Author: Miles Cooper

THE FUTURE. WELL, TODAY, SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR DANIEL LURIE AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER MATT HANEY LED A WALK THROUGH UNION SQUARE TO TALK ABOUT THE DOWNTOWN RECOVERY, PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES. OUR MAX DARROW WAS GIVEN EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO JOIN THEM ON THAT WALK AND LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT IS WORKING AND WHAT THEY SAY. NEEDS SOME IMPROVEMENT. MORE. OKAY. YEAH. SO THAT’S GREAT. NINTENDO’S BEEN GREAT. AS THEY WALKED THROUGH UNION SQUARE. MAYOR DANIEL LURIE AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER MATT HANEY CELEBRATED THE WINS WHEN IT COMES TO BRINGING THE AREA BACK TO LIFE, AND LOOKED FOR PROGRESS REPORTS ON NEXT STEPS…

WE BEGIN WITH A SMASH AND GRAB ROBBERIES THAT HAVE TERRIFIED JEWELRY SHOP OWNERS AND THEIR CUSTOMERS ALL ACROSS THE BAY AREA. THE MOST RECENT, THIS FRIGHTENING TAKEOVER IN SAN RAMON. THE THIEVES SHOOTING THEIR WAY THROUGH A LOCKED DOOR JUST TO ESCAPE. AND NEW DRONE VIDEO FROM POLICE SHOWS THE MOB STREAMING OUT OF THE JEWELERS AT CITY CENTER BISHOP RANCH, WHERE THEY HAD SEVERAL GETAWAY CARS PRE-POSITIONED TO MAKE THAT QUICK ESCAPE. AND WE’VE SEEN SIMILAR INCIDENTS IN EVERY PART OF THE BAY AREA. THIS ROBBERY IN SAN JOSE RATTLING COMMUNITY MEMBERS AFTER THE STORE OWNER WAS BEATEN…

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