. >> they are based on pirates. . >> one of my pet peeves adults talking like teenagers with omg i texted friend what a great time last night he texted back r o-letter f l he was on the supermarket rolling all over the floor looking at my friend's text forgot drives me nuts. greg: we are destroying the language but it is true were they trying to be cool or having fun pretending to be cool quick. >> on the one hand that i actually signed it to be the most painfully sad thing that thing that i had ever seen so this means all those people now know that everyone they work for hates them and are trying to destroy them. this is the most painful thing i have ever had to listen to and once tried to listen to an ex-boyfriend break up with me. we were at the beach and i was of my father. i was not happy. go. >> and then just to sit there and we were at coney island. we thought it couldn't get worse and then to hang out the whole rest of the day. and then to insult the family and what they did there. and i am over it . >> i did buy a sweatshirt and i still think of the sadness maybe i like being sad

(ken) cracking down on porch pirates in california.. with the rise of online shopping.. 's been a huge spike in criminals swiping packages from people's doorsteps..(pam) one state lawmaker is determined to create stiffer penalties for 'porch pirates'. reporter ali wolf is in elk grove with the story.. harry khangura was visiting his sister in elk grove this week...when he spotted something unusual..(harry khangura - helped catch porch pirate)"i saw a gentleman holding these three packages with a black hoodie on"porch pirates in the act..and he wasnt about to let them get away..(harry khangura - helped catch porch pirate)"i just put my foot the the throttle and started following them"a retired police officer from the bay area, khangura says he was on the phone with elk grove police dispatch as he chased three suspects through residential streets...(harry khangura - helped catch porch pirate)"driving recklessly 80 mph down the road"things escalated...(harry khangura - helped catch porch pirate)"my life is going to be in danger" police say the suspect, brian marshall pulled

a new bilk proposed by a south bay lawmaker would crackdown on the porch pirates. a del castillo explains the proposed penalties. >> etch lowe with wants to put a spotlight on porch pirates to match changing times. when so many are shopping onl e online, getting deliveries to our steps. >> a criminal could steal up to ten packages from ten homes on the same day and so long as those items are worth less than $950, they could only be charged with a misdemeanor. >> criminal penalties would no longer be tied to the value of what's stolen. but the actions of the serial offender. this could mean jail time. it would prosecute theft as burglaries, expanding the section of the state penal code to include all areas attached to a home. areas where deliveries can be lecht and lifted. >> they're sitting on the front porch just waiting for the owner to get home hopefully. but sometimes that doesn't happen. >> a 2018 packaging study found six california cities made the top 20 cities of the most stolen packages. san francisco ranked number one in the nation. oakland and san jose al

(vicki) cracking down on porch pirates in california.. with the rise of online shopping.. there's been a huge spike in criminals swiping packages from people's doorsteps..(justine) one state lawmaker is determined to create stiffer penalties for 'porch pirates'. reporter ali wolf is in elk grove with the story.. harry khangura was visiting his sister in elk grove this week...when he spotted something unusual..(harry khangura - helped catch porch pirate)"i saw a gentleman holding these three packages with a black hoodie on"porch pirates in the act..and he wasnt about to let them get away..(harry khangura - helped catch porch pirate)"i just put my foot the the throttle and started following them"a retired police officer from the bay area, khangura says he was on the phone with elk grove police dispatch as he chased three suspects through residential streets...(harry khangura - helped catch porch pirate)"driving recklessly 80 mph down the road"things escalated...(harry khangura - helped catch porch pirate)"my life is going to be in danger" police say the suspect, brian marshal

>>california lawmakers wanted to get tough on porch pirates now they're proposing legislation that would make package theft a felony instead of a misdemeanor. now we see a number of surveillance videos like this one right here. authorities say that few of these pirates actually get caught. state assemblyman evan low and santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen, cole author this new proposal rosen says expanding the section of the penal code which deals with burglary. what essentially close what some say is just far too far too lenient loophole. >>thieves have noticed this this is a crime of opportunity and given the extremely low consequences currently 4 to misdemeanor. we think that this bill which and that may make it a felony depending on. how serious to conduct is would be more of a deterrent. >>rosen expects of the board supports of for legislation he also says said it could be on the governor's desk by the end of the year. over to the east by now a man is behind bars for breaking into a car and still ing several personal electronics and walnut creek. police arrested this guy

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for a political deadlock because then it's going to be most likely the current military dictator pirates on a child who's going to be the next prime minister. thailand but without the majority in the lower house they're not going to be able to pass a new legislation against the opposition in that and then. it's very likely that the people are going to be unhappy with that and there's already been rumors that if that happens and there is this deadlock that there might be another military coup michel the bus indeed initial results so far are going to be the talk of the town for the next at least twenty four hours how do you think the military party men and she get such results. but i think they're there's a lot there's a lot of factors that come into play here one thing for example is that the playing field wasn't level from the beginning for example other political parties were not allowed to campaign until late december of last year they only started campaigning then and the military on the other hand they were touring the country nonstop through all the provinces handing out money and tryi

. >>> cracking down on porch pirates. new legislation that would give package thieves stricter punishment. . >>> a clear change in the river delta. fishermen saw a increase in dead fish and wildlife. blaming the state for using more pesticides. this month california state parks announced it would reduce the amount of pesticides it uses. >> this was the sight and sound from last march to november. >> what are you doing exactly? >> california state parks division of boating and waterway scattered pellets to control fast moving water and weeds. >> guys heard of complaints of killing off wildlife and fish. >> what we hear on social media. >> the ongoing social media campaign is led by the delta anglers coalition. documenting dozens of dead fish and wildlife. floating lifeless fish. there's another dead fish. that's what we have. >> to turtles and decomposing beefers -- beavers. >> the state told us the chemicals are safe and this month jim star explained new tests at u.c. davis proved that. >> our studies have shown there's n

>>california lawmakers want to get tough on porch pirates. . we see a number of surveillance videos like this one, but the authorities say that few of these pirates actually get caught state assemblyman evan low and santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen co authored this new legislation now rosen says that expanding the section of the penal code which deals with burglary. what essentially close what some say is a far too lenient loophole. and we'll live hear more about that in a minute now rosen expects the board's support broad support for the legislation he says it could be on the governor's desk by the end of the year. >>the time now is 5.36 let's move on will head to the commercial break and be back with more in just a few minutes we're going to tell you about a very a couple. they're going to recount their nightmare at sea tossed around on a cruise ship by stormy weather. >>plus the oakland a's shining on opening day enjoy the highlights. and big changes coming to disneyland will tell you what the park is now fanning and it could

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videos of so-called porch pirates can be found on nearly every street in the bay area, including this newer housing development in san jose. this was march 1st. the neighbor next door had a package stolen the week after. >> it could have been worse. so we decided not to order anything valuable here. instead we order it to our office. >> reporter: it's so bad one person posted a warning for delivery drivers, don't leave packag packages unattended, thieves are among us. scott eliab started picking his up at a drop locker. >> it happened to me once. that was enough where i didn't want to risk it again. >> reporter: they've seen it time and time again. few of them are caught or punished. but a new bill written by the santa clara d.a. and proposed by south bay assemblyman evan lowe would allow police officers to book a suspect for a misdemeanor with almost a year of jail time. repeat offenders could be charged with a felony and face up to three years in jail. >> when you taking? off of someone's front doorstep where you're literally inches from their house, that's a real violation of someo

the lawmakers want to get tough on porch pirates. they're proposing legislation that would make package theft a felony instead of a misdemeanor. >>the number of surveillance videos like this one have been playing for well since the holidays even before that and few of these porch pirate actually get caught and that's leading some frustration among lawmakers so state assemblyman evan low and santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen have co-authored this new proposal now that would elevate the crime to a felony. they say that expanding the section of the penal code which deals with burglary. what essentially close what many say is a far too lenient loophole. >>thieves have noticed this this is a crime of opportunity and given the extremely low consequences currently 4 to misdemeanor. we think that this bill which and that may make it a felony depending on. how serious the conduct is would be more of a deterrent. >>rosen expects board support for the legislation he says it could be on the governor's desk by the end of the year. >>

thieves snatching packages from front doors, the new punishment one lawmaker wants to impose on forced piratesporch paris. >>> baseball signed by willie mays and 30 other hall of famer's stolen. known for their collection of baseball memorabilia, those stories and much more coming up live at 7:00 over on ktvu plus. join us. >>> this is one of those unusual weather days in the bay area, depending on where you were, i saw sunshine all day. you got rained on? >> i saw son, heavy downpours and it was clear again. meteorologist mark tamayo is in for bill tonight, some areas still getting rain. >> we are starting to wind things down. but you guys are right on with those descriptions, just have to wait a couple minutes. whether pension is changed quite a bit. it wasn't just light rain right it was a pretty good downpour. pretty solid moving into portions of the bay area. here is a satellite and radar, bulk of the action for the first half of the day was focused on the north half of the day. 11:00 amn 2:00 p.m., look at these thunderstorms and lightning strikes up and portions of santa rosa, petaluma,

on the sacramento, this morning where state lawmakers want to get tough on so-called porch pirates. y instead of a misdemeanor. now we often see some for certain surveillance videos like this one. but authorities say that very few of these pirates actually get caught. assemblyman evan low in santa clara county da jeff rosen. coauthor this new plan rosen says expanding the section of the penal code which deals with burglary. what essentially close with some say is a far too lenient loophole. >>thieves have noticed this this is a crime bill, which would make it a felony depending on how serious the case is, wold be more of a deterrent...">( marty ) rosen expects broad support for the legislation. he says -- it could be on the governor's desk by the end of the year. ( marty ) in the east bay -- police have arrested a suspect in connection to last week's stabbing near u-c berkeley. 36-year-old ájose loredo hernandezá has been booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon the stabbing happened wednesday in the 7-hundred block of shattuck avenue. police say -- they found one man who

a new building proposed by a south bay lawmaker would crack down on the so-called porch pirates. we explain the penalties. >> evan lowe wants to put a spotlight on porch piracy to update california's current laws to match changing times when so many of us are shopping online, getting deliveries to our doorstep. >> a criminalould steal up to 10 packages on the same day and so long as the womans are worth less than $950, they could only be charged with a misdemeanor. >> crim 23458 penalties will longer be tied to what's stolen. the thefts is burglaries, expanding the section of the state penal code to include all areas attached to a home. they can be left and lifted. >> they are sitting out here on the front porch waiting for the owner to get home. hopefully that doesn't happen. >> the packaging study found six california cities made the top with the most stolen packages. san francisco was number one. oakland and san jose also made the list. they were focussed on shipped packages, many worry about other valuables. they showed a man ignoring his cameras, coming straight for the bike.

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. >>> cracking down on porch pirates. up next, the new legislation that could give package thieves harsher punishments. >> you may have noticed gas prices on their way up, not just here in the bay but across the country. next, we'll show you one major ron for the jump in gas prices. >> heading out, if you are looking at interstate 80, you can see it is looking pretty good coming in through here and getting out to the macarthur maze. we'll tell you more about a truck accident in the east bay. >> still a few sprinkles. we have a little bit of fog as well. i'll have a look at what you can expect for today and the extended forecast coming up. >>> a bike theft in broad daylight. they are hoping to catch a man who took a specialized robot from wheel away bike center department can you help identify that man, please give the campbell police a call. >> with package theft a growing problem if many bay area cities, some south bay lawmakers are calling for harsher penalties including possible jail time to so-called porch pirates. sou

on hand. and the pirates where we were gunned down weeks later and to do it by victim or captured by pakistani forces here so today. they can't buy any i mean how was has been shifted to the. strict security you know the indian authorities in the presence of officials of the indian high commission to pakistan at large and this was this was you know what gesture by pakistan that by the sound of large species in the region and you know as bold asian and i will respond to stop. he has many times like this. we are diplomatic response to india and gratian and toward the world the nation you know we want peace in the region. so interesting to see how that's going to play out diplomatically over the next few days journalist as the academy in islamabad there for us with the latest update thanks for that. well the status of kashmir has been an instrument an insurmountable obstacle between india and pakistan now for many decades. has been a split in germany's governing coalition with two of the main parties are towards over whether to prolong the freeze of arms sales to saudi arabia they were initially

>>california lawmakers want to get tough on so-called porch pirates, they are proposing legislation which would make package theft a felony instead of a misdemeanor. we see a number of surveillance videos like this one. but authorities say few of these pirates actually get caught state assemblyman evan low and santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen co author this new proposal rosen says expanding the section of the penal code which deals with burglary, but essentially close what some say is a far too lenient loophole. thieves have notice this this is a crime of opportunity. >>and given the extremely low consequences currently 4 to misdemeanor. we think that this bill which and that may make it a felony depending on how serious to conduct is would be more of a deterrent. >>rosen expects broad support for this legislation he says it could be on the governor's desk by the end of the year. >>still ahead tonight, a new chapter in the jessie small at case after all charges against him were dropped. >>what chicago's mayor now wants the actor to do. and our vicki libya as with a new take

>>california lawmakers want to get tough on porch pirates in fact they're proposing legislation that uld make package thieves. felons instead of a misdemeanor charge. so we see a number of surveillance videos like this one right especially around christmas time when packages start arriving, few of these porch actually get caught. so state assemblyman evan low and santa clara county district super district attorney jeff rosen co authored this new legislation. they say they want to expand the section of the penal code that deals with burglary and would essentially close what many say is just a far too lenient loophole. we'll see if it gets through. >>43 and still ahead on the con for morning buzz opening day makes a big day in the history books, the warriors are winning, but they have lost their sense of humor, tiger makes a laughable shot out of the woods and like people around the world this oh! oh! oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar

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>>california lawmakers want to get tough on so-called porch pirates, you know the people who yanked packages off front porches. they're proposing legislation they would make package theft a felony instead of a misdemeanor which it is now we see videos all over the place these days like this one, but authorities say few of these pirates actually get caught. state assemblyman evan low as santa clara county da jeff rosen co author of the new proposal rosen says expanding the section of the penal code which deals with burglary. but essentially close what some say is a far too lenient loophole. this is a crime of opportunity. >>and given the extremely low consequences currently 4 to misdemeanor. we think-that this bill which and that may make it a felony depending on how serious to conduct is would be more of a deterrent. >>rosen says he expects broad support for the legislation he says it could be on the governor's desk by the end of the year. meanwhilen the east bay if you park every day at the wannacry bart station you may soon face higher costs to park their beginning friday, all of the surfa

on board including children. they are not castaways they are pirates expensive and online campaign demands a u.s. drug maker returns billions of dollars that allegedly overcharged. moscow for a good afternoon for me kevin owen it's the twenty eighth of march one of the afternoon first in this thirty minute update crisis stricken starving and under a brutal rule venezuela has been destroyed in many ways by the western media of late isn't it but next time he goes down off explains there's a new label being pinned on the south american country to president trump. you can take a man out of business but you can't take business out of the man apparently u.s. president donald trump is living proof of that he's been tailoring this image of corporate sharks for decades and is now taking the approach to politics the potential of venezuela. don't properly and with with democracy it would be incredible it was one of the richest companies certainly and now it's one of the poorest countries of the world a slip of the tongue for sure but could it be a fraud and one well he seems to have appointed venezuela's new

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>>california lawmakers want to get tough on so-called porch pirates are proposing legislation that wouldake package theft a felony instead of a misdemeanor. we see a number of surveillance videos like this one, but authorities say a few of these porch pirates actually get caught. state assemblyman evan low and santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen co author of the new proposal, rosen says expanding the section of the penal code which deals with burglary. but essentially close with some say is a far too lenient loophole. this is a crime of opportunity. >>and given the extremely low consequences currently 4 to misdemeanor. we think that this bill which and that may make it a felony depending on how serious to conduct is would be more of a deterrent. >>rosa says he expects broad support for the legislation he says it could be on the governor's desk by the end of the year. >>in the east bay view park every day at the walnut creek park station you may soon face higher costs beginning friday, all of the surface, lots will close to make room for construction of a transit village which

and state legislators take on the plague of porch pirates, the proposed new law that could put more of the second day in a row a case of measles has been reported in the bay area this time, it's in the south a good evening. i'm ken way and i'm pam or the santa clara county

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video of porch pirates can be found on nearly every street in the bay area. a few were caught or published. a new bill would allow police ce to book a misdemeanor for almost a year behind bars,t offenders could be charged with a felony and face up to three years. >> where you take something off of someone's front doorstep, that's a violation of someone's privacy and sense of self-. and there's quite a potential for violence. >> one item that committee is expected to address is whether more jail time will lead to overcrowding. deputies say if that's a problem, the jails can adapt. >>> soon you can see more car free streets in san francisco. the sfmta is now studying which treats could be restricted to muni only. >>> 4:52 coming up on in the bay. >> a gift that flies but customer service that crashesand >>> and happening now, another push to delay brexit. there's eight days before britain is scheduled to leave the block. and today prime minister theresa may is trying get them to delay the deal. right now it's a no deal departure that could hammer the economy. m

tolls the merchants wanted them abolished and they also wanted to defend themselves against pirates and thieves on dangerous trade routes so they joined forces in twelve eighty in northern europe they founded the german hanseatic league in lubec it was a great international alliance a confederation of merchants from large cities that soon began to grow the first hamburg then rostock in cologne even cities much farther away soon set up hands of trading posts by the fourteenth century the league included almost two hundred cities. the cog is the vessel most closely associated with this trading network a lot of goods fitted into its ballooning us whole hand sciatic merchants were the global players of the age they could speak foreign languages and were generally well educated rich and had great political influence but the hands the attic league never became a proper free trade zone in one thousand nine hundred thirty and still had to pay customs duties in forty one different german states and free cities. but increasingly the idea of free trade caught on in eight hundred thirty three the german custo

joining us now live from san jose with details about legislation aimed at cracking down on the so-called porch pirates, hey rob. >>yeah hey vicky and read know proponents of this new legislation will tell you stealing a package of from someone's porch here in san jose's willow glen neighborhood or any neighborhood for that matter is the same saying as burglary and they're saying that if we ratchet up the penalty for that from a simple misdemeanor well it will be a deterrent and there will be fewer simple as that. let's take a look. if you have not been a victim of porch piracy chances are you know someone who has. >>despite the ubiquitous surveillance video few of these pirates are caught in those that are getting off relatively light say critics the law considers this after the package from someone's doorstep a misdemeanor. the new legislation is being proposed that would consider such staff to form a burglary that could be a felony in some cases, the bill's co authored by state assemblyman evan low and santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen will thieves have notice this this is a crime of o

the other side being on the receiving end of a pirate and what it felt like if you want to play pirate you'd better be the pirate. and not be the not be the people they're attacking that's. element to the pirates right because the pirates are seen as the roic and they're now in hollywood as being the fabulous two you know are cute and so this is revisionism this is the history of selling yesterday once again it definitely was a star i am and you know we've been as you point out there's a sister is very hard to find the real history from the soul history the fake history and trying to find like an american identity and it seems very allusive. kind of quarry to find something that really represents. the american character and you know a story and how would you describe to say the american character how would i describe the mirror character. you know from the start we were told that americans are exceptional i'm not so sure we're all that exceptional and most of us learn and maybe never learn much more just because they don't have to learn our history in school and history as it's

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