Commanders and the federal Court Monitor recommended that five officers be fired and she xonl rated them. Reporter graduates of the 183rd class were sworn in this morning. Young faces full of optimism joining the departent with the dubious history. Seven Police Chiefs in 11 years. The latest casualty, chief ann kirkpatrick, the citys first female chief hired three years ago and fired last night. My decision yesterday was extremely personally difficult for me. I made it because i believe it was in the best interests of oakland. Mayor libby shaf addressing the class. She and the picks holding a special meeting deciding to terminate kirkpatrick. Leaders will could that will and go. Im on my way out in a little more than two years myself. The mission of this department, the commitment to serve the people of oakland have never waivered. They lost three chiefs in year. Kirkpatrick oaklands first female chief was brought in to help deal with the fallout. It was clear that kirkpatrick and the
A good sa pmaritan killed ia hit and run crash. Tonight, the family is desperate for answers. Well tell you what came up when it comes to racial despa disparitie disparities. Im meteorologist sandhya patel. Im tracking a system that will bring us clouds. Ill have your forecast coming up. Fire crews put out a fire all because of gophers. Abc7 news starts right now. Now, news to build a better bay area, from abc 7. The california Highway Patrol is looking for the driver responsible for killing a Good Samaritan in a hit and run. Tonight, were learning more about the man who lost his life trying to help. It happened in san mateo. Amanda del castillo is live there tonight and spoke with the victims family. Amanda . Reporter yeah, dan, ama. As you can imagine, the family is heart broken. The mans longtime partner spoke with me through tears and shes trying to find the courage to find her young son dad has died. Jose gar soia aguilar was making his way home from work, where his partner and th
Illusions that if they do something now because of a lack of quorum, there will not be any enforcement. It is unfortunate we dont have a quorum. It is inexcusable, in my view. We had two commissioners who resigned, one two years ago, another almost two years ago. Those seats were never felt. Never filled. Host why . Chair weintraub i dont know. That is something i have no control over. The nominations have to be made by the president and senate. It is easy to get over the long vacancies. We should have never been in this situation we found ourselves in. We are down to a quorum of four. Another commissioner decided to resign. That left us with only three. Totakes four commissioners initiate investigations, to authorize penalties and approve conciliation agreements. However, people should know before we lost the quorum, we authorized a number of investigations. We are at a high point in a decade in the number of investigations we have ongoing. As soon as we get commissioners back in, we
Received calls into the dispatch center of a fight in progress involving two males on a train. Just leaving the station. The fight continued through our hayward station. Which point the two males. As the train approached, Police Partners responded to the call. Along with the Police Department. And we detained we were on the platform and determined that there was a victim on the train that was bleeding and possibly the victim of a stabbing. Our partners at the Police Department along with officers had a good description of the suspect. We conducted an area search and they were able to stop a suspect matching the description a block from here. Our victim unfortunately deceas deceased as a result of the incident. This is very tragic. Its rare on bart. Its not something we get a lot of. I want to assure ridership that bart is safe. And were continue to reassure them by providing presence in the system and continue to ride safely. How can you say its safe. The thing about this it wasnt a ra
Im meteorologist sandhya patel. Fire is moving out fire danger moving in. Hour by hour forecast is coming up. We spoke with man who fought the suspect during the manhunt. In San Franciscos, the citys problem is getting worse. What the mayor plans to do about it ahead of the holiday season. Abc 7 news starts right now. The sound of relief tonight in the north bay. Healdsburg is one of several spots that sees some rain. So lets first with meteorologist sandhya patel. Ive been tracking showers that move through the north bay and now were starting see some of this around the peninsula. Street level radar getting you into where it is raining right now. And as we pan over to the south bay, i do want to show you what is heading in their direction. Tracking this into milpitas at 11 73. That see era snow, the moisture there is wrapping around and its a level 1, light accumulation, slippery roads in the morning. Winds are beginning to pick up in the hills. Mt. Diablo gusting to 37 miles an hour.