Why now . Now at 11 00. Sex offender backlash. Angry neighbors show up in force tonight in San Francisco as they try to keep a rehab center from setting up shop. Good evening thanks for joining us. The sharper future Outpatient Clinic wants to relocate to the corner of church and due bow in the triangle neighborhood. Neighbors say tonight no way. So tonight they showed up in force. Katie is live in San Francisco with the story. Katie . Reporter first off the facility will not open tomorrow as previously planned. Both sides acknowledge that the Community Outreach did not happen as it should have. But an apology and promise for more transparency now may be too little too late for many people. Why should we trust you now about how. [applause]. Reporter leaders of the sex offender treatment business sharper future passionate concerned group of residents here. [applause]. Everybody has kind of a gut reaction to the word sex offender. Reporter for profit facility treat six offender on parole
Why now . Now at 11 00. Sex offender backlash. Angry neighbors show up in force tonight in San Francisco as they try to keep a rehab center from setting up shop. Good evening thanks for joining us. The sharper future Outpatient Clinic wants to relocate to the corner of church and due bow in the triangle neighborhood. Neighbors say tonight no way. So tonight they showed up in force. Katie is live in San Francisco with the story. Katie . Reporter first off the facility will not open tomorrow as previously planned. Both sides acknowledge that the Community Outreach did not happen as it should have. But an apology and promise for more transparency now may be too little too late for many people. Why should we trust you now about how. [applause]. Reporter leaders of the sex offender treatment business sharper future passionate concerned group of residents here. [applause]. Everybody has kind of a gut reaction to the word sex offender. Reporter for profit facility treat six offender on parole
More transparency now may be too little too late for many people. Why should we trust you now about how. [applause]. Reporter leaders of the sex offender treatment business sharper future passionate concerned group of residents here. [applause]. Everybody has kind of a gut reaction to the word sex offender. Reporter for profit facility treat six offender on parole or probation and contracted with the state department of corrections. They plan to move to 100 church street. Former out of the closet location. Part of the property is zoned for medical treatment used for medical treatment and pharmacy in the past. And still is that way. Reporter the Planning Department need more time to determine if the new tell antifalls under the same business definition but not the only issue. Two preschool within 250 feet of that location so it may be a moot point once they do those actual measurements. Reporter proximity of nearby school measured to make sure the location meets d o c requirement. Is th
General are down. Thieving were taking this home and realizing they could not put the phone to use. Reporter those phones once worth big bucks on the street are now worth bupkus thanks to the fix that turns the stolen phone into pretty paperweight. That was shot here at the corner of seventh and market which just a few years ago was the epicenter of the stolen phone black market. We saw the apple markets theft slow down quickly. Reporter the statewide kill switch law goes into effect. As the smartphone moving from calling and texting device to lifeline. It contains so much personal data. Banking data. Medical data. There is so much there that can have such a bad impact. If somebody else gets access to it. Reporter in san francisco, andria borba, kpix5. So overall, really good news if you have a smartphone, but not so great news if you have a car. Turns out car break ins are up in san francisco. Way up. The theory is the thieves have moved onto another easy crime of opportunity. And, th
Tonight dramatic new evidence that the crackdown. Is live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. The smartphone theft epidemic is over. Tonight, dramatic new evidence that the crackdown is working. Lots of thieves have basically given up. They are no longer stealing your smartphones. It is too much of a hassle. The official numbers come out tomorrow, but andria borba has the story tonight. Reporter over and over again. For years, thieves violently attacked people for their smartphones. These days, it is not happening nearly as often. San francisco District Attorney George Gascon says that the kill switch is killing a crime epidemic. He says iphone thefts are down 40 in San Francisco since the kill switch entered the iphone 6 and smartphone thefts in general are down. Thieving were taking this home and realizing they could not put the phone to use. Reporter those phones once worth big bucks on the street are now worth bupkus thanks to the fix that turns the stolen phone int