down on crime may come at a price that some bay area drivers are not willing to pay. good evening. i'm lisa kim. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. an important crime fighting tool or a violation of your rights? get ready either way for scam cam. cops already record your speed, but soon they'll be reading your license plate, too, looking for stolen cars. george is here with a high-price boost for cops. >> the time is now to crack down on stolen cars. car thefts are up 13% from the year before and that's why they're hoping these license plate readers will be the answer to this problem. but not everybody is happy about this idea. >> i think that's invasion of privacy, straight up, that's it. >> michael bostitch is not happy that the city plans to install license plate readers. they're cameras with scanners designed to pick out stolen cars on the spot. bostitch doesn't feel comfortable with this. >> every car that comes down here is stolen, come on. where is the owner? is he going to say my car is stolen? >> the system will immediately alert the officer if the car is stolen or if the registered owner has a warrant. bostitch thinks this will hurt more than help. >> i feel like they really need to start doing their job and do research on people versus sitting here and counting every single car and pulling them over and hoping they'll leave. >> i support it. >> christi has had her car stolen twice living in palo alto. for her it's personal. >> i think it's a good idea. i really support it. on my street, there's been about six break-ins in cars, and it's a good idea. >> we need to fight crime, but at the same time we do need to protect their rights. so that's why we'll make sure this policy is one that not only the police department is comfortable with but also the community as well. >> the sheriff's department has been using these license plate readers for a little while, so they want to install their readers by the end of this year. his escape to freedom caught on tape and revealed here for the very first time. the court case may be over, but tonight, as you'll see from the video, what that teen endured is disturbing. what you're looking at right now is from inside the surface map to the right, boxer shirts with a chain hanging from his ankle, begging for help. >> it happened back in 2008 where prosecutors say he was being held captive for more than a year. the neighbors, who would live next door to the teen, guilty of torture and abuse. three others pled guilty. >> an air 37-year-old kristin manning of portland has not been seen since thursday. he told a group of hikers he was headed back downhe mountains that evening. >> anyone in the witness area over thanksgiving who may have seen minimuming to contact him. >> we're getting so. 12-year veteran kathy beau mont was recently beaten by ainsworth while trying to shackle him. ainsworth stunned her with her own tazr, then taking her gun and escaping. >> she demonstrated such an amazing amount of bravery and courage trying to keep this person in custody. >> anz boinsworth was on the ru hours terrorizing a daycare before being captured. he now faces minimum charges, including stealing an officer's gun. johannes mehserle could be free on bail by the end of this week. the former bart police officer back in an l.a. courtroom on friday. his lawyer tells us he'll ask the judge to release mehserle on bail during the appeals process. last month a judge sentenced mehserle to two years in prison and the shotting death of oscar grant. i'm not sgg to stand -- huge views from the city of portland tonight, how. nbc shows a herd is live to explain why one business owner a little cautiously optimistic at this point, cheryl. >> that's right, very optimistic. that business has 40 years of experience. tonight the board of public commissioners gave the okay for current buzzers to go into business meeting new developers. that will beat 30. >> we have a little something here, a little something overthere, he is the oorn of "the fat lady? ? . where is your they were going to bring in. >> he wants to go into business with a group led by the capital maneuvers. the marriage would bring in an estimated $400 million to the area. that has been promised a lot with very little return. >> the nursing started you can whatever it was they got started, just pieces. and in jackson square, it's pretty good news for these folks. >> i like to go out, i like to have places to go, and i would rather not go across the bridge to do it. >> there's been a lot of promises, so i'm excited about the possibility of having. so you've still got an andy. the. they've already invested $130 million down here. no word yet on whether this. supporting -- i mean, reporting live in oakland. a victory party for attorney general electricity carmel la harris. she's spelling out her plan to reduce crime. we're in san francisco tonight where harris plans to follow a successful example. >> lisa, they had that celebration here at delancey street, a celebration that gives harris an escape from a life of cri crime. >> i'm very humble in expecting that i've been chosen to be the next attorney general for the state. >> weeks after voters cast their ballots, attorney general electricity. and cher's plan to stop washingt washington, delancey street in our. we have to ensure public safety. we cannot be a system that is purely going to react to crime it. >> i'm hopeful. i haven't been she started delancey street 40 years ago, teaching felons job and life skills i'm talking about. we need to teach people to stop all those values. >> california considers spending millions of dollars to ship thousands of inmates from overcrowded state prisons to institutions across state lines. fill better can tell 18,000 success stories, stories they say is time to nld on. >> and this is my mission. and she says she's has the transmissi transmission. reporting live in sapphire -- san francisco. >> cold temperatures right now with plenty of mid and low 30s in the north bay. and the second cancer and our water is out today, so when it comes to but tails or how clean your house is. your family may still be at risk for bedbugs. a former aids superstar now. the giants move could mean superstars. ♪ ♪ you can find your feet and you can find your way ♪ ♪ you can find yourself in bed at the end of the day ♪ ♪ you can find some fun on a tropical isthmus ♪ ♪but you'll never find my... ♪ you can find it in your heart to be patient with me ♪ ♪ you can find a new star for the top of the tree ♪ ♪ i don't mean to be coy and i don't mean to be vicious ♪ ♪ but you'll never find my christmas ♪ i want a robosan 4000. 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[ male announcer ] make your happy holiday stories come true with citi specials. what's your story? citi can help you write it. another cold night tonight. this video taken just a short time ago from oakland. yes, more rain is on the way. meteorologist jeff pa nere will have the story in just a little bit. they issued a worldwide lookout for julia a sauj. he is wanted for sex acts in sweden. he denies those charges. wikileaks was in the spotlight after it released documents over the weekend. tonight prior president bill clinton weighed in on the situation. >> i would be surprised if people don't lose their lives over these leaks. >> he wondered how many would lose their careers because of those leaked documents. they severed the computer files from the government's classified network in the hopes of preventeding any future leaks. i hope you like your driver's license picture because you might have it for a while. issuing new licenses is taking longer than expected. they're blaming a backlog on the complexity of the new license with security features. and at issue? work furloughs adding to those delays. the dmv says if you properly apply for a renewal, the cops will still accept your old license, anyway. when a prestigious dog shows up tomorrow in california, four other couples will not be in the ring. they've been stolen. taking their search to the internet, not only has the champion family. the two aquita skpl two borden. they have to like -- >> this is it for us, you know, and you just took it away. for someone to try and sell this dog would just be asnine. >> tonight the couple tells us they're offering a reward for the safe return of their dogs. no questions asked. tonight is a topic no homeowner wants to talk about. we're talking flees, dockroechz. did might surprise you. >> it's not a sight that homeowners want to see. >> i'll go to million-doctor infestation. >> they're like, i'm not dirty, i'm not dirty, i'm sure. >> people with pets a girlfriend in tokyo. >> and they bring back vacuums from customer to customer. >> now pest control alex. i made it clear in the rest of the house. >> he believes cleaning services are cross contaminating homes. vacuuming up roach, flea and bed bug. >> as they're vacuuming, then let me use my own bmb wade before entering a home. that is, if they don't want company to use their own bmb your wade. they love the cracks of their shoe. >> mystery solved for hundreds of homeowners now realizing their cleaning services may have unknowingly acted as bug taxis instead. 3, 2, 1! new york city's most famous christmas tree is now lighting up rockefeller center. michael bloomberg did the honors. it's a 76t-oota-fll spruce raised by a firefighter. that tree will be lit until the new year. governor schwarzenegger there getting a jump start on hanukkah one day before the holiday begins. the governor celebrated the 17th annual holiday lighting. he passed out gifts to the crowd and was then pulled in with a sexual dance. >> he looks like he was having fun. very much in the spirit. good for him. >> we all are in the holiday spirit, too, because it's so cold outside. >> another night with temperatures in the 30s. this is cold, that's the good news, so we'll get a bit of a break here. with those clouds moving in today, the most critical areas to be concerned about with the highest level of ozones, that may certainly cause you to eat your eyes tomorrow and certainly still, yes. 38, 38. 38 in santa rosa. i'll switch hands for showers on wednesday, and still more rainfall peppered in and around our seven-day forecast. and this very frontal subtle steam bringing up that. because if the system. and that's going to weaken it even more. for tomorrow we are calling for a chance of showers here, but it is isolated to the north bay. for thursday we're looking at the potential for north bay back intoest bay. no contribute to a cloud cover out there. we are looking at 6:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. all agree with, possibly pushing down into areas of nap pen we final, and i really think at this point, friday morning is going to. so nothing compared to the storm, but it is going to be enough to bring out the umbrella. 33 in livermore and also temperatures in the low 30s right throughout walnut creek. as for tomorrow, as we talked about, most of you will notice the clouds continuing to scream on in with temperatures in the mid 40s and 50s. . same thing when we hand out thursday's forecast with a chance of scattered showers. on friday, that's when you get in on the mess. we're told. right now it looks good for the mcdonald at 9:00 a.m. on sunday. up next, a diet disaster. how to allurvive a plap to your master? 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[beep] chase picks up the tab. it could be you. chase picks up the tab. it's another great reason to bank with chase. chase what matters. sign up at a branch today. good evening, the warriors off to a respectable start. they hosted san antonio and the spurs off to a blistering start. the model of consistency, tony parker. he's making plenty of noise in headlines. double his first triple double until three points t. 11 boodsover there to richardson jeffer son comes at court lay. supposed to be in phoenix on thursday. the last time the red wingz stand. they got up to point in the first period, joe thornton feeding danny healy for its mouth, the fifth anniversary of the trade that brought him from san jose to boston. two in a 5-3 win. with raurt debate going to the giants, you'll win, just over 70 players played for both, the giants and the game, and here's one for hugh vee bufs. . they started that with the giants as a shortstop. all so you are finished this which is possibly the. but division but back just a month. . so that's a gore fracture if you give it too back. carried the load down the story, a success story, of the south bay. a bay area team voted top, each year under a dozen make it to the championships. >> we're the first time in handle to. it's, just like, all of you they are to be friends and stuff. >> fyi, glen pop warner. he coached those great stanford teams of the '20s. remember those? >> vael bltkgh bac with a final check of the forecast. ♪ ♪ ten thousand watts of xmas cheer ♪ ♪ ten thousand watts glow brightly clear ♪ ♪ the colored lights will shine sincere, ho, ho, ho ♪ ♪ ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ♪ not only do you want to keep those jackets handy, you want the umbrellas, too. >> kind of a mixed bag the next couple days. right now the system is off to the north. that will have temperatures dropping into the mid-30s here into san rafael, also livermore, walnut creek, pleasanton, san jose as well. as we head into tomorrow, hanukkah beginning. we'll look at the chance of showers here in the extreme north bay. scattered showers, low 60s. a chance of showers there into thursday as well, and then as we're heading into friday, that's our best chance of some measurable rainfall right now. >> okay. thank you, jeff. pack everything in your car. glov, 30haests, coat, umbrella. you're going to need it all. 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