teresa johnson, also known as teresa lamb, a person of interest in the case. while she was not involved with the deaths, she may hold clues to jeremy's background and his history. meanwhile, santa cruz police officers are back at work for the first time since tuesday shootings. they were allowed time off to mourn. the city is in protected by deputies from the sheriff's department. the memorial outside the police station continues to grow. >> it's all about the officers to support them and let them know that we love them and our hearts are just with them. >> the memorial for the fallen officers has been moved now from santa cruz to the hp pavilion in san jose to accommodate a huge crowd. that memorial at noon next thursday. we will have live coverage here on kpix5. >>> another police chase. this ended outside of the

teresa johnson may go by teresa lamb. they believe she is homeless and anyone who may know her will have her contact the san thank you cruz sheriff's department. abc7 news. >> thank you. a scholarship fund has been established in honor of sergeant butch baker and detective elizabeth butler. businesses committed $125,000 to the fund. if you would like to make a donation go to abc7 news and click on see it on tv. you will find it at the top of our home page. >>> new at 11:00, it happened. president obama signed an order authorizing $85 billion in automatic spending cuts. the cuts have a wide ranging affect in california too. unemployment could be cut. the children may be eliminated from certain programs. school officials are trying to meet a march 15th deadline when the layoff notices anticipate less money next year. >> more layoffs than there would have been because of the see -- sequestration issue. it will be a result of the congress' inaction. >> the affects of the cuts won't actually be felt until april. >>> tonight ch

teresa johnson may go by teresa lamb.y believe she is homeless and anyone who may know her will have her contact the san thank you cruz sheriff's department. abc7 news. >> thank you. a scholarship fund has been established in honor of sergeant butch baker and detective elizabeth butler. businesses committed $125,000 to the fund. if you would like to make a donation go to abc7 news and click on see it on tv. you will find it at the top of our home page. >>> new at 11:00, it happened. president obama signed an order authorizing $85 billion in automatic spending cuts. the cuts have a wide ranging affect in california too. unemployment could be cut. the children may be eliminated from certain programs. school officials are trying to meet a march 15th deadline when the layoff notices anticipate less money next year. >> more layoffs than there would have been because of the see -- sequestration issue. it will be a result of the congress' inaction. >> the affects of the cuts won't actually be felt until april. >>> tonight chairm

police have named 28-year-old teresa johnson also known as teresa lamb, a person of interest. she is not tied to the deaths of the officers, but she may hold some clues to goulet's background and his history. >>> extra police are patrolling the oakland's first friday artwork. they stepped up their presence in the wake of last month's shooting that killed one and injured 18. instead of canceling, organizers have made changes to make things a little safer. >>> the size of the festival has been cut in half from 10 blocks to just 5. the event is ending an hour earlier and first friday organizers are asking participants to sign a pledge to curb street violence. >> the more people who sign it, the more we know how many people are really embracing that message of peace. >> the event kicks off in a half hour. coming up at 6:00, kpix 5's patrick sedillo will have a look live at how first friday participants are honoring the victims of last month's shooting. >>> i'm not proud of it. i'm not perfect. >> st. mary's basketball team slammed with sanctions today. the accusations against the

still pending, but the investigation is moving forward with police now looking for this woman, it teresa johnson say the 28-year-old suspected prostitute isn't involved in the murders in any way but they do want to talk to her to get information on the deceased suspect jeremy goulet. investigators say johnson may have been acquainted with him. now we turn to marianne favro who joins us live in santa cruz where police are still working this investigation, marianne. >> reporter: jessica, during the past two hours we have seen a steady stream of police officers and sheriff's deputies coming here to this community memorial to pay their respects and we have seen a lot of hugs exchanged. some of the officers came here after completing their first patrol shift since their fellow officers were killed. for the first time since two of their if fellow officers, sergeant butch baker and detective elizabeth butler were killed in the line of duty, santa cruz police went back to their own duties protecting the community. as they left the department, a dramatic show of support from sheriff's deputies stepped in

teresa johnson may be able to tell them more about the killing.ore on this tonight. keira? >> as you mentioned just within minutes they announced the memorial this thursday has been moved from here in santa cruz to hp pavilion. a larger venue for a large crowd expected. police are now looking for johnson, they say she's not inswrofld the murder buzz do believe she was an acquaintance of the gunman, jeremy goulet. she has lived in homeless camps and may go by the nickname of lamb. it was a painful day for officers returning to patrol their are santa cruz streets. >> police officers returned to their streets this morning after days of mourning behind closed doors. for officer wes morey a simple call was a welcomed assignment. >> citizens have been so supportive. >> the city has been protected by sheriff deputies since tuesday night when the detective sargeant loweren butch baker and elizabeth butler were gunned down by jeremy goulet. he ambushed them. >> it has been a rough dupel days. >> the pain being felt on the other side of the mountains. polic

investigators have named 28- year-old teresa johnson also known as teresa lamb a person of interest in the case. plus she is not tied to the deaths of the officers but may hold clues to gunman gillibrand goulet's background and history. >>> meanwhile, santa cruz police officers were back at work today for the first time since tuesday's shooting. sheriff's deputies stood at attention in a show of support as officers returned to the streets. they were allowed time off to mourn their fellow officers gunned down by jeremy goulet. the city had been protected by the sheriff's office. meanwhile the memorial day weekend outside the police station inches to grow. >>> -- meanwhile the memorial outside the police station continues to grow. >> it's all about the officers to support them and let them know we love them and -- [ crying ] >> -- our hearts are with them this morning. >> there is late word tonight about the memorial for the fallen officers. that memorial has been moved from santa cruz to the hp pavilion in san jose. officials say the change of venue is necessary to accommodate the overw

they also emphasize that this woman teresa johnson is not link to the murder of the 2 police officerse has lived in homeless camps in the santa cruz area. detectives want to ask johnson some questions about goulet background and his behavior. it appears they may have met each other earlier this year. >> and santa cruz police rolled out on patrol today for the first time since the murders as they passed down center street. officers received a silent salute from the sheriffs deputy who filled in during this period of mourning. you will see them standing there offering silent salute. >> all pulled out wanted to go together and take our city back and we pulled out and the news crew were there and the sheriffs offices were standing at attention. felt good. felt really good. it was the honorary passing of the guard back over. >>reporter: memorial in front of the police station to the fallen officer continue to gro grow. many people told us they are still in shock that such a tragedy could hit their small town. >> memorial for detective elizabeth butler and detective sergeant baker will be h

. >>> in the meantime, santa cruz county investigators are looking for this woman, teresa lam johnson, investigators say she may know why the suspect jeremy goulet shot and killed the manufactu police officers. detectives believe johnson is living in one of the homeless camps in santa cruz and a homeless woman at one of those camps says she recognizes the woman but does not know her personally. she's urging johnson to talk to detectives. >> and just say the last conversation that you had with him before these things happened because a lot of people are under stress. >> investigators say they would like to speak with johnson about goulet's background and social history. >>> from santa cruz to sonoma county where investigators are trying to figure out why a sheriff's deputy shot and killed a suspected kidnapper. it all unfolded just before 11:00 on thursday night when a woman called san rafael police to say her friend was texting her saying she had been kidnapped. the friend was able to text her a description of the car she was in and the direction her alleged kidnapper was heading. the

they say 28-year-old teresa johnson is not involved in the murder in any way but she did know the suspectors are hoping to speak with johnson to learn more about the gunman's background and social history. >>> the santa cruz community is rallying to comfort its police department as it returned to duty yesterday. signs supporting police are going up throughout the city. and businesses are holding fundraisers for the families of the two fallen officers. that fund right now stands at more than $125,000. >> the entire community is grieving. and i feel like it is maybe that we've hit the bottom and we're going to come back up from this. because this town has been hit hard. >> ktvu has obtained new photos of the officers. one shows 51-year-old detective sergeant lawrence butchbaker with his father and the other shows 38-year-old detective elizabeth butler in hostage negotiation training. >>> now, the memorial for the two officers will now be held at san jose's hp pavilion thursday march 7 at noon. the service was moved to handle what is expected to be a very large crowd. >> today, more than a d

. >>> in the meantime, santa cruz county investigators are looking for teresa lam johnson, she may knowled butler and baker. they say johnson knew goulet but was not involved in the murder in any way. police believes she's living in one of the homeless camps in santa cruz, a homeless woman at one of the camps says she recognizes the woman but does not know her personally. she's urging johnson to talk to detectives. >> the last conversation that you had with him before these things happened because a lot of people are under stress. >> investigators say they would like to speak with johnson about goulet's background and social history. >>> in a continuing effort to get guns off the streets, santa clara county is holding a gun buyback event today. the sheriff's department will collect guns at the santa clara county fairgrounds between 10:00 this morning and 2:00 this afternoon, and people will receive $100 for han guns, rifles or shotguns and $200 for assault weapons. the guns will be exchanged, no questions asked. >>> coming up this morning, rescue efforts continue for a man swallowed by

mary johnson was a nun for 20 years with mother teresa before leaving the church.he's the author of the book "unquenchable thirst." legal settlement of nearly $10 million in child sex abuse, catholic diocese of los angeles. $10 million. michael winter, this is what most catholic laypeople read in the paper. they'll read it in the "time"s tomorrow and every paper in the country. they'll say these priests, what are they doing? why did we just learn about this stuff? a lot of these cases are old. >> i think the church has done a great deal since 2002 when they adopted the charter to ferret this stuff out. but what i still think the hierarchy doesn't understand is that the sex abuse crisis started about molesting children the way watergate started with burglary. it's no longer about this priest or that priest who did it with a little boy or little girl. we understand that happens whether penn state football or the church. the problem are the bishops who oversaw them in so many cases did not react -- >> why not? why didn't they throw them out? >> the culture, you know,