after christmas by home surveillance camera and shows a car drive into the los altos home. then it shows a woman in a pink track suit with ugg style boots get out and pick up the packages and drive away. the woman was caught by another camera. showing her bright red hair. >> to have someone walk to the front door and take something, we were really shocked. >> reporter: the victim today says these security cameras were installed after the family's mail was stolen last year. they came home from christmas shopping and found their

packages missing. she posted the video online and sent it to neighbors. >> this gal actually, she's the last one you think of being a crook. >> reporter: police are now looking for this gold honda accord four door mid-1990s model with a front and rear spoiler and black custom rims.. list say the thief may be linked to another -- police say the thief may be linked to another crime. they hope anyone who recognize it is woman will call immediately. we've posted the video on ktvu.com. maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. right now richmond police are investigating a shooting that left a 16-year-old boy dead this afternoon. police tell us grisby was shot outside his grand mother's house at about 3:30 today. police say the shooter left in a 2000 white dodge avenger with license plate number 6luu524.

with california facing a budget deficit estimated at $25 billion. governor jerry brown announced steep cuts today to try and close it. but voters could end up dictating whether even deeper cuts are needed. ken pritchett was at the capital when the budget proposal was unveiled. he is live tonight to explain, ken. >> reporter: frank, governor brown says his budget does not contain unrealistic expectations but it does rely on voters saying yes to taxes and republican support. even before he outlined his budget, governor brown said it would cut deep. >> it's now time to restore california to fiscal solvency and put us on the road economic recovery and jobs. >> reporter: the governor says his plan closes a budget gap over 18 months in part by passing responsibility and funding for some programs to local governments including inmate transfers. he's calling on extending temporary taxes by five years. but that will take voter approval. brown wants the legislature and republicans to call a special

election in june to extend those taxes. >> i have met with republicans and i would say that they are not, they are not locked in stone in opposition. >> reporter: but republicans said the chances of their supporting a special election on taxes? >> zero. >> reporter: not one. >> as far as i know, i can't speak for all of us but i can pretty -- i have a pretty good feeling that at least the center republicans you are not going to find them in there. >> reporter: democrats are more accepting of brown's cuts. >> as painful as the governor's proposal is, the only thing worse is to allow this fiscal crisis to linger. >> reporter: brown expects lawmakers to pass the cuts then a budget after voters decide on extending taxes. >> well u can just look through those different slides and multiply by two. >> reporter: if voters decide to reject extending current

taxes, brown wouldn't say where he would cut but k-12 education becomes a potential target. ken pritchett, ktvu news. now here's a closer look at the budget proposal. k-12 education was stared at least for now. the uc system is in line to be cut by $500 million. the cal state system would also be cut by 500 million. med-cal would face a cut of $5.7 million. and 57,000 state workers would see their take home pay cut by 10%. it is estimated that all of this would save rather -- it is estimated this would save $308 million that cut in pay there. you can download and read the governor's budget proposal by going to ktvu.com. the other big story today, the changes that san francisco city hall, mayor gavin newsom was sworn in today as the

state's 49th state lieutenant governor. >> the duties that i'm about to enter. >> reporter: newsom was given the vote by his father former associate judge william newsom. the swearing in was delayed for a week. after today's ceremony, newsom hosted an open house at his new office. there's a major power shuffle going on right now. rob roth is there to help us sort it all out. >> reporter: when the interim mayor takes over, big decisions await including who will become the next police chief. san francisco city administrator arrived. tomorrow the newly sworn in board of supervisors is expected to vote to appoint lee as interim mayor. at the top of lee's priorities will be appointing a new police

chief. >> i think it's unfair to transfer the unfinished business to mr. lee in the way it's been done. >> reporter: today chief gascon started his new job as district attorney. gascon says that the change caught officers off guard. >> i myself feel very conflicted. >> reporter: but many are concerned about the upheaval in the chief's office. former assistant chief gadon will serve as temporary chief. but that chief may only last until november. that would mean another change. >> it's not healthy for the city, for public safety or for the police department. >> i think we need somebody to come in there and make a long term commitment. i personally think that person now after this latest test of going outside, i think we know need to go back inside.

>> reporter: so it may all seem a bit like musical chairs in san francisco, where it stops, no one knows. rob roth, ktvu news. san jose could name a new police chief next month. the american civil liberties union is calling on city officials to identify those under consideration. the mercury news reports there are 10 10 candidates in the run one is mark moore. also in san jose, police say there was no security at the mexicali nightclub where three men were killed over the weekend. investigators are still with holding the men of the four victims while they notify next of kin. a spokesperson for san jose police tells ktvu all three men are latino in their early 20s and 30s. a third victim was injured and

is still hospitalized tonight. police are asking for the public's help tonight after a man was found dead in a fairfield park. a public works employee discovered the man's body around 8:00 this morning. an autopsy was scheduled for today. authorities still haven't reloosed the man's name but say he was 60 years old and lived in fairfield. authorities say the death could be a homicide or related to the cold weather. anyone with information is asked to call fairfield police. we now know the identity of a pilot who died today when his small plane crashed in the delta. the contra costa sheriff's department says steven allen of portland was killed when his crop duster hit a power pole or antenna and crashed. web tracked the island when that plane went down is in a remote part of the delta. allen was the only person aboard the crop duster and was spraying crops at the time of the accident.

no one else was hurt. the sheriff's office continued it's search for a kayaker that went missing last week. search and rescue teams found his kayak taking on water near the shore at peek-a-boo point. technology could replace toll collectors on the golden gate bridge. the golden gate bridge district today presented it's proposal to do away with cash tolls by december 2012. commuters would use fast track or be billed. drivers would also be able to pay at a kiosks away from the bridge. 28 toll collectors would be transferred or take on different jobs. >> if you go to hawaii, do you

say -- >> reporter: the district finance economy is scheduled to vote on the proposal on thursday. we have more information now on some breaking news we first told you about at 5:00. there is a problem with b.a.r.t. there are reports of sparks on the third rail between the 19th and 12th street stations in oakland. the oakland fire department is in the tunnel right now and we are told there is no fire. but there is a little smoke. b.a.r.t. also tells us there's a 15 minute delay for some riders and b.a.r.t. is running one track through the area. political rhetoric gone too far? local talk radio debates the topic after a shooting in arizona. and the steps a local woman wants to take to help bay area veterans. and temperatures will drop into the lower 30s tonight. and we'll tell you when shower

chances will really be on the increeds. -- on the increase.

president obama and the first lady led a national moment of silence this morning to honor the victims of a shooting in arizona. and we're getting word that president obama will be heading to arizona to attend a memorial. today doctors say giffords gave a thumbs up sign and also tried to grab her breathing tube. loughner seen here in a mug

shot faced a judge in a phoenix courtroom. loughner is being represented by judy clark who defended timothy mcvay. ktvu's janine de la vega joins us right now. >> reporter: many people have questions up on their website if rhetoric was the reason for

the violence. >> tragic event, just absolutely horrible. >> reporter: on kgo radio, the phone lines were lit up to talk about what caused a 22-year-old man to go on a shooting rampage. >> i hear this politicism going on. >> the tea party type right wring feels that they're going to be -- right wing feels they're going to be held responsible so they're playing defense. the left is seeing how they can possibly use this to their advantage and draw people over to their side. >> reporter: one of the talking

points, a post by sarah palin >> there was a mentally ill young man who acted on his own. >> the discussion now is going to the mentally ill. when the discussion really needs to be on is irresponsible messaging on negative campaigning. >> reporter: headlines and political cartoons about the topic are fueling all the buzz. some analysts say all the political rhetoric will lead to a cooling off period in congress. reporting live from the newsroom, janine de la vega. jerry brown is still moving forward with plans to scale back his security despite the attack on the arizona congresswoman. this morning the governor was driven to the state capital but a single security member. >> panic is not good.

we can't let our free society be intimidated by terrorists or by hateful individuals or by people who are acting in such a bizarre way. >> brown contends adding addition security would only waste taxpayer dollars. governor brown is shuffling appoints. bill honing today removed his nomination to the board. honing was convicted for delivering state funds to his wife's nonprofit organization. brown nominated beverly hills assistant superintendent illene house. representative jackie spear

spoke to thousands of philipino veterans and widows. >> my message to you and my message to the congress of the united states is that philipino men who served in world war ii are not second class citizens. >> in 1946, congress stripped benefits from philipino veterans. the highway patrol in sonoma and napa issued warnings of black ice. black ice has also been reported in the santa cruz mountains. in san jose, many people told our crews today that the possibility of frost damaging their plants is a bigger concern during this cold blast.

mark tamayo our meteorologist is in tonight. what do you think, mark? >> a little warmer for tomorrow. but we are talking about a few freezing areas. still fairly chilly for your tuesday morning. the over all weather story is this. the bay area forecast for tonight, we do have mostly cloudy skies. clouds have been increasing all day long. temperatures on the cool side. for tomorrow more clouds and a few showers especially for one part of the bay area. looks like a dry weather pattern developing. at least the short term temperatures will continue to cool off and the pro projected lows first thing tomorrow morning for napa and antioch right around 30 degrees. this morning the coolest locations were in the 30s. san jose 35 degrees. here's the satellite, you can see quite a bit of activity behind me. most of the energy is splitting, as a result this is

not a major deal for us. more cloud cover in the bay area forecast. rainfall expectations nothing too impressive. only .2 of an inch. you get the idea this is not a big deal. the cloud cover on the increase in the short term. tomorrow morning at 7:00. highest chance of a few showers will be up in the north bay. especially in sonoma county and napa county. we'll continue to put this into motion in the afternoon. not a lot of activity but we can still have a chance of a shower. late by tomorrow afternoon into the evening hours we increase the shower chances and maybe just a sprinkle for the south bay. for tomorrow morning at 7:00, you can see the temp temperatures on the cool side. by 4:00 and 5:00, we'll bump up the rain chances. temperatures on the cool side, upper 40s to lower 50s.

san jose right around 54. we could have a lingering sprinkle first thing wednesday morning. really not a big deal. there's a slight chance of a shower on thursday. for the latest forecast models have backed off for the shower potential on thursday. you can see overnight lows beginning to trend up. it won't be that extreme chill for later in the week. >> good, because it really has been so cold. >> thanks, mark. redevelopment of hunter's point is a lot closer to becoming a reality. the sierra and audobon signed an agreement. the agreement calls for reducing the footprint and the creation of a new lagoon. a blast from the past, the connection between yesterday's play off game between the eagles and the packers and a 49ers play off game from back in the 90s. >> that story in just a moment. but first a mixed day on

wall street. the dow dropped 37 points while nasdaq gained four. we'll be right back.

play off games between the philadelphia eagles and packers earned the largest viewing in 13 years. the last time ratings were that high was for the 49ers-packers game during the 1998 season. and way to go for aaron rodgers a cal grad. more football to talk about. >> more football to talk about after nearly a month of bowl games, the national championship is finally being settled tonight. oregon and auburn, with oregon leading. and maurisic was the inaugural winner. on the next play from scrimmage as a linebacker made an interception and returned for a toughdown. maurisic was the only player to

start on both offense and defense. the finalists have been trimmed to 15 for this year's induction into the football hall of fame. dion sanders tops the list. sanders one year with the 49ers. sanders also played for the dallas cowboys winning a super bowl ring with both the cowboys and san francisco. and jerome bettis also in the league's top ten rushers and also a finalist in the first year of his eligibility. and others on the list are chris dolman and shannon sharp. sharks and warriors both off tonight. we'll see you tonight at 10:00. i'll have highlights of that championship game. >> we will see you then. city leaders are acting

swiftly in the aftermath of three murders linked to a shooting at a nightclub. more information on three men who died saturday night after a shoot out at the mexicali club in san jose. we're going to update you and tell you what's being done right now to clamp down occupy that club. that's coming up in 30 minutes on tv 36 -- clamp down on that club. that's our report for tonight. see you tonight at 10:00. >> good night. >> good night.