the park borders the haight-ashbury neighborhood. 40 years ago, this was the epicenter of the summer of love. signs of the 1960s still abound. but the haight, as it's known, has changed a lot in 40 years. for young people on their own, this is no longer a safe place. >> we kind of run the gamut here as far as substance abuse, you know, alcoholism, narcotics, mental illness. i mean, it's all right here. >> officer john andrews has walked the beat here for over four years. >> this is golden gate park. the park is a very violent area. we get lots of assaults. it seems like one of our main things is somebody getting hit in the back of the head with a skateboard. i mean, we get calls like that all the time. >> brian is facing some of these dangers himself. he says he's been dealing in the park for five months now. but tensions have grown between brian and other dealers. >> since i stopped talking to a certain individual, everybody in the park cut me off, wouldn't give me any pot to sell and make money. >> the problem, brian says, is that he still owes money to his supplier who won't back

manson claimed to be like everybody flocking to haight-ashbury, if just a bit older. he told most people he was searching for peace and love just like them. but his dark side soon took over. >> manson was in his early 30s at the time that he was in the haight-ashbury, developing what became known as his family. so there were all these young people there looking for something. many of them using drugs. and he gave them what they were looking for. he said, free food, free lodging, free sex, so free love as it was called then, all just flowed because he played a guitar, he sounded like he knew what he was talking about. to an 18, 17-year-old runaway who might have, wow, this guy is really something. and the family grew. >> as his family grew, manson, a racist at his core, became increasingly paranoid about a war between blacks and whites. then in december 1968, the beatles released the song "helter skelter." ♪ look out ♪ helter skelter >> manson believed the lyrics predicted a race war, and he began calling the war "helter skelter." >> one of the things that apparently h

another assault happened in haight-ashbury last year. people tell us all three were known for being troublemakers in that neighborhood. >>> it was a bloody confrontation between burglars and a homeowner. >> that point i said get the hell out of my house. one decided to fight. he ran out. i wan out to see if there was a license plate. that's when they shot me. >> he was not seriously hurt. the suspects got away. >> a long day in the hot seat for hillary chnt. the questioning went on late into the night. tension and drama on capitol hill. this was a marathon hearing. >> it took 11 hours and wrapped up after 9:00 p.m. yessing hillary clinton what she did following the attack. tonight questions remain over who was helped and hurt moseby the hearing. >> hillary clinton kept her cool during the testimony. >> you knew the truth. that's not what the american people got. >> she denied a cover ju. >> i can only tell you what the facts were. >> she testified she never saw the ambassador's request for more security. >> he raised security where the s

. >>> people in haight ashbury are remembering people charged in the two bay area killing. they got in a fight last summer, when someone tried to break it up they punched him in the face and beat him some a someone broke that up. they are charged with murdering a backpacker. people in the haight say fights and drifters are nothing new. >>> now to the south bay, a man is recovering from a gunshot wound after walking in on a burglary in his own home. police say 29-year-old came home interrupting the barry in progress. he confronted the two men and he was shot in the shoulder. he was able to call 911 himself. the burglars left a purse filled with jewelry and a safe they dragged into the hallway. they got away in a blue honda accord. neighbors report a rash of break ins but the violence scares them. >> it's okay, as long as you don't hurt, you don't get hurt. now they are carrying the weapon, they carry gun. how do we prevent that. >> the police have no leads on suspect. anyone with information are asked to call the san jose police. >>> we're going check in with sal for traffic

earlier we were in haight-ashbury where we found bacon and quite a few bacon lovers. news for them. it does not mean you have to ban your favorite food completely. from its sizzle, to its smell. >> we love bacon. >> it seems many relationships have unfolded over bacon. >> it's a versatile ingredient. it's breakfast, lunch, dinner. >> reporter: at bacon bacon the star ingredient in is just about every dish including the almost veggie sandwich. >> it's not quite vegetarian. >> reporter: now the world health organization is linking bacon and other processed meats like sausage to cancer. it says they're carcinogenic on evidence of colorectal cancer and higher instances of stomach cancer. this man quit smoking but says he's not quite ready to quitçó processed meats. >> i'm not sure if i'm ready to give up bacon sandwiches. >> reporter: he may not have to. >> it's not that you can't have any. but you want to reduce the amount of processed meat you're taking in. go with broiling, with baking. those things will not release some of the chemicals. >> reporter: the world health

five mistakes in six months at the haight-ashbury in san francisco. haight street between laguna and ashbury and it's taking a toll on businesses there. tomorrow city leaders will ask for a public hearing to fire the general contractor. the company name, synergy project management. the company says the gas lines weren't properly marked, but city workers aren't buying it. >> because after you basically made the mistake of the first gas leak, wouldn't you do something different if you're not sure that the maps are okay? >> city leaders say the project should have taken only five weeks. >>> good evening. i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri. update to the forecast, showers for tuesday. we're also tracking the best chance of rain from this storm system. i'll have details in my microclimate forecast. >>> and then some people know processed meats aren't necessarily good for your health. but there's never been a warning like this. the blunt words today that has many bacon lovers taking notice. >>> just say no to black friday. one company is closing its doors to sh

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haight-ashbury is under the knife. crews are replacing aging pipes along haight street from laguna to ashbury, but one of the project contractors has manned to rupture gas lines five separate times in one block. mark matthews is there in san francisco. mark, frustrated neighbors where you are. what are they doing about it? >> well, they're complaining to the city. the city is going to have a meeting. we'll tell you about that in a meeting. just in this one block, we're at haight and ash bury, between here and the next street down, masonic, supposed to take a few weeks to do the street repairs. it's now six months and counting. >> started back in april. >> the owner of a tattoo parlor said it went bad from the beginning. >> the first day, they hit a gas line. >> within days, a sinkhole opened up in the middle of the street. the merchants called public works. >> they gave us assurances they were to proceed without further instance. >> when the work resumed, so did the ruptures. >> they just progressed down haight street

. >>> people in haight ashbury are remembering the encounter of the people charged in murder. they got in a fight last summer. when someone tried to break it up they punched him in the face and beat him until someone broke it up. they have been charged with murdering a back packer in gold engreat park and a man walking his dog. people say fights and drifters are nothing new. police say they have increased the presence in the haight since. 29-year-old albert came home interrupting the burglary in progress. >> i asked why are you here. he started walking in the house i grabbed him. his buddy came out and told me to back out. i shoved his buddy and said get out of my house. the big guy ran out but the little guy wanted to fight with me. for the first five years of my dull life i was a professional muay thai fighter. he fell down in front of the car and that's when he shot me. >> he was shot in the shoulder, was able to call 911, the burglars left a purse full of jewelry and a safe. they got away in a blue honda accord. they have no leads on the suspect. >>> time is 5:47. let's ge

people who live in the haight- ashbury says two suspects got into a scuffle last year. neighbors say it's indicative of a decades-old problem. but it took the killing to shine a light on it. >> reporter: they've recently been charged with the murders of 23-year-old canadian backpacker audrey kerry, and 67- year-old bay area yoga instructor quiche steve -- structure steve carter. now people in the bay area say morrison lamply and his girlfriend were in a brawl outside last summer. >> they punched him in the face, proceeded to beat him until some guys from the neighborhood intervened. >> reporter: he runs the liquor store a block down. he helped break up the fight. >> we're over here, paying our tax, paying rent, and we have to deal with this every day. >> reporter: these kind of fights are nothing new to the haigh, and residents are fed up. >> they come in loads, buts loads, they park by the park, sleep in the park, or in the doorways here, and it's tiring of >> reporter: they survive off of petty crime and drug dealing. they once again have asked police to crack down. >

. >> you get these kids, these children coming into haight-ashbury and here is charlie manson saying how much he loves them and wants to take care of them. it was made to order for them and they took full advantage. >> manson was fixed for life. >> i don't have any particular reality. >> he spoke to cnn from prison in 1987. >> i spent the best part of my life in boy schools, prisons and reform schools because i had nobody. >> manson blamed his mother for his troubled youth. kathleen maddox gave birth to manson in cincinnati, ohio, at the age of 16. and went to prison when charlie was just 5 years old. >> she got out of my life early. and let me scuffle for myself. and then i became my own mother. >> while manson blamed his mother, author jeff winn blames manson. >> charles manson was born evil. little charlie was taken in by loving relatives. the problem was that charlie himself was a rotten little kid from the word "go." >> a rotten kid whose crimes escalated as he got older from stealing cars to armed robbery. from drug dealing to pimping. >> he sounds like the ultimate conman. >>

. >> there holding residents of haight-ashbury hostage.i want people breaking the law to be uncomfortable. >> making the homeless and comfortable is not what the homeless bazaar is about. >> it's called housing. that is a solution. >> we can work with them to get them into a shelter. >> where do you guys sleep? >> hotels. >> we had to leave the hotel because they want to rent us a room for more than a week. we have to find another one. >> it will be interesting to see what the new homeless person will do. there's pressure saying it's one thing to be compassion but this is getting too far. we have public defecation and now things are getting violent. >> there doesn't seem to be a solid strategy. we are hoping that homeless people practice self- discipline. that's not what happened. >> it's not. the problem is he also said is people are beyond the point of self-discipline. they have drug problems and other problems so severe. >> there are different categories of homeless people. some people are down on their lack. >> if you can get them hous

the sfgate is reporting that the three suspects were well known in the haight-ashbury area. sfgate spoke with other drifters who said that he voided the trio known as tweakers and meth users with angry outbursts. they spent their nights at buena vista park and their days trying to steal from stores. reporting live in san francisco, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> still more to find out i'm sure about those people. but the drifters murder case similar to the deadly pier 14 shooting in san francisco in at least one aspect. in both cases the guns used were stolen from parked cars in san francisco. the gun used in the death of kate steinle was found in the bay. it was taken during a break-in of a federal agent's car. the gun used in this week's killings was also stolen from a car that was parked near fisherman's wharf. >>> a developing story now out of pittsburg. a man shot in the neck while driving in the 200 block of diane avenue. chopper 5 was above the scene a short time ago. police say two children were in that car at the time of the shooting. they were unhurt. the 35-year-old ma

. >> those people are holding the residents of the haight-ashbury hostage. i want more of a police presence. and i want people who are breaking the law to be uncomfortable. >> reporter: making the homeless uncomfortable, however, is not what the homeless czar's job is about. >> their solution to homelessness of is housing. >> reporter: what can do you about these people? >> we can work with them to get them into a shelter. >> they won't allow sex offenders in there. >> reporter: where do you sleep? >> hotels. >> just had to leave our hotel now because they won't rent us a room for more than a week. i have to try to find another hotel. >> reporter: now, it's interesting. los angeles and portland are both facing similar problems and they have declared a state of emergency. of asked the new director if there were plans for -- i asked the new director if there were plans for san francisco to declare a state of emergency? he said no, it's way to get more money and they are spenting $458,000 a day in san francisco. it's going to take more than money to solve this.

i don't want work -- to see work begin in the haight-ashbury community. until we're sure that our neighborhood will be safe. san franciscans deserve safety and accountability from their city government and from the companies that our government hires. companies that exceed their bid or provides shoddy work are repeatedly jeopardize public safety, should not be working on our streets. i'm requesting the department of public works, the san francisco and the california public utilities commission, synergy, pg&e to participate in this hearing. i look forward to getting to the bottom of this as soon as possible. i rest i submit. before we move on with roll call for introductions, we are at 2:30. i like to acknowledge that two supervisors have accommodations to give today. excuse me. >> madam president, i have 2:36 on the computer. >> okay, madam clark, i like to acknowledge supervisor kim for the first commendation and then supervisor compos will give the second. >> thank you, october is filipino american history month. today it is my privilege to offer commen

i don't want work -- to see work begin in the haight-ashbury community. until we're sure that our neighborhood will be safe. san franciscans deserve safety and accountability from their city government and from the companies that our government hires. companies that exceed their bid or provides shoddy work are repeatedly jeopardize public safety, should not be working on our streets. i'm requesting the department of public works, the san francisco and the california public utilities commission, synergy, pg&e to participate in this hearing. i look forward to getting to the bottom of this as soon as possible. i rest i submit. before we move on with roll call for introductions, we are at 2:30. i like to acknowledge that two supervisors have accommodations to give today. excuse me. >> madam president, i have 2:36 on the computer. >> okay, madam clark, i like to acknowledge supervisor kim for the first commendation and then supervisor compos will give the second. >> thank you, october is filipino american history month. today it is my privilege to offer commen

the cole street clinic is a youth clinic in the heart of the haight ashbury and they target youth.dell takes care of many of the central city residents and they have great expertise in providing services for many of the homeless. potrero hill and southeast health centers are health centers in those particular communities that are family health centers, so they provide health care to patients across the age span. . >> many of our clients are working poor. they pay their taxes. they may run into a rough patch now and then and what we're able to provide is a bridge towards getting them back on their feet. the center averages about 14,000 visits a year in the health clinic alone. one of the areas that we specialize in is family medicine, but the additional focus of that is is to provide care to women and children. women find out they're pregnant, we talk to them about the importance of getting good prenatal care which takes many visits. we initially will see them for their full physical to determine their base line health, and then enroll them in prenatal care which occurs over the nex