bay area safeway shoppers ia sophisticated operation.. good afternoon, your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. cheated at the check-up line. thieves target safeway shoppers in a sophisticated operation. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. a warning for bay area shoppers after credit card skimmers were found at some local safeway stores.

kpix 5 reporter anne makovec reports that some customers got their bank accounts drained. anne. >> reporter: safeway has been very slow to give any information to us or to its customers about this breach. safeway is only thus far saying that two bay area stores were involved. but customers at the entire chain stores are now concerned about this. the report originally surfaced overnight by a krebs online. we haven't gotten any details from safeway but krebs said several financial institutions now tracking a pattern of debit card fraud at safeway stores in california and colorado. it looks like thieves are targeting checkout lanes gaining access to the credit card machines and then installing a separate reader to copy a card's information. then draining the person's bank account. shoppers say they are leery. >> i was thinking about using my checkbook. of course, everyone behind you

in line would be annoyed but it's safer. >> i'm concerned about identity theft. and i'm so happy that they have these new chip readers. i, unfortunately, they are not in all of the stores. >> reporter: those little chips in the credit cards are not in use at safeway stores right now. we were promised a statement from the safeway chain but haven't got it yet. we'll give you more information on this breach as it comes forward. live in castro valley, anne makevoc, kpix 5. in brentwood, police say identity thieves have a new device to target gas pumps. skimmers can be mounted outside the pump's atm to steal information from credit cards. but now thieves are using smaller versions that go inside. stations are installing tamper- proof stickers on the front panels of pumps so make sure that sticker is intact before paying. in a half-hour, the san francisco police union will address the department changes in the wake of a deadly police shooting. the police chief set a new policy tightening rules for when officers point their guns.

the change is in response to the bayview shooting that killed mario woods. now anytime an officer points a gun at someone it must be reported to a supervisor as a use of force incident. the union opposes the change as well as a new policy to equip officers with protective shields. they do however support arming officers with tasers. six people were wounded by gunfire in a span of 90 minutes last night in oakland. police say four men and two women were injured in a series of separate shootings starting about 8457 at east oakland. the most recent shooting happened after 10:00 on oakport street. a man was shot after he interrupted someone trying to steal his truck. all the victims will survive. autopsies are planned today for two children whose bodies were found inside a storage locker in redding. their aunt 39-year-old tami joy huntsman and 17-year-old gonzalo curiel are suspected in the deaths. the children, who have been identified as delilah and shaun

were in huntsman's custody following their mother's death. investigators say huntsman and curiel lived in salinas as recently as last week. they are now searching their former apartment to try to find clues. >> we have been there for some time. and how long more we'll be there i'm not quite sure. but, you know, we are trying to be as thorough as we can to help them out. this is obviously a very serious case so we are trying to make sure we're doing as much as we can. >> salinas police say there were two anonymous calls about possible child abuse in just the past six months to the address where huntsman and curiel lived. the two are due back in court january 7. community members in sunnyvale rallied together this morning for a family with an autistic child. friends of the family held signs of support. the parents are facing a judge this morning in a case that's accusing their son of being a public nuisance. the neighbor is suing the family. they say they want the family to move out and are seeking damages. parents of autistic children say this case has the potential to set a terrible precedent.

>> we're out here today to stand up for community that is stand for inclusion and to stand against harassment or discrimination against individuals with autism or other disabilities. >> the court is expected to provide mediation between both parties today. other bay area headlines, santa clara plans on spending an extra $74 million on its jail over the next two years. it's had scandaled including three guards allegedly beating a mentally ill inmate to death. the county vows to make serious improvements to guard training and inmate safety. all lanes are open. about four a.m. a big rig hit another car spilling concrete bricks on the ramp from eastbound 80 to westbound 580. nobody was injured. the debris was cleared around 7 a.m. students in los angeles are going back to school to today

after yesterday's terrorism threat. an email warned every school would be hit with assault rifles and hidden bombs. school officials ordered everyone to stay home. new york city public schools received a similar threated. both were hoaxes. today the department of homeland security is updating the nation's terror alert system. the new advisory adds a third more general level intended to describe nonspecific ongoing terror threats. national security dominated last night's fifth republican presidential debate. cbs reporter danielle nottingham on the standout moments out of las vegas. >> reporter: in the final gop debate of 2015, jeb bush took aim at donald trump calling him the chaos candidate. >> this is a tough business. >> oh, i know you're a tough guy, jeb, i know. [ laughter ] >> we need to have a leader -- you're tough. >> you're never going to be president of the united states -- >> i'm at 42 and you're 3. so so far i'm doing better. >> doesn't matter. doesn't matter. >> reporter: trump is you understand fire for proposing

that -- under fire for proposing muslims be temporarily blocked from entering the country. >> nothing changed. he is at the top of the polls. people are looking to him for strength. that's what he has been running on and so i think it only helped him. >> reporter: freshman senators marco rubio and ted cruz are battling to be the trump alternative. they clashed on immigration reform. >> does ted cruz every rule out -- >> i have never supported legalization. >> do you rule it out? >> i have never support legalization and i do not intend to support legalization. >> reporter: new jersey governor chris christie says the bickering is not in the best interests of the party. >> my ideas keep the eye on the ball make here is we give the best person who can prosecute the case against hillary clinton in the fall and i'm the person. >> reporter: there are two more scheduled debates before the iowa caucuses in february. danielle nottingham, cbs news, las vegas. donald trump addressed speculation he might run as an

independent saying he was totally committed to the republican party. a federal reserve is hiking interest rates for the first time in a decade. the decision comes after two days of deliberations and we can already see the effects. the announcement is pushing stocks higher and the dow is up 175. here now is kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks. jason, will the .25% hike, was it expected? >> michelle, this was expected for a long time from the federal reserve. the fed is really telegraphing this moved over the past several months. we saw very strong job gains in october and november. inflation still not where the fed wants to see it but it's getting closer. so the feds finally made this move trying to get rates back to normal levels. the fed examines a gradual pace of hikes to continue. if we don't see continued strength in the job market the fed may not raise rates down the road. that's absolutely key for

investors. we'll start to see a little bit of pressure on consumer loans. savers will see higher interest rates on their accounts. it's a measure of certainly and the dow up by about 170 points right now. >> thank you, jason brooks from kcbs news. california sets the rules for the car of the future. why it could be a while longer before any of us can buy a self- driving car. >> and we know anything can happen on live tv. but a reporter gets the ultimate scoop when a bank robber strikes live on air. >> hello, gavin, from the kpix 5 weather center, we have clear skies right now. clouds will be on the increase today and then rain, let's track it together as the news continues right after this brief time-out.

uire cars to new at noon california has unveiled landmark rules for opening up the roads to those self-driving cars. the dmv will require cars to have a steering wheel and a licensed driver at the controls. at least a dozen automakers like google are working on self- driving technology. but even when cars are ready for sale, they can't be bought. manufacturers will need a permit for three years allowing them to lease the car and drivers would need training and a special certification on their license. a san jose trio is busted in a wine theft spree. the men stole more than $4,000 worth of wine from grocery stores in napa and other counties. officers also found meth and cocaine. it's not clear if the men are tied to the high-profile wine theft from the french laundry restaurant. $300,000 worth of wine was stolen last christmas day. it was recovered but no one has

been caught. today a new crime-fighting program begins in hayward. it's called empowering your electronic security or eyes. residents and business owners can register their privately owner surveillance camera systems and allow police to check footage and crimes near the cameras. hayward is one of several cities to start the program. a news reporter in minnesota got a dose of reality tv when a suspected bank robber ran past him during one of his live reports. adam salad who works for our sister station in rochester, minnesota, was reporting on a bank robbery and in a bizarre turn of events the suspect returned to the bank and tried to rob it a second time. what happened next played out live on the air. >> just 24 hours ago, this bank -- >> bad guy right there. >> what? >> that's a robber. >> oh, that's the robber! uhm -- this is live tv, folks. that's the robber just went by. um, according to the bank, um, employee. so i got to go here and call 911. i'll talk to you later.

>> he did the responsible thing there. >> yes. >> soon after, officers caught up with the suspect and arrested him. wildlife officials are now getting involved in the search for shipping containers that fell in the waters outside the golden gate. a dozen 40-foot steel containers slipped off a ship on friday in rough seas. noaa says it can damage reefs and smother wildlife when they sink. they are working with the coast guard to locate them. grab the jacket because it's cold out there. let's check in with roberta with an early forecast. >> how cold is it, frank? >> it's really cold! [ laughter ] >> let's take a look with our weather watchers. these are people in and around our microclimates and weather stations. maybe you should get one for christmas so you can check in with us and let us know what's going on in your neighborhood, as well. right now, we do have temperatures slightly below average for this time of the year in the low to mid-50s, according to bill, dana, jerry and charlie in vallejo. but how cold did it go this morning? temperatures were freezing in novato and in antioch and, in

fact, the temperature dipped down to 36 degrees in san jose and folks were out bundled up as they were taking a look at christmas in the park in downtown san jose. even the little kids had mittens on today and hats. boy, it certainly is beginning to look a lot like winter here in the bay area. it's looking very clear at this hour. we'll have clouds and that's going to act like a blanket tonight so it won't be as chilly as it has in the past couple of evenings. now, currently, we are in the 50s from 51 to 56 degrees. the winds are slight and that's a big difference from yesterday. this is a beautiful view from sausalito looking out towards the skyline of san francisco. meanwhile, another view from the university of california in berkeley to san francisco. and bottom line is we're clear now, but we'll be noticing increasing cloud cover. we'll call it partly cloudy and we have slighter winds big weather change coming up. right now we are looking at clouds inundating the northwest section of the state of california. some of these clouds will roll into the bay area this afternoon. and into the evening hours. here is your thursday

afternoon. a hit-and-miss scattered light rain shower in the north bay. otherwise, here comes the front. and do you see it slice through the bay area? by friday night, the low will move into the bay area on saturday for a rainy day. with all the energy associated with the front, we have a beach hazard statement for sneaker waves. here's your ski report. >> wear in the 50s today northeast -- we are in the 50s today northeast breeze in 15. temperatures in the 50s today. we have rain friday night through saturday. another storm in the bay area by saturday night into your sunday. and sunday looks wet into monday. it's now a great time of the day. it's time for our "food for bay area families." nicole snow is here from oracle today. we also have mike from the alameda county fairgrounds --

alameda food bank! so sorry about that. forgot what fun event i'm doing here today! so nicole, you have a big donation for us today. how did the employees raise it money? >> it's from the company. we have been active supporters of the food bank for over a decade through a combination of cash donation and employee volunteerism. we're very thankful for the great work that the food bank does to fight hunger in our local communities each and every day. and we're thankful that we're part of it this year. >> you have a giving program. explain that. >> sure. we make cash grants to organizations all over the world. last we are we gave over $14 million in three areas, education, environment and community. >> do you do something with the farmer's market, as well? i thought i heard something about oracle being deeply involved with the farmer's market to help raise money for the food to feed the families? >> we support the food bank this way through cash donations directly to their programs like the farm fresh produce program and also our employee volunteers are very active.

>> okay. i think we are ready. matt, do you have a drum roll for us? let's see how much money you are donating today. [ drum roll ] >> how much is it? >> $30,000. >> $30,000! what are you going to do with the money! >> more than half of the food that our bank distributes is farm fresh produce and will provide 300,000 pounds at least distributed within the alameda county food bank. we serve one in five residents of alameda county alone so this will stay local to provide farm fresh produce to the families that we serve. >> and we're talking about families here so you at home right now keep in mind one out of every four children goes to school hungry. go to cbssf.com/give to help. you can do that right after our newscast, which will be right back shortly but first, back to frank and michelle. >> thank you. sometimes love makes people do foolish things it. a hopeless romantic could face jail time for the gesture that caused major gridlock.

on selection and storage. antic is facing white asparagus makes a colorful addition to holiday dishes. here's tony tantillo with selection and storage. >> reporter: well, today's tip of the day is going to be is white asparagus. it's being importedded.

it's expensive. much more expensive than the green asparagus. so if you don't select, store and cook it properly, eh, you will lose money and flavor. now, white asparagus is white. the sun never hits it. so the asparagus the chemical reaction takes place so it stays white. selection and storage is important. white from top to bottom. right here in the very top little bit of yellowing, that's okay. make sure it's free from cracking. store it in the refrigerator. and the best way to enjoy it, you take a nice sharp nice with a peeler. you peel the very top of the asparagus. because the skin on the asparagus is actually fairly tough. when you peel it back, now it becomes tender. so white asparagus in the market. it's expensive this time of year. it's not locally grown but there's plenty out there.

i'm tony tantillo, your fresh grocer. and always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. roadside romantic is facing serious charges for his elaborate marriage proposal in houston. this was posted to social media showing a 24-year-old man bringing traffic to a standstill as he dropped to one knee on interstate 45. drivers were beeping! he is now charged with obstruction of highway and he faces up to 6 months in jail. i think she said yes. in today's jobs report, cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger reports on how nonprofit groups play a role in the entire economy. reporter: this is the time of year that many people ramp up their charitable giving. and while you would likely have thought about how various nonprofits impact the groups they serve, you may never have stopped to think about how they impact the larger economy. nonprofits accounted for 11.4 million jobs in 2014. the most recent year figures are available from the bureau of labor statistics. that's a big chunk of private sector employment, 10.3%.

these jobs grew steadily during the recession, and that growth is expected to continue. the bls predicts the hiring of social and community service managers will climb 21% between now and 2022. an aging population will boost the need for workers who assist the elderly. the bls also suggests that managers leading drug treatment programs will be in demand as illegal drug offenders are increasingly sent to treatment programs instead of jail. managers who lead social and community service groups in the bay area typically earn over $78,000. while anyone can volunteer to help a nonprofit, the employees heading these groups are generally expected to have a college degree. in some instances, a master's degree is preferred. i'm jill schlesinger for kpix 5. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,

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