a spokesperson for the department of corrections, says manson hid the cell phone under his mattress. from that phone, manson reportedly called and sent text messages to people around the country and in canada. and he's not the only one. >> we don't suspect, we know, in fact, that from inside prison walls, inmates are trafficking drugs out on the streets, they're ordering hits. they're certainly controlling gang activity. >> here's the thing, more than 8,000 cell phones were found in california prisons this year, they're not illegal. president obama signed is a bill this summer that made cell phones illegal in federal prisons, but it's not a crime in california prisons at this point. >>> still to come. want to live like a new media tycoon, how could you getof c mz piece ofucke mk zucker burg, if you're willing to pay the price. for a limited time, smartphones talk free. share minutes for free when you add a smartphone to a family shareplan. and now, buy an lg vortex and get one free. >>> one little slip and a man from washington state found himself in a world of trouble. the nearest w

back to this country and one of its most notorious criminals, serial killer charles manson. manson, who's now in his 70s, has been caught using a smuggled cell phone in his california prison cell. he's called people in california new jersey, and florida. it's unclear who he called or what was said. guards found the phone under manson's mattress. the penalty? 30 days added to his life sentence. in china, they're celebrating a record run on the fast track. during a test today, a new high- speed train reached 302 miles an hour, a world record for an unmodified passenger train. it's due to go into service in 2012 and should cut the travel time between beijing and shanghai in half, to just five hours. coming up next, a company in trouble. someone has to be laid off. how the boss decided who it would be. did you know a problem in your heart can cause a stroke in your brain? it's true. an irregular heartbeat, called atrial fibrillation, or afib, can make a blood clot form, here, in your heart, that can break free and go straight to your brain where it can cause a serious stroke. ha

. >> there is is reports following charles manson had one in his cell. state lawmakers are trying to crack down on anyone struggle -- smuggling a phone to an inmate.

the problem so bad, officials can't keep them from charles manson. he made calls and texted people in massachusetts, florida and california. from his cell. >> this is troubling this, is someone who got other people to murder on his behalf. people are still fascinated. >> one of the friends released a fon cone conversation to "inside edition". four days later guards found an lg flip phone under his mattress. he got 30 days added to his sentence. searches netted 1400 cell phones. this year, the number approaching 9,000, being found everywhere. this shows a phone inside of a body cavity. they're also inside cakes that visitors bring n gang members and other criminals have been known to order hits from inside prison. >> they plan escape was them. we have evidence of this. and there is evidence they threatened victims. >> and there is one officer made $140,000 one year, smuggling the he redevices to inmates. >> they can hire anyway. they have 24 hours, seven days per week. 365 days per year to figure out where to hide them. >> inmates told us they need ce

while free manson orchestrated a killing rampage. with a cell phone his influence could be felt again, fears state senator at ex padilla. >> my god. what else do we need to wait for? what else do we need to see? when charles manson has a cell phone in california state prison, we know we have a problem. >> reporter: while not illegal, cell phones are considered contraband in california prisons. visitors and even corrections department staff members have been caught bringing them in. 1,400 were found in 2007, skyrocketing to 8,675 this year. for the past three years padilla has sponsored a bill to toughen the penalties on inmates caught with a communications device. and anyone caught trying to smuggle one in. the fine alone could be $5,000. he says the dangers posed by cell phone-possessing criminals should make getting a new law on the books a priority. >> we don't suspect. we know in fact that from inside prison walls inmates are trafficking drugs out on the streets, they're ordering hits. they're certainly controlling gang activity.

even charles manson. you heard me. the notorious killer was caught with an lg flip phone under his mattress. now, it's not illegal for state prisoners to have cell phones. but they are considered contraband. manson made calls and sent text messages to people in three states. next year california will test a system called managed access, which would allow only calls from approved phones to transmit through towers near prisons. wonder who is paying for his minutes. >>> congress cracking down on loud television commercials. we couldn't do it ourselves so we had congress do it. the house passing a bill that would prevent advertisers from abruptly raising the volume on their ads. the measure now goes to president obama and if he signs it we could hear quieter commercials starting in 2013. >>> nasa is calling it a major discovery in the search for extraterrestrial life. scientists say they have discovered an alien life form buried in california. they found it in mud from mono lake on the east side of the sierra. it's called

prison officials say manson made calls and sent text messages from a state prison. he says cell phones that are smuggled into prisons and get into the hands of inmates can lead to a variety of problems on the outside. >> we know they are being used to orchestrate hits on the outside, to deal with drug trafficking, to intimidate witnesses. >> it's against prison rules for inmates to use cell phones but it is not illegal. this year more than 7000 cell phones have been discovered at state correctional facilities. >>> this is usually a crucial time for mexico tourism with american visitors heading south to see family or take a vacation. but the relentless violence in parts of mexico has some rethinking their travel plans. ktvu's robert handa has more from san jose. >> reporter: this flight to mexico took off from san jose international airport this afternoon and travelers say there were plenty of seat. that's not what mexico or travel agents want to see with the traditional holiday pilgrimage about to get underway when mexico sees about 1 million immigrants and visitors

manson, one of california's most notorious inmates, hid that cell phone underneath his mattress. he reportedly called and sent text messages to people around the country and in canada. manson is not the only one. >> we know in fact from inside prison walls, inmates are trafficking drugs, out in the streets, ordering hits. they are certainly controlling gang activity. >> more than 8,000 cell phones were found in california prisons just this year. now, although president obama signed a bill this summer that made cell phones illegal in federal prisons, they are not illegal in our state prisons. they are just considered contraband. >>> spiderman under arrest at lax. a german wildlife trafficker is in custody this morning on charges he smuggled hundreds, maybe thousands of tar ran tu las into the u.s. he is charged with illegally sending them through the mail. authorities lured them into their web but setting up a sting. officers posing as collectors received packages containing hundreds of spiders and some are protected species. when he was busted at the airport on thursday, he repor

manson made calls and sent text messages to people in three states. next year, california will test a system called managed access. it would allow only calls from approved phones to transmit through towers near prisons. >>> 5:35. let's go back to tracy and elizabeth to find out what's happening with our forecast and then our traffic. good morning. >> hey, good morning, sydnie. hi-def doppler showing that we have some light rainfall out there this morning. and it is moving into the vallejo area just to the north of hercules and also towards benicia. those showers are going to be in the forecast for this morning but they will still be relatively light well through the day. here's a look at our satellite and radar and this is the big picture. does a good job of showing the rainfall that moved in yesterday afternoon. and that's going to be the drill today. southwest flow will keep a chance of showers in the forecast light in nature. and temperatures today pretty mild. 60 in fremont, 61 in san jose. 60 in livermore. upper 50s in oakland, mid-50s in fairfie

manson got 30 days added to his sentence. about prison search netted 1400 cell phone state wide in 2007. this year the number is approaching 9,000 and they are being found everywhere. this scan shows a phone inside a body cavity. also inside cake that visitors bring in. gang members and other violent criminals have been known to order hits from inside prison walls. >> they plan escape and coordinate escape with them. we have evidence of this. we have evidence that they threaten witnesses. threaten victims. >>reporter: cell phone are a premium um fetching as much as 1,000 dollars each. one correction officer who has since been fired made 140,000 dollars one year smuggling the did he advises to inmates. >> they can higher, they have 24 hours 7 day a week 365 day as year to figure wlout to hide them. >>reporter: inmates told us they need cell phone to avoid the high fee when making collect calls from pay phones. contact helps them main their family bond. governor schwarzenegger veto a bill earlier this year that would have impos

charles manson was caught with one. california officials will soon test a system that will only allow calls from a proved phone. manson has 30 days sated to his sentence after his phone was december covered. >>> lawmakers tax covered cars. lawmakers pay a percentage of their vehicles costs. 10% for less expensive cars and even more for higher end models. right now california is the only state in the nation to provide vehicles to its rank and file lawmakers for unlimited use. >>> 5:50 right now let's check in with sal. how is traffic? >> it's doing pretty well so far any way. pam and dave traffic looks pretty good if you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza no major problems get into the city. also the morning commutes looks good over to the peninsula where the traffic continues to look very nice. and this mornings commute is okay in marin county. if you are driving on the richmond bridge, that traffic is moving well. let's go to mark now. >>> hi there sal good morning to you. we are watching a few rain showers. here

charles manson was found with a phone. california officials will soon test a syst that will only allow calls from approved phones to transmit through the towers near the prisons. 30 days were ated to charles man -- 30 days were added to charles manson's sentence. >>> also lawmakers continue -- california lawmakers continue to enjoy perks. lawmakers pay a percentage of their vehicles cost. 10% for less expensive cars and more for higher end models. right now california is the only state in the country to provide vehicles to its rank and file lawmakers for unlimited use. >>> time now 6:47 let's check in with sal see what is happening throughout the toll plaza and the bay area. >> traffic is doing pretty well. we have been doing pretty well for awhile now. looking at the commute here as traffic continues to move a long very well. so there are no major problems here. as a matter of fact it looks pretty good here coming up to the pay gates. this is a look at 880 and that traffic is moving a long nicely with no major issues if y

that is next. >>> how in the world charles manson got a cell phone in prison. who was he talking to? sunny hostin on the case. she is here live in atlanta. sunny is next. >>> sunny hostin is on the case. we are going to talk about a couple of stories. the first murder in town developed by disney. the. >>> the latest on the murder of ronni chasen. >>> charles manson has a cell phone. >>> i want to begin with celebration, florida. look at these pictures developed by disney patterned after beautiful towns gone by. everyone knows everyone. they just had the first murder in their 14-year history. sunny, what happened and do we have any suspects? >>> a 58-year-old retired teacher was found murdered in his apartment, his car missing. a 2008 black corvette, a fancy car. the police really aren't releasing any suspects' names or anything like that. they say they do have a suspect and they do have information but they don't want to compromise this viinvestigation. it is five miles from disney and a wonderful place to raise a family. everybody is shocked that something lik

introduced today comes in the wake of reports in the los angeles times that notorious killer charles manson was caught with a cell phone last year. they said he used a backbone to make calls. they say that the smuggling of cell phones is a pervasive problem. >> we know they are being used to orchestrate hits and intimidate witnesses and those sorts of things. i want to bring about consequences. >> the use of cell phones by inmates violates prison rules but is not a crime. this is the third time the senator has attempted to get his bill passed and signed into law. >>> facebook escaping profile pages a makeover. they began rolling out a new designed with greater emphasis on photos. they are also adding new ways to group of friends by work, school, family and other possibilities. all of its users can test the new design now and the rollout will be completed in time. >>> budget cuts may call two and a san jose holiday parade. the parade was a huge success yesterday dying more than 100,000 spectators but officials say they could be forced to cancel it next year. >> i think it is a big risk. i do

this morning the los angeles times says convicted mass killer charles manson was caught with an lg flip phone under his mattress. he made calls and sent text messages to people in california, florida, new jersey, florida and british columbia before the phone was discovered. >> when you watch tv, there's often a noticeable difference when the commercials come on. they're louder. >> a flamed roast beef. >> congress is taking action to force broadcasters to turn down the volume on commercials. the has passed and sent on to president obama a bill requiring that commercials be at the same volume as the programming. the measure was written by palo alto congresswoman an eeu. the president is expected to sign that bill. >> the labor department minutes away from releasing a highly anticipated jobs report and we're going to have the numbers next at 5:30. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in fremont where a convicted sex offender is expected back in court this morning for what he did earlier this week to a two-year-old girl in broad daylight. >> check this out. a bay area athlete crawls across the finis

. >>> at 6:00 convicts using cell phones in california prisons now killer charles manson inspired efforts for a new crack down z reforms supposed to protect credit card users but michael finney shows us gotchas some banks are still using and why oakland has to thank for a boost in its economy. now back to dan and shairld. >> thank you very much. >> and listen to this. your world champion giants are back in business tonight. >> yes. dozens of fans descended on the dugout store for the first opportunity to purchase single game tickets. >> and they're available at giants dugout stores and keep in mind the team will stop selling tickets december 12th and not start again until february 5th. nothing like a world series win to boost ticket sales. >> get them while they're hot. >> that is go to do

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. >>> notorious killer charles manson was caught with a cell phone in prison. it is not illegal for state prisoners to have cell phones but they are considered contraband. he made calls and sent text messages to people in three states. the problem, inmates can use smuggled phones to run illegal activities outside of prison. next year california will test the system called managed access. it would allow only calls from approved phones to transmit through towers near the prisons. >>> tonight five people are accused of running a meth lab in an upscale san francisco neighborhood. police say they found the operation inside a flat in the laurel heights neighborhood yesterday afternoon. investigators discovered dangerous chemicals and paraphernalia used to make meth. they say the material could have exploded at any time. neighbors say it is the last thing they expected to find in their neighborhood. >> people using strollers. getting checked out. it is the last things you would expect is a meth lab but i supposed best place to hide something is a place you never look,

manson, one of california's most notorious inmates hid the cell phone underneath his mattress. he reportedly called and sent text messages to people around the country and in canada. manson is not the only one. >> we know from inside prison walls, inmates are trafficking drugs out of the streets. they are ordering hits. they are certainly controlling gang activity. >>> more than 8,000 cell phones were found in california prisons this year. president obama signed a bill that made cell phones illegal in federal prisons. they are still not illegal in california state prisons. just considered contraband. >>> spiderman under arrest at lax, a german man is charged for smuggling hundreds, literally thousands of tar an tu las through the male have the officers received packages. some of them are protected species. reportedly, there were no animals on his when he was arrested on thursday. if he is convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison. >>> coming up, sold for sex by her own parents. how she exposed the dark underground of human trafficking right here in the bay area. more local n

so out of control charles manson got caught with one. >> and a former bart police officer wants out of jail. how the judge answered his request. >> and demolition day for a downtown relic. tonight the $4 billion project to replace the transbay terminal. >> this just in. surveillance video of the suspect in attempted rape of a 2-year-old girl on wednesday. just after he leaves the camera view, a couple customers tackled him, held him down until police arrived. >> the man arrested at that store appeared in court today and was denied bail. he did not enter a plea on four felony counts. the suspected assault happened wednesday inside of a store

destroyed their economy from leaving their economy why don't they just invite you know like charles manson springing from jail i'm coming over to ireland and become finance minister i mean that's a that would make sense but max the fact is that a lot of those corporations benefiting from it's a twelve and a half percent or fifteen percent corporate tax rate they're actually american corporations like google which are just funneling. basically their tax heist of the american population exactly if you want cheap labor go to china if you want to pay cheap taxes go to ireland you know if you want to pay if you want to have a lax regulatory environment for your environmental crimes to go to some other territory so there's not the corporations they don't exist behalf of any one region or country they're merely fractions of a corporation. that are held together by one common theme of fraud and max finally i have some headlines here that i noticed silver shortages accelerate as wholesale supply plunge krieger kaiser one j.p. morgan's zero that's right zero is picked up on this the wholesale market

phone calls, and that is interesting that it did little to deter cellphone smuggling but that charles manson was once caught with cellphone and that he made calls and send text messages from his cell. it was a bench with confiscated in the corrections department has banned cellphones from prisons. >> california lawmakers are spending millions of dollars on new cars as the state is slashing billions of dollars from its budget. and they will purchase cars from lawmakers with a $55,000 cadillac. and a $52,000 lexus and it these totaled more than $5 million. and if you're looking to get a new smart phone? gabriel slate's tech report options. and in the meantime, a live look outside. aide approach of the bay bridge and the traffic in both directions is moving quite easily. we will be right back. the >> retailers of cellphones are pulling out all the stops. and gabriel slate's tech report is going to take out a close look at the phones on the market. >> smart phones are t topping holiday gift max, and what is hot in the smart phone world. >> first, from best buy. . popular smart phone for free! to

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