The sergeants named in the fbi investigation will be returning to work. Abc seven News Reporter anser hassan has the latest. Antioch resident frank sterlings 2009 encounter with then Antioch Police officer rick hoffman left him hospitalized. He was awarded compensation as part of a settlement alleging excessive use of force. Last year, hoffman, now a sergeant, was put on paid leave after being linked to the police texting scandal. Now hes coming back. Well, definitely. Were all very upset that rick hoffman has come back. Hes known for committing violence in the community. Hes mentioned in the text message scandal, laughing at violence. Last year, an fbi investigation uncovered a racist texting scandal at the Antioch Police department. Documents from the fbi and the Contra Costa County District Attorneys Office show rick hoffman on a series of text chains that used racist, misogynistic and homophobic language and memes. If you sent a message, received a message, laughed at a message. If
Chaos and confusion. Thats how San Francisco officials describe the oakland airport. Name change, how the City Attorney is now responding. And pandemonium. Mayor london breed announcing San Francisco will be getting giant pandas from china. How much is going to cost to get the zoo ready for them . A lot. Good morning. It is friday, april 19th. Yes, were excited about that and also about whats going on with our forecast. But first going to check in with amanda for a look at traffic. Yeah, were keeping our eyes on the sig alert in the east bay. This is through pleasanton cruz. Were hoping to reopen the roads at six. That has not happened yet. But this is southbound 680 before castlewood drive. All the lanes are currently shut down due to sweepers cleaning up gravel in the area from that solo crash. Uh stop traffic is from 580 now with more than an hour delay, so try to avoid this area. Please use foothill road as an alternative route. Drew. Hey amanda, thanks for that information and the
Diplomacy seems to be working the news from San Francisco mayor london breed about pandas returning to San Francisco. Its happening. The pandas are coming. Good morning. On this friday, april 19th. Yes. Before we get to drew with weather, we want to check in with amanda for a Traffic Alert. Yeah, definitely. In the east bay, commuters there be aware there is a sig alert in pleasanton impacting traffic this morning. Its a solo car crash on southbound 680 before castlewood drive. Emergency crews are on scene and theyre planning to reopen at six this morning. Drew, lets check in with you. Yeah. Thanks, amanda. Get ready for a cooler day today. Well see. Temperatures more in the 60s and 70s instead of the 70s and 80s like we had for the past couple of days. A live look outside from the exploratorium camera. We are dealing with some cloud cover this morning. Well have partly to mostly cloudy skies early on, giving way to brighter conditions as we head throughout the afternoon. Temperatures
Being linked to the police texting scandal. Now hes coming back. Well, definitely. Were all very upset that rick hoffmans come back. Hes known for committing violence in the community. Hes mentioned in the text message scandal, laughing at violence. Last year, an fbi investigation uncovered a racist texting scandal at the Antioch Police department. Documents from the fbi and the Contra Costa County District Attorneys Office show rick hoffman on a series of text chains that used racist, misogynistic and homophobic language and memes. If you sent a message, received a message, laughed at a message. If you didnt report these messages, we dont need you in antioch. Abc seven news has learned that an investigation was conducted which cleared hoffman to return. That could include a demotion in rank, but details of the investigation havent been made public. Theyre back on the force. So were there no findings in this investigation . Why hasnt there been any, disclosure on that . Why isnt it the
, at bloombergs European Headquarters in london. Manus ahead, we have two big interviews. In 10 minutes we speak to the ceo of italy secondlargest bank. Paolo. N francine then we are joined by continentale chief executive offers. Manus first, commodities are trading at their lowest in 13 years with oil, metals and crops being effective. Francine supply gluts and the slowdown in china and prospects of the yard the rise in u. S. Interest rates extending the rout. Us is the bloomberg managing editor for commodities. Been oversold are we are expecting bad news . That depends a lot on what happens in china, about how the story develops. We see data that shows a slowdown in the real economy. If you start to feel that, the bearish mood can continue. Links one of the biggest is between china and the producers. We have had everybody through the door. If we look at what the miners are doing and the china story, how does that balance . Will even at these prices, miners will still be making money.