California gold rush history evokes a lot of emotion. Its one of the iconic pieces in this museum. And when the Oakland Museum of california director got the call yesterday that it had been recovered i cried. I was in my car, pulled over and burst into tears. Reporter Oakland Police say 45yearold parolee Andre Franklin has been charged with possession of stolen property. They have been looking for him for the past three weeks and found him driving in oakland on sunday. They wouldnt say if there are other suspects. Cant release any information. This is an ongoing investigation. I dont want to jeopardize the case. We are still actively trying to get items back. Reporter the other items are gold nuggets and three pistols stolen in november. The gold box was taken in january. It was valued years ago at 800,000, long before the price of gold skyrocketed and its priceless for its historic value. Its that history that clicked with officers michael igualdo and prompted his relentless pursuit o
I just. I think that after the last few weeks, you know, and all the trust issues, i think that we should take it slow. Totally. You know, let things unfold naturally. Right. I think ii need some time to. Heather oh, my god. What. I knew it. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org this is kpix5 news on the cw. The bay bridge never looked so good. The new light project is on. Well show you how they do it. Plus, it seems hard to believe after 9 11, but why the tsa will allow knives back on airplanes. The piece of stolen history just recovered and why no one will get the reward for finding it. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. And im ken bastida. It seems like its been a while since weve seen this, yup, thats rain. Paul is tracking the system with our high def doppler. Paul. The heaviest rain fall weve seen in a long time and it is impacting us right now. Take a look at the doppler with that steady rain fall. Moving inland, leaving San Francisc
Status, due to patient confidentiality rules. The bay lights art installation is up now and running on the western span. ooh look at that it debuted last night. This dazzling display of Performance Art is funded by 8 Million Dollars in private donations. It will go on from 6 pm to 2 am nightly until 2015. San franciscos mayor is already imagining the lights as a more permanent fixture. Mayor bite we talk about this being a two year commitment. butt sot with the success this already has, i will predict that people including myself will want this to be ongoing certainly during my lifetime applause the display is illuminated by. 25 thousand led lights. Wrapped around 100 thousand led lights. Wrapped around 100 thousand feet of cable. All those lights the electricity bill must be a fortune, right . Nope just 15 bucks a night. That works out to 11grand over the twoyear lifespan of the display. And remember, kpix5 is the official broadcast partner for the bay bridge alliance. Well have conti