SAN FRANCISCO—To native San Franciscans, shoplifting and car break-ins are now a normal part of life in a big city. Car burglaries occur up to 74 times a day in the city and have increased nearly 200 percent since 2020. Some residents are going to extreme lengths to prevent their car windows from being smashed, like leaving their trunks open and their windows down, according to local reports. On a recent Saturday at Alamo Square Park across from the famed Painted Ladies houses, Kira Cush, a lifelong San Francisco resident who’s had her car broken into multiple times, said “it’s just something, especially if you live in this area, you need to be mindful to just not leave anything in your car.” “And even then, still, cars will get broken into, but you have to be super vigilant about not leaving stuff out,” she told The Epoch Times. Loretta, another …