♪ good morning. california is now just minut away from getting a new chief executive. governor elect jerry brown is about to be sworn in as the state's 39th governor at the sacramento memorial auditorium. he wanted the event to be low-key with a focus on spending as little as possible. this is brown's third term as govern. he faces the daunting task of closing a $28 billion shortfall. he intends to outline the plan in a matter of weeks. he said it will include extending tax hikes on cars, sales and income taxes. he promises to make more cuts. we're streing his entire inauguration on abcews.com. an oakland city councilwoman is

making history today by becoming that city's first female mayor. jean quan is expected to be t first asian american to become mayor. terry mcsweene joins us from oakland th more. >> qwan began what will be her first day in office from a wa from chinatown where the swearing is taking momentarily at the fox theater and telegraph and oakland. all along the way a lot of excited people treating her like a rock star. take a look. ♪ >> and that walk from chinato had, as you migh expect, a strong chinese atmosphere to it, a dancing dragon, a traditional ceremony a oakland's first female, fit asian mayor or soon to be first of those. she found well-wishes everywhe. and the media following her every move.

at the oakland public library her message was all-inclusive. >> it'slways been a gateway city. it was the end of the railroad. it is place where cultures of people from all over the world have come and mixed. >> qwan says she will be able to work wh the police union which did not support her and also be able to work with the majority of voters who did not list her numb one on the ballot. she won rank choic voting. she has a violent crime rate making it among th highest in the united states but all of that for another day. today it's history in the making as jean quan becomes oakland's first female, first asian mayor. take place any momen now. cecilia is inside the fox theater and will have it all for you at 5:00 and 6:00. >> terry, thanks very much. and anothe first.

san francisco district attory carmel carmella harris will be sworn in in sacramento. one of the big priorities is tackle mortgage fraud. ther is no announcement yet who her suessor will be in san francisco. gavin neom will not be sworn into his new office today. instead the mayor has scheduled an inaugural ceremony one week from today. a spokesman said it might happen sooner. newsom decided hold off until the newly elected board of supervisors selects an interim mayor to fill out the rest of his term. lieutenant governor mald nad dough defeated in novemr will remain on the job until newsom takes the oath of office. california's new superintendent of public instruction is now officially on the job. >> i do solemnly swear. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> that i will support and

defend the constitution of the united stes. >> he took the oath of office at mount diablo high scol in concord. that's where he once taught science, math and history. he replaces jack o'connl termed out of office. he defeated his opponent in the november election. he served 14 years in the state legislature representing concord and the surroundg area. on to other news of the day now. a 22-year-old novato woman has been arrested in connection with the shooting of two men in a shopping ceer parking lot early this morning. leslie joins us now. >> there has been one arrest so far in this case. as you mentioned, 22-year-old alexandra coyle said she was the driver of the car the gunmen were in. they found her car this morni and they arresd her.

>> at least preliminary we believe it was a gang-related incident. >> the victims m have known each other. the rear window of this toyota sedan was shattered by bulle just before midnight athe safeway store in novato. one man in the front of the car and another in the backseat sustained serious injues. >> the victims, again her one hispanic male adult who's a 27-year-old novato resident. the second is white male adult, 23-year-old resident. theye in local hospitals. >> witnesses to the shooting clammered to call 9-1-1 from inside the safe way store. >> there was a dispute of some sort down the street. and persons in the white car came here. >> police are investigating the possibility that there were two gunmen who were driven to safeway's seeking out the victims. >> it appears as though someone was targeting the people in that

car. this wa't just a random shooting? >> that's what we believe. >> they collected evidence at the crime scene for seven hours before towing the car as novato residents reacted to the overnight violence. >> i come here every morning for my starbucks and i've never se anything like this before. >> it's shocking. it's crazy is what it is. >> now, others say they've seen or noticed an increase in gang tagging, gang activity around novato in the past year. they're still piecing it all together, processing evidence and they hope soon they'll be able to make the arrest of one or two possie gunmen. reporting live in novato, leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >> oakland police arrested a driver aft an early morning chase ended in a dramatic crash. take a look. the chase ended in front of the grand lake theater arnd 5:00 this morning with the car upended in fron of the business next-door. the chase began in piedmont when officers tried to stop the

driver. officers say they had ended the chase befo the vehicle crashed. they're not idtifying the driver or saying why they were initially trying to pull that car over. the outgoing governor arnold schwarzeneer reduced two prison sentences and issued one pardon. last night he commuted a senten of nunez, the son of former assembly speaker. he reduced his 16-year prison sentence to seven years saying his sentence was excessive nunez pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter last year in a fight that killed santos two years ago. the family is upset with the decision callg it sneaky and pure politics. governor schwarzeneggealso gave a pardon to a woman sentenced to life in prison for killing her abusive ex-boyiend. i first met rose parker at the california instituon for women ten years ago. parker served ten years in

prison before governor greg davis ordered her parole. she abused her ex-boyfriend, a powerful older man. >> my brother came to rescue and i grabbed t gun and i shot. the bullet hit my brher and it hit him. wounded my brother, killed art. >> rose parker requested the full paon last year from the governor. she's married to a southern california women and counselors batteredwomen. the governor reduced the sentence of another woman sentenced to a life in prin without the possibility of parole sarah was 16 when she shot and killed her formeder pimp inside a motel room. schwarzenegger commuted her sentence to 25 years to life with the possibility of parole. >> and still ahead, the mysteries of cancer may soon be solved by several blood tests. we'll have that story still ahead, but first. >> by the way, my favorite topic

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the star is capacity owen honors who now comnds the uss enterise. he made those in 2006 and 2007 when he was second in command. they're laced with profanity, gay slurs and sexually subjecti scenes. captain honors is now under investigation. >> worst case is he can be taken to a court-martial. it's a little of a challenge how you would charge this conduct. they'll find something. >> at least one former female crew member is defending honors saying she doesn't member anyone offended. president obama will return to washington tomrow following his family vacation in hawaii. he will be returning to fails a new republican-dom ninated hous they are already taking aim at his agenda >> president obama plann to leave the aloha state with an

extended hand to newly empowered republicans. >> i willing to work with anyone with a good idea and the commitment to see it through. >> that offer's already being rejected. republicans that control the house are at war launching a three-pronged assault with the obama adnistration starting with healthcare reform. first repeal it, then an effort to sta it by cutting off the money. >> we said we would bring up a vote to repeal healthcare early that will happen before the president's state of the union address. >> it's a purely -- >> house republicans will be able to make a statement but it won't be law. >> the next line of attack, slashing government spending, threateninto cut off the government ability to borrow money unless spending goes back to where it was before the stimulus and banking bailout. >> i'm not going to vote for debt-building entries until we go back to 2008 spending levels. >> that would be caused by insanity. >> the third wave of the attack,

investigations. the incoming republican chaian of the government reform committee plans to hold hearings from medicare frd to the b.p. oil spill. there arreal parallels to 1995 when president clinton found himself facing a governmt shutdown. >> the preside's home and ho office has lost nearly a quarter of its value. in the last month alone, the value dropped almost $4 billion. the white house waworth more than $31 million at the top of the boom but now it's $253 million. still a lot. >> meteorologist mike nicco is here bk from vacation. nice to see you. >> nice to see you, too. everybody looking refreshed around here. especially the mornings getting a lot of sleep. watch out over the next couple dales though.

looks like we're going to have sunshine. mixed. see the haze? we're talking fog. where it will be most prevalent in your forecast. >> mike, thank you. a difference in southern california where snow and ice shuts down a maj highway for more than a day. zsa zsa gabor it back in the hospital. she has to undergo surgery in order to live. and here's a live picture of jerry brown's inauguration as governor and that is his wife ann brown speaking right now. we're streaming this live on our website, abc7ns.com.

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♪ the constitution of the state of california. >> that i take this obligation freely. >> that i take this obligation freely. >> without any mental reservation. >> without any mental reservatn. >> or -- >> really, no mental reservation. (cheers and applause) >> and you are listening to the swearing in of governor jerry brown. >> or purpose of evasion. >> and that i will well an faithfully. >> faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to

enter. >> upon which i am about to enter. >> congratulations. >> thank you very much. thank you. (cheers and applause) >> thank you. >> thank you. >> and you've been listening to the swearing in of governor jerry brown, s third term. and the woman standing next to him was his wife. it took him 15 years to pop that proposal but governor jerry brown. and the governor is going to be warning -- is warning the state alrey that there will be a series of tax increases to close a $28 billion budget deficit. you're going to be able to see the entire ceremony on abc7news.com. meantime, on to oth news of the day. the main highway betwn southern california and the san joaquin valley is still closed. the grapevine are was closed shortly before 12:30 yesterday because of a wall of snow.

blizzard conditions over the past have eased this morning but flurries remaiand the melting snow made for icy roads. snowplows have to clear 30 miles of roads before that highway can reopen. you've heard the saying what happened in vegas stays in vegas. well, it's soon going to melt in vegas. look at this! snow flurries. won't affect the hotels and servic >> maybe people wantgo out and look and mbe not. >> for a minute. >> and go back to the warm glow of the lights inside. they still have weather advisories around there and southern california while weaver drying. we're going to see an extended period of dry weather. you see the white and the pink this is those are winter weather advisories. they're until 6:00 in southern california. until 4:00 in the mounins around las vegas.

you can see the grapevine still stung in a snowy pattern. but's moving to the east. about a half inch of snow but it all melted. about 7 inches of wet, heavy snow. gives you an idea why they were havi such problems. backere at home, you can see outside the sun is coming out. but we do have some tulie fog in the central valley. that is going to keep some of us hazy, especially the east bay valls over the next couple of mornings and afternoons while the rest of us see more sunshine and slightly warmer weather. mainly the upper 40s. everybody else the low 50s. so pretty comfortable temperatures 11:22 this morning. inland low to mid-40s with increasing sunshine. partly cloudy today, seasonably cool afternoon temperatures. the lack of clouds at nigh will make for colder overnight hours and mornings. that means the heater's going to

run more. watch for the dense fog in the north bay and east bay valleys. an extended period of dry weather. one that we haven't seen in months. all of us, there are though out there the equipment may not be working as well as it should be. that's why they don't have a surplus because moffett field does. temperatures today, low to mid-50s in the inland very longs with mid to upr 50s the bay and the coast. mid to upper 50s around the monterey bay and inland also with a partly cloudy sky. tonight you can see the colder weather, t 30s inland, the thicker fofog developing there. the upper 30s and low 40s to the coast. two areas of low pressure. one well offshore, the other pushed ever so slowly into southern calornia and weakening as high pressure builds in. these two areas are going to converge right over the bay an bring this eep of sunshine and temperatures. your accu-weather 7-day

foreca, other than the morning fog and the hazy afternoon that will plague the east bay valleys, pretty sunshine with mid to upper 50s. friday and saturday, that's our first totally dry weekend since about october. it's been a long time. >> i think everybody's just ready to dr out a little bit. >> i think so. we go back to work and school and look what happens. >> thanks very much. on to news now. a major health company joiningf. for many types of cancer, breast, colon, prostate and lung cancer. it can spot a single cancer cell among a billion healthy one. johnson & johnson hope to get that out eventually. what treatment would be best for a particular tumor and find out quickly if that trtment is workg. zsa zsa gabor is undergoin surgery to have part of her right leg amputated.

her pumpist said the doctors examined a lesion that's gone from an inch to about a foot. if they do not amputate, gabor will die. she had hip replacement surgery in july. she's been hospitalized sevel times for swelling in her legs and for blooclots. we'll be back in just a moment. meantime here is another live picture fromacramento where jerry brown has just been sworn in as california's newest governor. this is the

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>> today at 3:00 on 7 live, the social website from gays in the military. and the hair color that can earn you more money on the job. then at 5:00, an environmental group launch a legal challenge to stop a pesticide from being used in california strawberry fieldsecause they say it can cause cancer. those stories later today at 5:00. thanks for joining us. "who wants t