PEOPLE WHO EMERGED FROM THE SMASH CAR AFTER THE WRECK. THE DA IS ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THEIR OFFICE. >>> A SERIES OF BREAK-INS IN THE NORTH BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE LEFT BUSINESS OWNERS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED. JOS÷ MARTINEZ IS IN NORTH BEACH WITH MORE ON THIS STRING OF THEFTS. YOU SPOKE TO A BUSINESS OWNER WHO SAID IT IS A REOCCURRING NIGHTMARE. >> Reporter: I'M ON GREEN STREET IN THE NORTH BEACH DISTRICT, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SCENE RIGHT HERE, THIS IS WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE TIME. THE ACTUAL PROBLEM HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, SEVERAL PLACES AROUND HERE HAVE BEEN BROKEN INTO OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE TALKED TO SOME OF THE MANAGERS WHO TOLD ME THEY ARE JUST FED UP WITH THE SITUATION. LOOK AT THESE THIEVES SMASHING INTO BUSINESSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN JUST ONCE, IT HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, HITTING PLACES UP AND DOWN GREENSTREET . IT IS A RECURRING NIGHTMARE FOR BUSINESS OWNERS . >> YOU NEVER KNOW, YOU CAN GET A SURPRISE OF PEOPLE BREAKING IN , BUT WE ARE WATCHING OUR BACKS. >> Reporter: OR THIS ITALIAN RESTAURANT LOCATED IN THE NORTH BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE 1969, HE SAID HE WAS LUCKY HIS BUSINESS SURVIVED THIS TREND BUT HE IS WORRIED ABOUT THE SITUATION. >> I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE EMPLOYEES AND THE BUSINESS, I REALLY HOPE NOTHING HAPPENS. YOU KNOW, THANK GOD NOBODY WAS THERE. >> Reporter: OTHER BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN HIT, TOO. WE TALKED TO MANAGERS THAT DID NOT WANT TO GO ON CAMERA, THEY ARE STILL RATTLED AFTER BEING TARGETED OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. SOME OF THEM EVEN HAD THEIR ATMS STOLEN. >> JOS÷ SAYS HE HOPES HE CAN SEE MORE ACTION FROM POLICE IN THE AREA. >> I WANT TO SEE MORE OF THEM PATROLLING AROUND , AND WATCHING WHAT IS GOING ON. >> Reporter: A LOT OF BUSINESS OWNERS ARE TELLING ME THEY ARE PLANNING TO HAVE A MEETING TOGETHER AND WE REACHED OUT TO THE POLICE
