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tipping point pledged to raise $100 million to cut the number of chronically homeless people in san francisco by half in five years. according to the most recent federal count back in 2013, the official number was 7,539. of those 6,686 were adults and the rest were under 18. reporter: let me add another number for you, 1,700, that s the number of people who fall under the category of chronically homeless. now the organization tipping point will have full control of the money and every project must be approved by their board. these are the chronically homeless. described as those who have lived out here for more than a year, suffer from mental illnesses and have a druggor alcohol problem. they are the most difficult to deal with, and in many cases the most costly. we have chronic alcoholics who are costing the city $60 million to $80 million a year. they are the ones that end up in our shelters ever night, they wouldn t even be able to keep a home if we got them ....
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after 108 years without a world series title. the chicago cubs are on top of the baseball world.. after a thrilling 10-inning win over the cleveland indians. and as you can imagine - cubs fans are thrilled. this is what it looked like in chicago - pure joy from cubs fans who haven t been able to celebrate a championship in their lifetime. fans have been dancing in the streets.. the celebrations started when former ray and world series m-v-p ben zobrist .. hit a go-ahead double in the 10th inning.. the cubs won their first world series back in 1908 against the detroit tigers. since then the team has had their fair share of losses, some say thanks to a curse. there was the collapse of the team in 19-69, after spending 155-days in first place. then in 2003.. the world series was in their grasp when the team found itself just five outs from the championship. cubs fan steve bartman reached out and caught a foul ball behind the bullpe.. they went on to lose that game. g ....
she had a strong mind. reporter: tonya s husband of one week didn t want his face shown but says he had a disagreement about whether to get off route 8 and he pulled off the side of the highway. we were holding hands and i was looking to the left and she just opened the door. she just got out of the car and just started walking. i have no clue, no idea. she wasn t crying. reporter: randy was stunned when tonya walked across three lanes of route 8 and jumped over the barrier and hit and killed by a barrier on 8 north. reporter: i love my wife and still love my wife and devastated. tonya s family is haunted by the question why but are convinced this was not a suicide. never in a million years would this woman take her life. this is not in my sister s characters. everyone can vouch for that. reporter: and tonight the says the cause of death was blunt-force trauma but the manner of death has not been determined. in the meantime the police department continue ....
reporter: he was there neighbor for 20 years and he was described as strange. he never spoke to any of the neighbors. if we were talking at the mailbox, he would stay in his car until we left. then he would come out and pick up his mail. he was a little odd. reporter: the district attorney s office said that since 2012 that gregory helfrich has volunteered at a church to help with safari kids for second through fifth graders. we are concerned there are other victims. he does admit he likes young boys and he volunteers at a church in santa clara county. we don t know if he has access to young boys there and is alone with them. reporter: we reached out to his attorney and had and the church and we had yet to hear back. he is expected to be in court in june. a hazmat incident and had in san jose since seven people to the hospital. it happened at the indian health center this morning. hazmat teams responded to a report involving chemical leaks. five adults and ....