. >> and i'm vic lee.f isy9xdup. ñ Ñ,Ñprpry"it >>> a man covered in flames after a fire at pier 47. this is the location shown by sky 7 hd. this happened just after 1:00 p.m. francis burn unit. another man treated for minor injuries. >> late today oakland police released a search of a man they're looking for. take a look at what we want to show you here. a woman says she's walking on east 12th street back in december, this man grab grabbed her from behind. he tried to pull her into a car with three other men inside shechl got way. police say to call them immediately if you recognize this man. >> a man accused of raping and robbing a woman in her apartment was arraigned today, facing nine felony counts. police say he rushed up to the victim as she entered her residence, threw her on the floor and sexual assaulted her. jones was arrested minutes later with the help of a chp helicopter. >> u.s. interior secretary announced today that he will be leaving his post this march that. can on the same day a tv statio

. >> all right, vic, dan noyes will be joining us at 6:00 in this story. >> oakland mayor responded from the first time today about the side show that shut down i 880 in oakland on saturday. drivers blocked off traffic on the northbound lane to spin out for several minutes as you can see. then, they took off before officers could arrive. today, the mayor said side shows have become a rare sight in oakland thanks to efforts. >> that is frustrating so we'll see if it's a long term trend. since i've been mayor. they've come down. significantly. >> chp asked other drivers who turn in video of the license plates so they can track people down. coming up at 6:00 we'll play you the recordings of frustrated drivers stuck in traffic. >> police now have one man in custody less than 24 hours after an 8-year-old girl was shot. >> abc 7 news has more on that from oakland. >> happening now a stern warningg3f[u reaffirming what he calls a commitment to protect the city in the city this, after an 8-year-old girl was shot. police and california state parole officers interviewed several adults at the same

>> it's one of the biggest upsides to having played vic mackey and now a guy like savino. tavis: here comes that tough guy. >> boys are terrified of me. tavis: and you like it, don't you? look at this. you like this. >> it has an upside when you have daughters. she's a little annoyed by it. nah, we want to spend time together and see each other. tavis: speaking of navigating, how have you dealt with being the only male in that house? i have a friend of mine who has like three or four daughters and i tease him. i call him the ladies' man 'cause he tried four times and he could not produce a boy. so how do you do this every day? >> i always joke that i was raised in a testosterone house 'cause it was me and my brother and all-male cousins and my dad and everything. my poor mother. now i live in estrogen house. it's me and my wife and my two daughters and even two female dogs. so sensitivity has been beaten into me. i love it actually. you know, in a way, i've learned a lot through raising daughters. women are highly complex. again, i joke with them. i go, "you have all these

he is putting himself out there with the minority of his party, saying support this deal. >> vic, go>> i'm sorry, richard? >> mike viquiera go ahead. >> i just wanted to point out something here one of the problems all along is that republicans didn't want to violate a core principle of conservativism, a core pledge that they made never to raise taxes or revenues. this individual grover norquist who has sponsored this pledge i'm going to read a tweet from grover norquist that we've just seen here. he said the bush tax cuts lapsed at midnight last night. every republican voting for the senate bill is cutting taxes and keeping his or her pledge. and richard we talked about this in the -- >> it just passed, just passed. no more time remaining, it now has passed the house with the senate amendment. >> okay and now we're heading well over, just caution, let's wait until the gavel comes down but strange things can happen. right, 220 -- it is heading north. appears that the deal is done. we'll move on to the next fight here. what i said was, richard, you and i, a lot of us talked over the c

i'm sure that two years before we got vic, we were looking for a defensive coordinator that i asked vic 23 he would come to stanford and be the defensive coordinator and he declined. the following year he declined again. >> jim harbaugh the coach from the stanford brought a lot of coaches to the 49ers. jim is tightly wound seems to be letting loose a little bit because he wants his player to relack at the super bowl. i think you told me the harbaugh brothers might have dinner tonight? >> yes. they might have dinner tonight. i don't know if they are going to discuss football. they may want to kept that separate until after the big game on sunday. but yeah, it is a friendly brother sibling rivalry. we'll see. let's get back to the weather here. it is starting to get dark here. we see the clouds really moving in. the wind is picking up. and we're starting to feel a little raindrops. so i think we're going to see the storm, lawrence, probably in the next couple of minutes. >> you haven't heard any thunder or seen any lightning just yet, michelle? >> no. the sky looks a lot different from ju

vic lee is live on the scene tonight. vic vic, what else can you tell us? >> we're downtown this, is howard street that. is 7th street behind me. officers are waiting for investigators to arrive at this scene. they're not telling us much of what happened but i can tell you that it's a grisly scene behind me. covered body of a victim is behind a car with a blinking light. aj officer tell meez the pedestrian was hit by two cars and says this is not, not a hit and rub. all drivers are here on the scene cop rating from -- with police. and in case you're planning to come downtown this, is a major artery getting you out of downtown. police closed traffic at 7th and fls yom and that is the latest from this scene. officers waiting for traffic investigators to find out what happened but appears that the pedestrian was crossing the street when that pedestrian was hit by two cars. covered body of the victim is behind that car with the blinking lights. >> thank you. >> we're about to introduce you to a program helping working families in the east bay find child care. b

vic lee is live at the san jose police department for us. vic?>> there are many long time residents living in this neighborhood. and they tell us they've always felt safe until recently. and new, this. this violent crime. >> nudge like that ever happens near our little alcove, you know? >> kathleen lived 45 years in this neighborhood of shadow brooke in the heart of the al ma den valley. she and other neighbors were shocked. everyone here today seemed to be talking about the scary home invasion. >> in this case it was knock on the door. they opened the door and suspects basically barged in. >> policexy after 6:00 last night. two, or three men forced their way into the home and tied victims up while they ransacked the house, taking jewelry, cash and electronics. >> they stole both cars belonging to victims. >> victims of a retired couple. their daughter said they were not hurt. larry blankenhim told investigators he was sitting in hiszz0a open garage and sawa sus spishus car carrying strange qlorz looked like they were casing out homes. >> i saw

vic lee, abc 7 news. >> all right, vic we want to ask you, they searched the place 30 years ago why searching again now. >> and according to the search and they did not go into the backyard nor did they use cadaver sniffing dog autos we're going to have more at 6:00. >> we first reported details on abc 7 news at 4:00 and abc 7 news.com we have team coverage this evening. i team reporter dan noyes investigated the kevin collins case just in october. at that time, the i team was looking into reports this may have been connected to a serial killer. we talked with his mother then, and again, today, to gelt her reaction to this new potential break in this case. the report is ahead on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> a man who was shot in the head in a gas station this morning has died. the man's father tells abc 7 news the victim is only 20 years old, the father heard about it and went right to the) 76 station after learning of the shooting. you can only imagine. a s.w.a.t. team surrounded a neighborhood. so far, police have not been announcing arrests in this case. >> we just received calls from a frustra

vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> you heard vic talk about the support of stop and frisk.he practice was recently declared unconstitutional in new york and today officials there talked about their plans to get around it. a scanner that tests for radiation and reveals a handgun. it operates on the technology as body scanners used in airports. the device will highlight an object. constitutional rights advocates say they are concerned it will be used in discriminatory way wait and seea wait and and at attitude at the moment. >>> wet around the bay area. mainly a light rain. some brief periods of steady or heavier downpours widely scattered. the live east bay camera looking at conditions right there in emeryville. the wet pavement there as it has been raining lightly in emeryville and raining lightly in most parts of the bay area. live doppler 7hd. this pattern continues. up in the north bay a heavier concentration of rainfall. but anywhere else on the radar screen at the moment, a little batch of moderate to h heavier rainfall. the area north of wind and south of clover dale

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. >> let's turb to abc 7 news vic lee with more information you'll see only on abc 7 news. vic?mentioned may be from an animal, but they're not sure. that is why they're sending it for analysis to see what just what they are. the inspector says regardless that have outcome, he believes they're on the right trail. >> you can see the strongest suspect you have? >> yes. boy say he is. >> the inspect jor talking about a perfect of interest who lived in the house the man has since died. toomi saying the case is still under investigation. he also refused to comment on information abc 7 news learned from an independent source that homicide investigators the went to canada to interview the former roommate who interview the person he believes may have been with kevin collins. we're told investigators traveled to british columbia where chow retired. he told us he knew nothing about the possibilityraéb of an abduction nor did his former partner ever exhibit interest in ped feela. we're told police are now trying to find the car that the two once owned. yesterday, police and the fbi

. >> vic, thank you f you'd like to listen to the conversation just go to abc 7 news.com. >> a lot more to get to here tonight. 49ers prepare for the super bowl. the front office makes a big announcement about the new stadium soon to be one of the most environmentally friendly sports venues in the country. the story is next. >> a school district ready to lock out gun violence, what message are they sending to students? >> a new rule about aides drugs sparked a lawsuit. >> here is another look at breaking news. a three-story building on fire in oakland. seventh street is closed right now. eastbound is still open. coming out of the tunnel. ñ >>> new state of the sf art center open was a concert and a web carpet reception under way now. it's new hall just blocks from city hall is frankly and felds in hays valley. abc 7 news is there live for us. it's an extraordinary building. >> this used to be an auto repair shop. now it's a glitzy showcase for all that jazz. dh is just a taste of what the crowd will hear. the first jazz artist to win a grammy as best new artist. the legendary mckoit on

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. >> vic lee is in thex0dt newsrm with more on that. vic?portedly involves gangs, prostitution and an unsafeory relationship between one suspect and the murder victim. all of the documents in the case have been sealed by a santa clara county judge. and the prosecution, they're not talking. we are learn more through our sources and published reports. millionaire businessman was murdered in the home invasion robbery, found dead inside of his mansion. police still aren't saying how he was killed but three men and a woman have been arrested in connection with the murder. a 26-year-old lucas anderson, javier garcia and deangelo charged with accessory to the murder, deangelo report lid a member of an oakland street gang called money team tied into drugs and home invasions. javier garcia said to be a member of a west oakland gang called ghostown. two years ago a multi agency task force decap tated the leader of ghostown. >> they're going through into the back. so we just walked into the closet, we hit hid. >> in august, abc 7 news interviewed one t

. >>> tonight only on abc 7 news a parking lot conman tells vic lee about the history of ripping off an east bay man killed an intruder learns he may have been the victim of a divorce plot by his cheating wife and her boyfriend. >> we're live on developing news about the domestic violence victim who was set on fire. >> and a generation of rovers only on abc 7 news. >> police have just announced that bone fragments possibly believed to be those of a hayward girl missing since 198 are not a match. >> tonight the family of michaela garecht is no closer to answers. the fragment was recovered from a well in lyndon where victims of apair of convicted killers known as speed freak killers were buried. >> the bone turned out to be a previously identified murder victim. >> good evening i'm dan ashley. >> a man admits he made a career out of ripping off drivers in san francisco spoke about hoiz howe he's done it. tonight from jaishlgs he told his story to abc 7 news reporter vic lee vick has been following this story more than a year and now here with what you'll see on abc 7 news. >> the crime

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. >> vic, talking about congress voting. i'll let you go here. we're watching the numbers on the floor at the moment. we're seeing what appears like that the rule has passed. we're looking at 283 at the moment in that yea column. what might we take from the rules vote? will it be parallel later on on the senate vote itself? >> i've been watching this stuff for quite some time. and i got to tell you, i've never seen a rule vote that has been this lopsided. it's hard for me to believe that the vote on the senate bill is going to be anything close to that. i think you're going to have a lot of -- and i'm looking at the monitor here -- i think you're going to have a lot of republicans, obviously core republicans who are not going to vote in favor of the senate bill. as a matter of fact, one of the things to watch here, richard, is exactly how many republicans they do get to vote for the senate bill because this is a bill that is going to have to violate that basic rule of the house of representatives. and it's not a new rule. it's not just a couple o

vic lee has more for us. vick? >> the preliminary hearing has begun, prosecutors say this was a vigilante murder the parents took the law into their hands and killed her pimp. lawyers for the defendants say they're convinced the clients will be acquitted. >> eric sapphire represents the father the woman he says was forced into ross stit yugs by a 22-year-old calvin snead. the attorney for the girl's mother. >> she was very concerned. she did everything she could to try to coach her daughter not to stay with this man. >> everything he said except murder. the prosecution sees it differently oo. there was a plan. and the plan was executed. he was hunted down on the streets and shot, dead. >> investigators say snead just brought the girl from l.a. to her parents home in the bay view on june 3. the girl reportedly called him the next day and asked that he pick her up at home. snead was shot to death in his car near the house. prosecutors say surveillance video the day of the murder shows the father and other two suspect

. >> vic lee is in the newsroom with more on this. >> this is a sordid case. some of the terms use -- have used terms like vigilante killing but prosecutors sate parents of the young girl, who was 17 took the law into heir hands and simply murdered him. whatever happened, the prosecution and defense couldn't be farther apart. >> i'm confident the jury will dot right thing returning verdicts of not guilty. >> eric sapphire represents the father of young woman he says was forced into prostitution by a 22-year-old calvin sneerksd tony tamborello is the attorney for the girl's mother. >> she was very concerned and tried to coax her daughter not to stay with this man. >> everything he said, except murder. the prosecution sees it differently. >> there is a plan skprkt plan was executed. it was hunted down on the street and shot dead. >> investigators say snead just brought the girl from l.a. to her parents's home june third. the girl reportedly called him and ask he pick her up at home. snead was shot to death in the parked car, prosecutors say a surveillance video

vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> all right. how exciting.like maverick's a on for the first time in a couple of years. spencer christian is here with the forecast. the good news for spectators down there and surfers is it will be sunny and not too cold. >> it will get milder as we approach the weekend. sunny and probably over 60 degrees. >> really? >> absolutely. watch out for the tides. the waves. here is a live view from the high definition east bay hills camera. looking westward towards san francisco and it is a clear night. and it is already a cold night in some places. but every night this week has been cold so what is new? here is a look at live doppler 7hd. clear skies and absence of clouds and absence of precipitation and temperatures once again troping. current temperature readings 34 degrees at fairfield. 37 napa. 36 at novato. clear and chilly again tonight. spare the air tomorrow. we had one today. the second consecutive spare the air day tomorrow. milder weather right on through sunday. the beach hazard i referred to earlier, th

. >>> long time san francisco state university football coach vic rowen passed way.innotator who used a west coast style offense long before bill walsh turned into a successful nfl system. they won titles in the '60, but he was known for grooming coaches like super bowl coach mike holmgren and dirk koetter and andy reid. vic rowen, dead at age 93. >> the national hockey league has a weird sense of timing after a three-month lockout they decided to schedule the san josi sharkses season-opener sunday at 3:00 p.m., during the nfc championship game. >>> and reports out of montreal show that the sharks are talking to scott gomez and an over was presented to the 33- year-old forward. gomez scored two goals in 38 games with the canadiens who waived him earlier this week. >> kings barely had time to raise the banner before blackhawks bashed them for five goals. jonathan quick stops it and there is gase with the putback. >> and maria sharapova reached the australian quarter finals in straight sets. maria is the first woman in australian open history to lose five games in the

vic lee, abc7 news. >>> no more freebies when it comes to parking on sundays in san francisco.rting tomorrow you will have to pay to park from noon to 6:00 everywhere. the city says this will ease congestion and raise revenue. about $2 million in the next year. the city won't actually begin ticketing until later this month. drivers will be issued warnings for the first three sundays. >>> climbing yosemite is a popular goal but the park has approved a plan that permanently limits how many people can do it. a maximum of 400 hikers a day will be allowed to make the trek. that's the same number as an interimlan that went into effect in 2010 as a way to reduce congestion. >>> it's 5:38 and coming up next a new messaging service from facebook that could some day allow you to call your friends for free forever. let's take a live look outside from our roof cam, the building of san francisco. they took down the holiday lights and back to the usual skyline. san francisco looking at temperatures in the 30s and 40s today and rain coming later this afternoon. alright let's break it down. mo

vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> we have a bit of breaking news.dent obama has just signed the fiscal cliff deal to avoid all of the problems that you heard it would cause. he did so by aa auto pen becaue the president is actually in hawaii. the auto pen duplicates his signature and he can sign a bill that way so that deal has become now the law. last night's agreement to extend the bush era tax cuts that the president just signed spurred a rally on wall street today. the dow jones climbed 308 points its biggest gain since december of 2011. the nasdaq jumped 92 and the s&p 500 rose 36. but the fiscal cliff deal also set up another confrontation between congress and the white house. political reporter mark matthews with what is ahead and a little talked about step congress took last night to help wealthier taxpayers. >> congress instituted the the alternative minimum tax back in 1969 to go after millionaires who were avoiding income taxes by claiming big deductions. >> and this was quite common where you could get into leveraged investments that wou

vic lee, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> the families of the victims of a colorado movie theater testimonyoday from first responders. police officers cried when they told finding a body of child. this is was the first day of the preliminary hearing for james loems accused of killing 12 people and wounding 57 more in july. >> changed the fact that it happened you know? it is in the past as far as i'm concerned now. best thing to do is move forward ensuring with strong gun laws and mental health reform we don't have these issues in the future. >> no camera wars loued. at peer yens changed. he now has shaggy brown skmair a beard. >> a new effort in california to slow violence following last month's tragedy of an elementary school in newtown, connecticut. >> the 20131é!$ñ legislative session gn today, it's clear. after the shooting that school safety is a top priority. >> today we want to take a moment of silence. >> state lorkal leaders held a moment of silence to pay (%5s. >> it's easier in california. to buy bullets, bullets or sudafed cold medicine. >> buyers must present id. all sales to

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. >>> stanford football fans are celebrating the tomb's first rose bowl vic -- the team's first rosevictory in years. they were cheering on the cardinals from the patio sports bar and grill. mike shumann has more from the rose bowl in pasadena. >> they call her the grand daddy of them all, and rightfully so in this the 99th version of the rose bowl pitting stanford and wisconsin. these fans have different opinions about their schools and tailgating. >> brain yaks versus boozers. >> nerds against curds. that's how we are looking at it. >> they have crackers and we have sausage and beer. >> more sophisticated. better fans. >> and the striped pants. we don't want any of that. >> the stripes is actually, they have been going to badger games since 1940. >> is this what they wear when they pick up trash in wisconsin? >> if it gets a victory, then yes. >> this is wisconsin's third straight rose bowl, but they lost the last two, while stanford hasn't been here since 2000 and has not won since 1972. after 40 years stanford finally got another rose bowl victory. >> as a stanford alum, this is

so vic, the reason we're in this place, this has something to do with a fig leaf? >> well, i think so. i think plainly what happened here is after it became apparent earlier in the day that the house republican conference did not like what the senate did in the wee hours last night at 2:00 in the morning, that they wanted to amend that bill, thereby throwing this whole thing into question and putting us on the fiscal cliff for possibly days more. they stared into the abyss after there was an eruption here on new year's day. and they saw that it would have been a public relations disaster. the senate would not have acted on any bill that they put on the floor that would have changed the senate bill. that means there would have been a new congress. that means the legislative slate would be wiped clean after thursday noon when the new congress is put into session that the economy would be thrown into chaos. the markets would be thrown into chaos. people's paychecks when they start to go back to work tomorrow would have a huge bite taken out of them because of the risi

. >>> abc7 news reporter vic lee first broke this story this afternoon. it is also part of an investigation by the abc7 news eye team. we will bring you coverage of the collins investigation. you can also get updates on abc7 news.com and twitter abc7 news bay area. >>> now to the super bowl and it is media day. randy moss made headlines with a less than modest statements about his place in football history. >>abc7 news sports director is live at the superdome with that story and the rest of our super bowl coverage from the big easy. larry? >> hi, carolyn. you don't usually get any breaking news during super bowl media day. we actually had 2 significant stories today. one vai vens -- one ravens line backer saying he didn't take performance enhanced substances and the other was as you mentioned randy moss who said he is not happy at all with his role on the 49ers. i guess the surprise with moss was that he waited all season before discussing this, but he has not been pleased with a limited opportunity that he has had. moss also proclaimed himself to be the

. >>> abc7 news reporter vic lee first broke this story this afternoon. it is also part of an investigation by the abc7 news eye team. we will bring you coverage of the collins investigation. you can also get updates on abc7 news.com and twitter abc7 news bay area. >>> now to the super bowl and it is media day. randy moss made headlines with a less than modest statements about his place in football history. >>abc7 news sports director is live at the superdome with that story and the rest of our super bowl coverage from the big easy. larry? >> hi, carolyn. you don't usually get any breaking news during super bowl media day. we actually had 2 significant stories today. one vai vens -- one ravens line backer saying he didn't take performance enhanced substances and the other was as you mentioned randy moss who said he is not happy at all with his role on the 49ers. i guess the surprise with moss was that he waited all season before discussing this, but he has not been pleased with a limited opportunity that he has had. moss also proclaimed himself to be the

. >>> stanford football fans are celebrating the tomb's first rose bowl vic -- the team's first rose bowl victory in years. they were cheering on the cardinals from the patio sports bar and grill. mike shumann has more from the rose bowl in pasadena. >> they call her the grand daddy of them all, and rightfully so in this the 99th version of the rose bowl pitting stanford and wisconsin. these fans have different opinions about their schools and tailgating. >> brain yaks versus boozers. >> nerds against curds. that's how we are looking at it. >> they have crackers and we have sausage and beer. >> more sophisticated. better fans. >> and the striped pants. we don't want any of that. >> the stripes is actually, they have been going to badger games since 1940. >> is this what they wear when they pick up trash in wisconsin? >> if it gets a victory, then yes. >> this is wisconsin's third straight rose bowl, but they lost the last two, while stanford hasn't been here since 2000 and has not won since 1972. after 40 years stanford finally got another rose bowl >> as a victory. >> as a stanford

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. >>> stanford football fans are celebrating the tomb's first rose bowl vic -- the team's first roseowl victory in years. they were cheering on the cardinals from the patio sports bar and grill. mike shumann has more from the rose bowl in pasadena. >> they call her the grand daddy of them all, and rightfully so in this the 99th version of the rose bowl pitting stanford and wisconsin. these fans have different opinions about their schools and tailgating. >> brain yaks versus boozers. >> nerds against curds. that's how we are looking at it. >> they have crackers and we have sausage and beer. >> more sophisticated. better fans. >> and the striped pants. we don't want any of that. >> the stripes is actually, they have been going to badger games since 1940. >> is this what they wear when they pick up trash in wisconsin? >> if it gets a victory, then yes. >> this is wisconsin's third straight rose bowl, but they lost the last two, while stanford hasn't been here since 2000 and has not won since 1972. after 40 years stanford finally got another rose bowl victory. >> as a stanford alum, this

. >> hi, i'm vic lynne from north pole, alaska. i'm talking to my friend santa here to get a new edenpure heater for christmas. >> ho, ho, ho, ho. because what we say about edenpure in alaska, don't be home without it! ho, ho, ho. >> [chuckles] that's right, don't be home without it. that's the message we kept hearing from edenpure customers here in alaska where the weather got down to -72 degrees last winter. but, the big surprise was how many of our customers in the lower 48 said the same thing during one of the mildest winters on record. >> during this warm weather, i've just been blessed to not have to turn on my gas heat at all. i've been able to utilize the edenpure system. say if i'm looking at tv in one room, i can turn the system on in that room, i can be comfortable. there's been times i've even had to turn it down. but it's just been a phenomenal savings for me during this mild winter that we've just had. >> announcer: from vic lynne using his edenpure to save on heating oil in alaska to ocala where florida residents fra

. >>> abc7 news reporter vic lee first broke this story this afternoon. it is also part of an investigation the abc7 news eye team. we will bring you coverage of the collins investigation. you can also get updates on abc7 news.com and twitter abc7 news bay area. >>> now to the super bowl and it is media day. randy moss made headlines with a less than modest statements about his place in football history. >>abc7 news sports director is live at the superdome with that story and the rest of our super bowl coverage from the big easy. larry? >> hi, carolyn. you don't usually get any breaking news during super bowl media day. we actually had 2 significant stories today. one vai vens -- one ravens line backer saying he didn't take performance enhanced substances and the other was as you mentioned randy moss who said he is not happy at all with his role on the 49ers. i guess the surprise with moss was that he waited all season before discussing this, but he has not been pleased with a limited opportunity that he has had. moss also proclaimed himself to be the gre

vic?ee months, an fran police made a huge dent in the crack down on suspected fences for stolen electronics. the fences are the people[ío thieves turn to to sell hot items and last year there were 3,000 robberies in san francisco. half were cell phone;bt,i relatd oo. bc 7tb+8 news believe they'e busted what they believe to be a big fencing ring. >> this is what recovered december 27th. lots of smart phones and lap tops, one of the biggest hauls of stolen electronics they've seen. the second bust police made in two months. in november, they recovered more than a thousand items worth up to half a million dollars from another fencing again, mostly cell phones and lap tops as well as other items. three people were arrested. lieutenant ed santos says it's a lucrative business. >> there is so much money to bev¢wwz off lap tops and cell phones. the market is>)  reall. and ipad can go from 300ses today $500. new iphone 5s being resold for $500. >>

vic lee is in the newsroom with the story. >> it's a sordid story reportedly involving gangs, pros stit skbrugs a sexual relationship between a suspect and the murder victim. we're learning more tonight from our sources and published reports. three men and a woman have been arrested in connection with a murder. 26-year-old lucas anderson, 21-year-old javier garcia and deangelo austin. the fourth suspect raven dixon charged with being accessory to the murder. a bill milin yair businessman murdered november 30th, found dead inside of his mansion in the wealthy enclave. police aren't saying how he was killed. austin is reportedly a member of a street gang called the money team. a group tied into drugs and home invasions. garcia said to be a member of a gang called ghostown. two years ago multi agency task force decapitated the leader of ghostown. >> they're going through into the back. so we just watched into the closet, and hid. >> in august, abc 7 news interviewed one two of brother who's hid in a closet in their house during a home invasion. according to reports members of the money tea

vic lee has the story. >> well, bill bratton believes stricter law enforcement means safer communities there are other experts believe it's not how many people you arrest, but how many you prevent from being arrested. now the statistics prove those two policies were just as successful in 1990s. braiton got all of the credite when police commissioner the city beefed up force with 7,000 new officers. his basic philosophy, identity hot spots and flood them with police. during his tenure stop and frisk incidents skyrocketed. crime plummeted. this is what he sned a phone interview last week. >> issue of crime i have a believe police have significant impact on reducing it. and... by patrolling illegal behavior to such an extent you can change the behavior. >> crime plummet atd cross the country in the 90s. >> the crime rate in the united states peaked around 1992, 1993, then went on a decline continuing through 1990s and into the 2000s. >> this professor heads center on juvenile and criminal justice and he says at the same time during 90s an fran was pursuing a far more progressive aprof to

vic lee, abc 7 use nus. >> thank you very much. a strange twist noont a pittsburgh burglary ending with a man being stabbed to death. plea say its part of a cheating wife hatched by her boyfriend. >> it's a truly bizarre story tonight. nick? >> police tell me it's part of a plot to scare the husband into moving. but a resident tells me the banging against the wall skb loud noises sounded like horse play. >> the commotion started just before 11:00 a.m. yesterday in this apartment, only feet from where he live autos someone getting into a fight or something. you know? bouncing off the walls and stuff. >> what sounded out as rough housing turned out to be more. >> i i was about to call 911. >> according to police what he heard was a homeowner confronting a man who had broken into the apartment. the fight didn't end until investigators say this man, a 54-year-old was dead. stab ntd back of the neck with a knife. >> they prepared this and talked about it. she gave our suspect keys to the residence. >> police arrested this woman. sharl y

vic lee talked to him on the phone today. >> so i have a strong believe that police have the significant impacts on reducing it. by controlling illegal behaviors. to such an extent, you can change the behavior. >> brat onled police departments in new york city, boston and l.a. and thogs cities crime rates dropped on his watch, then, again, after he left. >> the mayor and police chief are holding a news conference to discuss the hiring. we'll have live reports for you at 5:00 and 6:00. >> now developing news in east san jose. a woman has been shot and killed this, is video over the 2600 block of ponsol court just after 1 hirt. -- 1:30, we do know it appears she was targeted. however, police have not arrested anyone yet this, is san jose's second homicide of the year. >> police on the lookout for this man. they say he tried to snatch a 13-year-old girl from a neighborhood sidewalk friday morning. police say he tried to drag her into a driveway. >> police have recovered a car stolen during a home invasion monday night. robbers tied up and gagged a couple then ransacked a home. the chp found

and now, the question is how can he be stopped in vic lee has the story only on abc 7 news. >> this isimba, maybe the most prolific petty theft criminal in san francisco. police made contact with3vx) hm more than 50 times this, is the rap sheet. 12 pages long. almost every time he's arrested he spends a time in jail, then back on the streets doing what he does best. he goes to unattended parkingot lots with pay stations. he poses as an attendant, collecting money from drivers as they pull in. making things worse, the drivers often wind up with a ticket on their windshield from parking monitor who's check locks. last summer he was caught on a kgo camera as parking atendants grabbed him, he pretended to be one of them,. again arrested but back on streets just days later. >> this type of activity is unacceptable and criminal. >> the supervisor's district involves the embark dareo he's worried that they will pray on millions that will come to the city this year. >> we're talking to the city attorneys office as well as law enforcement to figure out if there are ways to improve on enforcem

. >> thank you, vic we'll see you at 6:00. >> a big repair job is underway. >> crews started a long task of fixing the bay bridge tower fender damaged by an oil tanker two weeks ago. it was an accident, ran into it. sky 7 hd was over the bridge this morning. >> this work started first thing in morning and is being done on the tower behind me. it's the further one closest to treasure island there. the process of removing fenders will be the first order of business. let's show you what it looked like this morning. caltrans contracted with a private company specializing in doing this work. one official told me it's not like you can just back up a truck in this location. first order of business will be removing the damaged fender section when bar pilot apparently veered off course and side swiped the tower so this could reach as high as $3 million. >> they call it mobilizing the equipment they need to get the work done. unless they do that. firgs order of business is going to be removing damaged fend yir system autos caltrans says the same company that did repairs after 2007 accident is also