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the bill faces a important hurdle as the public safety committee decides if it should move forward. several groups are lobbying in an effort to kill this bill, and audrie's mother is fighting back. marian, what's the issue here? >> reporter: well, there are several issues with the bill, which we'll get to in just a moment, raj, but critics say this law would wreak havoc on the juvenile justice system. audrie's mother says it will give victims the rights they deserve. in 2012, audrie pott was sexually assaulted and photographed while unconscious at a house party. those photos later circulated and audrie took her own life. tomorrow, a critical decision will be made on whether a proposed cyber bullying law named for the teen should move forward. it would require a mandatory minimum two-year sentence for those found guilty in cases like audrie's instead of the 30 to 35 days her attackers received. the center on juvenile and criminal justice opposes the bill. >> this bill would establish the first mandatory minimum sentences in our state's juvenile justice system. these are sentences tha

(neighborhood services and safety committee) >> thank you. and we have a report from staff? is that right? and this is not a traditional transfer of the liquor license, it is the expansion of an existing premises, which is a bar on kearny street and >> it resulted in us losing 40 percent of the square footage of the bar, and exchange for that square footage we are offered basement space and space at the rear of the existing bar, that space has been renovated and it is the same license. the size of the bar is increasing by about 30 percent and this is required, it is required by the abc that we go through this formal process to expand the license because of the additional square footage. but all conditions, and all aspects of the bar continue as is. thank you. >> i am one of your customers and i love the bar and amazing drinks. could i just ask that there the main bar area and then there is the speak easy type of place in the back with the barrels, i think. is the new expanded space that space, or is it a different space? >> the new expanded space is below that space and to t

his experience in the pedestrian safety advisory committee i've house sit down in the neighborhood and i know how polk street can be a freeway sometimes, we want to protect the pedestrian safety and gary's knowledge of the infrastructures the constituents the mechanics of city hall and being able to connect both making him an excellent candidate for that position >> hi becky this is my peace hat i've served with gary over a year and been impressed with him so much so at the place meeting i nominated him to be co-chair of the peace act. he's been an educate to the committee and will be an educate to this committee ii recommend i forward his recommendation. thank you >> thank you any other public comments. >> good afternoon protective aid to nancy pelosi. you have a letter ramble reiterating her word i'll speak on behalf of myself he's been my interim and colleague and my friend i sympathy with the position on the rules committee you have to quickly and publicly access somebody's qualifications and character i think the qualifications is important the octavia is for district 5 and 8 he's

audrey's law for the saratoga high school student faces opposition going before assembly public safety committee tuesday morning. several advocacy groups have sent letters to committee chair urging the bill voted down. one objection is the cost of the two years >> we're talking about a price tag of about $250,000 a year. we think that, you know those resources would be better spent on educating youth and other options actually getting to the root of the problem. >> however, the family attorney argues the focus would be on rehabilitation during those two years >> this teaches them to use social media responsibly, teaching them harms of using images, private in nature of young women and affect on their lives, in this case, the ultimate tragedy. my client's daughter took her own life. >> an indid yous street section of san jose shut down following a deadly crash between a tanker truck and a motorcycle. investigators say the motorcyclist was traveling in the fast lane, and big rig in the slow lane. the big rig made a u-turn, crossing over the fast lane in front of the motorcycle. >> anybody making a

goods morning, this is the thursday, june 5, 2014, meeting of the that i hader services and safety committeef the board of supervisors, my name is eric mar and i am the chair of the committee and we are joined by norman yee and our chair person, david campos is out today and our clerk is mr. derek evans and i guess before we start, could i just ask if we could excuse chair campos from this meeting, can we do that without objection? >> thank you. >> mr. evans do we have any announcements? >> yes, thank you, mr. chair, silence all cell phones and electronic devices and completed speaker cards and copies of documented should be submitted to the clerk and items acted upon today will be appearing on the june 15th, agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you. >>

to the thursday, june 19th, 2014, meeting of the board of supervisors neighbor services and safety committee chair of the committee and we are joined by committee vice chair, supervisor eric mar as

. >> reporter: the assembly public safety committee will try again today to pass audrie's law. it was put off until today after it didn't have enough votes last week. the hurtle appears to be democrats who are reluctant to pass mandatory sentencing laws that sometimes leads to overcrowding behind bars which could lead to california facing big trouble with the fed. live in sarah toga, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> 5:09, almost a third of the state is experiencing exceptional drought this year. there are cities that are getting creative in the hopes of getting people to conserve water. >> stephanie chuang live where a new billboard campaign is turning heads and hopefully turning off the faucets, good morning, steph. >> reporter: yeah, good morning laura and scott. conservation and sexy not mentioned in the same sentence, right? that's whatd city of san francisco is hoping to do with the new ad campaign. you'll see some of the ads at muni stops. jiggle it is one, about repairing a home plumbing leak and saving hundreds of gallons of water a day. quickie, saving two and a ha

. >> a bill speeding up the processing of rape kits is heard by the senate public safety committee today. the bill was proposed that requires law enforcement to forward rape kits to laboratories in ten days. laboratories will need to process the kits and enter dan information into a national database in 50 days. this is after we unof cod thousands of untested rape kits on police shelves across the area. >> san francisco 49s are responding to a letter accusing them of leaving out minority-owned businesses in new stadium construction with the 49ers changing the way they doing business. our reporter joins us outside the stadium in santa clara to palestinian. >>> nick? >> the organization says that they are committed to ensuring more diversity as far as contracts go at the stadium. according to our media partner, the mercury news, what happened is the 49ers say they are changing the way they handle their contract bidding process to include more diverse workforces. last april, a civil rights group sent an open letter to the 49ers accusing them of shutting out minority-owned firms when they we

the revised legislation passed out of the neighborhood services and safety committee last thursday and will be headed to the board of supervisors next week for its first of two readings. and additionally, we haven't stopped since we got a little relief on the october 1, 2014 initial timeline for implementation. we have not moved forward with planning on what to do about affordability. we have arranged a meeting this coming week that is between the cover california plans in san francisco, the five cover california plans, plus san francisco health plan, plus foundations that are interested in healthcare will also be there and cover california will also participate. we want to get their best thinking about how to address the affordability issue. we're moving forward on that front also. >> thank you. commissioners any questions or -- so it does sound like the cover san francisco is not really in the legislation anymore and that we're talking about what is the best way to take the existing programs and make them affordable to our public and how to encourage getting into real insurance bill.

goods morning, this is the thursday, june 5, 2014, meeting of the that i hader services and safety committee name is eric mar and i am the chair of the committee and we are joined by norman yee and our chair person, david campos is out today and our clerk is mr. derek evans and i guess before we start, could i just ask if we could excuse chair campos from this meeting, can we do that without objection? >> thank you. >> mr. evans do we have any announcements? >> yes, thank you, mr. chair, silence all cell on

i'll just cut to the end the pedestrian safety advisory committee meets the second tuesday of every month in city hall interest it's at 6:00 p.m. room 4 hundred the public is welcome and they can find the website on the sf mta site under p sack or pedestrian safety advisory committee. thank you. thank you is there any public comment? . hearing public comment is closed commissioners oh, chief - >> i just wanted to thank the prior speaker for the tips you also make i contact the other thing i want to announce on and on on sfgov officers oh, on the plod we got tips from the public on an arrest warrant notify he's in custody this is the person that's been lighting dumpsters and the officers followed up on this guy and he'll be booked on arson charges. >> that's greenback to the peaceful the chief. >> tells us tells a great story about pedestrian safety the chief go out and talks to kids about pedestrian safety and how many parents are on the phone the children tell you their parent were on the phone that's part of his approach to getting people not to talk on the cell phones. commissioners an

. >> reporter: this individual is on the city's public safety committee. >> i'm not saying other crimes don't get paid attention to, car break-ins, thefts, we pay attention to those and deal with those, but the most important crimes that we have to detour and investigate are the most violent crimes and serious answers. >> reporter: not quite the answer she was looking for. >> i realize there is bigger problems going on but these are still problems and as a taxpayer i deserve to have justice and recognition when i feel like something is going on here that i feel needs to be recognized. >> reporter: until that day comes, she says she'll keep her taser handy. >>> it was a warm one out today, temperatures in the 90s in a number of places, and it was 95 in antioch and in santa rosa. in the south bay, 82 in san mateo and 71 in downtown san francisco. it was windy. we are live from the camera and the camera is bouncing around with wind gusts in the 20 mph range. it will stay breezy out there tomorrow but cooler. for your saturday we're looking at high cloud coverage and we're seeing that move

. >> reporter: the assembly public safety committee will try again today to pass audrie's law. look for amendments to get more support. it was put off to today after it didn't get enough votes last week. the big hurtle appears to be democrats who don't agree with mandatory sentencing laws that sometimes leads to overcrowding which could get california into trouble with the feds. live in sarah toga, "today in the bay." >> all right, one to watch, thanks. >>> the owner of the castro valley senior facility where 19 people were left abandoned is not going to fight to keep her license to operate. according to the bay area news group, mary manuel withdrawn her attempt to defend herself against allegation she did not properly clear employees who worked at valley springs mannor. the home was ordered closed down last october for violating several other department mandates. now after it was shut down, all the please except a janitor and a cook simply left, leaving 19 elderly residents with no care. >>> 6:06, crews in the south bay will be trying to rid the west nile virus. ground fogging

unconscious, but the there is a chance that this bill might die today in the assembly public safety committee. which is why ah drink's mom and her attorney spoke out yesterday against those who opposed this law. if you're not familiar with the ah drink pott case, she was a 15-year-old sarah toga high school student who was sexual assaulted and photographed while she was unconscious at a party back in twelve. she committed suicide after those pictures circulated. her attackers received punishments of 30 to 45 days. this proposed ah drink's law would require a hand tear two-year sentence. the center on juvenile and criminal justice opposes that requirement arguing it goes against the notion that the juvenile justice system should be be about rehabilitation, not punishment. and another group, the california attorney's for krm justice sent a letter to the committee opposing the bill, arguing that ah drink pott was not sexual assaulted which incensed her mother. >> i was completely outraged to read that because its been reported that they admitted to six felonies, one of them was the sexual assaul

accept at public safety committee will hear the bill tomorrow and will be there and tell what you happens on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> follow this closely all the way through. >> absolutely. >> all right let's move on. great story here. she stands just 4 foot 7 and the university of miami cap not wait to get their hands on this young player. did we mention she's nine years old? jay new man currently plays been for high school in orland orlando, florida and averages 15 points a game. all right. that's great picture but watch her in action. this video from the sister network espn. prodegy got official recawting letter from the university of miami. some of the games may run past her bed time at least for now. that is a very talented young woman. we hear about her in years to many coy. let's go to talk about the weather forecast. sandhya is here awfully windy day. yes. the winds were just blustery. it was about 45 miles an hour at sfo early this afternoon. winds have dropped off since then. but i do want to show you a spectacular upset from the emeryville camera. sundown 8:33. other than maybe w

today, a bill that would speed up the processing of rape kits will be heard by the senate public safety committee. assembly member from berkeley proposed a bill to require law enforcement to forward rape kits to laboratory within ten days which need to be processed and enter d.n.a. from file information into a national database in 60 days coming after the i-team uncovered thousands of untested rape kits sitting on the shelves. >> the fremont police department ask for funds to install surveillance videos throughout the city for a community based video project including 10 to 12 cameras and license plate readers at the most popular areas. our reporter will have more on story including how residents can weigh in at the top of the hour. >> in i, government forces are fighting with sunni islamic militants especially in the area 37 miles from baghdad. president obama told congress he is sending 275 soles -- soldiers and marines to protect the embassy and united states interest and met with the national security team to discuss options including airstrikes or a group of special firsts to advise iraqi tr

accept at public safety committee will hear the bill tomorrow and will be there and tell what you happens on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> follow this closely all the way through. >> absolutely. >> all right let's move on. great story here. she stands just 4 foot 7 and the university of miami cap not wait to get their hands on this young player. did we mention she's nine years old? jay new man currently plays been for high school in orland orlando, florida and averages 15 points a game. all right. that's great picture but watch her in action. this video from the sister network espn. prodegy got official recawting letter from the university of miami. some of the games may run past her bed time at least for now. that is a very talented young woman. we hear about her in years to many coy. let's go to talk about the weather forecast. sandhya is here awfully windy day. yes. the winds were just blustery. it was about 45 miles an hour at sfo early this afternoon. winds have dropped off since then. but i do want to show you a spectacular upset from the emeryville camera. sundown 8:33. other than maybe w

now nearly two years, the safety committee will make a decision on whether a proposed cyber bullyingaw named for the teen should move forward. her attackers received punishments of just 30 to 45 days. the center on juvenile justice

today the public safety committee signed off on a bill, but only after significant changes. the proposed law is named after audrie potts, a saratoga high school girl who committed suicide after she was sexually assaulted at a house party. those teenaged boys received sentences of 30 to 45 days. audrie's law originally asked for judges to impose a two-year mandatory sentence for any juvenile found guilty of sexual assault on an unconscious person. today that clause was removed and replaced with mandatory counseling treatment for juvenile sex offenders. >> well, first of all, we're very thrilled to see that the bill got out of committee today. we are, however, a little disappointed that we had to remove any type of minimum sentencing. >> that revised bill will now head to the assembly. audrie's mom say they will continue to fight for stiffer penalties for sex assaults on unconscious victims. >>> san francisco investigators released this video hoping someone will come forward to help figure out who the man in the tan shirt and giants ball cap is. today he and others are respons

accept at public safety committee will hear the bill tomorrow and will be there and tell what you happensn abc 7 news at 6:00. >> follow this closely all the way through. >> absolutely. >> all right let's move on. great story here. she stands just 4 foot 7 and the university of miami cap not wait to get their hands on this young player. did we mention she's nine years old? jay new man currently plays been for high school in orland orlando, florida and averages 15 points a game. all right. that's great picture but watch her in action. this video from the sister network espn. prodegy got official recawting letter from the university of miami. some of the games may run past her bed time at least for now. that is a very talented young woman. we hear about her in years to many coy. let's go to talk about the weather forecast. sandhya is here awfully windy day. yes. the winds were just blustery. it was about 45 miles an hour at sfo early this afternoon. winds have dropped off since then. but i do want to show you a spectacular upset from the emeryville camera. sundown 8:33. other than maybe wis

the bryan stow case, doubling the fines for lawbreakers, the bill passed the public safety committee today. >> it creates a specific fine that if a fan engages in violence against another fan or disrupts the game by jumping on the field or throwing something on the field, that shouldn't be done. >> the new legislation would increase fines for a person who commits battery on stadium property to $4,000. disrupting a game would be subject to a $250 fine. >>> now to our continuing coverage of the world cup. thousands of u.s. fans erupt in celebration down in brazil. team usa on their way to the next round of the world cup. even though they lost today's match against germany. >> live in san francisco, lots of people turning out midweek, really, in the middle of the day to watch, christie? >> reporter: yeah, and i have to tell you, i have never seen such cheering for a loss, but the way soccer works, the u.s. has advanced to the knockout stage and more than 3,000 people were out here on a thursday morning to see it. >> usa! usa! usa! >> reporter: usa didn't come out on top, but you'd never

my name is gigi smith and i'm the president of the association of public safety committee conditions officials, or apco. thank you for inviting me back to testify on yet another important public safety matter. apco is the world's oldest and largest organization of public safety committee patients professionals. our members feel the 911 calls, dispatch critical information to first responders and manage the communications networks used by first responders. i have been active in public safety for over 28 years, starting as a 911 call taker and now serving as the police operations manager for the salt lake valley emergency communications center in west valley city, utah. i bring the perspective of an association that is focused on how technology shifts, including ip transition impact of public safety. the ip transition will bring a number of benefits. we are fully embracing efforts to bring ip technologies into public safety committee patients by supporting the first net network driving next generation 911 deployment and ensuring development of the most effective apps for public safety a

assembly ask today, ab 1517, setting guidelines for testing of rape kits passed the senate public safety committee5-0 vote. alameda county district attorney sponsored this measure after the i team found thousands of untested rape kits in storage rooms around the bay area. >> with all of the evidence across america, of those communities that have undertaken testing their backlogs we're discovering the tremendous value there is in our ability to solve crimes. and to bring justice for victims. >> she points to new york city, where the arrest rate jumped from 40% to 70% after clearing their backlog but the

to the thursday, june 19th, 2014, meeting of the board of supervisors neighbor services and safety committee. my name is david campos and i am the chair of the committee and we are joined by committee vice chair, supervisor eric mar as well as member, norman yee, and the clerk is evans and we would like to thank sfgtv for covering the meeting, do we have any announcements? >> yes, please be sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices and complete the speaker cards to be included in the file should be submitted to the clerk, it will be on the july 8th unless otherwise stated. >> could you call item one? >>hearing to consider that the issuance of a type 42 on-sale beer and wine public premises license to larry livingston for the basement, located at 222 hyde street (district 6), will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county of san francisco. >> great, and if we could first here from the applicant? for this liquor license. and is it larry living ston? >> go ahead. >> good morning, my name is larry, and i am here for abc 42 type of beer and wine licenses and we

officer to be safe and want to be able to provide core services to the public >> the public safety committee was meeting when we caught up with the vice mayor. madison nguyen supports the decision and hopes in time it won't be necessary. >> if they're tired we're not going to allow them to do that. we want our residents to be safe. >> p san jose, abc7 news >> a federal appeals court today said it's un-constitutional to ban people from sleeping in their cars. the ruling applies to an ordinance in los angeles approved in 1983 but other cities passed similar it was challenged when people were arrested when police concluded they had so many belongings in vehicles they were violating the law. >> state auditor says the department of public health should investigate hospitals in illegally starlizing female inmates. finding 150 inmates had been sterilized without proper consent. they recommended a formal investigation of 39 cases. >> still ahead here on abc7 news at 6:00 a remarkable statistic on crimes involving smart phones. what a simple switch has done. >> also, aerodynamics of the world cup soc

ongoing commitment to this it you and i would like to thank you, the neighbor's services and safety committee for giving us your time. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> next speaker is going to come from the department of children, youth and families. >> perfect. >> hello. hello, supervisors thank you for having me. i am the director of programs and planning for the department of children and youth and their families, and i am here today to just do a brief presentation on some of our efforts so far around this issue. and as well as talk about excuse me, some of our next steps, and some areas that we have to focus moving forward. so i want to start by just kind of focusing on and really kind of recognizing some of the things that the other folks have said around some of the needs with this population, so, according to our community needs assessment back in 2011, we found that there was 16,196 san francisco children who had a parent in custody at a county jail at some point during that year. in addition we also found and this has already been stated but the parental incarceration obvious

officer to be safe and want to be able to provide core services to the public >> the public safety committee was meeting when we caught up with the vice mayor. madison nguyens the decision and hopes in time it won't be necessary. >> if they're tired we're not going to allow them to do that. we want our residents to be safe. >> p san jose, abc7 news >> a federal appeals court today said it's un-constitutional to ban people from sleeping in their cars. the ruling applies to an ordinance in los angeles approved in 1983 but other cities passed similar laws. it was challenged when people were arrested when police concluded they had so many belongings in vehicles they were violating the law. >> state auditor says the department of public health should investigate hospitals in illegally starlizing female inmates. finding 150 inmates had been sterilized without proper consent. they recommended a formal investigation of 39 cases. >> still ahead here on abc7 news at 6:00 a remarkable statistic on crimes involving smart phones. what a simple switch has done. >> also, aerodynamics of the world cup socce

assembly ask today, ab 1517, setting guidelines for testing of rape kits passed the senate public safety committee on a 5-0 vote. alameda county district attorney sponsored this measure after the i team found thousands of untested rape kits in storage rooms around the bay area. >> with all of the evidence across america, of those communities that have undertaken testing their backlogs we're discovering the tremendous value there is in our ability to solve crimes. and to bring justice for victims. >> she points to new york city, where the arrest rate jumped from 40% to 70% after clearing their backlog but the sheriff's association opposes this measure. >> there are concerns that every test will be tested in this case we don't think it's necessary. >> in response, the bill author amended the measure, law enforcement would have had five days, skinner changed that to ten and doubled the number of days labs would have to upload a pref yiel to national data base to 60. it would not go into affect until january 1, 2016. >> we want and expect rape kits to be examined, the information to be uploaded. and t

top priority of the city council member represents the district >> : also on the city's public safety committeereak- ins thus no one around today attention to those in tansu most important crimes we have the terror and us together was violent crimes most serious source said more of. that is agendas and looking for >> : his the drums as a taxpayer i deserve justice recognition to lead becomes she says she will keep the taser handed >> : certainly what they're today. no. 90 the number of places at step 95 degrees newt also 95 and santa rosa 91 and vallejo 92 in fairfield and in livermore down and solve they also warmup in the '80s was afternoon why right now from the roof candidacy cloud cover in the background. temperatures: 67 is much more comfortable than earlier but still dealing with gusty winds and the looks like as sfo dropping out, there to win us beloved 20 mi. through non our range number of places satellite and a picture right now sharing clause just mentioned straining in the bay area and the clouds drifting shooting in the bay area from north the south and we see more of that tonight

assembly ask today, ab 1517, setting guidelines for testing of rape kits passed the senate public safety committee on a 5-0 vote. alameda county district attorney sponsored this measure after the i team found thousands of untested rape kits in storage rooms around the bay area. >> with all of the evidence across america, of those communities that have undertaken testing their backlogs we're discovering the tremendous value there is in our ability to solve crimes. and to bring justice for victims. >> she points to new york city, where the arrest rate jumped from 40% to 70% after clearing their backlog but the sheriff's association opposes this measure. >> there are concerns that every test will be tested in this case we don't think it's necessary. >> in response, the bill author amended the measure, law enforcement would have had five days, skinner changed that to ten and doubled the number of days labs would have to upload a pref yiel to national data base to 60. it would not go into affect until january 1, 2016. >> we want and expect rape kits to be examined, the information to be uploaded. and t

now nearly two years, the safety committee will make a decision on whether a proposed cyber bullying law named for the teen should move forward. her attackers received punishments of just 30 to 45 days. the center on juvenile justice opposes the bill. >> we think that the entire bill really goes against the purpose of the juvenile justice system. the goal of the system is rehabilitation of the youth. that includes holding him or her accountable for their actions. >> reporter: her mother sheila says the proposed change would prevent some attackers from r re-offending. >> we think the two year sentence is warranted. >> reporter: the california attorneys for criminal justice says there was no sexual assault of ms. potts. >> it's already been reported that they admitted to six felonies. one of them was the sexual assault. >> reporter: audrie's mother says despite efforts to get the committee to kill the bill, she won't stop until loopholes are closed and measures are taken to help those like audrie. they want to include the definition of rape to include sexual assault of an unconscious p

regulate medical marijuana statewide moved forward today with approval from the assembly public safety committeekey component is a bureau of medical marijuana association. the bill is now on its way to the appropriations committee. >>> the pay raise will affect half of ikea's employees at 38 u.s. stores. >>> researchers at the university of washington have discovered how vehicle exhaust fumes may exhaust pollination. the fumes can prevent several moths from finding the flowers they pollinate. moths are not mayor poll -- pollinators. >>> if you can remember that far back we had a few sprinkles out there. overnight last night and a few this morning. very light .02 to .03 at best. it was slightly warmer today than yesterday but not much. temperatures below the average here. 75 in vallejo, 79 in fairfield. these temperatures will come from five to 10-degree. we're going to see a lot of low 80s tomorrow. a warming trend will come our way. and it's going to get hot around here. rain up in pacific northwest and northern california. we have seen up to a half inch of rain, maybe more than that up around

. >> : oakland city council member represents the district also on the city public safety committee >wer john davison was looking for employes and all realize bigger problems going on these are still problems as a tax paras serve to have justice rest recognition when something goes on here. she says she will keep the taser handy >> : the 78 t in the new program of commuter shuttles to use the new bus stops planned public meeting yesterday it lay staring with san francisco residents have to say about the plan. the got an earful from past firm in city hall residents against the program session already made the crowded streets even more dangerous but drug companies say the bosses make the streets less crowded. >> : new come up with creative ways to be bought the cars program expenses are august 1st westing for 18 months. that calls for shuttle companies to pay $1 for every stop the make. no. bargains us around the city will be eliminated some only use about side commuter hours >> : the tech limits but then again the company's interest on the eyes on the burners space in the same problem

the public safety committee approved a plan that would require all guns sales to be recorded, set waiting periods for transactions, and limits how many guns can be sold to one person. the committee passed that with a unanimous vote, but it still needs to be voted on by the city council. chicago needs a new gun law after a federal court ruled it was unconstitutional for the city to ban gun sales. a black bear seen roaming around parts of illinois is causing quite a stir again! the bear ended up in a tree on someone's lawn in mount morris... southwest of rockford. people stopped to look at him... creating traffic issues. the bear has been spotted all over northern illinois including dekalb county and rockford. the state has no plans to capture the bear unless it poses a threat. >> kit but scary. >> especially in your yard. the say it's the same bear but i think it's like a pretty punched family of black bears roaming around. >> you don't need to find the bear just fine the entourage of people who are taking pictures and video of it everywhere. that's what you need to worry about are those p