San Francisco Car Owners Are Leaving Their Trunks Open to Show It’s Empty and Avoid Break-Ins

EXCERPT:

REPORTER: "Call it the price of parking in the Bay Area, bracing for a break-in."

UNKNOWN: "Everything is broken."

REPORTER: "People here at least try to be persuasive, writing 'please use the door' or just flat-out beg. 'Please don’t break the glass! Nothing inside!' Yet, it still happens. Sadly, even while you’re driving, just waiting for the light to turn green. This smash-and-grab happened two weeks ago in Japantown, but now it’s come to this. Trunks left open in broad daylight in Oakland. A witness writing: 'Imagine having to clean out your car and leaving it open just so people won’t break your windows.'"

LINDSEY: "It doesn't really surprise me."