Good evening, it is no secret that San Francisco gets a bad rep for bad crime. Thieves stealing adam shifts luggage in a parked car just this week. There has been an improvement. Overall crime is down 30 from the same time last year. So as we have been reporting the city is aggressively cracking down and arresting drug dealers in the tenderloin. It is not just about getting tough on crime. The city is investing in criminal justice reform. Pumping more money into Young Adult Court. A program focused on getting repeat offenders back on the right track. A mong its success stories, lucas. We have more on his journey to redemption. Reporter for years, lucas struggled with an addiction to meth. Since he was 16 years old going in and out of jail committing crimes including auto and residential burglary it was just time, it was kind of an exhausting cycle. Reporter the now 25yearold entered various residential Treatment Programs six times. Failing to become sober. I wanted to be stable but i w
Protests against the war in Gaza Continue at home and across the united states. Students taking part want their schools to divest from israel. A young man caught in a vicious cycle of being in and out of jail. Now he is on a new path. Kind of an exhausting cycle. How he broke free with the help of San Francisco Court Program designed to go beyond second chances. A beloved east bay Biden Administration bay q joint makes a come back after it burned to the ground. How the owner is taking the new opportunity by the horns. Good morning, thank you for starting your day with us. Its saturday, april 27th. Im max darrow. Campus protests continue to grow. Encampments have caused some schools to call in police and some are canceling classes and graduation ceremonies. More from bradley blackburn. Reporter at Columbia University encampments were up overnight, the epicenter of a wave of campus protests. Similar scenes across the country from reno to ucla stanford with many calling universities to di
Schools to divest from israel. A young man caught in a vicious cycle of being in and out of jail. Now he is on a new path. It was an exhausting cycle. How he broke free with the help of San Francisco Court Program designed to go beyond second chances. A beloved east bay barbecue joint makes a come back after it burned to the ground. How the owner is taking the new opportunity by the horns. Good morning, thank you for starting your day with us. Its saturday, april 27th. Im max darrow. Campus protests continue to grow. Encampments have caused some schools to call in police and some are canceling classes and graduation ceremonies. More from bradley blackburn. Reporter at Columbia University encampments were up overnight, the epicenter of a wave of campus protests. Similar scenes across the country from reno to ucla and stanford with many calling universities to divest from doing business with israel. Many jewish students say they are facing antisemitism. As a member of the jewish people,
And we join Treasure Hunters on a Scavenger Hunt through the city and catch the moment one struck gold. Its the coolest thing ever. Plus a windy day across the bay. It was so strong it was stinging my eyes. And at the ball park. When things should calm down. From kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. Hi, im sara donchey. A lot of times rain in the bay area can be hit or miss, but when its windy, it seems like its windy everywhere. Maybe windier some places than others, but it definitely felt windy today in the bay area. Yeah, a lot of gusts over 40 Miles Per Hour. It will get your attention, move you around on the road, move around the patio furniture. Yes, struggle. Some of the tower cameras were shaking tonight for hours. You hear it a little bit there. The wind was whipping at this park in concord where some people told us it was really making their allergies worse. Thats another thing i know you struggle from. You have the medicine on deck. Always. Win
With juliette goodrich. Good evening. On a friday night a crowd of people at your business is a sign youre doing something right, staying relevant, let alone staying open. Its a constant challenge in these trying times where downtowns are struggling to bounce back from the pandemic. We have the story of two restaurants tonight, one celebrating a major milestone, the other a comeback, and how theyre each a snapshot of the recovery on both sides of the bay. In San Francisco its an uphill battle for a downtown that depends on filling office buildings. The Office Vacancy rate hit a record of nearly 37 the First Quarter this year according to Real Estate Firm cbre. The university of toronto study found San Francisco is just one of 14 downtowns nationwide in a downward trajectory. Data from cell phones found visits to downtown dropped more than 21 between march of last year and this past february. So it is quite an accomplishment that the oldest continuously run restaurant in the state right