The same thing at the chanel boutique in union square. And they got away with a quarter of a Million Dollars in handbags. Then in august, 2013, it happened again thieves used a stolen pickup to ram the tiffany store in walnut creek. They didnt get much there. Most of the expensive items were locked up. In the south bay thieves may be going after tech workers after work. We are not talking about a sophisticated operation. But new at 6 00, kpix 5s devin fehely says it is lucrative. Devin. Reporter yeah. This costco behind me on lawrenceville expressway is popular with technology workers. Many are on the way home now. They cant say they are targeting tech workers but they like the gadgets, gear and inattention to security that has at times made them easy prey. The amount of time it takes to break a window reach in and steal something so youre talking maybe five seconds. Reporter it is the ultimate low tech crime but a string of smashandgrab robberies helped thieves in sunnyvale get their hands on pricy hightech gear. Is they are Walking Around the vehicles and seeing if they can see anything in plain view, lab tops, tablets, things like that and they will proceed and break out the window, reach in and steal the items. Reporter Sunnyvale Police are investigating fivecar breakins at this costco parking lot on lawrenceville expressway just mind night alone. All the victims made a mistake leaving laptops or other electronics visible inside their cars where it didnt take long for thieves to notice or take advantage. My gut reaction is i feel a little violated. I have had that happen before. We dont leave anything in the car. We know better. So we have a daughter that lives in the city and she doesnt leave anything in her car because she knows not to. Reporter there are security cameras in the parking lot but police say they dont have any significant lead in what they describe as crimes of opportunity. The Silver Lining is that something as simple as locking your valuables in the trunk can rob the thieves of their chance to make you a victim. Back when i started in the business, it was breaking into cars and ripping, you know, stereos out of dashboards. Well, now with all the electronics its easier just to break a window, reach in and steal something rather than rip a stereo out of a dashboard. Reporter now, Sunnyvale Police say that cost isnt the only business who has been affected by these breakins. They are getting ready to distribute flyers to stores and restaurants along lawrenceville expressway in hopes those businesses will in turn alert their customers. In sunnyvale, devin fehely, kpix 5. Turns out the Measles Outbreak could prompt a crackdown on parents who dont vaccinate their children. Allen martin has details. Reporter two state lawmakers propose legislation to tighten vaccination laws in california. They want to get rid of the personal belief exemption. It is a loophole that allows parents to enroll children in School Without the required vaccinations. Today senator and dr. Richard pan said its risky. He says the Measles Outbreak is the wakeup call to protecting our health. In too many schools, not enough children are immunized to prevent an outbreak. Our current laws are not Strong Enough to protect them or us. Reporter the legislation would also require parents to be notified of vaccination rates at schools. Senators boxer and Dianne Feinstein jumped on, as well. They sent a letter to the state health and Human Services secretary saying we believe there should be no such thing as a philosophical or personal belief exemption since everyone use public spaces. They went on to say that parents who refuse to vaccinate also endanger other families. If the legislation passes, california would join 32 other states that dont allow that personal belief exemption for vaccinations. You know, a lot of strong opinions right now. Reporter its tough. I saw one person put it this way. He said, wait, i cant send my kid to school with peanuts in his lunch because it endangers your child who has an allergy but yet you can not vaccinate your child and endanger my Childs Health . We have done that story. Some kids cannot be vaccinated. They are sitting ducks. Absolutely. Thank you. New at 6 00 a dire warning tonight of a shutdown that could cost billions. West coast Port Operations could grind to a halt in five days if both sides dont reach a new contract. The contract covers 29 ports including oakland. The Pacific MaritimeAssociation Says employers wont keep paying workers who arent moving cargo at the normal rate. Right now, there is already a congestion crisis. It boils down to a contract disagreement with the union. Both sides are arguing over pay and benefits. Talks are under way in San Francisco but there doesnt appear to be much hope. After six weeks without rain, wet weather is finally headed back to the bay area tonight. Kpix 5s Mike Sugerman is in marin for us and mike, by this time tomorrow, the north bay should be getting soaked. Reporter well, youre probably right. I am on top of mount tam right now where it is cold, windy, foggy and starting tomorrow and over the weekend a lot of rain. If its what its predicted up on mount tam today they were getting ready for it. They certainly wouldnt be able to do this over the weekend. They are clearing paths and maker sure there are no twigs or branches in the storm drains that could cause roads to become rivers and would bring sediment into the Water Treatment plant in marin in spots where fish live and that could kill them. Its a decades old program and its worked well. They arent worried about that up here. But one spot that is a little worried and pulling out the stops today the sandbags, tonight all of Elementary Schools in novato one of the marin county schools that flooded back in december, they are not taking any chances with the next storm. The flooding actually went into our classrooms, rugs had to be taken out, bookcases had to be removed and books pushed away. We had to cross our fingers. Yeah. We definitely had to cross our fingers and make sure that were active. Reporter a similar story at novatos las robles mobile home park. This was another spot overwhelmed in december. So the sandbags are lined up there, as well. In marin, im Mike Sugerman, kpix 5. Exactly where Mike Sugerman is standing may have anywhere from 6 to 10 of new rainfall by the top of next week. The north bay you are under a Flash Flood Warning from tomorrow evening through friday evening. Thats when your heaviest rainfall is coming down. Rainfall totals widespread three to seven inches with some of the higher hills in north Sonoma County lake and Mendocino County upwards of 10 of rainfall. Now, all of us get this, this is high winds. A wind advisory is in effect for the entire bay area for sustained winds 20, 30, 40 Miles Per Hour with higher gusts. That is coming up on friday, as well. Now, todays wednesday. Wheres the storm . The actual low pressure area is due west of eugene, oregon. And its lifting off to the north. This is the storm that will give the north bay the rainfall. Well have to wait until friday before the rain makes it to San Francisco and points south. So were looking outside right now. The heavy rain arrives only in the north bay tomorrow. It covers the rest of the bay area on friday. And friday evening especially that drive home will be very wet and very windy. Wonderful time right now ahead of the storm to download the cbs bay area weather app check realtime radar upload your weather photos. We would love to see them. Search kpix in the app store and download the cbs bay area weather app. Its now available for iphone and android. Well talk rainfall totals in 10 mens. Thank you. For the first time, the San FranciscoDistrict Attorney is talking about the case of that body stuffed into a suitcase. Why the prime suspect was allowed to walk free. Kpix 5s da lin is outside hall of justice tonight, where there is some talk that police may have jumped the gun in this case. Explain that, da. Reporter yeah, ken. Thats because some say the police did not collect enough evidence. Now the prime suspect in this case is free. We are told he is somewhere in San Francisco tonight. Now, because he was not charged with any crime, he is free to leave up to even leave the country if he wants to. It looks damning. Surveillance video of who Police Believe to be mark andrus rolling a suitcase with a dismembered body inside. But that evidence and whatever else police have just wasnt enough for the District Attorney. Were clearly not ready to file a case and we have communicated this to the Police Department. Reporter prominent prosecutor turned defense attorney Michael Cardoza says the arrest not only makes the d. A. Look bad, it jeopardizes the case. I think they have curtailed their investigation here because this man now has the public defender himself putting his arm around him, his cloak around him, and you can bet he is not going to let him talk to the police. Reporter d. A. George gascon downplayed any tension between his office and the Police Department but says he is focused on getting more evidence. Do you blame the police for giving you the case tooer . No. I rather not get into this at this point. Just simply we want to make sure that whoever committed this crime is going to be brought to justice. Reporter public defender jeff adachi says mark andrus will remain in San Francisco at least thats what he believes at this point. Right now the d. A. s office is waiting for the autopsy results to help them identify the cause of death. They are also waiting for the dna results to make an id on the victim. Those two things should help police and prosecutors determine what steps to take next. Live at the hall of justice in San Francisco, im da lin, kpix 5. A San Francisco man has been found guilty of running an underground website that served drug dealers and all sorts of criminal activities. A jury convicted Ross Ulbricht on all counts. Prosecutors say the silk road website he created opened the door for more than a million drug deals. Ulbricht could face life in prison but his lawyers plan to appeal. He is also awaiting trial in a murderforhire scheme. Still ahead, its an animal mystery. Whats causing a surge in sick young sea lions turning up on california beaches. 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They were released this morning. Weeks ago they were recovered with sticky substances on their feathers. More than 100 are still recovering. Investigators dont know what the substance is. The last case was reported about two weeks ago. Some sick sea lion pups are washing up on the california coast many being cared for right here in the bay area. Kpix 5s don ford tells us, the surge is baffling to even the most experienced scientists. Reporter more than 100 sea lion pups are being treated at the Marine Mammal center. Many are severely undernourished. They are being separated from their mother. They are emaciated, like a bag of bones. Reporter scientists dont know why they are being separated. But the starving pups are washing up statewide. The lucky ones end up here. Some are learning to eat fish for the first time while others are being forcefed to save their lives. Its a concoction only a sea lion could love, ground herring with salmon oil liquified in a smelly goo. Four to five times a day they are fed. Reporter stan has volunteered here for 15 years. He knows all too well not all of them will make it. Really hard to go by in the morning and occasionally one of them dies during the night because they are so far gone and had to carry a little say 20 or 30pound baby animal down to the necropsy, its just really hard. Reporter its an emotional time for the staff but they save far more animals than they lose. A baby northern fur seal is recovering here, too, usually seen in a alaska or at sea and staff is not sure how it got down here. But she is doing quite well. The center is struggling to handle the sudden surge of baby sea lions. Double the number they normally see this time of year. The center says that if the trend continues of ten animals a day, this hospital could reach capacity in only a few more weeks. In the Marin Headlands, don ford, kpix 5. There were more than 250 stranded sea lions last month. And that is the most in the last 10 years. Speaking of marin, this time tomorrow, paul, lots of rain for marin . Yeah. Marin is going to start getting the rainfall tomorrow evening. Its going to rain for a couple of days up there. We are going to see a lot of rainfall for the north bay. Were turning on a dime here with the weather. Today looked like and felt like rain but no rain. And for most of us tomorrow will be the same way. Well peek outdoors tonight and show you whats happening. Looking live from oakland towards San Francisco. Look at these highs where we didnt have the fog this morning. Yet another day in the upper 60s and low 70s. San jose 73. Morgan hill 71. Napa 68. Concord 63. Don ford sent in a picture from Marin Headlands earlier from the cloud cover and menacing looking skies. Thats a beautiful picture, the leading edge of all the moisture thats going to move in. I know a lot of you have weekend plans maybe it involves baseball. Giants fanfest on saturday. Actually not going to be that wet. Well be very wet on friday. But saturday will be mainly dry. It is sunday for the as fanfest at o. Co thats when the rain will pick up again with a high of 65 degrees. So High Pressure has moved. Its finally, finally moved. Tropical moisture is finally on the way. So lets talk about timing. High pressure gets out of here but most of the rainfall is in the north bay tomorrow. Widespread rainfall does not happen tomorrow. That will not happen until friday. But even as the widespread rainfall moves in, closer to that plume of tropical moisture we find the area north of the golden gate, the north bay, the north bay mountains may receive 6 to 10 of rainfall and look at the rainfall disparity. Very heavy perhaps flooding rainfall for the north bay but the south bay, morgan hill, gilroy, san jose, los gatos, only 1 to 2 of rainfall. Antioch up to 2. 5 over five days. San francisco, San Mateo County we are still calling for 2 to 3 of rainfall. So much more rain to the north compared to the south bay. Perhaps 8 times as much in the north bay. Vallejo tomorrow we are cloudy but dry. 64. Cloudy fremont 64. San francisco also 64 degrees. Tomorrow is only the north bay. Friday very wet and also windy. Saturday we get a break just a few scattered showers. Sunday another round of wind and rainfall before the showers end on monday. So some of the finetuning of the details now the two wettest days by far will be friday and sunday. Ken doesnt have to dance anymore. [ laughter ] we need the rain. Thank you. People in the trivalley will soon have a whole lot of water coming their way the kind you can swim in. Dublin the city will break ground next month on a 33 million aquatic complex at emerald glen park. The project will feature indoor and outdoor pools, six slides, and a water playground for kids. There will also be food stands, cabanas and an amphitheater for concerts and other events expected to open in 2017. New at 6 00, len ramirez shows us an idea that is totally out of the box. Reporter a small store was built into a shipping container and placed in downtown san jose for the holidays. It worked. Well enough for him to make a go of it year round selling custom designed sports apparel. The idea behind the shipping Container Store is that businesses could test the waters such as myself in downtown. Reporter now he is thinking even bigger. Mayberry wants to take his single store concept and blow it up creating a sort of popup shopping district made of shipping Container Stores with builtin cafes and sitting areas. You have a Critical Mass of businesses advertising to their customers, in turn bringing customers to their neighbors. Reporter he is now trying to sell the idea to downtown land owners including operators of parking lots that could be flipped into the citys newest mini malls. There is a low