After the Police Commission voted unanimously tonight to fire the chief. Good evening everyone. The mayor said they decided to terminate chief Anne Kirkpatrick without cause, but clearly they found her performance lacking. We get the breaking news now from reporter henry lee who has the latest on this startling development. Reporter it is startling, rumors have been flying all day, and a little after 8 00 the announcement was official, chief Anne Kirkpatrick is out of a job, fired without cause, Officials Saying its time for new leadership. The oakland Police Commission voted unanimously to fire police chief Anne Kirkpatrick with oakland mayor libby schaaf giving her blessing. The trust between the Police Commission and police chief has become irrevocably broken. The mayor said the voter approved measure gave her and the commission the ability to fire the chief without cause. She thanked kirkpatrick for her service but said a new leader needed to move the department forward. I do not r
Unanimously to fire police chief anne kirkpatrick, with oakland mayor libby schaaf giving her blessing three years after she swore kirkpatrick in. The trust between the Police Commission and police chief has become irrevocably broken. The mayor said a voter approved measure gave her in the commission the ability to fire the chief without cause. She thanked kirkpatrick for service but set a new leader to needed to move the department forward. Speck i do not regret choosing chief kirkpatrick, i believe there are many examples of how she served our city extremely well over the three years, but i must respect the authority and role of our independent Police Commission. Regina jackson, who heads the Police Commission said there have been speed bumps along the way with kirkpatrick. There are a series of other issues that have contributed to losing the confidence. We didnt think she would be the most effective chief in oakland. An independent federal monitor and Police Commission said the chi
Cloudy day and temperatures actually near average to below. Havent said that in awhile. I walked in with the man. We both said happy friday. Hope things are quiet. If youre driving out oven the altamonte pass its sushl slow there. Right now we dont see anything here. No major issues on 680 or heading down south. Traffic is looking good around the bay. There are some areas of road work. Not causing major road delays at the moment. New this morning, one man is in custody after leading the chp on a high speed chase on freeways in the bay area. Cameras were rolling overnight as the chase wrapped up. The car finally crashed in those bushes that you see there. This is off 80 in richland. Speeds reached more than 100 miles an hour. Later today we expect test results from the cruise ship sitting off the california coast. 45 passengers and crew members were tested. Many of them have flulike symptoms. Then, the test results were sent to a test lab in richmond. The cdc and the state will determin
Now at 11 an inferno erupts in San Francisco collapsing a building and knocking out power for thousands of customers what we know tonight. Tonight several children are injured after a hit and run driver crashes into the group on a sidewalk in burlingame. A new coronavirus case uncovered today in Santa Clara County. Fueling fears a community transmission. How residents are preparing for a possible pandemic. We are following breaking news. Two buildings engulfed in flames in San Franciscos bayview neighborhood leaving 2000 pg e customers in the dark. This is what it looked like about an hour ago. Firefighters say its parked inside of the warehouse in the bayview area. Part of the building has collapsed and the flames spread to a bar next door. The wind was so strong is send smoke and debris onto 280. Causing vet bad visibility for drivers. Firefighters are battling against the windy conditions. We are going to be aggressively fighting this. We do have live wires down. Across multiple ave
Base in fairfield will not be moved to orange county. The federal government dropped plans to send those patients to a former care facility in kosta mesa ending a court battle with the city over the potential move. Patients will stay in travis for the remainder of their isolation. We have dedicated a page of our website to all of the stories about coronavirus. You will find the latest updates, advice on how to prepare at abc7news. Com. The South Carolina primary is in the books and former Vice President joe biden took a decisive victory along with a crucial boost to his struggling campaign. It is his first win as a president ial candidate. Senator Bernie Sanders came in a far second and in third tom steyer, he dropped out of the race tonight. Just days ago. The press and the pundits declared the candidacy dead and now the heart of the democratic party, we won and won big because of you. Bidens commanding victory came in large part from overwhelming support from black voters citing the