homeless is not illegal. it's not against the law to be homeless. yeah.rrest people for no apparent reason. yeah. hi, i'm heather. what's your name? bobby. nice to meet you. it gotinfected and i went to the doctor, and the doctor put me in the hospital for one week. oh, my. my name is heather, i'm the community outreach rn at ihs. 0k, thank you. 0k, you're welcome. i could not believe that these people were walking, talking and functioning, eating and able to walk about with these horrendous wounds. wounds that we never saw really in school or in the hospital because they're really big and infected and abscesses, and all kinds of crazy stuff. the homeless are the people that have the least political cloud, —— the homeless are the people that have the least political clout so they get forgotten too often, until the system begins to crash. are you having any pain right now? just a headache. 0k. we are going to get you into the room and do a physical exam, 0k? i think the biggest frustration is that you are a physician who really wants to see their patients

of what it means to be homeless. i come out here with an understanding of what it means to be a drug addict. i come out here with an understanding of what it means to be an alcoholic. and because i have that understanding, i'm able to relate to people in a different way. >> looking for amy. >> reporter: at a park downtown, phillips and his team find a woman they know well. >> hey amy! >> how much you had to drink today? >> reporter: there are around 7,200 homeless in this state of 1.4 million people. >> hawaii is known as a beautiful island paradise. but it also has the distinction of having one of the highest per-capita rate of homelessness in the nation. >> reporter: according to the most recent statistics, hawaii's homelessness rate is now around 505 homeless for every 100,000 residents. by comparison, new york state had 436 per 100,000, and california, 302. hawaii's problem became so severe, that two years ago governor david ige declarea state of emergency. >> this homelessness challenge is a crisis. >> reporter:

>> i've been homeless about two months. >> reporter: volunteer counters, some homeless themselves, recentlyssed l.a. and other cities in search of homeless youth, but finding them can be difficult says ucs associate professor eric rice. >> oftentimes what homeless use will do is they will be sleeping on a friend's couch for a couple of nights and they'll be sleep under an underpass overnight and they don't want to be associated with homelessness. they don't want it to be their identity. so they do everything they can to appear to be just a normal 20 years because they are a normal 20-year-old. >> reporter: advocates say the counts results will mean more federal funding for programs aimed at helping these nung jung people. hud's goal is to end youth homelessness by 2020. garner hopes it's a lot sooner. >> there need to be more people caring, people realizing the situation we're in and we're not bad people. >> reporter: mireya villarreal, cbs news, los angeles. >> ninan: rock legend gregg allman was laid to rest today in macon, georgia. among the mourners, jimmy carter and allman's ex-wife, c

homeless for every 100,000 residents. by comparison, new york state had 436 per 100,000, and california, 302. hawaii's problem became so severe, that two years ago governor david ige declarea state of emergency. >> this homelessness challenge is a crisis. >> reporter: that released more funding for new housing and shelters like this one - designed specifically for

why a city in the south bay is asking people to stop feeding the homeless... and the friction it is now causing with local church groups. a live report - next. (brittney) i'm chief meteorologist brittney shipp, i'll have your full bay area forecast after the break. a confrontation between church and state looms in the city of san jose, which, like most large cities, is dealing with chronic homelessness.(steve) kron four's rob fladeboe is live for us now with details on the coming crackdown on efforts to feed the homeless at a popular downtown park. rob? (rob live) i'm here at st james park. homeless people come here because they can often find a hot meal provided by church groups. but soon, the city will try to put a stop to that as part of a plan it says will be better for the homeless and make the park more accessible to everyone. sbeginning in early august, san jose police, which can often be seen patrolling st. james park, will begin enforcing an ordinance that bans the illegal distribution of food, much of which is provided by church groups, like the one

>> about two months. >> reporter: volunteers, some recently homeless themselves, searched for homelessouth, but finding them can be difficult says the associate professor. >> often the homeless will sleep on a friend's couch for a couple of nights, next on an underpass, and they don't want to be associated with homeless. they don't want it to be their identity. so they do everything they can to appear to be a normal 20-year-old. because they are a normal 20-year-old. >> reporter: the advocates say the counts will help with a federally funded program to help these youth. hunt's goal is to help them. >> there just needs to be more >> there just needs to be more people caring and r no matter who was in there last. protection. new lysol power & fresh 6 goes to work flush after flush for a just-cleaned feeling that lasts up to 4 weeks. lysol. what it takes to protect. what does life look like during your period? with tampax pearl. you get ultimate protection on your heaviest days and smooth removal for your lightest. tampax pearl and pocket pearl for on the go. not all fish oil supplements

do you know why more homeless people are in oakland? >> one of the things the county-wide study found that i think is so important to notice is the majority of people living homeless on the streets here are from here. many people are being displaced by economic reasons. more than half of the people were homeless for economic reasons. that means eviction, loss of a job, things like that. >> they were previously living in oakland. now they couldn't afford their house. so now they're under a freeway somewhere. >> exactly. >> let's talk about how this money is going to be spent. from what i understand it's going to go to buy properties, aging hotels, motels maybe not in use, and convert them in to single-room occupancies. have you identified any buildings you guys can buy and start the process? >> yes, we have. and that's part of why this is so important. while new construction is also valuable to create affordable housing, we have a crisis today. there are existing sros so we won't even have to convert them. we can buy existing sros that o

he found how hard has it been for job, ig number of young people between the ages o are homeless andlone without thea guardian. many of them ran away from abusive family. drake hudson sai after arguing several times with his parent d like? >> i just and that is pretty much it. >> reporter: some studies report that there re1.8 million youth that are homeless across the country, but no one knows for sure, so this department is focusing on getting an accurate count. >> how long were you homeless? >> about two months. >> reporter: volunteer hopeople who were homeless before, are working to get them help. >> often times what homeless youth will do is sleep on a friend's couch for a couple of nights. then under an underpass for a night. they don't want it to be associated with homelessness, they do everything they can to appear to be just a normal 20-year-old, because they are a normal 20-year-old. >> reporter: advocates say the results will mean more federal funding for programs aimed at helping these young people. hud's goal is to end the homelessness by 2020, garner hopes it is sooner.

the homeless we spoke to cesar not sure where they will go next.san jose, and ruben, ktvu fox2 news. >>> a group of community advocates is demanding a seat at the table as san jose negotiates with google over a mecca campus downtown . the tech giant wants to build a campus near the sap center in downtown san jose where it would employ 20,000 workers. advocates for affordable housing and unions that represent service workers like cafeteria servers and janitors called on the city council to keep their interest in mind. >> we hear how they sleep in cars and crammed together in small places and in the war in our commit -- commute from the central valley. we have a vision for development in the tech economy that truly works for all of us. >> the san jose city council is expected to vote tomorrow on entering into negotiations with google and its developer on the mecca campus. the community groups wants google to offer higher paying jobs in invest in housing >>> a u.s. coast guard crew was at home. the happy reunion today in alameda and the huge call of -

to do about the homeless here at saint james park. groups providing food to the homeless -- looking for possible crime, and in san jose distribution of unpermitted food violates the law. issue citation to people feeding the homeless. >> i was very angry because we are out there and for the past few nights we have been giving food and water and people a

these are clearinghouses for homeless people.m connected to services and eventually into housing. another center will open soon and two more are planned. young adults may use the centers, but none are specifically for them. the centers have proven to be very successful. 79% of the people who enter end up in stable housing. >> the next navigation center should be for young people. >> reporter: san francisco supervisor jeff shy has beenn pushing for more money to be spent on services. >> we need 25,000 square >> reporter: the district is where many end up. >> there's nowhere to drop in and sit down and relax and get case management. >> reporter: kristen knows many of the people who call the streets here home. he runs taking it to the streets, a nonprofit that puts kids to work cleaning the streets and finds them housing. he said the area's only late-night drop-in center closed three years ago. >> the closing was a tragedy. >> reporter: for 12 years, the homeless youth alliance was h hait street. a rent incross made it unaffordable

homelessness has been reduced over800,000 to just 500,000. again, nothing to gloat about it we are moving in the right direction. i think the housing first concept is excellence. the reason i say that is because somebody sleeping under a bridge is likely to end up in the emergency room sometime in the course of the year and be admitted into the hospital. a one-week stay in the hospital costs more than it costs to house them for two years. so we have to look at the data. we have to utilize that appropriately. housing first i agree with. housing second means we have to diagnose the reason they are in that situation and housing third means we need to address that. that is real compassion. putting people on a pathway to self sustainment. >> great. you mentioned fha in your remarks. obviously it plays a role in an affordable rental housing and sustainable safe mortgages. members have questions about future fha policies including mortgage insurance premium reductions that has a final role on policy. contemplating policy changes for fha and single-f

i have nothing to he me. >> reporter: homeless service provider justin phillips says in order for homeless pern to qualify for certain housing programs, a doctor must diagnose a disability. but phillips says many of the people out here can't be relied on to make it to an appointment. >> we know they're not gonna go to a doctor, you know? "my main priority is getting a beer in my system, maybe some, you know, marijuana, maybe some ice. wanna get loaded, get good and--

will support over 350,000 in homeless shelters. so we're looking at that homelessness has been reduced from 800,000 to over 500,000. again, nothing to gloat about. but we're moving in the right direction. i think the housing first concept is an excellent concept. and the reason i say that is because somebody sleeping under a bridge they're likely to end up in the emergency room some time in the course of that year and be admitted to the hospital. a one-week stay in the hospital costs more than it costs to house them for three years so we have to look at the data, we have to utilize that appropriately. so housing first i agree with. but we must add housing second and third. housing second means we need to diagnose the reason that they're in that situation and housing third means we need to address that. that's what real compassion is. putting people on a pathway to self-sustainment. >> great. you mentioned fha in your opening remarks and it's played a big role in first time home buyers with access to safe and affordable mortgages an

. >>> a candidate decided to live among the homeless. his demands to the city. >>> finding love in the dating age. we'll look at the online world of relationships. ionships. >>> if you are a material girl or boy listen up, especially if you are graduating college. some of the top gifts this year for graduates are crash and gift cards, right. don't give me a pen. >> slip me crash or a card. >> cash is king. >> i found an very a typical gift that some final expects say parents give to their children. offer to match your graduates contribution to a roth ira say for five years, right. encourage them to become a responsible responsible -- and fie announced financial. >> the best thing is to get a job. >> we'll talk about the time of year we are in. we'll take you to a big fbi operation taking place this week off the water in alameda. >> it's special training that focuses on the navel station. >> we are there to explain what will happen during the next two days of operation seasick. >>reporter: the training exercise just got underway. the opd,

. >> how does one end up at 18 homeless? >> many factors. >> diminishing resources to get teenagers off the streets of san francisco. tonight, a continued commitment to the san francisco homeless project. >>> the women was charge twiced for a rental car she never use. i'm michael finney. coming up, 7 on your side investigates. >> live where you live. this is "abc7 news." >> it's all about public safety. the cameras and the video system is crucial in 2017. >> the systems are crucial and so are you. the passengers to make b.a.r.t. safer than it's been before. good evening. thank you for joining us. >> b.a.r.t. is actually ahead of schedule installing cameras in all of its trains, something the agency committed to a year ago. >> back then, the majority of cameras were either broken or decoys. laura anthony joins us live from b.a.r.t. and walnut creek with a look at why it will take cooperation as well as cameras. laura? >> reporter: that's right. b.a.r.t. is asking for the public's help rolling out this new technology. they wan

by resource the homeless. these troubles and problems, have afforded men now at the bottom of the pack the opportunity to get the mental health care they need. i cannot afford going to a psychiatrist or psychologist. they cannot afford the medication. >> the affordable care act is beneficial, absolutely beneficial to people that are homeless. there is no question about that. it is essential. if we stop, we will be devastated. ♪ >> to be in one of the best countries in the world and yet to have this, having people live out-of-doors is wrong. consequences. orwe cannot present a button link our eyes or make it go away. it will be here. it will be a topic in congress. >> in my lifetime, everything a person has to do is done. that tells me this country has not yet top to bottom purposed itself to end homelessness. >> how can we change our lives if we are always put in a crate and pushed away? >> i want to be in a country where people of all races and creeds -- it should be addressed. >> i feel blessed every day to

but long time homeless advocates say that the plan will just cause the homeless to go to surroundingborhoods. <".....what the mercy mobile does is follow the homeless, not vice versa, that logic is faulty, people keep telling me, you keep feeding them and they keep coming, no they are coming to me, they're already here...">( darya ) a spokesman for the city says it is working to partner with church groups to find ways to feed the homeless all across san jose. ( mark ) a string of mail thefts has some people who live in the east bay frustrated with the postal service. and many are hoping they will finally get some help. in one of the thefts... a man gets caught on surveillance video stealing mail at the camden housing complex in hayward. some residents say they have not received mail in weeks. one woman says neighbors have sent videos to the police and the postal service.. police say they are investigating. they are asking people to keep sending videos to help catch the thieves. ( mark ) police are on the hunt for three men who robbed a bank at gunpoint in walnut creek. the robbery ha

vulnerable among the homeless. the effort to raise awareness and find solutions to the growing crisis. >>> plus the best beach towns in the u.s. the number one california city on the list, mill valley. if you're asking why, wloyou'ret alone. >>> this is 101 southbound. that's all that backup. northbound looking good as always. 880 see >>> the july 4th holiday is coming fast. if you're confused about what is and is not allowed, tiffany wilson has some help. >> reporter: the boxes are unopened but you can already sense burnadette's excitement. >> most last from an hour to hour and a half. throw in a couple of big ones at the end, it's fabulous. >> reporter: this benefits many of her church's outreach programs. >> we made a little over 15,000 last year. it helps a lot. >> reporter: they don't explode or leave the ground but they aren't allowed in most bay area communities. the san francisco fire department tweeting today know before you buy. all fireworks are illegal in san francisco city and county. the alameda count

the homeless we spoke to say they are not sure where they will go next. ktvu fox2 news . >>> coming up, a shocking discovery at a stockton grocery market. details of the rodents found crawling over store produce. >>> escalating tensions with the united states over the fight with isis and syria. details coming up in a moment. >>> a man went to the grocery store and found something unexpected in the produce aisle. the kim took this video with his cell phone last night showing a couple of mice crawling around in the tomatoes at a food 4 less on march lane in stockton. he posted the video on facebook and the health department heard from other customers who said they had seen mice in the store. the san joaquin county health department sent out an inspector who found evidence of mice. >> they're in the tomatoes here.>> the health department has ordered the store to close the produce section and removal produce before cleaning the area. the store is required to callout an exterminator. food 4 less would not comment. >>> after almost 2 months and see the coast gu

here at mission station they get 1,000 homeless cls a month.ott's vision is to have a dedicated team of officers who can help connect these homeless people to city services. and in other words, more outreach, less enforcement. >> you have a place you can do laundry and get a shower. >> reporter: officer jared harris responding to a complaint. that a homeless camp was blocking the sidewalk on fulsom and 1th street. he and his part next, officer yasser shaw convinced them to clear the sidewalk and offered tent dwellers help in getting city services. >> get your shower and laundry services okay. address, phone number, everything. >> the new officer unit soles purpose is to concentrate on issues involving the homeless. to use more outreach

you had patients having their food stolen or trays by homeless people, homeless people in various lounges. bellevue had to come to a real decision. as much as we take everyone in who leads -- needs medical care, we are a hospital, not a homeless shelter. for them to god over, given the long history of loving and kindness in the facility. today the doors are open. hurricane sandy almost up us out. we had one of the most heroic evacuations on record. some of you may not know it, but bellevue has not only several onehiatric awards -- warts, floor is a prison ward. prisoners with medical or psychiatric issues come to bellevue. they had to be evacuated in hurricane sandy in darkness. they were chained together and surrounded by corrections officers. psychiatric patients come down. nato patients came down. -- neonatal patients came down. it was the largest in american history. commitment of the people working in the hospital, physicians, technicians, nurses, people working the kitchens. it is a wonderful place. it has a history that basically parallels the history of american medicine. it is a

our homeless assistance grants requesting t$2.75 million. it grants $255 million will support over 350,000 in homeless shelters. so we are looking at that homelessness has been reduced from 800,000 to just over 500,000. again, nothing to gloat about but we are moving in the right directions. i think it's an excellent -- they are likely to end up in the emergency room some time in the course of that year and be admitted to the hospital. a one week stay in the hospital costs more than it costs to house them for three years. we have to utilize that appropriately. we also must add housing second and housing third. housing second means we need to diagnose the reason we are in that situation and housing third means we need to address that. many our of members have questions about future fha policy including poing mortgage final rule, multifamily transformational and resolving concerns about the use of the false claims act. are you contemplating in either single family or multi-family at this point? >> yes. but i can't talk about him in this forum.

committed to working with homeless advocates to find solutions for the greater good.n san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news (pam) a medical marijuana dispensary proposed for san francisco's sunset neighborhood ... the subject of a noisy protest in front of city hall today. the demonstrators believe a pot dispensary is a bad fit for their area, raising concerns about the smell of marijuana smoke ... and an increase in crime in the area. a spokesperson for the proposed dispensary says, they will not allow the consumption of pot around their shop ... and adds, they have never had a police incident at their other facility in the castro district. a spokesperson for the proposed dispensary says, there is support for marijuana in the neighborhood. pointing to polling data that shows... the majority of the sunset district residents voted in favor of the recent legislation ... legalizing the recreational use of pot. (pam) a string of mail thefts ... has some people who live in the east bay .... on high alert. many are now hoping that the postal service will finally step in and hel

but long time homeless advocates say that the plan will just cause the homeless to go to surrounding....what the mercy mobile does is follow the homeless, not vice versa, that logic is faulty, people keep telling me, you keep feeding them and they keep coming, no they are coming to me, they're already here...">( mark ) a spokesman for the city says it is working to partner with church groups to find ways to feed the homeless all across san jose. ( darya ) a string of mail thefts has some people who live in the east bay frustrated with the postal service. and many are hoping they will finally get some help. in one of the thefts... a man gets caught on surveillance video stealing mail at the camden housing complex in hayward. some residents say they have not received mail in weeks. one woman says neighbors have sent videos to the police and the postal service.. police say they are investigating. they are asking people to keep sending videos to help catch the thieves. (darya) coming up on the kron four morning news... the knicks kick phil jackson out, will that solve their problems? a t

dehumanizes the homeless. >> reporter: san jose has been struggling about what to do about the homeless here at saint james park. groups providing food to the homeless -- looking for possible crime, and in san jose distribution of unpermitted food violates the law. issue citation to people feeding the homeless. >> i was very angry because we are out there and for the past few nights we have been giving food and water and people are starving. >> reporter: to off cite agencies. the city says it will try to partner one permitted groups to finding outside alternatives. >> yes, the residents are tired of seeing the homeless. written me hate mail. stop feeding the homeless. >> reporter: saint james park is overwhelmed by the feeding. it is becoming a commune for the homeless instead of a place for everyone. >> i was frugal with my food stamps and it is gone in a week and a half. >> reporter: councilman inconjunction with public agency, will issue a statement later this week. advocates say they have been told there will be no public hearings on this issues because this is not a new law just an

even in normal times applying as homeless.is going to be a tough with the council to find homes for people. you work for a ritzy, shelter, which deals with homeless people, we are talking about the richest borough in the richest city in this country and there is a demonstration because people do not know where they are going to sleep tonight. what has brought us to this point? why is there not a housing policy where boroughs like kensington and chelsea can say there is space and we will put you there and we will have you there within the next month? can you still hear me? kate, are you still there? you cut out. here we are in 20s of unseen in the richest borough of london with a demonstration like this with people wanting somewhere they can call home after a disaster like this then i am wondering what sort of housing policy we have that has led to this. the level of anger we are seeing is notjust because of the events on wednesday night. people feel that there has been a lack of focus on social housing. we have been saying for

one homeless vet lynette hatcher had been homeless for ten years. >> had always been me and my childrenum, in and out of homeless shelters and stuff like that. um, but i never had to live by myself. >> reporter: lou miller is another vet who with the help of gremlin's program has now had his own place for the past three months. >> you know when you at a ballgame and stand up with your hand over your heart and you get that warm feeling when they're playing god bless of america that's the kind of feeling that gives me when john stands up and helps the vets. >> what does john say. >> all of them is served time in the military and it's a way i can give back to them. >> it is a way you can give back indeed. mr. gremlin says if we can look out for the less fortunate if we have the capability to do so then we have a responsibility to humanity to do just that. john is currently housing 23 once homeless veterans. >> i love that. >> it's interesting someone may watch that story and think of doing the same thing. >> yes. that's exactly what i was thin thinking when i saw that. i was thinking it's

here at mission station they get 1,000 homeless calls a month. now, chief scott's vision is to have a dedicated team of officers who can help conct these homeless people to city services. and in other words, more outreach, less enforcement. >> you have a place you can do laundry and get a shower. >> reporter: officer jared harris responding to a complaint. that a homeless camp was blocking the sidewalk on fulsom and 1th street. he and his part next, officer yasser shaw convinced them to clear the sidewalk and offered tent dwellers help in getting city services. >> get your shower and laundry services okay. address, phone number, everything. >> the new officer unit soles purpose is to concentrate on issues involving the homeless. to use more outreach, than enforcement. commander david lazar head the unit. >> get someone help. get them housing, get them treatment. that's way more successful than enforcement. enforcement is still a tool. but not the priority. >> the unit will work collaboratively with city agencies foremost department of homelessnes

some residents+ who didn't wan to be on camera told us óaly of the homeless acted like criminals.n after city sweeps the homeless kept comingi]+Ñif. s audrey is walking around a place she considered home only state of the art fence going up. she was onet( of about twofáq t three hundred momiless residents around the court swept out by cal ñrtransand police in april after numerous people began returning after hours after the sweem another sweep was conducted this time a fence will go up and audrey says she was &háhp &hc% can't be penetrated, a ponce to complaints by local residents. >> they feel goodçó that they'v accomplished something. >> homeless advocates including the non-profit in their shoes says their sifrp thet tokyo the neighborhood concerns ac nonling there were incidents of violence and drug use but they call the fence the wall saying to themfáá symbolizes an attitude and emphasizes that's all it is a symbol. >> it's an image of progress but it's not real because it -- they will end up back here. they'll find a way. it justÑi takes aw3 blowtorch, another machine or som

it's part of the city's effort to get homeless off the streets.but long time homeless advocate pastor scott wagers says. . . that will just cause them to fan out to surrounding neighborhoods. ".....what the mercy mobile does is follow the homeless, not vice versa, that logic is faulty, people keep telling me, you keep feeding them and they keep coming, no they are coming to me, they're already here..." a spokesman for the city commends pastor wagers for his service to the homeless and says the city is working to partner with church groups to find ways to feed the homeless, just not here at the park. (pam) a live look outside at sfo.. (steve) brittney has the forecast. seasonably cool temperatures can be expected today with a very gradual warming trend through friday as a ridge builds into our region. outside of drizzle, dry weather the next 7 days with night and morning coastal clouds followed by sunny afternoons is forecast. ignoring the call. new ahead at 8 why one city leader says medics should stop responding to 9-1-1 calls for drug overdoses.<><> ((gary sports tease))

. >>> next, giving food to the homeless in san jose could get you in big trouble if you don't have a permit. why a crackdown is happying now. : we' >>> we're getting a look at a new resident. >>> 17 cats this crates found by the side of the road. this amp thfternoon they are lo for new homes. >>> it's get away friday. we're taking a look at the traffic on the sky way that is very slow on the left hand side. those cars are trying to get on to the lower deck. >>> in san jose there's concern about plans to cite community groups that feed the homeless. we have the story. >> reporter: at st. james park in san jose, a potential crackdown that some say is unnecessary. >> have we really come to a society to shun those who are in a less fortunate state than we are. it has broken my heart. >> reporter: faith and community leaders are upset over the possibility of being cited by police for handing out food to the homeless saying it criminalizes those that want to help the needy. >> it puts the churches in the cross fire. we have our religious duty to serve the poor. >> reporter: an ordinance ba

. >>> ambitious 8-year-old boy is on a serious mission in oakland, he wants to help as many homeless people as he he can. rob roth spoke with the little boy and his mother. >> 8-year-old aj jackson, a little boy with a big heart especially when it comes to homeless people. >> when i see them on the street, i feel -- i feel very bad -- i feel bad because -- because they are on the street. and they don't have any shelter. and no food or water. so i just wanted to help them. >> for the past few months aj with the help of his mom has been buying and collecting food, snacks, toiletries and dog food putting them in beings and handing them out in oakland. he says he was a little afraid. >> i feel nervous because i haven't been around homeless people a lot. and i didn't know what it was like. >> and what is it like? >> it's like -- i don't really know what it's like. but, it makes me feel happy inside. >> aj's mother says he started out by giving dollar bills to homeless people, then it graduated to full blown give aways. >> pretty amazing because it's something that he really wants to do. >

. >>> the bay area some are compareing to donald trump's wall, the barrier to stop a problem homelessand why some are saying it sendathize wrong message. >>> a mund-- sends the wrong message. >>> a monday kpix 5 sports staple is back. >>> the warriors, won it all a week ago and still the warriors news today. trying to keep this team together. but warriors business has been >>> nba up top, it is draft week, it goes down thursday. but the warriors business has been booming lately. kevin durant dropped his player's option to free up more money to resign shaun livingston and 6th man, former finals mvp, andre. yahoo sports reporting there will be plenty of interest in the free agent, he could earn as much as $20 million per year from a team out there with deep pockets. andre, one of the big 10 name free agents out there. general manager meyers has had had a lot of celebratory fun time. >> i didn't get to go to vegas. >> everyone else seemed to. >> they went to vegas, i didn't. i took a couple of days with my wife and kids. we don't always get what we want in free agency, players don't-- no

01’ homelessness, they become homeless orare homelessness, they become homeless or are forced into extremely is a relatively small number of families when you are talking about the savings that the government will make from capping their benefits balanced of a very, very extreme impact on this family. what the cat does is take away money for rent and leaves families losing their home or unable to meet essentials, food, travel and things further children. the government has said it intends to appeal and it has been given permission to appeal by the justice this morning. been given permission to appeal by thejustice this morning. he expressed some views whether the true or not. mrjustice collins referred to an appeal as a possibility, despite the fact that the lawyers representing the government had been granted the right to appeal. he was hoping the government would think again about the way this policy is affecting the most vulnerable, the media is in our society and he explicitly expressed the hope they would not appeal against thisjudgment. what is happening now? that is a very good ques

an 87 woman who had been gardening and a 72-year old homeless man found in his car. >> we are looking for however we can help. sometimes it's a needle in a hey stack kind of thing. we are just looking to see what the need is. >> reporter: because of those deaths, the het department for the last several -- health department has launched medical teams. they are also concerned about people living in their cars. >> we go to the major shopping center parking lots and try and kind of look for people and make sure they know not to stay in their cars. that's one thing that's really apartment. >> reporter: on the east side a local pastor -- pastor handed out water for the homeless. a bottle of water doesn't last long. >> we went on sunday to serve a meal to about 100 people. people were dropping left and right and we had to call ambulances. >> santa cruz announced for the next two days its seven c libraries will be open and people can bring pets in if they want to escape the heat. >>> mark tamayo is in for bill tonight. the heat is on in the east bay today. >> typically we talk about maybe 100

that's on top of the already $275 million spent on homelessness for outreach, supportive housing and navigation centers. >> those addicted to alcohol, opoids, we are no longer going to sit by and let that continue to happen. >> reporter: another priority, fixing the city's pot hole laden streets. right now we are driving on 10th street where the road is bumpy. the streets took a beating last year because of the heavy rain so that's why the mayor has decided to set aside $90 million over the next two years for road repaving. >> even when i'm a passenger in fact it affects me even more in the back set. i can't read my notes in preparation. >> reporter: the mayor has set aside $60 million in special funds in case the president's federal funding cuts and the repeal of obama care go through. the mayor said that battling homelessness, drug addiction and mental illness are center stage in this budget. >> it's giving and providing every reason not to be on the streets. >> reporter: the budget heads to the board for approval now. in san francisco. >>> california lawmakers taking steps now to

julie's parish one of the churches helping the homeless. this new order de unanimous allows churches to house 50 people at once. they can stay at six months at a time. >>> it is 4:50 right now. june is immigrant heritage month and san francisco wants to close the month with a big estroent celebrate immigrants and the contributions they contribute to society. it's called i am immigrant. community members, tech leaders and mayor ed lee will all be there. that event starts at 10:00 this morning. >>> and happening today, the 49ers kick off their second annual summer can camp for south bay students. it's a three-day event to teach the science of sports and football and life skills. it starts at the fourpt 49ers training center? santa clara. >>> a shootout on a bus in maryland that almost too real to believe. >> drop the gun. >> the entire ordeal caught from several camera angles. that's coming up. >>> also happening right now we're getting a better picture this morning of the scene after severe storms and at least a tornadotor through the midwes

how about helping the homeless?when i see them on the street, i feel very bad -- i feel bad. >> coming up next, you are going to meet thlts boy. his name is a.j. jackson. he is an outstanding eight-year- old doing his best to help others. >>> also, in minutes, new at 6:00, thousands of jobs on the chopping block as verizon prepares to merge with yahoo. details on plans to lay off 15% of yahoo's workforce. >>> and dozens of packages stolen from a neighborhood in the east bay. the arrest a announced today and the efforts now to return what was taken, all coming up at 6:00. ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. visit your volvo dealer to take advantage of our midsommar sales event offer. >>> he is only eight years old but he is on a big mission, a mission to help the homeless in oakland. >> yeah, this little guy is pretty impressive. ktvu's rob roth spoke to him and his mother as he is preparing for a large giveaway. >> repor

for being homeless to college. that is kind of hard to believe. >> i am nervous. >> reporter: she want as career in social work, headed to chico state. >> at some point i sat down and started crying, like, it is real enough and i just never thought i would go to school. >> reporter: destiny bound for sonoma state will follow her dream to become a teacher. abell is postponing his dream of a 4-year university, instead of school in southern california, the computer science student decided to enroll in community college close to home so he can support his family. >> i would have got in great exposure to great programs and amazing schools but i would have failed my family and my mom and my sister. >> reporter: ucla is the destination for darius, who some day wants to become mayor of oakland. >> hinatalie. >> reporter: home sickness not a problem for paul, off to san diego state. >> as soon as i stepped on the campus, it felt like home, where i belong, where i need to be. >> reporter: if you would like to watch the full

. ♪ ♪ >>> too often we're seeing homeless population in philadelphia forgotten or ignored.ple who want to help but just don't know how. just trying to find those resources for people without food and shelter can be overwhelming. >> it's true. our bill anderson revisit add man who started giving free haircuts to the homeless now his mission is growing for goodness sake. ♪ >> reporter: it means someone cares. >> reporter: earlier this year we introduced to you brennan jones and haircuts for the homeless. >> you on mission god has put you on this path nothing should stop you. >> he promised it would be bigger thing he wanted it to expand and now it has. this week he starts the cuts of compassion tour. >> we do free haircuts. we do bags of toiletries, bag lunches. all geared around the homeless and less fortunate. >> reporter: couldn't zest remains simple go to areas with large homeless populations and give out free haircuts when his story went viral, people wanted to help. first at a larger local event. >> i had seven barbers from all over philadelphia and surroun surrounding

since 2010, abode services has helped some 45-hundred homeless people get off the streets. steve gutierrez says abode helped him get off drugs. he and his neighbors say casa de novo has indeed given them a new start in life and now they're passing the word to others still on the streetsteve gutierrez/formerly homeless".....to tell you the truth, i would be dead or locked up if it weren't for abode and and their programs....." j.c. arrington/formerly homeless ".....i go out there and i talk to them and i tell them they can get off the streets but they have to want it...." in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news new ahead at 8. a global ransomware attack still crippling businesses tonight -- but one cyber-expert has a temporary solution to protect your computer.<><> tech reporter gabe slate here. there's a new app that can help you report the selling and use of illegal fireworks. that's coming up on kron4 news." ((gary sports tease))"coming up a little bit later in this broadcast...giants searching for something to feel good about, at least for today, yeah...we've got a rookie d

. >>> too often we're seeing homeless population in philadelphia forgotten or even ignored.don't know how. trying to find resources for people without food and shelter can be an overwhelming but today bill anderson revisited a man who started giving free haircuts to the homeless but now his mission is growing for good mess sake. ♪ >> to me it means a l it means someone cares. shows me somebody sees what we go through. >> reporter: earlier this year we trip dude you to brennan jones and his haircuts for the homeless. >> when you're on a mission and god puts you on this path nothing should stop. >> this week he starts the cuts of compassion tour. >> we do free haircuts. we do bags of it to let trees, bag lurches all around the homeless and less fortunate. >> concept remains simple go to areas with large homeless populations and give out free haircuts when his story went viral people wanted to help. first at a larger local event. i had seven barbers from all over philadelphia and surroun surrounding areas two hairstylist set up outside salon and cut 89 people hair that particul

(dan kerman)help is coming to the city of oakland's homeless population which currently totals aboutesot libby schaaf/oakland mayor 06-13it is just irresponsible for us to kick this problem to someone elses city, we can handle it and we are going to do it in oakland.oakland mayor libby schaaf's proposed budget for the next two years calls for spending 185 million dollars on long term and short term homeless projects. among them port-a-potties and garbage pickup at 10 of the cities largest homeless encampmentssotwe will have a dedicated cleaning crew which compassionately is going to clean around the encampments and lesson the impact on surrounding communities while also improving the hygiene and safety of our unsheltered residentsanother proposal is to fund a new navigation center sotit's our hope this will be ready in a year this will take our ability to move people into permanent housing from 300 a year to 600 a year, it will double our capacity.until that's ready her budget proposes sheltering 60 people in a city sponsored encampment called an outdoor safe haven navigation center,