inside this parking garage yesterday, mary and julia wilkinson were victims of one of them. visiting from north carolina and they are hoping their outside perspective will pressure law enforcement to make this common crime less so. >> i just want him back. >> reporter: mary wilkinson brought her daughter julia with her to san francisco to memorialize her husband joe, who died suddenly from a heart attack eight months ago. instead, they are begging police to take action and find his stolen ashes. >> i should be in redwood national park memorializing my husband and spreading his ashes. >> reporter: mary says her husband joe loved san francisco so they came to experience all of his favorite things before letting him go. >> just enjoy the magic that the city has. all of that magic was ripped out from under me yesterday at 5:15 p.m. >> reporter: that's when vandals broke into their rental car inside anchorage square parking garage at fisherman's wharf. >> stole

. >> mary wilkinson and her daughter, julia, came to fisherman's wharf came to spread his ashes, but somebody broke into their rental car trunk, stealing his remains. >> now i feel like i was not even responsible to keep him safe, just knowing they took my dad and they don't even know what it is, and he has no value to them. what if they just throw it in the trash, like, you know, he deserves more. >> they called san francisco police, and dispatchers helped them fill out an online report even after they explained what was stolen. >> human remains. that's serious. that's something that is priceless. >> so the family contacted reporters hopeful somebody would see their story and recognize something. car break-ins around fisherman's wharf are nothing new and filling out an online report is protocol, but police say they will investigate further in cases like this, and sfpd that says anybody that feels they need more of a response from police can go to any police station and ask to speak with officers directly to explain. it's something the wilkinsons didn't know, and they hope they will

. >> mary wilkinson and her daughter julia came to the whatever to honor his life and love of. but in the few hours they had before the room was ready someone broke into the rental car trunk stealing a suitcase mary wallet and joe's remains. >> i feel like i wasn't even responsible to keep him safe. just knowing that they took my dad and they don't even know probably what it is or they -- he has no value to them. and what if they just throw it in the trash. like he deserves more. >> the wilkinson say they called san francisco police. dispatchers directed them to fill out an online report even after they explained what was stolen. >> the police should have said you know i think they're human remains that's serious that's something that is priceless. >> so the family contacted reporters hopeful someone would see their story and possibly recognize a scatter two in a case. car break-in around fefrmary whatever is san francisco police say in special circumstances like this one they will investigate further. after we called police officers met the wilkinson's at the garage today. the

. >> reporter: mary wilkinson brought her daughter julia with her to san francisco to memorialize her husband joe who suddenly passed away eight months ago from a heart attack. instead they're begging police to take action and find his stolen ashes. >> i should be at redwood national park memorializing my husband and spreading his ashes. >> reporter: mary said her husband joe loved san francisco, so they came to experience all of his favorite things before letting him go. >> just enjoy the magic that the city has. all of that magic was ripped out from under me yesterday at 5:15 p.m. >> reporter: that's when vandals broke into their rental car inside the parking garage at fisherman's wharf. >> stole my suitcase, my mom's wallet, but most importantly they stole my father's ashes and ruined our trip. >> reporter: julie and mary only left the car a few hours while waiting for their airbnb to open up. >> we didn't leave anything out in plain view. we tried to be smart about it. >> i'd like to apologize to the family on behalf of the city. >> reporter: just two days ago supervisor norman ye

mary wilkinson and her daughter were parked at a garage at fibberman's wharf ready to sc scatter his ashes up in the redwoods. the thieves broke into the car and stole everything. and yesterday, the police said that to a a man had dropped off the ashes earlier in day, and he was not arrested and mary and joe have decided to take the ashes back home with them in north carolina. >>> a chopper flying overhead and eggs flying from the sky is not the typical easter or at least it was not at my house. this is west sacramento, and the project church came up with the idea to drop 20,000 eggs from the helicopter, and some of the eggs broke apart, but the kids did not seem to mind, because it is easier to get the candy that way. and the church said that thanks for the egg drop they had 800 new faces at church this morning. >> that is a different way of odoing it. >> i would like to be there and so much fun to see the kids racing out there, and get in on the action and get some extra candy. >> and yes, it is looking like it is not too bad, and in sacramento, we did find rain in the bay area, an

. >> mary wilkinson and her daughter julia came to the whatever to honor his life and love of. but in the few hours they had before the room was ready someone broke into the rental car trunk stealing a suitcase mary wallet and joe's remains. >> i feel like i wasn't even responsible to keep him safe. just knowing that they took my dad and they don't even know probably what it is or they -- he has no value to them. and what if they just throw it in the trash. like he deserves more. >> the wilkinson say they called san francisco police. dispatchers directed them to fill out an online report even after they explained what was stolen. >> the police should have said you know i think they're human remains that's serious that's something that is priceless. >> so the family contacted reporters hopeful someone would see their story and possibly recognize a scatter two in a case. car break-in around fefrmary whatever is san francisco police say in special circumstances like this one they will investigate further. after we called police officers met the wilkinson's at the garage today. the

mary wilkinson and her daughter julia came to fisherman's wharf to honor joe wilkinson's life and love of crab before spreading his ashes. but in the few hours they had here before their room was ready, someone broke into their rental car trunk stealing a suitcase, mary's wallet and joe's remains. >> and now i feel like i wasn't even responsible to keep him safe. just knowing that they took my dad, they probably don't know what it is. it has no value to them. they just throw it in the trash. he deserves more. >> reporter: the wilkinsons say they called san francisco police. they were told to fill out an online report even after they explained what was stolen. >> that's serious. that's something that is priceless. >> reporter: so, the family contacted reporters hopeful someone would see their story and possibly recognize the case. car break ins around fisherman's wharf are nothing new. filling out an online report is standard protocol. but san francisco police say in special circumstances like this one, they will investigate further. after we called police, officers met the wilkinsons a

we're hearing from mary wilkinson, a widow from north carolina. she came to northern california to scatter the ashes of her late husband. but someone broke into her rental car wednesday afternoon in fisherman's wharf and stole her suitcase, wallet and remains of her husband in a silver cylinder in a black pouch. >> they took my husband. i feel absolutely horrible. i feel like i have done him such a disservice. he was such a great man. and i just feel like -- >> she said her husband joe died last august of a heart attack. he loved san francisco. so she planned to scatter his ashes in the redwoods on what would have been his 57th birthday. she is hoping whoever stole his ashes will give them back. she is due to fly back home with her daughter next tuesday and says she doesn't know if she will come back to san francisco ever again. >>> a landslide shut down a heavily used road in oakland hills overnight. police first discovered the slide at 11:00 p.m. on redwood road. the slide included mud and also brought down a tree. the road is two lanes, one in

mary wilkinson was devastated. she called police yesterday. they called her yesterday to say a man had anonymously returned the ashes. she now says she plans to take the ashes back to north carolina with her. police say they do have a person of interest in the theft, but they have not released any details. >>> well it was an easter sunday washout around the bay area today. this is video from this afternoon in oakland. the rain forced the a's to postpone their afternoon game until later in the season. they likely forced many bay area families to change their plans especially for those easter egg hunts as well. meteorologist mark tamayo is track the storm. if the rain, how long it will stick around, mark? >> yeah, we are still talking about more shower chances over the next few days. we've been prepping everybody it would be a wet easter sunday. i wish i was wrong because that would be nice to have more sunshine today. but yeah we had rain and clouds out there paying us a visit. in terms of extreme rainfall, nothing too major. but i drove throug

we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, mary wilkinson and her daughter came to san francisco to >>> through the bay area took a turn. mary and her daughter came to san francisco to memorialize joe wilkinson as he died last year. they were planning to scatter his ashes at redwood national park but when they parked near fisherman's wharf yesterday, thieves broke into the rental car. >> and stole my suitcase, my mom's wallet and, most importantly, my dad's ashes. and ruined our trip. >> in 2015, there were nearly 25,000 car break-ins of those only 484 led to arrests. >>> canada has laid out its plan to legalize the sale of recreational marijuana by june next year. if the law passes adults over 18 can have up to 30 grams of dried marijuana and 4 plants per household. it also outlines harsher punishment for drugged driving and selling to minors. canada would be the second country in the world to legalize recreational marijuana, the first uruguay. >>> starting today, you can get a glimpse of your snail mail before a postal worker drops it off. the u.s. postal service is now sending pictur

. >> mary wilkinson of charlotte, north carolina said the smell of the fresh dungeoness crab drew her husband down to fisherman's warf. >> i had bought a sweatshirt. the other stuff and noticed my daughter's luggage tag sitting on the bumper. >> the 2016 hyundai elantra was here when it was burglarized. that were in a silver cylinder inside a black velvet pouch. >> they took my husband and i just feel absolutely horrible. i feel like i've done him such a disservice. he's such a great man and i just feel like -- >> mary says her husband died last august of a heart attack. her trip here was in part to honor him on his 57th birthday in a city he loved. >> we never had a chance to say good-bye because he died so suddenly and so this was our tribute to say good-bye to him. >> now the loss is compounded by the theft. i'd hate to think that he was thrown away in the trash can. >> mary and her daughter planned on taking a trip up to the redwoods. but instead they're walking the streets shopping for clothes trying to replace what was stolen. but there's only one thing that matters now. >> to g

mary wilkinson sent us this photo of a silver tube containing her husband's ashes.sband in that photo. wilkinson and her daughter traveled from north carolina to scatter the ashes among the redwood trees here in california but her rental car was broken in to at fisherman wharf's garage and thieves stole her suitcase, wallet, and ashes. police called her saturday to say a man anonymously returned those ashes and she plans to take the ashes back to north carolina. police say there's a person of interest in the theft but we have no further details. >>> chp is investigating whether a man arrested on suspicion of dui caused a hit and run crash that killed two small horses in sonoma county. 2:00 saturday morning in pen grove. investigators say a driver slammed in to the corral and kept going. two of the horse s had to be euthanized. police saw a car with front end damage swerving. ronald renner was arrested. >>> a man is recovering after menlo park fires used the jaws of life to rescue him. firefighters quickly put out the fire but they had to cut through the roof of the

. >> reporter: mary wilkinson brought her daughter julia with her to san francisco to memorialize her husband joe, who died suddenly from a heart attack eight months ago. instead, they are begging police to take action and find his stolen ashes. >> i should be in redwood national park memorializing my husband and spreading his ashes. >> reporter: mary says her husband joe loved san francisco so they came to experience all of his favorite things before letting him go. >> just enjoy the magic that the city has. all of that magic was ripped out from under me yesterday at 5:15 p.m. >> reporter: that's when vandals broke into their rental car inside anchorage square parking garage at fisherman's wharf. >> stole my suitcase, my mom's wallet, most importantly they stole my father's ashes and ruined our trip. >> reporter: julia and mary only left the car there for a few hours while waiting for their airbnb to open up. >> we didn't leave anything out in plain view. we tried to be smart about it. >> i would like to apologize to the family on behalf of the city. >> reporter: just two days ago, s

the ashes were of joe wilkinson and mary wilkinson, the widow who sent us the photo last night of the silver tooth containing her husband's ashes. wilkinson and her daughter travelled from north carolina to scatter the ashes of her husband joe among the california redwood trees. the rental car was robbed at a fisherman's wharf garage. the thieves stole her suitcase and the silver tube with his ashes. police called saying a man anonymously returned the ashes and now show plans to take them back to north carolina. police say there is a person of interest but they haven't given us any other details as yet. >>> and berkeley police are looking to make more arrests in connection with saturday's violent clash between demonstrators supporting and opposing president trump now, police are reviewing social media pictures and videos as well as their own surveillance few the age. that leaves -- at least 20 people were arrested over the weekend, some are facing charges including assault with a deadly weapon. a spokesman went over a list of confiscated weapons. >> and metal pipes, baseball. wood, po

mary wilkinson and her daughter were parked in a garage at fisherman's wharf last sunday prepared to scatter joe's ashes in the redwood and thieves broke into the car and stole everything. on saturday police called mary and told her a man dropped off the ashes earlier in the day. he was not arrested. now mary says he and her daughter have now decided to just take joe's ashes back home with them to north carolina. >>> a hunger strike continues today in san jose. a group of housing activists are refusing food until tomorrow's city council meeting and they didn't need all weekend either. tomorrow is when city leaders are expected to vote on a protection measure for renters. the city is considering a law requiring landlords to cite a just cause and it would also push landlords to be more attentive to tentant complain. activists are outside city hall saying they are fighting for the rights of vulnerable. >> the women and children of color, our domestic violence survivors that are the most, most vulnerable to these no cause evictions. >> the california department association counters readi

mary wilkinson and her daughter julia came to fisherman's wharf to honor joe wilkinson's life and lovereading his ashes. but in the few hours they had here before their room was ready, someone

mary wilkinson and her daughter were parked in a garage at fisherman's wharf on thursday, preparing toatter joe's ashes in the redwoods. but thieves broke into their car, stole everything, including his ashes. on saturday, police called mary and told her that a man dropped off the ashes earlier in the day. man was not arrested. but now, mary and her daughter have decided to just take joe's ashes back home with them to north carolina. >> such a painful, painful ordeal for that family. 6:36 right now. happening today, cal trans will begin reconstruction work. caltrans says the goal is to ease bottlenecks and reduce traffic. there will be structural upgrades in the project that include a new retaining wall and wider ramps. crews will be working on week days from 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and that project is expected to take about a year to finish. >> good morning. it's 6:36, and golden gate bridge still looks muggy out there. not seeing much of the bridge. low visibility and then if you're driving at all this morning or any time, please remember to slow down at any given moment and don't te

most important thing is to get his remains back bcuz i'll tell ya, i'll never let them go" mary and julia wilkinson didn't think for a second, that after landing in their loved one's favorite city, his ashes would be stolen within hours."i feel horrible. i feel like a part of him is missing and i did it. he was under my watch and i had no idea there was a problem with car breakins here"the mother and daughter duo parked their rental car inside the anchorage square parking structure then headed out to eat one of his favorite fares in san franciscodungenous crab. by the time they got back, his daughter julia's suitcase was missing from the trunk and so was her mother's wallet, and more importantly, joe's ashes."it's torture. it takes the light out of you and it makes you wonder what's going on in this world"joe died back in august from a major heart attack. this was supposed to be a memorial on his birthday. instead, they have no idea where his remains are."hopefully not in a trash can. it breaks my it breaks my heart"they believe the thief or thieves saw the silver tube tucked in a black velveteen p

mary wilkinson and her daughter were parked in a garage in fisherman's wharf last thursday, preparingtter joe's ashes but thieves broex into the car and stole everything, including the ashes. on saturday, police called mary and said a man had dropped off the ashes earlier in the day. that man was not arrested. she and her daughter have decided to take joe's ashes back home with them to north carolina. >>> and stopping floods before they happen. the last of three public meetings addressing flood and risk prevention in the south bay happens at 6:00 tonight. a series of meetings held by the water district in the three neighborhoods that were hit hardest by historic flooding around president's day. tonight's meeting is at the roosevelt community center on east santa clara street. they're taking questions and providing information on what it's doing to prevent future floods. >>> 5:37. happening today, caltrans begins construction on the highway 92/82 interchange. that project includes a new retaining wall and wider ramps to ease some of the bottlenecks experienced there. work will happen o

most important thing is to get his remains back bcuz i'll tell ya, i'll never let them go" mary and julia wilkinson didn't think for a second, that after landing in their loved one's favorite city, his ashes would be stolen within hours."i feel horrible. i feel like a part of him is missing and i did it. he was under my watch and i had no idea there was a problem with car breakins here"the mother and daughter duo parked their rental car inside the anchorage square parking structure then headed out to eat one of his favorite fares in san franciscodungenous crab. by the time they got back, his daughter julia's suitcase was missing from the trunk and so was her mother's wallet, and more importantly, joe's ashes."it's torture. it takes the light out of you and it makes you wonder what's going on in this world"joe died back in august from a major heart attack. this was supposed to be a memorial on his birthday. instead, they have no idea where his remains are."hopefully not in a trash can. it breaks my it breaks my heart"they believe the thief or thieves saw the silver tube tucked in a black velveteen p

most important thing is to get his remains back bcuz i'll tell ya, i'll never let them go"mary and julia wilkinson didn't think for a second, that after landing in their loved one's favorite city, his ashes would be stolen within hours."i feel horrible. i feel like a part of him is missing and i did it. he was under my watch and i had no idea there was a problem with car breakins here"the mother and daughter duo parked their rental car inside the anchorage square parking structure then headed out to eat one of his favorite fares in san franciscodungenous crab. by the time they got back, his daughter julia's suitcase was missing from the trunk and so was her mother's wallet, and more importantly, joe's ashes."it's torture. it takes the light out of you and it makes you wonder what's going on in this world"joe died back in august from a major heart attack. this was supposed to be a memorial on his birthday. instead, they have no idea where his remains are."hopefully not in a trash can. it breaks my it breaks my heart"they believe the thief or thieves saw the silver tube tucked in a black velveteen p

most important thing is to get his remains back bcuz i'll tell ya, i'll never let them go" mary and julia wilkinson didn't think for a second, that after landing in their loved one's favorite city, his ashes would be stolen within hours."i feel horrible. i feel like a part of him is missing and i did it. he was under my watch and i had no idea there was a problem with car breakins here"the mother and daughter duo parked their rental car inside the anchorage square parking structure then headed out to eat one of his favorite fares in san franciscodungenous crab. by the time they got back, his daughter julia's suitcase was missing from the trunk and so was her mother's wallet, and more importantly, joe's ashes."it's torture. it takes the light out of you and it makes you wonder what's going on in this world"joe died back in august from a major heart attack. this was supposed to be a memorial on his birthday. instead, they have no idea where his remains are."hopefully not in a trash can. it breaks my it breaks my heart"they believe the thief or thieves saw the silver tube tucked in a black velveteen p

joe wilkinson's wife mary and daughter julia traveled to san francisco to celebrate the birthday of their late husband and father. they planned to spread his ashes in the redwood national park. but before they could, the ashes were stolen. the family told us the ashes were taken from the trunk of their rental car parked at fisherman's wharf. the two pleaded for their return last week. the ashes were returned yesterday to the family. ( james ) the special needs teacher shot and killed at a san bernardino school was rembered in a vigil. karen smith was one of three people who died at north park elementary school last week. police say she was killed by her estranged husband 53- year-old cedric anderson. police say anderson walked into her classroom and opened fire. killing smith, and an eight-year-old student. a nine-year-old student is home recovering from his injuries. smith was a mother of four adult children. including her daughter who's also a teacher.

joe wilkinson's wife mary and daughter julia traveled to san francisco to celebrate the birthday of their late husband and father. they planned to spread his ashes in the redwood national park. but before they could, the ashes were stolen. the family told us the ashes were taken from the trunk of their rental car parked at fisherman's wharf. the two pleaded for their return last week. the ashes were returned yesterday to the family. ( james ) happening right now...police are searching for two gunmen after a shooting at a house party in vallejo. 9 minors were injured in the shooting. this happened just after midnight sunday morning at a home on calhoun street near benson avenue. officers say a group of teens were gathered outside the home. a car carrying two people in ski masks started shooting at the house. four people were shot. five others suffered other injuries. police say all nine people are under 18 years old and were taken to the hospital with minor to serious injuries. there is no description of the car or the shooters. (terisa) a man is severely injured in menlo park after his ca

here is a picture of the scattering tube sent to us tonight by joe wilkinson's widow mary. they traveled from north carolina to scatter the ashes last wednesday. but while her rental car was parked at a fishermen's wharf garage beforehand, a thief took a suitcase, wallet, and that silver tube. wilkerson police called her yesterday saying the man anonymously returned the ashes. she plans to take the ashes back to north carolina. police have a person of interest in the theft, but have not releasedty -- but have not released details. >>> a car clipped a utility pole this morning near santa rosa and slid down a steep embankment. the highway patrol closed calastogo road while pg&e cleared the wires. a tow truck was called to remove the car. no word on the driver or what caused the accident. >>> taking a live look outside the bay bridge. you can see traffic is moving along. rain has started to taper off a bit, but there's another chance for scattered showers later on this week. >>> the start of the easter sunday has been soggy. will that rain stick around for much longer? meteoro

they were of joe wilkinson, his widow mary support us the photo of the silver tube containing her ladyd's ashes. she and her daughter travelled from north carolina to scatter the ashes. her rental car was broken into if the misherman's wharf and thieves stole her outcase, and a wallet and ashes. she plans to take them back to north carolina. police say there is a person of interest but we don't have other details on that. >> and time now, 6:13. and happening today, we may get new information about the death of prince. a judge is expected to release search warrants in the investigation of his death today. he was found dead in an elevator at his home on april onest of last year. the authorities said he overdote dosed on fentanyl. it's still not clear how he got access to the drugs. >>> there is a groundbreaking ceremony today. when completed. the renovations will provide improved walking and bicycle connections between the concord b.a.r.t. station and there is some drawings of what it will look like and there is a treeline walkway with new benches. the sorry meany is scheduled for 10 thi