Taking the reins more than a year after the mayor fired the former chief. Thank you so much for joining us here during kron. 4 news at 3. Im justine waldman. And today the new chief. Have hinted at some positive signs on lower crime rates but says theyre still. A lot more work to be done. Kron fours to so joins us now live from the newsroom with more on the chiefs first day. Police chief Floyd Mitchell behind the scenes at opd headquarters monday meeting and greeting members of the department. Only one news camera was allowed in a no questions were permitted. Mitchell was shown on the job tackling tasks such is going over Crime Statistics got to crime analysis reported kind of going over that kind hurt myself a little bit. He spoke with employees. This is the departments wellness counselor. And he introduced himself to a new recruitment class. Tell that ive been in this profession probably longer for almost 35 years. This is one of honorable. Greatest professions that you can metro say
Reaction to the game. I got it. Paper thin. Unusual moment in last nights cowboys raiders game how this strange measurement helped cowboys on their way to a win. Pull out your paper. Look who is in. It is Lauren Johnson in for alex. Hi, how are you. Lou fantastic. Very kind. Good day everybody it is machine december 18th, 2017, christmas a week from today. Are you done shopping. No. Have you started shopping. No. I picked a few things on qvc, sue. Late night qvc shopping. Everybody is getting jozy marin. Sue, welcome back. Thank you. Just not come back after my 20th anniversary celebration, i said ill come back. Because we have to pay for those Christmas Gifts anyway, ahh. Eight out of 10. Eight will be great. It is i love honey day, honey so bus stop buddy has got a little jar of honey. Temperatures in the 30s and 40s. Most of the temperatures are above freezing, a good thing and we have tiny green here on ultimate Doppler Radar, that is, probably not even making it to the ground but
And a half ago, officers lined up to escort Sergeant Lungers body to the coroners off. Stephanie was there to watch the emotional procession go by but we begin with bob redell where the press conference wrapped up just about an hour ago, bob. Reporter within the past 60 minutes, the city of hayward lowered the flags to halfstaff just after the News Conference where we got more details about what led up to the shooting death. And the Police Department wanted to let us know they have secured a person of interest in the murder. S. Acting police chief calling this a dark and devastating day as he as the rest of the department mourn the lost of their sergeant. He was also a training supervisor, in other words, a highly Skilled Police officer, but as the acting police chief pointedous a Police Officers job is very dangerous. There is nothing rue tease about the routine in his words. The driver was possibly dos doughnuts, according to somebody we spoke with as the sergeant walked up to the wi
Power outages across the northeast. Sandy made landfall in southern new jersey packing 80 mileperhour winds. Before coming ashore the wrath and strength of this super storm was wreaking havoc throughout the northeast. Recording breaking high tides and rough surf battered the coastline. Roads washed away as communities got hit hard by flooding. Water was pouring into ground zero in new york. More than 3 Million People are without power in 11 states. Part of the city that never sleeps is in the dark. The wall of a four Story Building collapsed in manhattan exposing apartments inside. At least seven storm related deaths have been reported including three children. Public transportation for more than 12 Million People came to a halt in new york, philadelphia and washington, d. C. It will likely take three to four days after the storm passes for things to get back to normal. By next weekend, most travelers should be where they need to go. It isnt people on the east coast filing the effects
And that breaking news, maria has landed. Category 5 hurricane pounding parts of the caribbean already torn apart by recent storms. Im dan ashley, ama daetz has the night off. Maria made landfall in dominica with 160mileanhour winds, so bad the Prime Minister posted on facebook, my roof is gone, at complete mercy of the hurricane, house is flooding. He was later rescued. Headed to puerto rico next, emergency shelters are open. Sandhya patel is tracking it closely. This is the last thing Puerto Rico Needs after irma. Look at hurricane maria, this is a very large storm, stretches for miles. Talking close to 400 miles. As you mentioned made landfall several hours ago across dominica, eye of the storm still well defined, weakened lightly to category 4 but still very dangerous. Expected to hit puerto rico wednesday morning as category 4 and brush the Dominican Republic and work northward, close to southeast u. S. But not quite, turning to northeast. Tracking hurricane category 1, generating