selling. they re buying property by the hundreds of thousands, millions in some cases. as far east as texas, as far south as los angeles. reporter: which is why the chp is a critical part of the operation. union square retailers in san francisco have been hit particularly hard. some of our larger department stores have stuff stolen three times a day. it s also happening at night where windows are getting broken into. reporter: law enforcement officials shared these pictures at u.n. plaza. the before shows people buying and selling merchandise. this is what it looked like the day after the operation. investigators are wanting to dismantle and disrupt this operation. the investigation is ongoing. in san francisco, melanie woodrow, new developments tonight. neil wilson s murder trial may be put on mohold. this man is accused of stabbing wilson and injuring his sister in july. instead of filing a plea today, the public defender christina moore, said her client showed
tonight investigators say the death of a silicon valley chef was a result of a murder for hire plot. the da says maria moore hired marvel salvant to commit the crime so she could cash in on the victim s life insurance policies. 56-year old dominic sarkar was the chef at the fremont restaurant and filed a similar position at passage to india for several years. he was shot to death in his bed in october. in the room that he rented at this home in fremont his body was found. we have been following the case and we have new details at 6:00. the man accused of stabbing a woman stepping off of a train may be ruled incompetent to stand trial. his attorney says he is suffering from extreme delusions and paranoia. he is charged with stabbing the 18-year old as she and her sister stepped off the train. n packs the courtroom. her mother says he looked competent in court. he knows how to behave himself. the judge is considering allowing two-point record psychologist to evaluate the
kill dominic sarkar to collect an 800,000-dollar life insurance policy. police say maria moore and dominic sarkar of her friends and she was the beneficiary on his life insurance. police say marvel salvant shot the victim while he was sleeping in his bed in october. the suspects are facing multiple charges and could face the death penalty. they did not appear in court today, a judge us his poems the hearing. you don t normally get murder for hire cases. i have worked here for 20 years and i don t remember any case like this. reporter: the victim was in to i stau. ef at the passage was well friends. both suspects are still locked up at the jail, as for the victim, he is survived by three daughters, all of them in india. you mentioned police had plenty of evidence, they started zeroing in right away on that insurance policy. reporter: that is correct, also, they gathered a lot of text messages between the suspects. apparently there were conversations regarding mary
this is video of nicole staten, stadium last sunday. with her father and brother, huge 49er fanssan dimas and los angeles county. her father said they had the best time. we said we would do it every year. we had no idea it would be the last. reporter: the family was staying at the wyndham garden in two blocks from first and rosemary street. after the game, they had drinks at nearby doghouse sports lounge, leaving at around midnight. i said hey it is raining but we will lock anyway. halfway home, she did not want to walk in the rain . reporter: it was the last time he would see police called him, she had been struck by a car near the 880 offramp sometime before 1 am. we believe she was possibly sitting on the curb in that area when she was drunk. reporter: police say the suspects car likely heading southbound on first street when the driver may have attempted to make a u-turn and hit her. she is one of 23 pedestrian deaths in san jose this year. seven more than las
but first wet weather is moving through the ba as tens of thousands of people head out. today and tomorrow projected to be the busiest day the highways and airports have been busy all day long. this is our camera in dublin. check out 580. it s dry, but still traffic in both directions. meanwhile traffic on the san mateo bridge has thinned out the last our or so, but bay area highways are expected to be packed with holiday travelers come tomorrow. as for the airports, large numbers of travelers reported tonight at sfo and the south bay at san jose. and here s a live look in front of oakland international airport. there s still people arriving there and departing even this late at night. we ll have a live report there in just a moment. but check out the situation at lax. this is a live picture showing all the traffic. it s 11:00 at night! thousands of people are trying to make it to their late night flights. there were report that is it was taking about 45 that it s t