broadcast center, this is abc7 news. now at 11:00, activist action just steps away from super bowl city. hundreds of protesters hit the streets in san francisco to call attention to the city s homeless crisis. plus, super gridlock. super bowl road closures combined with that protest made the evening commute a slow crawl for bus passengers. but the show goes on. thousands of football fans packed into super bowl city tonight. we are now just four days away from the big game. good evening. i m dan ashley. i m ama daetz. let s get to abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow who is live with our developing story. melanie? reporter: ama and dan, it is incredible the difference it makes. things are relatively quiet here, but earlier this evening if you were in this city or if you were trying to get out of the city it is a different story. your san francisco super bowl city experience depended on where you were at rush hour. outside super bowl city hundreds of protesters marched.
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you were trying to get out of the city it is a different story. your san francisco super bowl city experience depended on where you were at rush hour. outside super bowl city hundreds of protesters marched. sfpd was directly alongside them. what we are really about is advocating for the rights of home res people. block by block protesters made their way around super bowl city. we hope they can hear us a little bit. we have been screaming all night. catching the attention of people working out. the city has a much bigger priority than putting on this fiasco. inside super bowl city, a different tone. tonight s headline, matt nathanson. this is my 170th matt show. i would like to think we are throwing a big dinner party for the world. it included pictures with cheerleaders. and pictures with family. a good atmosphere. it was fun to wait in line. buses were backlogged for more than an hour. in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. abc7 news was at sfo
passengers heading home. dan laeashley is on assignment. it was staged at super bowl city. you can see the crowd gathered from sky 7 hd along with the demonstrators, demonstrators as well. and it was a peaceful protest s protesters. reporter: when the whole world s watching or at least thousands of football fans, protesters are seizing the moment. the homeless say super bowl is not so super for them. this is my pleasure because they don t want certain elements around during the super bowl. reporter: but tonight some of the homeless and their advocates are making their presence known. the police are separating them from super bowl city and hope to arrest a tent city across the street. we have corporate part that the cities giving away $5 million to hold and we would have liked to see that money go towards ending homelessness. reporter: they already know there s a crisis. some of the homeless might be persuaded to move shelter at pier 80 that could open tomorrow. the