STUCK IN SAN FRANCISCO. AN UPDATE ON WHEN THEY CAN FINALLY EXPECT TO SET SAIL. >> CAN SOME FREE CONCERTS MAKE A DENT IN SAN FRANCISCO SO CALLED DOME LOW.-THE CBS STUDIOS AND SAN FRANCISCO. >>> LEASE ARE REPORTING AN INCREASE IN CRIME, ESPECIALLY WITH CAR THEFT. BERKELEY POLICE SAY 700 CARS WERE SOLD IN THE LAST 180 DAYS. THAT IS A RATE OF FOUR CARS PER DAY. SOME OFFICIALS ARE PROPOSING AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS AT ENTRANCES TO THE CITY. >> AND HAS RESIDENCE ENGAGED IN A DEBATE ABOUT CRIME AND PRIVACY. >> Reporter: WHEN PEOPLE LIVING IN A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE THIS DEMAND THE CITY TAKES ACTION AGAINST CRIME, IT USUALLY GETS A RESPONSE, EVEN IF USING A CONTROVERSIAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE EFFORT. THIS MONTH BERKELEY NEIGHBORHOOD DOES NOT SEEM LIKE IT WOULD BE A HOTBED OF CRIME, BUT FROM HIS FRONT PORCH, DAVID TAYLOR SAYS, IN RECENT YEARS, HIS CUL-DE-SAC HAS BECOME A DUMPING GROUND FOR STOLEN VEHICLES AND HE WAS ONCE SHOT AT DURING AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY. >> WHAT HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED IS CRIME HAS BECOME A LOT MORE DANGEROUS FOR VICTIMS. YOU DO NOT JUST GET YOUR PHONE STOLEN. YOU ALSO GET STOMPED IN THE FACE AND TONE ON THE GROUND. >> Reporter: AS A SYSTEMS ENGINEER, HE LOOKS FOR AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM. >> WE SHOULD BE USING HIGH-TECH TOOLS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE WE ARE. >> Reporter: THEY HAVE ASKED POLICE TO RE-EXAMINE A PLAN TO INSTALL 52 LICENSE PLATE READERS. LOCK SAFETY, A PRIVATE VENDOR, WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DATA WHICH WOULD BE HELD FOR 30 DAYS. THE IDEA IS TO PLACE THEM ON STREETS AT THE CITY'S BORDERS, LIKE HERE ON ALCATRAZ AVENUE BUT THAT IS WHERE CHIP MORE LIVES. >> BEING UNDER CONSTANT VIDEO SURVEILLANCE IS NOT THE AMERICAN WAY. >> Reporter: BESIDES BEING A NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENT, MOORE IS ALSO CHIEF OF THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD. HE OPPOSES THE USE OF THAT LICENSE PLATE CAMERAS BECAUSE OF HOW THEY COULD BE USED IN THE FUTURE. >> WHAT HAPPENED THAT THEY WANT TO USE FACIAL RECOGNITION IN ITS PLACE? IT IS CAPABLE OF DOING THAT. ONCE WE HIT THAT SLOPE AND PUT A TOE OVER, IT IS VERY HARD TO STOP THAT MOMENTUM. >> Reporter: JENNA WONG LIVES ALONG ALCATRAZ. >> I AM GENERALLY OPPOSED TO ANYTHING THAT IS LIKE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE IMAGING OR FACIAL RECOGNITION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I JUST DO NOT THINK IT IS RIGHT TO TRACK, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE COMING IN AND OUT. AND IT IS UNCLEAR HOW THAT DATA WOULD BE USED. >> Reporter: FOR NOW, THE DEBATE BOILS DOWN TO WHAT PEOPLE FEAR THE MOST. IS IT CRIME OR THE POLICE THEMSELVES? >> I WOULD ARGUE THAT ANYONE WHO FEELS LIKE IT IS THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR COMMUNITIES BE SAFE IS THAT WE HAVE TO WATCH EVERYONE ALL THE TIME. THAT IS NO WAY TO LIVE IN OUR COUNTRY OR OUR COMMUNITY. >> HAPPY TO -- THEY WILL ACTUALLY CATCH QUITE A FEW CRIMES AND GETAWAY CARS. >> Reporter: RULES AROUND THE LICENSE PLATES READERS ARE STILL BEING APPROVED. IT WOULD HAVE TO COME DOWN TO A VOTE BY THE CITY COUNCIL. >> THE ISSUE WILL BE DISCUSSED AGAIN AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD. THAT IS COMING UP ON JULY 12th. >>> OAKLANDS 911 SYSTEM IS BACK UP AGAIN BUT THE AUTOMATED DISPATCH SYSTEM IS STILL HAVING SOME PROBLEMS TONIGHT. OAKLAND RELEASED A STATEMENT THAT STAFF HAVE RETURNED TO MANUALLY ROUTING CALLS AND IT IS SLOWER THAN USUAL. THIS COMES A DAY AFTER DISPATCH SERVICES WERE STORED AFTER A POWER OUTAGE ON THURSDAY. RESPONSE TIMES WERE IMPACTED AS DISPATCHERS HAD TROUBLE COMMUNICATING WITH OFFICERS OUT IN THE FIELD. >> DISPATCHERS ARE TOILING, LITERALLY, WITH PAPERS AND PEN AND WRITING INDIVIDUAL CALLS. RUNNING ACROSS THE ROOM AND GIVING IT TO THE DISPATCHER AND THEN SENDING IT OUT TO THE OFFICERS IN THE FIELD. >> CITY OFFICIALS CLOSELY WATCHING THE SYSTEM SAY IF YOU DO CALL 911 OVER IN OAKLAND AND YOU CALL GETS DROPPED, HANG UP AND TRY AGAIN. >>> TAKING A LIVE LOOK NOW AT SAN FRANCISCO'S WATERFRONT AT PIER 27 WHERE THE PRINCESS CRUISE SHIP REMAIN STOCKED FOR THE THIRD DAY IN A ROW. THERE IS GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS FOR THE THOUSANDS OF PASSENGERS ABOARD THE SHIP. THEIR ALASKA CRUISE IS STILL ON. BUT THE BAD NEWS IS IT IS GOING TO BE CUT A LITTLE SHORT. THE SHIP WILL NOT BE SETTING SAIL UNTIL TOMORROW. CREWS ARE STILL FIXING A WHOLE LEFT THURSDAY MORNING. THEIR ITINERARY WILL BE CUT TO SEVEN DAYS WITH ONLY ONE 12 HOUR STOP. WE CAUGHT UP WITH A PASSENGER WHO IS MAKING THE MOST OUT OF HER STATE. >> WE ARE ON VACATION. WE HAVE BEEN READING, WATCHING TV, WALKING AROUND AND TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON. WE WATCHED A YOUNG GENTLEMEN CARVING HIS TOTEM POLE. WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING BUSY. THIS IS OUR SIXTH CREW TO ALASKA. WE DO NOT WALK A LOT OF TOURS BUT WE WERE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GLACIER BAY. THAT IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE SPOTS. BUT KETCHIKAN IS VERY NICE. >> PRINCESS CRUISES IS ALSO OFFERING REFUNDS AND DISCOUNTS TO THE PASSENGERS. >>> SAN FRANCISCO'S UNION SQUARE HAS FALLEN ON SOME HARD TIMES. THERE IS NOT AS MANY PEOPLE DIE IN THERE. RETAILERS ARE PULLING OUT LEFT AND RIGHT LIKE NORDSTROM, OR MAYBE, AND THAT SHOPPING CENTER. MORE CRIME IS THE REASON THEY ARE CLOSING SHOP. BURGLARIES WERE UP 14% BY LAST YEAR. THAT WAS UP BY 1%. VIOLENT CRIME IS DOWN BY 2%. THAT IS ALL ACCORDING TO SFPD. THEY'RE TRYING TO LURE PEOPLE BACK TO UNION SQUARE WITH THE MAGIC WORD, FREE. >> Reporter: THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM. LIVE MUSIC EVERY SATURDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL OCTOBER HERE AT UNION SQUARE. THEY ARE TRYING TO JAZZ THINGS UP AND BRING SOME LIFE BACK TO THE SHOPPING DISTRICT. BUSINESS OWNERS WELCOME THE HELP. THEY SAY MUSIC BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER. THE HOPE IS IT WILL ALSO HELP DRUM UP FOOT TRAFFIC IN UNION SQUARE AND OTHER PARTS OF DOWNTOWN. BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE BEEN HIT WITH THE BLUES SINCE THE PANDEMIC. ADD ON OPEN DRUG USE AND HOMELESSNESS. MANY STORES CANNOT SURVIVE SINCE CUSTOMERS STAYED AWAY. THERE ARE AT LEAST THREE VACANT STOREFRONTS ACROSS FROM THE SQUARE AND MANY MORE NEARBY. >> WE DO KIND OF CUT OUR HOURS ON CERTAIN DAYS. >> Reporter: THEIR FAMILY OWNS THE HOP ON AND HOP OFF TOUR BUSES. >> WE ARE PROBABLY AT ABOUT 60% RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: HIS BUSINESS IS AT 60% COMPARED TO ENDEMIC LEVELS. THIS IS HOW THE SQUARE LOOKS ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN JULY. >> THERE ARE NOT AS MANY STORES HERE AS YOU CAN SEE. THE FOOT TRAFFIC IS NOT SO MUCH.'S THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THE UNION SQUARE ALLIANCE TEAMED UP TO KICKSTART THE SUMMER MUSIC SERIES. THE FREE CONCERTS SHOWCASE LOCAL MUSICIANS AND ENTICE FAMILIES RETURN TO DOWNTOWN. >> WE HAVE A STRONG POLICE PRESENCE HERE. WE HAVE OUR UNION SQUARE AMBASSADORS TO GO AND POWER ROCHE. >> Reporter: VISITORS SAY THEY ARE >>> NOW, A SCARY SCENE ON THE ALTAMONT PASS IN THE EAST BAY TODAY. A BIG-RIG RULES OVER TO THE SIDE OF A FREEWAY CAUSING A FIERY CRASH. ONE ADULT AND FOUR CHILDREN WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. AT HAPPEN ON THE EASTBOUND LANES AROUND 5:30 THIS MORNING. ALAMEDA COUNTY FIRE SAYS THE DRIVER AND KIDS ESCAPE FROM THE BIG-RIG WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE AFTER THE CRASH. THERE IS STILL SOME TRAFFIC IN THE AREA AND THAT LAST CHECK, THE TWO LEFT LANES REMAIN BLOCKED OFF. >>> AND OUT OF MARIN WHERE MORE AND MORE BEARS ARE SHOWING UP IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS. MOST RECENTLY, A BEAR WAS SPOTTED WANDERING AROUND DRAKES BAY, WHICH IS NOT REALLY ANYBODY'S BACKYARD. THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN SPOTTED NEAR MORE POPULATED AREAS. KENNY CHOI HAS GOT THAT STORY. >> Reporter: HOME SECURITY CAMERAS CAPTURING AT LEAST ONE AMERICAN BLACKBERRY ROAMING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS FROM CANFIELD TO PARTS OF SAN RAFAEL AND FAIRFAX. >> TO ME, BEARS ARE SO KIND OF MYTHICAL AND INTERESTING. >> Reporter: PETER BARDO, A SELF-PROCLAIMED WILDLIFE GEEK SET UP NOT FAR FROM THE RECENT SIGHTINGS AS A RESEARCHER FROM THE RIVER OTTER PROJECT. LAST JULY, HE CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT SHOWED UP. >> I SAW THE EYES SHINE. IT WAS RIGHT OVER THERE. I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, WAS THAT A BEAR? >> Reporter: IS NOT JUST ONE, BUT TWO CUBS WAITING AND FROLICKING IN THE CREEK. THEY SEARCH FOR PAUL PRINCE AND SCOTT TO TEST DNA. CALIFORNIA FISH AND WILDLIFE ESTIMATE THE POPULATION HAS TRIPLED SINCE THE EARLY '80s. >> THEY NEED TO FIND OPEN SPACE AND HERE IS MORE OPENED SPACE THAT DOES NOT HAVE MANY PAIRS IN IT, YET. >> Reporter: ONE RESIDENT SPOTTED THIS THEY ARE IN EARLY JUNE. ANOTHER HOMEOWNER IN LUCAS VALLEY WAS STUNNED TO SEE THIS IN HER BACKYARD. THE MARIN SOCIETY AND RESEARCHERS ARE KEEPING AN EYE. >> IT APPEARS THE BEARS DOING EXACTLY WHAT HE HOPED HE WOULD DO, WHICH IS MOVED AWAY FROM THE POPULATED AREAS IN MARIN COUNTY. >> Reporter: TO KEEP HUMANS SAFE AND BEARS TOO, EXPERTS SAY NOT TO BAIT THEM BY LEAVING OUT FOOD OR MAKING IT EASY FOR BEARS TO ACCESS TRASH. >> A BEAR SHOWED UP AND IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS THIRSTY. I AM GOING TO PUT SOME WATER OUT FOR HIM. I KNOW THE INTENTIONS ARE GOOD, BUT IT COULD END UP BEING THE END OF THAT BEAR. >> IT IS ALL, KIND OF, ON PEOPLE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP THEM, YOU KNOW, SAFE AND AWAY FROM TEMPTATION. >> Reporter: THE PROLIFERATION OF CAMERAS IS DOCUMENTING MORE SIGHTINGS. SINCE LAST YEAR, THE TWO CUBS PLAYING IN THE CREEK HAVE NOT MADE ANOTHER CAMEO IN THE SAME SPOT. BUT NATURALISTS ARE CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT MAY COME NEXT. >> HOPEFULLY, IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE THEY CAN MANIFEST THEMSELVES AS A RESIDENT POPULATION WITHOUT IT BECOMING THIS SCARY STORY. >> Reporter: FOR NOW, HE CAN ONLY WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT SIGHTING, WHEREVER THAT MAY BE. >> BY THE WAY, EXPERTS SAY IF YOU SEE A BEAR, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO STAY CALM, AVOID RUNNING -- BOY, IF I WERE TO SEE THIS COMING. BACK AWAY SLOWLY AND ENCOURAGE THE BEAR TO MOVE ALONG BY CLAPPING, YELLING, AND MAKING NOISE. YOU FIRST. >> BOY, THAT IS A PRETTY VICIOUS LOOKING BEAR. >>> EIGHT KAYAKERS HAD TO BE RESCUED THISTO SEEK TREATMENT F ANXIETY. >> ONLY 11% OF ADULTS WITH ANXIETY GET TREATMENT WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF THEIR SYMPTOMS. >> Reporter: THE SEARCH IS ON FOR A STOLEN THERAPY DOG IN TRAINING. HE WAS STOLEN FROM DOWNTOWN SAN >>> WELCOME BACK. DRIVE CITY TURNED INTO A PUPPY HANGOUT THIS AFTERNOON. THE EVENT IS CALLED PAWSITIVLY SUMMER. THERE IS A PET FOOD TRUCK SERVING UP PUP CUPS. >> WE WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER WITH JOY AND HEALING. AND HOW BETTER TO DO THAT THAN WITH DOGS THAT ARE FLUFFY AND WAGGING THEIR TAILS AND MAKING US LAUGH? >> YEAH. DOGS ARE S UP FOR LIFE. IT IS LIKE THOSE BUMPER STICKERS. WHO RESCUED WHO? THANK YOU
