. about half of that money comes from the oakland raders. afterbeing cut from the raders he signed with the patriots but was cut again after being accused of sexual assault. >>> the giants are searching for a new manager. said good-bye to skipper. >>> ktvu was inside to show how he honor

quentin park is located south of the rge boulders to deter peis letting the boulder stay for now. >>s sit along a half block stretch of the sidewalk on clifton park. a residential side street here. >> it's a frustrated neighborhoods attempt to do what police and city all have not been able to do, turning their street into a shooting gallery. >> issued up at night and then stay overnight. >> we look at the homeless architecture. they say it is not a solution. about two years ago they were in an open space and bayshore boulevard keeping the cameras away. in san francisco public works department spokesperson says they have no part of putting the boulders here. and as they're not blocking the sidewalk have no plans to remove them. >> i feel like there is nothing being done. >> neighbors got tired of calling the police to complain. in san francisco, ktvu fox news. at the night street and policy station. paper tickets will still work at the fair gates we can no longer purchase new ones and in the station. they plan to be completely paperless in 2020. the board of directors is also going to

. >>> there is no end in sight, for the battle of large boulders in one san francisco neighborhood. neighbors got together, to have the large rocks put on the sidewalk, two weeks ago. to prevent drug dealing, and homeless encampments, near market and dolores. but as kpix 5's katie nielsen reports, the massive rocks keep ending up on the street, and now the city is caught between a rock and a hard place. >> reporter: this is the boulder battleground, these dozen massive rocks shoved into the streets, sometime overnight, in an apparent protest. this all started two weeks ago, when some neighbors got together to put the rocks on the sidewalk, to deter homeless encampments. and the open use, and sale of drugs. since then, it has been nothing but a battle, people keep pushing the rocks into the street, and crews from san francisco's department of public works keep putting them back on the sidewalk, most recently, yesterday afternoon. and today, they are back in the red. this cycle has actually happened three times in the past week. but, neighbors are now divided on whether there massive

it's just wrong. >> the city tells us it has no plans to remove the boulders.permission to keep the boulders where they are. >>> okay. you ready for kick off? this is a big night at cal. the undefeated golden bears are hosting arizona state on national tv. so, if you're going, make sure you park legally. there's ai big crackdown happening on and near campus. here's nbc bay area's christie smith. >> reporter: bars and restaurants in berkeley are full tonight because so many people are in town to watch cal football. that's part of the reason that parking honesty streets is so tight and the city is cracking down. south of memorial stadium in berkeley, don is used to the drill on his street on game day. >> during day games, yes, it gets parked up. yeah, yeah. the enforcement though is erratic, i think. >> reporter: tonight the city of berkeley will be enforcing new parking rules for those without a resential parking permit. >> we had areas with immediate towing in the past. we've extended those. we had areas where you could get $225 tickets. those are new. >> they

now, some people are rolling those boulders into the street.tics say the rocks may be going a step too far. >> people are out here dying on the streets and to say that boulders have more of a right to rest than homeless people is just wrong. >> i definitely empathize with neighbors. there are legitimate concerns on the street i've seen everything from a mattress fire to poop on the street. nobody wants folks to sleep out on the street. i just don't believe the boulders are the right way to go about it. >> city workers stopped returning the rocks to the sidewalk, instead they're putting up safety cones to alert drivers and bicyclists. in the meantime the city is trying to come up with a workable solution. >>> this morning, three bay area schools are earning top awards, among 30 chosen statewide as 2019 national blue ribbon schools. the honors are based on schools overall academic performance. the three bay area schools include yu ming charter school in oakland, lowell alternative high school in san francisco and forest hill elementary school in

the city is letting the boulder stay for now. >> there are about two dozen boulders around a half blockial side street. >> since they've put the rocks it has helped. >> it's what police and city all have not been able to do. to keep drug users from turning their street into a shooting gallery. >> they would shoot up all night and stayover. >> it's like a homeless agate architecture here. >> they call it a nonsolution. two years ago roster put in an open for bayshore boulevard to keeping cabinets away. the sims is go public works department spokesperson says the city had no part in putting the boulder here and she says since they are not remove them >> it is something. we have to do something. >> neighbors say they got tired of calling police and the city to complain. so now it has come to this. in san francisco, ktvu fox news. >>> it is 6:49 am. 48 competitors from around the country are gathering today in golden gate park in san francisco for the 2019 national long bowling championships. the national championships began in 1957. it is the premier event for men and women in the sport. i

and in fact white authorize this boulder installation. in san francisco dan kerman kron 4 news within 60 days vape detectors will be installed inside 8 restrooms at john f kennedy middle school in redwood city the redwood city. >>school board unanimously approved the $22,000 pilot project. there you see a detector john f kennedy is the largest of 12 middle schls in that district spokesperson jorge can thomas's multiple vaping incidents have been reported at that school unlike traditional smoke alarms, these new devices can detect vaping smoke and loud noises perhaps caused by bullying in fighting. a text message will be sent to the administrator in charge of monitoring each particular bathroom, anytime the alarms activated. >>seen what's going on at the national level and we're trying to prevent a tragedy like that happening and in our schools. >>the cdc reports, 13 vaping related deaths across the country. more than 80 injuries as well this week, the state department of health. also advise everyone in california to refrain from using all

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several boulders back on the street again. yesterday city crews rolled the boulders back on the sidewalk after someone moved them on the street friday. 24 boulders set up on the sidewalk legally by neighbors saying it's meant to discourage drug dealers from gathering in front of the homes. some criticize them saying they're antihomeless. >>> still ahead, security camera inside a police station captured terrifying scene. armed woman takes a hostage holding a meat cleaver. >>> abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma, wrapping up breezymbsheccx they took $12.8 billion from big tobacco. juul marketed mango, mint, and menthol flavors, addicting kids to nicotine. five million kids now using e-cigarettes. the fda said juul ignored the law with misleading health claims. now juul is pushing prop c, to overturn san francisco's e-cigarette protections. say no to juul, no to big tobacco, no to prop c. thiwith the world's firstdo, invisible trailer. invisible trailer? hop in. silverado offers an optional technology package with up to 15 differen

you can see several gigantic boulders are back on the street again.ay city public work crews rolled the boulders on the sidewalk after someone rolled them onto the street on friday. 24 boulders in total have been set up on the sidewalks by neighbors legally. here they are again, now rolled off the sidewalks. the neighbors, though, say it's meant to discourage drug dealers from congregating in front of their homes. some people have criticized this saying it's antihomeless. there's one that's half-on. the story is now getting national attention. >>> let's get to the whistle-blower investigation that could threaten the trump presidency. a new abc news/ipsos poll asking whether the president using the ukrainian president to investigate joe biden and his son is a problem. two-thirds of americans say yes. here is abc news reporter david wright. >> what's going on now is the single greatest scam in the history of politics. >> reporter: a defiant video from the rose garden blasting back at democrats. >> our country is at stake like never before. it's all very

. >>> two dozen heavy boulders are being hauled away from a san francisco street today. they were placed there weeks ago by residents fed up with tense, crime and noise. today's removal comes after the nuisance as the problems that they were supposed to solve. city officials decided what is to do and others took action against what they saw as a hostile act by rolling the boulders off the sidewalks and into the street. san francisco artist offered a free offer on craigslist. we will have much more at 5 pm and kpix.com. >>> dramatic video of a car engulfed in flames from our exclusive salesforce tower camera and you can see the flames raging before firefighters arrived on the scene and close three lanes on the upper deck of the bay bridge near the fremont exit. the fire was reported around 7:50 am and put out 20 minutes later. no word on what started the fire. >>> a man is due in court accused of setting the hills ablaze. he is held on bail of $2 million and faces 13 counts of felony arson. he is facing two extra charges for setting fires during a state of emergency and h

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