Thieves are breaking into Bay Area garages using this novel technique, police warn

[Auggie]

4. Yeah. The theft of high-end pedal and e-bikes is making this bigger news.

Another trick in use for decades is to roam neighborhoods with automatic garage door openers, hoping to find devices that operate on the same signal.

If thieves can brazenly waltz into a CVS Pharmacy and steal with impunity they'll eventually do the same with your home.

I was the victim of a home robbery when I lived in a railroad flat in San Francisco. Didn't hear the guy because I was at the far end of the building, listening to music. He fled when he heard me but not before he took the money from my wallet and rifled through Mrs. Auggie's lingerie drawer. That was over 20 years ago. I'm still on edge.