Getting around the city could be a little tricky. Reporter its going to be tricky, now, if you can avoid the area between post and gary do so. As you can see there is Major Construction going on right now already starting and ending midnight on sunday. Now, theyre working on a pedestrian tunnel. And i learned tonight with progress you have to have a little pain. The pain comes in the form of a Major Construction project that will cause some major inconvenience. I hope its not too loud. But im not too worried about it. Its a city so it should be loud and crazy. Reporter it should be a little crazy at gary and van vanness, all the traffic here would be rerouted to franklin or gary. Reporter that tunnel will connect California Pacific Medical Centers underconstruction hospital to an Office Building that will soon be under construction across the street. In the end, San Francisco will get a new 240bed facility that cant come soon enough for this Sandwich Shop located on the corner. I have
Force looking for stolen cars and the crook. He says thieves will steal a cart, commit burglary and then abandon the car. This preschool has seen its share of abandon cars in its parking lot. You have a big lot. Why not dump it here. Reporter the preschool added a chain and padlock on the driveway to stop the problem. Police say the ignition switches in those cars are easy to rig. I deliver pizzas. Luckily my grandma was able to let me borrow her car. Im lucky to have the car back. Reporter and now thanks to an alert Patrol Officer who ran the honda plate, michael has his car back. And this county task force, thats all they do, go out looking for stolen cars and looking from the crooks that stole those cars. But todays arrest was a result of good oldfashioned police work. It is a big spike in crime. Some more details. In three days, 90 cars were stolen. 43 of those cars were recovered. Some catholics in San Francisco are taking on the teachings of the church. Saying the arch die archdi
Growing office parks in the world. Reporter but a city councilman says its a challenge. Giving up the cost of housing and displacing a lot of people who have been living here and created an enormous traffic problem. Reporter the city has already warned them not to submit ideas on how to solve chronic transportation and housing problems. We are trying to work with google and the other companies to allow some growth yet provide more housing in the North Bayshore area and build some permanent transportation improvements so well all enjoy the benefits of this growth. Reporter no one from google or linkedin was available to talk to us today. But you can be sure starting tomorrow there will be as Massive Public Relations Campaign mounted by them and others as they try to get their ideas across and sell them to the city council. Growing is good handled the correct way. Well see how it works out. Lenny, thank you for that. Palo alto is facing a tech boom. But next month it will take up proposa
Wife and children and aunts and uncles will be spared and fearing they will use them as human shields or worse, victims for i sis executions. We pray for mercy and intervention. They gathered this afternoon including one of Charlotte Davids cousins. We need protection. Definitely. There are 800 members of this club and 35,000 syrian americans in the county. Sam david is the clubs president and an advocate for international skber vengs. What were hoping is United Nations will send troops to respect them and provide an area of safe haven for them. And providing aid to syrian captives the only member of congress of syrian decent. Tomorrow night there will be a candle vij vigil at the church. They are not releasing the picturing of any of them being held captive. Reporting from modesto, mark mathews, nbc bay area news. Hes one of the most wanted men in the world. Still ahead, a main player in the drama has been unmasked. One of the i sis fighters wanted for beheading americans and what the
Drought. An area of the bay area has decided to ban green lawns in front of new homes. Good evening im ken wayne. And im heather holmes. Debora villalon live in American Canyon with that citys new ordinance and what it means for new homeowners, deb. Reporter if you have your lawn you can keep it although watering is restricted as it is in most places. But new construction here on American Canyon will have to forgo the grass. Its a sound we dont hear much anymore. Water keeping a lush green lawn alive. Its ours. Its ours. Reporter the homeowner put it in 20 years ago. We think its very precious to us. We have seen other lawns come up around here and we cherish what we have. Reporter in American Canyon and across the bay area. Front lawns are endangered. Torn out and tarped, stressed by too little water, too many weeds. Were not requiring anybody to do anything other than in new development. Reporter now comes the zero front lawn ordinance. The last new construction here before the marke