Suspects toyota, windows blown out as a tow truck hauled it away this afternoon. A wild chase and deadly confrontation with deputies ended in this wooded area of geronville off highway 116 after 11 00 last night. I suspect that he knew where he was going and was trying to evade the police. Reporter bob reeves owns the house nearby, but didnt know what happened until this morning. Last night, investigators say a woman sent a text message to a friend in san rafael that she had been kidnapped. That she was concerned for her safety and being driven to Sonoma County against her will. Reporter more Text Messages helped deputies spot the suspects car on geronville road in santa rosa, setting off a high speed chase through winding roads. It ended down Odd Fellows Park road in a park development. He eventually lost control of his car and crashed into an embankment, at which point the deputies were able to assist the female victim from the car. Reporter the woman was not hurt, but the Sheriffs Office says one of its deputies shot and killed the suspect while trying to arrest him. Investigators have not identified him or said if he was armed. People here are crediting the victim for keeping her calm and finding a way to call for help. Communication is a wonderful thing, isnt it . Saved this womans life perhaps. That was Eric Rasmussen reporting. A 23yearold hayward man is facing charges for breaking into a house and leading police on a chase that ended in a multicar crash. News chopper 2 was over the scene of the collision on highway 24 in orinda. Police were pursuing 23year old brian battles just before 11 00 a. M. When he crashed his car into other vehicles. He tried to run, but was taken into custody. Battles car was linked to a burglary early this morning. There are no reports of any injuries. Santa cruz Police Officers went back to work today, putting aside their grief. Robert handa is live with more. Reporter santa cruz took some of its first small steps in returning to normal today. The Police Headquarters lobby remained closed as it has been since the shootings. But employees have been coming back to work, including patrols on the streets. Cruz Police Officers went back on patrol this morning after two days of grieving for their fellow officers, detectives Elizabeth Butler and Loran Butch Baker killed tuesday in the line of duty. Some residents showed up to cheer on the troopers. Its all about the officers to support them, to let them know we love them and our hearts are just with them this morning. Reporter sheriffs deputies saluted the Police Officers return, along with the california Highway Patrol. The Sheriffs Department has been handling the citys Law Enforcement duties. They have so cared for us. I cant say enough about that. And we could never repay them for what they did. And then to honor us, to honor us the way they did this morning, that was pretty special. Reporter for the most part, many of the patrol seemed to deal with mainly routine incidents today. Some people were concerned about the departments 94 officers returning to work so soon after such a personal loss. What do you do . And i want to just hug them all, make them feel somewhat better. So im just hoping they are okay out there. Weve had some time to grieve. Now we realize its time to get back to work and protect our community. Reporter and investigators now say they are also looking for this 28yearold local homeless woman, theresa johnson. She is an acquaintance of the suspect jerry muglay. She is wanted to provide information on the suspect. Well have more on that at 6 00. Live in santa cruz, robert handa, ktvu channel 2news. Las vegas police are looking at new video taken during last weeks deadly chase and shooting that ended with three people dead. Police obtained the video before 26yearold ammar harris was arrested in los angeles. Investigators say the video taken by taxi dashboard camera shows harris range rover and a maserati weaving around each other on the vegas strip. Harris fired at least five shots into the maserati, killing one man, then slamming into a taxi leading to an explosion that left two others dead. Power is expected to be restored in two hours in a lafayette after after being knocked out because of a police chase and crash. The suspect car hit a power pole just before 3 00 a. M. On happy valley road. Almost 1800 pg e customers lost power. Most had it restored within hours. Police spotted the truck that hit the pole a few minutes before the crash, driving erratically on highway 24. Officers say they stopped the truck, but then the driver took off and drove into the neighborhood. The suspect has been identified as 38yearold mark biancini of San Francisco. The truck was reported stolen from Castro Valley several days ago. He was laying facedown into the mud and policemen were in back securing him and then got him up, brought him down the drive. The suspect was booked on several charges, including felony evasion, drug possession and resisting arrest. Tonight, president obama is just hours away from signing an executive order that officially puts 85 billion in budget cuts into effect. And with sequestration about to become a reality, the president turned to the world of fantasy to express his frustration. Reporter failing to see eye to eye, the president and top four congressional leaders walked away from the negotiating table with no plan to avert or replace 85 billion in forced spending cuts set to kick in at midnight. We shouldnt be making a series of dumb, arbitrary cuts to things that businesses depend on. Its about taking on the spending problem here in washington. Reporter the president and democrats want to close tax loopholes. We believe that we should build our economy from the middle class out, from the middle out. The republicans believe in trickledown. Reporter but republicans refuse to raise taxes. The president got his tax hikes on january 1st. This discussion about revenue, m my view, is over. Reporter even with so Many Americans weary from all the sequestration talk, ears perked after the president mixed star wars and star trek to illustrate he cant force a solution. The fact that they dont take it means that i should somehow, you know, do a jedi mind meld with these folks and convince them to do whats right. Reporter Government Agencies are already taking steps to get in line with those budget cuts. We have a few examples for you. The fda says there could be 2100 fewer food safety inspections because the agency would have to reign in spending to last years levels. Now, the Transportation Department says that the nations busiest airports, including San Francisco international airport, would see runway closures, which would likely lead to widespread delays and flight cancellation. Finally, the coastguard says that the budget cuts could potentially restrict rescues, saying that it has to cut back the number of hours its aircraft will fly and cutters will patrol the sea. Coming up at 5 30 tonight, the bay area stands to take a hit from those budget cuts, and not just at sfo. The Critical Services and Major Projects here that are going to be effected. Californias average Unemployment Rate improved last year, but it was still higher than the National Average. Thats according to figures from the u. S. Labor department. They show the 2012 average at 10. 5 compared to 11. 8 the year before. Thats well above the National Average for 2012, of 8. 1 . President obama today explained why his administration filed a brief, asking the Supreme Court to strike down californias proposition 8. The Supreme Court asks me, or my attorney general general, do we think that meets constitutional muster . I felt it was important for us to answer that question honestly. And the answer is no. The president said the brief did not call for making same sex marriage legal nationwide, but was limited to californias ban on samesex marriage, because thats what the Supreme Court asked about. Police are investigating the owner of four Sonoma County businesses that allegedly doubled as illegal gambling dens. Investigators say they are consulting the das office on whether or not to bring charges against 56yearold andrew lee of roanoke park. The inquiry was prompted by several nuisance complaints surrounding one of lees computer and video game businesses. Investigators found computers at all four businesses that appeared to be used primarily for playing card games and slots. Four employees were cited. Orange county sheriffs deputies found a suicide note on the computer of a man who fatally shot three people before killing himself. That was 10 days ago in the community of tuftton. The computer was taken from the bedroom of the man. Police have not found any previous connection between sigh yid and his victims. Last month, a parole board approved 70yearold bruce davis release, but ultimately left the final decision to the governor. Davis has served more than 40 years of his life sentence. Although he was not involved in the notorious sharon tate killings, he was convicted with manson and others in the murders of a musician and a stunt man. Governor jerry brown blocked his appeal today. 47yearold anna ayala and her son both pleaded not guilty. Ayala is accused of being accessory to felony and Filing False Police report. Her son is charged with falsely reporting a crime and being a felon in possession of a firearm. In 2005, ayala planted a severed human finger in a bowl of restaurant chili in an unsuccessful fraud scheme. Cases of the flu across the country are slowly dying down. According to the latest report just released from the cdc today, there are now only 12 states still reporting widespread flu activity is california is not one of them, but the cdc is not officially declaring the end of flu season until the portion of those reporting flulike symptoms is at 2. 2 . Its currently at 2. 7 . This was an egregious example of violating the public trust. Serious charges a south bay politician now faces and what he did today in response. And developing news in the north bay. Our news chopper 2 is over what we believe is the end of a chase. Were making calls into the newsroom, gathering information. We will have an update for you, next. And mid70s today. Its going to be the warmest day of the week. Temperatures trending down as we move towards your weekend and in the fiveday, a chance of rain. Didnt have uverse. Growing up, we didnt have uverse. We couldnt record four shows at the same time. In my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. And if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, thats all we watched. And we liked it todays kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get uverse tv for just 19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. Rethink possible. Were just getting word into the newsroom that the Memorial Services for the two Police Officers who were gunned down earlier this week, on tuesday, is being moved from santa cruz to the hp pavillion in san jose. Its supposed to happen on thursday, march 7th. We had heard earlier that there were so many people planning on attending that they had at least one overflow facility and were planning on maybe adding a second overflow facility, but now we hear it is moving to the hp pavillion, which holds 17,000 people. Again this, Memorial Service for the two santa cruz officers killed will be held in san jose on march 7th. Well keep you posted when we get more information. A well known Santa Clara County politician faces criminal charges tonight. Prosecutors filed several felony and misdemeanor charges against county supervisor george shirakawa. Reporter the devil was in the details in the downfall of Santa Clara County supervisor george shirakawa, revealed through poster burled displays how the longtime politician moved money for private use since 2006. Lets say this was an egregious example of violating the publics trust. Reporter he is charged with four felony counts of perjury, one felony count of misappropriation of public funds and filing false statements, as well as seven misdemeanors for failing to File Campaign reports. He resigned today and says he will plead guilty to all the charges at his Court Hearing march 18th. The da says he will be legally banned from elected office, be fined 50,000, and could face jail time. We will ask for substantial jail term in this case, up to a year, and, you know, we believe thats appropriate for what his conduct was in this case. Reporter we went to shirakawas san jose home, but no one answered the door. Much of the money misused by him took place in casinos. In a statement of resignation, he said for years i have suffered from depression and gambling addiction, which went untreated for too long, which led to actions i deeply regret. Hopefully this brings closure, not just to this chapter in whats happening with the supervisor, but also in terms of the Public Perception of the board of supervisors. Reporter the board now has 45 days from today to appoint a replacement for shirakawa or set a date for special election. Matt keller, ktvu channel 2news. Developing news, a man is now in custody after the Highway Patrol was involved in a wild chase. It started on interstate 80. These are live pictures from news chopper 2. Thats when Highway Patrol officers saw a vehicle hit a motorcycle and then drive away. The officers gave chase during which the driver then allegedly hit three more vehicles. At that point, the driver is said to have tried to car jack a motorcyclist and another vehicle. Officers in a chp helicopter that had been following the chase landed on the freeway at the side of the road and arrested the driver. At this point, the amount of damage and extent of injuries is unknown and we are following this story and will keep you posted as we learn more. Uc santa cruz has released the name of a student who fell to his death yesterday morning. 19yearold Tyler Collins was found at the bottom of a 75 foot ravine not far from the Student Health center. He was air lifted to Valley Medical Center in san jose, where he died. At this point, investigators are trying to determine how he fell, but say foul play was not involved. Aurora colorado shooting suspect lawyers say their client may plead not guilty by reason of insanity. His attorneys want the judge to declare portions of the states insanity defense laws unconstitutional. They say its because holmes waived his right to remain silent and revealed confidential medical information. He is charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder in the july shooting. A busy stretch of interstate 80 looked like a blood bath in a horror movie, but it wasnt blood. Its ketchup. A truck carrying heinz ketchup veered into the median of interstate 80 in reno yesterday. The trailer was ripped open and bottles, bags and cans of ketchup tumbled out, covering the roadway. Creative cleanup crews used snow plows to push the condiment off the highway. David einhorn wants apple to issue shares of preferred stock with a hire dividend in order to put more of its cash in the hands of shareholders. Apple put the item on the aagain ga last week, requiring a shareholder vote on the idea. Thats when einhorn sued. Apple dropped the item and einhorn dropped the lawsuit. Apple ceo said the suit was silly. The company is considering the preferred stock idea. The first day of retirement is in the books for Pope Benedict xvi, but at the vatican, cardinals are preparing to select his replacement. The dean of the college of cardinals officially invited all eligible cardinals to assemble in rome. The general congregation begins next week to discuss church issues. The conclave to choose the next pope must begin in the next 15 to 20 days, but could start sooner. An awesome kid. Thats how former nba star Dennis Rodman described north korean dick indicator kim jong un. His country loves him. Love him. Not like him. Love him. Loveim. The guy is awesome. Rodman and mr. Kim attended a basketball game together during rodmans visit. Governor jerry brown has issued a state of emergency for a san mateo county. The proclamation comes in the wake of flooding over the christmas period. Thats when days of heavy rain caused a creek levee to fail. The county already declared a local emergency. The proclamation for the governor clears the way for the county to request federal aid to repair damaged property and roads. The fog has burned off in the south bay. And san jose airport is back to normal tonight. Some flights were delayed or even canceled this morning. About 20 flights were grounded for about two hours after the faa imposed ground stop, prohibiting any flights to land or take off. That was lifted just before 8 30 a. M. This type of delay is rare at the airport. San jose usually only gets about five bad weather days a year. Well, this is the opposite of a bad weather day for so many people who like sunshine and calm weather. Lets go now to chief meteorologist, and bill, you promised this was coming. Started off at the airport, foggy, dense fog advisory early this morning. Fog has since cleared, even cleared from the coastal sections, but i anticipate it comes back tonight. I dont think well see airport delays tomorrow like we did in san jose. Highs from today, officially