Operation worked. Reporter they were definitely sophisticated. Their alleged crime activity spanned all the way to asia and more than 2,000 stolen goods recovered. It was sophisticated. It was organized. We estimate the loss to be around 2 million. Theyre described as a multimillion Dollar International burglary ring whose criminal activity spanned every bay area county with a final destination of vietnam. We had street level people actually breaking into vehicles. The groups demise began late last year after a dramatic spike into car break ins. It led them to several suspects at a Storage Facility filled with an estimated 1 million worth of stolen electronics. Thats what kicked off the investigation. Police uncovered what they now believed to be an international scheme. They would break into cars, steal Electronic Devices then sell them to a middle man between thieves. They would them then sell the stolen goods to people who would ship or fly them to vietnam. They have to be making money when its over were just not sure at this point what happens when it gets to vietnam. Im just excited to be reunited with it. Shes one of thousands of people getting back what was rightfully stolen from her. It seems like we have the right people on our police force. Police say this is not done. There will be more arrests in the future. Live in fremont maria medina, kpix5. If youre wondering if any of the electronics might be yours call the department where you filed the original Police Department and give them the serial number. This man pretended to be a Police Officer to rape a woman. The suspect met an online date two weeks. Pulled out a skbaj firearm and forced the woman to have sex with him. Out a badge and firearm and forced the woman to have sex with him. Police believe he may be responsible for other similar crimes. Tonight we know what caused this big water main break in heyward. Earthquake experts are calling it a creepy situation. The pipe snapped suddenly on sunday causing a flood along highland boulevard. Were there with more on what exactly happened. Reporter seismologists refer to a creep as a Steady Movement thats pretty constant in the earth. And that is what they believe caused this massive water main break. The water main break on highland boulevard was so powerful it forced the street to rise and buckle. It looked as if the earth was about to burst from the extreme pressure. Crop that was here was washed away all the way to the front. The rupture sent water, rocks, and mud down the street and opened up a sinkhole that almost swallowed a car. The break was called by whats called a creek. A constant or periodic movement on the fault. Its kind of scary because this time it was really close to the house. And i guess to any of the neighbors its scary and some of our neighbors the water went inside their houses. The water flooded the space underneath her home on sunday. Usgs says the fault is slipping about 1 5 of an inch per year. Any fault line that crosses it. Its like were waiting for an earthquake or something and then suddenly something we totally didnt expect happened. The city says the water pipe that failed was installed in 1976. Most of the pipes in the area are decades old and made of concrete. And if other pipes were put in at the same time theyre going to start going just like this one. Usgs says expect to see these kinds of ruptures from time to time because there are many old pipes on the fault. Tonight San Franciscos District Attorney is trying to clear thousands of minor marijuana convictions. The city is in the process of removing roughly 3,000 misdemeanor convictions and will review nearly 5,000 felonies. We want to address the wrongs that were caused by the failures of the war on drugs for many years. Prop 64 which legalized Recreational Marijuana use in california allowed people to get their convictions tossed out. But the das office says few people knew about that part of the law. Theres no application, no fee, no court date, or attorney needed. Sonoma county is planning to file a lawsuit against pg e because of the deadly and destructive wine county wildfires. They say they should cover debris removal expenses. The suit is expected to be filed late next month. Napa and lake county are expected to join the suit as plaintiffs. Tonight concerns over a new tax issue by an east bay School District. When students act out they are forced to wear a special weighted vest. Juliet goodrich is in berkeley tonight. What is this thing all about . Reporter well the Berkeley Unified School district uses these weighted compression vests and they use it in a way to calm students. Some parents arent too happy about it and theyre taking issue with the schoolboard. Im only here today to voice my concern for a 5yearold girl s who is now scared to go to school. He told the school board that his 5yearold daughter is scared to go to school because she was told to wear a weighted compression vest. Features pockets that include 2 pounds of weights. Theyre advertised online and sold on amazon. The makersover vest claim they feel like a reassuring hug and designed to have a calming effect on the body. But he says thats not the effect it had on his daughter and said he never knew about the vest in the first place. Shes been put in a weighted vest that is probably half her size. So i dont know how a kid is supposed go to school and be ostracized like that and made the pariah because she has on a vest. The oakland verified School District owns about twodozen weighted vests. The use of weighted vests in some limited cases where students face opticals to benefitting from classroom instruction is sometimes a support recommended by an educational of therapeutic specialist. A parent sent to students says its prompted the school to make sure parents sign a consent form to avoid future misunderstandings. How much do they weigh . These compression vests are about 10 of a childs overall weight. The school says theyre only wearing it for about 30 minutes at a time and its never used as punishment. They say its a way to help a child focus. Tonight an arrest in a Violent Crime spree in palo alto. Police say the 41yearold suspect groped an employee at macys at the Shopping Center monday night. Then punched a a prevention officer. Police say he then stole food at the take out counter of a pf changs and threatened an employee. Tonight detectives are investigate inging the escape of an inmate. Later he suffered some kind of medical distress and died at the hospital this afternoon. An autopsy will determine the exact cause of death. T the white house versus the fbi. President trump is still considering the public release of a classified memo about the russia investigation. Now the fbi is warning him dont do it. Representative adam ship of los angeles accuses the House Intelligence Committee chairman of making secret changes to the memo before he shared it with the white house. Tonight a white house official says that memo could be released as early as tomorrow. In a rare statement the fbi pushed back against the memos release. That Statement Reads we have grave concerns about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memos accuracy. Were still going to compete the legal and National Security review that has to take place before putting something out publicly. Last night president trumps hand picked fbi director Christopher Ray and Deputy Attorney general met chief of staff john kelly at the white house to argue against the release of the four page document. Republican congressman devon nunes is the man behind the memo. It alleges abuses by the fbi and department of justice when seeking a surveillance warrant on a Trump Campaign official. He says its clear they used unverified information in a Court Document to fuel a Counter Intelligence investigation during an american political campaign. Democrats accuse nunes and the white house of distorting the facts in the review in order to discredit Robert Muellers russia investigation. People are playing politics and actually weaponizing intelligence and classified intelligence. Its a big deal any time the fbi says anything greatly concerned. Security analyst and former fbi agent jeff hart. Theres obviously something in the memo that bothers him that he feels could possibly lead to other bigger investigation. But youve got to remember too there is a really political hot button going on right now. White house and National Security officials are reviewing whether to block the memos relief. But chief of staff john kelly says he expects it to be released pretty quickly. Our exclusive new poll shows the president is getting low marks from californians when it comes to immigrations. According to our survey usa poll 65 disapprove of how hes handled it so far. In the bay area the opposition is even greater. 73 of people here disapprove. New tonight the deadline to enroll for covered California Health insurance has just been extended by 48 hours. You now have until friday night at midnight to submit all of your forms. But you still need to start the process by midnight tonight. Thats for both open enrollment and current members who want to renew or change their health plans. You can still be fine this year if you dont have health insurance. The federal appeal of that mandate does not take effect until next year. Tomorrow San Francisco will launch a task force focussed on becoming the first city in the country with its own public bank. Board of supervisors says its partly in effort to expand banking opportunities for the growing cannabis industry. A popular new app lets you bank your every step. A lot of people are in our newsroom talking today. Heres how you can get paid to stay fit. Hes being paid right now for every step he takes. It keeps counting. Its an app aiming to rival bitcoin. Physical movement has a value to our economy. It got its start three years ago and has taken out. Its consistently in the top ten free apps on the app store, has 7 million users and investors who recently she would out 5. 7 million in funding. Every 1,000 steps gets converted into one sweat coin. For now sweat coin can only be redeemed for participating products on the app. You can get an iphone ten for example for Something Like 10,000 or 20,000 coins. They use block chain technology. The team hopes sweat coin will soon be exchanged for much more than Tech Products and work out gear. Our target is Going Forward to be able to pay part of your taxes in sweat coins. How do you make people feel so secure when people question this as an idea . We believe for it to long term have a value it has to be based on utility. When people walk more it makes us not only healthier and productive it will save society costs in health care. One of the biggest knocks against sweat coin right now is it doesnt catch every step you take in stride. So your treadmill workout definitely wont count. The Developers Say this is the best way for them to prevent cheating. If we try to count indoors and remove gps then users could earn this just by shaking about. The team also hopes anyone curious about it will pour in a little sweat equity instead. Another setback for one of the biggest redevelopment projects in the bay area. Were talking about Hunters PointNaval Shipyard in San Francisco. Its where the navy tried to clean up warships that were exposed to fallout from a comic weapons testing. Soil sample used to test for rad logical contamination was not reliable. They could be indicative of some of the compounds naturally occurring in background soil. They plan to retest all of the areas for radioactive contamination that will likely delay a housing and Retail Development project. They served in vietnam and the middle east now some bay area war veterans are serving time behind bars. But tonight San Francisco sheriffs are giving them a final chance at redemption. Heres rare access inside prisons to bring us this report. Deep in the bowls of San Francisco county jail number five our nations warriors are getting a seconds chance and for some there may not be another. You feel like this is your last chance . Yeah. This is. For the first time tv cameras are inside the sheriff Departments Program known as cover. Today its therapy through singing. Some of these companies they do hire felons. Last week was a mini job fare. And every tuesday its yoga night where the inmates practice mindfulness. Their offenses vary. Group the inmates together, get them ready for life on the outside and work to make sure they never end up here again. The vets have a shared respect for discipline and structure and many suffer from ptsd. Lance garner served in the coast guard for five years patrolling and conducting rescues in the bay area. He said what creates an instand bond, an instant bond and its a good one. I believe if you serve america we owe you a debt back. Back in 2010 San Francisco county was the first in the nation to target veteran inmates. Now 86 jails and prisons around the country are doing it as well. The concept behind it is not to punish the veteran whos incarcerated but to give them the tools they need to keep from resitivating or going back to jail. The key is so called wrap around services. Once they get out the sheriff offers a Charter School with classes and counseling. And Veterans Justice Court lets them find housing and drug counseling. We need to look at how we can assist them in integrating back into society especially if their criminality is somehow related to their military history. A retired sheriffs captain who spent four years in vietnam and remembers how veterans were mistreated coming home. Im glad people feel guilty. Society should feel they made a mistake and step up and make amends. Douglas harper was a career military man and served as a special ops soldier in the first gulf war. After battling severe alcoholism hes been sober for two years. Where would you be without this permit . I would be serving 5 to 10 years in the california state prison. Downward spiral . Oh yeah. Would you go as far to say that this Program Saved your life . Yes, i would. I dont feel like a victim of society. I feel like a victim of myself because i let myself down. Throughout the pain and heart ache, the shame and disappointment, this is their final chance to stand strong and proud once more. Do you believe a persons ability to change and if you give that person the tools to change not everybody will do it. But youd be surprised at how many people brace a better person of themselves. Very nice gentlemen. Great program there. Paul no blood moon tonight. But weve got a full moon. We do have a full moon and a good view of the full moon. Less fog compared to 24 hours ago. Thats you along the coastline. North bay its also milder. This is a sign were going to get warmer in the afternoon because were not going to cool off as much overnight. Concord 53 currently overnight tonight know 30s. Everybody inland staying in the 40s including livermores 36. Vallejo 48. San jose 45. And San Francisco 50 degrees. Santa rosa has been this guy the start of the rainy season 36 other times thats a lot. In 0 of those 36 have we made it back to normal rainfall or higher. Were getting to a point that it will be hard to come back and get to an average rainy season. And this weather pattern is not going to help one bit. The storm track is heading north. This ridge of High Pressure will be big, strong, and consistent. And its not going to move much in the next week and a half. This would be a normal pattern for april 1st or may 1st. Tomorrow is february 1st and its one of the historically wettest months in the bay area. Tomorrow morning sunshine, Beautiful Day to get outside. Afternoon will be clear. Friday well see a little bit more in the way of high, thin cloud cover especially off to the west. But the overall theme is well be completely dry. And the ridge over the next 4 or 5 days is not moving that much. Well call it locked in place. Dont know where the key is. Perhaps record highs by the weekend. It will be with us until the middle of the next week at earliest. Tomorrow first day of february lets do 71 in san jose. Your normal is 59. Close to 70 for fremont and san mateo. Sunnyvail and cupertino 72. Pleasant hills 72 degrees. Oakland, San Francisco upper 60s. And lake port 71 degrees. Gets warmer. Mid70s friday and saturday. Mid70s return towards the middle of next week. And thats sunshine across the board for the next seven days. There are so many parts of the country that would beg and plead for that forecast. The problem and after such a dry december we could use some rain mixed in there as well. We could but good to feel fortunate though too. It is pretty nice. Tonight a trail of the dinosaurs stumbled upon in the suburbs. Hi, were alaska airlines. And we dont just fly lumberjacks to glaciers. We fly all kinds of people all kinds of places. Like App Developers to mexico city. Musically inclined novelists to nashville. And pilates instructors to palm springs. Sure, we love a good glacier. But we also like a little cocoa butter. From the west coast to the world. Alaska airlines. Thats how we fly. From the west coast to the world. With the chase mobile app, Michaela Deprince could pay practically anyone, at any bank, all while performing a grand jete between two grand pianos. She could. In a commercial. In real life she uses it to pay her sister, from her couch, for that sweater she stained. What sweater . phone buzzes life, lived michaelas way. Chase. Make more of whats yours. Tripped over a piece of the past. In the suburbs northeast of dc scientists tried to look into the future tripped over a piece of the past. Fossil hunter ray stanford found these tracks of a dinosaur and its baby. He found the tracks on the ground of the godard space flight center. There are at least 70 unidentified tracks there. All of them made in a matter of hours some 110 millions of years ago. Theres all of these small tracks. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 walking around. And thats a chicken or crow sized carnivorous dinosaurs. Its one of the densest concentrations of dinosaurs found. Speaking of dinosaurs you remember Terrell Owens . Oh man thats a segway. Oh no. My goodness. To not exactly a fan of the 49ers. Well tell you why next. Have you seen this unicycle . Its missing and you might recognize the person it belongs to next. And they havent won a game since. They were in detroit tonight finishing off a backtoback. To the fancy new little cesars arena wher in detroit tonight finishing off back to back. Look at the banners retracting. Thats a fancy. Red wings had 44 shots on goal. Martin jones let only one get past him. To a shootout, 7th round. Needs to keep the game a live, no. Sharks lose in a shootout. They have dropped four straight games. Will the third time be the charm for Terrell Owens who finds out saturday night if he is indeed a hall of famere no s there. But the 48 people that make up the halls Selection Committee have chosen to keep him out the last two years. In an interview with tmz today owens was asked which team he would represent if he gets the gold jacket. An eagle a niner or a cowboy . Ill get back to you on that one. Its a hard decision right . Well it wont be the niners. It wont be a niners . Ouch. In fact both guys were wrong. Hall of famers arent enshrined with a specific team like baseball. Whatever the case hes not a fan of the team that drafted him. Heres his 49ers stats compared to with four other franchises bind. Cj mccullum scored 50 points in under 30 minutes. The other blaze thompson. And in boston stop reading the teleprompter. Over the seven footer. They beat new york tonight. Never a good idea to get up here during a warriors game. Last week the red panda as shes known lost a valuable piece of her act. The unicycle was stolen off the conveyer belt at sfo. Shes had it for 30 years and her agent is offering a reward if you can find it. I cant imagine seeing too many unicycles. If you see one in the neighborhood. 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