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 Service access door broken open 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 you photos of the mail youre getting that day. The images are taken as your mail goes through sorting equipment. It can help you alert police if something is missing. A crowd has gathered outside the San Francisco office of senator diane finestein. They want her to push for an independent investigator to look into possible investigation russia and President Trumps advisor. Today we heard directly from President Trump about why he fired james comey. He wasnt doing a good job. He was not doing a good job. There are still questions, many of them surrounding the timing of comeys firing. Vice president mike pence said it has nothing to do with the russian investigation. Shuck schumer said this warrants a special prosecutor. Reporter james comey may be out but several members of the bay area delegaion told us today the investigation he started should continue. I think having lived through watergate, we are at a watergate moment. Reporter bay area democrats in their home districts are seething over President Trumps sudden firing of fbi director james comey who was reportedly escalating his probe into possible ties between russia and the trump campaign. We got do keep our eye on the ball here. If the russian government at the highest levels, interfered deliberately in the election of a u. S. President and members of congress then the American Public needs to know that. This is really a defining moment. I believe we need to call for an independent investigation through an independent commission. Reporter lee admits she and other democrats were vocal critics of comey last october when he announced the fbi was reopening its probe of Hillary Clintons emails just 11 days before the election. Regardless op how anyone felt about director comey once he told congress in march that the campaign was under criminal and intelligence investigation, he should not have been pulled off. Last year the democrats were all about firing jim comey. Reporter hes the former chairman of the California Republican party. Comey should have never done what he did last july to hillary. He shouldnt have done what he did in october. He shouldnt have been talking about the trump investigation. Thats not the role. Reporter democrats and some republicans are now asking Speaker Paul Ryan to Reconvene Congress to create a special commission on russia. Abc 7 news. Abc news as obtained a letter he wrote to his former letters and friends. Im not going to spend time on the decision or the way it was execu executed. I hope you wont either. Its done. I will be fine although i will miss you and the mission deeply. Top House Republican is asking the department of justice and Inspector General to investigate james comeys firing. The house is on recess now but will be back in session next week. Tonight at a town hall meeting expected to be about health care, he was asked about russia. We seem to have a pattern that most people who are investigating it seem to be getting fired. The you support an independent group investigating russias ties into the 2016 election . He said hes not in favor of an independent investigation. Some of his republican colleagues have said that. Comey has been invited to testify next week in front of the Senate Intelligence if he does accept, the briefing will be classified. A professional Soccer Player who survived a near drowning has died in the hospital. The 19yearold died from ma massive infection monday. He was considered one of santa cruz countys big and up and coming Soccer Players. Oakland police are look r for someone who may have tried to kidnap a child. An adult man wearing gray hoodie and blue jeans. A San Francisco instructor charged with child porn appeared in court today. 28yearold Nicholas Hodges had more than 600 files of child porn on his computer and cell phone, including videos of a 2yearold. According to the School Police have not found any evidence hodges harmed any children though he has offered to paeb sit some of the students. Trusted him to teach our son in deep water how to swim. We thought we could trust him in other instances. Hodges was employed at the swim school. He also worked at the nearby house of air trampoline park. Hodges, whose parents joined him in court is being held on a 450,000 bail. A poeopponents are trying tl a plan to put a cement plant in an abandoned flower mill. Its near the old island naval base. The Company Behind the idea is appealing a no vote in the city planning commission. Here in the city council chambers. I talked to a spokesman. Thats the person that wants to build the cement plant. Its safe enough to eat but from the News Conference from opponents theyre not buying that. Reporter opponents say its bad enough the plant would be a stones throw from homes in a primarily low income africanamerican neighborhood but it would be 1300 feet from grace patterson elementary school. Adding diesel soot and fugitive dust, cement dust to this neighborhood already suffering from the effects of heavy industry is unfair. Reporter they want to spend 50 million converting this old flower mill into a hightech cement factory. This video from the Company Website is from a similar plant in france. The plant would recycle metal slab, limestone and other materials into nontoxic cement using 10 . Neighbors are skeptical. What we need jobs that actually improve the quality of life. Reporter opponents of todays News Conference included environmentalists and neighbors. Not everyone was opposed. The Labor Council whose members would build and renovate say the economy would benefit. I think so. If you have a dehappstructure t will turn out an environment tally friendly product. Theres no reason to have it here other than the fact this is a poor neighborhood and they dont think we will rise. Abc 7 news. Today people discovered an unexpected sight in the east bay in the in and out restaurant are no line. It has no customers at all because its been shut down over health concerns. Well have that story plus. This was the start of a violent encounter with San Francisco police but now the suspect faces no charges. Tonight find out how more recycling translates to less recycling. Get ready for a windy and cool pattern has mothers day weekend approaches. Ill have the forecast, co all charges were dropped against a mentally ill, unarmed man. He attacked officers back in january. Prosecutors dropped the final two charges against him after a judge dismissed eight other counts. Police say they opened fire and officers used baton and pepper spray on them. The video takes us minute by minute of a fight with Police Shooting and killing a stabbing suspect. Jonathan bloom is live to walk you through what was captured dn video. Reporter you may find the video disturbing. It shows a San FranciscoPolice Officer shown taken a mans life from every angle. They hold these meetings any time an officer was vovinvolvedt this was the first one under a new police chief and it was different. I appreciate the quick turn around. Ive never seen a video within a week. Reporter neighbors were impressed with the openness but disturbed by what they saw. In a Community Meeting a block from where it happened Police Showed video of the moment 26yearold was shot and killed by an officer. He had been in this subway where minutes earlier Surveillance Video shows him stabbing an employee in a fight behind the counter. Other workers came to help. One trying to subdue him by hitting him with a baking pan when Police Walked in. One officers discharged his firearm striking him. I want to say thank you. It could have been my daughter or my mom. Reporter others took issue that hes the same officer who shot and seriously injured sean moore over a restraining order in january. The investigations are separate now. A lot of questions as to one officer involved in two incidents. Reporter as they answer those questions, supervisor james kim hopes this public process is the new normal. I hope this is signal of the reforms that are being put in place in San Francisco police department. Reporter in San Francisco, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. Rescue crews focus on the importance of team work during a coast guard event today. Abc 7 news was at sfo where the coast guard hosts other searches. They got do check out rescue vehicles and share information out procedures. The goal is to strengthen relationship between bay area agencies to further their cooperation and collaboration thats key to joint rescue operation. Grocers across the state are getting impatient with Governor Brown for not coming through on a promise he made that could sai stores thousands of dollars every month. It involves recycling and recycling centers. All Grocery Stores but have a recycling center at or noear th store. If not, they must pay 100 day. Most are closing and most have using curb side bins. Grocery store owners say they are being punished for something they have no control over and it costs them a lot. 36,5 36,500 a year. Thats a worker. Thats a big amount of money. Tesla took a big step from being a car company to an energy company. It began taking deposits on a new solar roof tile. Reporter you can put down a deposit on these shingles that look like traditional roof tiles but derive energy from the sun. This is teslas video from october. They introduced the solo roof installs on the old desperate housewives set. Look better than normal roof. Generate electricity, last longer. Have better insulation and have installed cost thats less than a normal roof plus the coast of electricity. Reporter 2,000 square feet, two story home, what do you get there . Lets highlight that for. It can generate 54,000 over 30 years. Installation costs would be about 34,000. Basically they are saying you would save about 23,000 over the lifetime of the solar panels. Production will begin at Teslas Fremont vak tfactory. Today was one of those curl your hair after you walk the dog days, which i did not do. It was really blustery out there. Its going to get windy. The winds over the next 24 hours is wind is a big deal there. This evening up until about 10 00 or so winds will be around 23, 24 miles an hour. 10 00 tomorrow morning. Well see the wind begin to increase into the evening hours. Thats going to be pretty much the pattern for the bay area. Winds will diminish overnight and continue increasing into the weekend. Right,000 we walk into a view of live doppler 7 showing sun thi skies across the bay area. 20 degrees cooler. 23 cooler in concord. 16 cooler in antioch. A couple places are no changes at all. Heres the view from central tower. The shaky tower. Looking out over San Francisco its currently 58 degrees here in the city. 62 in oakland. 69 right now in mountain view. 70 in san jose. Gilroy, 66. Check out this view. Partly cloudy skies. Nice and bright in the early evening hours. Low 60s at fairfield. Bright skies with a bit of warm up on sunday. Overnight look for increasing clouds and some drizzle near the coastline. It could happen out over the bay oar near the bay as well. Well have a full moon tonight that will not be visible after the clouds thicken. Here is the forecast animation starting at 4 00 tomorrow morning. The best chance is probably up in the north bay. That possibility will diminish going into the evening hours. We project the rainfall totals will not amount to much. 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