It was supposed to be a one-day trip to San Francisco for Alabama-based photographer Ashtynn Wilhite.

But almost all of the photos she took at a wedding were deleted after her car was broken into near the Painted Ladies on September 21. The disaster, which occurred between 7 a.m. and 7:30 a.m., cost his camera equipment around $ 15,000.

“We had such a phenomenal day there and suddenly it was just torn away,” Wilhite told SFGATE. “It was so sad.”

Her clients, Alex and Tyler Hammel, got married in Birmingham, Alabama earlier this month. The couple offered a $ 2,000 reward for getting their photos back. Wilhite, on the other hand, also gave a $ 5,000 reward for their laptop and the hard drive returned.

The photographer was supposed to be doing an engagement shoot for another couple in San Francisco when the disaster struck. They agreed to come to Alamo Square for the shoot after changing clothes and taking photos in San Francisco.

Wilhite put the camera equipment she helped bring with her in the back seat of the car as the trunk was already occupied. She covered it with sheets and went to the nearby Alamo Square for the shoot.

“I saw the glass, but it didn’t really hit me,” she said. “I thought something was broken. I got out of the car and the window was broken. Then it struck me that someone stole our equipment. “

The photographer said she was “immediately shocked” and cried when she fell to her knees.

Wilhite said she alerted the police and had been instructed to contact the 311 and file a report online. It was the same instruction she received when she went to SFPD headquarters to file the report in person.

“Things like that don’t really happen where we come from,” she shared. “If something like this happens, the police would be more interested in helping. But in San Francisco it happens every day, it sucks. There’s really nothing they can do, it’s such a big city. “

The good thing was that the photographer managed to send the Hamels a wedding “sneak peek” shortly after their wedding. Now there were only around 50 photos left from the couple’s special event.

“I don’t usually do that,” Wilhite said. “I gave them a substantial foretaste because their wedding day was so great. I came straight home and did some work. It was a good thing. “

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South San Francisco restaurants that want to continue to dine al fresco will need to obtain a $ 500 permit after the pilot expires on Dec. 31 to retain their parklet or sidewalk extension, the city council decided.

In response to the pandemic, the South San Francisco City Council approved an outdoor pilot program in July 2020. Eleven downtown restaurants and another 10 to 12 privately owned restaurants participated in the program.

The most common feedback from companies was that outdoor dining was critical to keeping business alive during and after the height of the pandemic. The most common challenge was that wind and weather largely determine the success of outdoor dining in any given week, said senior planner Christopher Espiritu.

The al fresco dining program participants were also reluctant to remove the rooms in case there was another shutdown amid the variant of the coronavirus, he said.

“I think there needs to be some flexibility here because obviously I don’t want to put additional pressure, financial pressure on companies that think this is a great option but can’t take advantage of it because it’s too expensive for them. “Said Vice Mayor Mark Nagales.

Councilor James Coleman agreed and suggested finding a possible middle ground to put it up and take that seat off the street.

“I share my concern with colleagues that I don’t want the cost of a permit to scare off restaurants that would otherwise be willing to dine al fresco,” said Coleman.

Other reasons besides the price of the permit are that there are enough staff available to maintain the outdoor area. The applicant would have to make adjustments to their parklet to meet new standards and measure the cost of collecting revenue.

“The reopening of the state and economy on June 15 changed the operational landscape for restaurants,” said Espiritu. “More specifically, business operating costs have increased tremendously, especially food prices. There are staff shortages and other factors such as: B. the need to balance the needs for the majority pick-up and drop-off business and an open indoor and outdoor dining area with fewer administrative staff. “

Since reopening on June 15, the use of these outdoor dining areas has declined significantly, and staff recommend removing unused spaces by the end of the pilot, if not sooner.

The staff plans to work in-house to identify specific requirements for future outdoor dining areas and would then contact companies that have unused or underutilized outdoor dining areas between August and December and instruct them to remove those platforms and decks to start bringing them back to the parking lots.

It is also recommended to follow the procedure for removing road structures and platforms described in the permit requirements and to immediately remove structures made publicly accessible by the participating company.

In October 2020 and March this year, the city council approved two extensions of the pilot program to accommodate a full shutdown and ban on on-site meals during the pandemic. It also approved an expansion of the pilot program to several other types of businesses, including salons, hairdressers, and small retail businesses, but received no applications from these types of businesses.

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