abc seven news reporter melanie woodrow has a look at why some neighborhoods seem to be thriving, while others are struggling to rebound . >> it's a slow start. >> definitely a slow start around here. >> glenn park merchants association vice president marianne delery is also a business owner in the neighborhood, and we have a great community here who do and want to support us. >> but i think it's just taking time. glenn park is one of the top five san francisco neighborhoods with a decrease in sales tax revenue from quarter 2 in 2019 to quarter 2 in 2023. >> it never really came back to the same levels that it was before the pandemic, marcella waistcoat says. >> pebbles cafe used to be particularly crowded in the morning, when commuters would stop in on their way to bart or the bus. >> the mornings are pretty dead, like we don't really see the same rush. >> the tenderloin saw the greatest decrease in sales tax revenue from quarter two, 2019 to quarter two, 2023, while south of market tied with glen park, followed by the financial district, south beach and golden gate park. >> we don't h

abc seven news reporter melanie woodrow has a look at why some neighborhoods seem to be thriving, while others are struggling to rebound . >> it's a slow start. >> definitely a slow start around here. >> glenn park merchants association vice president marianne delery is also a business owner in the neighborhood, and we have a great community here who do and want to support us. >> but i think it's just taking time. glenn park is one of the top five san francisco neighborhoods with a decrease in sales tax revenue from quarter 2 in 2019 to quarter 2 in 2023. >> it never really came back to the same levels that it was before the pandemic, marcella waistcoat says. >> pebbles cafe used to be particularly crowded in the morning, when commuters would stop in on their way to bart or the bus. >> the mornings are pretty dead, like we don't really see the same rush. >> the tenderloin saw the greatest decrease in sales tax revenue from quarter two, 2019 to quarter two, 2023, while south of market tied with glen park, followed by the financial district, south beach and golden gate park. >> we don't h

i have hope here in san francisco. >> melanie woodrow, abc seven news.isco supervisor dean preston introduced a resolution to keep an historic safeway from closing. >> preston says closing the only full service grocery store in that area would harm fillmore and japantown communities. the storm has been in that location for 40 years. >> apple co-founder steve wozniak trying to breathe some new life into his lawsuit against youtube today. wozniak and his lawyers appealed a 2021 ruling where a judge rejected his claims that youtube violated his rights by allowing the use of his image in videos promoting a bitcoin scam. >> he did nothing. they wouldn't respond to us. we couldn't get to them. stop this from happening. all they had to do was have a programmer say if anything comes up saying wozniak offering bitcoin, shut it down. >> currently, federal law protects social media platforms from being sued for their users content. we reached out to google for a statement. they own youtube. we have yet to hear back. >> all right, moving on to the weather. i had a s

abc seven news investigative reporter melanie woodrow digs into the data. >> reporter obviously, it's a busy monday morning, as always, going down six 8-80 i basically saw a large lump of concrete fly out of the road, hit my front wheel as i managed to swerve and try and avoid it, ripping the tire apart and, uh, damaging the rim. it was loud. it was like a huge crash under the car on july eighth, 2019, simon harrison says a pothole on 680 caused more than $1,000 worth of damage to his brand new mini. >> i think my heart was just racing a bit of an adrenaline rush on a monday morning prior to having coffee. he filed a claim with caltrans for the damage and wasn't alone. >> multiple cars have been hit. that morning. we were about eight of us pulled over with the chp writing up reports as the road was just disintegrating at that point. >> but on september 10th of that same year, he received a letter from caltrans saying the california department of transportation had determined it's not liable and rejected his claim. >> how did i feel? i think frustrated. uh, this is bureaucracy at its f

and tonight, i-team's melanie woodrow uncovers the stats for potholes and damage to cars.hile bay area drivers are claiming repairs, caltrans approval to pay for the damage is at just 1. she'll explain what drivers need to know. join us for those stories and more at 530 on abc seven. bay area streaming tv. dion ama all right, thank you, karina. >> and you can download the abc seven app or head to abc seven news.com and join her in two minutes. >> and if you are watching us on tv world news tonight with david muir is next for sandhya and all of is different than other money managers. (other money manager) different how? aren't we all just looking for the hottest stocks? (fisher investments) nope. we use diversified strategies to position our clients' portfolios for their long-term goals. (other money manager) but you still sell investments that generate high commissions for you, right? (fisher investments) no, we don't sell commission products. we're a fiduciary, obligated to act in our client's best interest. (other money manager) so when do you make more money, only when

abc seven news i-team reporter melanie woodrow dug into the data. >> obviously, it's a busy monday morning, as always, going down six 8-80 i basically saw a large lump of concrete fly out of the road, hit my front wheel as i managed to swerve and try and avoid it ripping the tire apart and uh- damaging the rim. it was loud. it was like a huge crash under the car. >> on july 8th, 2019. simon harrison says a pothole on 680 caused more than $1,000 worth of damage to his brand new mini. i think my heart was just racing a bit of an adrenaline rush on a monday morning prior to having coffee, he filed a claim with caltrans for the damage and wasn't alone. >> multiple cars have been hit. that morning we were about eight of us pulled over with the chp writing up reports as the road was just disintegrating at that point. >> but on september 10th of that same year, he received a letter from caltrans saying the california department of transportation had determined it's not liable and rejected his claim. >> how did i feel? i think frustrated, uh, this is bureaucracy at its finest. >> abc seven news da