Arrived here on the scene. Now they will get together with san mateo pd to figure out how to best track this animal. Well bring you more developments as soon as we learn them. New at 6 00, an alleged drug scheme operated through a bay area airport. Feds say 14 workers at Oakland International were handling more than just the luggage. Phil matier says theyre accused of using their special security access to move drugs all over the country. Thats right. Its interesting. Since 9 11 how much tech has gone in to Airport Security but in this case they used tech to their advantage. Heres the story. Reporter as drug smuggling operations go, it was both simple and bold. According to the u. S. Attorney, three baggage handlers at Oakland International airport used their security clearance to bring bags filled with marijuana in to the air operations area. Thats a secure part of the airport that they can access with no prescreening. The workers then used their own Electronic Security badges to open
For stealing from a church collects plate. Palo alto police say they caught ethyl hayes redhanded over the weekend but there may be much more to this case. Ryan takeo reports. Reporter police say ethel hayes got help from the place and repaid them by burglarizing the place ways to. The alarm rang at Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday in palo alto. Police caught up to 70yearold ethel hayes. She has been very busy. Reporter she was connected to another burglary at the same church last where they say she took donation money. They also found out how she got in. Police say they didnt just find stolen items on the suspects. They also found a key chain with key after key after key. 80 keys in all. They feared to churches all over the bay area. She has within as far south as los altos. Reporter police think she got the keys when she went to churches for food giveaway. Break into the same places that are responsible for helping her and many others. I think its sad that someone needs to commit a cri
The abduction of his client Denise Huskins was not staged as police have said. He says she met with Vallejo Police detectives for several hours yesterday and he says the police assertion that she has made this up has made denise even more upset. She is absolutely unequivocally 100 positively a victim. She is victimized initially from being kidnapped and a second time by allegedly being a suspect by the Vallejo Police department. An attorney for denises boyfriend aaron quinn says there was a reason aaron did not call police immediately after the alleged abduction this week. Aaron claims at least two kidnappers bound and drugged him. So far police arent saying anything about these new claims. 6 01 now. Hopefully moving right along in some fog, live look at the Golden Gate Bridge now on this friday morning. Were going to check in with liz to find out how our morning commute is. Liz, take it away. Thanks. Well go out to a live look at one of our bridges to the actually south bay to northbo
Spending this day after thanksgiving shopping either online or in stores searching for great bargains. Black friday really began just after thanksgiving dinner with people rushing into Stores Across the country. Chaos turned violent in illinois when police an officer shot a man suspected of shoplifting. Another officer was hurt while chasing that suspect. As the hours went on stores were still crowded but calmer. Were out with shoppers in the mall in new york. What do you see out there today . Reporter im seeing america change before my very eyes. Thats what is happening. They instituted the shopping from 8 00 last night thanksgiving really because the economy is so bad and because the time difference between this years thanksgiving i and christmas is so short. Many were upset with people not having time for family and friends. Were getting reports that people seem to love it. They were outside all the malls. 12 National Chains opened up. Macys opening up at 8 00 on thanksgiving for th
Live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Look at this, the grass isnt brown because of the drought. Its something much more center. Tonight we uncover a new kind sinister. Tonight we uncover a new type of crime wave. Betty yu with a story youll only see on kpix5. Reporter its an unusual crime. Someone is deliberately killing peoples lawns. This house behind me got the worst of it and its just one of many homes on this one block that have been hit. You cant miss these bizarre streets and patches of dead grass on nearly every lawn on moreland way. Its just a phenomenon. We dont know what it is or what kind of chemical theyre using. Reporter Suzanne Johnson and her neighbors call it lawn tagging. Vandals poisoned more than 20 lawns on the street. Jim binesh recently put in a new lan and was getting ready to sell lawn and was getting ready to sell his home. Now hes putting money into a 1,000 reward for cash to find the bad guy. The lawn was beautiful, but now its terrible. R