Kpix 5s ryan takeo joins us live in richmond where he just spoke with that young girls family. Ryan . Reporter and were no longer using that 16yearold girls name or her picture because her family fears she was a victim of sex slavery. Within the last half hour we heard from San Francisco police and we know now the special victims unit is investigating. The family says the girl got home last night about 11 00. She told them she went out with friends new years eve but ended up in a motel with men she didnt know and those men took away her cell phone and told her she could not leave. She was table to make a able to make a panicked phone call to her aunt sunday. Her family credits the media and now theyre glad shes home. We were just thanking god that she was okay. You know what im saying . Shes here. Its a relief. I hope a Lesson Learned about the people that should be around. Reporter i spoke to an expert on sex slavery in the bay area, she says the girls story included specific examples. The normal 16yearold girl would not know about human trafficking. Like the taking away of the cell phone and being under the rotating watch of different men at that hotel room. The family says that the girl is seeking medical help and therapy to help her heal emotionally. Live in richmond, ryan takeo, kpix 5. Arson investigators are looking into a fire at the iconic mrs. Doubtfire house in pac heights in San Francisco. Someone apparently used gas to start a minor fire there last night. There were burn markings on the garage and marks on the garage and front door and the surgeon who owns the house thinks a former patient set the fire but isnt exactly sure. It was used in the 1993 Robin Williams movie mrs. Doubtfire and was also a memorial after williams death last year. For californias high speed trail system. Take a live look at the event just getting underway in fresno at the site of the future high speed rail station. The system will be the nations first high speed rail by 2029. A ways away. The train will run from San Francisco all the way south to l. A. In under three hours. Three schools in san car lets closed today because of a wake. A six inch water main break. A six inch hole broke in the main last night at the shared campus on dartmouth avenue. The water didnt damage the classrooms. The middle school San Carlos Learning Center and the edison montessori school. Crews are now working to repair the break. A Highway Patrol officer was hurt in a collision at redwood city today. His patrol car was broadsided at middle field and willow roads near a costco store at about 8 30 this morning. The officers injuries are not lifethreatening and theres been no immediate word on the identity of the other driver. A capital corridor train hit a car in hayward today. Police say at about 8 00 a. M. , a driver tried to go around a crossing signal. A southbound train hit the back of the car. Officers tracked down elderly driver and issued a citation and revoked his license on the spot. The train was moving again within 90 minutes. Developing news out of new york city now. This afternoon three suspects in custody after two officers were shot and wounded while robbing a store there. While responding to the robbery rather. One of the suspects was seen on Surveillance Video here. It shows someone opening fire last night at a Grocery Store in the bronx. Officers who had responded were just getting offduty. New yorks mayor and the Police Commissioner rushed to the hospital. This is absolutely a case of officers going above and beyond the call to protect their fellow new yorkers. So far, those three suspects have not been charged. The two Police Officers are in stable condition right now. Last nights shooting happened about two weeks after two new york city detectives were ambushed and murdered by a gunman as they sat in their Police Cruiser in brooklyn. Its the first full day on the job for oakland mayor lib schaaf and shes libby schaaf and shes wasting no time. Safety is my highest priority and obviously the Police Department is the key player in that goal. But also, i believe that the city of oakland work force really needs to be reenergized. Schaaf says shell be meeting with the officers until midnight tonight and hoping to build her relationship with them and let them know she supports them. And happening today, at about six hours sam liccardo will be the new mayor of san jose. Kpix 5s kiet do tells us what the mayor has been doing already and some of the challenges he faces immediately. Reporter todays inauguration and swearing in is largely ceremonial. That is because liccardo took over the job of mayor at the stroke of midnight on new years day. He went on a ride along with San Jose Police and then after that he took a tour of the countys largest homeless shelter. All an effort to acknowledge the citys biggest problems. The thousands of homeless who work but cannot afford the sky high rent and Police Officers leaving san jose for better pay and benefits. The ride along was liccardos attempt to reach out to his harshest critics the police union. Take a look and see for yourself what our officers are dealing with on athyriady basis. Ill continue to reach out and get negotiations moving here. Nothing has changed. Police officers are still going to leave until we fix measure b. Until were competitive here. Until theres a safety net for officers they can know and theyre going to get taken careover. The officers are going to continue to resign and retire. Reporter after voters passed pension reform many 2012. San jose Police Officers started leaving for other departments and now they have the lowest number of officers it has seen in years. Parts of pension reform remain tied up in court. And tonights inauguration is set for 6 00 p. M. This evening at the center for performing arts in downtown san jose. It is free, if you want to go though, you have to register online. In downtown san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. Today Congress Reconvenes with republicans assuming control of both houses for the first time in eight years. The congress has 71 new members including a Record Number of minorities and women. A short time ago, Republican House members reelected john boehner of ohio as speaker. On the senate side, Mitch Mcconnell of kentucky is now majority leader. A short time ago republicans introduced a bill to approve the keystone xl pipeline. This was Bipartisan Legislation and legislation thats got big bipartisan support in both the house and the senate. The white house now says president obama will veto the pipeline legislation still congressional leaders and the white house hope to find Common Ground on issues like trade, tax reform, and infrastructure spending. The 49ers ceo being hit with an age discrimination lawsuit. Its all in connection with the firings of two former 49er managers. The veteran employees were that their late 50s when jed york fired them. They said it was too make room for younger edgier hires. York wanted to hire younger workers because view police need your peeping tom team right now is not commenting on that lawsuit. Mountain view police need your help in finding a peeping tom in the area. Police say the suspect peered through apartment windows and recorded people with his cell phone. It happened on ground floor apartments with victims being recorded in the bathroom or bedroom. The suspect was wearing a dark hat, jacket and pants. And is described between 20 and 30 years old. Federal mediators have now agreed to help try and resolve a labor dispute at the west coast port. Long shoremen at the port of oakland, other spots have been without a contract now for six months. And they allegedly slowed down their work causing a backlog of ships waiting to be unloaded. Negotiations between the long shoremens union and management have stalled. Some politically savvy teenagers in San Francisco are seeking to lower the citys voting age. They say people as young as 16 should be allowed to cast ballots in municipal and School District elections. The idea has the support of the Youth Commission and two supervisors are considering a Charter Amendment to the school board. One of the big advancements at this years Consumer Electronics show . Connective cars. How the hightech vehicles will change the way we drive. And cold temperatures have people bundling up outside. Were not the only ones trying to stay warm. How insects are trying to escape the cold inside bay area homes. Weve warmed up all right. In fact today record warmth right here in the bay area. We will pinpoint those locations as the news continues right here on kpix 5. Well, after an awful monday, the dow dipping once again today. Not quite as bad as yesterday but its still down 79 points on this full week of trading in the new year. No more fumbling for exact change on muni. This summer all you need is your phone. Bus riders will be able to purchase tickets using a credit or debit card. Store them on the phones which should make it a lot easier for passengers to get on and off quickly. Uber was in talks with the city of San Francisco to use the Transit Services for people with disabilities. The examiner says uber wanted to have exclusive rights of the transit system. That system is currently made up of city and taxi run vans that provide wheelchair access for people. Last spring they discussed the use of the infrastructure. Right now though its unclear if that Pilot Program is still being considered. Well, some hightech advances are on display at the international Consumer Electronics show. Yeah, it opens today in las vegas. And bigad shaban is there with a look at developments involving socalled connected cars. The Steering Wheel is moving but theres no one in the drivers seat. Thats right. Thats amazing. Reporter bmw took us for a ride in its latest prototype. An electric car that can hunt for a parking space all on its own. With just a simple command of a smart watch. Bmw, park yourself. Reporter engineer george gave us a preview of what bmw plans to unveil at the annual Consumer Electronics show here in las vegas. So its using sensors to make sure that its not hitting anything. Right. Right. We have four laser scanners. One to each side of the car. So that we precisely know where all the objects are of the environment. Reporter and once youre ready to leave the parking garage, you simply give another command to your smart watch. Bmw, pick me up. And the car heads right for you. Vehicles boasting Internet Connections and compatibility with phones and music players the new norm. At least 36 million vehicles across the world are now connected to the internet. That number is expected to more than quadruple to 152 million by 2020. Gary with ford says connected cars now make up at least 90 of his companys fleet. The systems need to let the customers do what it is they want to do and get back to driving. Reporter but if youre heading out for a car that will do that driving for you, bmw suspect sure when its latest isnt sure when its latest technology will make its way to the open road. Bigad shaban, cbs news, las vegas. You ready for one . No. I want them to work out all the glitches. I like to drive. Connected cars exhibits by the way now take up about double the space that they have some five years ago. The Consumer Electronics show continues through friday. Pretty cool gadgets though. And the cars are really cool. For a show, maybe not for driving. Thats right. The first winter blast of the new year is dropping heavy snow from the rockies all the way to the east coast. Bad weather is being blamed for the 20 car pileup on an iowa interstate. In chicago, this semi tried to plow its own lane next to the expressway and the storm is giving the Nations Capital a taste of winter blanketing the white house lawn with snow. Forecasters say by tomorrow morning, parts of georgia and northern florida could dip below freezing. And here in the bay area, many residents are dealing with an invasion of ants inside their homes. The insects are driven indoors when conditions outside are too wet and too cold and why they may not come in seeking food. They have some to swarm when they find it. Pest control open traitors have been giving three times the usual number of calls about ants since the end of november. Theyre smart. Those ants. Going inside. Going to warm up. Go inside. Get a bite to eat. Weve had fire and cold and rain and wind and now weve pests. There you go welcome to california. [ laughter ] right . It has been extremely busy in the weather department. Today not only ants, boy were talking about record warm temperatures. Good afternoon everybody. Also were talking about a haze thats reaching all the way back along the coast. Were beginning to see it visible there and we can certainly see it around the bay and into the inland areas and numbers this morning were across the board from the 30s, 40s can 50s now hanging pretty steady in the 50s for the most part. San jose, you could see a near record High Temperature today at 72. The record is 74. For this sixth day of the month of january. Take a look at the scale here. You know where the biggest haze happens to be gathering around the eastern and southern portion of the bay area. It is the fifth winter spare the air alert day of the winter season. Tomorrow will be the sixth day. Well have some cooler conditions and hopefully a little bit more of a breeze on friday to blow out all the particulate matter that is hanging very close to the surface. Otherwise take a look at the futurecast. Because we were holding out hope for some rain on thursday. Even though the computer models were always downplaying it. Here we go into your thursday and sure enough we start to see the increasing clouds but any rain is minimal and its out over the open water. This is a huge dome of High Pressure and its not going anywhere very quickly. Its just sitting over the state of california encompassing our bay area. And so by the time that sun does set tonight. 5 05, these numbers are way above normal for this time of year. And much more mild than just 24 hours ago. Average high in livermore for this time of the year is right around 56 and were going for 65. Average high in san jose is 60 and were going for 72. Low 60s across the bay to the mid 60s. 69 degrees in Mountain View is one degree off its record mark. Were going to have a repeat performance again tomorrow with the chances of record warm temperatures here and then well cool it down by the weekend. No chance of rain until perhaps next thursday. Whats up with that . I know i got a brand new umbrella and everything. Everybody wants to gift the weather girl an umbrella for christmas. Going out to eat will take a bigger bite out of your wallet as certain bay area restaurants, why diners are being asked to pay a new kind of service fee in place of tipping. And we want to invite all you pet lovers out there send us your questions about their health and wellbeing. Email pets kpix. Com or check in on the Facebook Page and dr. Jill our pet expert will give you an answer every friday right here at noontime. Well be right back. Ring ring . Progresso its ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. Its our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. Apology accepted. Im watching you soup people. Make it progresso or make it yourself you say avocado old el paso says. Zesty chicken and avocado tacos in our stand n stuff tortillas. record scratch you say stand n stuff tortillas old el paso says. Start somewhere fresh the days of tipping at restaurants may soon be over. Its true. Instead you might see an Additional Charge right at the bottom of your receipt. Diners at a handful of bay area restaurants are being asked to pay a new service fee instead of tipping. The idea is being tested out as a way to absorb rising labor costs. And on that note, its time to eat. Lets check in with Stephanie Tantillo and see whats cooking on a tuesday. Reporter well, todays soup of the day is going to be a swiss chard. Its wintertime obviously and its so great. Loaded with nutrients its great for us. Its got the select and by the way, when you saute these a little bit of olive oil. Soft pepper tomatoes you cant beat it. Green very important all the way around. White it has to be white and keep from any cracking whosoever and any yellowing whatsoever. And see the veins here . Its the white part. Thats what it has to be. If it starts to turn brown you dont want to buy it and its going to feel nice and fresh. When you bring them home simply store them in the fridge right away. Open up the plastic bag so they can breathe. And theyll last about three to four days, thats it any longer than the nutritional value and flavor will get depleted about 50 . Swiss chard, great in raviolis and sauteed with fresh tomatoes, i love it and its great for us, and im tony tantillo, your fresh grocer, eat fresh and stay healthy. Randy johnson got the call to the hall today. In his first year of eligibility, the big unit is going to the hall of fame cooperstown. He spent the bulk of his career with both the mariners and the diamondbacks and he will join some pretty big company. John smoltz the pitcher, Pedro Martinez along with former great craig bing owe in this years hall of fame class of 2015. Well, a countdown to shut down is on. The