She is suited for the job with a background as a Police Reformer, but she has her critics. The Chicago Police bored chose 57yearold Ann Kirkpatrick for one of the top cop positions last year. When she didnt get it, the mayor picked her to head Police Reform efforts after the shooting of a 17yearold boy, a case that sparked national outrage. Im confident that shell be very successful in oakland. Reporter the Chicago Police boards president was impressed by kirkpatrick calling her a natural leader. Oakland has a lot of same challenges as a Police Department and with violence that chicago has so shes got a lot of experience that shell bring in the job that lies ahead. Reporter for the job in chicago kirkpatrick said she should have the mind set of guardians first and warriors when they need be. I have the courage to stand by you and i will. Reporter kirkpatrick started as a Police Officer in memphis 34 years ago. Rose through the ranks of small departments in washington state, served as c
Now at 11 00, live doppler 7 tracking the storm, bringing showers to the bay area tonight, were not done yet. The strongest storm of the season is just days away. We saw showers across the bay area tonight, abc 7 news was in scotts valley. Steady rain came down. You definitely needed umbrellas and a good rain jacket here. Abc 7 news was along the embarcade embarcadero. Where walter pooled on the road tonight. Making it tricky for pedestrians. These are live pictures from the san mateo bridge. Drivers headed home tonight face slick roads, forcing many commuters to slow down. Light showers, that slowed the commute down, still falling in parts of the region, live doppler 7 on top of it all. Well show you where those light showers are right now, getting on to street level. Just some light mists, light rainfalling at this hour. Into the south bay we go, a similar setup from mountain view, sunnyvale, and santa clara. Watch as we go through the next eight hours, those showers are going to get
Now at 11 00, live doppler 7 tracking the storm, bringing showers to the bay area tonight, were not done yet. The strongest storm of the season is just days away. We saw showers across the bay area tonight, abc 7 news was in scotts valley. Steady rain came down. You definitely needed umbrellas and a good rain jacket here. Abc 7 news was along the embarcade embarcadero. Where walter pooled on the road tonight. Making it tricky for pedestrians. These are live pictures from the san mateo bridge. Drivers headed home tonight face slick roads, forcing many commuters to slow down. Light showers, that slowed the commute down, still falling in parts of the region, live doppler 7 on top of it all. Well show you where those light showers are right now, getting on to street level. Just some light mists, light rainfalling at this hour. Into the south bay we go, a similar setup from mountain view, sunnyvale, and santa clara. Watch as we go through the next eight hours, those showers are going to get
Im am a daetz. Incoming chief Ann Kirkpatrick was introduced. Mayor lib bee schaaf said she wanted someone that would hold them accountable. Kirkpatrick wants to lead a Department Transformation changing the culture. Right now american policing is a very hard time to be a Police Officer, but we have a bright future, and what we need is leadership. Kirkpatrick says she looks forward to the job and to living in oakland. Here is a little background on Ann Kirkpatrick. Shes 57 years old a memphis native and a lawyer. Kirkpatrick spent some 34 years in Law Enforcement serving in six departments, three of them as chief of Police Including spokane, washington. Chicagos Police Superintendent picked her to head the burro of professional standards to lead reforms within the department. The iteam has been digging into her background and joins us with the latest. Ama and dan, she will have to deal with several scandals that hit the oakland p. D. And appears she is suited for the job with a backgro
This evening it was damp, the commute home slow. You see these light greens on yur screen, stretching from freemont, palo alto. This is the back edge of the moisture, this will get out of here nor the thursday morning commute. The cloud cover departing to our south. A dry day on the way thursday, but the weekend is going to be wet our first storm is at 2, moderate storm starts off with moderate showers. The wents will really pick up 30 to 50 miles per hour. On sunday, this system intensifies to a three. We only had a handful of threes. This is going to cause us some concern for not only flood iing but also some wind damage. Were looking at creek stream and the potential for river flooding, overflowing their banks. Well go hour by hour on future weather, show you when the heaviest rainfalls and look at how much rain you can expect where you live. Communities in the Santa Cruz Mountains got poundp. They have not even started drying out from todays storms and theyre getting ready for the