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
Teacher accused of sending racist, sexist and homophobic tweets claiming hes protected by the First Amendment. Now hes speaking out on gma. Vacation nightmare. An american couple claims tetheir ght bd rit gainst theit why the company is putting an end to their famous fashion show. Meet the cybertruck. Overnight tesla unveiling their new bulletproof electric pickup. But the moment their demonstration goes wrong twice. Black friday frenzy. The deals that just dropped at midnight, a week ahead of the shopping holiday. How to know what you should buy right now. Alone on Christmas Day presents good morning, america. Hope youre well this friday morning. You can feel the Holiday Season starting. Do you want to, though . Christmas . Lets get through thanksgiving first. Yes. We are going to begin with that nasty weather moving coast to coast right now, powerful storms packing heavy rain, snow and ice, and take a look. More than 50 cars caught in a pileup overnight in colorado. Those storms are
The plane hit a house in danbury. Officials say the pilot was trying to make an Emergency Landing when the glider hit the roof. The pilot was taken to the hospital along with a mom and her two kids who were home at the time. Theyre all expected to be okay. Dozens of homeowners are on alert as a 5,000acre wildfire burns in southern washington state. An entire small town has already been evacuated because of the 243 fire. Some small buildings have been destroyed but so far no homes have been damaged. The fire is burning through some steep canyons, and its direction is changing. What started the blaze is unknown. Overseas, there are new developments this morning in that deepening mystery surrounding the death of a texas couple that was on vacation in fiji. This morning, several other people who came into contact with the couple are now reportedly under observation. Heres abcs paula faris. Reporter it was the trip of a lifetime. But david and Michelle Paul didnt make it out of fiji alive.
A few showers linger through the morning with a line of brief rainfall pushing into the bay around noon. After 4 pm rain chances diminish setting us up for a a dry rest of the day with daytime highs in the upper 50s under partly to mostly cloudy skies. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 james aaa2 shotaaa james aaa2 shotaaa back to Team Coverage of the storm system. 17thousand people are waking up without power in the north bay this morning. darya kron4s sara stinson is in kentfield. Where the storm brought down a tree. Sara. Thousands are waking up without power this morning. And pgande is working around the clock to help with all storm related problems. Pg e says they have beefed up the number of crews. In order to respond to outages and turn the lights back on
A tree and live wires were brought down in the storms. Pg e crews responded early this morning and rendered the scene safe. Now its just a matter of cleaning up the debris. james two large trees also came down on idyllwild road just off highway 17 in santa clara county. Fire crews responded early this morning and managed to cut the trees and clear the scene. The road has since been re opened. darya good morning, im darya folsom. james and im james fletcher. darya this morning we have our team spread all across the bay area tracking the rain and looking at the storm damage. We also have Robin Winston tracking the impact on your morning commute. Commute. But first we want to check in with john shrable who has more on the timing of this storm. A few showers linger through the morning with a line of brief rainfall pushing into the bay around noon. After 4 pm rain chances diminish setting us up for a a dry rest of the day with daytime highs in the upper 50s under partly to mostly cloudy ski