is drawing applause from law enforcement. kron four shows you what the company unveiled today. we think this is going to be a really powerful theft deterrent an increasing number of smartphone owners in the bay area. are losing their expensive devices to strong- arm robbers. and kron 4 s dan kerman has a look at the shocking statistics. and apple s new plan to make it harder toreacti dan: right now. san francisco district attorney george gascon is in new york. he is meeting with other officials. law enforcement leaders. and smartphone manufacturers to discuss this growing problem. gascon has criticized the manufacturers for not doing enough to prevent these thefts. today, he and new york attorney general eric schneiderman released a statement thanking apple. the smartphone summit is scheduled to begin on thursday. iphones already have a app called find my phone which allows you to find your phone location from another phone. that s what i did to disabled because it will req
it s unclear if he will ever be able to talk, but ja-har is reportedly communicating through writing and by nodding his head to yes or no questions. no word yet on what information investigators have gotten out of ja- har.but he is expected to survive. ja-har tsarnaev has been hospitalized since friday night after in a boat. ja-har and his 26-year old brother tamerlin are accused of the marathon bombings that killed 3 people and injured more than 170 others. police also say they killed a m-i-t police officer, car-jacked a man, and engaged in a shootout with police just hours after the fbi released surveillance images of them shootout, and police say his younger brother drove over him when fleeing. the from russia who have lived years. officials are trying to figure out whether older brother tamerlan was triple murder that happened of 9-11 in the boston suburd friends with one of the victims.who had their throats slashed. year. some lawmakers on capitol hill are asking whether
continuing our coverage on this story, we want to show you exactly where the problematic bolts are located. kron 4 charles clifford has a closer look. this is a google earth look at the new eastern span of were looking at it from above treasure island. you can see the old bridge there in the background. two parts.. the skyway suspension tower section which is here. this part of the deck actually hangs from the tower. the bolts that we re talking about are located here. this tower is what s called pier e-2. it s located right where the skyway portion of the bridge meets the suspension tower section. now, if we move in a little closer you can see that there s actually a gap between the deck of the thank bridge and the top of the the support towers. in between are these devices, which are bearings and what are called shear keys. these devices are designed these are bolted to the towers by rods that run between 9 and 24 feet deep into the concrete. these are the bolts that are b
there is a homeless encampment on the scene. in this area. pam: the oakland police department is re- emphasizing a program. that it believes reduces crime. the departmetn says. operation ceasefire is now in full effect. and it is the main tool being used to reduce homicides and violence. kron 4 s alecia reid explains from the city public safety meeting tonight in the fruitvale district. reporter: oakland police chief in the public safety committee has met with the issue of violence. it is an issue here in the police department has incorporated operation cease-fire. police chief howard shore in is to identify that small group of 14 different gangs in oakland to give them the opportunity to stop bad behavior. and take advantage of social services that the city has to offer or suffer harsh consequences for. over the last couple of weeks they have taken his advantage with mentoring. the biggest decrease we are seeing is with murders and shootings. that is what we want to hi
trend in palo alto - 18 home burglaries there the past 30 days. 47 burglaries in redwood city - we ve reported on that. now check out the trend northward on the peninsula. 26 in the city of san mateo the past 4 weeks. faxand in hillsborough.13 so far this year. polcie say that s a broad increase from last year. kron four s teresia estacio reports from belmont.she shows us the burglary trend there, and what police are doing about it. in belmont, police say, they have seen a fifty - percent increase in residential burglaries there. as kron four s terisa estacio reports, police are doubling up their efforts to crack down on the thieves preying on residents. reporter: it was here on bishop road in belmont where police say they had their latest home burglary. thethis is captain halleran early broke front door window, took wallet. may have realized he was home and didn t take anything else. reporter: happening throughout town, capt. halleran says these criminals are taking mu