Theres little incentive for postal customers to check for their mail. Its very much an open and shut case. Residents have to go to the Branch Office or catch the carrier driving down the street. California leads the nation for mail theft and its happening all over the bay area. The Postal Service now takes responsible for fixing the mail Bobbi Kristinas whether it owns them or not. Its goal do repair them within 48 hours. We would order the parts as needed. Now we have to have orders on hand because these are happening more and more. Reporter however some residents are shelling out money to rent private mailboxes for fear of Identity Theft. The ups store has seen an increase in business. I would say about 10 of my business in last six months. Reporter the Postal Inspection Service said it handled over 1300 mail cases last year leading to convictions but the vandalism continues. Abc 7 news. The u. S. Postal Service Officers informed delivery. When you sign up, the Postal Service sensds
A mail theft is a big security threat. Its a huge inconvenience to people who are victimized. Its a problem were seeing more and more often. There were reports and arrests of mail thefts in the bay area. Reporter you can see the vandals have already been here. They already picked the locks. They already pried open the doors. Not just on this side of the street but across the street as well. Residents say they can no longer have important mail sent to their homes. The Postal Service is now stocking up on parts to do repairs. This is the first time ive seen such a bad situation where people get separate just to get their mail. Reporter entire neighborhoods have lost access to their mail because vandals have broken locks and pried open the doors. Residents say its been this way for six months. This man asked us not to show his face. I think some of these have been broken into more than once opinion i think that had been fixed. I was just lucky it wasnt done again. Reporter with the Postal
Idea it was about to happen. We have the letter he sent to his former fbi colleague. Less than 24 hours later the president welcomed in the Russian Foreign minister into the oval office. Abc 7 news learned as many will find no surprise it was the president himself that set this in motion. Washington post reporting mr. Trump would not back his claim that was formerly wire tapd. The day after the president decided to fire the man in charge of the investigation in the meddling in the presidency. Comey was leading the investigation in whether the Trump Campaign colorado younclu the russians, serious offense was it getting it close to home. The white house timing impeopleable. The president maintains this. He wasnt doing a good job very simply. The white house now saying the president watched comeys testimony on tv last week and went from questioning comey to feeling, quote, strongly inclined to remove him. Early monday afternoon the president met with the attorney general and deputy genera
People anymore. Reporter as for nicholas flusche, who did not survive this shooting, we know he was from texas and that he used to work in home security. Police have been in contact with his family throughout the entire investigation. And coming up at 6 00, well talk with our Law Enforcement analyst about what the release of this body cam footage means. Susie, its interesting. New chief in town. Will the public always have this kind of access to body camera video Going Forward . Reporter well what we heard from the chief throughout the morning is that the goal is transpartnercy. He could not say that enough. I think given what happened last year and the public distrust, he wants the public to feel as though they are seeing everything that is releasable. Of course, in certain circumstances, when it might compromise the investigation, they will not release that footage. Susie steimle on market street, thank you. Meanwhile, the last remaining charges against the man officer cha shot in ja
A day we all remember as nineeleven. Dan greendan green i saw some tweets where people were saying. Oh, why get involved, theyre just a couple of thugs. Well, i didnt know that. Why not get involved. Its not to the same degree but can you imagine if the people on flight 93 had said why get involved. It turns the man we see throwing most of the punches was not the aggressor. The other man was booked for misdemeanor battery. The plane went on to oakland without incident. Southwest praised the crew and thanked captain green. Dan green people call and tell me i, a hero. But im not, i just did what we all should be doing. rob live captain green says the real heroes are the Flight Attendants who first tried to calm things down. He says had other passengers who were closer to the melee stepped in sooner and got between the two men, he might not have had to do what he did. Live in santa clara rob fladeboe kron 4 news grant we are learning new details about a deadly officer involved shooting. T