abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard has the story. >> reporter: he says it's the best investment he's ever made. four security cameras inside and out watching over his restaurant 24/7. the database reports everything the camera sees. cameras have come in handy three or four times when stuff behind the bar went missing. >> a couple people tried to steal bottles from the bar. >> he was on board with the plan for a registry of security cameras to help them fight crime faster wherever it happens. >> instead of spending an entire day walking a block, the first person i would go to is someone on this database, knock on their door, they show me evidence. >> reporter: the program is strictly voluntary. anyone with a camera can sign up. free mont and san jose already have similar registries. last january this security camera video identified a suspected serial arsonist in san jose leading to his arrest. but there are privacy concerns and how the information will be used. christine works at this shopping center. she says safety outweighs everything else. >> we have too many invasive things happ

abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard has the story. >> reporter: he says it's the best investment he's ever made. four security cameras inside and out watching over his restaurant 24/7. it reports everything the camera sees. cameras have come in handy three or four times when stuff behind the bar went missing. he was on board with the plan for a registry of security cameras to help them fight crime faster wherever it happens. >> instead of spending an entire day walking a block, the first person i would go to is someone on this database, knock on their door, they show me evidence. >> reporter: the program is strictly voluntary. anyone with a camera can sign up. last january this security camera video identified a suspected serial arsonist in san jose leading to his arrest. but there are privacy concerns and how the information will be used. christine works at this shopping center. she says safety outweighs everything else. >> we have too many invasive things happening in our life. but there's already cameras everywhere you go. >> reporter: the cameras are on duty. >> this can see who b

cornell barnard has the details. >> barbara boxer got a private eye-opening tour of napa, more than ath after the quake. >> it's so strange to be on the street and see the beauty of the napa streets and all of a sudden there's other home that's yellow tagged or red tagged. >> but the downtown looks-like a construction zone. historic buildings that crumbled during the quake are surrounded by tarps and fences. many businesses have reopened but not all. this hotel remains closed for repairs. boxer is promising fema assistance. >> people get very hopeless if they don't see help forthcoming. we know this private assistance is so important. it will provide grants up to $32,000 to help people repair their homes. >> i really need some help and i need some help now, not tomorrow. >> but many homeowners like kristina jamison are still struggling. her 1889 victoria was red tagged after the foundation collapsed during the quake. she doesn't have money for repairs. the bank turned her down for a loan. >> i wake up every morning crying. i can't sleep. >> the stage is being set for sunday rocks, a c

cornell barnard has the details. >> barbara boxer got a private eye-opening tour of napa, more than a month after the quake. >> it's so strange to be on the street and see the beauty of the napa streets and all of a sudden there's other home that's yellow tagged or red tagged. >> but the downtown looks-like a construction zone. historic buildings that crumbled during the quake are surrounded by tarps and fences. many businesses have reopened but not all. this hotel, virtually brand new, remains closed for repairs. boxer is promising fema assistance. >> people get very hopeless if they don't see help forthcoming. we know this private assistance is so important. it will provide grants up to $32,000 to help people repair their homes. >> i really need some help and i need some help now, not tomorrow. >> but many homeowners like kristina jamison are still struggling. her 1889 victoria was red tagged after the foundation collapsed during the quake. she doesn't have money for repairs. the bank turned her down for a loan. >> i wake up every morning crying. i can't sleep. >> the stage is being

abc 7 news report er cornell barnard has the story. >> you can see the bar. >> reporter: he says it's the best investment he's ever made. four security cameras inside and out, watching over his restaurant 24/7. the data base in back records everything the camera sees. >> cameras inside the restaurant have come in handy at least three or four times when stuff behind the bar went missing. >> reporter: velasco was on board plan by rohnert park police for a registry of security cameras to help them fight crime faster wherever it happens. >> instead of spending an entire day walking a block the first person i would go to would be someone that's on this database, knock on their door. they show me evidence. >> reporter: the program is statistically voluntary. anyone with a camera can sign up. fremont and san jose already have similar registries. last january this security camera video identified a suspected serial arsonist in san jose, leading to his arrest. but there are privacy concerns in how the information will be used. christine capper-ton works in this shopping center. she says safety

cornell barnard is live with an update on the case. >> reporter: the d.a.r gregory thompson will never be a police officer again after agreeing theo a plea deal. he's a 30-year veteran of the police department and appeared nervous as he pled no contest to three felonies, including assault with force likely to cause bodily harm, felony vandalism and being armed at the time of a crime. the d.a.'s office says thompson was arrested on august 16th outside of his father's vacant home which had been vandalized before, wearing a mask he attacked a woman he did not know with a baseball bat because he believed she was going to try to break into the home. turns out her car had run out of gas and she was on foot. authorities say thompson crossed the line when he took the law into his own hands. >> it appears that he in some way believed that she may attempt to break into his father's house to seek shelter. and with a ski mask on and gloves, he beat her with a baseball bat. >> reporter: the victim was not seriously hurt. thompson, who had nothing to say to us today, wil

cornell barnard, abc7 fuse. >>> last week president obama delivered a message of america leading the way in the fight against the terrorist group isis. coming up on "this week" more on the latest air streaks gains isis targets in syria and iraq. plus a one-on-one interview with house speaker john boehner. you can catch "this week right right right here on abc7 at 8:00 this morning. >>> new details. new mom chelsea clinton is showing off her baby girl. clinton posted this photo on her twitter page showing her and her husband, mark works their daughter charlotte, born on friday. and here is former president bill clinton and former secretary of state hillary clinton with the new addition to the plan. the parrish you'd a statement yesterday reading in part, we are, quote, blessed, grateful and so happy to be the grandparents of a beautiful girl. >>> remember when luxury retailer restoration hardware mailed out 17-pound catalogs to millions of people who did not even want them? it caused quite the backlash. surely they won't do the same thing again, or will they? here's michael finney wit

cornell barnard reports. >> the police were swarming saturday, responding to the report of an active shooter inside the building, but this was only a drill. part of operation urban shield. one of the 35 training events across the bay area. in castro valley, air soft pellet weapons were used by police in a scenario where a gunman takes hostages inside this church. >> all the teams of that come through so far have found this scenario to be very real. it doesn't give them a lot of time to practice or think about what they are going to do. they have to just go do it. >> bill is a church member playing the part of a hostage. >> as you know throughout the world there are people who like to take over churches, so this gives them a good preparation. >> some believe operation urban shield should not be happening at all here in the bay area. in fact, they are so concerned they are having a meeting about it. >> there certainly has been a lot of ongoing militarization of the police. >> many are from the peace and freedom party. they say the police training is concerning, especially in the wake o

abc7 news reporter cornell barnard reports. >> the san francisco hall of justice was swarming saturday, all in response to the report of an active shooter inside the building, but this was only a drill. part of operation urban shield. one of the 35 training events across the bay area. in castro valley, air soft pellet weapons were used by police in a scenario where a gunman takes hostages inside this church. >> all the teams of that come through so far have found this scenario to be very real. it doesn't give them a lot of time to practice or think about what they are going to do. they have to just go do it. >> bill is a church member playing the part of a hostage. >> as you know throughout the world there are people who like to take over churches, so this gives them a good preparation. >> some believe operation urban shield should not be happening at all here in the bay area. in fact, they are so concerned they are having a meeting about it. >> there certainly has been a lot of ongoing militarization of the police. >> many are from the peace and freedom party. they say the police trai