Police are connecting the dots. Reporter this investigation is taking on a new urgency tonight. First off, youve got the missing case of venus iraheta, the 17yearold from alexandria. Police desperately trying to find her tonight. Then you have a separate Murder Investigation that police are now saying is possibly linked. It involves a 15yearold girl. Today i smopoke with that girl mother. Asking we not use her name or show her face, from her home the mother of Alexandra Reyes told us about her daughter. My daughter was a good person, not because she was my daughter but because she was truly good, sweet. She got along with everybody. Late last year this mother says her daughter became fearful at school, threatened by ms13 gang members. Take me out of school, my daughter asked me. I told leave. Alex left home. For eight days she kept in touch with her mom, ultimately returning. She took off again. January 6 th was the last contact she had with her daughter. She never returned home. Again
Robert, thank you. Just into our newsroom, a green light for a controversial right to die bill. State senators approved the bill on a 2314 vote late this afternoon. It would allow terminally ill patients to legally end their lives. It passed after the heavily publicized case of brittney maynard, a 29yearold california woman with brain cancer who moved to oregon to legally take her own life. The bill heads to governor browns desk. The governor has not indicated whether or not he will sign it. New at 5 00, this is cell phone video posted on instagram that has caught the attention of the San Francisco police chief. You see two Police Officers graphically describing in a public place what body cameras might show in a fatal police shooting. The two are now under investigation. Nbc bay areas Chuck Coppola is live with details for us. Chu chuck. Reporter janelle, it is not criminal but may be a question of appropriate conduct. Though we have learned their faces, the chief says he knows who th
Open higher. Oil prices rebounding from the lowest close levels from more than five and a half years. West texas trading under 55 a barrel. Crude is up as well. Saudi arabias oil minister said it would be impossible for opec to curve. An olive branch. He is floating the idea of scaling back sanctions on ukraine. The consider that its gesture that russia is making that what we are waiting for. There is no reason to enact any new sanctions. They will allow us to start deescalating the situation. But british Prime Minister David Cameron says russia has to change its behavior in ukraine before theres any talk of backing off the sanctions. Twitter has started to sell advertising in russia. Its trying to boost ref phew outside the u. S. Among the first customers, a wire mls operator. More than a half million mustangs and g. T. Calls are being recalled. Airbags are t ka lamed. Super saturday. The last day of christmas is expected to beat black friday and sales for the first time ever. Shopper
Rain, San Franciscos department of public works this morning rushed to release sandbags to residents. The city stockpile several hundred bags for distribution. Given out approximately 200 sandbags so far. Clearing catch basins and the areas flowing leaves. Weve had a couple of minor incidents with trees coming down. The skies cleared by midday leaving behind flooding that prompted the park service to close the highway. This mans car died moments after he drove through the intersection. I went through the puddle and, a car just stalled. I guess the water just went into the hood. Fear of flooding is strongest in the citys mission district. Heavy rain in april flooded an Apartment Building including a restaurant. The water wants to pool here. This used to be a lagoon. When we have that coupled with high tides the rain has nowhere to go. Whether School Workers is tying to secure the site. It took two days of phone calls. Sandbags could be picked up in the agencies operation yard. Proof of
Palo alto at 2 20 a. M. Hawthorne in palo alto at 2 20 a. M. A woman found a man in her apartment, she screamed and he ran way. She lived on the ground floor of the building in downtown palo alto. Police arent saying how the man got in. Police blocked off the neighborhood and sent dogs to search for him. No luck. So they have since opened the streets back up, called the dogs and are interviewing the woman right now. At this point in time, she is safe and unharmed. She is with detectives and they are conducting interviews and the investigation is ongoing. Reporter we dont know how get to in, whether he took in or whether he may have sexually assaulted the woman. A lot of unanswered questions. This guy is on the loose presumably here in palo alto. Anne makovec, cbs 5. Thank you. Round 1 wasnt so bad. The worst is yet to come. More wet windy weather is bearing down on the bay area and we have Team Coverage this morning with cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran. She is down at daly city. First we