We have seen a lot of high profile events that will clog things up. Reporter events bring people into the city from outside and those folks have cars and the cars cause traffic and the backup on the bay bridge doesnt look much different than a monday morning. This weekend seems to be especially driving people crazy. We have been bad. Last night i was driving here for uber and this road took me 45 minutes. One block. The weekends were not always this way. Saturday and sunday drivers used to have smooth sailing. Success is what the city says is to blame. Because of the economy growth, we are seeing more people coming into the city whether it is a weekday or a weekend. We are seeing more people coming in and out of san francisco. You throw in special events or two on the weekend, you will see more people trying to get in and out. That does cause congestion. Reporter this week, the city added more late night and Early Morning bus routes and is encouraging people to take Public Transportati
Crime. Kpix 5s da lin reports. He suddenly, like, grabbed at my shirt and then we, like, stumbled backwards and fell on the ground and so he was standing over us. He said he had a gun around were give him our and we should give him our backpacks and wallets. Reporter the junior describes the violent robbery that happened to him and his friend while walking home to uc berkeley on ellsworth street. They handed over their backpacks, money and nicks laptop. Heart was, like, really beating fast and nervous. But yeah, even afterwards, like, once we got up and started walking i was, like, kind of shaky and stuff. Reporter the south side of campus has always been a hot spot for robberies. On monday, Berkeley Police responded to five separate pedestrian robberies there in two hours. On thursday, police asked for help to catch this guy suspected of groping a female student on campus. I try really hard not to get out late. I might call uber to go home, not walk. Reporter a recent Study Released b
In 2007 when i retired for my 35 year career in Investment Real Estate i met my friend phil tang saying i want to get more involved in Government Services oh was initially appointed in the fall of 07. From that point on it was a complete roller coaster. As you know we entered the initial downturn and the number of appeals went from 1000 to less than 2000 year at the assessment appeal board one by dan to ran up to 5000 appeals in 21 201011 could swipe witnessed the actions of the board and don durrant and the Assessors Office under phil tang and no carmen chu and chief appraiser matt thomas as well as the board and the additional board three to accommodate the dominantly homeowners in the evening with their appeals and all of us about to make dramatic changes in how we became more efficient, more knowledgeable andcapable particularly at the Assessors Office coming before the board. Im an opportunity to do that as well as interpret the revenue and taxation codes board of equalization, as
J. R. the travelodge front desk clerk says miller was also drunk and bleeding. He called police who acted fast when they arrived. sot so they just handcuffed him and took him outside. J. R. as for the charges. Miller faces assault with a Deadly Weapon other than a firearm, elder abuse, two charges of making threats, and a misdemeanor battery charge. sot we asked him what happened he said no everything is fine. J. R. tonight, we have Team Coverage on millers arrest. This latest news has had a major impact on his football career. The 49ers. Acted swiftly once details of the arrest surfaced. Kron 4s mark carpenter continues our Team Coverage. With the niners reaction, plus a history of millers legal troubles. Mark . R reporter the 49ers wasted absolutely no time in moving on this. Miller was booked at 1125 this morning. 40minutes later the team sent out a statement saying he has been released. If this was his first offense, they may have not moved so quickly. But this marks the 2nd time h
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. A deadly disaster off the bay area coast. Two boaters have been killed. Two more missing and no one knows how it happened. Good evening, im ann notarangelo. And im brian hackney. The boat and two bodies were found this morning at tamales point a day after the boat set out from bodega bay and Christian Hartnett shows us hope is fading tonight for two others also on board. Reporter search and rescue crews lower one of the two bodies recovered off the coast in tamales point in marin county. It comes one day after the small fishing boat and four boaters left bodega bay for a salmon fishing trip. According to the coast guard, the trip left 5 00 a. M. Friday morning. But never returned. Coast guard boats and sheriff helicopters began looking but rough conditions ton sea made it almost impossible. Winds were pretty light, but the fog becomes a problem after dark. Visibility was around 150 yards or so. And that makes it really tough to s