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Agree with what the businessowners are saying. Nbc bay areas Damian Trujillo joins us. How serious are the threats to leave downtown from the businessowners . Reporter things seem to be turning around. Now, the good news is the efforts of these merchants, the city and police, are actually working. Things are turning around. While some crime still exists, these merchants say its not the same as it was six months ago. There was a time not long ago when downtown san jose almost lost this as part of its landscape. What was happening outside the App Developers headquarters on south 2nd street had them thinking about making a change. There were some dangerous crimes. There was a gang almost that was involved. Reporter in fact, because of the violence, pingers ceo threatened to pull his business and his 60 employees out of the downtown area. We thought about not renewing the lease. ....