Notify the d. A. Whenever theres a reasonable suspicion of criminal conduct. We just want to say how much we value and respect the publics right to know what is going on with this investigation, as well as how our officers conduct themselves both on and off duty. We, as oaklanders, can expect to hold officers to the highest standards of conduct. We will not tolerate criminal misconduct on the part of our Police Officers. We will hold them accountable. We owe that to the residents of oakland and the hard working men and women of the opd. Reporter the chief also talked about the suicide of officer obrien, why he says that a thorough investigation was done to rule out homicide. He says he stands by that investigation. But also welcomes the d. A. s review of the case. Theres no word on how long this investigation is going to take. Reporting live in oakland, im jodi hernandez. Nbc bay area news. Jodi, thank you. Friday evening commute, b. A. R. T. Trains are running on schedule right now. T
Concrete that he was working with. Work on site has been suspended for the day. Our Christie Smith is there at the scene. More today at 5 00 and 6 00. And well continue to follow that online. East bay Police Investigating another highway shooting as we were talking about involving a driver on hercules. Police are trying to track down the shooter. Stephanie chuang is live in our newsroom. Police believe its connected to the other highway shootings . That remains unclear but what is clear is a bit disconcerting, that there have been 21 shootings since november alone and 12 have been on highway 80. Most recently, a 25yearold man was driving on highway 80 past sunol at 10 30 last night when a white sedan pulled to the right of him and someone fired several shots at him. The driver crashed into the Center Divider and rolled his car several times. He was in good enough condition eventually to leave but the motive is unclear. This is happening a day after 25yearold mother of four was shot and
Runners took to the 12 kilometer course that starts at embarcadero and ends at ocean beach. Its less of a race and more of a party. There for all the festivity, chuck, how was the crowd this year . Reporter always fun. This year was no exception. You can see behind me great highways back open as well as some 30 odd streets closed today all back open at this point. We saw a lot of tutus, a lot of mini minions, mean girls and star wars cruiser and man carrying a basketball hoop people kept trying to dunk, some of the spectacle we saw. A large crowd ran this year, around 40,000, some put it at 50,000, at least 10,000 than last year with 200,000 specta r spectators cheering them on. As for president ial candidates, we saw a lot of donald accomp y accompanied by a brick wall and a bunch of bernies and more than a handful of hillarys. This year was a lot warmer than last year. True to past years runners did not come short of political causes. One dressed as a honey bee. Bees are important an
Delta to make an emergency landing. Several passengers said they started to fill ill. The pilot landed the plane in oklahoma. Emergency crews say the 12 passengers were treated for a possible Carbon Monoxide poisoning. During the layover there was frustration over a lack of answers. So everyone is just sittingly the quarantined and theyre not telling us anything and its getting to a point where the tensions are running high. The maintenance crews are searching for a Carbon Monoxide leak on board and the plane has been taken out of service. Returning to our coverage of the road to rio no local athletes made the womens Gymnastics Team tonight but local stars are representing other countries. Toney ann williams will be the first to compete in gymnastics at the olympic for jamaica as well. Definitely i have moments during the day where im realizing that a whole country is looking to me for this sport. Its a lot of pressure. Still have a familiar face to help her. Justin howell is her head
We sat down with the man in charge of californias Highway Patrol to get some answers, we want to warn you, that some of the pictures in this story can be hard to watch. These photos show the aftermath on a traffic stop west of the truckee, 58yearold truck driver unconscious, his hands still cuffed behind his back during a traffic stop. After he stopped breathing, he had to be flown to a Level One Trauma Center because he refused to sign an invalid traffic ticket. Even two years after the near fatal incident, the berkeley resident could not talk about it. The public records clearly speak to what happened. After four years of litigation, the state recently settled out of court, costing taxpayers more than 2. 1 million. 1. 7 million of that going to his family. Thats not all, we reviewed state records for similar lawsuits alleging mistreatment at the hands of Highway Patrol officers. In the last ten years, 45 cases costing taxpayers more than 25 million. Some included no by the state of c