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
Go into this afternoon with some light rain. Then it gets more intense as we go into the day tomorrow. Outside, ocean beach. And dealing with quite a bit of rain. Now heres a look at how much rain weve had so far this month. Keeping in mind its only the ninth day in. And in santa rosa, we had 7. 75 quarters of rain. In napa, close to 4. 5 inches of rain, just below 5 inches. San francisco, over 3 inches there. Concord and livermore, 3 inches of rain. Significant amounts for oakland toward san jose and hayward. And measuring over an inch of rain there. As we get ready for more heavy downpours, the ground is already soaked. And the good news is that were getting a chance to dry out with some spotty, light showers. At least for now. Then as we go into the rest of the forecast, we will start to see that rain moving back into the north bay later on today. Another strong storm in the forecast tomorrow bringing in high winds and some heavy rain. That also may cause coastal flooding as king ti
We had a break today, but more rain is coming. We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Chief meteorologist bill martin will explain what to expect tomorrow. Well hear from Azenith Smith and Leigh Martinez on the flooding, rescues, and rock slides caused by that weekend storm. But our first stop is in guerneville in Sonoma County where 3,000 people were advised to evacuate when the Russian River went three feet above flood stage this afternoon. Ktvu Debora Villalon was there tonight. A lot of people didnt get out. Reporter a lot of people did, but many people are accustomed to this from years past. So a lot of folks do hold up in their homes and try to wade it out and wait for the waters to recede. If you know guerneville were at the play land the pee wee golf place thats right outside town. If you take a look you can see this is one of many roads that is impassable here in guerneville also in monterio alongside the river. It has been raining here hard for hours. And this is the part of the
Steve and sal will be very busy. Next three days. Yeah. Thank you. We have interpret they steady rain here form. One to twin muchses and looks like a good line is now moving through the Santa Cruz Mountains. Show you that in just a second. Its just a path of moisture. When that steady rainfalls it can all the sudden add up to two or three inches of rain. Highway 9, 231 over to 17 as if they needt. They dont. This is area we will have to watch. I think the heavier rain does arrive tonight for the mountains. Today and into tonight for the north bay. There is just so much moisture going through. Flash Flood Warning out for the river at Johnsons Beach and then the napa river and then near napa. Dont want to forget the burn areas newspaper to lake. I know he there is grass thats growing there but not much root structure. These are area that need to be watched wind advisory out coast and bay and then the higher elevations, high wind warning could be gusts to about 10 tonight. We have a blizz
Thats why youre going to want to avoid this if you can. Right now, were getting a break from the rain so they arent having to deal with that but there was heavy rain through here this morning, overnight and then early this morning, and so the roads are very wet. Visibility was an issue, so they say rain could have played a role in this crash. Too early to tell at this point, but they suspect that weather would be to blame for this. Avoid this area if you can. The backup is stretching about four miles, according to our traffic expert, alexis smith. I heard her saying that. And im watching it. Its going very slowly through here. A lot of big rigs clogged in here along with some cars as well as people trying to push through here to get through to work. Avoid this area if you can. Live in oakland, Amy Hollyfield, abc7 news. Amy, thank you. Lets check in with alexis. What are we looking at as far as that backup . The last time, as amy said, it was miles. Are we seeing it grow . Its sticking