. >>> police got together with artists in a fight against graffiti saying the majority of the vandalismas not done by gang members. >> reporter: tagging is a quality of life issue, but officials are telling us now that one strategy used to discourage graffiti like this is increasingly under attack. >> it's really important when we do mural art in neighborhoods we are culturally responsive to the community. >> reporter: the art museum showed visitors how it's using murals to deter graffiti vandalism, part of a three day seminar aimed at ending the visual blight that costs cities so much to clean up. >> it's about $20 million a year for our department. for public works it's about $3.5 million a year. >> reporter: san francisco police say only a small percentage of tagging is gang related and that there are more than 250 graffiti-related arrests each year. >> right after the giants won the world series this year we had an explosion of graffiti in late october, early november. >> reporter: san francisco's department of public works says it's seeing a slow decline in graffiti. others say com

so don't ignore the fact there is stuff out there designed for the graffiti vandal, because that can be of huge use for you for gaining expertise. you know, meetings. i have had some discussion with people already today. we hold a monthly task force meeting and our task force meeting pretty much encompasses everything from santa barbara down to san diego as part of our main group that we have a task force meetings with. it's been evolved over the years to be a little more formal and each time we have a meeting we do training and technology that is useful. i will talk about that technology in my class this afternoon. and it's really good because we have documented it as a member of this organization. you mind up having a documented, so when you go to court, you can show current training on a monthly basis. and in conferences. just like we're sitting here right now, i can't tell you how excited i am that these things are happening. only within the last two, three years have major conferences really come about. probably the oldest conferences were up in canda a great group of conference

you might recall vandals graffitied and broke the windows of several businesses. they set bonfires and set a muni bus on fire. they plan to meet with the mom and pop shops to address concerns they might have about a possible 49ers super bowl victory. he suggested that bars serve alcohol responsibly when it comes to hard liquor. he's not suggesting there is a ban. he backtracked on that statement after it came out yesterday. plea say they will increase the number of officer on patrol, by how much they couldn't say but as much as double or triple the regular staffing. >> the police department will vigorously investigate these type thes of crimes. we did make arrest in those kays of people causing vandalism and destruction to mini buts and buses to this city. they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. we want people to come to san francisco, and we want them to celebrate responsibly. >> sfpd reminds us that they did arrest 36 people, 23 for felonies during the world series after party celebrations, if you want to call them that. bob redell, nbc bay are

vandalism. >> we have graffiti, broken windows and everything.t them coming by let's us know that they're actually going to prepare themselves much better. >> we don't talk number of officers. there will be twice as many officers working. >> making sure kmumpxz are open that things that happen, we react to them. >> assurance as side, employees and public likes will hunker down sunday night. >> we're going to have doors closed before the game. we'll stick around until the game is over. so want tojtzsure windows aren't tagged. >> tonight at 6:00 only on abc 7 news, we're going to show you a unique approach the mayor and chief and fire chief are taking apriling for celebrationn1uy with moderation. live in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> that sounds like a plan. >> turn to abc 7 news right after the super bowl. we know you'll watch the game, but then, switch back to us. we'll be live with how fans are reacting here and in the big easy to the win. >> that is right. >> we are enjoying another day of sparkling weather out there. >> yes. bright, sunny skie

. >>> plus, a lawyer representing the graffiti artist accused of vandalizing a picasso calls the case nightmare. >>> and they're armed with clubs, machetes, and guns. the race is on in the hunt for pythons. >>> back to the angry outburst in a colorado courtroom today after a judge delayed the arraignment of alleged movie theater gunman james holmes. one victim's father shouted out today, rot in hell, holmes. victims' family members and people wounded in the shooting have been in the courtroom all week long for what basically has been a preview of holmes' trial. i want to bring in clinical psychologist dr. paula bloom. paula, good to see you. >> good to see you too. >> just the idea of these family members, of those who were killed, and the survivors, sitting in this courtroom, however close to this man, running through the details, learning new things possibly of how people were killed, is that helping them or hurting them? >> i think it really depends on the personality, who you are and what you bring to the situation has an impact. i want to take a quick step back, brooke. to me, th

officials are meeting to discuss the tactics the city uses to address the costly vandalism at a three day conference. graffitian $20 million each year. back in the '90s san francisco created an anti graffiti task force and assets to develop a database to catalog the graffiti and to determine who is responsible for the tagging. >> law enforcement sources say a millionaire investor that was killed last november for the home invasion and monte sereno was set up by an escort service. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news of the scene. both of austin and garcia are known and gang members from west oakland who form or robbery crews and targeted homes in oakland and fremont. during the robbery, ravi kura's wife also was injured. police still have not released a possible motive for the incident. >> president obama is a inauguration day is just away. but do not expect the same pageantry that you saw the first time around. this year it will be scaled down. only 900,000 people are scheduled to attend. this year's preparation is have been replete with rehearsals-withstand-ends played the president

officials are meeting to discuss the tactics the city uses to address the costly vandalism at a three day conference. graffitit san francisco more than $20 million each year. the conference wraps up today with towards of murals that have been painted on public laws and the city's mission district and the tenderloin neighborhoods. >> law-enforcement sources say that a millionaire investor that was killed last november during a home invasion in monte serano was set up by an escort. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news on the same. sources say that the escort tipped off to gang members to the house. 21 year-olddeang deangelo austin, 21 year-old javier garcia, and 26 year-old lukis anderson has been charged with the murder of ravi kumra. most austin and garcia are known gang members from west oakland who formed a robbery crews and targeted homes in oakland and fremont. during the robbery, his wife was also injured. police still have not really is possible motives in the incident. >> the 49ers quarterback is giving the team's next opponent a lot to think about. colin kaepernick, falcons ru

vandals. >> reporter: city workers spent the day cleaning up graffiti in san francisco's mission district. a job he may be repeating at the end of the week especially if the 49ers win the super bowl. >> it's pretty upsetting. people work hard out here. it's their livelihood. people should just respect what's going on out here. >> reporter: it was just three months that park and mission looked like this. fires burning on the streets. business owners out here say they don't want to so this again. that's why they'll be shutting down early sunday and others say if the niners do win they will prepare to close early. >> once everything is over. lock up. we don't want any problems. keep everybody safe. >> others say things will be okay and things will be fine. >> we don't expect anything to go wrong. we expect the niners to win, and go to work the next day. >> reporter: police are telling city leaders the plan for sunday. hpd is asking businesses to bring their recycling and trash bins early on sunday that way there's no added fuel. >>> amazon hit an all time high at closing today. sales up 22% c

vandals. >> reporter: city workers spent the day cleaning up graffiti in san francisco's mission district. a job he may be repeating at the end of the week especially if the 49ers win the super bowl. >> it's pretty upsetting. people work hard out here. it's their livelihood. people should just respect what's going on out here. >> reporter: it was just three months that park and mission looked like this. fires burning on the streets. business owners out here say they don't want to so this again. that's why they'll be shutting down early sunday and others say if the niners do win they will prepare to close early. >> once everything is over. lock up. we don't want any problems. keep everybody safe. >> others say things will be okay and things will be fine. >> we don't expect anything to go wrong. we expect the niners to win, and go to work the next day. >> reporter: police are telling city leaders the plan for sunday. hpd is asking businesses to bring their recycling and trash bins early on sunday that way there's no added fuel. >>> amazon hit an all time high at closing today. sales up 22% c

vandalized. >> the walls were full of graffiti. and you can see the graffiti. >> reporter: visiting with the top brass seem to to be at least. if am i am optimistic of their taking precautions that this will not happen again. >> we need to the community's help solve this is a very safe let us show the country that we are the class city. >> reporter: public intoxication or public drinking will be prohibited and will be twice as many cops and world series celebrations. >> we know there are going to be celebrations but you do not want to be spending the night in jail or a sobering center. >> reporter: the police chief is also saying that there will likely be somebody that will be taking video on their cellphones. they are not afraid to track you down that pathway they have done it in the past. in san francisco, dan kerman, kron 4 news. >> jacqueline: it was a gorgeous day today. with sunshine this is what is called a blocking pattern and blocks and the storm clouds so we will stay dry and warm for the next several days. largely the 40

are meeting to discuss the tactics of the city's use is to address the costly vandalism at a three day conference. graffitit san francisco more than $20 million each year. back in the '90s san francisco created an anti graffiti task force and this is develop the database catalog the graffiti in the terminal was responsible for each tagging. >> president obamas second inauguration is days away, but did not expect a pop and pageantry you saw the first time around. >> this year it'll be scaled down. >> only 900,000 people are attending which is half as many people as 2009. the years preparations have been replete with rehearsals with stand in its plan the president, vice president, and chief justice. >> the real president will have to swearing in spirit a public ceremony on monday, a private one the day before. he will use to bibles, one owned by abraham lincoln, the other by martin luther king jr.. >> 7:37 a.m. will be back in a couple of moments to start off your friday morning and get you into the weekend. we have our memount tam cam. we have no wind as of now and the camera is showing you all of the sunsh

. >> a lot of people in san francisco have not forgot about the vandalism after the giants won. they had graffiti can was stolen. >> let's not forget the fires. the mayor and the fire chief walked through the neighborhood to let them know that that would be protected. >> i just want to make sure that we are speaking to everyone. the city wants to do more than just talk. >> there will be more officers on the streets. >> the chief stated that drinking in public will not be tolerated or a bad behavior. >> >> we want people to be respectful of other persons prop. perry ed you know someone will want to be videotaping you with their sale phone and you do not want them to send us those totals. >> the mayor also told merchants that the city has plans to empty trash bins on an hourly basis so fires cannot be started. >> the plan seems to be giving the merchants more. >> this city officials are confident that they're taking all the right steps to keep mission district save on super bowl sunday. all ultimately, it will come down to the fans and how they behave once the game is officially over. >> more than

graffiti is a $20 million annual problem for san francisco. other bay area cities like oakland and san jose deal with the same issue. take a look at these store fronts in oakland. vandalsd walls, gates and windows. >> we cleaned up this morning. next day when we come in, you will see it everywhere. >> reporter: many fed up business owners say they are out of ideas. that's why leaders from around the world met at the zero graffiti international conference in san francisco. they are brainstorming and exchanging ideas. the theory is what appears to be a cosmetic issue can lead to more serious crime, like shootings. san francisco police say most of the city's tagging is gang- related, gangsters marking their turf. >> that could cause problems when other members of a rival gang may walk into the wrong neighborhood. >> reporter: one of the solutions talked about at the conference, using murals to fight graffiti. participants toured san francisco neighborhoods where that's working. >> graffiti taggers tend to respect artwork more and they will move on typically. >> reporter: experts say this alley in san francisco's mission district demonstrates what works and what doesn't. o