ktvu s debra villalon spoke to if woman. reporter: this was the scariest attack and the worse. a woman finds herself fighting off five racoons. i don t remember how it happened, i just remember screaming bloody murder. the other four dropped out of this trees some where and they all started to follow us. once i tripped i was afraid that they were going to jump on top of me and we weren t able to be fight them off. reporter: dozens of streets are in trees and emerging at night. calls in service show an exploding population. when their population increases they can t expand out. reporter: across alameda since june 9 people have been bitten. at washington park it seems everyone has had run ins with racoons. they re like rats. we ve had them running in through the doggie dog and rummaging through our kitchen. reporter: i i wouldn t want this to happen to an elder person that couldn t get away. reporter: now racoon bites are very sharp, her bite was through her j
matter. muni riders for months have been dealing with frustrating delays and today is no different. sharon chen joins us from san francisco to tell us what commuters were facing. sharon? reporter: the problem this morning was here in the tunnel at church and depose. it is the latest in a series of problems that muni has had in recent months. just after 7:00 this morning, muni reports problems with a switch. that piece of track that directs trains where to go. the switch going inbound to the subway was not running automatically and it is the busiest switch in the system and it affected inbound and outbound metro service for an hour and a half as the metro lines stacked up one behind the other and the passengers had to pile on to shuttles on market street. muni says there is a temporary fix in place but some regular muni riders say they have gotten used to muni delays a few times a week at this same location. it is like trying to go to work, it sucks. when i get off of work