Department. This kind of language, if true and if he did it, is totally inappropriate and unacceptable. Civil rights attorney, says the texts which depict images of the ku klux klan and the n word promote just the kind of culture he and others have been fighting to stamp out. It starts as a joke. And its not funny. And then it goes, it, it can go on to things that are even less funny than the jokes. If they come from a commander it is even more disturbing. If it is a commander that means that the officers that that person commands thinks it is okay. And its not. Now we fried to get reaction to those Text Messages from city. Of course theyre dealing with a lot tonight. Sources tell us that acting interim chief police chief paul figaroa has stepped down. And city administrator will now jee eversee the department. A News Conference scheduled for just 30 minutes from now. Reporting live in oakland, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. 48hour tenure there as police chief. Jo di jodi, thank yo
Road, end in the backyard of a home. Gene ellie is at the mar deep the nets Police Station with the latest twists and turns. Reporter rauj, police and witnesses say the driver of that cadillac had stab wounds and police say he lived here in martinez, investigators are looking into what may have happened to hem. We know he ran into a neighborhood with a trail of blood behind him after he crashed his car. Back there in the corner. I was sitting in that room right there. Reporter mike carlson was talking to a friend in his Pleasant Hill living room when they saw a man covered in blood in his backyard. I turned around, theres a guy with no shirt on, the back corner of my house, looked like he was maybe trying to jump the fence or Something Like that. Covered in blood. Reporter carlson says police swarmed his yard before he could call nip 11. They had a gun drawn on him. Then they were just asking a bunch of questions. Who stabbed him, he had stab wounds in his neck reporter the scene horri
Bay as well as the tri valley and the peninsula to 87. A little bit better in San Francisco, where it will be 76 degrees. Well talk about what else to expect as we go into the ref this week and the weekend coming up as the heat continues. Lets head over to mike. The macarthur maze looks good. Its a treat, were looking at a smooth flow here. The map shows no real slowdowns that are unusual except for the tri valley. We zoom in now for the west 580. A big jamup as youre approaching duarte, clear from the center divide. A little distraction. Thats the flow out of livermore towards the dublin interchange. Folks making the cut through to avoid the dublin interchange, thats a good idea, even if you have to go back one exit to get that. A smooth flow of track of for 101 and 87, a little build. Let me show you this map, guys. Officer kathermans memorial starts at 9 45 out of los gatos along 17, santa cruz toward winchester boulevard, then san carlos and eventually s. A. P. Center. There will b
Administrator. And the mayor says nothing has changed since that stunning announcement on friday. But it left a lot of city leaders scratching their head. Even standing here today, we havent been told whos actually chief of police right now. The mayor is clarifying a new face is in charge of tactical matters at the Oakland Police department. According to this citys website. Acting assistant chief is now running the day to day operations at the opd. City administrators are overseeing the department. The city administrator is the one that at the end of the day has complete control of all the departments. Turmoil comes after scandal after scandal. A teenaged girl allegedly had sex with more than a dozen Oakland Police officers. Were heading to where bill cosby is today. He started with one lady accusing him and wound up with 40 at the end of the day. I think the way i see it today, thats where were headed. The Police Department said another officer has been placed on administrative leave
And at this point, it appears that the victim is a white male in his 30s. Dont have any further information until the medical examiner confirms his identity. Reporter westfield mall will only say they are cooperating with the investigation. A Spokesman Says the mall is open and operating normally at this hour. Again, not much information until the medical examiner is able to identify the victim in this homicide. Were live in San Francisco, damian trujillo, nbc bay area tuesday. Thank you. In san leandro, four people are in the hospital with minor injuries after a crash at the walmart parking lot. It happened this morning at the walmart in san leandro. Our nbc chopper was overhead showing the aftermath. Police say a driver had some kind of medical episode when backing up the car. That caused a chainreaction crash. New details on the cause of one of the destructive fires in california history. Just hours ago investigators revealed faulty wiring on a hot tub triggered last years valley fi