Police have barricades ready to deal with what is sure to be a zoo. At an actual zoo animal keepers in oakland are trying to keep the animals warm. These tortoises are not used to frigid nights. A lot of our animals at the zoo come from more tropical environments and need more heat than we have in the bay area. Reporter the zoo double checks the Heating Systems and added more heat lamps ahead of the cold. The tortoises have their own heated barn the barn usually stays above 70 degrees so its good temperatures for these guys. Reporter the dog days are long gone. As evidenced by luckys added layer. They are east coast transplants but they have changed their definition of whats cold. As soon as i got heremy blood thinned out. Reporter from animals to party animals. Happy new year reporter the bay area will face a night much colder than that. Compared to most of the bay area, these partiers are lucky. Temperatures on the embarcadero will only drop to the mid40s at worst. So the cold could
Pause between the 12 punch of an aggressive series of california storms. Most the rain is headed into the central valley, the satellite loop shows the next low offshore spreading rain into the bay area tomorrow morning and with it gusty winds and a chance of thunderstorms. Well have the complete forecast request what to expect in just a few minutes. The wet weather is making for dangerous driving conditions all over the bay area. About 15 cars crashed this afternoon on northbound 101 south of san jose. It was raining at the time but no one was hurt. All lanes are back open tonight. The chp says rain was also a likely factor in this deadly crash in contra costa county. A Castro Valley man was killed along with his dog after he lost control of his porsche and veered into oncoming traffic on vasco road. He hit two other cars before coming to a stop. One of those drivers had major injuries. The other not badly hurt. The storm caused other power problems. Our cate caugiran is in sausalito t
General are down. Thieving were taking this home and realizing they could not put the phone to use. Reporter those phones once worth big bucks on the street are now worth bupkus thanks to the fix that turns the stolen phone into pretty paperweight. That was shot here at the corner of seventh and market which just a few years ago was the epicenter of the stolen phone black market. We saw the apple markets theft slow down quickly. Reporter the statewide kill switch law goes into effect. As the smartphone moving from calling and texting device to lifeline. It contains so much personal data. Banking data. Medical data. There is so much there that can have such a bad impact. If somebody else gets access to it. Reporter in san francisco, andria borba, kpix5. So overall, really good news if you have a smartphone, but not so great news if you have a car. Turns out car break ins are up in san francisco. Way up. The theory is the thieves have moved onto another easy crime of opportunity. And, th
Tonight dramatic new evidence that the crackdown. Is live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. The smartphone theft epidemic is over. Tonight, dramatic new evidence that the crackdown is working. Lots of thieves have basically given up. They are no longer stealing your smartphones. It is too much of a hassle. The official numbers come out tomorrow, but andria borba has the story tonight. Reporter over and over again. For years, thieves violently attacked people for their smartphones. These days, it is not happening nearly as often. San francisco District Attorney George Gascon says that the kill switch is killing a crime epidemic. He says iphone thefts are down 40 in San Francisco since the kill switch entered the iphone 6 and smartphone thefts in general are down. Thieving were taking this home and realizing they could not put the phone to use. Reporter those phones once worth big bucks on the street are now worth bupkus thanks to the fix that turns the stolen phone int
State of texas, which previously had more than 40. We will speak with the heads of planned parenthood south texas and the lilith fund, which provides grants to texans who need abortions but cannot afford them. Then, for profit family detention. Beta private prison corporations uping millions by locking refugee families. I noticed her left arm, the movement was very limited and her feet were falling asleep. Wehought that was because were in a small space and she wasnt getting out. I could see she was very stressed about being locked in their. She was crying every night. She would ask, why are we here . When are we going to get out . I saw her suffer a lot. We will look at the center, new family prison just south of san antonio, where more than 500 immigrant women and their children are being held as they we deportation. Allegations of Sexual Misconduct among guards has already rocked the facility. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and p