Is it worth it . Yers live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. More bay area neighborhoods are hiring security guards, but is it worth it . Tonight, kpix5s Christin Ayers is hearing about an 85 drop in crime. Reporter it happened after hours on a block in oakland where private security has been patrolling for months. The homeowner did not want to show her face on television, but told us thieves ran a stolen car into her home ripping her garage door wide open. When you have a crime happen to your house, it makes it person. Reporter she is advocates for more patrolling. Neighborhood watch groups have been crunches the numbers and they say the patrols are working. That burglaries and robberies have dropped 43 . That is alexander smith, a patrolman for Security Code three. He drives the route where another guard actually shot a man after a Home Invasion last month. Property crimes are down. Because we are here. Reporter but not so fast. Oakland police told me it is still too early to tell whether patrols like these are making a difference. Crime may just spilling over to other areas. When you fortify your house so they go next door. Reporter luke peace leaves in the Oakland Hills and is not sold on private patrols even though thieves ransacked his home. And jill says while the patrols have given some oaklanders peace of mind, they create new problem. It gets very messy. They have had to form llcs because there is liability surrounding that. Is that what a Neighborhood Group is supposed to be taxed with and they have to pay the legal fees for protecting themselves . That is no way to live. Reporter she says the patrols are nice, but oakland is going to need more officers and a Permanent Police chief to see change. In oakland, Christin Ayers, kpix5. Oakland police have been starting meeting with the private companies to compare notes. People in one bay area city could be getting a very big raise. Andria borba is in richmond where the city council the talking about it now. Reporter just a few minutes ago, the Richmond CityCouncil Voted to raise the minimum wage here in the city of richmond to 12. 30 an hour. At the puff hut, burgers are always thered the order of the day. Workers demand the city council take action to raise the minimum wage. Eight or nine dollars an hour, make it less of the take home. Reporter the ordnance would raise the minimum wage to above the state rate. Possibly as high as 15 an hour. Christian perez, owner of the puff hut says it is hard difficult. They have to pay all the bills an then the workers. And you have to see what you have left. Reporter it is something even the customers think about. The benefit would be for more workers having a living wage job which is necessary. It is something i am always looking for, for my clients to find living wage jobs they can afford to raise their families. Reporter for christian, it comes down to burgers an buns. We will have to sell 10 burgers in 30 minutes to afford it. Andria borba kpix5. We just learned what happened in pacifica. A man held the swat team and police at bay in a home on san pidro avenue. They said their adult son was paranoid and armed with an ax. 6 00 p. M. Tonight, officers shot a flash grenade and went in the house. The suspect stabbed a swat team member. Late tonight, officers said they were forced to shoot and kill him. The injured officer will be okay. An Alameda County sheriffs deputy shot a guy in the arm after he tried to run the deputy over with his bmw. Deputies tried to pull over the driver in hayward but he sped off. They found him at grant avenue in uncorporated san lorenzo. The man drove toward the deputy and he opened fire, hitting him in the bicep. The driver was arrested. Some of the boys in blue in San Francisco are coming to the aid of fellow officers but joe vasquez says the fellow officers are accused of being dirty cops. Reporter the police union is angry because it believes its members are being judged guilty prematurely in the public eye. So now they will be holing a series of fundraisers, even a raffle to help the officers. A flyers on the Facebook Page includes the slogan sometimes there is justice, sometimes there is just us. Raffle prizes will include a trip to ireland, an ipad and a 60inch television. The officers were indicted last month on federal charges. The publy defender says the officers were caught on tape violating the constitution. Some are accused of stealing drugs and falsifying police reports. They are saying it is based on the questionable testimony of unreliable informant witnesses. Joe vasquez, kpix5. The first fundraiser is scheduled for thursday. Witnesses looked on in horror as a seattle news chopper crashed shortly after takeoff. It burst into a fire ball when it slammed into the ground hitting three cars. Witnesses say the helicopter appeared to tilt before going down. The two men on board, a pilot and photographer were killed. A driver was badly burned and is hospitalized in serious condition. He walked out of his car bleeding and his shirt on fire. He walked 20 feet and collapsed. The ntsb is handling the investigation. Seattles mayor says he is going to reconsider allowing helicopters to take off and land on rooftops. Where is that plane . The late toast night. Sources tell cbs news that someone with aviation experience reprogrammed the plane to turn from its original course. The Thai Military is just now reporting that it saw radar blips that could have been the missing plane flying toward the strait of malacca. Authorities searched both pilots computers and emailing but came up empty. Tonight, theres a lot of talk about a possible fire. Cbs reporter stacy butler asked an aviation expert about that. It is the biggest mystery. Reporter when it comes to theories about what happened to Malaysia Airline flight 370, retired boeing 777 pilot ross says any emergency, even a fire, could have caused the pilot to take the sharp left turn aiming for the closest airport he was familiar with to land a triple 7. Think time you are in an airplane, you are thinking if i need to put this down, where do i put it down . Reporter there have been reports the flight was carrying highly explosive lithium batteries banned in the u. S. If so, the fire theory may not be farfetched. Reporter lithium ion batteries are very volatile. Reporter he says if the pilot calls for help on the radio, it is likely it never went it. It is very sporadic. They may have called on hf and nobody heard them. Reporter Malaysian Police are looking into the possibilities of terrorism, hi jacking or Mental Health issues of those on board. Because we have no solid evidence, we cant discount anything. Reporter search crews from 26 countries are now looking for the jet liner. One u. S. Naval commander said trying to find the plane is like trying to find a few people somewhere between california and new york. In orange county, stacy butler, kpix5. Tonight, the search area has grown to roughly the size of australia. Right now, ukrainian troops are fearing for war with russia. They fear crimea is just the beginning. They know they would be significantly outgunned in the battle. It rekindles memories of the cold war. Despite warnings and threats from the west, Vladimir Putin annexed crimea anyway. Today, president obama righted a historic wrong. He awarded 2 dozen veterans the medal of honor. Only three lived to attend the ceremony at the white house. Those veterans from three separate wars had already been recognized but 19 were denied the nations highest military honor because of racial and religious prejudice. Some of these soldiers fought and died for a country that did not always see them as equal. I think whatever injustice was done, it should now be open and this opens up for more people to feel the way we do today. Among the recipients. Joe baldinado of gilroy. He died saving his platoon in korea 65 years ago. Getting you help faster. One bay area city stacy butler changing the way it responds to 911 calls. We have having an earthquake. The anchors dove for cover. The theory that fracking caused the earthquake in la. We learned someone in the bay area has a megamillions ticket worth a million dollars. Mrs ,,,,,, dispatchers will now send ae tonight, the San Jose Fire Department has a new protocol to handle 911 medical callsful patchers will send a fire unit at the start of each and every call. Now before, they would first ask a series of questions to figure out the nature of the emergency. We are hoping it can save between 30 and 60 seconds which is significant when you think about the 77,000 calls per year. This new procedure is the way of meeting santa clara countys standard of medical emergencies between 8 minutes 90 pecuniary of the time. There is a new theory about yesterdays earthquake in los angeles that had some anchors ducking for cover. Coming up, more problems for. Earthquake we are having an earthquake reporter dave brian says la city leaders want to know was it fracking . Reporter this weeks 4. 4 magnitude earthquake has shaken up things up with the city council who wants to know if fracking operations triggered the quake. When you get the literature about the earthquake today and you find it is on an unknown fault in an area where fracking is going on, you are obligated to see what might have caused that. Fracing, hydraulic fracturing to get oil was the subject of the meeting in carson. If you are going to like at earthquake is going to be a main concept here. If you are going to put water back in where you take away from a rock formation, that water, that salt water, it has to settle. When it settles, you have to drop. Reporter the petroleum country says it has no intention of drilling in residential neighborhoods. They said this will include fracking. We stated over and over again that we will not use fracking. Reporter but neighbors an local activists says there is little trust among carson residents because they have heard all the problems before. Dave brian, kpix5. City council says the usgs discovered some quakes in oklahoma, arkansas, texas, and ohio and they were triggered by activity related to fracking. A close call for two sheriffs deputies and a state trooper in iowa. A pickup truck flew through the air nearly taking them out while they investigated a crash. This is dash cam video. A big rig rear ended the truck, sending it careening toward the group and down the hill. Unbelievably though, the three men were not seriously hurt. A futuristic parking plan that sounds like something you would expect from the jetsons wont will coming to Silicon Valley after all. Betty yu has more. Reporter liz, you think Silicon Valley would be the Perfect Place for this kind of technology, but the city council didnt want to pay for it and they dont believe residents want it either. It could be the new pod on the block. You are looking at what sky trend wants to bring to the streets to mountain view. In partnership with the nasa research center. It takes people off the road which is the first thing. Having vehicles on the road is dirty, takes a lot of energy, it is slow. So by getting people elevated you solve part of the problem. It would hang off a rail. The system is high speed. Low cost, and green. Im really not interested in this point in contributing funds to this. Reporter tonight, the city council decided it did not want to be a test case. I dont want to spend the money, but beyond that, i am not interested in committing myself to a technology that is not there. Reporter exploring these kinds of alternatives is not off the table, though. In terms of the transportation challenges we are seeing, in housing growth, it is important that we not look at Traditional Solutions but innovative ways to move people in and around the cities. Reporter people who live in Silicon Valley are split on whether it is ready to be a jetsons like community. Government is of the people to supply what they need. In mountain view, betty yu, kpix5. Well, we just learned there are two Winning Tickets in tonights 400 million megamillions jackpot. Before you get too excited, they were sold in florida and maryland. But someone in the bay area matched five numbers without the meganumber for 1. 9 million. Not bad. The ticket was purchased at this store, huntington liquor in san bruno. All right, here are the winning numbers. Got them ready . 11, 19, 24, 33, 51, with the megaball of 7. A lot of luck. Awesome. San bruno screaming tonight. Happy, happy. Thats a pretty good consolation prize. Not bad. Not 400 million, only 2. Not a bad day. Thats a good day. He only hit 72 today. Good consolation prize. Second one. Not a millionaire today, but you won the lottery when it comes to weather. Lows will be in the 40s in the south bay. San jose will drop down to 46. More sunshine for you tomorrow. This has been a theme for the month of march. Temperatures running way above normal. Santa rosa, 5andahalf degrees above normal for the month of march. Very warm and very dry. Micro climate forecast, we are taking you north, rohnert park. Low 70s in the north day. Lake county, all the way to fort bragg, temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s. Because of this, are you tired of me talking about this . The big ridge of High Pressure. If you like sunshine, you want me to talk about this. It is blocking any chance of rain coming here and what is left behind the High Pressure is nothing but sunshine. Another sunny day tomorrow. The only thing that will change after thursday, the ridge will begin to move to the south allowing a light on shore flow to come back. The cooling influence of the Pacific Ocean will drop us down a few degrees but we keep the sunshine. Next week, the ridge moves way down to the south allowing the rain to leave the Pacific Northwest and make it here, but that will not happen until next tuesday. So several more days of dry, sunny, mild, weather. The mildest days will be tomorrow and thursday. I dont see a drop of rain until next week. But i see a lot of 07s tomorrow. Concord, 74. Eight degrees above average. San jose, 75. Sunshine, san ramon. Richmond, 72, ukiah, 75 degrees. Sunny, a little cloudier on thursday, then we trend cooler, but cooler for us is 70. Sunshine through the weekend, a little cloudier monday. Rain the back by tuesday. That will be good because that will be about the time it has been two or three weeks since it rained. You dont need to turn the sprinklers on. Mother nature will do it next week. Thanks paul. A toddler falls out of a window and lands right here. The story behind this incredible save next. ,,,,,,,,,,, its all really, really, an amazing story. A toddler plunges out of a third story window and survives with barely a scratch. All thanks to this couple who happened to be walking by with a mattress. They were moving out of their burbank apartment in Southern California when they noticed the kid a little too close to the windows edge. And i threw the mattress getting ready for him. When he is about to fall, i try to cushion his blow into the box springs. There is nothing i can give to repay them from saveing the little boy. The toddler, as you can see, is okay. Amazing. That is something. Perfect timing. 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The warriors up. Golden state goes up. Four warriors touch the ball. Steph curry gets it. Warriors win. Isnt mary, very emotional after fouling out of the game against utah. Gails stormed back. Carrie carter, the steal. Saint mary gets the lead. First lead of the game. Saint mary made sure holts career would continue. Gail is up by 10 and they win 7058. They travel to minnesota for their second round game. Well the raiders may not know who their quarterback will be, but they signed doll and penn. 17yearold sam taggason sighed with the sharks as part of the make a wish foundation. Taking on florida t second period. Martin haveleck. Quentin stores. Sharks stay tied with anaheim. All right, it is time now for your tuesday night top five. Number five, in the jordan premier league. Hani kicks a bad pass and flips it up. Players in shock as it goes in. Number four, great danes knocked out mount saint marys number three, North Carolina state beat xavier behind 25 points from t. J. Warren. 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