why is sfpd not being transparent. this is unfair to san franciscans, especially black san franciscans, who continue to experience disproportionate force and instances of arrest. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi, there. my name is matthew fox of district 9, and i also volunteer with wealth and disparities in the black community, founded by felicia jones. the sfpd will be speaking to the progress tonight they claim to have made implementing all 272 recommendations contained in the d.o.j. cops report. however, there seems to be no third party validation of their claims. if sfpd could be relied upon to self-correct and self-report, the d.o.j. would not have stepped in, nor would we need the police commission oversight. we would like to know what sort of reporting the police commission is being used to check their numbers, if any. if there is no third party review of their claims, that's at best oversight and at worst negligence. the sfpd has a history of extolling the virtues

so where's the action on the part of the police commission within sfpd or are sfpd and the police commission only interested in allegations against the whistle blower and not in the whistle blower report which in many respects has already been validated. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller, you have two minutes. >> i am with the corps team of wealth and disparities founded by felicia jones. tonight the police commission and san francisco police department will be discussing officer joel babs, a black officer who's been with the sfpd for over 27 years. after pabs witnessed numerous racist incidents and reported them. last month, we shared an alarming number of complaints. during a time when the federal department of justice had just come to investigate years of racism and killings of primarily black and brown people of san francisco. pabs' story can be found on the sf supreme court website filed october 23rd, two thousand seventeen. one officer remarked about a black woman and i quote, she's got a great body, she's the only black woman i'd do, unquote. pabs was told a

another the hands of sfpd. when will the police commission do it's job and holding them accountability. justice delayed is justice denied. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> caller: hi, my name is (inaudible) and i'm with wealth and disparities for black communities founded by felicia jones. the police commission will be discussing officer joel babs and back in 2017 we did a press conference with officer babs to the black officer who was with sfpd for 25 years at the time. officer babs filed a complaint against sfpd and the police commission in 2017 after babs witnesses racist accidents at sfpd and reported them and then experienced retaliation. when he shared something alarming and allegations and officer babs' original 2017 complaint which came during time and the justice had just come into investigate years of racism and killings and primarily plaque and brown people. for babs 2017 complaint, one officer remarked about yeah, she's got a great body. she's th

why is sfpd not being transparent.ho continue to experience disproportionate force and instances of arrest. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi, there. my name is matthew fox of district 9, and i also volunteer with wealth and disparities in the black community, founded by felicia jones. the sfpd will be speaking to the progress tonight they claim to have made implementing all 272 recommendations contained in the d.o.j. cops report. however, there seems to be no third party validation of their claims. if sfpd could be relied upon to self-correct and self-report, the d.o.j. would not have stepped in, nor would we need the police commission oversight. we would like to know what sort of reporting the police commission is being used to check their numbers, if any. if there is no third party review of their claims, that's at best oversight and at worst negligence. the sfpd has a history of extolling the virtues of its department yet continuing its blatant racism. unsurprisingly, th

i don't know that it helped to get -- sfpd and d.a. agree on the facts, i don't think we need to hash out these details. let's just make that clear and put that in the lawyer. >> supervisor safai: i guess i take another step back and then i look at this differently than an adult situation. adult situation, crime is committed in the county, it's very clear. i think what i heard is resources and support. the things that i have seen and refer to the county which the minor resides. in terms of how cases are handled, how support is handled and how resources are handled. the thing that concerns me, this is what i heard in what supervisor melgar saying, if there's a juvenile that commits in san francisco but they don't have support where all these other things are. what happens in practice on a normal basis, we transfer significant number of those cases back to when the police and the d.a. consult with the home district attorney. what is your obligation if a neighboring district attorney reaches out to you in terms of asking for evidence in a

why is sfpd not being transparent.air to san franciscans, especially black san franciscans, who continue to experience disproportionate force and instances of arrest. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi, there. my name is matthew fox of district 9, and i also volunteer with wealth and disparities in the black community, founded by felicia jones. the sfpd will be speaking to the progress tonight they claim to have made implementing all 272 recommendations contained in the d.o.j. cops report. however, there seems to be no third party validation of their claims. if sfpd could be relied upon to self-correct and self-report, the d.o.j. would not have stepped in, nor would we need the police commission oversight. we would like to know what sort of reporting the police commission is being used to check their numbers, if any. if there is no third party review of their claims, that's at best oversight and at worst negligence. the sfpd has a history of extolling the virtues of its depar

. >> reporter: sfpd continues to search for the suspects. in san francisco, dion lim, abc7 news. >>> san francisco has announced a plan to crack down on crime as tourists return to the city. sfpd will deploy 26 additional officers to iconic destinations. >> you will see more officers in chinatown. you will see more officers at the palace of fine arts. >> more than 15 million tourists are projected to visit san francisco by year's end. these officers will patrol on foot and by bicycle. the city is also adding ambassadors who will wear vests and walk in high traffic areas to see and be seen, but abc7 news insider phil matier isn't convinced it's going to be enough. >> reporter: the fact is the homeless are still out there. the mentally ill are still out there. the criminal element is still out there. all of that is very real. >> sfpd chief bill scott says the 26 extra officers is a good start, but it's a far cry from the additional 400 he'd like to see on the streets. >>> happening now, it looks like black friday in july outside the best buy s

according to sfpd, this happened after an encounter between store security and a man who had allegedly been harassing customers got physical police confirmed the guard was bitten at least once, although another worker says the guard was bitten multiple times. here's another shot of the suspect being taken into custody sfpd says 28 year-old sergio gutierrez alvarez was arrested for trespassing and battery. the photos were taken by a man who's lived across the street for 50 years. he was not surprised by what happened here today. it's often. >> i see the the security chasing people louder. taking stuff away from them. they're trying to steal. it's a constant problem. and all of the stores here in this city, there has been no allegation of theft in today's incident. but walgreens has been the scene of several viral videos of brazen shoplifting and has shut down 17 stores over the last 5 years. >> they are not the only retailer pulling back because of crime. one of the reasons why target reduce its store hours. >> they were concerned about the mental health of their employees. lot of anxie

. >> reporter: sfpd continues to search for the suspects.san francisco, dion lim, abc7 news. >>> san francisco has announced a plan to crack down on crime as tourists return to the city. sfpd will deploy 26 additional officers to iconic destinations. >> you will see more officers in chinatown. you will see more officers at the palace of fine arts. >> more than 15 million tourists are projected to visit san francisco by year's end. these officers will patrol on foot and by bicycle. the city is also adding ambassadors who will wear vests and walk in high traffic areas to see and be seen, but abc7 news insider phil matier isn't convinced it's going to be enough. >> reporter: the fact is the homeless are still out there. the mentally ill are still out there. the criminal element is still out there. all of that is very real. >> sfpd chief bill scott says the 26 extra officers is a good start, but it's a far cry from the additional 400 he'd like to see on the streets. >>> happening now, it looks like black friday in july outside the best buy store

sfpd are not certain if officers would have made a difference. a niemann marcus spokesperson tells them and they're cooperating with the san francisco police department in their investigation. niemann marcus dealt with this in the bay area before and a group of people stole handbags from the niemann marcus from the palo alto in may. a spokesperson tells me areteo two cases are related and also reaching out to sfpd. in the news room for the i team, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> thank you. we want to get reaction from phil mater. your response to this video? seems to be a trend that's increasingly growing here. >> it does and appears to be organized. it is not the first time and not the second time. the third, fourth, fifth time. in june 21st, we had a coordinating group of seven suspects that went into the real, real store in downtown palo alto and made off with and $50,000 of handbags and june 10 a group group group group group and stole bags and it goes on and on and on. sacks fifth avenue got hit as well in union score for $90,000 worth of mer

use the sheriff's funds and savings from not funding sfpd this year.nd car this year.for the entire time i've been making these calls i've been particularly struck by the consistent comments made by our healthcare professionals of all stripes to a person they have never endorsed increasing funds to law enforcement. never. i only, do what you must to reinstate the will of the voters by using the proposition one funds for rent relief. clerk, you havebeen a hero so thank you for anawesome job today .>> clerk: thank you . and unless i'm mistaken, mister chair, that was our lastcaller in the queue . >> thank you mister alipo for all your work. this was a complicated thing to do with all the videos and i did want to share my fear gratitude to everyone from the public who called in. who sent in videos. your testimony was impactful and touching and heartfelt and personal and i will be a part of our deliberations as we make the decisions in the coming days. i want to thank my colleagues for being here and listening and for your hard work and partnership in this

sfpd, the mayor, elected officials. we got your back. next category, auto theft. auto thefts are up. that's a two year trend. we started to see that also in 2020 before covid. that trend continued not as significantly. less of an increase this year but it's still up. that is also an issue that we need to get a handle on. if you look at where we were back in 2015, we're down pretty significantly but it's after a good year in 2018 and it went up a little bit, we're starting to go back up. it's pretty significant from 2019 to 202 #. 2021. these are hard crimes to solve. we're going to do everything we can to keep this under wraps and under control as well. the auto thefts are middle of the night type of crimes as well. that's where nighttime deployment can can impact some. it's a difficult case. most of all the thefts we recover a lot of cars that get recovered in other jurisdictions. when your car gets stolen, you don't care what is stealing it, you just want your car back. that is our mid year statistic. you can see when you look at these over time, it paints a muc

it said you would close cj ford, juvenile hall and diver funding from sfpd.u've done none of that and it's time for the city to put its money where its mouth is and get fund jail closures and reduce funding to sfpd. time after time the city has fallen short. it's side to change that this is about community safety. as we fully recover from the pandemic we must prioritize services that center the well-being of our people and not costs. this is also about public trust. the city is closed hundred plus full-time deputy jails and as plans to remove deputies from security post in buildings around san francisco so why are we paying the sheriff more than ever and continuing to grow general fund money as if we just are doing business as usual? you'vealready made motions towards other alternatives . the fund sfpd by at least 25,000. >> thank you for your comments, next speaker. >> i'm the director of oic youth center, thank you for all the supervisors for today's long meeting. i just have a few things i would like to highlight. as you all know covid has exposed the ineq

sfpd reports 3700 this year. the number has been ticking up since 2018. robberies are decreasing although there's been many, more than 1100 in the first half of the year. according to sfpb the number is inching down after spike in 2015. >>> san francisco has announced a plan to crackdown on crime in tourist hot spots. they will deploy 26 additional officers to high traffic destination. the patrol on foot and by bike sickle comes as the suty gears up for post pandemic travel. more than 15 million tourists are projected to visit san francisco by year's end. mayor breed says there's work to do to make them feel safe. >> they are not concerned about their car getting broken into. they are not concerned about getting attacked and robbed. they are not concerned about witnessing one of these crimes as well. >> sfpd chief wants 400 officers on the streets. he says his department is working with neighboring counties to curb organized crime. >>> there are concerns about a growing outdoor market at fisherman's wharf. vendorsselling goods and foods and alcohol withou

according to sfpd, it happened after an encounter between store security and a man who was allegedly arresting customers got physical as of peace is 28 year-old, sergio gutierrez of was arrested for trespassing and battery. one neighbor told us they aren't surprised by what happened there. it's often. >> i see the the security chasing people out there. and taking stuff away from them. they're trying to steal. it's a constant problem. and all of the stores here in this city. >> long-range has been the scene of several viral videos of brazen shoplifting shut down 17 stores over the last 5 years. city leaders are pushing for a coordinated response involving city hall sfpd the district attorney and the retailers themselves. happening now, the search for phillip cray-chick who went missing during a run in pleasanton ridge regional park has officially then scale back. nearly 500 nearly 300 volunteers joined the pleasanton police department and dozens of agencies in search for the missing 37 year-old for the past 5 days. a search team heard a cry for help along that rare all but that turned

according to sfpd.during a fight with a man who had allegedly been harassing customers inside the store. police confirmed the guard was bitten at least once, although another worker says the guard was bitten multiple times. here's another shot of the suspect being taken into custody sfpd says 28 year-old sergio gutierrez alvarez was arrested for trespassing and battery. the photos were taken by a man who's lived across the street for 50 years. he was not surprised by what happened here today. it's often. >> i see the the security chasing people louder. and taking stuff away from them. they're trying to steal. it's a constant problem and all of the stores here in this city, there has been no allegation of theft in today's incident. but walgreens has been the scene of several viral videos of brazen shoplifting and has shut down 17 stores over the last 5 years. >> they are not the only retailer pulling back because of crime. one of the reasons why target reduce its store hours. they were concerned about th

getting set to host his first official fireworks show since the pandemic four's, maureen kelly talked sfpd and police are warning the public that all other fireworks outside the official show. >> our illegal in the city. even the ones called safe and say. >> this is video of an illegal fireworks display going off the patrol hill. it's been a semi regular occurrence for the past month, even more so as we get closer to the 4th of july holiday. the booming of the explosives. scaring pets and concerning some residents, especially as this is happening in a densely packed neighborhood not far from the dry grasses of the star king open-space sfpd public information officer robert says they're doing the best they can to respond to these types of calls for service we will respond to those incidents where a caller can provide the exact location. >> and the actual observation of a person lighting or discharging those fireworks. if it's just a mere complaint of noise. we will respond to the area. however, if you want to speed up our response. we will need information such as a description of a suspect

according to sfpd, this happened after an encounter between store security and a man who had allegedly been harassing customers got physical police confirmed the guard was bitten at least once, although another worker says the guard was bitten multiple times. here's another shot of the suspect being taken into custody sfpd says 28 year-old sergio gutierrez alvarez was arrested for trespassing and battery. the photos were taken by a man who's lived across the street for 50 years. he was not surprised by what happened here today. it's often. >> i see the the security chasing people out or. taking stuff away from them. they're trying to steal. it's a constant problem and all of the stores here in this city, there has been no allegation of theft in today's incident. but walgreens has been the scene of several viral videos of brazen shoplifting and has shut down 17 stores over the last 5 years. >> they are not the only retailer pulling back because of crime. one of the reasons why target reduce its store hours. >> they were concerned about the mental health of their employees. lot of anxiet

so where's the action on the part of the police commission within sfpd or are sfpd and the police commissiony interested in allegations against the whistle blower and not in the whistle blower report which in many respects has already been validated. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. good evening, caller, you have two minutes. >> i am with the corps team of wealth and disparities founded by felicia jones. tonight the police commission and san francisco police department will be discussing officer joel babs, a black officer who's been with the sfpd for over 27 years. after pabs witnessed numerous racist incidents and reported them. last month, we shared an alarming number of complaints. during a time when the federal department of justice had just come to investigate years of racism and killings of primarily black and brown people of san francisco. pabs' story can be found on the sf supreme court website filed october 23rd, two thousand seventeen. one officer remarked about a black woman and i quote, she's got a great body, she's the only black woman i'd do, unquote. pabs was told about

we reached out to sfpd for more comment and we will stay posted with updates. stephanie sierra, abc7 news. >> frustrating for them. >>> hayward police say seven people committed more than 50 robberies in the nine counties you see on the map. the suspects targeted starbucks, walgreens, cvs and rite aid and often passed notes to employees saying they had guns and demanded to see the safe. police worked with the fbi and the u.s. marshal's office to make the arrests. >>> police in oakland are only now getting a reprieve in coming up for air after what the chief calls 12 hours of nonstop chaos last night. there was a massive side show mad by gunfire. several people were hurt when july 4th revelers shotguns into the air. the fire department is busy with multiple fires like this one behind me on telegraph that was spotted by a crew returning from a different fire. more on the mayhem from abc7 news reporter laura anthony. >> we are talking about 12 hours of nonstop chaos. >> reporter: oakland's police chief is not just talking about the illegal fireworks that rained do

we also worked with the sfpd central directing's permit officer to help find some solutions. moving forward, all sound complaints will be reallocated to sfpd and we will assist again if needed. it's worth mentioning that we are confident the business understands what they need to do to mitigate future complaints. that is it for now and please let me know if you have any questions. >> one question, i see jones is showing up a bun inch tease reports. they were having some issues. is there any update or anything new and sort of the same -- >> reporter: there was an uptick that happened in june around pride month where they have their annual big trent where we got a number of back-to-back but inspector was able to visit and talk to a manager and it's usually the same situation where they have drag shows. it's not karaoke but it's lip-synching so it's all pre recorded music and it happens every sunday that what he found there and i spoke with the manger and educated them on potentially getting a sound meter to monitor their own levels. >> i will note a lot of these complaints were

i believe in the sfpd and i believe sfpd will enforce the law and protect san francisco citizens and please make an arrest in my case. thank you. >> president cohen: thank you, caller. >> clerk: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> good evening. my name is barrie toronto. i am a taxi driver and i just wanted to bring a couple of issues. first, the hilton hotel hires a police officer on 10b. status, i called tenderloin station previously and got support from the supervisor on duty to tell the officer to move his vehicle and there is is an ab tive cab stand and the hotel is busy. unfortunately, the thing is that the officer decided he was going to park his big pickup truck in front of the cab stand and block our ability to serve any guests from the hotel. they're getting a lot more money than i am so to make myself visible and available at the hotel, it's important to provide service to the public. however, the officer did move his vehicle but put it back about an hour later. there's plenty of a white zone in front of the hotel he didn't have to park in the cab stands and he

we reached out today to the sfpd. nobody was available to speak. >> thank you. a six month long investigation in san jose netted a cash of expensive bicycles and stolen construction equipment. investigators arrested a man who is the head of an under ground bicycle fencing operation. out of his home. police found high end bike, crates of construction tools. and more than $20,000 in cash. the merchandise is worth 100,000. police say burglaries and theft of bicycles and construction equipment increase during the pandemic. >> now to our climate in crisis. water restrictions may get tighter. because of the potential for record water shortage the board could add conservation measures. the rules are expected to be approved tomorrow night. restrictions include using sprinklers one day a week. drip irrigation limited two days a week. customers will be discouraged from planting anything new. >> do you want to know what drought restrictions are like in your neighborhood? go to or web site. click on water restrictions in our trending bar. >> now talking about

and sfpd is the lead on our enforcement efforts.nd so when you marry these two together, you're able to see reductions and ultimately that's across our system. because data is so important to what it is that we do here, we look at trends very consistently. and so we took a look at the last eight years of security incidents on our system. there has been a steady decline and security activity since 2015, which was the peak. and that was consistent with what we saw across the country with security and crime. if you look at 2020, the thing that drove our security incidents, although we saw a reduction, was our vandalism that we saw during the pandemic and that was basically out of the frustration of service and the mask compliance. moving forward we do project to be below -- continue to see decreases in activity throughout the system. the number one cause of security incidents on our system is our passenger-to-passenger, and that is both verbal and physical. although we do not have the ability to quantify the amount of cases that are re

we are staying in contact with sfpd to learn more details about this incident. we'll bring you updates as soon as we get them. a wild scene last night at knott's berry farm in southern california. take a look at this and somehow scaling a 325 foot tall ride in refused to come down park management did not close the park, but we are told they did turn off some of the rides and even evacuated. some guest visitors at the park though, describing the crazy scene. look good. nice. guy with the shirt off and he says, oh, they're dancing is the the nature of this call. the person being up there. >> not that being a typical decision. a person would make. makes us want to do a full thorough evaluation. >> so there's no word on how he was able to gain access in order to get all the way up there, but he did come down after 90 minutes, authorities took him into custody and took him to get a mental health evaluation. >> it's weather time now as we take a live look outside another foggy shot here in san francisco. there's the transamerica pyramid and downtown fog is going to st

according to sfpd, it happened after an encounter between the store security guard and the man who allegedly been harassing customers. they say that confrontation got physical and the suspect 28 year-old sergio gutierrez alvarez was arrested accused of trespassing and battery. one neighbor told us they're not surprised at what happened. it's often. >> i see the the security chasing people out or. taking stuff away from them. they're trying to steal. it's a constant problem. and all the stores here in this city. >> there's been no allegation of theft in today's incident. but walgreens says been the scene of several viral videos showing brazen shoplifting and has shut down 17 stores in san francisco over the last 5 years, city leaders are pushing for a coordinated response involving city hall sfpd the district attorney courts and retailers themselves and possibly they say even the u.s. attorney. >> this latest incident comes just 2 days after san francisco mayor london breed held a press conference. it defending the city's crime rate. she made note of several high-profile incidents including s

that's more to sfpd also rec and park. they have cameras in public spaces fixated in public parks. >> supervisor chan, the alpr doesn't capture facial recognition. we're not involved in racial recognition. with regard to alpr, it captures the license plate and the vehicle and that is just one step. second step, we have to verify whatever we're looking into. it may capture images from time to time just based on the vehicle and the license plate, may be there's someone near the vehicle. as you know, there's no way to query that data to find out who is wearing blackjacked at a certain location. >> supervisor chan: your surveillance camera can? >> you're talking about the alpr? >> supervisor chan: moving on from license plate readers. now i'm moving to the surveillance camera in general. all the surveillance cameras that the city has. the question is it general that he would have to be the one to answer it for the entire city. it's a technology question. once you have surveillance camera, how compatible that can be continue to

the sfpd works with law enforcement around the state to combat this type of organized theft.d more than $10 million in stolen items in the past year and a half. the reality is our. our retail thefts are down this year, but that doesn't matter. we need to take care of business chief bill scott cities recently increased foot patrols in union square from two officers to six following the high profile theft of designer handbags at neiman marcus. at the end of the day, you know, we see these things happening is unfortunate. they're going viral and what have you but we will continue to go after the people who are perpetrating these crimes in our city now. unfortunately, retail theft is. not a new phenomenon in san francisco. for years, the number of thefts has been around three times the state average. evan sernoffsky ktvu, fox two news. okay. temperatures today. pretty warm, especially inland. we had upper nineties and so spots again and back in 95 remember, we had some humidity today as well. and so that really made it feel hot. look at livermore at 97 9 o'clock, some of the spot

>> no, in this particular case, what they should have done was contacted sfpd. they could have pursued the perceived sex trafficking case if that's what they wanted to do. but they could have hand td over to san jose pd. >> we thank you for your time and insight tonight. we've got more to come. still to come, we're talking about the olympics, simone biles making a brief stop in the bay area. she flew out of sfo. we'll show you what she had to say during the sendoff, plus. >> takes a little bit of patience for sure. >>> we go one on one with nbc sports anchor, mike tirico who who's in tokyo already quarantining. what he's going to miss about these olympics. stay with us featuring fresh artisan bread, layered with tender seasoned steak, sautéed mushrooms, roasted red peppers, and smothered with melty american cheese. the new cheese steak melt, now at togo's. . >>> cheering and plenty of red, white and blue at san francisco, the sendoff for superstar simone biles and team usa gymnastics. pretty cool to see here. and yes, the road to tokyo goes through san francisco

the sfpd works with law enforcement around the state to combat this type of organized theft.than $10 million in stolen items in the past year and a half. the reality is our our retail thefts are down this year, but that doesn't matter. we need to take care of business chief bill scott cities recently increased foot patrols in union square from two officers to six following the high profile theft of designer handbags at neiman marcus. at the end of the day, you know, we see these things happening is unfortunate. they're going viral and what have you but we will continue to go after the people who are perpetrating these crimes in our city now. unfortunately, retail theft. not a new phenomenon in san francisco. for years, the number of thefts has been around three times the state average. evan sernoffsky ktvu, fox two news, all right now, let's check in with meteorologist rosemary oroczo looking behind us, rosemary a little bit of sun, but kind of gray too out there, i think heading inland, though it might be a different story. yes definitely a summer like pattern shaping up aro

as of june, sfpd reported 28 hate crimes. but these incidents are frequently under reported. it's a shock. it's disturbing and their hurts my heart here. to see it happened in san francisco. it's not surprising to me, but i'm also i'm really saddened. um i hope the folks who are the victims of that attack are getting support where they need. the sfpd is investigating. police search anyone who is the victim of a hate crime to report it. most jurisdictions have dedicated hate crime tip lines. henry lee ktvu fox studios. coming up new state numbers showing a concerning trend in coronavirus cases and how it compares to conditions just a month ago, plus the day after oakland city leaders bound to continue negotiating with the a's over a proposed waterfront ballpark, the team's president is in las vegas, touring other potential stadium sites, another beautiful bay area day. not too hot, not too cold. in many places. we'll talk about where the fog went and what you can expect as we move through the rest of the week and let's give you another live look outside of that thursday evenin

as of june, sfpd reported 28 hate crimes. but these incidents are frequently under reported.t's a shock, disturbing and their first my heart here. to see what happened in san francisco. it's not surprising to me, but i'm also i'm really saddened. um i hope the folks who are the victims of that attack are getting support where they need. the sfpd is investigating. police urge anyone who is the victim of a hate crime to report it. most jurisdictions have dedicated hate crime tip lines. henry lee ktvu fox studios. across the u. s covid-19 cases of nearly tripled in the past two weeks to more than 37,000 day. new orleans is now the latest city to recommend everyone where a mask indoors. fox news, alex hogan tells us health officials are also trying to overcome vaccine hesitancy. coronavirus fears are mounting. his vaccination efforts have stalled across the nation states with low vaccination rates are reporting increased covid-19 cases, largely due to the highly transmissible delta variant. we have to stay vigilant, especially with the delta variant. it's out there. that's why we

the sfpd works with law enforcement around the state to combat this type of organized theft. recovered more than $10 million in stolen items in the past year and a half the reality is r our retail thefts are down this year, but that doesn't matter. we need to take care of business chief bill scott said. he's recently increased foot patrols in union square from two officers to six following the high profile theft of designer handbags at neiman marcus. at the end of the day, you know, we see these things happening is unfortunate. they're going viral and what have you but we will continue to go after the people who are perpetrating these crimes in our city now. unfortunately retail theft is not a new phenomenon in san francisco for years, the number of thefts has been around three times the state average. what's different is businesses like walgreens are increasingly being singled out as these fencing schemes become more sophisticated, live in the newsroom. evan sernoffsky ktvu fox two news. yeah, i know, evan, you said these items reportedly changed hands several times. can the

according to sfpd, the first shooting took place saturday night near o'farrell and larkin street police say the second shooting happened early sunday morning. just one block away at o'farrell and hyde streets. then on sunday evening. police say a shooting took place near the federal building at 7th and mission. if you have any information on any of the shootings are being asked to contact 7. just go police. all f right, weather time. we're checking out 2 tropical systems out there in the pacific right now. both spinning around. >> well, they are. we've got police show right now. a strong tropical storm sustained winds of 65 miles per hour. meter brother guillermo right now. just a tropical depression. 35 mile an hour sustained winds one right behind the other. watch the latest track here. they're going to continue to make their way toward the west and well, as the happens gamble pushing into some of that cool water churned up by felicia will likely begin to weaken rapidly. in fact, even felicia looks like it's shortly weekend in the nothing more than a tropical system here in the next 2

. >> reporter: sfpd's investigation is ongoing. >>> three bay area counties today are giving a strong recommendation to employers suggesting they require that their employees be vaccinated. the counties are santa clara, san francisco, and contra costa. >> reporter: they are trying to figure out how to get more people to get the covid-19 vaccine. >> it's either to get the vaccine or to get covid. >> reporter: with covid cases and hospitalizations rising among the unvaccinated, health officers from three bay area counties say it's just the next logical step. a strong recommendation that employees require their employees to get vaccinated. >>> unvaccinated workers pose a risk to themselves, their coworkers and the members of the public they interact with. >> reporter: in contra costa county, an unvaccinated person is 20 times more likely to get covid than someone fully vaccinated. >> what we really want to do is empower people with this recommendation and say that public health is fully supportive of these requirements. >> i think if people are fully vaccinated and it's a safe environmen

detectives are definitely exploring the possibility that the cases are related and they are reaching out to sfpd. in the news room, back to you. >>> abc 7 news insider weighed in on this heist. he is as it is not out of the question that we could see more stores close because of this theft. >> you know, money is like water, it sinks. these stores do not have to make all of their money in san francisco. it is cheaper for them to close down and make money somewhere else. >> as you can see they are fairly organized. >>> new details, a man shot and killed a home intruder in fairfield. the third similar case, actually, in less than a week. when no one answered the door this morning the intruder began to kick it in. a couple in their 60s were inside. the man grabbed a gun and shot the suspect. two similar incidents happened recently in modesto when two armed homeowners killed intruders. >>> in the south bay, a major infrastructure project gets under way tomorrow morning. crews get started on making quake upgrades at the dam. they will build a tunnel to allow it to release more water in the event of an

sfpd keeps records of repeat shoplifting offenders.s anything, there are 208 repeat offenders, 20% of the rearrested. in 2019, 290 repeat offenders, 29% of the rearrested, and in 2020, 116 repeat offenders, 33% rearrested. >> that had everything to do with businesses being closed in covid. 2020 was more of an aberration. i think when we look at 2021, it is back here >> reporter: supervisor safai points to this video abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez took of an alleged shoplifter on a bicycle. >> that individual had a series of prior arrests and prior offenses for the exact same type of crime. >> reporter: lieutenant tracy mcrae is vice president of the san francisco police officers association. >> right there on the spot, you're able to catch up in the spot. we have to go steps of the investigation. it may take a while. >> reporter: spokesperson for the da's office of the da was not available for an interview. in his response to supervisor safai, the standard for prosecution is much higher than the standard for arrest, rights boudin.

sfpd keeps records of repeat shoplifting offenders. into does anything, there are 208 repeat offenders, 20% of the rearrested. in 2019, 290 repeat offenders, 29% of the rearrested, and in 2020, 116 repeat offenders, 33% rearrested. >> that had everything to do with businesses being closed in covid. 2020 was more of aberration. i think when we look at 2021, it is back here >> reporter: supervisor safai points to this video abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez took of an alleged shoplifter on a bicycle. >> that individual had a series of prior arrests and prior offenses for the exact same type of crime. >> reporter: lieutenant tracy mcrae is vice president of the san francisco police officers association. >> right there on the spot, you're able to catch up in the spot. we have to go steps of the investigation. it may take a while. >> reporter: spokesperson for the da's office of the da was not available for an interview. in his response to supervisor safai, the standard for prosecution is much higher than the standard for arrest, rights bo

getting set to host his first official fireworks show since the pandemic four's, maureen kelly talked sfpdhe public that all other fireworks outside the official show. >> our illegal in the city. even the ones called safe and say. >> this is video of an illegal fireworks display going off the patrol hill. it's been a semi regular occurrence for the past month, even more so as we get closer to the 4th of july holiday. the booming of the explosives. scaring pets and concerning some residents, especially as this is happening in a densely packed neighborhood not far from the dry grasses of the star king

. >> sfpd is receiving additional overtime this year approved by the city to make this happen in the newsroom. noelle bellow kron 4 news. >> a budget surplus has now launched california with the largest statewide universal free lunch program classrooms in california. reopen in the fall. all 6.2 million public school children will have the option to eat school meals for free regardless of their family's income under federal rules. a family of 4 must make less than $34,000 a year in order to qualify for free meals. less than 48,000 year to qualify for reduced meals. the caps shift year to year but are based on federal property measures that usually don't take into account the high cost of living along with taxes here in the golden state. now for 4 zone forecast tonight, a live look from the mount tam cam across the city. we see the fog starting to slowly creep back in there. yeah, that's one of really pretty views. >> our kron 4 chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here lines. you're looking at a couple of tropical storms right. yeah. boy, things getting active there. of course, fog

we reach out to the sfpd and they said no one was able to speak because. holiday. >> all right.tember 15th is coming. a reason froel the berkeley institute of governmental studies shows republicans are more enthusiastic of this recall election. voters were asked if they have a hey interest, moderate interest or low interest in the recall election. that's what you see on the left. on the right side of your screen, 36% of democrats that they have a high interest in the special election. while 75% of republicans said they have a high interest in building the governor. we asked what that means. >> what that boils down to, the democratic side really getting their act together. if newsom is going to the polls, it won't matter. >> the recall election is going to cost taxpayers $276 million. >>> smoky skies in northern california. look at this. slowly but surely, the crews are getting a handle on the lava fire burning near mt. shasta close to the california, oregon border. it is one of three fires burning to the north of us. many of the thousands of evacuees are back home tonight. that'

happening in a densely packed neighborhood not far from the dry grasses of the star king open-space sfpd public information officer robert says they're doing the best they can to respond to these types of calls for service. we will respond to those incidents where a caller can provide the exact location. >> and the actual observation of a person lighting or discharging those fireworks. if it's just a mere complaint of noise. we will respond to the area. however, if you want to speed up our response. we will need information such as a description of a suspect and the exact location of where the fireworks are being laid off and even though safe and sane fireworks are being sold in some bay area cities. even those are off-limits with in san francisco city limits. we know that safe and sane fireworks or burn at a temperature. that's hot enough to melt gold. and so in hands of a child that can certainly cause injury that can certainly light up other areas like dry grass and that can spread to structures and can cause millions of dollars worth of damage. but for the first time since the pandem