Termination of and kirkpatrick now and were told that this was a week in conversation but they have been monitoring this about 2 and a half years we do also want to say that. She. There will be an acting chief to take her place until they move forward with a nationwide search to take this new job but lets take you into the press conference that just wrapped up minutes ago. So tonight. Oaklands Police Commission voted to terminate the chief and request that i as mayor join them in a joint no cause termination which i accept it. The Police Commission is the communitys voice. The voters of oakland and 20 16 created the most powerful and independent Police Commission in the country. Tonight they exercise that power. Its my duty as the mayor to recognize the role and authority of this commission. And also to recognize when the trust between the Police Commission and the police chief has become irrevocably broken. That will prevent this city from moving forward. Now on they would not discuss
Leaders making the announcement late this evening. They say the decision was a unanimous one between the mayor and the members of the Police Commission was made during a closed door session kron fours gayle ong was there when that announcement was made she joins us live from oakland with more gayle. And this all went down about 2 hours ago here at city hall and mayor libby schaaf said she called and kirkpatrick after the vote. Thursday night, the city of oaklands top cop is out of the job the oakland Police Commission voted unanimously to join air shaft. In terminating the chief of police about cost the announcement the citys Police Commission chair Regina Jackson lasted about 2 minutes after meeting with mayor libby shaft and other commissioners at city hall for hours details on what led to Ann Kirkpatrick firing were not disclosed other than this was a no cause termination a Personnel Matter there wasnt enough. Leadership. And so that we needed new leadership can i do not regret choo
A great collection of stories that reveal america. This is the first guy that ive had on stage with a phd in physics. He used a phd in physics to go into finance and when he had this job in finance, he started going for walks during the day i will abridge the story because it is in the book. Walks got longer and longer and he ended up at hunts point which isnt terribly close to the district. He was exposed to what he called the back row of america. Drug addicts, drug dealers, prostitutes. P it convinced him he needed to figure out what was going on in his back row across the country so from lewiston maine to bakersfield california, he traveled the country, talked to people and again he wasnt doing the same sort of going around the country trip that a lot of people do, he was visiting the back row, drug addicts, dealers, prostitutes, homeless, formerly homeless, veterans, people who hated the immigrants and all that, but then recently if you follow twitter you will know that he has visi
Story, those of you who have not been here before its where the 20s in the 60s and 70s were the ukrainian socialist club. The owner actually dennis, in fact he was a defender and is now surrounded in a transition apparently. So were going to introduce someone who does not need an introduction but it fits. We have something really extravaganza, we have opera, discussions, bellydancing, down the bank if you notice a lady with a typewriter, you can go up and say anything and shall write one for you. Lets stop with the conversations and please welcome paul theroux as we celebrate his 51st book apparently,. There are 31 novels, 19 troubled books and one criticism. The wall street journal actually says 56. But anyway he just celebrated his new book on the plain of snakes. And in any case [inaudible] can you hear me. Can you hear me, did you hear the joke. [laughter] thank you very much for being here. I have never been here before to this particular place, it is delightful. I know tony so th
Leaving. Seven of them arrived as early as 4 00 in the morning for the last raiders tailgate in oakland. They spoke to the diehard fans about what it meant to them. Addon, radar fans could be found in oakland coliseum. We are excited and sad at the same time. You can see, i am be first in line. Reporter fencing have stuck with the team for decades. Me and johnny are always the first in line. Reporter another of raiders fans in san leandro. The grew up with greater football games. I started coming when i was about six years old, my mom used to get tickets from a friend of hers and we would go to games together. Every game was the last minute come back and you just got out. Reporter the question raiders nations asked, will the fan base be the same in vegas . I have been thinking about that. I think it will be, but i do not know if i will be putting up money to go to las vegas. There is no way you can duplicate the block will. Be back there is a culture of tailgating and raiders costuming