This fleet week we look at an important part of military history. Taking the momentum of fleet week and bringing businesses to San Francisco. How the city wants to turn vacant into vibrant. And meet the tennis player serving up an important life lesson. Tennis is for everybody. No matter what age. From cbs news bay area. This is the prime time edition on pix plus. Good evening. These are tonights prime time headlines. We start with San Francisco police. Continuing to ramp up the fight against retail theft. This time putting 15 million towards blitz operations, the Citywide Program puts extra officers, some in plain clothes in drug and grocery stores. The Department Says just on tuesday a blitz team arrested nine thieves. During todays announcement they said it is down 10 compared to last year. Well, ousted House Speaker say hissy is not thinking of resigning from office. Mccarthy was knocked from the speakers chair earlier this week by hard line republicans and democrats. Heed he will
The interstate transport of marijuana. In october, 2016 two men were killed and one woman shot in the face in sebastopol after a crew from philadelphia allegedly killed them over pot. The suspects in that case, Robert Randolph and maria lebron from philly, still have murder warrants out for their arrest. Its cases like these leaving Sonoma County in a legal lurch. We are investing any marijuana robbery, any Home Invasion type stuff that occurs in Sonoma County. Well follow where it takes us, but were not routinely worried about interstate commerce because thats more of a federal issue. Reporter at least until theres a standard federal law or similar state laws in place nationwide about marijuana. Its up for each state to decide, but you got to think that if marijuana was legal in every state, it would drive the prices down. The commodity would be up and it wouldnt be such a valuable commodity for the black market. Reporter in Sonoma County, andria borba, kpix5. Again. They are still lo
One, the promise to consumers, pay 39. 95 for the free and clear real estate system and make tons of money by learning how to buy homes at auctions and immediately flipping or renting them. According to court records, the feds say in a majority of states, its almost impossible to simply walk in to a government tax sale, pay a few hundred dollars in back taxes and then walk out with a free ask clear deed to a home, because those laws dictate otherwise. He scams hundreds of thousands of other customers. In 2012, a California District Court ordered beck to personally pay 113 million, beck appealed the case. According to the San Francisco chronicle, his most hearing was scheduled for tuesday. The same day he disappeared. Youve never, ever disappeared in his life. Reporter tonight, becks daughter talked to kpix 5. All we know is he was going to the meeting, which had to do with the court case, but he has a million of these meetings, this has been ongoing for year and years. No new developme
In the form of shouting. In the form of shot fired. Now racial tension and anti Police Sentiment has taken a sort of fashion as the National Police association asked everyone to support Law Enforcement by wearing blue today. Its the first time we have seen national Law Enforcement publicly push back against movements that they say make them the enemy. It cites the super bowl halftime show as inflammatory against police. A retired judge Ladoris Cordell who works with Law Enforcement on issues of race argues the messages have been mixed. Beyonce performed never once did she mention the police. However, the imagery is such that and her words and her song was such that they brought up all kinds of racial issues. Reporter that distinction isnt clear to the National Sheriffs association. Their website reads, quote, the senseless killing of four Law Enforcement officers just this week on the heels of the anti Police Entertainment at the super bowl halftime show reminds us that the men and wom
In the search for this missg bay area man. Tonight, we live, from the cbs bay area studios. This is kpix 5 news. Tonight, a shocking twist in the search for this missing bay area man. Tonight, weve learned he owes the feds more than 100 million. Veronica de la cruz in the newsroom and we just heard from the missing mans daughter who lives in cypress. Thats right. John beck from alameda disappear from oakland tuesday. The family is trying to retrace his steps and figure out where he went. This surveillance photo posted on facebook show him at a bart station the day he vanished. He appears to have boarded a train to San Francisco and then dropped off the map. Well, the ftc says he made a fortune running a get rich quick scheme. Reporter he was behind this one, the promise to consumers, pay 39. 95 for the free and clear real estate system and make tons of money by learning how to buy homes at auctions and immediately flipping or renting them. According to court records, the feds say in a