Another big threat. Thats only 2 months away. And thats a fiscal cliff hanger. Now a done deal. But theres another big thet thats only two months threat thats only two months away. Hookers and drugs, only the beginning. The secret life of a millionaire murdered in his mansion. The fouryearold who got his father back. Good evening. And we begin with breaking news out of washington tonight. Where less than two hours ago the house approved a fiscal cliff deal, 257167. Sharon chin is in the newsroom with more on whats next. Sharon. Reporter next president obama will sign the bill. This was a lot of pressure today. If there was no agreement before a new Congress Takes Office Thursday negotiations would have had to start all over. After closed door meetings this was a vote on the fiscal cliff compromise a by partisan Senate Overwhelmingly passed last night. We have listened to the american people, we have heeded their call once again to Work Together in a by partisan way. Reporter president
Out the red tag. A deca i think my wife wanted it done even more. The city pulls out the red tag. A decadelong dispute over a messy yard leads to an eviction notice. Why some neighbors we talked to are conflicted. I miss her, and im angry. Her dog killed during a robbery, now video that may help catch the man responsible. And from nascar tracks to puerto rican rum so cluttered you can see the junk in Satellite Photos from space some neighbors say the san mateo property is an eyesore. The city says its a health hazard. Reporter what can i say . There is just a lot of stuff out here and its taken years to build up to this point. And in that time, the city of san mateos patience has worn thin. So they have taken the dramatic step of evicting the family and taking them to court. Reporter mark is the first to admit, it all needs to get cleaned up. Are you a hoarder . I horded a lot of stuff from different jobs because i figured i would use it, and i have. Yes and no. When im all done, every
Leads for their investigation. Reporter the new system uses realtime recording which could allow muni or Law Enforcement to listen live. It also allows recordings to be wired live to police who dont need a warrant because its considered public. We dont have the infrastructure to watch real time whats going on in our entire system. This is only for investigative purposes. We are able to pull the video and hand it to authorities. Reporter still, the system raises concerns for a law professor. Even if only the authorities that are looking at it, theres a possibility that hackers can get into this kind of technology and communication and catch something that may be important and private and something nothing to do with threats to the government or crime and use it against somebody. Reporter people are getting more and more used to technology, they dont necessarily get on to a bus or train and think about their conversations being recorded. It is big brother. Theres no way around it. Its ju
Live. And public work crews have been busy today oo. Absolutely. You know they worked to make sure they had that lane of traffic they needed to block reopened in time for rush hour. The evening rush hour, now. You know, 300 people had their service interrept rupted this morn whgt water main break happened. We understand now that there this is because of an aging infrom a structure and a drop in temperatures. Pipes break. Theyre old, they break. Just one set of five to back on line. Normal time, eight to 10 hours. First give away in concord this, break in mount diablo only affected a few homes. Around 4 30 this morning reports made its way to city hall. By 5 00 a. M. Crews identified the problem, digging up a section of santa clara street to fix the busjv p pipes. This section of pipe made in 1958 became a casualty of age and weather. Rains weve had in two storms played a role. The fact that weve had cold spells recently contributed to the problem. As well. Adding to urgency of crews to
Questions about the victims lifestyle. Reporter 21yearold Javier Garcia appeared in Santa Clara County superior court this afternoon. Garcia, who was arrested in oakland last week, faces six felony charges in connection with the murder of south bay businessman ravi kumra, amir allem is a deputy district attorney. Count 1 is murder. They are also charged with robbery, Home Invasion robbery you would refer. Reporter allem says he cannot discuss the fact of the case because the charging documents remain under court seal. We file it under seal because its pending investigation and that would negatively affect potentially the investigation and we dont want that to happen. Reporter kumra was found dead in this mansion in the earlymorning hours of november 30th after his wife called 911 reporting several people had broken into the home. So far, four people have been arrested. 22yearold raven dixon from alameda was the first to appear in court facing charges of accessory to murder with a gang