susie steimle has the story. >> reporter: this was the scene on the usually quiet scene. the driver not only try to run the cyclist off the road, but also threatens his life. >> unfortunately, it is not the first time i have seen smug like this. and any time you threaten to use your vehicle as a weapon, you should be held accountable. >> reporter: jim elias is the executive director of the marine county bicycle coalition. it is fortunate the bicyclist had a camera rolling. the police were able to track the driver down with the video and charge him with reckless driving. cyclists say that doesn't happen. >> if a car harass you they say we were not there to see it. >> reporter: richard gutierrez owns the breaking away bicycle shop down the street. he says he is glad to see some accountability and enforcement. >> should everything go to court? why not. >> reporter: that said, gutierrez like many cyclists is also a driver and sees both sides. >> there is always somebody doing something rude. particularly the bikes, they just fly through here without looking at the stop signs.

tonight, kpix5's susie steimle reports she was stepped from her home in the ocean view neighborhood when she was killed. >> reporter: leanne wu's niece says she was walking to the bus stop when she was shot. now, they are hopeing to move her daughter to a safer home. >> we heard boom, boom, boom, boom, we heard gunshots. >> reporter: gwynn brown was one of the first people on the scene. her nonprofit works to deter violence with inner city youth. her training kicked in when she saw two people bleeding on the ground. when she saw the woman next to them, she knew she wouldn't survive. >> i checked for a pulse. i felt no pulse. i checked her neck and her wrist. i didn't feel anything. >> three victims on the ground. there is another victim in front of the barbershop as well. >> reporter: newly released dispatch calls give us a glimpse into the chaotic triple shooting on plymouth and broad street. all the victims are innocent bystander. one of the men was working for muni at the time shots rang out. initial reports detail the car the suspects may have been driving. >> we have a suspect descr

susie steimle shows us. >> reporter: dave has enjoyed sweeping views of san francisco on his home in glen park. three months ago, these two by fours wents up to mark what would be a basketball court inside the home next door. but it is not just the basketball court, swimming pool, and sauna plans that bother him. entrepreneur keith rabroi lives down the street and purchased the property in november of 2015. they are worried the place will serve as a rec center and party spot. >> this is a money is no object kind of project. >> he has big bucks and thinks he can buy his way into anything. i hope the city lets him know he cannot. >> reporter: nancy and her husband have lived across the street since 1964. she plans to tell him he needs to change his plans. according to the planning department if you are going to remodel your home, you have to let anyone with 150 feet to know before that construction starts. so everyone on the hill had a warning but down here on addison street they found out this weekend when dave started handing tout flyers himself. >> i feel bad for people on both side

in san francisco, susie steimle, kpix 5. >>> a verdict in a tragic case that cost a young boy his life a stabbing death of 9-year-old jordanie almgren in discovery bay two years ago. he had been playing videogames with the older brother. the next phase of the trial will deal with the mental state of schultz. if he is found to be insane he will be cleared of all charges. >>> here's a strange one. a flaming tortilla being blamed for sparking a fire that left two people hurt at a redwood city school. firefighters say that food was being prepared for multicultural day at sandpiper elementary school when somehow the tortilla caught fire! the flames then spread to a poster and a copy machine and you get the picture. a parent and custodian had minor injuries as they put out the flames. no students were injured. >>> we have developing news out of atlanta where fire has caused an overpass to collapse along a major interstate. this is i-85 which runs through the heart of the southern city. the intense flames caused the roadbed to collapse. this happened during rush hour. not clear what caused th

susie steimle reports if it passes it would give san francisco the most sweeping lactation policy in the entire country. >> new mothers juggle a million things just to get through the day. >> reporter: with her 9-month- old son adrian on her hip, julia parrish stood in solidarity with supervisor katy tang today who introduced legislation to make breast- feeding easier for working mothers in san francisco. >> i think that san francisco and the rest of the country here frankly is very behind and i think that, you know, many mothers they don't have a choibothey get to return to work or not. >> reporter: the legislation requires all san francisco employers do three things: provide a clean private space specifically for pumping with an electrical outlet and sink, create a lactation policy and initiate a conversation with female employees before they go on maternity leave. >> one of the big barriers is [ indiscernible ] it's hard in general but a huge barrier is having a conversation with your employer and finding a space in your workplace. >> reporter: the legislative aide, her pregnancy

susie steimle has more on their concerns >>> reporter: for 11 years dave has enjoyed sweeping views of san francisco from his backyard in glen park. three months ago these two by fours went up to mark what will be a basketball court inside the home next door. but it's not just the basketball court, swimming pool and sauna plans that bother him. tech entrepreneur and and venture capitalist lives down the street and purchased the property in november of 2015. neighbors worry the place will serve as a rec center and party spot. he didn't respond to requests for an interview. >> this is a money is no object kind of project and it's going to impact the neighborhood. >> he has big bucks and he thinks he can buy his way into anything he can't. he can't. >> reporter: nancy and her husband lived across the street since 1964. she plans to attend a public hearing on april 6 to tell the homeowner he needs to change his plans. according to the planning department if you are going to remodel your home you have to let people within 150-foot radius before the construction start. down here on addison s

kpix5's susie steimle says tonight the mystery is solved. >> reporter: it's no secret the streets of san francisco can have an unpleasant aroma. >> so it can smell like urine. >> reporter: thanks to mother nature, some areas of the tenderloin and the mission are coming up smelling -- >> a lot like orange blossoms. >> reporter: they're called victorian box trees. friends of the urban forest helped strategically plant these trees around the city to help mitigate bad smells. >> we recommend these for areas that might not have the most beautiful smell throughout the day. >> reporter: much like the mission where they thrive, these trees blossom at night. >> there's a lot of plants and trees that are pollinated in the daytime. well, this may be a way for it not have to compete with all the daytime activity. >> reporter: arborists say we're noticing them more this year because they barely bloomed during the drought. there are 5,395 of these trees in san francisco helping nip some city smells in the bud. >> these trees are at the tail end of their full bloom. so you only have a little bit mo

as susie steimle reports, the victim was steps from her hope in the oceanview neighborhood when she was killed. >> reporter: leann says she was walking to the bus stop when she was shot to death in her oceanview neighborhood. now her family is hoping to move their daughterrer to a safer home. >> we heard booms like gunshots. >> reporter: gwen was one of the first people on the scene. her nonprofit works to deter violence winner city youth. she says her -- with inner city youth. she says her training kicked in when she saw two men bleeding on the ground and saw a woman dying. >> i tried to check her for pulse. and i didn't feel a pulse. so first i checked her neck, then tried to check for her wrist. i didn't feel anything. >> may be three victims on the ground. there's another victim in front of the barbershop as well. >> reporter: newly released dispatch calls give us a glimpse into the chaotic shooting on plymouth and broad. police call all victims innocent bystanders. we know one of the men was working for muni at the time shots rang out. initial reports detailed the car the suspects

as kpix 5's susie steimle reports, residents are calling for more security. >> reporter: police have made an arrest in the triple shooting that took the life of 65-year-old lian wu 24-year-old jonathan santos of vallejo charged with murder and two counts of attempted murder. this is the third fatal shooting here since november. and business owners like thelma orozco say something has to change. >> you worry about your staying open here with the violence. >> reporter: police came to talk to her about what they can do to curb crime. >> put camera outside for 24 hours. >> reporter: most residents say police know what to do patrol more often but that's expensive. >> i want to see the police department in this neighborhood. >> reporter: gwen brown was one of the first people on the scene. we talked to her last night about wrapping tourniquettes on the two men who were shot. police still haven't spoken to her. >> i didn't give a statement to the police. but i think there was a lot going on. >> reporter: we have now learned police made an arrest within minutes of the murders. still, this mo

in pittsburg, susie steimle, kpix 5. >>> sty "sky drone 5" in the santa cruz mountains today checking out the huge crater in the middle of highway 35. the roadway warned out about three weeks ago during the storms and it will be months and months before it sees any traffic. kpix 5's kiet do on why the massive repair project could be an engineering nightmare. >> reporter: it's been nearly three weeks since the last major storm and with the ground drying out, we took "sky drone 5" in deeper and farther down the highway 35 mudslide than before. from down here it's clear whatever fix caltrans comes up with will be long, complex and very, very expensive. >> huge hole. the engineering would be amazing how to make it work. >> reporter: one option is to shore it up and build the highway back to the way it was before. but the amount of earth needed to build up the foundation is staggering. another option is to reroute the highway up the mountain. and another could have a bridge across the 150-foot span. whatever design they choose it, will have to wait for the end of the rainy season, require

kpix 5's susie steimle reports. >> these are good. >> reporter: girl scout cookies and marijuana are not exactly an original combination. but girl scouts betting with the marijuana dispensary is. >> the winner would get fresh baked cookies from the loser. >> reporter: a san francisco girl scout troop challenged a group to convince as many people as possible to donate to the kindergarten-to-college charity program. >> so the girl scouts won. >> reporter: this wasn't some half-baked plan. the girl scouts know working with dispensaries often goes well for them. when they sold cookies outside the dispensary in 2014, that story went viral. >> her mother was quoted as saying that she sold about 117 boxes in two hours. >> it was a great experience for me to bring my girls in front of a dispensary and have that conversation about drugs. what does it mean, people may be different in certain needs. >> reporter: carol says her plan was to make sure her girls were more aware of the community. the dispensary hopes it will lift a social stigma for them. >> it's a strong demonstration that dispensa

in napa, susie steimle, kpix 5. >> alameda county has now declared a local emergency. it wants to hear from anyone who has storm-related damage to their home or business. just send them an email. >>> bart riders will finally be able to ride the trains all the way down to warm springs in fremont in a couple of weeks. that five mile extension on the fremont line opens up on march 25th. it's the first addition for bart in 6 years. bart was scheduled to open it in 2014. but long delays kept pushing the project back. one problem was trying to get the newer technology to communicate with bart's older computer systems. the new warm springs station has more than 2,000 parking spots and will also be a hub for ac transit and vta buses. >>> new at 6:00 a plan to make it easier to build affordable housing in neighborhoods even if the neighborhood doesn't want it. kpix 5's melissa caen has an example of how nimby-ism delayed one project for a long time. melissa. >> reporter: yeah, veronica. we are here at booker t. washington community center. and it's under construction. getting r

in oakland susie steimle, kpix5. >>> tonight a first fast food restaurant has been slapped with a lawsuit by a blind customer. etsa which started in san francisco features self-serve kiosks and quinoa bowls delivered through small cubbies. a blind new york man says the chain offers no audio or tactile options to the seeing impaired. his lawsuit seeks class action status. etsa is not commenting but has posted changes are coming on its facebook page. >>> march madness taking over the south bay, sweet 16 got underway today with four big name ncaa teams tipping off in san jose. kpix5's jessica flores was there. r... nat: n >> reporter: we are in front of the s.a.p. center where there were two nail biting games tonight and we know a lot of fans will be going home heart broken. march madness sweeping san jose, gonzaga, west virginia, arizona and xavier fans descending onto the city watching the heart pounding games at the s.a.p. center. f mourners paid tribute to those a worthwhile trip for this gonzaga fan who flew in from out of state. >> i was on the edge of my seat dying every second and at

stews sues shows us the angry confrontation on a popular by the -- susie steimle shows us the angry confrontation on a popular bike route. >> reporter: you can see the driver tries to run the cyclist off the road, but also threatens his life. [ yelling ] >> unfortunately, it's not the first time i have seen something like this. and anytime you threaten to use your vehicle as a weapon, you should be health accountable. >> reporter: jim elias is the executive director of the marin county bicycle coalition. he says it's fortunate this cyclist had a camera rolling. the police tracked the driver down and charged him with reckless driving. >> if a car harrasses you, the police are like, we weren't here to see it so there's nothing we can do about it. >> reporter: he owns a shop down the street. he says he is glad to see some accountability and enforcement. >> should everything start going to court? why not. maybe people will start taking it more seriously. >> reporter: that being said, he is also a driver and sees both sides. >> there's always something doing something rude and, you know, particularly

kpix 5's susie steimle with the road rage the cyclist captured on his own camera. >> reporter: the cyclist tells me he is very lucky his gopro camera was rolling on the back of his bicycle just for instances like this. cyclists say it's very hard to turn in drivers to police who harass them on the road. but they are hoping this story can change that. [ beep ] >> reporter: this was the scene on the usually quiet ross common a few weeks ago. you can see the driver not only tries to run the cyclist off the road, but also threatens his life. >> turn off the camera! >> unfortunately, it's not the first time i have seen something like this and anytime you threaten to use your vehicle as a weapon, you should be held accountable. >> reporter: jim elias is the exec tv director of the marin county bicycle coalition. he says it's fortunate this cyclist had a camera rolling. when he turned the video in to police they charged the person with reckless driving. >> if a car harrasses you, we didn't see it so we can't do anything about it, say the police. >> reporter: this man owns a bike shop down the str

susie steimle, kpix 5. >>> new at 6:00 "sky drone 5" over one of the bay area's biggest sinkholes. a gaping monster whose days are now numbered, we hear. kpix 5's juliette goodrich live on miner road in orinda with the obstacles to repairs that's just been removed. this has been there a long time, juliette. >> reporter: yeah. this is good news. the green light to finally get the repairs going. this is the massive sinkhole as you can see here that slices through miner road. it's the main road in and out for close to 3,000 orinda residents and for months, neighbors have had to take the long detour to get around the sinkhole. well, now not for much longer. it hasn't been an easy road for orinda residents. they have had to take the long way home. >> traffic, then potholes. >> narrow streets and the curves are pretty dangerous. >> reporter: with detour signs along the way.