so sfpd and public works will lead. as you've heard, they want more beds. they want this service led, but we have more sf approximated. in fact when we began the research in 2014, there was on average about 22 homeless outreach officers in the city. as lozar just reported, we have 34 additional officers. that means we have doubled the police resources in addressing the homelessness in that city. the b.l.a. report that reported we were spending $20 million back then, it's probably much higher, and i would point out that that was not the recommendation of the budget and legislative analyst's office. their recommendation was opposite. and despite that, the resources are lacking. as we see in the areas, our goal is no tents or structures in the city. however, public works and sfpd will not clear where there is a public public encampment resolution in progress. i'd love too see the date -- to see the data on this, but when i was looking at the data between january and august last year, it was something like 5% of the total -- of the total engagement of hsoc wher

but she later found out that sfpd never even sent her kit to the lab. >>they were found in off-site storage facilities in warehouses stuffed into cars cars. >>she filed a lawsuit in 2016, saying sfpd violated her equal protection rights by failing to test her kit and the department follows a pair pattern and practice a failing to test rape kits. >>there was an investigation that police department practices and after initially saying oh yes, all of our kits have been tested it came out that internal audit and it. the city did have to have met that there were 1000 untested rape case. >>district court dismissed rick case for what's called a failure to state a claim. >>the district court in that case concluded well because she couldn't show other that other people were treated differently specific comparisons that it wasn't adequate. you don't have to show that and of course it wouldn't make any sense in this case to have to show that because there are no similarly situated situations that is the whole point that this is this kind of crime it's being system

thieves managed to get away with about $500,000 worth of jewelry and electronics according to the sfpd items taken include rolex watches. or a camera gear, a laptop and other electrical equipment on a rod instagram page yesterday he posted several pictures. showing how he was out and about around the city at this point he has not released a statement about the vehicle break in the sfpd burglary unit is handling the case. we're told it has a top priority. designation they really want to crack this one asap lot of money out there, pam ken back to you all right grant, thank you. >>a lyft driver now facing kidnapping and rape charges after allegedly sexually assaulting a female passenger prosecutors prosecutors say this all happened after the driver picked up a woman from us and the tail barkoff force in kerman live at the san mateo county courthouse in redwood city with details dan. >>well they say this victim remembers very little they say that she was very intoxicated and unconscious, but they believe they can prosecute this case they believe she was sexually assaulted and now they're l

codifies the relationship between sfpd and dpa and drafting d.g.o. sound bulletins and they have two points of input formally. with drafting the d.g.o., we will go in and have a conversation with dpa and then in addition to that, prior to the police commission submission they have another chance to review it. and then for bulletins, the dva has an opportunity to weigh in and give their comments prior to police commission. another big change is that we are doing away with the ab and c bulletins. we this will essentially reduce the number of bulletins going to all sfpd personnel. we will have notices still, and the notices really will be information that is on procedural changes training, general information, and messages from the chief of police. will submit the d.g.o. change form that will lay out the actual changes to the d.g.o. specifically. and then that bulletin is valid for two years, and then the d.g.o. has to be reopened i imagine the commission would want to adjust at that time. otherwise

sfpd has s.w.a.t. officers in place to joint event security and there will be perimeter security, a high priority as a result of some of these recent tragic events that we've been seeing and here is sfpd police chief bill scott going into more detail on that. >> we're enhancing that this year, want to make sure our perimeter is tight and nobody is breaching that perimeter fence line. it's going to be double fence line. >> reporter: as for the festival, there's going to be a number of high-profile artists, childish gambino, paul sigh on and lil wayne and more bus service going into the event but plenty of security will be in place. the festival gates open at 11:00 a.m. we're live in san francisco, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thank you, pete. >>> new details are emerging about the gunman who went on the shooting rampage at the gilroy garlic festival. >> documents we obtained from police reveal investigators found several disturbing items in the suspect's car, a shotgun and police say material

codifies the relationship between sfpd and dpa and drafting d.g.o. sound bulletins and they have two points of input formally. with drafting the d.g.o., we will go in and have a conversation with dpa and then in addition to that, prior to the police commission submission they have another chance to review it. and then for bulletins, the dva has an opportunity to weigh in and give their comments prior to police commission. another big change is that we are doing away with the ab and c bulletins. we this will essentially reduce the number of bulletins going to all sfpd personnel. we will have notices still, and the notices

you can it's being examined by sfpd a rented suv which had busted out windows are source within the san francisco police department says these managed to get away with half a million dollars worth of jewelry and electronics. according to sfpd the items stolen included bags that camera camera equipment a laptop rolexes and electronic equipment on a rod's instagram yesterday sunday, he posted several pictures of himself. around the city. at this point he has not released a statement on exactly what happened the sfpd burglary unit is handling the investigation we're told this case of the has been made a high priority. we have made several calls to try to get more information on this case and when we get those details. we will pass them along back to you guys. >>all right. ken wayne thanks for that live report now to some breaking news where cruz and san jose are investigating a crash between an suv and an electric vt a bus a wild scene here. and the suv involved caught fire as a result, this is a live picture from the scene. it is in the san jose king road and cutting him avenue not too fa

. >> reporter: she says it took officers 30 minutes from the time of the first call to arrive but sfpd says it was a lower priority call because it was reported as a man standing outside. when things escalated, they got an officer to her house in three minutes. >> this is the building. it is steps away from the site of the embarcadero safe navigation center. she's afraid when it goes up, more incidents like that might happen. sky 7 flew over the site. the group is suing city of san francisco to stop the proprosed homeless navigation center. she hopes her experience will serve as a wakeup call. >> this should never happen to anyone. i was trying to get into my ter: nice tell me centeroe will have additional security measures in place but right now it's too far out to detail what those will be. reporting live, a mabc 7 news. >> what can you tell us about the man we saw on the video? >> reporter: so police tell us he's 25 years old. his name is austin james vincent. he does not have a local san francisco address but he's facing several imprisonme imprisonment, battery and more. >>> police

we still have one sfpd patrol car here. this is not the first time the area has dealt with i.c.e. protest. we will have more on that in the next half hour. >> thank you, pete. >>> immigration, of course, one of the top issues discussed on the debate stage in detroit last night. it was night two of the democratic debate, and there were two targets, joe biden and president trump. tracie potts is live with those highlights. >> marcus, joe biden's record after working decades in washington gave his opponents a lot to work with, but they had a big target, as you said, and that was not on the stage. democrats brought a united message against re-electing president trump. >> the opposite of donald trump is an asian man that likes math. >> he has to be a single term president. >> the best impeachment is beating him in the election of 2020. >> the candidates turned on each other, and -- >> the people that suffered under your reign as prosecutor, you owe them an apology. >> the biggest target onstage was former vice president, joe biden. >> we cannot work this out! the time is up. our house

. >>> also, is a-rod getting preferential treatment from the sfpd? other car break-in victims are crying foul. >>> it's hot. 100 degrees in walnut creek today. today, 98. we'll show you where we reh into 105, 106-degree territory coming up in about eight minutes. >>> watch this. you see that? that vicious attack on a san francisco woman is adding to the debate over planned homeless shelter along the embarcadero. it happened earlier this week at the water mark condos on beale street less than two blocks from a navigation center. watch that. she comes home to find the man ranting and she says making no sense. she said she tried to get in the building but he pulled her back. she said he was ranting about protecting her from robots. after a struggle, she is finally able to break free and get inside. she said if police can't stop this kind of a thing now, what will happen when a shelter is housing 200 homeless people around the corner. >> the first time i thought i was in. and i was not. he came in with us. but the second time, the moment when i finally c

tonight, sfpd suggested they go to work and request it for the office., nbc, bay area news. >>> the bay area isn't trump territory but here he comes. three weeks from tonight, president trump will be in town for a fund-raiser. they are hosting a luncheon f. we don't know where in the bay area this luncheon will take place. >>> we've been watching you. we're going to relesiase this information to everyone. >>> back in 60 seconds. ahead, an x-rated e-mail scam. how hackers are using sensitive information to trick you to paying them big bucks. >>> and relief with granmy unny units. >>> i'm jeff raineri. temperatures are dropping down to 66 in san jose. we'll show you how much cooler tomorrow. and an important update on dar on. from the couldn't be prouders to the wait did we just win-ners. everyone uses their phone differently. that's why xfinity mobile let's you design your own data. now you can share it between lines. mix with unlimited, and switch it up at anytime so you only pay for what you need. it's a different kind of wireless network save up to $40

. >> reporter: sfpd says that car hit one of the suspects and a officer. they were rushed to the hospital. the suspect has life- threatening injuries. the second car burglary suspect was taken into custody. >> these people are breaking into cars. this morning my car got broken broken into on geary boulevard nine times this year. he says it has cost him $7000 to replace his windows multiple times. >> right here is known for breaking into cars and we keep asking the cops, can you please hide out. catch them. >> in japan town we have tourists that come from out of town, they leave their stuff in the car. we have folks that come to the chinese consulate, they come on a daily basis. >> reporter: sfpd says the officer that was hit along with the suspect sustained non-life- threatening injuries. kpix 5. >> a liveross the bay area where the weekends tranquil weather will evolve into a sticky situation. darren joins us now with a look at the changes ahead. >>> we do not have to deal with uncomfortable humidity often, the fact that it looks like we could get another

>>and late todaypwe reached out to the sfpd to get their response to the allegations so far we have not heard back higher. >>has to talk about the weather now taking a live look outside from our sutro cam a beautiful shot of a blanket of fog over the city of san francisco yeah, who knows where you are there chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us that is quite a sight and we're in for another one tonight. >>yeah this almost sounds like the beginning the song the black moon rising above the bay area tonight we're going to see that out there's we've got a very rare moon indeed, this is the second new moon of july making it a black moon effect this a moving up overhead you only see that happen about every 32 months or so it also is in close proximity europe also making it a supermoon so hey if you have the clouds of the show have to deal with the moon you megan eyesight of the stars outside for tonight. out there right now we certainly do have a lot of cloud cover out there at fog moving on shore right now looking for out the trash you see some of that in the san francisco right now t

sfpd says around 5 20 saturday night police officers were chasing 2 auto burglary suspects on foot. they called for backup and that's when an unmarked cruiser veered into one officer and one suspect. payton ward work security for the japan towne mall. he says he saw one of the burglary suspects pinned under the unmarked police cruiser. >>all >>asset pd says the officer suffered only minor injuries but the suspect is in critical condition. video shared by a viewershows the heavy emergency response just moments after the accident. one person is seen being placed on a stretcher police say the second suspected burglar was arrested auto burglaries have been common in the japan town area. ward says it's an unfortunate reality all day long on gary. >>from the couple that all the way to the bottom even up over it all day long a break in the car. we sheet every game. >>dan thorn. kron 4 news. >>on the kron 4 morning news, 3 people in the bay area accused of kidnapping and assaulting an african-american teenager. and now it's being called. lion sighting closes a popular outdoor area in the so

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at sfpd with where the search stands now.ing, amy. >>> hi there, natasha. we have cute video to show this morning. let's start with the good news first. take a look. >> there they are. lana and levy. >> reporter: these cuties were missing. the missing huskies were found. they were stolen from the family dog rescue shelter in san francisco. volunteers at the shelter, they saw an ad for the dogs online. so they posed as buyers. they met the sellers along with police. that was in hayward. the dogs were sale for $800 each. police arrested two people and returned the dogs to the shelter's director. >> this is awesome. possibly one of the weirdest days i've ever lived for a number of reasons. it started out in a rather alarming way and ended on a super positive note. i'm guessing i'll probably have at least 50 applications for both of these dogs by 9:00 tomorrow morning. >> reporter: now for the bad news. this little guy is still missing. he's six weeks old. they say he's under vaccinated. he's sick and on medication. they really n

tomorrow night sfpd and glide memorial church will hold a reflection and reconciliation session.embers of the lgbtq community will share stories and offer suggestions how to increase trust and communication with police. sfpd said input from this session and other upcoming sessions will help "move the department forward in ways that emphasize respect, safety and diversity." that event starts at 6:30 at glide and will be streamed live on the sfpd's facebook page. >>> in hayward tonight an emotional vigil for a beloved husband and father hit and killed by a car last week. 52-year-old don grein was one of two street last thursday night. he died at the scene. tearful friends and family members attended the vigil and dow tonight. she is thankful for the kindness but said what she really needs are some answers. >> i just want answers. if witnesses can come forward and just cooperate with the police, find out what happened, exactly what happened, why it happened, i'd appreciate that. >> police have not released details about the crash. they did say the driver who hit grein stayed at the

sfpd officers typically with the adult probation department go into different areas and they encourage adults to come into our services. we've been able to utilize the cass to have our clinicians on-site, and whenever a case is available, we make sure we're available because we need to capture as many cases as possible at any given time. what we wanted to highlight out of the 51 cases that did exist through hsip, d.p.h. was able to receive 216 individuals. there were about 240 individuals that were brought to the cass, so you can see the ratio there that it's really important to highlight. we welcomed all individuals. some individuals decided to stay and utilize treatment. we never force anyone into treatment. so out of the individuals coming into the hsip, we were able to offer the lead program and additional long-term assessments through lead, and you'll see there that that completed about 44 individuals. so i'll pass over to my colleague at the controller's office to explain a little bit more. >> hello. my name is laura marshall, and i'm with the controller's office, and we were bro

claiming a violation of equal protection rights claiming that rates are not taken seriously at the sfpd routinely fails to test rape kits after a lengthy litigation process the last month 9th circuit court of appeals and that court ruled against marlow. >>it was dismissed. i'm happy with the pleading stage it was this mess on the basis that the complaint failed the state. a claim they dismiss at the at the complaint stated it's been even get allow it to go to discovery so that she could have her case heard a moment. she checked back in my says he took that case to the 9th circuit. the measure for appeals affirmed the district court in and publish decision. >>while is now taking the case to the united states supreme court's last week they filed a writ of certiorari which is basically just a request to the court to have the judge's review her case and san francisco santos to kron 4 news sfpd released a statement this evening following the story saying to contact the city attorney's office for comment. >>but also as have pd says it does not have a sexual-assault evidence kit backlog and ha

the sfpd has s.w.a.t. officers in place to join the event security here. there will be perimeter security which will be a high priority as a result of the tragic events that we've seen and here is sfpd police chief bill scott going into more detail on that perimeter security. >> we're enhancing that this year, want to make sure our perimeter is tight and nobody is breaching that perimeter fence line. it's going to be double fence line. >> reporter: for the festival, there will be a number of high profile artists, including childish gambino and paul simon and lil wayne. the festival gates open later this morning at 11:00 a.m. we're live here in san francisco, pete suratos for "today in the bay" >> thanks, pete. >>> we also have new details on a panic in one missouri walmart, an armed man in full body armor walked in, he was carrying a rifle, terrified shoppers. >> this is an incident that happened yesterday in springfield. no shots were fired, and that man is now in custody, but police say the store manager pulled a fire alarm urging people to get out. and

i want to say my own experience is i see sfpd telling people to move, i see dpw throwing away people's things, a lot of plans. what i have not seen since abot 2015 when somebody was helping me with a neighbor still sleep on the sidewalk, what i haven't seen is actual outreach workers. i would like to see those, survey people help them not hurt them. >> thank you. >> hi. i am flow kelly with the coalition on homelessness. i have learned a lot by doing that. i am very impressed with your questions and your concerns. this is very hopeful to me. i really like president hersh's idea that the coalition and hsoc should absolutely work together. i want to make clear, vice president taylor, that when people are told to move, often times it is only just a few feet. they are told instead of being right here could you just move three feet over here? or it could just be going around the block. i don't see the point of that. supposedly, i have heard it said tonight an encampment is a bastion of criminal activity. when people are coming together, they are protecting each other, making friends, sharin

i have a brief poem that i dedicated to the men and women at the sfpd. and in love and memory of our fallen comrades. ashes to ashes -- >> thank you. your time is up. can you submit the poem, if you would like? >> god bless the men and women of the sfpd. >> next speaker, please. >> hello, district 11. usually i am more afraid of s. of p.d. today, we've got probably a poorly vetted and undertrained deputy over there who will interact with a member of the public in that fashion. i was very offended about that. there is an order that i know you take seriously. the website, let's talk about that real quick. not surprising. we have infrastructure. it got shouted out a little early. there is the number of things. yes, it needs some quality assurance work. best thing you can do right now, it is not indexed, it is not indexed to internal or external search engines. you will do an old webpage. it will give you a 404 error. if anyone who does this that is a professional, it is the first thing you do. it is easy, it is a button. maÎtres -- matrix staffing study , t

. >>> still ahead, is a-rod getting presidential treatment from sfpd? other victims are crying foul. >>> and it takes you longer to get around the east bay this weekend. what's behind the slowdown? and 60 degrees to a warmer concord. we'll detail all of your temperatures and who will have 106-degree heat. >>> more turmoil and chaos at one of the world's busiest airports. this is the second day protesters have force ed td the airport to shut down, creating a global situation. police are bracing for more violence. president trump tweeting, i hope nobody gets hurt. i hope nobody gets killed. >>> you may have heard it here last night. baseball legend alex rodriguez became the latest victim of car burglary. police responded to a swarm of officers and a dakota. victims of the ccar burglary sa they didn't get finger printing. >> no. it was a significant loss, over $15,000 of property. >> $15,000 is the threshold that the burglary unit gets involved. anyone can ask t >>> the search continues for a crew of women that pulled off a heist at an apple store. it happ

according to the sfpd from 2016 to 2017, officers worked 114,000 off-duty overtime hours compared to 171,000 hours the following year and just over 200,000 hours last year. >> we hire, right now, one 10b officer, ten hours a day, seven days a week. >> reporter: and the union square business district isn't alone. karen flood says several nearby retailers are also hiring their own uniformed officers to prevent theft and crime. >> they have a gun and a budge. so, you know, they're more of a force to be reckoned with. >> reporter: and these 10b officers have traditionally been use the for special vaeptds eve the city. san francisco police say they're also being used by some companies who want extra protection in the case of an active shooter. reporting live in san francisco, ali wolf. >>> a woman in contra costa county goes outside to water her plants and then disappears. we'll have the latest on the search for her. >>> plus the first day of school at san jose state and students are greeted by racist flyers. >>> a contra costa county woman went outside to water her plants and then vanish

live from sfpd headquarters this morning, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> is homeless a medical condition? is housing a health care issue? governor of hawaii claims. >> hawaii has declared a state of emergency because of the homeless crisis there. it's been suggested california should do the same. abc 7 news was at a commonwealth club event in san francisco. sacramento mayor darrell steinberg is a co-chair of governor knew sonewsom's homele condition. >> as much good work as we're doing in california, as many people are being helped, the numbers are growing. until we commit as a matter of public policy to bringing people indoors first and then providing them the services they need and permanent housing, the problem is going to get worse. >> experts say for every one person housed, three more people will fall into homelessness. >> san francisco mayor london breed and oakland mayor libby schaaf withdrew from that commonwealth club event because of a keiser employee protest outside. >> ain't no power like the power of the people. >> apparently the mayors didn't want to be seen as crossing ov

sfpd says around 5 20 saturday night police officers were chasing 2 auto burglary suspects on foot. they called for backup and that's when an unmarked cruiser veered into one officer and one suspect. payton ward work security for the japan towne mall, he says he saw one of the burglary suspects pinned under the unmarked police cruiser. >>all asset pd says the officer suffered only minor injuries but the suspect is in critical condition. >>video shared by a viewershows the heavy emergency response just moments after the accident. one person is seen being placed stretcher police say the second suspected burglar was arrested auto burglaries have been common in the japan town area ward says it's an unfortunate reality all day long on gary. >>from the couple that all the way to the bottom even up over it all day long a break in the car we see it every day. >>meanwhile, san francisco police have not released the identities of anyone who was involved. this investigation is still ongoing tonight, reporting live in san francisco. dan thorn. kron 4 news. >>asked are you ok are you okay. >>one

sfpd are not saying much.s encouraged that law enforcement has security video of the crime. >>> we're getting word of a large scale prison riot on the central coast. this happened yesterday at the correctioning training facility in soledad, south of salinas. 200 inmates started fighting in the yard. officers used chemical agents, nonlethal weapons and fired warning shots from a rifle. eight inmates were taken to the hospital. 50 more were treated at the facility. they are all going to be okay. still no word on what sparked the riot. >>> in health news, now more than a third of kids and teens in the u.s. are exposed to secondhand smoke. that's according to a new report from the centers for disease control. the risk for exposure was higher among younger children, african-americans and low income family. young people living at homes with at least two smokers were more likely to be exposed. almost a quarter of kids and teens who did not live with a smoker say they're around secondhand smoke. >>> doctors are soundi