Gear and rolled in the masters film program at sf state and started taking Video Production jobs, including one in oakland two weeks ago. So ive just been driving through downtown and i was like, isnt oakland beautiful . Like, i love oakland. Justin thought he had done enough to hide the gear in the trunk of his rented tesla while he had lunch on broadway. Just across from the ymca. But when he came out to find this window, shattered his camera lenses and drone gone in. Justin had just bought the gear and hadnt had time to insure it. I like literally felt like the pit of my stomach drop. I knew that the equipment wasnt insured and so to have it gone so soon after, like buying it just was devastating. Usually in these cases, its smash grab and gone. You have little chance of retrieving your property. But justin had hidden tracking devices inside his gear. Cases and on a phone app. He watched the criminals travel from oakland into San Francisco. You know, it was on post street, right . And its literally moving. Hes on the phone with a San FranciscoPolice Officer when he sees his camera gear arrive at this location in the 300 block of leavenworth. And he goes, oh, yeah, thats a known major fencing operation. Everybody in the bay area knows that they can bring their stolen goods and offload them there. Think about that. But thats what he said, that is what the officer said to me on the phone. Justin used to live in the area and he knows it well. And its a block and a half not even a block and a half from the Tenderloin Police station. How are you not raiding that place on a daily basis . I had the same question. So i walked by the location of the alleged fencing operation to the Tenderloin Police station and called its captain, sergio chen. He did not return my messages. I reached an sfpd spokesperson who would not comment on the leavenworth site, but emailed at this time, we cannot disclose any information on the location you referred to based on possible ongoing investigations. I also checked with the supervisor for this district, dean preston, not only about the possible fencing operation, but also about this mess that has taken over part of the street and sidewalk. He said he didnt have time for an interview, but texted. Our office has repeatedly engaged departments about the various challenges on the 300 block of leavenworth, and our understanding is that this block is part of a joint Field Operation that includes very departments and the sfpd. The city has made no noticeable real progress. Just yesterday day, preston chaired a committee about the car break ins and updated an anti fencing reward program set up by mayor breed two years ago. It offers up to 100,000 for information leading to an arrest of those dealing in stolen goods. Preston said no money ever has been paid out as part of the rewards program. But its also, i think, important to circle back and look at whats working, what isnt frustrate ing times for justin shuck some one who lived in oakland and now calls San Francisco home. I mean, i honestly think its time for new leadership at every level because this has gone on long enough and im sick and tired and im sick and tired. This incident might have been recorded on the ymca surveillance cameras and justin asked them and the police to save it. I started asking questions about it. And today the ymca reported that the video has been recorded over even though we asked they didnt save it in time. Thats larry then. Thats incredible. And its so wild that Everybody Knows its this open market for selling this stuff and its still operates before we let you go, how are you doing after the attack on sunday with your arm . Oh, i appreciate you asking a little achy, you know, and thats a whole separate story. And if people want to know more about what happened, thats all on my social media. But you had a few weeks to go with this. Then it looks like a couple of months, maybe three months. Yeah. And of course, the worst part is its surfing season now. I know. No surfing for down for the count for a bit. Youll be good. Well, i would advise people to check out your video on twitter because its really compelling and it shook me up. Yeah. Because it could happen to anybody at any time. Just being attacked randomly. So i appreciate. Kerry. Take care. Thank you. Thanks dan. All right. You can get the full picture of Public Safety in your area with our abc7 news neighborhood safety tracker shows you a wide range of stats for San Francisco, oakland and san jose and youll find it on the front page at abc7 news. Com. All right. Now to developing news that you are well aware of our poor air quality because of wildfires burning near the oregon border. Its sticking around longer than we originally thought. Theres another spare the air alert for tomorrow. Thats our fourth day in a row. And of course abc7 news meteorologist sanjay patel is tracking the conditions. Sandy the weekend is upon us. Any relief in sight here . We will get some relief on sunday. Okay dan and larry, let me show you a live picture right now. I know its really hard to breathe out there and burning eyes, scratchy throat, all those things. The view from downtown oakland, from emeryville, camera pretty much is a hazy, smoky view you extended. Is that spare the air alert because the poor air quality for parts of the bay area is going to hang around tomorrow. But you will notice its moderate elsewhere and then sunday we are looking at good air quality across our entire region in right now in the good to moderate category. Thats not going to last very long. The smoke will settle overnight tonight. So as we look at the smoke forecast, 7 00 tonight, were still dealing with it 7 10 p. M. Tomorrow afternoon, we still have some smoke and haze and then late tomorrow night into sunday, we finally start to see a break as the onshore winds ramp up. So its not so much tomorrow, theyre kind of light, but then stronger sea breeze will push that smoke eastward. Just some safety reminders. Keep your doors and windows shut. Put your ac on, recirculate if you do have ac, bring your pets inside. Really limit exposure as much as possible. Well, as we look at live doppler seven, there is a storm on the way. Its an Atmospheric River for the Pacific Northwest and far Northern California. Ill let you know what were going to get out of it and when we can expect that hour by hour forecast coming right up, larry. All right, sandra, see you with the seven day in a few minutes with the poor air quality, experts are advising people to stay inside. But you know, its the weekend coming. Some people dont want to miss out on their plans that theyve already made. Abc seven News Reporter answer hassan live in danville with that story. Answer yeah, thats right, larry. People really want to get out for the weekend. There was a homecoming parade earlier today. Now people here at Central Valley high School Getting ready for that 7 p. M. Kickoff. The School District says they are monitoring air quality. Theres still a bit of haze and higher elevations, but no smell of smoke, which is a big change from just a few days ago. The san ramon Valley High School parade through downtown danville is an annual homecoming tradition. We always have the big rally and the big parade downtown where, you know, the floats go through and the various town dignitaries. So its a lot of fun. Proud parents and excited players. Didnt seem to be too concerned with the weather. The School District says theyre monitoring air quality and cleared the teams to play well. Theres nice and any concern with the smoke that we had . No, weve weve been okay all week and all signs seem to point towards the same direction right now, despite the excitement on the ground, theres still some lingering haze around mount diablo and the valley below. When youve got a complex of fires burning as we do right now in Northern California, southern oregon, somebody somewhere is going to be downstream and getting a lot of smoke and right now, were the unlucky ones. Professor alison bridger is with the department of meteorology and Climate Science at san jose state university. She says haze from wildfires is not uncommon this time of year. She adds that the air quality has improved over the past week, but recommends even if you dont smell smoke, its still important to take precautions. The smoke is a collection of tiny particles and those can get into your lungs and in the right concentration on the wrong day at the wrong time. They could potentially do some damage. I guess until you smell something or notice it, you dont really think about it. Kayvon rashidi and Gabriel Carver have been hiking almost every morning and seem unfazed by the haze. Besides the visibility, it felt pretty good today. Okay. Better than the past few days. Relative ali, ive been hiking almost every day with the weather. I cant really tell a difference. A little bit of like maybe it seems a little bit harder. But besides that, all good. Professor bridger says strong winds in oregon will likely push that smoke up north. And we should actually likely have blue skies come sunday. Reporting live on san hassan, abc seven news. They will be welcome. Thk you answer. You can see where the fires are burning and monitor our air quality. All of that in our online interactive tracker. Check it out at abc7 news. Com and of course trees can help improve air quality. Coming up next, what it will take to add trees to some of our urban areas and build a better bay area. And speaking of building a partial highway closure thatll last all all weekend, be advised because it starts in just but do they really . Do they see that crick in your neck . That ache in your heart . Will they see that funny little thing that wasnt there last year . A new bounce in your step . The way your retinal scan connects to your blood sugar . At Kaiser Permanente all of us Work Together to care for all that is you. In places like San Francisco and oakland. They have small urban tree canopies compared to other major cities. An abc7 News Reporter leanne melendez is here with a look at how thats about to change. Leanne. Thats right. You know that when you look from above, only 20 of oakland is covered with trees. Is that right . And San Francisco, the number is much lower. Interesting, right . So when we talk about building a better bay area, improving the environment has to be part of that goal. Now San Francisco and oakland received some promising news from the federal government. Both cities will receive millions of dollars to plant trees on streets that have been mostly bare for San Francisco has long carried a reputation for being conscientious about the environment. But yet, ironically, there are parts of the city that look more like a concrete jungle barren of trees than an urban oasis ice. So the temperatures in those neighborhoods that dont have trees or green space can be much higher, ten degrees or more higher than other parts of the city. The citys rapid growth is partly to blame. In 1848, there were about 1000 residents because of the gold rush of 1849, the population grew to 25,000. By 1859, ten years later, San Franciscos population soared to 80,000. Back then, there was so much focus on expansion and on building housing that they really didnt carve out enough space for sidewalks. Therefore where there is limited room for street trees, a lot of our buildings are built right to the sidewalk. And so theres not room for a tree to grow large and for a canopy to expand. As a result, San Francisco has one of the smallest urban tree canopies among big cities just 13. 7, measured by the amount of land covered by trees. When viewed from above, the National Average is just over 27. And while some neighborhoods have tree lined streets that beautify the area, the citys tree canopy is inequitably distributed, with underserved communities lacking behind a map created from state data by the abc7 News Data Team shows in light yellow, which areas are in most need of trees . For example the tenderloin and south of market neighborhoods. But dont get confused used most san franciscans love their trees and in 2016 voters approved a measure that sets aside 19 million a year from the general fund to care and maintain street trees, but not necessary to plant new ones that is about to change after San Francisco was awarded 12 million from the federal government to plant thousands of new street trees. So with this grant we have for the next five years, were going to be able to double the amount of money we use for planting trees in San Francisco. Were always looking for sustainable funding sources. This kind of gives us a head start and momentum. The larger goal of our urban forest plan is to plant to get to 155,000 street trees. We currently have 125,000 street trees, so we need to plant 30,000 new trees by 2040 as our goal public works is now calling this proposed expansion of the canopy. The bloom loop to counter the National Narrative that the city by the bay is at risk of being in that doom loop. We keep hearing so much about the requiem nation and Parks Department will also receive another 2,000,000 million grant to plant trees in parks located in the south eastern part of the city. Another part of the component of the grant that recreation parks is getting is going towards workforce development. So that means cultivating and creating a workforce within the southern eastern neighborhoods to help with maintaining the trees. San francisco isnt alone in getting new trees. The yellow areas on the map show that many parts in oakland are barren of trees. Oakland was also awarded 8 million to increase its tree canopy on public and private land and to deal with deferred maintenance. Back in San Francisco, this will be the citys nursery hub already under construction. From here, many of the new street trees will be planted in those neighborhoods that for years have been crying out for help, like the tenderloin, the south of market area and the bayview Hunters Point district. But even if you dont live in one of those neighborhoods, you can still request that a tree be planted on your street. One of the things that i heard from people when i told them that i was doing this story was, you know, can i have a tree in front of my house . And thats the question that i want to ask you. Can anybody call you and say, i want a tree . Yeah, thats exactly the question we want to hear because we want people to want trees to love trees. And we can help them plant trees if theres a space where they can do it, well send an inspector out to see if this is a good location. Even if its not something that you can do right in front of your home or business, you can maybe work with a Neighborhood Group to see if there are other areas where you can plant trees. So lets be clear in those three underserved neighborhoods we mentioned, they are going to plant trees. Whether people request them or not. Now, if you live outside of those neighborhoods and want a tree, you will need a permit from public works. But the permits are free. So typically, nonprofits like friends of the urban forest, will also plant those trees and they will care for them for three years again, for free. Another thing that people dont know is that even if you rent in San Francisco and oakland, you can still or at least in San Francisco, that i know of you can still ask them to plant a tree because cause the sidewalks belong to the city of San Francisco. So you dont need the permission of your landlord. Thats. And when you see the pictures you showed of neighborhoods with trees and without the difference is really stark. If you take time to really notice, it makes a huge difference. Yeah, psychologically, i think its sort of peaceful. I like green. The whole feel is different. Totally tranquil. Yeah. Thanks, liane. Sure. Yeah well, i think we could say the whole planet probably needs more trees, right . And a little sunshine for the trees would be nice. Meteorologist said patel is here. And maybe sandia, perhaps. Yes. As we hit fall, a little rain to wash out our smoky air. Yes. And were going to see good air quality this second half of our weekend. Dan and larry, good evening to all of you. I want to show you a live picture from our sutro tower camera. Yeah, the filthy air is still with us. You can see that smoke just hovering over San Francisco. But the air quality is going to improve, not immediately. Spare the air through tomorrow, sunday is good. Monday and tuesday are good as well. So we are headed in the right direction. Were going to have to just wait another day area of low pressure has shifted off to the east. We still are seeing the wind flowing off the ocean out of the northwest and thats dragging that smoke in from near the oregon border. But as you look at live doppler seven, the clouds have pulled away. Everybody is enjoying sunshine right now as we look at this live view from our walnut creek camera. You can see some sun there, 63 in the city, 65 in oakland. Temperatures today in the 60s to 80s range a few degrees below average for most of you. Mountain view, 66, san jose, youre at 70 and 68. In palo alto, youre certainly seeing blue skies from our Golden Gate Bridge camera. And here are those temperatures. Upper 60s, napa