You dont know. They could be desperate for money. Reporter Walnut Creek Police field 3,000 calls a year related to homelessness. Thats about ten calls a day so they thought they would experiment with assigning two fulltime officers to respond to all of those escalating calls about encampments, littering, trespassing and panhandling. A lot of the time its people shopping downtown and really dont want to be bother bid people panhandling, aggressive panhandling. We get a lot of complaints about it. We have a lot of people are concerned that walnut creek will turn into some of the neighboring cities and close neighbors like San Francisco. Reporter officer clemente and silva volunteered for the program that launched in mid june. They have 94 complaints and made 25 arrests so far. Mostly for trespassing. They have also contacted 213 homeless and referred 90 of them to services to address their needs and retrieve and return shopping carts. Encampments are moved, Police Say Many of the homeles
Serious injuries. The man is okay. Then place say he drove off the road and toward another couple who were standing on a bluff. The woman suffered serious injuries. Investigators say he just kept driving into a wall and through yards. Now chp officer and Sonoma County sheriffs got there at about the same time and say he tried to run down both officers. The deputy fired several shots when koffi would not stop. Investigators say at least three bullets hit him through the windshield of the Security Guard truck. He is hospitalized in Critical Condition tonight. Facing two counts of attempted murder, three counts of assault with with a Deadly Weapon and carjacking. The two women he hit have serious injuries and they are expected to recover with the stabbed Security Guard. Video of the stunning series of events will be released soon so you want to keep attune to abc7 news. That is an amazing story. You couldnt make this up. Thank you. [ sirens ] dramatic video, new at 6 00, you could hear th
And millions are heading to the path of totality to view the Great American eclipse. The first total eclipse seen in america since 1979. Well have more on this cosmic event on this monday, august 21st. From abc news, this is world news now. We want to get started with the breaking news from southeast asia. Ten american sailors missing after their Navy Destroyer collided with a tanker off of singapore. Five were injured after the crash from the uss john mccain. The injuries are not expected to be life threatening. The damaged warship is heading back to port on its own power as search and rescue efforts continue. President trump initially responded by saying thats too bad. A couple hours later he tweeted thoughts and prayers were with the sailors. And john mccain followed with a tweet. The mccain is named after the senators father and grandfather. This follows a collision in june that killed seven on the uss fitzgerald off the coast of japan. The captain and several others were disciplin
Deserve investing in critical infrastructure. Officials say the water levels in the lake are dropping but they still fear the worst. Saying if the spillway fails, a 30foot wall of water would be unleashed on the communities below. Reporter Officials Say since the water levels in the lake have decreased, they believe the dam will be able to withstand more storms expected to start tomorrow. In oroville, california, danya bacchus, abc 7 news. Larry . Ill take it, danya. Now that the evacuations have been lifted, whats the mood there like . Of course, as you can imagine, its a big sigh of relief for people who live here. We have been told that the streets are now crowded. Once again, we saw when the Evacuation Order was put in place traffic for miles of people trying to get out of here. Were now told its in the opposite direction with people trying to get back home. Danya bacchus, thank you so much for that live report. All of this began last tuesday when engineers first found the massive
Program called tag, its towns against graffiti. Its run by Anthony Hartman and his job is to remove and cover up graffiti as quickly as possible. For hartman its a labor of love. I when to Bensalem High School and its gratifying to me to help beautify and keep buck county as beautiful and it has been and should be. He says this job is particularly bad but should be as good as new by the end of the week. This is music to jerrys ears. You feel so much better, its a wonderful program. Yes, there is a happy ending. Now tag is funded through donations and grants but any time the vandal is cost, they are handed a bill to pay for the entire cleanup. Anyone with any information about this case is asked to call police. Reporting live from south ham fon, walter perez, channel 6 action news. All right walter. Two philadelphia neighborhoods are on alert tonight after a string of armed robbery, in all five homes and businesses were targeted in fairmount and Spring Garden in he less than a month. So