Hours later. Many to the supermarket. About every 15, 20 minutes somebody from the street comes in the store and tries to do something. Reporter the thefts, the attacks have become so bad the owners are considering closing their family store. It is just not worth it. We pay taxes to the city, the police cant do anything. The laws have changed. Reporter mayor london breed sent Mental Health reform and help for the homeless are her priorities and once theyre achieved they could help beleaguered store owners. I would say to people who have had enough to just hold on. We are working towards trying to resolve the issue. It will take us some time but we ask for patience. Reporter well actually in the short time that weve been here, weve seen four Police Patrols and public works crews cleaning up the streets here. The problem is, as the store owner explained to me, that theyre back on the streets living here in the alleyways and the streets after the police are gone, after the public works cr
Im car nell barnard, the raiders fair well season in oakland begins tonight and theyve got a lot to say. Bicycle theft victims are taking matters into their own hands. Im in San Francisco. Tonight wild fire victims are outraged. Announcer now news to build a better bay area from abc 7. In all honesty its a slap in the face of how small it is. New developments, pg e announced plans to exit bankruptcy with 18 billion set aside for w fir more on this story, kate. Dion, dan, when pg e filed bankruptcy its because they couldnt pay an estimated 30 billion in fire claims. Theyre offering about half of that and fire victims are angry. They offered 16. 9 billion to play wild fire related to claims. The proposal would cap payments to Insurance Companies at 8. 5 building. The remaining would go to wild fire victims. The ceo said we will meet our part to compensate victims. Its a slap in the face for how small it is. Eric smoke to us via skype from oregon. He and his husband lost their home in the
I just use my company phone. Some of you have two of them . Not going there yet. Gusts at 31 at sfo. Im on the 7. A look at whats going on with the winds. You can see the sea breeze and the cloud cover along the coast and more across the south bay and 580. You can barely see the Sales Force Tower poking its head over the blue top. Temperatures in the upper 50s, low 60s. Well hang out in the low to mid60s the rest of the afternoon into the evening hours. Low 70s around the bay. This is our last day with below average temperatures. Well talk more about that coming up. Another check of the commute with frances. We have quiet roadways going on right now. Not too many accidents. Overnight every night this week, 10 00 to about 5 00 a. M. Or 6 00 a. M. On highway 60 and highway 4. Can you expect a little extra travel time if youre heading through the concord area. Westbound 580 of course is always one of the first spots to slow down as you make your way out of tracy. The drive time now from t
Some slowing on westbound 24. As were tracking the drive time for that stretch from walnut creek to highway 13 its eight minutes. The slowest is always out of tracy this early time in the morning. Westbound 580 tracy to dublin. Here is a live shot, just getting crowded now but still looking good down to the bay bridge and if youre heading to the Richmond San Rafael plaza, very light and quiet right now. Thanks, frances. It could be a challenge getting around San Francisco with two major events going around the same time. The giants are playing the pirates at 6 45. At 8 00 theres a Dave Matthews band concert at chase center. Thats where abc 7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield joins us live with how to get around all of this. Good morning, amy. Reporter hi, good morning. Tonight is a big test. Two events on the same night. We just want to give everyone the heads up this is happening. We have a couple options. One option to keep in mind you can take b. A. R. T. To san isatio, en you can catch
Democrat Michael Bennet and republican challenger darryl glenn squared off on 9 news. The candidates talked everything from their own partys president ial candidates to their Foreign Policy views. Senator Michael Bennet addressed his stance on the iran nuclear deal. Moderators kyle clark and Brandon Rittiman asked why he has no regrets in supporting it even though he thinks iran will try to cheat and anyway. Senator bennet went on to say the countrys plutonium reactor is also now inoperable. He says inspectors can now monitor Irans Nuclear program because of the deal. Glenn has pushed 400 Million Dollar exchange for u. S. Prisoners a ransom. Bennet countered saying there is nothing glenn said that could describe that payment as ransom. 9 news found that statement needs context. Ransom implies the money was given only for the release of prisoners. Its true the United States paid iran 400 Million Dollars, and that money was delivered on the same day as five hostages were released. Its im