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
Temperatures for today as you make plans to get ready to head out, San Francisco reaches the mid60s, while well see some low 90s in the north bay. Inland east bay reaching 90 degrees and san jose reaching a high of 84 degrees. In some spots, it will be slightly cooler, but it is heating up at the bay bridge toll plaza, getting ready to head out and a lot of company there, and we are not only seeing a backup there but also as you approach the bay bridge toll plaza, as we get a look at our traffic maps the overall flow of the roads in the commute direction is looking good, but then we also have a new sig alert thats been issued for around the oakland area eastbound 580 at seminary avenue. A huge backup there with a crash thats caused a lot of problems, and then we also have another crash on westbound 580 east at the interchange or westbound 80 and east at the 580 interchange so there is a new crash there causing more backups as you approach the bay bridge. So well have more on that. Its
The violence. Mr. Trump said he spoke with the attorney general and the director to figure out what can be done. Hate has no place in our country and were going to take care of it. We have done much more than most administrations. And its really not talked about very much, but we have done actually a lot. But perhaps more has to be done. The president praised officers in both cities for their quick response. Beto orourke is blaming President Trump for the deadly Mass Shootings in el paso. The president s language, his rhetoric has produced the kinds of hate crimes that we saw in el paso yesterday but we have been seeing across this country. They have been on the rise for each one of the last three years. So we cannot act as though this were just some kind of Natural Disaster or a matter of course for this country or the new normal for the united states. There is a very real cause to this. And President Trump is part of that. Orourke left the campaign trail in nevada yesterday to return
He basically didnt hold anything back. Crusius also apparently shares hi thoughts posted less than an hour before the killing spree. How and why are important. But for most, stay strong, dayton. In ohio and texas, the focus is on those lost and their grieving communities. Its torn the fabric of this community, but it will be repaired and it will not define us. Reporter even if others fear it defines the anger and violence so prevalent across our country right now. Local and state police along with federal agents have worked through the night here on what th they. The family of a woman killed while shielding her 2monthold son from the gunfire. Two months ago, jordan anchondo gave birth to her third child, a beautiful baby boy named paul. Yesterday she and her husband took the baby to the store to buy School Supplies for their older daughter. Then the unthinkable happened. Witnesses say the family did everything they could to save their babys life. We think he sheltered her. She sheltere
It was a hot weekend across the bay area. If youre headed to the fruitvale b. A. R. T. Station in oakland, low 60s as we normally see but we will also see a little bit more in the way of cloud cover, as we go throughout the day, with our south bay High Temperatures reaching into the mid to upper 80s. Ill have a look at some cooler air in the forecast, coming up. As we get out on the roads this morning, a couple of issues mainly for the trivalley right now in parts of the east bay, getting a closer look at a new crash on the 580 eastbound route, heading on to the onramp at hopyard. We have a new crash there so hopefully it doesnt slow things down too much and we get that cleaned up very soon so ill keep an eye on that and the rest of the bay area. Its coming up in just a few minutes. Thank you, kari. This morning, a feeling of overwhelming pain and loss across the nation. One week after the shooting rampage in gilroy, two more cities are now in mourning, as gunmen carried out Mass Shoot