we're trying to accommodate the theatre crowd we have if you restaurant in the union square. with regard to our outreach we've reached outd out to district 67 probably our preliminary reach out was for the sfpd and the union square public policy and the union square bid and in the general neighbors in our immediate properties adjacent to us. let's see what else can i tell you that would be of interest. we've received a this evening the recommendations from the police department for approvals with regard to the noise automobile noise outside and the security personnel and a eloquent security system and have agreed to comply with the thirty day minimum that's no issue and naturally as a good neighbor we'll remove graffiti hopefully not in union square. we request or the police requested a security guard application we're a restaurant preliminary we have a right-of-way capacity we're a bar but we anticipate this house of request for the place of entertainment request a number of people want to come to us and buy out so in the capacity of the wedding party the jp morgan they want

i'm karen the executive director of the union square business improvement district and we represent the property owners in all around a 27 block of union square i'm here to speak in support of this to approve the entertainment permit mr. litter has been engaged he's got 3 hotels and attended many of our lunches and more importantly came to our public meeting where we presented his plans for the restaurant and asked for our support i've been there a couple of times a upscale restaurant we presented to other members and they were all there to see the restaurant and what have you through outreach and we're all in support of this item so thank you. i sent over a letter earlier today so it you have not received a copy okay. thank you very much >> thank you. is there any additional public comme comment hello, again >> i'm michael nolte curling speak on behalf of district six the bartlett hall didn't two meetings on november 12th as a new restaurant applying for a liquor license and on june 10th when they were talking about a place of entertainment permit and i was not present at the june 10th

its galleries are housed in one of the very rare single family residences around union square. for the 100th anniversary of the mansion, meridian hosted a series of special events, including a world premiere reading by lawrence ferlinghetti. >> the birth of an american corporate fascism, the next to last free states radio, the next-to-last independent newspaper raising hell, the next-to-last independent bookstore with a mind of its own, the next to last leftie looking for obama nirvana. [laughter] the first day of the wall street occupation set forth upon this continent a new revolutionary nation. [applause] >> in addition to its own programming as -- of artist talks, meridian has been a downtown host for san francisco states well-known port trees center. recent luminaries have included david meltzer, steve dixon, and jack hirsch man. >> you can black as out of the press, blog and arrest us, tear gas, mace, and shoot us, as we know very well, you will, but this time we're not turning back. we know you are finished. desperate, near the end. hysterical in your flabbergastlyness.

stored closed for further notice in union square.g out after being soaked bay water main break over the weekend. stephanie chuang joins us live, which shores are we talking about -- stores are we talking about? >> reporter: well about all the luxury stores here, chanel, lacoste. a i just spoke -- and i just spoke to an engineer here. stores will open. there were five fire trucks all along here on saturday. but he says one of his clients is chanel which we're standing right here, and according to him, first of all, the water went down to the basement, it flooded. it was up about two feet to that door where you see the basement there. chanel told him this morning, again according to engineer that this it will not be open for at least a couple days. so you do see that there are the lights back on here at the store, the sign on the back store of chanel saying sorry we're closed due to water and power outage. if you look at the video that we go over the weekend, you can see some of the damage the water that flooded the streets here. the c

they can go in and around union square. we have space is now up in the castro, in fact. >> how many are there? >> we have about 420. >> are they here all year round? >> out of the 420, i know 150 to sell all year round. i mean like five-seven days a week. >> are they making their living of of this? >> this is their sole source of income for many. >> how long have you been with this program. how much has it changed? >> i have been with the program since it began 37 and a half years ago but i have seen changes in the trend. fashion comes and goes. >> i think that you can still find plenty of titis perhaps. >> this is because the 60's is retro for a lot of people. i have seen that come back, yes. >> people still think of this city as the birth of that movement. great, thank you for talking about the background of the program. i'm excited to go shopping. >> i would like you to meet two street artists. this is linda and jeremy. >> night said to me to print them -- nice to meet you. >> can you talk to me about a variety of produc

the central subway project effecting high end shops in san francisco's union square. of duo make things worse, a water main break over the weekend. the series of headaches for these big name retails. >>> plus, we are keeping an eye on traffic in the north bay where that oil tanker overturned this morning. a live look right now at chopper 5. you can see the tanker still there on its side. sir francis drake still shut down going both ways. we will have more information for you straight ahead at 6:00 p.m. elizabeth. >> sounds good. look forward to that. well thank you for watching. the cbs evening news with scott pelly is next. >> remember, latest news and weather is always on kpix.com.

cleanup crews will be back at union square tomorrow morning. a water main break flooded high end stores. firefighters say at least 100,000 gallons of water spur spilled on to sidewalks and basements. crews shut off power while workers lugged items upstairs. >> not a high dollar damage at there point. >> the construction crew is working on the union square station for the subway project. >>> firefighters talk protective action to prevent homes from a grass fire. crews had it knocked down in less than an hour, no structures were damaged. >> new details on a fire in eastern contra costa county. it appears the fire started around 10:00 last night when a car drove into a power pole knocking down power lines. the fire charred 80 acres. further north near redding a wildfire has burned more than four square miles and forced evacuations. this fire ignited yesterday afternoon and is just 10% contained. about 400 firefighters are trying to control it, for a look at our weather conditions, let's go to lop doppler 7 hd. >> clouds are moving in right now fro

. >>> crews are still cleaning up a big mess near san francisco's union square. a contractor hit an eight inch water main yesterday morning near geary and stockton. firefighters say 100,000 gallons of water spilled on the sidewalks and basements of high-end stores. some of the stores are still closed. >> i think it's kind of bad. i think they lose a lot of business. >> i think so. i don't know but i think. a lot of lost traffic. >> the construction crew was working on the union square station for the central subway project. >>> the tourist traffic experiment involving san francisco's lombard street is nearly over. since june, only local traffic and taxis were allowed then to the crooked street on weekends from noon to 6:00 p.m. transportation officials say the findings from the pilot project will help them determine whether to issue temporary closures on a regular basis. residents say the buss and crowds make getting in and out of driveways a nightmare. >> santa clara county is seeing an increase of birds infected with west nile virus. there have been 286 affecte

with respect able to get our subway we were with phase two from union square underneath to knob hill but we need to finish the subway all the way down to the bay does montage so thank you, again, for this amazing announcement we've got a lot of work to do by the year 2019 but we'll connect 16 million visitors in the fisherman's wharf and i look forward to working with you to get that done. thanks for being here >> thank you president chiu. members of our board of supervisors serve in multiple different capacities in addition to being one of the strongest advocates for transportation investment in the city i particularly in the investment in muni and supervisor wiener serves on the transportation commission and serves as at the vice chair of the community transportation authority so, please welcome scott wiener to the mike to say a few words (clapping.) >> morning i had a similar experience that edward reiskin had this morning i got on the subway at castro station and remember thinking that will be nice to switch over to the strool subway instead of walking i got on the 45 and basical

. >> union square's top shops flooded today. what caused it and how it's being cleaned up. >> how the family of a missing teen reacted to new evidence that suggests a gruesome ending to her life. >>> good inning and thank you for joining us. we are following developing news in santa rosa where protesters are starting to disburse after they temporarily blocked the 101off do offramp and then marched to a macy's store. the group moved back to downtown at courthouse square where they rallied this afternoon. protesters say they want justice for andy lopez, the 13-year-old santa rosa teen shot and killed bay sonoma county sheriff's deputy. the deputy thought a rifle was real. the deputy was cleared of wrongdoing. >>> a broken water main has sent thousands of gallons of water pouring into the basement0s union square's luxury shops. crews spend the afternoon cleaning up. workers from a construction company hit an eight-inch water main at 4:00 this more than. hundreds of thousands of gallons of water flooded basements based storerooms of

. >> just a few steps away from union square is a quiet corner stone of san francisco's our community to the meridian gallery has a 20-year history of supporting visual arts. experimental music concert, and also readings. >> give us this day our daily bread at least three times a day. and lead us not into temptation to often on weekdays. [laughter] >> meridians' stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. >> it gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline, creates change. >> it is philosophy that attracted david linger to mount a show at meridian. >> you want to feel like your work this summer that it can do some good. i felt like at meridian, it

in san francisco tonight's, several people have been hurt after a vehicle crashed 3 block from union square. happened less than an hour ago at jones and post street. witness say several vehicles are involved. authorities have shut down the intersection to treat the victims. these pictures coming to us from viewers by twitter. they say to avoid the area, obviously. more information as it becomes available but as you can see a terrible scene near union square tonight. you can also follow our twitter feed at abc 7 news bay area. we'll stay on top of that. >>> now to the other top story. 87-year-old woman viciously attacked. thrown to the ground then robbed outside a local bank. tonight police believe they know exactly who is responsible. it happened outside the mechanic bank in richmond on west richmond avenue. the robber the woman that you see here was caught police say on a surveillance camera. cornell is live at the atm tonight. we have learned more about the victim. >>reporter: victim is prominent citizen here in the point richmond neighborhood. she was attacked and critically injured at t

a water main break that flooded high-end stores near union square. >>> the end of an era, counting down to the very last game at candlestick park. the legendary players about to take the field in less than two hours. >>> good evening to you. i'm peggy bunker. >> and i'm terry mcsweeney. tonight, police are looking for a man who groebped a woman in po alto at werry park. what makes the attack more frightening is the woman couldn't reach police for help. marianne favro joins us live from palo alto with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: i'm here at werry park. this is where the attack took place yesterday morning around 11:30 right here on this park bench. a man came up to a woman who was sitting on the bench and started talking to her, then aggressively fondled and kissed her before she could shove him away. she tried to call 911 on her cell phone but could not get a signal. so she called police as soon as she could. today people who frequently use this park say they're stunned. >> it's a little frightening, actually. we just moved in down the road and my two kids, they're alm

. >> union square cleaning out after a weekend water main break left a soggy mess. which stores will open and which will remain closed indefinitely? did you remember to pay the dog sitter? yeah, citi mobile. and deposit that check? citi mobile. pack your bathing suit? wearing it. niiice bank from almost anywhere with the citi mobile app. >>> today the justice department announced one of america's largest banks, citi group will pay a $7 billion penalty for risky mortgages that led to the great recession. some of the money will help people impacted by the housing crash. >> attorney general eric holder said citi group admitted to egregious misconduct. >> the bank's activities shattered lives and livelihoods throughout the country and also around the world. they contributed mightily to the financial crisis that devastated our economy in 2008. >> investigators say citi group sold mortgages to investors knowing the value of homes was overstated. borrowers defaulted immediately and investors lost millions of dollars. of the settlement money, $2.5 billion goes to customer r

. >>> several high end stores in san francisco's union square were flooded by a water main break. it's the result of contractors working on the central subway tunnel. they sliced a pipe this morning and water started pouring into businesses in stockton and geary streets. power was turned off in the area because the fire department didn't want anybody to get electrocuted. >> well, our concern is electrical hazards. some of the buildings have so much water in the basement that we had to shut off power to the building so there's no chance of anybody getting electrocuted. >> the fire department expects to be at union square all day to mop up. as for the tunnel construction, engineers say they will have to work around the mess created by the broken pipe. >>> a brush fire incontra costa county is now 90% contained. the fire broke out around 10:00 last night off of marsh creek road just east of clayton. it broke out after a car ran into a utility pole and brought down power lines. flames raced up a hill and quickly burned 80 acres. some homes along marsh creek road were evacuated. those

. >>> high-end shops in union square closed for business. the damage caused by flooding and hear from the people who are disappointed. >>> air strikes and fighting intensify in the middle east. tens of thousands told to evacuate as israeli troops move into gaza. >>> i'm terry mcsweeney. >> i'm peggy bunker. new details on a grass fire in fairfield. the fire is now contained but earlier several homes were evacuated. those people have been let back in. the fire broke out about 2:00 in a grossy area. as the the blaze grew, nearby homes on james street were evacuated, the highway was closed in all directions. take a look at this video here into our news room. this shows the firefighters on scene of this the blaze. they were able to stop it before it spread any further. lanes of highway 12 are closed earlier in the firefight but they are all open at this time. no word on how much acreage was burned. investigators still trying to figure out how it got started. >>> take a look outside, we have san jose here on your left. on your right, looking beau

high-end stores at union square were not flooded with shoppers today. they were flooded with water. from nieman marcus to chanel and every expensive shop in between. >> we have several businesses. they all have a lot of standing water in the basements, store rooms with expensive merchandise. >> reporter: overnight crews punctured an 8" water pipe sending up many thousands of gallons of water drowning some of san francisco's highest priced real estate in the process. not to mention some pretty expensive purses. >> the central subway station construction and their main responsibility is the walls in the stations so that work is what was associated with the water main break. >> reporter: the leak lasted some 6 hours forcing several stores to close down with so much standing water and electrocution concerns. dampening sales on a big shopping saturday may be even longer. >> we have crews working on salvaging merchandise to try to limit the damage to the best we can. >> reporter: the leak was capped around noon but the damage was already done. a soggy expensive mess inside stores for the

more information as it becomes available but as you can see a terrible scene near union square tonight. you can also follow our twitter feed at abc 7 news bay area. we'll stay on top of that. >>> now to the other top story. 87-year-old woman viciously attacked. thrown to the ground then robbed outside a local bank. tonight police believe they know exactly who is responsible. it happened outside the mechanic bank in richmond on west richmond avenue. the robber the woman that you see here was caught police say on a surveillance camera. cornell is live at the atm tonight. we have learned more about the victim. >>reporter: victim is prominent citizen here in the point richmond neighborhood. she was attacked and critically injured at this atm july 4th weekend. police say with few leads to good on they now turn to the public. look closely at the suspect carrying a purse and security camera photo. richmond police say what she's about to do is heart breaking. if police say an 87-year-old woman getting money at the point richmond atm on july 5th when the suspect nond knocked the elderly woman t

more information as it becomes available but as you can see a terrible scene near union square tonight. you can also follow our twitter feed at abc 7 news bay area. we'll stay on top of that. >>> now to the other top story. 87-year-old woman viciously attacked. thrown to the ground then robbed outside a local bank. tonight police believe they know exactly who is responsible. it happened outside the mechanic bank in richmond on west richmond avenue. the robber the woman that you see here was caught police say on a surveillance camera. cornell is live at the atm tonight. we have learned more about the victim. >>reporter: victim is prominent citizen here in the point richmond neighborhood. she was attacked and critically injured at this atm july 4th weekend. police say with few leads to good on they now turn to the public. look closely at the suspect carrying a purse and security camera photo. richmond police say what she's about to do is heart breaking. if police say an 87-year-old woman getting money at the point richmond atm on july 5th when the suspect nond knocked the elderly woman t

. >> union square's top shops flooded today.t and how it's being cleaned up. >> how the family of a missing teen reacted to new evidence that suggests a gruesome ending to her life. >>> good inning and thank you for joining us. we are following developing news in santa rosa where protesters are starting to disburse after they temporarily blocked the 101off do offramp and then marched to a macy's store. the group moved back to downtown at courthouse square where they rallied this afternoon. protesters say they want justice for andy lopez, the 13-year-old santa rosa teen shot and killed bay sonoma county sheriff's deputy. the deputy thought a rifle was real. the deputy was cleared of wrongdoing. >>> a broken water main has sent thousands of gallons of water pouring into the basement0s union square's luxury shops. crews spend the afternoon cleaning up. workers from a construction company hit an eight-inch water main at 4:00 this more than. hundreds of thousands of gallons of water flooded basements based storerooms of high-end snow

. >>> shoppers headed to union square hoping for good news. some store favorites were closed, closed their doors after construction crews hit a water main in this weekend flooding some buildings. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang live there. and stephanie, we're talking about jimmy choo, will it be back open today? >> reporter: you know the good news for jimmy choo, scott, is that store was one open this weekend, but as you can see here at stockton gary, some likes lacos have signs that they are still closed. the flooding did happen in the basement of several buildings here. so most of the damage is not visible. a crew contracted by the c work on these central subway project hit the water main just after 4:00. that was saturday morning. the impact businesses including chanel, lacoste, firefighters were on scene trying to help remove water. the power was shut off as well to avoid electrocution inside. shoppers we spoke with yesterday said they were frustrated after waiting a day for doors to open. >> i came here, i don't know what happened,

i will enjoy that in union square.ater. >> thank you, annie. >>> they identified a suspect in a fatal hit in run near santa rosa near petaluma hill road. >> reporter: good morning. john is wanted for questioning. they believe he was the driver behind the wheel of a car on petaluma hill road at hunter lane. there were cars with damage long the street. they traced it back to john metsger. a man was struck and killed while walking in the road. one neighborhood heard the crash. >> it was bizarre. it was like you hear in a movie. i thought it was a wild animal or something. >> reporter: the chp tells us the injuries sustained are consistent be being hit by a vehicle. if you know where john metsger is call police. no one actually saw what happened. >> we saw cared speeds up behind you. seems like they are going at a high rate behind you. >> reporter: i think it is posted at 45 or 50. chp says there isn't really a shoulder. don't know where he was in the roadway, but there isn't a lot of room to walk. >> and at 4:15 it is dar

some high end retail stores will re-open today in san francisco's union square.ter a water main the stores were flooded. and merchandise destroyed. shoppers stepped over hoses basements of the high-end stores on geary street. 2-feet of water flooded the even neiman marcus was impacted. lacoste remained closed monday because of the damage. leaving shoppers in a lurch. thursday because there is no power bvlgari..was also closed.. sacramento with her friends to buy her favorite perfume from watermain. and water poured out sot john riker / arthur beren on so every person is vital so needless to say it was tough su justine waldman crews cleaning believe they will be here until the end of the stories... if kick hell 8 year old will data hundred people to come here and play in the we have the proposal to break up the california between six states the off the day's hearing as a >>: people are loving this at rebecca 1989 the bowl nose at that's another far from the wolf. far a more than 400 people showed up. rescue workers in moscow who is recovering people. a tanker truc

you may have to wait another day to shop at several stores at union square.ontractor accidently broke a water main near stockton and geary. that flooded several shops like chanel and la coste. >>> most of the children who have made their way into the use are from central america. and while the fighting continues about what to do with the undocumented women and children, a delegation is heading south to learn more about what can be done to ease that crisis. derek shore is here with more on that trip. >> that delegation of state lawmakers left today and does include ellen corbett. the six legislators will be meeting leaders in guatemala, el salvador and panama over nine days. while the trip has been planned for some time, the goals have changed a bit since the crisis began. the detainees, most of them unaccompanied children are overflowing detention centers and most report that their home countries are plagued with violence and they fear for their safety if they were to say. legislators say they are paying for most of the trip from their own pockets. one said h

even though it's not three rings today it's a free ring at union square live. the circus festival continues. today at 2:00 pm, acrobats, jugglers, just a taste of their classic circus arts and circus smiles that go along with them. >>> from the wondering circus at union square to the three-stage fair, the temescal street fair known as one of oakland's signature events, the main stage, the kids' stage and jazz stage combined promise something for everyone from noon to 6:00 today. >>> you may have seen a lot more motorcycles on the road thursday and friday as 100,000 folks are expected to be in hollister for this weekend's motorcycle rally. it's both a weekend item and a traffic note. the biggest of the hogs, watch for your two wheeled friends around the bay as they head home later today. two wheels, four wheels or 18 wheels, i'll be back tomorrow to track all your traffic right here on "today in the bay." >>> you're looking live at what will be a warm, beautiful day. runners out there already. >>> many people will be hitting the road for yosemite this summer. so

construction crew that hit the water main was work on the union square station for the central subway project. >>> the father of missing morgan hill teen sierra lamar said it's hard hearing about the graphic evidence inside the transcripts. the nearly 2,000 page grand jury transcript lays out a case against the man. he had fibers from the interior on his volkswagen jetta and her hair was found on a rope in the trunk. the father said he hasn't read the document. >> right now i'm saying no. maybe i will get to that point eventually, but i know what i need to know. >> a team of searchers scoured some rough terrain near morgan hill yesterday. sierra went missing in march, 2012. searches are conducted weekly. >>> state forestly officials have arrested a man on suspicion of starting a huge shasta county wildfire. alexander smoke iii was taken into custody late friday night on what is being called the bully fire. the plays began when the exhaust from smoak's truck ignited dry grass at an illegal mariner grow site. bully fire burned just short of 3,000 acres. flames caused evacuation of 350 h

. >>> a water main break near union square san francisco that damaged high-end fashion stores has been repaired. they're working on the spill. it caused when they severed an 8-inch water pipe early this morning. it rushes into sale basementings. fire fighters -- basements. fire fighters were called in to help the spill. but the water didn't just threaten the clothes. >> the power could have caused people getting leg drink cuted. >> stores -- leg drink cuted. >> several -- electrocuted. >>> supporters of andy lopez rallied in santa rosa today. steve lopez has just the latest in a long, tragic string of police violence. >> reporter: people in santa rosa are still upset about announcement last week. >> i'm just deeply, deeply disappointed in her as our district attorney. it goes without saying she waited until after the election was over when they made this decision. >> reporter: she decided not to push charges against a sonoma county deputy that shot and killed andy lopez. they found the deputy shot in self-defense because that officer thought he was armed. he just had a toy gun. >> that

the construction crew that hit the watermain was work on the union square station for the central subway project. >>> the father of missing morgan hill teen sierra lamar said it's hard hearing about the graphic evidence inside the transcripts. the nearly 2,000 page grand jury transcript lays out a case against antolin garcia-torres. it's based on several pieces of dna and forensic he had fibers on the interior on his volkswagen jetta and her hair was found on a rope in the trunk. the father said he hasn't read the document. >> right now i'm saying no. maybe i will get to that point eventually, but i know what i need to know. >> a team of searchers scoured some rough terrain near morgan hill yesterday. sierra went missing in march, 2012. searches for her are conducted weekly. >>> state forestry officials have arrested a man on suspicion of starting a huge shasta county wildfire. 37-year-old freddy alexander smoak iii was taken into custody late friday night on what is being called the bully fire. the plays began when the exhaust from smoak's truck ignited dry grass at an illegal marijuana

. >>> still closed, the luxury shops off san francisco's union square are still drying out after a union water main break. this came as a surprise to shoppers who like to frequent the area. more on the cleanup under way. are any of these stores back open, kristi? >> reporter: well, we do have a little bit of good news for you. and that is at least one of them is opened. it is a beautiful sunday out here, many of them wondering when their luxury retailers will open. the drying out will continue. at least one shop, the jimmy choo store, i walked over there and there are shoppers in there right now. but some of the stores are still drying out. they have crews out here with large fans, while shoppers, many from out of town were not even sure what happened and why the high-end union stores are still closed today. what happened? an incident with a water main, where it broke sending water into the basement. a number of places, jimmy choo, among others, had to shut off the power so nobody would get electrocuted inside. for shoppers, who hoped today would be the day it was frustrating for them st

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>>> a broken water main has sent thousands of gallons of water pouring into the basements of union square's luxury shops. crews spent the afternoon clearing up the huge mess. workers from a construction company hit an eight-inch water main at 4:00 this morning. they were working for the central subject project. hundreds of thousands of gallons of water flooded basements and storerooms of very high-end stores like c hrhanel and vera wang. >> this is the worst. the worst most ridiculous inconvenience to us and the clients. so we just care about our clients, really, at this point. we called them ahead of time and said hey, the whole street is blocked off. you can't get through. clients are late. >> the fire department doesn't think much, if any merchandise was damaged. the water main has been patched up. crews will be back out tomorrow morning to finish up the work. >> san jose firefighters were able to quickly put out a fire. fire was reported before 2:00. crews had it knocked down and under control in less than an hour. but still, firefighters took defensive positions near houses just in cas

. >> a water main break near san francisco's union square sent hundreds of thousands of gallons of water gushing into the basements of high-end stores. the fire department got the call at 10:00 this morning a construction crew hit an eight-inch water main near geary and stockton. six to eight stores had several feet of water in their basement. since crews had to stand in the water to pump it out the power had to be shut off. the fire department believes the damage was minimal. >> there's not too much merchandize ruined. mostly just storeroom, stockroom, cardboard boxes, some office furniture. so not a high dollar damage at this point. >> the cleanup is still underway. some sidewalks had to be closed to pedestrians. >>> now to developing news overseas in the middle east. israel has intensified air strikes on gaza. the fifth straight day of bombardment between israel and the palestinians. >> an explosion, a column of smoke marking the target of an israely air strike in gaza. the cycle of violence continuing in the middle east. for a fifth distraught day israeli missiles rained down, retali

. >>> cleanup crews will be back at the union square this morning after a watermain break flooded the basements of some very high-end school. the contractor hit an 8-inch watermain yesterday morning. firefighters say at least 100,000 gallons of water spilled on to sidewalks and basements. crews shut off power while workers pumped out the water and lugged bags upstairs. >> mostly just storeroom, stock room cardboard boxes, some office furniture. not a high-dollar damage at this point. >> oh, that's just awful. this is the worst. the worst, most ridiculous inconvenience to us and the clients. >> yeah, it was quite a mess. construction crew that hit the watermain was work on the union square station for the central subway project. >>> the father of missing morgan hill teen sierra lamar said it's hard hearing about the graphic evidence inside the transcripts. the nearly 2,000 page grand jury transcript lays out a case against the defendant. he had fibers from the interior on his volkswagen jetta and her hair was found on a rope in the trunk. the father said he hasn't read the document. >>

one of the high end stores by union square today. some of the luxury retailers and businesses along gary street had two feet of water in their basements. the financial impact of the stores like chanel, lacoste and jimmy choo. some of them had to close for the day. the utility officials say a contractor is to blame for breaking that eight-inch pipe. >>> the crisis at the border getting worse by the day. president obama is asking forrer in aly $4 billion to fix the shia. both sides are debating what the next step should be. however, as dan reports, a law from 2008 may stop the president's plan. >> reporter: families and unaccompanied children make their way into the united states. a routine for border patrol. in recent weeks, 300 extra agents and academy grads have been added to the patrol. there they are seeing a bit of a slow-down. >> we were seeing apprehension rates of about 1400, 1500 in a 24-hour cycle. now on average we see about a thousand. >> reporter: a thousand a day crossing the border and taken into custody. and for those

to the san francisco chronicle building and left a few posters there and then continued on to union square and then back here to justin hermann plaza. demonstrators say they support a cease fire between israel and the palestinians. >> should both sides stop? >> yes, yes, i'm not saying that. there shouldn't be any more killing. shouldn't -- because the only people paying for this is civilians. reporter: this demonstration continues here at justin herrmann plaza until 5:00 this afternoon. we did see a few mixed messages along the way. one group of protesters lit an israeli flag on fire during the march. demonstrators say they're hoping for a cease fire, but they also voiced a lot of doubt whether that might stretch on to anything more, any kind of a lasting peace agreement. reporting live in san francisco, sergio quintana, abc7 news. >> aufc identifyinger who won a fight today is heading to israel to join the army. he lived his entire life there until 2009 when he moved to the beyer train in mixed martial arts and says it's his duty as an israeli to defend his home lean, no matter where he