Sight to this problem in oakland. Todays paving project began at harold and champion streets. This area will soon be expanded all over the city. So what started today near fruitdale and mcarthur will encompass 100 miles over the next three years, a very ambitious project as you can imagine. Its one of the issues we often cover as part ofour focus on building a better bay area. Laura anthony is live in oakland with why the city is it finally tacking the one issue that iraq so many of us. Laura . Hi, crews just wrapped up their work for the day. As you can see behind me, harold street is open for business for the first time in a long time. It is a smooth street. It was one of the worst of the worst here in oakland. Its new surface represents the start of this citys wave of paving. What a difference a pave makes. Before the facelift, oaklands harold street was an anything but smooth. Just ask residents like meghan laday. I one day went out and counted over 237 potholes small and large. R
Where im standing is unacceptable. And that a proposed Navigation Center and increased Police Patrols just arent going to cut it. I dont live in the best neighborhood, but i feel safer over there than i do here. Reporter this is new video showing a man get punched in the face in the same area where a woman was attacked by a homeless man at her condo complex august 11. Do all the recent assaults in the area prevent you from wanting to come back . Well, i just i just work here. I feel fortunate i dont have to live here and i feel sorry for the residents that pay so much money to live here and they have to deal with this. Reporter San Francisco Police Confirm not only this august 20th incident, but tell us just 12 hours later, a few streets away, a third attack where the victim was also punched and knocked to the ground. We caught up with mayor london breed for comment. I will tell you that, you know, every time i see something that where there is an attack, you know, of course its upsett
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Police scanners indicate as many as 5 people were being held. Now the whole incident started as high speed chase. Police chased the carjacking suspect for nearly an hour. Weaving through freeway and side streets as you can see. At one point the man crashed his vehicle then ran on foot into the restaurant. So far no one has been injured. And just moments ago swat officers rushed inside the restaurant and right now they are escorting people out one by one. Unclear right now if the suspect is in custody but it look like the situation is now under control as you watch the s. W. A. T. Team rush in the restaurant in downey in Southern California. We bring you the latest on the story as it develops for breaking news alert. Follow us on twitter at abc 7 news bay area and if anything changes during this hour go back down and well let you know what is happening. Amma has the night off. Our other top story in. A monster el nino prediction from the National Weather service. Scientist with the Clim
To his friends, family and colleagues. The battle against the socalled dog rock fire is limited to ground crews. The fire has grown to 250 acres. 60 homes in the small town of foresta are evacuated. The West Entrance to the main part of yosemite remains closed. A first look at the face of a man police say is apparently showing off other parts of his body. Police just released this sketch of a man who exposed himself to a young girl. Its the second time this week that a man has exposed himself in the palo alto neighborhood. That sketch isnt really clear. How are police going to find him . Reporter thats a good question. They sure are hopeful that they can. However, catching this guy police say is their number one pri ormt. Priority. Just last night, a 10yearold walking her dog along this sidewalk got the scare of a lifetime. It happened to another girl just the night before. Tonight were getting a glimpse at the man police are looking for. There are a lot of children who go to school by