Termination of and kirkpatrick now and were told that this was a week in conversation but they have been monitoring this about 2 and a half years we do also want to say that. She. There will be an acting chief to take her place until they move forward with a nationwide search to take this new job but lets take you into the press conference that just wrapped up minutes ago. So tonight. Oaklands Police Commission voted to terminate the chief and request that i as mayor join them in a joint no cause termination which i accept it. The Police Commission is the communitys voice. The voters of oakland and 20 16 created the most powerful and independent Police Commission in the country. Tonight they exercise that power. Its my duty as the mayor to recognize the role and authority of this commission. And also to recognize when the trust between the Police Commission and the police chief has become irrevocably broken. That will prevent this city from moving forward. Now on they would not discuss
Leaders making the announcement late this evening. They say the decision was a unanimous one between the mayor and the members of the Police Commission was made during a closed door session kron fours gayle ong was there when that announcement was made she joins us live from oakland with more gayle. And this all went down about 2 hours ago here at city hall and mayor libby schaaf said she called and kirkpatrick after the vote. Thursday night, the city of oaklands top cop is out of the job the oakland Police Commission voted unanimously to join air shaft. In terminating the chief of police about cost the announcement the citys Police Commission chair Regina Jackson lasted about 2 minutes after meeting with mayor libby shaft and other commissioners at city hall for hours details on what led to Ann Kirkpatrick firing were not disclosed other than this was a no cause termination a Personnel Matter there wasnt enough. Leadership. And so that we needed new leadership can i do not regret choo
Bmw and thats when he was struck by another oncoming car he died on scene the driver of this eye on hasnt taken the as i said 2 other cars are d involved there further down in the and theyre still trying investigate if multiple crashes happened after or before the man was struck but chp says this is just another tragic story of a good person trying to help someone else, but it really just puts that person in major were standing outside of his vehicle which is inherently unsafe anytime youre outside of your vehicle standing in lanes we appreciate when people to try to help out however any time that youre not of lanes of traffic its extremely dangerous. Thats why we highly recommend if anybody is involved in a traffic collision to either get out of lanes as soon as possible or at the very least make sure that all lighting they are possible is lit up including your hazard lights on and stay inside your vehicle using any safety restraint system the eye so your seat belts well as youre abou
Slow you down even more and you could see it backed up into the burlingame area and north one oh one is also backed up so avoid the stretch if you can this morning, even though crews are trying to clear that first accident 2. 80 is going to just flawless so far this morning, its been a problem free even El Camino Real that runs parallel with the one o one looks good as well for your alternate taking a quick peek at the bay bridge toll plaza it is been problem for here all morning long only 11 minutes on your west penn 80 commute from the macarthur maze across the upper deck in to San Francisco john. Working out there today is a clear skies looking at the horizon, no fog whatsoever across the bay area right now definitely some cloud cover though that will be hanging out across the bay area today cloud cover a part of this system that is going to be bringing rain to both central and Southern California here in the bay area though working remain try to the weekend. 40s and 50s for your cu
Mid to upper 30s, daytime highs on into the afternoon rise into the 70s, a warmer day ahead and even yesterday was rebecca all right, thank you john were going to head to the bay bridge toll plaza approach its been great all morning long very friday light here. You can see meaning lights were turned on a little bit later than normal just after 6 oclock this morning and in the back im not too bad just about to the 80 over crossing. The drive times standing pretty good 15 minutes out of the maze across the upper deck and into San Francisco. The san mateo bridge. Its packs but traffic is moving 21 minutes. Thats a good commute time across the flat section, no issues, no issues on the high rise getting over to one oh one. But what i want is definitely been a problem spot. This morning. And its from an earlier hot spot that we had just a before the 2 oclock hour thats been cleared. And it was actually right here at the 3rd avenue acts exit on south the one on one on that side. And now we do