In equipment for the department. Reporter contrares a 20year veteran did get a 9 pay cut to his 186,000 a year salary and a Second Chance. Im not proud of it. As i mentioned its very difficult but i believe the city manager led in this incidence and believed it was in the best interest of the department and the city that i stay on the job. If Something Like that happened to you on the job, do you think youd get a Second Chance . No, i wouldnt. I would have gotten fired and would have had to find another job. Reporter reaction on the streets of hayward is not as forgiving. Hes done this allegedly multiple times . Hmm. I think its really disappointing that we pretty much gave him a slap on the wrist. Reporter contrares said it would have been easier to take the termination and move on. I think the more challenging route is to take responsibility. As much as ive embarrassed the department and the city, im proud of the way ive handled it. Contrares denied he has a drinking problem and he s
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Shooting in selfdefense. Only this time, its a cell phone camera. Not a gun. And the target is a bay area cop. The confrontation was tense, the man who shot the video said he did nothing to provoke the officer. Betty yu shows us things got ugly when the officer drew his gun. Reporter the video starts when a rohnert park officer drives into a Residential Court and just stops in the middle of it. Don mccomas says he was hooking up his boat outside his house when he noticed the cop. He started filming the officer so the officer rolls down his window to do the same. He thinks he is being funny now. Reporter a few seconds later, the officer gets out. Talks into his radio and then. Put your gun down, really . This one really has a gun on me. No, you dont touch me. You dont touch me. You dont touch me. You dont touch me. I tell you to take your hand out. I have done nothing. Nope. You need to relax. You go away. I dont go away, i stay w
No homes were damaged in those 30 or so fires. But they worry it was only a matter of time before things would escalate. They believe wilson could be connected to even more fires and more arson charges are likely. For now, his bail is set at 1 million. Live in concord, im da lin, kpix 5. People in antioch were chased out of their homes this morning by a fastmoving fire. Smoke filled the air above delta pines apartments. Fire started on a balcony quickly spread gutting a roof and engulfing two buildings. It happened just after 8 a. M. On sycamore drive. Flames jumped from one building to another through a shared attic space. A lot of people were already awake getting ready for work. Some ran door to door warning their neighbors to get out. Were told people in 32 apartments had to be evacuated. They were taken to a safe zone. It took fire crews from two departments with 13 engines and four ladder trucks to put out the fire and protect the other buildings. Theres Clear Strategy for firefi
Says crews found a plane window and some other debris on the French Island in the indian ocean just a week after finding a wing from that plane. It disappeared in march 2014. So far french investigators havent yet confirmed the debris is linked to the flight 370. Later this morning governor jerry brown will meet with firefighters battling the rocky fire near clearlake. He will get a briefing from fire officials on their efforts to contain the blaze. The largest wildfire burning in california. Its burned close to 70,000 acres. Its only 30 contained. The fire has destroyed 43 homes and its threatening about 7,000 structures. The Air National Guard is helping fight the rocky fire. They are using c130 cargo planes. The mission for the pilots is straightforward. Refuel, drop a load of retardant, repeat. It gets tiring after a while with the heat and everything. But got a lot of folks out here helping us out. One of the pilots flew five missions tuesday. They have civilian jobs but at one po
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