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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 11PM February 26, 2016

Reporter another log was right beneath the engine. I was wondering why somebody was trying to kill my family. Reporter while detectives were dusting for fingerprints sherika found a note sitting in the yard scrawled the n word. It said go away [ bleep ]. Reporter greg had thought this was merely vandalism. Then you saw the note. Which changed the dynamics of everything. Reporter police are running extra patrols in the neighborhood. Gregs fell has lived here nearly 50 years family has lived here nearly 50 years. His grandmother said in all this time shes never seen anything like this and she has no intention of being intimidated. You have to stay put and do what you can to protect your home and your family. El cerrito police say they are following some leads in this case but have made no arrests. First a string of sexual assaults near cal and tonight some new trouble. Several female students report being drugged at frat houses. Police say that they received a report that two young women may have been drugged at the chi si fraternity last friday and two female students may have been drugged at the fiji frat. This man may be a possible suspect in at least three sexual assaults in berkeley the past couple weeks. The first reported case was february 11th near peoples park. The victims are all college aged asian women. Breaking news tonight another undocumented immigrant is charged in the high profile bay area homicide. The feds just confirmed that the kpix5 late that with kpix5 late tonight. The suspect is accused of shooting and killing 22year old Stacey Aguilar of san jose. Aguilar left a party in hayward february 13th. Her body was found in fremont a week later. The suspect esmid pedraza. Authorities have lodged a formal request to have the jail notify i. C. E. Prior to mr. Pedrazas release so the agency can then take him into custody. Andria borba says the news comes hours after we learned of a big change in immigration policy, the direct result of a bay area killing involving an undocumented immigrant. It will have a huge impact on sanctuary cities like San Francisco. They lose the ability to potentially try undocumented immigrants for their crimes if that person had been in federal custody and was scheduled to be handed over to local custody. Mittee general lo this is a very significant change and were deeply grateful to you. I know the country is grateful to hear that youre moving this direction. Reporter with little fanfare in a house subcommittee u. S. Attorney general Loretta Lynch announced a major change in how the doj deals with undocumented immigrants and sanctuary cities. The issue came to the National Spotlight this summer. A man accused of killing this woman, Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez had been deported five times. It would have been six, but the city of San Francisco requested custody of him on an old drug warrant. When the bureau of prisons handed him over, the Sheriffs Department released him. The change involves chain of custody for undocumented immigrants. Cities with known sanctuary policies will not gain custody of undocumented immigrants even if they have pending criminal cases. I. C. E. Will instead have the first detain are and that individual quill go into detainer and that individual will go into i. C. E. Custody and deportation. Reporter San Francisco i. C. E. Policy stiffened under sheriff the sheriff and the new sheriff under the sheriff and the new sheriff told me shes looking to amend that policy. My changes have to do with very limited notification. So im not sure how thats going to work out yet. Reporter according to lynchs testimony, the new doj policy would have other consequences including stopping federal grant money to Community Policing projects for sanctuary cities. Our political analyst crunched the numbers and if the doj follows through, it would only cost the city of San Francisco about 600,000 in grant money each year. Im andria borba in the newsroom, kpix5. Tonight police are warning an intruder is breaking into some homes in santa clara. In one case he sexually assaulted the woman inside. Tonight Police Released this sketch of the suspect. They say so far he has targeted at least two apartments around lick mill boulevard and hope drive. The most recent case was this past saturday. We have new video of a couple crooks on a crime spree in fremont. Betty yu shows us they hit four businesses in a matter of hours. Betty . Reporter liz, one of those businesses is Mission Pizza behind me here on washington boulevard. The owner says that these guys knew exactly what they were doing and what they were after and now hes looking at about 3,500 in damage. No hesitation at all, knew exactly what he was doing, boom, boom, right in there like he was walking in his house, run, run, run, grabs, checks the register. Nothing there, nothing there. Friends coming in, friend goes straight to that area right there. And he started to grab the change machine. Reporter Mission Pizza owner Gabriel Cardoza said it only took about 35 seconds for the crooks to pull everything off. The two load it in and drive in with the trunk open and machine hanging out the back. In 15 minutes the same getaway car a white 1990s lexus sedan showed up at this chevron gas station about 4 miles away on bremer boulevard. The same suspects are seen on Surveillance Video after shattering the glass door, one man with a red scarf over his face jumps the counter. They leave with the entire cigarette display case and cigarettes worth 2,500. Oh, goodness. So scary. Reporter the same night the burglars also head up anns nail and spa which is in the same plaza as Mission Pizza. They broke the front window and rummaged through the front desk looking for cash but didnt find any. They also tried to break into america clears nextdoor, but the owner installed cleaners nextdoor, but the owner installed tempered glass after one successful breakin seven years ago. I feel that the area is not as safe as before. Reporter in fremont betty yu, kpix5. Tonight was the last Republican Debate before super tuesday and it was certainly the most combative that weve seen the candidates. Veronica de la cruz shows us that there was one particular target. Veronica . Thats right, ken. There was much at stake tonight. It could be the last time that we see all five candidates on a debate stage. I know youre embarrassed. I know youre embarrassed, but keep swinging, man. Keep fighting. The two republican president ial candidates vying for second place turned their sights on front runner donald trump, but trump fired right back. Youre the only person on this stage thats ever been fired for hiring people to work on your projects illegally. Im the only one on the stage thats hired people. You havent hired anyone. Trump took shots at ted cruz for having no support in the senate. You dont have the endorsement of one republican senator and you work with these people. Senator cruz, you should be ashamed of yourself. Donald, if you want to be liked in washington, thats not a good attribute for a president. Its desperation time for the senators. Ted cruz needs to do well in his homestate in texas, but it appears marco rubio may have won the night. He definitely brought his a game. He needed to position himself as the mainstream establishment nontrump candidate and he definitely did tonight. When asked why they hadnt released their tax returns, trump said hes been audited by the irs. Both cruz and rubio said theyre releasing theirs in the next two days. The lower polling candidates are lucky to even get a question directed at them. Okay, first of all, people say that i whine a lot because i dont get time. Can somebody attack me, please . Now the next democratic primary is this saturday in south carolina. Then it is on to super tuesday. 595 delegates will be up for grabs. Veronica de la cruz, kpix5. Tonight 4 people a gunman drove through kansas taking shots at people before storming the factory where he worked. Tonight four people are dead including the gunman. 15 others were wounded. Police in hesston, kansas, say 38yearold cedric ford fired at cars and opened fire on co workers at the lawn mower plant where he worked. Police said tonight something triggered this individual. One survivor was reunited with her husband live on tv. He did say somebody next to him got shot. Oh, my god. Oh, my god. He was a really nice guy and seemed not this kind of person. Thats for sure. Police shot and killed ford. They say he was armed with an assault style weapon. Investigators also say ford had an extensive criminal record. Today fish and wildlife officials raided a vintage Clothing Store in San Francisco for hours over items that they claim are illegal. Only on 5 the store owner talked exclusively to our maria guerrera. Kate . Reporter well to our kate gugerrin. They were treating me like a criminal and there was no malicious intent here. Reporter Sicilian Hanson owns this vintage sicily ann hanson owns this vintage store. Today fbi raided her store going through clothing, shoes and bags after serving her with a search warrant. We found several dozen pieces of merchandise theyre not allowed to possess. Reporter the Department Spokesperson said investigators confiscated 20,000 worth of illegal animal parts and clothing. No warning, no. They just showed up and took over. Reporter sicily showed us a list of everything taken including snakeskin shoes and cobra jackets. She wasnt in the store when it happened, butter we were there when she came back but we were there when she came back to the aftermath. Sicily said officials shut her store down for hours. Shed what hurt her most is they went down to her she said what hurt her most is they went down to her basement taking boxes of private heirlooms. All this stuff is mine. All my grandmothers leopard collars, all her muffs, all that is gone. You cant say i own these for personal use, but they have a price tag on them. Reporter what about the stuff in the basement she said was her personal stuff didnt center a price tag on them . What about that . That will be determined through the investigation. Reporter fish and wildlife said there are certain animal parts you cant sell because it opens up a poachers market. Youre allowed to possess that, give it away but not sell it. How about some education here . If they came to me and said we hear you have this, this, this. If they would be a solution, not just a problem . Reporter sicily has to go to court and she doesnt know if shell get her stuff back. Fish and wildlife said this investigation will take weeks. Tonight apple has answered the judge asking that the court order to hack into a terrorist cell phone be lifted. Len ramirez shows us even the fbi said this is no easy battle. Reporter the fbi would be forced to dedicate six to 10 apple engineers to create new code that apple calls the government operating system or government os. Apple says there would even have to be a government Forensics Lab on Company Grounds that could be used to open hundreds of other seized devices in law enforcements possession. Apple says if it creates the software to break into the iphone, criminals, terrorists and hackers would view the cold as a major prize. The Company Believes code as a major prize. The Company Believes this violates First Amendment protections and writing the code is equivalent to free speech. The bureau said they only wanted access to the iphone used by San Bernardino terrorist s see syed farook. Im a huge syed farook. Im a huge fan of privacy. I love encryption. Its a great thing. But our need for Public Safety and privacy are crashing into each other and weve got to sort that out as a people. Reporter google and facebook are supported to file legal papers in support of apple. Heres a breakdown where bay area politicians stand. Mike honda, zoe lofgren are backing apple. Dianne feinstein is on the fbis side. The writing is on the wall at facebook and Mark Zuckerberg doesnt like what hes reading. Hes blasting facebook employees for disrespecting the black lives matter movement. Employees can scribble on walls like this one at the companys headquarters in men low park, but in menlo park, but several times some workers scrambled out black lives matter phrases and wrote all lives matter. In an internal memo to employees obtained by Gizmodo Zuckerberg wrote i now consider this malicious. Facebook is encouraging employees to attend a town hall next week addressing the black lives matter movement. There are some familiar names on the list of the m. U. D. s biggest water wasters, former safeway chief steven byrd and bay area developer kenneth bearing. This was the billing cycle ending in december for january. Tonight an out of control car slammed into a home in outer richmond. The mother told our joe vazquez she thought it was an earthquake when she first heard the loud boom. Reporter it was a scene of chaos here at 4060 and fulton this afternoon. Police 46th and fulton this afternoon. Police say an elderly man lost control of his car, crashed into a pedestrian in the crosswalk, hit a wall, then wrapped his car around a utility pole. Marilla pulido was on the other side of that wall. Was on the couch right there, the 1 pushed out by the collision. I was sitting at the laptop and all of a sudden i heard this huge boom. I ran and i grabbed her and ran out and saw a man lying on the sidewalk and then that car just about what is that, probably 30 yards down. Reporter how are you guys doing right now . Im a little bit shaky, but im definitely feeling lucky. Reporter both the pedestrian and the driver were rushed to the hospital. The little baby dalia will be okay. In San Francisco joe vazquez, kpix5. A major victory for Public Health advocates tonight, according to a new study by cal reperchers level of harmful flame retard researchers levels of harmful flame retardant chemicals in womens breast milk have dropped since a decade ago. The chemicals were widely used in household products like furniture, crib mattresses and televisions and are linked to neurological and thyroid disorders and can stay in the body for years. Nearly 30 to 60 of americans are on prescription drugs. Now scientists are revolutionizing the way you take medication. Only on 5 allen martin shows us the new technology to make sure you get exactly the dose you need. Reporter when susan phong decides to eat anything, even popcorn, she goes through a complicated checklist. When did i eat last . When was my last dose . How much exercise have i had today . Are the moon and sun in alignment . Some weird variables that have to be taken into account. Reporter this Software Engineer has type 1 diabetes. An insulin pump controls her blood sugar, but she said the dosing is tricky and it takes time for the insulin to kick in. Shed love a smarter device. If it can know when to automatically release insulin, then it removes the burden of someone having to try to figure it out, every time you eat having to calculate what to give. If we can get rid of that aspect of it and its automated that is effectively to me like a cure. Reporter now using nanotechnology scientists in this bay area lab are getting closer to the dream. The beauty of this is really trying to take medicine that we know can be life saving and really make it more effective to the patient. Reporter this professor is chair of the department of bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences at uscf. Her team with the Diabetes Center created a device that uses nanotechnology to deliver the right dose of insulin as it detects glucose in the blood. Were really trying to develop new technologies that will make it easier for medicines to cross the barriers within the body. Reporter this tiny waferlike structure is implanted under the skin and contains special stem cells that secrete insulin. The cells are captured between two thin films engineered with tiny nano sized holes. The holes are big enough to allow glucose from the blood in and the right amount of insulin out, yet the holes are also small enough to shield the special cells from the bodys immune system that would normally try to destroy them. I just cant imagine sitting down to eat something and having this Technology Just take care of it for me. Reporter the lab is also working on other nano structures that will allow other medications to more easily get into our bloodstream or the right targets. The body actually keeps most of our prescription drugs out. If you take a pill orally, less than 5 actually make it into your body. Most of it is excreted with Everything Else that you ingest. If you take an eye drop, for instance, less than 1 ,. 01 , makes it through the corneal barrier. Reporter if the lab is successful, smaller doses will be needed, fewer side effects felt. That could result in a cost savings and a better quality of life. In San Francisco allen martin, kpix5. The lab is currently in the process of doing a large preclinical trial with some of their devices. If that works, they will be able to test them in humans. 20 it unof the 25 days so 21 of the 25 days this month have been rain free, but three of the next seven do carry a rain chance. Weve got all four fired up in northern and central california. Coming up dry, but by this time tomorrow we may have a few showers dancing around San Francisco and the bay area, 56 in San Francisco, san jose 58, oakland 61, livermore 53 degrees. Head to the beach. Its been a great week at the beach, highs around 70, very comfortable, very inviting. If youre heading to the beach, maybe youre taking you

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