Youre watching cbs 5 Eyewitness News in high definition. A dangerous game of cops and cobbers in the east bay. Burglars find themselves face toface with a homeowner who wears a badge. Good evening. Im elizabeth cook. And im allen martin. New at 11, an Antioch Police officer arrives home to find hes become the victim of a crime. Three burglars caught in the act of stealing his guns. Cbs 5 reporter Christin Ayers on what happened next. Reporter Antioch Police say burglaries in this area have become so widespread and so brazen that even cops have become targets. Folks are the victims of burglars. Reporter most recently last night. Three burglars were ransacking a Police Officers home, when the officer came home. Interrupted the burglary and three subjects fled out the back of the home. Reporter making off with two of the officers guns. The offer chased them but was forced to stop when one of the suspects pulled aut the officers stolen gun and fired a warning shot. This is not the first time this has happened. Police say it does not appear that the officer in yesterdays burglary was targeted. At this point, it appears to be completely random. Like many cities in the bay area, residential burglaries are on the rise and have been for quite a while. Reporter a helicopter and search dog were unable to locate the suspects. And officers have only a vague description of the three men. However, they were able to recover some of the personal effects that were stolen. They were dropped during the chase. Live in antioch, Christin Ayers, cbs 5, we are following a developing story in the east bay. Police are investigating a shooting at the pittsburgbay point bart station. Now, bart Authorities Say they got the first call just before 7 00 tonight. They found the victim in the parking lot. He was taken to John Muir Medical Center in walnut creek with lifethreatening injuries. Bart police have not released any information on the victim or possible suspects. The shooting investigation caused major delays for bart riders. Crime in oakland is out of control. But tonight, health is on the way. A former Big City Police chief has been hired to offer the city some solutions. Cbs 5 reporter linda yee on the man who brings coasttocoast credibility. Reporter 127 homicides in oakland so far this year. The highest in five years. Some people are afraid to just go out. I work in east oakland. And its really scary going to work and coming out every day. Reporter the mayor and the police chief agree. Crime is out of control. We have to try something different. Reporter that something new comes in form of a 250,000 consultant to the police department, legendary lawman bill bratton. Hes the former new York Police Commissioner and Los Angeles Police chief who drastically reduced Violent Crime during his tenure in both cities. If anyone can straighten out the terrible problems that oakland has with the police, he can. Reporter former San Jose Police chief and now Hoover Institution fellow joe mcnamara says bratton is known for being tough on crime and gangs and is a genius in getting the community to work with police. I left and said he didnt get the kind of support he needed to do the job. And i think this is a sign that their willing to give someone, who is competent, that kind of support. Reporter chief jordan will take a page out of brattons strategy and reimplement neighborhood policing. But instead of citywide, hell start with dividing east oakland into two districts. We build trust. And we hold the captains and his command officers responsible for knowing about crime, addressing crime. Reporter some residents say bringing in a new consultant isnt the only solution. It might tamp some of it down, just like putting armed guards on every Street Corner might tamp some down. I live in a rough neighborhood. There are a lot of miserable there. Theyre not miserable because theyre unhappy. Theyre miserable because they have no hope and no money. Reporter well, some say oakland has to look at social issues too. More jobs, better wages can go a long way in helping to reduce crime. Bratton is also known for improving police morale. Hopefully he can help. Thank you. Some hope tonight for talks at least on the fiscal cliff. Were just five days until the country tumbles into automatic tax hikes and spending cuts. The president has scheduled a meeting tomorrow with congressional leaders. Cbs 5 reporter Danielle Nottingham on efforts to break the jam in washington. Reporter top congressional leaders are expected to meet with president obama at the white house friday. This would be the groups first facetoface meeting since november 16, and a lastminute chance to avoid the socalled fiscal cliff. If no deal is reached, taxes will go up for nearly every american. Senators reconvened thursday with tensions spilling over onto the floor. Each side accused the other of stalling. Speaker boehner is unwilling to negotiate. Weve not heard a word from mcconnell. Nothing is happening. The phone never rang. And so now here we are, five days from the new year. And we might finally start talking. Reporter Senate Majority leader harry reid skewered House Speaker john boehner, charging hes more interested in his leadership position than in bipartisan legislation. The speakers no. 1 goal is to get elected speaker on january 3. Reporter the two sides are at odds over tax cuts and spending. Republicans say its up to the democratically controlled senate and white house to reach an agreement. Republicans arent about to write a blank check for anything Senate Democrats put forward just because we find ourselves at the edge of the cliff. Reporter members of the house were told to come back to washington sunday evening. They would have a little more than 24 hours to vote on a measure to avoid the fiscal cliff. Danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. Teetering on the fiscal cliff is given wall street a case of vertigo. The markets plummeted early, but the dow regained most of its 150point lost. A former bay area city councilman is about to learn first hand how washington works or doesnt. Hes a newly elected congressman and heading into the capitol hill quagmire. Juliette goodrich talked to stallwell about his plan to fix our fiscal ills. Lets face it. Youre the freshman walking in. Reporter 31yearold newly elected Eric Swalwell says if the 112th congress cant figure out the fiscal cliff, hes ready to bring some Small Town Solutions to capitol hill. So you really think you can take the city of dublin politics to washington and its gonna work . At the end of the day, its about personal relationships, trust, working together for the people who elected you. Reporter swalwell was a dublin city councilman and said he had to work with republicans in other words to pass the city budget. He says its the same kind of compromise strategy in washington. Im confident there can still be a budget beater here where we can beat the clock and deliver on middle class tax cuts. Reporter i asked him to give me one word to describe his feelings enter this fiscal cliff shark tank. Exciting. Youre excited . Im confident that congress will see the will of the people. Reporter he says hes excited about making sure his supporters know he is ready to hit the pavement running. One supporter in particular. My own mom at christmas dinner told me, do not raise my taxes. She is following, just like other americans, whats going to happen with the fiscal cliff. Reporter representative elect swalwell hez his new office in d. C. Wont be much bigger, but the responsibilities, monumental. His message. Mom, im working for you. Im receiving your text messages. Im gonna make sure i stand up for you and the people who i grew up with. Reporter swalwell will be the second youngest member of congress when hes sworn in on january 3. He leaves this sunday for washington, d. C. To pick up his new keys to his office. In dublin, juliette goodrich, cbs 5. Checking bay area headlines, Walnut Creek Police investigating a deadly officer involved shooting. Police got a 911 call from a screaming woman at the Diablo Pointe apartments. It was about 3 a. M. Now, when officers arrived, they say they were confronted by an armed man. They wouldnt say what kind of weapon he had. Officers fired, killed 22year old Anthony Banta jr. It was walnut creeks first shooting death of the year and the first officerinvolved shooting since 2001. The Armed Robbery of a 7 eleven is caught on camera in fairfield. Police say one of two men pulled out a handgun when the store clerk opened the cash register. No word on how much money they got. This is one of two armed robberies to happen within minutes of each other, and police do believe they are connected. A portion of a cliff collapsed at baker beach in San Francisco this morning. One of the trails had to be closed now. The collapse likely the result of all that rain weve had in the past couple of weeks. The country says farewell to a legendary military leader. Driven to distraction, the danger pedestrians and drivers face navigating one of the bay areas busiest cities. And possibly the most magnificent bay area home no one has ever lived in. What 25 million buys you these days. Hidef doppler showing not a drop out there, but lets verify that. Looking toward the bay area, that is just gorgeous. So was the day. Tomorrow . Tomorrow . Well ,,, schwarzkopf died t his temper earned him the nickname stormin norman. General Norman Schwarzkopf died today in tampa, florida. He was raised in the army and spent his entire life in the military. In vietnam, he famously rescued a wounded soldier by marking land mines with shaving cream. But hes best known for commanding the americanled coalition in the first iraq war. Schwarzkopf was 78 years old. A daly city boy was one of two victims during a violent collision during a police chase in pasadena. 11yearold kenric ng was with his family when a suspect being chased by Police Officers ran a red light and slammed into the familys minivan. Kenric ng and his 25yearold aunt died. Neighbors in daly city are heartbroken. He was always the one taking us to school. I would see them back and forth, coming from sports. Kenric ngs parents and 16 yearold sister were hurt in that crash. The four people in the suv that hit the van are going to be charged with murder. Well, the holidays put all of us in more of a hurry, right . So some advice to everyone tonight. Slow down dr. Kim on why one bay area city actually launched a Campaign Today to keep pedestrians safe. Reporter step off the curb and you take your life in your hands. The cars and trucks, the motorcycles, the bikes. The latest threat . All those little gadgets. Its definitely a danger. Reporter almost one in three pedestrians is distracted by mobile devices. And texting is particularly risky. Texters took 18 longer to cross the intersection and were four times more likely to ignore the lights. I saw one actually almost get run over. Reporter but its no laughing matter, especially in San Francisco, one of the worst cities for pedestrians in the country. We have more pedestrian crashes than cities like chicago, seattle and boston. Reporter as chief of surgery at San Francisco general hospital, dr. Peggy sees pedestrian injuries almost every day. Hit by a vehicle, youre going to be hurt. If youre an adult, the way that youre struck by cars, youre likely to have lower extremity fractures, rib fractures. If youre a child, youre going to get tossed. Youre most likely to have a severe head injury. Reporter and in San Francisco, two pedestrians are hit on average every single day, with 17 deaths each year, costing the public more than 15 million. We pick this day, this time, this area here to make this announcement, that we have a pedestrian strategy thats going on, a serious one. Reporter a citywide effort targeting hot spots, urging drivers to slow down and pedestrians to pay attention. A challenge when some feel texting is just not that dangerous. Not if youre with a group of people. Dont text and no need to check the weather app. Brian is here with that. Absolutely. Well have you all updated on whats going to happen tomorrow. Just looks like were going to have clouds and a chance of a few showers. First lets show you this. Within three hours now, a full moon in north america. Isnt that a beautiful sight . The moon out there. To the right of the moon you cant see it in this shot but theres the planet jupiter. Looks like a bright yellow star. And near that is the eye of the bull, 65 light years away. Lets see. Concord, 39 degrees. Oakland, 44. Livermore, 39. Sfo, 46. Santa rosa, 39. Surfs up. Surf will be crashing to about 20 feet, building on a swell out of the northwest. That also means strong rift currents. That High Surf Advisory is posted through saturday night. A few showers late friday but not much. Clearing by saturday afternoon. Heres where its all coming from, this low pressure, along the pacific northwest. Its going to stall as it gets close to the bay area. Tomorrow we might squeeze out a few showers. Wouldnt amount to much, one way or the other. Look for a not terribly sunny day tomorrow but essentially dry. A model of what the atmosphere should do over the next 24 hours, watch. You can see the showers approach but they never quite make it here. That low is just hanging off shore too much. So if that verifies, were not going to get anything. 34 in napa. A few high clouds in santa rosa. Dew point in santa rosa is up to 96 . Well probably get fog by tomorrow. Pinpoint forecast, were just not going to get out of the 50s. 53 at half moon bay. 52 over at brentwood. 51 in napa. Sausalito, 52. Extended forecast looks like this. Well increase clouds tomorrow. Saturday afternoon, all the way through next thursday, it looks high and dry. Readings mostly in the 50s. Tomorrow morning, all the latest on this on the morning news. In the meantime, finally, well be drying it out. Dry spell is good. Hey, well see the hey, well see the pomeranian torturin a pair of uc berkeley law students facing charges in las vegas. Theyre accused of killing and torturing an exotic bird at the flamingo resort. Justin and eric kuar, both 24, face felony and misdemeanor charges after they allegedly decapitated the bird in october. An l. A. Area pet is reunited with its owner after being dog napped. They got out of their owners home through an open gate. A neighbor was able to grab the shepherd, but the pomeranian was too quick. Before we could get to him, the guy grabbed him and put him in his car and took off. Stacy says ten minutes later, she got a call from a blocked number. It was a man demanding money for the pooch. But he didnt specify an amount. The next day, the pomeranian was turned up at a nearby petco. Employees say the man who left him wrote down a phone number which turned out to be her number. Police are trying to track down the dognapper. In the market for a new home . You might be in luck. A multimillion dollar mansion is up for auction. It does include this little deck. Its more than 5,000 square feet. Priceless views. Theres a home theater, wine cellar, a half dozen wall mounted ipads that control the light, temperature. But bidding starts at 25 million. To register, bidders only, to be registered to be a bidder, you need a 3,000 cashiers check as deposit. Pocket change. Chunk change . I dont have anything. There you go. Oh, boy. Coming up in sports, key football injuries. And an eyepopping top five. And san jose state football,, welcome se my lcret d you are . Air. An your Worst Nightmare mr. Box. Since you foolishly brought back your bonus jack i have copied your two pure beef patties, lettuce, melting cheese, pickles, and middle bun, plus fries and a drink for 4. 49. And now you will tell me what is in your secret sauce uh, i think i know. We all know, pretty obvious. You couldnt tell me when i handed out the wienerdog lasers . . They needed a military bowl game win to match it. Not since 1940 have the san jose state Football Program cranked out 11 wins. They needed a military bowl game win to match it. The spartans head coach in washington, d. C. Against Bowling Green in red. Up top, to kyle nunn. Oh, the scouts are gonna love that. 70, spartans. Third quarter, san jose state down 1310. Its a punt. Goes to the end zone. Its a 1point Bowling Green lead. Later, in the 3rd, its fales going to work. A simple pass. Oh, that is chandler jones. Touchdown spartans. 4th quarter, a score from john pettigrew. So the falcons went back up by one point. But too much time left. Spartans rally. They get a field goal to retake the lead. Then they put it away with deleon eskridge. That is it. San jose state, they get to 11 and2. They win 2920. Hey, the 49ers announced today that defensive tackle justin smith has a torn left tricep and a bone spur in his elbow. They hope there is a chance that he could join them in the playoffs. The raiders placed tackle seymour on injured reserve with knee and hamstring problems. He had missed the last seven games. He may have played his last game with the radars, because the 33yearold is set to be a free agent after this year. And now, time for the thursday night top five. No. 5, 49er linebacker larry treated 30 lucky kids to a behindthescenes tour of how to train your dragon. No. 4, st. Marys james, in rhode island, 8259. No. 3, holiday bowl, baylor clobbers ucla. No. 2, belk bowl. 83 yards. 4832, the final. And no. 1, dallas, just wishing he goes just tosses it up. And beats the buzzer by a tenth of a second to force overtime. Dallas did lose the game to ,, the transit celebrating 10 tomorrow, San Francisco muni is throwing a birthday party. And you are invited the Transit Agency is celebrating 100 years by offering free rides all day on all vehicles. The free ride lasts till 5 a. M. On saturday. Be aware, they are running on a Holiday Schedule all this week. Speaking of parties, its beginning to look a lot like new years. Preparations underway for the new years eve ball drop at times square in new york city. Today workers installed Waterford Crystal triangles on the ball. More than a bill people across the world expected to watch the Television Broadcast of the ball drop. It will be spectacular hopefully the weather will be good. Should be fun. David letterman is next. I dont know about new york. Stay here. ,,,,,