Dersnd. Slickitsne repte d you think about the security . I likethe fact that they want to keep me safe. Reporter just spoke with one of the festival directors. They say so far, so good. There have been very few bottlenecks at the new security checkpoints, everybody playing by the rules and ose ear backpack ive got to say going in, i wasnt a huge bluegrass fan, but im changing my mind about all this. Cornell, tell us some of the facts on stage who are this years headline performers . Reporter lots of people performing this weekend, larry. Weve got robert plant from led zeppelin fame, emmy lieu harris, judy collins. Tank and the bangas from new hiphop, funk. They definitely put the hardly in hardly strictly bluegrass. Now the question, its not only that festival butle week. Spencer christian has our forecast. Were off to a good start. Nice sunny skies today. Let me give you a look at a couple camera shots. You can see how brighik that. Lets go to our festival. Heres our hardly strictly Bluegrass Festival fast. For the remainder of today, a high of 69 degrees over in the golden gate park. Tomorrow, sunny and mild. On sunday a warm afternoon with a high around 78 degrees. Looks like great weather for going out to golden gate park. Its not usually like this this time of year and certainly not this time of day. Ama. Thank you, spencer. The National Weather service issued a red flag warning starting tomorrow for parts of the north bay. The warning runs from 8 00ce is forecasting wind gusts up to 35 Miles Per Hour in napa county and northern sonoma county. Pooeg has yet to announce any power shutoffs to try to prevent a wildfire. A possible solution to californias wildfire threat. Stanford researchers say theyve developed a way to stop fires from spreading. It involves this gellike fluid. Researchers worked with cal fire to test it on grass. Stanford researchers say the hydro gel has the potential to make wild land firefighters much more proactive rather than reactive. One day after San FranciscoDistrict Attorney george gas cone resigned, the mayor appointed somebody in his place. Suzie loftus has been running for that office for more than a year. Some say this gives her an unfair advantage over other candidates. Some supervisors and protesters had a lot to say about this appointment. And so did the mayor. Larry, San Francisco politics, never boring. Within 24 hours of gascone resigning, we had a potential replacement which was the worst kept secret because everybody knew who it was. We had the mayor followed by protesters, followed by the protesters chasing the new person around chinatown. Because i know suzy loftus is the right person to do this job. Reporter making that announcement appointing loft loftus became a challenge. Protesters gathered at the location in chinatown where london breed was supposed to deliver her messag the event was postponed for several minutes. Once protesters spotted loftus they chased her around chinatown. Shes a controversial figure because she once led the Police Commission during Tumultuous Times for the city. Despite the multiple interruptions she was finally appointed, surrounded by her daughters. On my way over here i got to have a beautiful walk through chinatown. Reporter while many agree shes qualified for the job, some supervisors are critical of the appointment. The election is on november 5th, a month away. If i were the mayor, i think i would have said, hey, we want to hear what the voters want and were not going to try to influence the election. Reporter ironically mayor breed herself encountered a similar situation following the death of ed lee. As board president , breed stepped into the position of acting mayor while at the same time running for office. But a month later, january 2018, she was removed from her job by her colleagues on the board because they saw that as a political advantage. Supervisor mark farrell was then voted in as acting mayor. Today breed had no apologies. We need to start doing more sooner rather than later, and tt Attorneys Office unattended. So thats really why we need to make sure that we have sbroid who understands the office a on and thats suzy. The winner wont take office until january. Thats why the mayor said it was important in her mind that she had somebody like loftus in that position for at least the next three months. In the news room, leanne melendez, abc 7 news. What a wild scene. The appointment and the protesters chasing her around. Classic San Francisco politics. How are the other candidates running for the post dealing with the post today. There are three. Leaf douch, nancy chung, chess is a bow dean and, of course, suzy loftus. Theyre not happy because they see this as a political move, one that gives loftus an advantage and theyre well aware that incumbents or people appointed usually win an election. Leanne, thank you. In the east bay a new trial has been set in the deadly ghost ship trial case. Derick almena will be tried on manslaughter charges. Almena is described as the Master Tenant of the Oakland Building where 36 people died in a fire in december of 2016. A judge set a trial date of march 30th, 2020 and also denied the defenses request to reduce almenas bail of 750,000. The judge moved to hold two of the jurors from the previous trial in contempt. There could be new trouble for their mows founder elizabeth holmes. Her attorneys are asking a judge to let them quit. They say they havent been paid and dont want to work for free. Shes accused of misleading investors about her blood testing startup. Shes pleaded not guilty to fraud and conspiracy charges. Her trial is july 28th. Condolences for the victims of yesterdays deadly headon crash between a taxi cab and a wrongway driver. The two passengers have been idea as jud bergman, the ceo of Financial Firm invest net, his wife, 57yearold mary miller bergman. The oneway driver also died, 34yearold emilie ross of hillsborough. The Highway Patrol suspects a dui. Members of an Oakland School community are deplanneding action following a deadly hianvg stan whennt safety i do . Mistratorsro gelelenta sta aven. He niece, a garfield student, was injured. Varsity blues. Bay area father caught up in that College Cheating scandal heading to prison. Well tell you about his sentence. Remembering a legend, the life of trail blazing actress Diane Carroll and were in its the beginning of a big sports weekend in the bay area. Kicking off with the San Jose Sharks home opener happening tonight. Chris alvarez live outside the tank with a preview. I know you were talking with fans out there. Whats the vibe like . Reporter well, larry and ama t vibe will be good. We went around the corner to talk to the fans. Sharks fans are arguably the best fans in the nhl. Shark fans in the tank,ors open the chase Center Tomorrow in preseason. Monday night the 9ers host browns. Whats the hope opener mean to you . This is actually the first home opener ive been able to go to and i have good seats. Its something really special to me. I was like 6 years old, who is that cool team. My mom was like, oh, theyre the sharks. Oh, i like sharks and theyre from san jose. Really . So, sold. My first time and the weather is amazing. The people are amazing. I couldnt complain about anything. Who is your favorite player. Burnsy. Why is it burnsy . Ause i have his jersey. Couture is my favorite player. How many jerseys do you have . 18. What would you like me to ask the captain . How hes going to come back and what hes going to tell the guys. First id be really jealous. If i were to ask burnsy a question, what would you want me to ask him . How hes going to win all the games. Reporter my guy ozzie with the hard hitting questions. Thats a good question. How do you win all the games. 7 30 puck drop. As i mentioned, i have to track down captain logan couture, ill have that live in the 6 00 hour. All right, chris. Thank you very much. The warriors begin playing tomorrow at the new arena in San Francisco, a new experience for fans. Abc 7 news was at the chase center. We got a look at the flagship warriors shop located in what theyre calling thrive city. The retail and space that surrounds the arena. Much like the store at oracle, this one is packed. Youve got hats and shirts and socks. If it has anything to do with the warriors, you can probably find it in there. Theres a photo booth and another new feature for fans who want to buy a jersey. We have a new sort of service in our shop which is this Customization Center behind me where fans can personalize jerseys on the spot. Very cool. The store will be open daily, the hours will change should the warriors be playing at chase center. Six teams from the east bay are heading to london to take part in a Model Technology program where they will teach fellow youngsters. United airlines gave the teens from the oakland based nonprofit the hidden genius project a sweet sendoff at San Francisco international airport. The program trains black males in technology, entrepreneurship and leadership. One of those taking part says the program has helped him realize the importance of being technologically literal. As far as technology, i probably know three language. Just with that knowledge right there i can go to good places. Look at me. Im 150e8 years old, about to run to london right now. Exactly. Another group of teens from the project will lead a workshop in johannesburg, south africa later this year. A report out of france as a man who was paralyzed from the shoulders down is able to walk thanks to a mindcontrolled robotic suit. Here is video of the man identified only as tibo wearing the suit and Walking Around slowly. Researchers implanted recording devices in his head. The devices transmit signals into movements which are executed by a robotic exoskeleton. People think robots are going to replace humans, wont like. This is the first robotic photographer. Its called selfie bot. The sixfoot tall crted as ot catering to the event industry. Photos and videos taken by the bot can be sent via e plal, sms or printed. Its available in the u. S. , europe, australia and singapore. Seems friendly. Until hes weaponized. Thankfully no robotic weathercasting. Thats right. And im not weaponized. Here is a look at live doppler 7. We have sunny skies and mild conditions across the bay area. Teeran. Most lations are about four or five degrees warmer now than this time yesterday. Its breezy out there as well. Surface wind is blowing 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour in most bay area locations. Here is aweern sky, beautiful view from emeryville. 72 at redwood city. Mid 70s at san jose and gilroy and 55 at half moon bay. The view at the Golden Gate Bridge is beautiful as well. Traffic is a little sluggish going north ward. The view at Santa Cruz Beach where no doubt lots of people will go as the weather warms up over the next few days, but you can read it for yourself right here on our forecast features. Much warmer pattern the next three days. Red flag warning for high foyer danger will be enough in the moay. 8 00 tomorrow night to 10 00 sunday morning. Wind will be gusting at about 35 Miles Per Hour. It will be very dry. Very low humidity. And under those conditions fires can easily start and spread. So move along, well take a look waday. In the south bay, 83 at san jose, 85 at morgan hill. On the peninsula, mainly low 80s tomorrow. 81 in redwood city, 82 at mountain view. Low 70s on the coast. Nice and mild there. Downtown San Francisco will top out at 74. Sonoma 83. East bay highs, 79 at oakland, 81 at san leandro. Inland east bay will see mid to upper 80s tomorrow. On sunday, high temperatures inland moving into the upper 80s to around 90. On sunday, mid 80s around the bayshore line and mid to upper 70s on the coast. D rmer still with low to naweetat accuweather sevenday forecast. Very warm october weather coming our way. Even through tuesday as the heat begins to recede a bit. Cooling continues on wednesday. On thursday and friday, temperatures back into a more seasonal range. Great weather for the weekend for the start of fleet week on sunday and for hardly strictly bluegrass. Great weather for the return of sips with spencer tomorrow evening. My wine show which has been on hiatus during the summer. On tomorrow night at 9 00 p. M. So tune in right here on abc 7. Sips with spencer, all about wine, food and wine and people who love wine, that includes me. Sounds like a lot of wine. Never too much wine. Is there anything in particular that you get into . This is the is start of season two . Start of season two. Well feature family wineries and food and wine pairings, wonderful places to visit in the wine country. The whole thing of scopes that, the glue that brings people together. Look forward to some samples. Sips with spencer. I might share some. How generous of you. How does it go with tacos . Thats a really good question. How are your taco taste buds . We want to know that as well. We put some bay area tacos to the test. A bay area kid gets his chance to shine. Put i coming fixfinity internet and mobile, each for 30 a month. That equals awesome wifi from americas best Internet Provider and the best lte on the go. 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Her trail blazing began in 1962 when she became the first black woman to win the best actress in a musical tony award for her performance in no strings. Welcome. Reporter she became known to a whole new generation of fans in 1984 when she jiend the cast of dynasty playing fashionista dominique devereux. More recently she appeared on greys anatomy. And the 1997 eves buy you. In 1990 Diahann Carroll unveiled her star on the hollywood walk of fame. Many tributes today on social media including this from ava duvernay. She broke ground with every foot step, an icon, one of the alltime greats. She blazed trails through dense forests and em gantly left diamonds along the path for the rest of us to follow. Extraordinary life, thank you, ms. Carroll. Ms. Carroll. Colleen sullivan, abc 7 news. Lk just keepsetting check this out thats yes for less. Score a ttoe looullo and save 20 to 60 percent off Department Store prices. Yes foss. Has all the looks for way less. 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He and his attorny asked for leniency because his doaughter wasnt admitted tosc in a recorded conversation, he was worried the scheme could blow up in your face, something i asked him about. In addition to prison time, the judge sentenced huneeus to two years supervised release, 500 Hours Community service and a 100,000 fine. Four other parents who bleed guilty have been sentenced. Actress Felicity Huffman received 14 days, devin sloane received four months, Stephen Semprevivo received four months and gordon capla received one month. Peter sar tore i dont and marjorie clapper both pleaded guilty to paying 15,000 for the College Entrance exam cheating scheme. Huneeus must report to a facility on november 4th. Hes requested usp atwater in atwater or someplace within 200 miles of San Francisco. In the newsroom for the iteam, melanie wood ne id he say anything in court . He read a statement in court. It in part said he was deeply ashamed of himself and felt he deserved the consequences of his actions. Ohio university suspended all fraternities after allegations of hazing were made against seven chapters. This is after a freshman died while pledging sigma pie fraternity. There are nearly 1,000 members in the 15 fraternities that have been suspended. Now to washington and the impeachment showdown today. A key witness who informed congress about the whistleblowers complaint testified in a closed session. Here is abc 7 news psi tmp standing firm, saying theres no political motivation in openly asking Foreign Countries to investigate his potential 2020 rival. We are looking at corruption. Were not looking at politics. Reporter the president now asking china in addition to ukraine to look into the ns, days before chinese officials touch down in washington to resume stalled trade talks. Triggering a whistleblower complaint and impeachment investigation. Democrats are accusing him of using the executive branch as an arm of higgs reelection campaign. I think his actions today create another article of impeachment. Reporter as House Democrats take the first steps towards impeachment, President Trump is confident republicans in the senate will hold the line. The democrats unfortunately they have the votes, and then well get it to the senate and well win. The republicans have been very unified. Reporter when it comes to defending the president s public calls for foreign interference, republicans offering a variety of defenses, but few endorsing his actions. I dont know if thats a real request or him just needling the press. Would you ever ask china to look into someone running against you for your congressional seat . Youre asking me a hypothetical. Reporter new encrypted Text Messages revealing Senior State Department officials discussed a potential summit between President Trump and the ukrainian leader as leverage to get ukraine to investigate allegations that interference into the 2016 election came from ukraine in addition to investigating the bidens. This is certainly turning out to be a busy congressional recess for House Democrats who are working through it. The Inspector General who deemed that whistleblower complaint credible, testifying behind closed doors today. Democrats calling that hearing critical and establishes new leads and evidence. Rachel scott, abc news, washington. Democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders is out of the hospital after suffering what doctors acknowledge was a s departure came not long after his wife told reporters the senator was doing great. She did not, however, acknowledge the heart attack when asked by a reporter. Im not a doctor. I can tell you the Campaign Said and its very clear, thats what i heard, he had a blockage in one artery and put in two stents. Its very common. Sanders had been in the hospital since tuesday after what staffers reported to be chest discomfort at a campaign event. The 78yearold sanders heading back home to vermont to rest up. He is expected to be at the next debate a week from tuesday in ohio. Microoft says iranian hackers unsuccessfully targeted a u. S. President ial campaign. The Software Company did not name the campaign but says the attacks happened during august and september. Hackers also went after government officials, the media and prominent former iranian citizens, hundreds of accounts were targeted in those attacks. Violence is escalating in hong kong over a flu government crackdown thousands are joining unplanned protests in hong kong after the territorys government announced a ban on Wearing Masks during demonstrations. Protesters blocked roads and torched and vandalized businesses. As you see here, some people peacefully protested by dropping masks from the building. It comes after the chief executive invoked a colonial era emergency law in a bid to quell antigovernment unrest. The ban comes after an escalation of violence during protests on tuesday when an officer shot a protester. In video from italy officers on the island of sar din yeah found a giant cannabis farm hidden by a door in a shower wall. Youre looking at more than 500 plants inside the 5,400 square foot room. The homeowners was arrested for illegal production and possession of drugs as well as possession of an illegal weapon and ammunitin. Just ahead, a young boy making more than just music. The young man making waves on a new show youll be able to catch here on abc 7. Well talk with him next. Spencer christian checking out blue skies over the bay and the entire bay area. Warm weather coming for the weekend. 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Well baby hey baby that is jaden tyler on kids say the darndest things with Tiffany Haddish, the host. Here he is in person. How are you . Im great. From union city. Youre going to be performing on the show. How long have you been playing the keyboard . I started when i was 5, but ive been playing the drums for a little bit and when i was 5, i just started teaching and getting myself into piano and thats when i started to play. So you are just multitalented when it comes to musical instruments, it seems. Yes. This is a special keyboard. Where did you get this . Tell everyone. I got it from Good Morning America when they said, you were wishing for a new keyboard, right . I shook my head and said yes. Then they said they were going to give me this piano. So ive had it for a year. Nice. That is incredible. Youre 7 years old, right . Yes. Youve been a musician for two whole years. Whats your favorite thing to play on the keyboard . Obviously you made it on national tv so youve got to have special skill. My favorite thing to play on the keyboard what is it, by the way . The blues. Terrific. In two years, he can play that well. Like a little b. B. King. You probably dont know who b. B. King is, but a very famous blues musician. Yes. Are you selftaught . He taught me a little bit, but i just took off when he started showing me all the keys. And then once he was showing me all the keys, it took off. You mentioned papa, your grandpa. Was he your inspiration . Yes. I used to play the drums when i didnt know how to play the piano. I said i want to play the piano. So he showed me the keys. And thats what i learned how to play it. I know its a little early because youre only 7 years old, but do you have any career aspirations, do you want to be a musician, play piano in a band or anything like that . Yes, mypapa said youre going to get a band when you grow up. I said one time ill let him play in it. Just once. Gracious of you. Youll allow him to play . Yes. But youll be the star of this thing . Yes. What was it like to be on the show . It was great. I liked how Tiffany Haddish was funny. I liked how she was joking around. I like how she singed with us and how she asked if we could join in the band. You want to play us off here because were about to the end of the segment. Give us your second favorite hit that you can perform in the studio live. Jaidynn tyler, whoo. Out of union city. You can see kids say the darndest things. Go to kidssaycasting. Com. You are the man. Thanks for coming in. Now your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. Wow, id like to hear more music. Overnight well have clear skies with low temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s. Tomorrow look for a warmer day than today with highs climbing into the mid to upper 80s inland. As the heat rises and the humidity lowers, well get strong winds tomorrow night, a high fire danger is a concern. So red flag warning is in effect for the north bay hills tomorrow night into sunday morning. Bear that in mind. Here is the accuweather sevenday forecast. It looks like the warming will peak on sunday and monday with inland highs in the low 90s. Both days will see mid 80s around the bay and mid to upper 70s on the coast. Then the heat will retreat a bit on tuesday. Temperatures will moderate through the remainder of the week. Its going to be a nice warm summer like weekend. How about jaidynn . Amazing. Hes seven years old. Some people spend a whole amin talent as well. If you like tacos, today is the day for you. Well put some favorites to the test. 7 on your sides michael finney. Th to harrison, the wine collection. To craig, this rock. I leave these things to my heirs, all 39 million of you, on one condition. That you do everything to preserve and protect them. With love, california. October is National BreastCancer Awareness month. Every year thousands of women and men are diagnosed with Breast Cancer and advocates are working to spread the word on how to prevent, screen and treat it. Reporter Meredith Wood brings us quick facts on this deadly disease. Reporter Breast Cancer. Its the second most common cancer among women in the United States and the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women overall. Each year about 245,000 new cases are diagnosed in women in the u. S. And 2,200 cases are found in men. While the fiveyear survival rate is almost 90 , approximately 41,000 women and nearly 500 men will die from it each year. Breast cancer is a disease where the cells in the breast grow out of control. While it can start in different areas of the breast, it can also met taft size and spread to other areas of the body. Invasive ductal carcinoma, the cancer grows outside of the ducts into other parts of the breast. Invasive lobular describes from the lob buls to breast tissue close by. While some people may experience symptoms, many will not. Thats why experts agree regular Breast Cancer screenings and early diagnosis are essential. Im Meredith Wood. The number of row bow calls bothering americans dropped in september but onlye still re 4. 5 billion automated calls alone. What was the number one scam for september . It feels like most of those were to my phone. The numbers are sobering. The number one scam comes from a telephone call you may have received. Its known as the Social Security scam. The crooks are making calls claiming your Social Security number is being suspended for illegal activity. The caller says press one to prevent your account from being deactivated. At that point a con man gets on the phone, demands money or osu. Its all a came. The ftc says victims have lost 17 million to the scam this year alone. As usual we have the highest gas prices in the usa. A gallon of regular in california is 4. 15, thats 31 cents higher than last week. Its the highest rate since 2014 in northern california. Analysts blame the big increase on refinery problems that choke off supplies. Supplies should resume next week. Taco lovers, this is your day. Its National Taco day. To celebrate, there are a number of deals on tacos available today. So lets go through them. Baja fresh is offering a buy one get one free taco with a coupon from their facebook page. Del taco has the same through the app. Burger king is selling crispy taco for one buck. El pollo loeg cowill donate a taco do the homeless for every one it sales. Jackinthebox is giving away a free taco for signing up with the e club. Long john silvers is offering a free taco with any purchase with a coupon available on its social media channels. Rubios, a free taco with a beverage purchase and a coupon available on the website. A, theyre trying to make you go to the website. Who knew everybody offered tacos . Pretty much everyone but pizza hut. They may be next. According to National Taco day, player cans ate nearly 5 billion tacos last year. Billion. I didnt know there was a nationaltacoday. Com. Here is the hard part. What do you like . Crunchy or soft . Let us know. Go to abc7news. Com vote. We added to the 2019 taco count. We did our own taste test today. Three offerings, taco bell, chipotle and s oh food truck. Im from san diego so i know my tacos. Initial observations, this is a tortilla. This is definitely chipotle. Whoo hoo this is taco bell. I recognize the sauce. Im going to say this is the taco truck and this is chipotle. Im a super picky eater, so this is going to be interesting. I may not like anything. Okay. Im red different i think this one is taco bell. I think this one is the food truck, and i think that is chipotle. I guessed correctly. I actually did like them all. Casey say he was the picky eater, but he liked all of them . He seemed to be devouring them. I think thats the taco bell one. I dont actually know. Ill hold them up above the graphic. Smell good. Except they were brought in at 11 00 in the morning. We were going to taste them and then we realized it might not be the best idea. Its overwhelming, if you look at viewers, 72 of them like would you eat a taco . Im notoriously healthy which i get a lot of ribbing for. I would definitely go for one of these, a few hours ago for sure. Its starting to even out. Im going soft taco. Voting will continue through 7 00. Breaking box office records. Its only been out one day and the joker is already a hit. The controversy surrounding the movie and the increased security at theaters. New at 5 00, bay area mother accused of posing as a teacher in an attempted kidnapping. What her son wants everyone to know. The postscript to the removal of a controversial stat statue. The work of stunning new images. From comedy to rodeo. Th coming up at 8 00, american housewife, followed by fresh off the boat. At 9 00 a twohour 20 20 at 10 00 and abc 7 news at 11 00. Joker 13. 3 million earned last night. The strong start comes weeks after discussion about the rrated film and whether it will inspire violence. We have a closer look at the controversy. Reporter as it opens in theaters, controversy surrounds the joker, the r rated story of the comic book villain who finds his purpose in committing acts of violence. The fbi alerted local authorities to potential threats online. When the joker movie is released, they could potentially have problems and they need to adjust accordingly. Police across the country are taking precautions. More visibility. Letting the public know were present, will be around in the area and make everybody feel more comfortable. The fears driven by the 2012 shooting in aurora, c during the dark knight rises. Families of the victims wrote to Warner Brothers voicing concern about the jokers violence. Vi. We remind people to remain vigilant. If you see anything that seems out of place, call 911. Not that concerns about violence will necessarily stop anyone from seeing the movie. Theres a threat all the time somewhere. That would stop you from living, so i wouldnt have any problem. Reporter some are still being cautious. I chose my seat based on where i felt i would be safer, because you never know whats going to happen. Reporter theres Nothing Specific or credible, but the fbi worries about the volume of threatening language, concerned a film that critiques societal failing that give rise to mass shooters could inspire more of them. Aaron ka turski, abc news, new york. Just a shame were at a point in society before you have to think about whether, should guy to a movie, should i note . Maybe i should stay home. I dont want to take any chances. Thats going to do it for abc 7 news at 4 00. Im ama daetz. Good kick i fr car breakins, neighbors in San Francisco are going on the offensive. The woman accused of hitting pedestrians. The man accused in the ghost ship trial is getting a new day in court. A longrunning case gets new life. The fate of a controversial mural is not over. A new view on the decision to cover it up. Strike up the band. The effort to make sure everybody stays safe at the park right now. 20 seconds is all it took. Thieves are caught on camera smashing a car window, grabbing what they could and getting away with the backpacks and bags inside. The man from took this video practically every other day. In 2017 a breakin happened about every 17 minutes. A year later it was down to its averaging a minutes. One of the issues abc 7 news is committed to in our effort to build a better bay area. Tonight we talk with neighbors about what they are doing to help deal with this problem. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im dan ashley. Im kristen sze. Dion lim joins us with more on this story. Reporter dan and kristen, were at the top of the crooked part of lombard street where its teaming with tourists from around the globe. Many have rental cars which have their luggage inside making them prime targets for breakins. Neighbors who say they witness these crimes regularly are taking matters into their own