Last several months, all of them happening during overnight hours. Just in the last week, someone smashed the window of this clothes store, stealing cash and a few items. The pink bunny Lingerie Store was also hit. They came in. They stole the cash from the register. Its got more intense the last couple of weeks. Farizan aman believes transients could be the cause. He shows this video clip of woman who throws a cup of coffee and knocks items off shelves. We were hoping the mayor can clean up the streets, but were still waiting to see what happens. Police tell merchants no suspects have been identified. But many want to see more patrols on union street overnight. You definitely do need some more patrolling around here. So far no response from sfpd, but merchants say they plan to increase patrols, especially at night. Well see what happens. Cornell bernard, abc7 news. Well keep following. Thanks. New at 6 00, breakins are not just a problem for businesses, but car owners as well. We ofte
There are a lot of people who have said were an allwhite community, that were only a wealthy community. Neither of those things are true and its really, really important to me that we welcome everybody into our community because we all belong here. Reporter rebecca says a variety of Community Groups began holding candlelight vigils and making home made signs about three years ago. Every time someone was made to feel like they do not belong here, these groups have loudly proclaimed that the community has their back. They hope to inspire others to realize every little bit helps. That support i received from all these wonderful women, i wantveryonto feel not be hesitant about visiting our local businesses and our community. Wet be a stimulus for catapulting a much larger movement, within the greater Bay Area Community at large. Reporter they know full well the nastiness could continue but they have a greater good in mind. No. Putting us up is not going to stop someone from being a bully b
Preparing for a wildfire before it sparks, the project in the south bay that could help protect drivers on a busy highway. Plus a birdseye view of an illegal stunt, and what sent one person to jail. The news starts right now. Good evening and thank you for joining us. A warmup on the way, and some steam coming in, too. We will take you out live to dublin, the spare the air alert and it will be in effect tomorrow. Rob mayeda. You see walnut creek, and thats where our spare the air alert will be focused, the inland east bay, and the rest of the bay seeing moderate air quality, and if you live inland contra costa valley and the trivalley, you will notice the air quality being an issue. Its after 8 00 and its still 87 degrees outside in walnut creek. The heat made a big comeback in our inland valleys today. Heres the interesting part of the forecast, weakening Tropical Storm to the south and look how the moisture is already on approach to Southern California. This will be bringing increasi
Oh, maddening. Not frustrating. Modining. Shop owners in San Francisco say theyre fed up with breakins of stores. Those burglaries are happening on union street. Thats where abc 7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard is tonight. You heard from pretty angry store owners. Reporter yeah. We really did. Many merchants here on union street are outraged about the breaks in summer which some believe are on the rise. A toy dog isnt enough protection for some Business Owners on union street. Out of control i think. Reporter eleanor carpenter owned just jewels for 35 years and had the front door smashed recently. They got over there and ran at the front door and threw their bodies and the alarm went off and scared them. Reporter thieves made another attempt to break in through the front window but only cracked it. Frustrating . Maddening. Not frustrating. Maddening. City has to do something besides about the garbage. Reporter merchants said theres eight to nine breaks in the last several months. In the
Happens in san jose is a sign of real progress. It started quietly, not even a siren but thats because this parade was not designed to force change but to show how much things have already changed. The people want to come out and show. There was a lot more corporate in just. The event changing its name from san jose pride to Silicon Valley pride in the big tech firms were competing to show how inclusive they could be. It is really good because it is represented by the Big Companies and i like that. A lot of support. Protesters interrupted the San Francisco parade over corporate involvement but here they consider it progress that Big Companies are proudly touting for diversity. I dont think corporations really believed it until recently but i think they have started to believe it because they believe diversity is good in the workforce. With gilroy fresh in peoples minds there was a Strong Police presence and there were long lines at the pride festival as bags were checked but the mood s