to fire chief armstrong.appointing but understandable looking at the investigation that was released confidentially confidential investigation released anonymously. there's some real serious issues that i think he has to take responsibility for. but is disappointed because here we go again with the revolving door of chiefs and one thing that organization needs is leadership stability. it does need that stability and the oakland police department as you well know, and as people watching, of course no, it has not been there over the past decade or so. let's let's put up on the screen to remind everyone where we are with with the recent history of police chiefs in the city of oakland, we now have seen 10 different police chiefs just in the last 10 years. these are the for most recent chiefs right there on your screen we're talking about now. former police chief laurent armstrong. former chief susan mannheimer, darren allison and ann kirkpatrick. all right there . what what does this do to the morale within the d

we are, i spoke to chief scott yesterday and i know chief spoken to chief lazar but that to me is the fix but the residents and the supervisor have grown incredibly frustrated because of the crime and all sorts of stuff going on that street and we know cap street had challenges for decades, but i guess it has gotten a lot worse. so we're working with the police department and as you know, they have their own staffing challenges as it were. >> right. >> and so i think that is some of the problem and that is really labor intensive for them to do what they need to do there you we have asked for that to happen. >> right. that's good. i don't want to point the finger or blame any particular party or anyone. it just seems obvious that public safety should come first, you know, besides the optics of how it's looking, you know, over there and i don't know. to me it's like a no-brainer, you know, but someone would think, well, because of all the traffic and the trucks blocking traffic too, maybe that's their rational. i don't know, do you know what i mean, but i think public safety should come

went to lasted 3 years as chief. he was known to work well with the federal monitor, charged with overseeing the department yet faced increasing criticism, but some saying he was not aggressive enough on those thought to have been having inappropriate relations with the teen. his departure led to the most problematic period to date for the department in the space of 9 days. the most important role at opd was a revolving door from went to ben farrow to paul these 3 chief cycled in and out because of an extramarital affair. and paul claiming he didn't want the scrutiny on his personal life. city administrator sabrina landreth took over between 2016 2017 and after a long search and kirkpatrick was sworn in in 2017, only to be fired after 3 years on the job following a vote by the oakland police commission for kron. 4 news. i'm ella sogomonian. >> the chief kirkpatrick did later file a lawsuit and was awarded 1.5 million dollars in damages from the city of oakland that after a jury found she was wrongly terminated after

oakland police chief is out of a job. just moments ago, the mayor fired leronne armstrong. >>> good afternoon, i'm audrey, and welcome to the nbc 4 news at 4:30. the mayor made the first big decision this afternoon, and she has just fired the police chief. in a news conference that just ended a moment ago, the mayor fired the police chief without cause. she had originally suspended him last month on the accusations that he had mishandled a case involving officer misconduct and this is hours before a meeting on how to punish the chief, and the newly formed committee was to fire the chief, impose some sort of penalty or nothing at all. a 54-page page complaint held him to fail to hold the officers of misconduct, and a fair and thorough disciplinary misconduct, and this is when two officers were engaged in a secret romantic misconduct, and they hit a innocent bystander, and then when it was described months later when armstrong said he did not know about the hit-and-run, and chose not the discipline either officer, and he sa

chief armstrong was sworn in as chief in february 2021, nearly one year after former chief anne kirkpatrick was also fired without cause. the department has had about a dozen police chiefs both interim and official over the past 20 years. armstrong did release a statement tonight saying, "i am deeply disappointed in the mayor's decision. after the relevant facts are fully evaluated by weighing the evidence instead of pulling soundbites from strategically leaked inaccurate reports, it will be clear i was a loyal and effective performer of the oakland police department." our andrea nakano has more on the newly elected mayor's decision and how people are reacting. >> reporter: mayor sheng thao has been in office about a month and made her biggest and most controversial move yet. she fired chief leronne armstrong without cause and some community members are outraged by her decision. >> again, this is not a disciplinary action. the chief does serve at the will of the mayor and again, i've lost confidence in chief leronne armstrong. >> reporter: mayor sheng thao says after her investigation it wa

chief armstrong was not only just a chief, he also lived in oakland all his life. it is hurting a lot of people. it hit home. >> that is a powerful way to say it. i do think about the people who are living in the wake of this, people who are fair-minded. the mayor has transmitted not a lot about what happened in private conversations between her and the former police chief. was it enough for her to say that things he said caused her to lose confidence in him? or do you want to hear more as you evaluate the situation? >> we need to hear more. we are asking for more. a lot of things came out in the media. a lot of leak to stuff. we are asking for an investigation. we want things to be investigated, the leaks. the leaks need to be investigated. we are demanding the leaks to be investigated. we are demanding for the chief to be reinstated back to his position. most of all, we need to find out who sent out those leaks. someone did it. we need to know who did it. we are asking for an investigation. >> what leaks are you talking about? >> the leaks that came out in the ne

acting chief darren allison has been serving as the police chief. in the meantime, and the mayor is expecting that he will remain in that position and will now be up to the mayor and the oakland police commission to come up with armstrong's successor grant vicki. >> yeah, is there any indication of who that might be? >> there's been no indication that was given to us today about who would be the eventual successor, of course, it has been said a lot here recently with in oakland. i'm considering the amount of chiefs that they've had over the next number of years. it's always a nationwide search that often used as the phrase when looking at at at a new oakland police chief here. so, of course, that's going to be the process that will eventually go through. but in the meantime, we know that darren allison will be remaining in this place. and of course, there are some other things that are are at play here as well as to how this decision gets laid out. and then, you know, where we go from here. but of course, a nationwide search is expected to take plac

you know, i praised republican chiefs and democrat chiefs alike. ron klain was a fan of the book and that didn't hurt. i mean, when when when you start to have a regular conversation with the white house chief of staff, other doors begin to at least creak, open slightly. it was still a war of attrition. i mean, getting all of these or almost all of them to talk and, you know, from tony blinken to to the cia director, bill burns, it was it was tough, but all the more satisfying in the end to have pulled it off. your mention of of bill burns, the cia director, brings a question to my mind. there's so much in the book that we can't have. don't have time to tell this evening. but there's one story i want you i want you to share, to tell our friends about his meeting with president zelensky before the invasion. yeah. if you don't find out. but i'll talk about a couple of meetings. okay. neither really reported before on the eve of the invasion. kamala harris went to the munich security conference sent by joe biden and their relationship is fascinating a

the search for the next police chief is officially on. >> the city has had 10 chiefs in the past 10 yearste today, the mar fired chief armstrong without cause but it appears there is a cause. this all stems from an independent report that found chief armstrong mishandled cases of officer misconduct. the mayor says after that report came out, chief armstrong made several statements that troubled her and she lost confidence in him. >> this is not an easy decision but i will believe it is necessary for progress to continue. it is precisely because i admire chief armstrong that this has been purpose personally very difficult but reinforced my commitment to make decisions based on the best interest of the department and the city of oakland and not based on personal feelings or relationships. >> tonight the fired chief is firing back saying that it is a bad decision, that it is unjustified and unfair and while he does have plenty of supporters, more people are starting to say he made the wrong move. >> reporter: the now fired police armstrong reacting tonight now that he is out of a job going o

now the chief is not here with the former chief is not here at this rally.in fact, he's meeting with his attorney. to determine next steps, which could include filing a lawsuit alleging wrongful termination and retaliation. live in oakland. henry lee ktvu fox. two news. two quick questions number one in the you've covered oakland for decades, any indication as to the next police chief. might they be someone inside the department? might they go outside opd? and secondly, i know you've talked with laurent armstrong a number of times in the past month. during all this turmoil. we got a statement from his lawyer. is there indication when you might be able to talk with him one on one? yeah i had made that request today. the chief is meeting with his attorney as we speak now, i did ask the mayor yesterday. gasia after her news conference whether she prefers an internal war external candidate, she says she just right wants the best person for the job. as you know, gasia. we've had inside and outside chiefs come in, and they've left in frustration or fired. this wil

chief, thanks for being with us. i know here in seattle you not in the bay area anymore, but from afar. i don't know how much you've been able to learn about this particular situation involving chief armstrong. but from what you do know what your reaction to what's going on? well, i can understand. thank you for having me. the same thing i have always followed oakland. >> since i'd love to i did not put a label plan. so have a special place in my heart for oakland. i really all i want the best for oakland, not only in the city itself has some fantastic, fantastic city and a really great place department as well. such struggles i think that the she had a very hard decision. i personally think and we commend her for making the hard decisions said she run from that. but regardless there was going to be a divided house on her decision chief armstrong. chief, the progressives in the open community seem to support the decision. many, many others are expressing their dissatisfaction. as you said, a split. >> in the decision

she continues to defend her decision to fire the police chief. >> i no longer had the confidence in chief armstrong to fulfill those requirements, right, the requirements that i feel is incredibly -- >> was there a better option? also, the mayor talks about the a's. >>> plus, the lawmaker just returning from the war zone, and tells us what he saw as we approach the one-year mark of the war in ukraine. >>> and watch where you drive. thousands of teslas being recalled. because of autopilot. >>> students using ai to write papers. is it cheating? we investigate chatgp. >>> good evening. this is nbc bay area news tonight. i'm raj mathai. we're going to get to oakland mayor thao in a second, but first wanted to get you updated on some of the headlines. a 2-year-old girl kidnapped by her own mother in san jose. the girl has been found safe in oakland. that's the good news, but tonight police are still looking for the mom, this woman, crystal mendez. police say she abducted her daughter yesterday from an apartment complex in san jose. you can see on the right side of the screen your surveillance

the chief has nothing to lose. quite honestly, i mean, i applaud him for getting his his message out there. i think it's important that somebody hears it. because if nobody else heard it, you fill in the blanks with things that may not be true. that's for the mayor. she made no mention of the chief monday at an unrelated news conference at city hall, she left without taking any questions and spokeswoman tells me the mayor had no comment. now the monitor does not discuss his work as far as the police chief while on leave. he's met with stakeholders, including members of the oakland police commissioner, and this afternoon civil rights attorneys jim channon and john burress. so far, no word yet on if or when the chief will be back on the job. live in the newsroom. henry lee ktvu fox two news. so henry yeah, the chief is on administrative leave. what about the captain and the sergeant that were at the center of all this? that started this whole thing. what has happened to them? the sergeant accused of these two inciden

mayor fired chief leronne armstrong. why and what happens next. >>> also, just one day after senator feinstein announces her retirement, a bay area lawmaker joins the race to replace her. >>> plus, the property owner in an upscale disturb wants to tear down his home and replace it with apartments and town homes. a new state law may allow him to do it. >>> and how about this? food from michelin starred chefs delivered to your door. it's all about robotic kitchen. we're getting a live demo from the palo alto start-up. >> good evening. this is nbc bay area news tonight. i'm raj mathai. it's the same old story in oakland. controversy about the police department. a lot of people, including various community leaders upset with tonight's big decision. oakland's new mayor sheng thao has fired police chief leronne armstrong without cause. she says she's simply lost confidence in him and does not think they can move forward together, leading the city. she says without cause, but the firing stems from an independent report that fou

of chief of police in oakland. that is including some who have held on it the interim role. and as you heard, acting chief darrell allison is going to be holding it now as they conduct the nationwide search. and at 6:00, we will have a reaction of his supporters and what they have to say about his firing. >>> tonight, we are hearing that barbara lee is going to be running for the senate seat that is going to be vacated by barbara feinstein. it comes a day after feinstein is saying that she is not going to be seeking re-election after her term ends in 2024. adam schiff and katy porter have announced they are running for that seat. >>> in oakland, a ransomware attack is slowing down their responses. they can receive calls, but it is preventing them from receiving calls on time. >> some of the calls have allowed a malicious attack on the city's software. >>> today, the d.a. has offered some clues as to what they felt was happening inside of that home that exploded. we have the latest development from san francisco. >>

the chief of u. s.patrol tweeted a photo of £93 of fentanyl that were seized at the border writing quote. so far in this year, we have seized over £476 of fentanyl between the ports of entry along the southwest border. that's enough to kill 100 million people. nikki haley, the newly announced republican presidential candidate says there should be mandatory mental competency test for politicians above the age of 75 haley's push for the competency test as part of her campaign message that the u. s needs a younger president. there have been criticisms of both president biden and former president donald trump are too old to be president. a new study finds a link between long covid and a greater risk of unemployment. the study published in the monthly report from the journal of the american medical association, focused on 15,000 residents in the us between the ages of 18 and 69, who experienced long covid symptoms found that 9% of them were unemployed, more than double the general unemployment rate. 53% surv

they know chief armstrong and many of the other chiefs and they will take a big pause. >> it's disheartening because it's a gray area. the potential is there. is this the end of leronne armstrong 's law-enforcement career or would another department hire him right away or soon after? >> i didn't have -- applied it three agencies. i was considered a finalist after i was fired but firing in oakland, this was a huge barrier. i haven't been able to land cities that i would be interested in. so i'm very disappointed by this myself. i would still like to go back in. so he may have a hard time. >> a conversation, have you spoken with him or what would you say if you spoke with him today? >> i think that he obviously knows that i understand the pain of which he obviously is in pain. there's a lot of embarrassment when you're the police chief of a major city the firing is in private. it makes big news. there's humiliation with that. i believe this is what i've seen in him right now. he's trying to process all of that as well as his future, his name. the big thing will be the hit to the name so what i

yeah, again, the next chief will be oakland's 13th chief since 2009. >> so a lot of drama here again. and of course, many strong opinions about this latest move to fire the chief or getting reaction tonight from many community leaders. yeah. are we ever for is a ella sogomonian joining us live now from the newsroom with that part of our coverage ela, what are you hearing? well, civil rights attorney john burris has been involved in oakland's police reform effort for the better part of nearly 2 decades. >> yet he is not fully backing. mayor sheng tells decision to terminate. now former chief armstrong saying that he doesn't think there was enough hard evidence and instead calls this a political move. >> she said without cause when the not not mean that was basis to do it, which i think is correct. it wasn't but she decided that in the interests of and yes, her political career and a political future in which she's gone. now that you want have a clean slate. >> meanwhile, a coalition by the name anti police terror project is applauding the mayor's move, calling it quote, an important fi

she takes any further action regarding the chief. she wants the city's independent oversight bodies to review the matter. it's unknown if the review is already underway. and if so when it will be completed. dan kerman kron, 4 news. new tonight at 5, nearly half a dozen kids have been arrested for a bunch of armed robberies in castro valley. >> the robberies were over the weekend on omega avenue center street and forest avenue victims told police the crooks held them at gunpoint and stole their cellphones air-pods car keys and other personal items. the suspects are between the ages of 13 15. police say this is an image of the vehicle they used to get out of their win. police eventually tracked them down. they say ghost gun was found in that car. all of the teenagers had prior robbery history and oakland, berkeley and pleasanton. they were arrested on multiple felony charges and taken to the alameda county juvenile justice center. >> and we are learning more now about a shooting that injured a san jose police officer today. san jose po

assistant chief darren allison will serve as acting chief.p leaders plan on making a statement. mayor sheng thao will join us tonight on our 7:00 p.m. interview. you don't want to miss that right here on nbc bay area. >>> a live look at san francisco this morning. oh, beautiful way to start our morning. it's cold out there, but it's beautiful. >> yeah, if you are out there trying to take pictures of the sunrise you want to bundle up. it's going to be a pleasant weekend. >>> pictures here from the san mateo, i was seeing flashing lights, a tow truck and chp vehicle going west across the span. we will monitor that and i will tweet out big updates if there's anything to note across that span. >>> thank you for starting your day with us. join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00 a.m. >> we will be back at 7:25 with a local news update for you. until then, we leave you with this beautif weather from coast-to-coast. >> it sure is! al's tracking it all. it is february 16th. this is "today." ♪♪ >>> all over the map! tens of millions in the path of sever

from abc chief pang. i think we sent information regarding reconfiguration of the street crisis team and street wellness tome they will be combined an over all 12 teams of street crisis response team. we are looking at the implementation date of march fourth. we are gearing up and communicating with partners and members. there will be more messaging to the public it let them know the service will not change much in terms of public stand point. we believe this will increase efficiency. our capability and the 8 of just the available of our crews to respond it had the crisis is needed based on 911 call on triage. we will do the same thing we have done and i believe that is what result in some additional efficiency in our ability to responded to the behavior crisis on streets and well being checks. we started chief motorcycle mason had a brain child of creating a lecture series for are community paramedicine. we had the first boy doctor ham the director of the sudden fran department of population behavioral h

the police chief canned by the newly elected mayor. ama: it seems everyone has an opinion on the firing. dan: the oakland mayor made headlines today by terminating chief armstrong after having placed him on administrative leave. ama: the question of what comes next looms large tonight. j.r. stone was at the mayor's announcement today. the reaction has not stopped there. reporter: it seems that no one is shy about armstrong, who was well-liked by many in oakland. in the mayor's biggest move since taking office, making that key decision to cut ties with the chief. >> so separate from chief armstrong without cause. reporter: the oakland mayor announcing the firing of the police chief. >> i'm no longer confident that chief armstrong can do the work to achieve the vision. reporter: the move comes less than a month after chief armstrong was put on paid in ministry to believe, that happened when a federal monitor questioned armstrong's response after two of his oakland officers were involved in lawbreaking incidents. including a hit and run a

and thank you, chief chavez and chief modlin for all of your chest when here today. and please express our thanks to all of the border patrol agents for all that you do to do your very best to keep this nation safe. in the first three months of fiscal year 2023 that were an estimated 7000 aliens passing a date illegally. chief modlin, how was the unprecedented flow of illegal immigration impacted u.s. border patrols ability to maintain operational control of the southern border? >> thank you for the question. when the flow of migrants across the border increases it does, there is a a company about the things that happen. one circuit my sector in the tucson sector because of it, the very extreme terrain we deal with agents are called upon to make rescue. so an agent literally in a matter of seconds can go from an enforcement action to now rescuing someone, performing, putting tourniquets on, whatever that happens to be. so you have that. you're just the great distances within my sector that cause us to deal with these large groups and takes away from the border securi

good to see you, chief chavez, chief modlin, again. i think i met you, chief chavez, first in el paso, and so it's good to see both of you. first wanted to say thanks to your line agents and your tv do such an incredible job fighting this fight. and it is a real fight. my first question is this. what does cbp intelligence division tells you that the person that percentage of drugs that is being interdicted crossing the southern border? in other words, i know what they've told me. i'm not sure i can say publicly but you can. what are they told you? what's the percentage that is being interdicted? >> thanks for the question. i can tell you i don't know that i've ever seen or heard of raising the said what they thought the percentage of effectiveness was in terms of narcotics. i can tell you that we do have a measurement to measure the effectiveness of the border security efforts. and, unfortunately, currently in tucson sector we tend to be at about 60% effectiveness, and that's due to all all of ths i made in the opening statements and o

the chief had to be involved in that. i think it's unfair. oakland police chief laurent armstrong sat down with ktvu to address allegations and confidential reports. we obtained a criticizes leadership , the top cop says. those reports are contradictory report also states that i was walled off from the investigation. but it criticizes me for not being more involved in the investigation. i just think it's very difficult for me to do both. the chief has been on leave for more than three weeks must decide whether to keep discipline or fire the top cop. i'm going to bring up sergeant michael chunk, armstrong introducing sergeant michael chung at a news conference last year to talk about department drones. chang is now at the center of two incidents and outside law firm says they found many gaps and missteps in department investigations of the sergeant chang is accused of hitting a mercedes with the department issued chevy tahoe in san francisco parking garage and not reporting the crash. outside investigators say that chief f

the chief was sworn in february 2021, nearly one year after former chief and current patrick was also fired without cause. the troubled department has had about a dozen police chiefs, both interim and official over the past 20 years. justin is digging into the details of this major story. justin, what can you tell us? well, the mayor fired the chief, saying she was troubled by some of the comments that he made during an investigation. so she decided to fire the chief without cause. >> again, this is not a disciplinary action. the chief to serve at the will of the mayor and i have lost confidence. >> reporter: keep in mind, that was her decision. she fired him without running it by the police commission, which usually provides input on matters like this. so how did we get here? for that, we have to go back. remember, the chief has been fighting hard because he was placed on paid leave by mayor sheng thao by how he handled a police misconduct case with a former opd sergeant accused of a hit and run and fire has service weapon inside the elevator at police headquarters. armstrong felt th

abc news spoke with the chief and explains this case in this developing story. >> the police chief says the report is tarnishing his reputation and is asking the mayor to consider his track record to bring him back. >> fairness and justice is for everyone including the police chief. after he failed to take action over incidents with the police sergeant. she says the report was flawed. unfair. >> the variation is embarrassing, and accurate and contradicts itself about the role i played in the report focuses and targets me. >> the chief says his track record speaks for itself. what sissy in desperate need for public safety. this community has been asking to build trust with the community and that is what i've been doing. >> the naacp is demanding the mayor listen. >> we are asking the mayor again and again to reinstate the chief. listen to your community and voters. reinstate the chief. >> we reached out to a councilmember about the decision. in a text message she responded say i'm interested in reviewing the information but this is a personnel issue and the council does not have authorit

now at 4:30, oakland's police chief is out. newly elected mayor fired him, and the questions asked this morning and the look at the growing backlash. >>> help is on the way for those lives turned upsidedown by a house fire in san francisco. the new promises being made by city leaders. >>> more freezing temperatures or near freezing temperatures this morning. meteorologist, kari hall, is looking at what we can expect just ahead this morning. you're watching "today in the bay." >>> good thursday to you. thank you for starting your morning with us. i am laura garcia. >> i am marcus washington. we will look at the commute in just a bit. mike has his eyes on that. first, another cold morning. >>> yes, we start out with another freeze watch as well as a freeze warning for some of the inland areas in parts of the valleys in the north bay. this continues through 9:00. if it's not freezing it may at least be frosty as you are getting started and we are below freezing right now. dublin, it's just 30 degrees. it's 32 in mountain view. 31

good evening, chief scott.ef of staff hawkins, vice-president carter oberstone and members of the police commission. my name is tom harvey. and i'm the captain of the sfpd academy. i'm here tonight to introduce to you 5.07 and draft form the rights of onlookers, last issued in 1995. a few months back, acting assistant chief requested the training division work on providing guidance to members regarding rights of onlookers. after reviewing the new version of 3.01 and seeing this topic came with special circumstances, regarding notifying dpa, i reached out to director kaywood. director kaywood and attorney germane jones were in the a could meet one day working on the disengagement policy and i was able to connect with them regarding this specific general order and essentially we got together in person. we talked about common goals and came up essentially more or less with what you see before you here tonight. so, what i would like to do is i don't want to go over this whole thing section by section but i want to

he tells us is a common practice among chiefs. in the end, mayor thao reiterated numerous times, she lost confidence in the chief, and made the decision to fire him without running her decision by the police commission, which usually provides input on personnel decisions. >> i am honoring that policy in setting the same standards for the chief, which is the 30 day lapse today. i had hoped the commission would be able to review the investigation and recommend action, but they were unable to do that. so again, i have the utmost respect for civilian oversight and in the end i am responsible for making sure that we have leadership at opd committed to necessary reforms. >> reporter: mayor thao says she will now work with the police commission to find the next chief for the city of california. juliette? >> you already said, she can fire without cause but i am curious about the timing of this book this news conference was held just hours before the police commission. she chose to usurp the police commission. did she say anything about th

the police chief canned by the newly elected mayor. ama: it seems everyone has an opinion on the firing. dan: the oakland mayor made headlines today by terminating chief armstrong after having placed him on administrative leave. ama: the question of what comes next looms large tonight. j.r. stone was at the mayor's announcement today. the reaction has not stopped there. reporter: it seems that no one is shy about armstrong, who was well-liked by many in oakland. in the mayor's biggest move since taking office, making that key decision to cut ties with the chief. >> so separate from chief armstrong without cause. reporter: the oakland mayor announcing the firing of the police chief. >> i'm no longer confident that chief armstrong can do the work to achieve the vision. reporter: the move comes less than a month after chief armstrong was put on paid in ministry to believe, that happened when a federal monitor questioned armstrong's response after two of his oakland officers were involved in lawbreaking incidents. including a hit and run a

the chief of the u. s. border patrol tweeted a photo of £93 of fentanyl seized at the border writing so far in this year we have seized over £476 of fentanyl between the ports of entry along our southwest border. that's enough to kill 100 million people. new this morning. china's accusing us lawmakers of exaggerating the threat posed by a suspected chinese surveillance balloon. they were shut down at the coast of south carolina. this comes after house lawmakers passed a resolution condemning china for a brazen violation of u. s sovereignty. in a statement issued today, china again said the balloon was an unmanned civilian weather research balloon. the us has dismissed that claim. china's foreign ministry says it will take measures against the u. s for shooting down the balloon. well later relief for parents nationwide race to find an rsv vaccine could soon be over as results from two back seen trials are i'm jayson. i'm living with hiv and i'm on cabenuva. it helps keep me undetectable. for adults who are u

alison was acting chief in 2020. and before that, and kirkpatrick lasted three years as oakland's first female police chief, and stay with ktvu. for more information on this developing story. you can also visit our website. just go to keep ktvu dot com and staying in the city of oakland homicide investigation is underway. this happened around eight o'clock this morning on 17th street near lake merritt. police received a call about an unresponsive man. officers arrived on scene and located a man suffering from traumatic injuries. he was pronounced dead there at the scene. the victim's identity is being withheld pending notification to mexican. the man who police say caused a deadly explosion in san francisco sunset district made his first court appearance today accused of killing the mother of his children. ktvu christien kafton joins us now from the hall of justice and christian tonight we're learning a lot more about what led to that explosion and fire. yeah the d a s office here in san francisco is offering new det

the chief of police will continue to lead the department as acting chief of police.oakland has gone through 10 police chiefs since 2009. kumasi: an at clara county sheriff's office to crack a joke and not go as planned. now, the agency is getting a lot of backlash. the tweet has been deleted, it offered to take people with outstanding warrants to jail as a valentine's day gift. the civil-rights group calls the joke heartless. >> it is one thing for them to crack the jokes behind the walls or to each other. but this is them deliberately putting out a message that reflects on who their character is. kumasi: the sheriff's office apologized and said it is dedicated to providing the community of santa clara county with the utmost professionalism and the additional caption did not meet our standards. a communication professor ways in. -- weighs in. >> users are wise to remind themselves that what they post on social media is forever. other social media users should be charitable in giving people the principle to be forgiven. kumasi: one user defended the agency, writing th

chief armstrong felt the investigation was biased. he admitted he did not read the entire report, which he tells us is common practice among chiefs, and ultimately decided not to fire the officer. the mayor says this was her decision, and she fired him without running her decision by the police commission, which usually has a say in such matters. >> i am honoring that policy in setting the same standards for the chief, which is the 30 day lapse today. i had hoped the commission would be able to review the investigation and recommend action, but they were unable to do that. so again, i have the utmost respect for civilian oversight but in the end, i am responsible for making sure that we have leadership at opd and that is committed to necessary reforms. >> certainly a bold move by the elected mayor. did she say anything about who she plans to hire us chief? >> reporter: she says she will now work with the police commission to find someone from a diverse pool of candidates committed to reform but in the meantime, interim chief darren el

the chief has maintained that he has done nothing wrong. >> after we spoke with the chief armstrong, we felt it was unfair that he had been placed administrative leave for the reasons that were presented to us. >> the e-mail letter is just the latest step supporters have taken in the last 2 weeks. there have been rallies and news conferences were planning orn on fighting this until he gets reinstated. >> as for the mayor's since making the announcement, she has maintained silence saying only that a process to review the chief's job must take place but not elaborating on what that process entails and any kind of timing. terry says stasio kron, 4 news. well in the east bay. police say robbers. >> they're targeting people coming out of banks in richmond, richmond. police say 10 victims have been targeted over the past 6 months but hold for banks. some of them even taking place when the victims are already seated in their vehicles. >> we're also following these victims away from the bank. sometimes a mile or 2 away. potentially. so the victim lowers their guard and the mother unsuspectin

armstrong is out as the chief. we'll talk with the city counsel man to get his take. >>> we talk to a rapper about his music, the genre, as well as someone he holds close who has also left a lasting impact in the bay. >>> we are waking up to frost advisories and freeze warnings again. it's a chilly start with temperatures even cooler than where we were yesterday during this time. >>> it's a busy start to your thursday drive. we've got two traffic alerts, one on 580 and deadly crash on south 680. >>> we check on how displaced residents in san francisco are coping after last week's explosion in the sun set district that forced them out of their homes. >>> we have we will start with a check on our weather. it is a very cold morning for a lot of people. >> a lot of us are waking up to frost advisories. a freeze warning until 9:00 a.m. in the north bay. this impacts napa and sonoma county. it is chilly no matter where you live. into this afternoon, daytime highs will be topping off pretty much the same where they were y

suzanne phan vaughn spoke with the chief today and joins us now. >> oakland's police chief the report is tarnishing his reputation and is asking the mayor to consider his long track record and to bring him back. >> fairness, injustice, this is for everybody, including the police chief. reporter: oakland police chief leronne armstrong is calling upon the mayor to bring him back. he was placed on leave after reported misconduct said he failed to take action over incidents with the police sergeant. the chief says the report was flawed. >> the report blatantly misstates and mischaracterizes key statements during my recorded interview, which everyone is able to confirm when the underlying material is released. reporter: the chief also claims the report is unfair. >> the confidential report and information provided by the monitor is embarrassing. it is inaccurate. it contradicts itself about the role i played in this case. and the report focuses and targets me. reporter: chief armstrong says his decade track record speaks for itself. >> this is a community that is in desperate need of publi

i want to thank chief modlin and chief chavez for being here. i just want to point out, though, that part of what we're dealing with here in this hearing and in lots of other discussions about this subject is the narrative being woven that is a false narrative. we need more personnel at the ports. we had that opportunity in the omnibus. and on this side of the aisle we all supported it. but on the other side, that isn't the case. so you can talk a good game about we need to beef up our capacity here and there. but you had an opportunity to vote for $7.2 billion for border patrol operations. $65 million for 300 new border patrol agents. $60 million for c.b.p. person at ports of entry -- person at ports of entry -- personnel at ports of entry. if we're going to be consistent and talk about the need to beef up the border, you have to vote for it. otherwise it's just hot air. another part of the narrative is we have all these people crossing the border and they violate the law multiple times and never show up, of course, for court hearings. and that

assistant police chief darren allison has been serving as acting chief. the mayor says he will continue in that role for the time being and at the bottom of the hour, mayor shane todd will join us live here on the kron. 4 news for an interview to discuss next steps for oakland as well as her decision to let the police chief go. happening today. the man charged in the deadly mass shooting in half. moon bay is due back in court today. the accused gunman is expected to enter a plea kron. four's will tran is in redwood city with the latest. >> it's been 3 weeks since the mass shooting, but so far no plea entered. we do know that in a few outshine li zhao will go before a judge again to enter his plea. not he's been charged with 7 counts of murder. one count of attempted murder for the mass shooting that took place back on january. 23rd in half moon bay. he was in court last friday as he tried to ask a judge to bar the media from being in the courthouse to videotape him. the judge denied that request. but the judge did tell the attorneys a gag order that they