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a letter addressed to district attorney george gascone saying they're apalled by the decision to drop the charges against two burglary suspects. it happened on the morning of april 30th, here at a home on marietta street. a neighbor saw two men in a car parked in front of the house he heard noises in the back. he decided to call 911. officers quickly responded and captured two men. everything went the way it should have. >> but d.a.told the homeowner no charges were filed against the two men. the da's decision is galvanizing the neighborhood. debbie shea says home burglaries could be violent. >> there is a possibility of mothers being home with young children, taking a nap into afternoons, when this occurred. >> how can we possibly ask people to call the police when they see sus spishus activity? when something like this happens and everything knows about it. >> the spokesman told abc7 news that the case has not been dropped, that it's still under investigation. >> we need to make sure evidence is in place. thoroughly, completely prior to charging this case to make sure charges reflec

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we will find more about that this morning from george gascon and the other d.a.s gathering in new yorkleaders from alameda county will be meeting to push for the bill that's going through the state legislature and to announce their intentions to pass their own on a local level should it fail so a lot of action on this subject, michelle. >> sounds like it. we know the state kill switch bill did fail last time it was proposed earlier this year. what's changed? >> reporter: the first time cell phone makers and carriers opposed it, they are now on board and one big change in this bill it leaves tablets out of the new rules. it would only apply to smartphones. live in the newsroom, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> today google trying to get more women into coding. kpix 5's kiet do is live at the tech giant's headquarters. he is down in mountain view now. kiet, women are a minority in the silicon valley workforce. >> reporter: yeah. here at google, men out number women 2:1. and so the company is launching a campaign called made with code to try to close that gender gap. they have a long way to go.

. >> reporter: george gascon and erik schneider man announced what they're calling a major milestone in helping prevent cell phone theft. google and apple will introduce a kill switch. >> not only the technology has to be available, but the technology has to be universally applied and if i as a consumer decide not to use the technology, then i can turn it off. >> reporter: the announcement is part of a new report issued by the secure are smart phones initiative which was started a year ago by law enforcement agencies, elected officials. since apple started offering ios7's activation lock in san francisco, iphone robberies decreased 38%. in new york, iphone theft went down 17% in the first five months of the year. the report found that theft of sam sung and other smart devices increased during the same time period. >> that's very interesting. that the fact that they are paying attention because they know that software is on the phone and they're not even trying to steal the iphones. that is really crazy, i had no idea. >> reporter: gascon says the problem still remains that switches n

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george gascon made a joint announcement with the attorney general of new york. >> not only does the technology have to be available, but the technology has to be universally applied. >> reporter: newer apple iphones do have an optional kill switch. new crime data shows iphone robberies in san francisco dropped 38% since those phones hit the market. thefts of other phones which don't have the kill switch have risen. >> i myself was a victim of an armed robbery but i was one. lucky ones. i was not physically injured. many armed robberies and strong- arm robberies include a lot of violence. >> reporter: now google and microsoft are planning to incorporate a kill switch into the next version of their respective operating systems but many politicians want those switches to be opt out not opt in. that's what california's state bill would mandate. >> many people, certainly people of my age but a lot younger people, do not know, they're not tech savvy enough to know how to turn this technology on. >> reporter: today leaders from throughout alameda county met at oakland city hall to push for the bill a

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deputy chief of the san francisco department of psychiatry, we also have then district attorney george gascon, police chief and fire chief so dr. leery, please come on up and thank you for being here and colleagues dr. leery is acting as representative of the department of public health here today who has been really involved in these discussions. i want to thank you for being here. >> thank you. i'm very happy to be able to talk today about this laura's law legislation. another term for it that i think covers it well is assisted outpatient treatment, or aot, and aot provides an additional option for families to engage their loved ones in treatment for serious mental illness when other efforts haven't been successful. it will help some patients but as we've heard, it's not a panacea and it's not designed to help everyone. it was created to help a small but important group of individuals whose serious mental illness prevents them from accessing and accepting crucial, sometimes life-saving treatment. like every treatment, it has its limitations and its benefits. the benefits include being able

other members such as our district attorney, george gascon, our police chief and fire chiefs who came out today. i think to me it's been really compelling during the course of looking at this, the numerous doctors and public health professionals and organizations that are supportive of this going forward throughout the state our california hospital association, our psychiatric association, nami, the suicide prevention association all of which sent letters of support. certain homeless supporters, the st. vincent de paul society, if possible we'd like to pass this to the board of supervisors. i think legislation is better when done through the board and i want to thank supervisor campos for understanding some of these issues are challenging for all of us but i want to thank supervisor campos for your continued willingness to have open dialogue now on this issue among many others and similarly believe that your heart is in the right place here and in terms of wanting to improve what we can if possible. i do believe the amendments that are here that we circulated around, but we have here

. >>> san francisco district attorney george gascon joined the council general of brazil today, in signing a memo of understanding, aimed at ensuring the safety of domestic violence victims and survivors of human trafficking. gascon said san francisco is a cosmopolitan city and having close ties between law enforcement and foreign governments is important. >> we provide on-the-ground training to staff, how to recognize potential victims of trafficking, human smuggling, what are the signs of domestic violence. >> gascon also said it's important to have staff trained because often foreign nationals approach their consulates with problems rather than police. >>> a man who thought he was going to meet a woman he had met online ended up getting punched and robbed instead. it happened around 8:00 last night here on mission street in san francisco's amazon neighborhood. the victim told police when he arrived at the location he was met by two men. he says he was blindsided by a punch and then the men took his wallet and cell phone and ran away. >>> a fire burned dangerously close to homes in the n

san francisco district attorney george gascon joined new york's attorney general today. they say kill switches lower crime. gascon says iphone thefts have dropped ever since apple added that kill switch last september. google and microsoft are also joining in. soon 97% of all next generation smartphones will have the built-in kill switches. however, he wants them to come with the switch already turned on. >> not only the technology has to be available, but the technology has to be universally applied. and if i as a consumer decide not to use the technology, then i can turn it off. >> gascon added the concept of installing a kill switch without being automatically activated by the companies makes little sense. >>> a bizarre story on the bay bridge. take a look. a dancing man and a burning truck. this brought traffic to a crawl this morning during the peak of the morning commute. witness says a man was dancing and acting erratically as flames engulfed his pickup truck. you can see him there right near that white truck. this was just past the toll plaza. a homeland security

today, george gascone signed a memo of understanding allowing greater cooperation between the countries the district attorney will train staff to detect victims of trafficking and dooilz >> having the staff recognizing this signs of victim yi sayings being able to use that information and contact law enforcement. >> i want to wish you happy father's day. >> thank you. >> it's off to a nice start. >> yes. >> like it's going to only get nicer. here is live doppler 7 hd. sunny skies now. notice low clouds and fog at the coast typical activity of the year but not now. we have strong, gusty winds in some spots. 31 miles per hour gusts now. 22 miles per hour in san carlos. winds lighter inland than yesterday. 69 in oakland low to mid 70s in san carlos # one morgan hill. another hiv from golden gate bridge, blue skies and 84 now in santa cooler for father's day. here is a satellite radar image showing high pressure still dominant feature bringing us mild to warm day, mild at the coast back around middle of the week. we'll use high temperatures trend as an indicator of what to expect around the

today, george gascone signed a memo of understanding allowing greater cooperation between the countries district attorney will train staff to detect victims of trafficking and dooilz >> having the staff recognizing this signs of victim yi sayings being able to use that information and contact law enforcement. >> i want to wish you happy father's day. >> thank you. >> it's off to a nice start. >> yes. >> like it's going to only get nicer. here is live doppler 7 hd. sunny skies now. notice low clouds and fog at the coast typical activity of the year but not now. we have strong, gusty winds in some spots. 31 miles per hour gusts now. 22 miles per hour in san carlos. winds lighter inland than yesterday. 69 in oakland low to mid 70s in san carlos # one morgan hill. another hiv from golden gate bridge, blue skies and 84 now in santa rosa. cooler for father's day. here is a satellite radar image showing high pressure still dominant feature bringing us mild to warm day, mild at the coast and temperatures bouncing back around middle of the week. we'll use high temperatures trend as an indicator

san francisco district attorney george gascon will be touting that in a news conference happening thet 30 minutes on the east coast, talking about the dramatic decrease of phones. in new york, iphone theft went down 17% in the first five months of the year. in san francisco, iphone robberies decreesed 30 -- decreased to 38%. in the same time period, they found theft of samsung and other popular devices increased. >> we all have so much information on our phone. if somebody were to steal it, i mean, that just makes you more vulnerable to identity theft or whatever and. i think it does -- the fact that there's opinion more comfortable. that shows that's a good thing. >> reporter: both leaders say this illustrates how kill switches will end the victimization of wireless consumers. right now, there's legislation that requires that by next july all smartphones in california should come preequipped with theft-deterring technology rendering the devices useless. now, in the next hour of "mornings on 2," you will be hearing what district attorney gascon had to say about the study and what he's

george gascon announced google and microsoft will incorporate kill switches on their next version ofones. apple began putting in the kill switches last september. police say they are seeing a drop in the number of apple electronics and a rise in other smart phone thefts. >>> investors are caution because of the situation in iraq, the dow closed up 14 points and the nasdaq down 3.5. >>> mark tamayo's complete bay area forecast and the temperatures he's tracking for the first day of summer. >>> it's disrupting our livelihood. it's disrupting our child care. >> up first, new problems for students of a bay area vocational school. their fears their campus may close for good. ♪ ♪ ♪ we're lucky, it's not every day you find a companion as loyal as a subaru. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> we're learning about new problems for a troubled bay area vocational school about a month ago we told you that bryman college in san jose closed for a time because it owes thousands of dollars in back rent. now it appears the bryman campus in hayward is about to shut down. >> reporter: bryman

george gascon as he announced both google and microsoft have agreed to add kill switches to their phones. combined with apple's, they make up 97% of smartphones nationwide. but lawmakers are calling for more. currently, the voluntary kill switches require users proactively opt in by downloading something or turning them on. >> if you have to opt in, you may not know about it, you may not know how to do it. it has to be opt out. >> reporter: senator leno's bill which passed the state senate would require kill switches come pre-installed and activated. it would also fine retailers for knowingly selling a phone without it, something gascon says is long overdue because until opt out kill switches are mandatory, crooks will continue to steal cell phones thinking their owners might not have opted in. >> millions of people getting hurt worldwide because the industry has refused to do the right thing. >> reporter: leno's bill is up for a vote in the state assembly. gascon is calling for similar federal legislation. meanwhile, the cell phone industry argue that is cell phone kill switches should

san francisco district attorney george gascon is making a joint announcement this morning with the d.a.syork and london. now, a kill switch refers to a smartphone's ability to be remotely rendered inoperable when stolen making it essentially worthless to the thief. this is surveillance video of some of the brazen cell phone robberies in san francisco recently. newer apple iphones do have a kill switch. users have to opt into the feature but will it has been successful. robberies in san francisco has dropped 38% since those phones hit the market. >>> it's a crime of convenience. we can end the convenience and end the crime. >> google and microsoft are expected to incorporate a difficult every kill switch in their operating systems of the next smartphones. california has a bill that would make it mandatory. leaders throughout alameda county will be meeting at oakland city hall to push for the bill and announced their intentions to pass their own at the local level should it fail. live in the newsroom, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> right now, an 11-year-old bay area golfer in the u.s. women's o

warrant isn't something you can get very quickly >> reporter:but san francisco district attorney george gasconmerly the chief of police.thinks it was the right decision to make in this digital age.considering how much private information is stored mobile devices like smart phones. >>home computer on the go >> reporter:he doesn't think this will unduly impact law enforcement's ability in going after cell phone theives.because many of those arrests are based on eyewitness testimony.and while getting a warrant to connect the thief to the crime takes a little more time.they aren't that hard to come by. >> reporter: the d-a says if cops are worried about evidence on a mobile device being erased remotely.they can put the phones in what's called a black box whle they wait for the warrant to come in >> reporter:the ruling also won't affect officers from being able to continue to crack down on people talking and texting on their phones while driving without handsfree technology. >> reporter:the supreme court justices did leave one exception to the ban on warrentless cell phone searches.is when officers

san francisco district attorney george gascon, one of the sponsors of the initiative, says the state to $250 million a year by not sending low level criminals to prison. if approved, some of the money saved would be ear marked for schools and mental health programs. some school districts are already supporting the measure. >> we know when we do invest in our kids at these younger ages it, can make the difference throughout their entire school career and on into their adult life. >> san francisco district attorney george gascon says violent criminals will not benefit from the safe neighborhood and schools act. right now, there is no organized opposition campaigning against the measure. >>> a stockton couple is asking the public for their help, after their twin boys were born without eyes. jamison and jackson were born on may 2 to summer holdings worth and michael lopez. jamison was born with one eye and his brother jackson, who also has a club foot, can't see at all. they have a rare condition that doctors say occurs in three out of every 100,000 births. the family takes weekly trips