Marched the pallbearer down the street they fear more names will be added. They are opposed with a project aimed at improving travel times for buses headed to and from downtown and the construction and changes that come. They are putting in a project now that will take away 25 of general parking from the core of the commercial corridor which will put the nail in the coffin of several businesses here. Reporter along with removal of parking the project will be followed by another project years later. Merchants say years of construction will be devastating. Is if they say 2 is automatically 4. Reporter people have been urging the city to combine the projects. Business owners here in the Richmond District are concerned over bureaucracy and construction and this comes on top of other concerns that other Business Owners are also voicing about Public Safety and blight. The chairman of gobs, a 165 yearold store in san francisco, took out a fullpage ad in the sunday chronicle with an open lette
Lake merritt bart station. Velena jones just got to the scene. Velena, i could see that area behind you is blocked off. What can you tell us at this point . Reporter this area is continuing to be blocked off. What we know right now is that a man was shot and killed here at the street level of the lake merritt bart station. Were told that happened in the bus zone. Ill step out of the way to see what were looking at right now. Obviously crime scene tape around this bart station. Several bart Police Officers still on scene as they investigate. And we just heard an update from bart Police Moments ago who tell us they now have a suspect in custody in this fatal shooting. Bart police tell us that they used camera footage throughout the area to identify a suspect, and were able to locate that suspect, and he is now being detained. They are not releasing any information in terms of what prompted the shooting, if there was an altercation that took place beforehand. But they have told us that it
We are getting more information from the island of maui. That devastating wildfire is changing lives and literally changing the landscape. How some people managed to flee while others are heading to the island to help. Also demanding solutions to crime that cripples their businesses almost every day. The meeting held today in oakland trying to get city and state leaders to h help out. As summer winds down covid numbers are rising. The new way a covid spike is being monitored. Thanks for joining us. The news at 5 30 starts right now. We have new information and new numbers coming in from maui. We also expect another update from the governor of hawaii in about an hour. Sadly we know the death toll continues to rise. 53 people have now been killed by the destructive fires. Bar owner and historic lahaina captured this video showing the terror as the wildfire swept through the popular tourist area. Days later lahaina appears to be leveled by wildfire with hundreds of buildings and homes als
Tracking other stories. This includes a significant step taken in the effort to oust d. A. Pamela price. Our velena jones shows us what organizers did today and what happened next. Also 80 is back open but tough sledding through tahoe. I will show you how they are still digging through this weekends historic lizard. And tomorrow super tuesday that meets candidates are making their final push. Only one measure you need to know about an hour ian call will be here to tell us more about proposition 1 and where the governor says its necessary while opponents in california just cant afford it right now. Were going to start the with that rolling gunbattle and chase in santa rosa. When it all ended one man was dead at four deputies injured. It started overnight when deputies were called on reports of a man with a rifle. They found a car that matched the report and someone started shooting almost immediately trickling a rolling gunbattle that ended in a crash on stoney point road. Investigators
Reporter police also say the thieves stole some illegal merchandise, including guns and drug paraphernalia. They say those items wont get returned. The four burglary suspects are currently in jail. West coast selfstorage declined to comment on the case. In san jose, scott budman, nbc bay area news. Closing a loophole to tackle car breakins, a new law is making its way through the state legislature to do just that. Under current law suspects can only be convicted if prosecutors can prove the car door was locked. This bill closes that loophole by making forcible entry, such as a broken window, enough evidence for conviction. The bill was authored by San Francisco state senator scott weiner. Its cleared its first hurdle and now moves to the Senate Appropriations committee, though similar legislation in 2018 and 2019 both failed to pass committee. A notable decision on the peninsula on a very busy road, no more Street Parking on El Camino Real in palo alto. Last night the Palo Alto City Co