on saturday kids from hang out celebrating life at delores park. the violent thugs of the sfpd responded with brutal excessive force and kids pissd and shirt themselves and could not contract parents until 4 a.m. will is this protecting and serving? i continuing is bullshit or [inaudible] non[inaudible] way. who cares about graf feetee. children innocence were lost i call you pigs that is offensive to pigs. i will end this by reworking a classic song by new york band, sf police you know we hate you you know we hate you. you know we hate you london breed. luck you. >> brook jenkins, luck you, die. i yield my time! luck you! next speaker? that's a tough act to follow! chief scott and commissioners. some of you may recognize me not as a skate boardingly member a pedestrian mission merchant association and skate boarder. i have been in the skate industry for 17 years. and locked up for skate boarding. had my board taken away for walking through embarcadero because skate boards were not allowed in the 90's. i notice things softened up with boarding i ga

a stolen car over the stairs right near delores park. you see that there. how neighbors are reacting after seeing and hearing and experiencing all of that. >>> also a big bust for san jose police. the large amount of drugs including fentanyl that officers just took off the streets. >>> a border showdown between president biden and texas governor abbott. our political analyst joins us to discuss how far governor abbott can go to protect his state and what the public thinks about all of it. good monday. the news at 5:30 starts right now. thanks so much for joining us. i'm janelle wang. >> i'm raj mathai. was it car thieves out for a joy ride or something else? sfpd not giving us much information about the bizarre crash over the weekend near delores park. >> a white car launched off the sanchez street dead end over the stairs and security cameras caught the whole thing on video. here is nbc bay area's sergio quintana. >> reporter: it looks like the full sized lincoln four door didn't slow down as it approached the sanchez street dead end. in a second angle fro

on saturday kids from hang out celebrating life at delores park. the violent thugs of the sfpd responded with brutal excessive force and kids pissd and shirt themselves and could not contract parents until 4 a.m. will is this protecting and serving? i continuing is bullshit or [inaudible] non[inaudible] way. who cares about graf feetee. children innocence were lost i call you pigs that is offensive to pigs. i will end this by reworking a classic song by new york band, sf police you know we hate you you know we hate you. you know we hate you london breed. luck you. >> brook jenkins, luck you, die. i yield my time! luck you! next speaker? that's a tough act to follow! chief scott and commissioners. some of you may recognize me not as a skate boardingly member a pedestrian mission merchant association and skate boarder. i have been in the skate industry for 17 years. and locked up for skate boarding. had my board taken away for walking through embarcadero because skate boards were not allowed in the 90's. i notice things softened up with boarding i ga

we're looking for answers after the car flies over the sanchez street stairs near delores park. >>> she is on her way. taylor swift is preparing for singing and a concert at levi stadium. we'll show you how crews are already preparing the field for her arrival on friday with all her swifties. let's begin with the shakeup stirring the social media world. elon musk is rebranding twitter. the iconic blue bird logo is gone and in its place x. let's show you video from nbc bay area sky ranger today. crews are removing the twitter sign at headquarters in san francisco. police came out and stopped the crews for a possible unpermitted street closure but after a brief delay police gave the okay and crews continued their work and the sign was taken down. the move is more than just about looks, though. let's bring in our business and tech reporter scott budman. wow. what is going on with this name change and the new logo and this bird is gone. >> amazing. it really is. we've talked a lot about twitter but one thing that has been solid is the brand and the brand identity and it is so say the brand

young bicyclist was critically injured a skate boarder at delores park. i live in the first one i'm not the biggest fan. people getting together and doing something this is not for everyone. not like a fun playful thing that everyone can do. >> if you are with 100 people that you barely met it happens. it is dangerous. bomb was 4 or 5 people. they don't know them. you have trucks and those around you. >> this happened tuesday night as skad beerers sped downhill in street race in delores park a skate board magazine needing staple in his head. emergency courthouse ksdz not get through to help him. witness called police complaining of skate boarders grabbing on to cars for a lift up the hill. child through things at them. prevent medical personnel from responding to the scene. it is unlawful to travel down the street in a wrong direction of traffic. bottles were thrown and skate boards thrown at patrol doors break windows. you will describe the events of july 8 of 23 and provide a time line how things unfolded. 4 p.m. officers set up barricades and wearing s

this happened on saturday near delores park. the owner of that car told investigators he was just sitting in his car near 19th and delores streets when a group of people approached him and took his car. five people got out of the overturned vehicle and ran off. police have not yet made any arrests. >>> it looks like everyone's packages will still be coming on time. u.p.s. dodged a major strike after reaching a deal with its union. today the international brotherhood of teamsters announced a five-year agreement that u.p.s.'s ceo calls a win-win. it would give workers a pay raise and create new full-time jobs to help with staffing. it also brings work place improvements, air conditioning for the u.p.s. delivery vehicles and giving martin luther king day as a full holiday for the first time. they will be voting to ratify this agreement next week. >>> the latest on another union, to luck for hollywood as the struck continues for actors in sag-aftra. they are fighting for a better deal with the studios. several big names showed their

body cam video from sfpd of the skateboarding event in delores park. teenagers arrested, zip tide, unable to call their parents. the san francisco police chief got an earful. skateboarding is not a crime. in this case, it might be. parents and teenagers are calling for all charges to be dropped. >> i really don't understand why we were treated like animals and zip tied the way we were. >> you have to disperse immediately. >> reporter: some of the teenagers arrested at delores work got their chance tonight, speaking directly to the police commission. >> i don't understand why the police treated us the way they did, for who did what and when it happened. >> reporter: the annual skateboarding event has a history of violence, injury and death. newly released body cam footage, shows officers being harassed by teenagers and bottles and fireworks thrown at them. police with batons and nonlethal weapons arrested 81 minors and 32 adults. the youngest 12 years old. >> we went into wanting to address the safety issues. we went into it trying to prevent the hill b

young bicyclist was critically injured a skate boarder at delores park.biggest fan. people getting together and doing something this is not for everyone. not like a fun playful thing that everyone can do. >> if you are with 100 people that you barely met it happens. it is dangerous. bomb was 4 or 5 people. they don't know them. you have trucks and those around you. >> this happened tuesday night as skad beerers sped downhill in street race in delores park a skate board magazine needing staple in his head. emergency courthouse ksdz not get through to help him. witness called police complaining of skate boarders grabbing on to cars for a lift up the hill. child through things at them. prevent medical personnel from responding to the scene. it is unlawful to travel down the street in a wrong direction of traffic. bottles were thrown and skate boards thrown at patrol doors break windows. you will describe the events of july 8 of 23 and provide a time line how things unfolded. 4 p.m. officers set up barricades and wearing standard uniform and making efforts to

some believe was excessive police presence at this weekend's illegal skateboarding event near delores park he says it always has a significant police presence around it but some locals disagree. >> maybe there was a time where this was an innocent event. it is that no longer. >> reporter: bill scott defending his officers' response to the so-called delores hill skate bomb saturday night where crews cheered on dozens of skateboarders racing down the middle of the street. police arrested and cited more than a hundred people for inciting a riot at the unsanctioned event. the police seized guns, knives, and fireworks and he says his officers were under attack as they tried to disperse the crowd. muni trains were vandalized with the agency saying while no staff members were injured damages to the trains will cost roughly $70,000 to fix. >> that behavior is unacceptable and not okay. if anybody wants to challenge that, i'm open to have that discussion. >> reporter: the controversial event has caused problems in the past including a death in 2020. locals like patrick question the heavy police pre

it took place over at delores park and resulted in more than 100 people facing charges of inciting a riot. the unpermitted event known locally as the delores hill bomb which has notoriously attracted large crowds of skateboarders and spectators, this year the chaotic scene included muni trains being vandalized, officers getting bottles thrown at them. it was declared an unlawful assembly resulting in 32 arrests and 84 citations of minors for inciting a riot. police seized guns, knives, and fireworks during the event and also noted this has caused severe injuries in the past including a death in 2020. >> it doesn't really matter whether they are juveniles or not. if anybody thinks it is okay because somebody is 15 or 16 years old to do some of the things they're doing that is flat out wrong. it should not matter. the people whose property were vandalized do you think they care whether it was a 16-year-old? >> nbc bay area's pete suratos is getting mixed reaction, this sign in the window of one home saying skateboarding is not a crime. one man said the police presence seemed excessive c

. >>> we have a follow-up to that wild crash that we saw near delores park over the weekend.involved are now behind bars. that speeding car launched into the air on a dead end at sanchez street in the city. eventually landed upside down, down on 19th street. all five people inside that car took off before police arrived. sfpd says they've arrested kevin nelson and jennifer bonham yesterday. police are searching for the other three people in that car. >>> okay. $1.5 million spent. we're talking about building low and middle income places. nearly 40,000 californians have been able to access affordable housing and resources. apple says it hasn't been easy in the bay area because everything is so expensive. but says it is already looking at how to spend the next billion. >>> we don't have a time line. it's about finding the projects where we can make a huge difference. where our impact will be the difference between something happening and something not happening. >> we spoke to housing advocates who say while apple and other tech companies are housing, the need for housing throu

the car just flying over the sanchez street stairs near mission delores park. video shows that car speeding before it broke through a railing, barreled down some steps, into a tree and upside down on 1 19th and sanchezez streets.s. after neieighbors helpeped freee people fromm the car, surveieillance vidideo s shows of them quickckly leavingng the scene. police said those people have not been found. the whole thing left neighbors stunned. >> i was reading bedtime stories to my 2-year-old, and i heard a sound that i could not place that was extremely loud. my family goes up and down these steps all the time. my daughter and i have a project to plant succulents, and we could easily been standing there at that moment. >> no bystanders were injured. anybody who knows anything about who these people were or what happened are asked to call the police. >>> live pictures of downtown san jose. kari is here, and we have hot temperatures throughout the nation. >> it was definitely here over the weekend for the inland valleys, and now it's backing off. so there's good news

a car came to rest on 19th street near delores park yesterday. this is security camera video. the four door sedan did not seem to slow down as it approached the sanchez street dead end. in the second angle from 19th street you can see the big car tumble nose down, down the cliff on to some trees. within seconds you see all the people there, witnesses helping the people inside of the car get out. a total of five people got out of the car and took off. >> i don't believe you can go through something like that and be a hundred percent. right? i mean, like i think there are people that are, you know, in some pain today. >> incredible. two people in the car ran up the steps to sanchez street. three others walked down 19th street. investigators haven't released any details on who owns the car or whether or not it was stolen. >> okay. if you are in antioch you may want to keep an eye on your car. thieves are ripping off cars in huge numbers. antioch police say 42 cars were taken in the past seven days, 22 over the weekend. kias and hyundais seem to be the prime targets because they a

a stolen car over the stairs right near delores park. you see that there. neighbors are reacting after seeing and hearing and experiencing all of that. >>> also a big bust for san jose police. the large amount of drugs including fentanyl that officers just took off the streets. >>> a border showdown between president biden and texas governor abbott. our political analyst joins us to discuss how far governor

. >>> alo thi morning the wild crash near delores park over the weekend. their sitting car plungedn thechez street stairs landing on 19th street. video shows five people getting out of the and all of whom thene beforlice arrived. police are still searching for three additional people. >>> there's new hope that artificial intelligence could be the kind of industry that could help save san francisco. we're talking about empty storefronts and overwhelming homelessness and theft. city leaders tell nbc they are hopeful a.i. could help spark a comeback. mayor london breed doubling down rebranding san francisco as the a.i. capital of the world. >> what makes it the a.i. capital of the world? >> 20 largest companies in the world -- in the world, 13 are in the bay area and 8 are in san francisco. >> why do you think they are here? >> because this is where the talent is. >> many in a.i. agree that san francisco has the right infrastructure in place to lead the industry forward. >>> right now more than a third of the u.s. population is living under an excessive heat

. >>> a follow-up on the crash in delores park and 19th street. two of the five that left the scene have been arrested and police are still searching for three more people. >>> now to a live look in san francisco. this is where there is new hope the emerging industry could save the city, and that industry? artificial intelligence. i am sure you are aware of the post pandemic struggles san francisco is facing, and that includes the storefronts that are empty, and overwhelming homelessness and theft. but city leaders are hopeful a.i. can help spark a comeback. san francisco bay area startups. mayor london breed is rebranding san francisco as the a.i. capital of the world. >> what makes it that? why do you think they are here? >> because this is where the talent is. >> many a.i. leaders agree, saying san francisco also has the right infrastructure in place to lead the industry forward. >>> you wouldn't know it if you are walking around the bay area this week, but more than one-third of the u.s. population is living under a heat advisory warning, and

why love to hear me. >> all right i'mric i live adjacent to delores park since 1994. lawlessness is mob violence stop penalizing the police for protecting public safety a group came armed with gun and fireworks and spray paint. possession of these items evidence of premedication fora disturbance they afacted muni bbs bus started fight and vandalized property. sfpd deployed a team to restore order. no one was arrested for skate boarding people were arrested for assault, vandalism and other crimes the juveniles detained should have followed instruction and gone home i can't believe the commentses from the pirnt miss this room. if my teenage son had ignore order and taunted police he would lose his phone and grounded for i year or his life. why those complaining about police deescalation tactics. those complaining about police deeffect lagz in response it premeditated mob violence are delusional. dean preston is welcomed to host skate board riot in d5 we don't encourage criminal activity in d 8. thank you very much. skwoo i'm with the party of socialism. you want to talk

that is it for my report and -- we will report on the delores park incident next week. >> thank you very much. chief. is there questions? >> commissioner burns? thank you. chief. regard was the tenderloin has there been update on swing shift increase presence in the tenderloin? >> yea. update i have now is we have adjusted the hours of the task force. that is working to work night hours. there will be further adjustments during the sign up happens in about an among and a half. and due to mou agreements that is the best way. we will increase that further. we added >> future recovery team to this and they are assigned to the tenderloin and. what did you say? also have a fugitive recovery team. >> yes. and their role there are outstanding warrants now in the tenderloin. they will be working those evening hours and they are working 4 days a week. in addition we do more when the sign ups happen. in 6 weeks. sign up goes in assessment. but officers will sign up -- early august. in of the increase presence now is those 7 officers working swing shift? yes. and is there foot patrols daily through

on saturday when a car went flying over the sanchez street stairs near mission delores park. broke through a railing and barrelled down the steps. the crash brought down a tree and the car landed upside down on 19th and sanchez streets. after neighbors helped free five people from the car, surveillance video shows three of them leaving the scene. police say those people have not been found. the whole thing has left neighbors stunned. >> i was reading bedtime stories to my 2-year-old and i heard a sound that i could not place that was extremely loud. my family goes up and down these steps all the time. my daughter and i have a project to try to plant in the planters here and we could have easily been standing there at that moment. >> fortunately, no bystanders were injured. anyone who may know something should call sfpd. >>> new this morning, a push in sacramento to stop public schools are banning textbooks. it comes in the wake of a long and heated summer involving one southern california school district and the controversy surrounding a bay area icon. >> excuse me, where is

police are still searching for the five people who walked away from a wild crash near mission delores parks now viral. it happened saturday when the car plunged down the sanchez street steps onto 19th street. win seconds of the crash, witnesses were helping people get out of the car. investigators are not releasing any details on who owns the car. >>> sea birds threatened by our climate in crisis. the growing impact from hotter temperatures. >>> then ahead at 6:00, some are calling it sea otter harassment. the growing concerns over people getting too close to a notorious otter in santa cruz. >>> and this friday join us in supporting our schools. head to the city center bishop ranch in san ramon or town and country village in palo alto to drop off donations or build a backpack there. it helps bay area kids in need. you can also donate online at you can also donate online at bug spray works best... when youour family actuallyly wears it.t. ♪♪ get ododor-free eight hohour protectction from m mosquitoes s and tics withouout the ick.k. zezevo on-bodydy repellentn. peoplele love it.. bugs hate e

i was at delores park and looking down. and it is, mazing that you condition miss this site t.t is the end of the freeway. so it is easy to pick up on. is it possible to put a flag pole. i think about the public and really it is a landmark. without question from the street and even from that far back how i know the eagle has a flag that 10th. and it is not 30 feet tall and can you imagine again trying to ancientor the upon community will defend temperature i'm trying to think if the team can take a visit go on the hill. look again at the marketing and power of when we are trying to do in this very unique location. again i want [inaudible] the cars but manage about come makes the city great are land mornings and the points of the great city. look into this? >> we had a winds mill and and out of the budget. we can find a way. that would be the visual striking come ponent. the site will be solar powered which is, mazing. puts the whole pg and e time line out of the equation go fully solar. the -- the one limitation that we were getting from cal trans it can't distract drivers. if

in any city park (indiscernible) [music] >> san francisco is known as yerba buena, good herb after a mint that used to grow here. at this time there were 3 settlements one was mission delores. one the presidio and one was yerba buena which was urban center. there were 800 people in 1848 it was small. a lot of historic buildings were here including pony express headquarters. wells fargo. hudson bay trading company and famous early settlers one of whom william leaderdorph who lived blocks from here a successful business person. african-american decent and the first million airin california. >> wilwoman was the founders of san francisco. here during the gold rush came in the early 1840s. he spent time stake himself as a merchant seaman and a business person. his father and brother in new orleans. we know him for san francisco's history. establishing himself here arnold 18 twoochl he did one of many things the first to do in yerba buena. was not california yet and was not fully san francisco yet. >> because he was an american citizen but spoke spanish he was able to during the time when america was taking over california from mexico, there was annexations that happened and con

in any city park (indiscernible) [music] >> san francisco is known as yerba buena, good herb after a mint that used to grow here. at this time there were 3 settlements one was mission delores one the presidio and one was yerba buena which was urban center. there were 800 people in 1848 it was small. a lot of historic buildings were here including pony express headquarters. wells fargo. hudson bay trading company and famous early settlers one of whom william leaderdorph who lived blocks from here a successful business person. african-american decent and the first million airin california. >> wilwoman was the founders of san francisco. here during the gold rush came in the early 1840s. he spent time stake himself as a merchant seaman and a business person. his father and brother in new orleans. we know him for san francisco's history. establishing himself here arnold 18 twoochl he did one of many things the first to do in yerba buena. was not california yet and was not fully san francisco yet. >> because he was an american citizen but spoke spanish he was able to during the time when america was taking over california from mexico, there was annexations that happened and conf

in any city park (indiscernible) [music] >> san francisco is known as yerba buena, good herb after a mint that used to grow here. at this time there were 3 settlements one was mission deloresas yerba buena which was urban center. there were 800 people in 1848 it was small. a lot of historic buildings were here including pony express headquarters. wells fargo. hudson bay trading company and famous early settlers one of whom william leaderdorph who lived blocks from here a successful business person. african-american decent and the first million airin california. >> wilwoman was the founders of san francisco. here during the gold rush came in the early 1840s. he spent time stake himself as a merchant seaman and a business person. his father and brother in new orleans. we know him for san francisco's history. establishing himself here arnold 18 twoochl he did one of many things the first to do in yerba buena. was not california yet and was not fully san francisco yet. >> because he was an american citizen but spoke spanish he was able to during the time when america was taking over california from mexico, there was annexations that happened and conflict emerging and war, of c

parking and loading violations there is work needing to be done. we come become in the winters. to present our initial evaluation. another item in the news a good deal has been the delores hill bombing incident this occurred on saturday. july 8. as most of you then and there has been an annual event in san francisco and starting in the late teens and with the totality in 2020. we were asked to support the district supervisor's office and the san francisco police department to help prevent event from happening or the unsafe behavior that had been occurring to minimize it the question of the district supervisor we have been and the captain installing rumble strips and ceramic markers on delores street to minimize the event. and, of course, the saturday a -- significant events occurred. that resulted in damage to 6 vehicles. that were vandalized result nothing 70 thousand dollars worth of damage and our rail vehicles out of service for about a week. >> we are continuing to learn from the police department and the supervisor's office about what happened and how to make things smooth next year. a bunch updates on the legislative front i hope you know, the state legislator is