A man walking by earlier today looked at the damage behind me and shook his head. Wouldnt you know, five minutes later, he came back to tell me that his own car was struck overnight by smashandgrab thieves. My car got broken into it. Everywhere you walk you will see glass. It just happens so often. Reporter he walked by music lovers along bush and steiner, an audio store hit by smashand grab thieves. Literally, every morning, you hope your car is not broken in there and walked over there, and sure enough, the window is broken into. Reporter hes not sure whats been stolen. Back at music lovers, thieves made off with valuable equipment. Witnesses describe three men in masked, armed with bats. One guy had like a handful of speakers, mainly just multiple speak. Reporter the burglary happened at 4 00 under the cover of darkness. Pretty much smash and grab but they definitely knew what there were doing. Pretty quick. Reporter the owner tells ktvu his store was also hit three weeks ago. Burglars cost him some 20,000 that time. We see it every day. There is a playstation three blocks from here. Reporter but police say tracking down stolen equipment is nearly impossible. Gonna explore all. Different avenues. We will be on craigslist, ebay, local markets, what have you. They are out there. Going 40 Different Directions with a couple of different people times gets tough. Reporter the owner of music loverrers is preparing to put gates over his windows and he will clean up the mess hes facing with his car. This is no surprise. Now i have to deal with my car. Reporter now, San Francisco police have been out here combing the area for Surveillance Video as well as dusting for fingerprints and my colleague will be picking up the story. If that Surveillance Video is released, well be sure to bring it to you, tori. All right. Thank you, katie. This burglary comes five days after another smashandgrab at a highend audio store 11 blocks away at california an polk street. Police say someone in a pickup truck backed into audio vision several times and made off with boxes of merchandise. These are surveillance photos of that truck. Damage to the store was estimated at 100,000. A big rig driver suffered minor injuries when his rig flipped over in oakland this morning. Police tell us the accident happened after 9 00 a. M. At 7th and maritime streets near the port of oakland. For some reason the truck went over to its side and breechly caught fire. But the driver was able to get out. He was treated by the scene by paramedics. Part of 7th street is closed while crews clear up the accident. A Police Search is underway after someone stole a prosthetic leg out of the car that blocked to a bay area man who is training for the 2016 paralympics. Steiner posted this photo of his car with the smashed window. It was broken into monday night in San Francisco. Steiner was a star athlete at Gun High School in palo alto who whose leg was amputated four years ago after he developed bone cancer. The thief stole a laptop, a carry bag and a right prosthetic leg. Stein sear says its specially designed to him and is useless to anyone else. It will be different to train without it. Steiner and police want people to share the image of the leg on social media so that if its spotted it can be recovered. We have posted the image on our ktvu Facebook Page if you would like to share. A second suspect has been arrested in the killing of robert highser found dead last month in gilroy. 22yearold rodrigo was already in custody on another matter. The first suspect, 19yearold Gabriella Ortiz was arrested last month. Police are still looking for a third suspect scene with ortiz on a Convenience Store video. Investigators say the video shows the two women using the victims credit card shortly after the murder. That third suspect is identified as 17yearold isabella. Highser was found dead in his home two weeks ago. Investigators in vallejo are working to figure out what started a huge fire inside an abandoned building. The building on via vista once housed the main offices of the Vallejo School district. Police say it since has become a haven for squatters. When vallejo firefighters arrived around 10 00 last night, they were told a man and his dog were trapped inside. After crews out the fire, they carried out a room by room search but found no one inside. Neighbors say this fire does not surprise them. It was just a matter of time, you know, its been the weather, its been cold in the mornings and im sure people are trying to provide themselves heat and probably trying to cook food. Its a matter of time before something would go up in the blaze. Police had removed Homeless People several times in the past. San Jose City Council has decided to apply for federal grant money to hire more firefighters but at least one city leader worries this may be a temporary fix. The city had to close firehouses and cut staffing during the recession. Because of that, san jose is not meeting its goal of responding to 90 of fire calls in eight minutes or less. If the city wins the 3 million grant, it could help pay for 14 new firefighters. Were trying to get back to the staffing. Our peak staffing was 758 in 2007, 2008. Were 659. Were in thing in the aggregate struggling. The goal is to continue to grow it. Not take the money and hire and watch the firefighters leave. San jose will be in competition to get the federal money but the city has been successful in receiving grant money the last two years. The trial of the alleged Boston Marathon bomber began today with his attorney saying, it was him. 21yearold Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is accused of helping to set two bombs that killed three people and injured 260 others near the finish line of the race in 2013. But in her opening statements, Dzhokhar Tsarnaevs attorney said the suspects brother was the ringleader. He was killed in a shootout with police shortly after the bombing. Today, the jury was shown graphic video of the deadly attacks. A woman whose two sons both lost a leg in the bombings says she hopes he will be sentenced to death. That would be justice for me. For my voice, for myself, for how i feel. The prosecutor painted Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as unrepentant acting like he didnt have a care in the world after the bombings. He said he hung out with friends while victims were learning their limbs would have to be amputated. The Justice Department released a scathing report accusing police in ferguson, missouri of a pattern of racial discrimination. This follows the death of michael brown. He was shot and killed by a white Police Officer last august leading to natural protests. Natural protests. According to the report, police used excessives force against africanamericans. It also says they stopped black people twice as often as whites for traffic violations. The Police Department faces a list of 26 changes necessary to remedy the unlawful practices some are calling on fergusons chief to step down. That demands a certain level of accountability and i think the chief has to resign. Its the only way the community can move forward. The Justice Department says it will not prosecute Darren Wilson for shooting michael brown. Federal officials said there was no evidence to dispute wilsons claim that he feared for his safety. Sacramento lawmakers are introducing a bill that would teach Sexual Assault prevention in high school. The legislation would require classes on Sexual Assault, violence and information about developing healthy relationships. There would also be information on the states new yes means yes law. That law requires colleges to teach students how to clearly state consent for Sexual Activity but if the new law passes, not all students would have to take the classes. California law allows parents to opt out of sexual education. The Affordable Care act was back before the Supreme Court this morning. Observers say the justices agreesively questioned attorney agres aggressively questioned attorneys on both sides. How the justices interpret four words can help subsidize Health Coverage for americans. Reporter deja vu outside of the Supreme Court as opponents an supporters of president obamas healthcare law faceoff. This is about real people. This is about putting patients over politics. We cannot have another decision like we did in the last obamacare case. Reporter inside the court, justices heard arguments focusing on really just four words in the law. Established by the state. The issue is whether meshes who bought insurance through the federal healthcare exchanges are entitled to tax subsidies extended to them by the irs. Critics argue they are only for people who bought bol policies who bought policies. It would be hard pressed for me to see the court rewrite the law here. Reporter this would impact between 7 million and 8 Million People and the health and Human Services secretary washes of massive damage to the system warns of massive damage to the system. Officials admit they dont have a backup plan if the highest court deals them a potentially fatal blow. We dont have an administrative action that we believe can undo you the damage. Reporter the president earlier this week didnt seem to worried. In our view, not a plausible legal basis for striking it down. Reporter this is the third time justices have heard arguments surrounding parts of obamacare, a decision on this case is expected by late june. In washington, back to you. Samesex marriage is on hold in alabama for now. The Supreme Court ordered lower courts to stop issuing licenses yesterday, nearly three weeks after a state what ban was overturned. Its not clear if those who received marriage licenses during that time will be affected by this latest ruling. The u. S. Supreme court will take up the issue this session and a decision could be handed down in june. Still to come a controversial plan on a San Francisco street. And the first round of lawsuits after the asiana crash at sfo. Warmer temperatures are heading our way. Mark tamayo will be here with the bay area forecast. Without u. S. Help, iraqi troops battle with isis fighters for control of saddam husseins home town. An update and who is helping in the fight. [ birds chirping ] [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when theyre smoked. [ rat squeaking ] theyre dangerous long after. Cigarette butts are toxic. They release chemicals that poison our water. And harm wildlife. And millions. Are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] the first lawsuits from the asiana jet crash at San FranciscoInternational Airport are now settled. The boeing 777 from south korea was landing at sfo in july of 2013 when the plane clipped the sea wall at the end of the runway, crashed and burst into flames. Three Chinese Students on the flight died and more than 180 others were hurt. A lawyer for 72 of the passengers announced an agreement to settle their personal injury lawsuits but details are not being made public. There are still dozens of other lawsuits pending. Meanwhile, more than 200 passengers on a Turkish Airlines jet had to use the emergency slides to escape after a very rough landing. The plane slid off the runway and ended up on its nose while landing in nepal. The rainway was runway was slippery and there was dense fog. One person was hospitalized with injuries. The fight against isis, this comes as iraqi fighters climb to retains town of tikrit with iranian support. Heres more on the iraqi mission. Reporter iraqi fighters remain locked in a battle for control of tikrit, a city 80 miles north of baghdad. Targeting villages in the surrounding areas today all without american assistance. Iranian involvement in the mission with concern. Were trying to support including our train equip is a strong multisectarian government of iraq. Reporter the u. S. Led coalition is taking on isis several elsewhere. Several airstrikes destroying over the last few days. A top u. S. Commander says hundreds of extremist vehicles and Weapons Systems have been taken out since the mission began. The fact is he can no longer do what he did at the outset which is to seize and to hold new territory. He has assumed a defensive crouch in iraq. Reporter recapturing mosul, taking tikrit key to the mission as it lies on the road connecting mosul to baghdad. The u. S. Militarys decision to announce the time line is drawing criticism. I never understood that report that came out a week ago that outlined in we dale what would question go in detail what we were gonna do. Reporter the fight could be pushed back if iraqi forces need more time to prepare. Back to you. As expected, we just learned the Republicanled Senate failed to overturn president obamas veto of the bill approving the keystone xl pipeline. President obama will sign the justpassed funding bill for the Homeland Security department as soon as he receives it. The republicanled house passed the bill yesterday that will fund the department through the end of the fiscal year. John boehner told republicans they have few options. He said it would be worse politically, if they allowed Homeland Security to shut down. Conservatives have been insisting on tying the money to the president s expect executive orders on immigration. They plan to take on immigration separately. San francisco is green lighting a controversial plan we told you about yesterday to redesign polk street. Business owners and people who live in the neighborhood packed yesterdays meeting. The 8 Million Construction project adds new crosswalks along polk street and bike lanes for one side of the street. The city is concerned about pedestrian safety. 122 people have been hit by cars while walking or bicycling in the area in the past five years. A few years ago, i have a bicycle accident and its bad. They need to i dont know do something. Ive been working here in the city for 37 years. Im here. Im not happy. That will be less people to come and buy in the stores. Business owners are against this because it would eliminate 140 Parking Spaces in an area where parking spots are already difficult to find. A Bicycle Group also opposes the plan because they wont project tection protection along both sides of the street. A lot of sunshine once again. Temperatures in the perfect, comfortable range. Nothing too hot. Not too cold as well. You can see San Francisco bay. Im looking at the bay conditions. We call it almost like glassy out there. The wind is not too much of a factor. Winds maybe around 5, 10 miles an hour shaping up to be a beautiful wednesday afternoon. On the satellite, we have the clear skies. We saw the clear skies in that live camera and the clear skies on the satellite here. The storm track heading way up to the north. Its coming closer to california. There is the satellite loop. The entire state is in the clear. Thats a different story on monday where we had the active weather especially down in Southern California with the thunderstorms and the hail. Right now, mostly sunny skies and temperatures look at this after the cool start this morning. A nice recovery already back up to the 60s. For santa rosa, walnut creek, san jose, 65. Look at San Francisco were just looking at San Francisco at that live camera, 63 degrees. Forecast headlines. More sunshine for today. More sunshine for thursday and friday. It will be a dry weekend and a warmer weekend as well. So sunny and mild for today as we take a closer look with temperatures in the 60s. Here is the wider perspective, once again, as High Pressure is developing out here in the pacific. This will push the storm track up to the north. With that, low 70s this weekend. A few neighborhoods could be approaching the mid70s this weekend. No sign of rain the next five days. Could be changing, though, maybe a week from now. Maybe tuesday into wednesday of next week there is the chance. Here we are into the weekend. A few high clouds, approaching Northern California and then into next week, theres the chance of a few rain showers paying us a visit. Well keep an eye on that potential weather pattern change. Forecast highs this afternoon, were heading up. You can see those readings in the upper 60s to around 70. San francisco 65 degrees and a look ahead to your fiveday forecast, you can pick out more sunshine into your thursday. No rain clouds to talk about on any of these panels. In fact, you can see temperatures, that will be the big story into the weekend backup into the low to mid70s. The chinese new years parade looks pretty good in San Francisco with the temperatures mild. Could be in the lower 60s. It seems like every other year were tracking a major storm. For the parade it will be dry. Should mean pretty big crowds. Absolutely. Thank you. Still to come, another round of layoffs, why starkt employees are why target employees are finding themselves in the bulls eye of layoffs. Stocks lower on wall street pulling indexes further below record highs. However, u. S. Businesses added more than 200,000 jobs for the 13th straight month. The latest sign of strong hiring. The dow is down 110. The nasdaq down 11. And the s p down 9. Target plans to cut several thousand jobs over the next two years. All of the cuts will be made at the companys headquarters in minnesota where 500 employees were let go less than a month ago. The unprecedented move will reportedly save the company 2 billion and create what it calls a more efficient and guest focused team. Moving forward, target says it wants to attract more Online Shoppers and opennate express Stores Across open eight express Stores Across the country to attract younger shoppers. Breaking news in oakland. A car ran right into a 7eleven on piedmont avenue. This is skyfox over the scene right now. You can see some Police Activity right there. So far we dont have any confirmed information about any injuries or the circumstances of the accident. As we get more information, we will keep you posted online on our Facebook Page and website as well. Friday morning will be your last chance to see the light sculpture on the bay bridge. 25,000 computerprogrammed l. E. D. Lights were installed on the western span in 2013. Caltran said they will have been to be dismainsled to do dismantled to do work. It will take about a year to do the work. They should be back up and running for super bowl 50 next year. Tonight at 5 00, bay area doctors prepare for a surgery that will involve a sixway kidney transplant that takes part over two days and the dramatic rescue of dogs from a california fire. Body cam video that shows the dogs being thrown from a window. Thank you for making cute your choice ktvu your choice for news. Were always here for you at ktvu. 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