Several merchants in downtown San Jose hope the city’s renewed effort to crackdown on open-air drug use will save their businesses.
Whitmire soon after closed her cafe on Santa Clara Street near City Hall, citing drugs and vagrants drove her out of business at that location. But she kept her catering business open.
"It's been really tough," Frank Da Barber owner Vince Deleon said."We've been hanging on by a thread ourselves." "We've had people smoking meth pipes right here in the doorways with the businesses shut down," Deleon said. Foot patrols by officers also became more visible and the city response to NBC Bay Area's reporting has given Holy Cannoli new hope with Whitmire planning to give her café one more shot.
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