Rental cars prime target for smash and grab burglaries

On Monday evening, the parking lot was packed at the Fishmarket Restaurant in Palo Alto. What many of those diners didn’t know: their cars are in a hot zone for auto burglary. On the evening of January 14, nine cars in the lot had their windows smashed and valuables stolen during the dinner hour between 6:30 and 9 pm. "More often than not, the victim vehicle is a rental car," Detective Sgt. Brian Philip told KTVU.