putting her iphone down. for many, the iphone has become an essential part of everyday life. it s my life. if i lose it, i feel like i m losing my life. reporter: but thieves have dialed in on that. berkeley police are seeing iphone thefts nearly every day. and it s not just happening in berkeley. this video shows a suspect swiping one right from the hands of an unsuspecting user in san francisco last month. thieves and robbers are focusing on iphones in huge, huge numbers. reporter: berkeley police say criminals have figured out how to unlock or jail break iphones, essentially wiping them clean, then reselling them on craigslist for big bucks. the individual who buys it can use it with any of the other carriers, they can transform it into a ipod or an itouch. reporter: nina barren and her boyfriend michael olmstead have learned the hard way just how hot the devices are. they ve had five iphones stolen between them. i i ve had a situation where i put one down
really rough. it s not to say that we re in a trough that we can t get out of. we ve been here before and we ll get out of it again. in the short term you re right. it s very scary for a lot of investors who all of the sudden saw a lot of long-term hard work immediately disappear. i know it s hard to predict the future but how long do you think it will take before we can bounce back? we ll know more tomorrow morning when we get the job reports. if those are as sluggish and slow as we expect we could see more selling which will put us in even more of a hole. there are some strong points. most of them here in the bay area in silicon valley where we ve gotten strong earnings and a lot of investors are probably waiting on the sidelines looking at the stock prices and knowing they are getting close to ripe for buying. scott, we appreciate your insight as always and we ll speak with you at 6:00. stay with us for more on today s dow zast. brian williams will anchor team cove
ken also jumped on the baez . there was a scuffle that took place about three or four of us went out there and tackled the guy and there was two of them, tackled them. reporter: a criminal affidavit says at one point louise baez told the pilot when you fly to san juan i ll have you killed. san juan is the capitol of puerto rico. he had him down on the ground. they were beating the crap out of. reporter: the airline said the pilot had blurry vision on his left eye as a result of the beating and they worry the damage could be permanent. back to you. in other news, a san jose man is being called a hero of saving the lives of a father and daughter unconscious at the bottom of a swimming pool. it happened before 9:00 in san jose last night. friends say the father was playing in the pool with his 6-year-old daughter on his shoulders. moments later friends heard nothing coming from the pool and noticed two bodies at the bottom of the deep end. neighbors jumped into actio
will come forward and help them find the gun. live in san francisco, tracy grant, nbc bay area news. thank you. a big turn of events and we ll stay with the story in this newscast and ahead at 6:00. and another story shaking up a quiet neighborhood in the east bay. police are on a house to house manhunt after someone reportedly shot at them. its happening in union city on darleen way. here s the map. this is on the west side of 808, near the alvarado niles exit. they say the gunman fired on officers before disappearing into this residential neighborhood. kimberly terry joins us from union city with the latest. first and foremost, do they think the gunman is still in the neighborhood where you are? they seem to think that and that s why they re going door-to-door, house to house, yard to yard, looking for them. it s stillry very active scene with multiple agencies participating. you can see everyone out here. police describe this as an intense and fluid situation. this
alive. if they know where her body is, they have not revealed that to the family just yet. the family responded this afternoon, vowing not to give up hope of finding her alive. the hayward police say blood evidence in her car, surveillance video, interviews with more than 25 people and information they found in five search warrants provide the compelling evidence. le s father says only one thing will be compelling enough for him to believe that his daughter is gone. yeah, i want to see the body. i mean, they can t just tell me, oh, they find something, you know, something and say that she s dead. you know? and we don t believe that. and nobody believes that. reporter: sergeant steve brown of hayward police say they are still doing everything humanly possible to recover michelle, dead or alive. sergeant brown says they re still interviewing people, not all of them here in the bay area. they re also searching remote parts of the east bay, though they will not specify what t