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
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 out of here overnight. First thing tomorrow morning, we are dry. Do not get used to that dry weather pattern. Its a two, a moderate storm moving in for the first half of the weekend. Showers turning into downpours and the winds will strengthening, the storm will strengthen on sunday. We have only had a handful of threes on the storm. Were going to go hour by hour, walk you through the weekend. Show you when the heaviest rain will fall. Show you how much rain can you expect. The concerns we have with this system. Katie is live in scott valley, preparing for the worst ahead o
With jasmine abuslin. Anne kirkpatrick is the leader that oakland has been searching for, shes not afraid to hold officers to the highest standards of kct. We are moving forward, the past is behind us. Reporter months ago, the mayor plafted what she called a toxic macho environment. The blasted what she called a macho viement. I am a leader that is cloaked as a woman. Reporter the new chief said she knows she needs to gain the trust of the community and officers that see her as an outsider. We are optimistic about what the chief of police can do but we are going to hold her accountable as to what will happen. Shes the right prescription that a doctor could provide to a city like oakland. She is not looking to go anywhere else. Reporter the chief was asked if she plans to live in oakland. Yes, i have so save up money, you are expensive, but yes. Reporter the new chief has endeared herself to city officials. The next test is how she handles a crisis. Thank you henry. We heard her say she
Shopping and found this. Reporter shes making the best of a bad situation. You can see smoke billowing near two farm drive. With the wet its conducting the electricity so its arcing and smoking. Reporter this tree toppled over. Knocking down wires and causing confusion on green tree road. Saw the tree. I stopped. Quickly turned around. Like others who tried to get through here today. Its crazy, isnt it . Its cold one day and rainy the next day. Take a look at this picture tweeted out by Howard County fire and ems. In columbia the winds ripped this tree out of the ground and sent it crashing into a house, basically splitting that home into two. It is one of several trees that have come down in our area. We want to see any pictures of he feel free to share them with us. There are about 3600 Power Outages in the area. Reporting about 2000 outages. 700 of them in fairfax. Reporting more than 1600 outages. More than 1100 of them in Montgomery County. We have breaking news coming to us out o
San francisco, and much of the u. S. I think the American People are rallying around our most valued principles of freedom and quality. Youre seeing it in san francisco, and coast to coast. Reporter everyone at civic center was armed with their own reason, but the Common Thread was opposition to President Trump and his policies. Garys family was sent it an internment camp in world war ii. I represent the japanese american community, reminding everybody, it just takes an executive order to send a race to prison. Reporter many signs were focused on the immigration executive order that has become the center of a legal war the past week. Its really embarrassing. My sign says i love the constitution, that says it all. If you read the constitution, its clear. Reporter people told kpix5 that they didnt attend their first protest until inauguration day, and dont intend to stop any time soon. Until we respect the constitution, im going to be out here screaming with my family as often as i can.