joanne hayes white announced she will be retiring. a joint statement with mayor london breed...hayes-white said her retirement will be finalized once a replacement chief is chosen. she called her time as chief a distinct honor...and incredibly rewarding. hayes-white rewarding.incredibly honor...and kron 4 news. in sf gabe slate kron 4 news. grant) after serving 14 years as san francisco's fire chief... joanne hayes white announced she will be retiring. in a joint statement with mayor london breed...hayes-white said her retirement will be finalized once a replacement chief is chosen. she called her time as chief a distinct honor...and incredibly rewarding. hayes-white was appointed fire chief by mayor gavin newsom back in 2004. she is a san francisco native, who came to the department after graduating from the university of santa clara with a degree in business. (grant) a legal battle is brewing after the way police detained a teenage girl... forcing her to the ground and punching her... the whole thing caught on camera... why many say

. >>> san francisco fire chief joanne hayes-white announced today she is retiring. she is the first woman to leave the fire department and has been in that role since 2004. with the san francisco fire department for almost 30 years. she was one of the first female firefighters to join the department back in 1990. hayes-white says she will stay on the job until a replacement is hired this spring. >>> coming up, a tasty new program in san jose. the police department has its own ice cream truck. when officers hope to accomplish by handing out sweet treats. >>> but first, the big-name democrats hitting the campaign trail two weeks ahead of the midterm elections. >> we continue to follow breaking news out of san francisco. a high-rise fire. this is a look from sky fox. we have a ktvu crew on the ground, talking to investigators and trying to figure out what has happened. we will get more information. plus, follow us on ktvu.com, twitter, and facebook. minutes can mean the difference between life and death. proposition 11 saves lives by ensuring medical care is not delaye

joanne hayes white announced she will be retiring. in a joint statement with mayor london breed...hayes-white said her retirement will be finalized once a replacement chief is chosen. she called her time as chief a distinct honor...and incredibly rewarding. (grant)police in the north bay say they've used dna to capture a rape suspect in a 7 year old case.(vicki)tonight the suspect in the case is behind bars.as kron 4's j-r stone explains... the rape involved a 14-year-old girl back in 2011. that is when she said the male came out of the creek and grabbed her and pulled her down into the creek and sexually assaulted her.sgt. jeff justice is describing what this man is accused of doing back in 2011. that being 39 year old william deen brown. who is believed to have followed a 14 year old girl in the area near the rohnert park hooters on redwood drive. a location that was being built at the time. the teen knew she was being followed but at one point looked back and thought the man was gone. according to police she then turned around, came

. >> reporter: chief joann hayes-white said it was knocked down in about 45 minutes. >> 1965 it was build, so there's not a requirement for smoke detectors. >> reporter: some didn't know that? >> yeah, you had did, and i won't tell my wife that. >> reporter: justine stood out more than an hour, hoping her cats weren't too scared. >> i looked up, and i saw charred floors, and like i said, it was a bit spooky. >> reporter: nbc bay area news. >>> we have some growing frustration over gridlock in palo alto. in july the mayor triggered an angry reaction when she said traffic isn't as overwhelming as you might thing. residents have been firing back ever since. >> neighbors expressed their concerns last night. people living in the crescent park neighborhood said they're fed up with the daily congestion, as commuters using that once-quiet streets as a way to cut through. >> there's backups every day. and people can't even good et to their driveways, because cars are backed up. >> recently there was a survey conducted with the city council that shows that 88% of neighbors feel the traffic problem

. >> good morning, commissioners, chief joanne hayes-white, command staff, and all the brass here this morning, my name is john choi, and i am president of the asian firefighters president in the city. i am a firefighter at station one, rescue one. this is my 25th year in the fire department, and it's been a good 25 years, great 25 years. let me introduce our executive boards, vice president keith onishi. director jonathan honda, who is a firefighter-paramedic at engine 33. the rest of my board includes treasurer rick hui, station nine, secretary kataki at station nine, brandon tom at 9 engine, and mary shea from fire prevention. the a.f.a. is an employee group of the sffd. we're firefighters who want to be positive representatives of and for the asian american community. our mission is to create and maintain equality of opportunity for asians and other minorities within the fire service throughout the city. we strife to be involved in constructive efforts and programs to maintain equitiable hiring and promotional practices. we're dedicated, along with other nonprofit organizations, to

. >> joanne hayes white publicly became san francisco's first female fire chief after for her retirement, she simply said, it's time. >> relationships between labor and management can be a little prickly, a little challenging. i've definitely had my share of that. but really glad to have sort of weathered that storm and moved forward and really proud of all the accomplishments we've made. >> hayes white dealt with a number of controversies as chief, including longer ambulance response times. supporters say she was an last may 5th. >>> the midterm election is exactly two weeks away. new data shows more of you are voting early. more than 500,000 californians have already voted. at this point, that's about 100,000 more than in the 2014 elections. a total of 12.5 million californians received mail-in ballots this year up from 9 million. with days to go, california's proposition 10 is getting a big punish, allowing cities to expand rent control. rent control activists say it would give local communities greater power over which types of units can be included in rent control. at in san frais y

joanne hayes-white is the first woman to ever lead the department. she has held the top job since thirst. she first joined as a firefighter in the 1990s and then moved up through the ranks. at scene hayes-white says she plans to stay on as chief for at least six months until a replacement is ready. >> i will be st in the time frame. just making sure we are working with our fire commission. i've had a phenomenal career, i love this department, but it's time to move on. >> in her prepared statement she said, "i'm most gratified we are one of the most fire departments in the world." >>> new developing news out of utah. where students at the university of utah campus are being told to shelter in place following a shooting. the salt lake city tribune is reporting one student was shot and killed outside the dorms. police are now looking for the gunman. officers are going building to building securing the area. >> reporter: tonight a san francisco judge has upheld a landmark verdict against monsanto. a jury in august awarded dwayne johnson $289 million. tod

joanne hayes white has been chief for 15 years and was among the first dozen women to become firefighters in the city and is the only woman to leave the department. here is debora on the chief office decision to retire. >>love this picture with then mayor newsom.>> reporter: joanne white measures the years like any mother. her sons were tenant under when she became chief. >> in my children the amount of time that has passed. it seems like it was yesterday but they are grown men now.>> reporter: she was appointed by then mayor gavin newsom. she texted the lieutenant government -- lieutenant governor. >> i thank you for the opportunity. i worked hard to get this job and it was a bold move for him.>> reporter: it was a wave of women leaders that year. she is been chief longer than all five who came before her. she says her legacy is about more than longevity. it is also about standards an department more moderate and diverse. >> it is really important particularly in a city like san franpromised -- she had promised late mayor atlee that she was stay through his second term. >> i loved atlee.

chief joanne hayes white will stay on through the spring to help find her replacement. she became chief of the san francisco fire department 14 years afgo. she's not just proud of the lives she saved but the examples she set. she's happy to see women embrace firefighting as a career option. >> growing up in the '60s and '70s, there was nobody that looked like me as a firefighter. to plant that seed in a little girl's head, maybe i can be a firefighter, i'm proud of that. >> she was named career fire chief of the year by the international association of fire chiefs. >>> there are a lot of heroes in the fire department including paramedics who save lives and change lives daily. >> it was almost 29 years ago that a young paramedic responded to a call on the bay bridge. it was only last week, though, that he found out how it all turned out. there's bring in garvin thomas with this touching reunion. i like this story and haven't even seen it yet. >> chris posey, he responded to thousands upon thousands of collars in his nearly 30-year career as a paramedic and firefighter. s

next, i want to introduce my partner of public safety, our fire chief joanne hayes-white. >> good morning. first of all, i want to say you did an amazing job. i've been doing this for years, and i want to say you did top notch. thank you, mayor breed and superintendent matthews for art prioritizing public safety and today's particular message about preparedness. boys and girls, i'm going to give a shout out to my table. i had anthony, jace, and tiandre. i wouldn't be working as fire chief today unless i had wonderful teachers. we get a lot of credit, scott and i, in our deputy because we're heros, but teachers are heros, too, so please give your teachers and faculty and staff a round of plauz. [applause] >> boys and girls, it's a pleasure to work with my colleagues, and the message that i would like to reinforce when you go home to your moms, your dads, your grandparents your brothers, your sisters, teach them the importance of stop, drop, and hold. taechl them the importance of having a kit so you will be prepared in the event of a large scale emergency. all the school districts are doin

. >> item four report from chief of department joanne hayes-white on currentshires, activities and events within the department since the fire commission meeting on october 10, 2018. communications and outreach to government agencies and report from administration deputy chief nicholson. homeland security and training within the department. >> good evening. i just heard from your colleague. he is in route about a block away. he will be joining us shortly. the last meeting was on october 10th. we have finalized the budget including the final mark os that. with regard to the upcoming budget we will begetsing budget innstruction this is about a month'sheim. i have spoken to the committee to discuss preparation for next fiscal year's budget. division training has been busy. in the process of offering the officer academy. all officers promoted within the last three years are expected to attend. the deputies and i spoke with every class last week. on friday we were joined by the vice president to offer words of wisdom, expectations, congratulations as well for all of them stepping up. it is the

storm act san francisco's fire chief joanne hayes-white announced she is retiring. she is the first woman to ever leave the fire department and has been in the post since 2004. she has been with the san francisco fire department for more than 30 years. she was one of the first females to join the department in 1990. storm app police in san jose are looking into a suspicious fire in a home early this morning and west san jose. >> the homeowner says she knows who started the fire and how. >>reporter: officials could only confirm they are looking at this as arson and that they do have police also investigating. however, we spoke with the homeowner who said around midnight her ex-boyfriend suddenly showed up and broke into her home through the back sliding door. she escaped out the front door with her two dogs. she says that x boyfriend doused the house and gasoline and set it on fire. at 1 am firefighters found heavy smoke and flames coming out of the front of the house. neighbors were evacuated as a precaution. firefighters have the fire under control within 15 minute

. >> joanne hayes-white became san francisco's first female fire chief in 2004. giving a reason for her retirement, hayes-white simply said, it's time. >> relationships between labor and management can be a little prickly, a little challenging. i've definitely had my share of that. but really glad to have sort of weathered that storm and moved forward and really proud of all the accomplishments we've made. >> hayes-white dealt with a number of controversies as chief, including longer ambulance response times. supporters say she was an innovative leader. her last day on the job will be ma. >>> the midterm election exactly two weeks away. new data shows more of you are voting early. more than 500,000 californians have already voted. at this point, that's about 100,000 more than what we saw in the 2014 election. a total of 12.5 million californians received mail-in ballots this year. that's up from 9 million. you want to learn more about what's on your ballot, we have a full voter guide for you. visit abc7news.com/election. >>> you are never more than seven migts aw

. >> reporter: joanne hayes-white measures like any mom. her sons were ten and under when she was chief. >> my son is 25, 19 and 21. in my children's eyes i see the amount of time that's passed. they're grown men now. >> congratulations. >> she was appointed by then-mayor gavin newsome. she texted the lieutenant governor. >> i thank you for the opportunity that -- i worked hard but when i was 39 to get this job with 14 years on the job, it was a very bold move for him. >> and a wave of women leaders that year. district attorney and police chief, too. >> the chief has been longer than all five who came before her. she says her legacy is about more than longevity. standards and initiatives that made the department more modern and diverse. >> which i think is really important, particularly in a city like san francisco. we have a lot of firefighters that speak other languages and we really reflect the community so i'm really proud of that. >> hayes-white promised she'll stay through his second term. it was lee who won the federal court order in

i had joanne hayes-white on board, peter marsh from the san francisco police department. i had the chief of the deputy, ken ferrigno on board, and we had a great time. it was not only a great opportunity for me to show off the navy's first responders, because that's essentially what we are. our ships with always ready to go. i always have a ship on hand ready to respond to any type of catastrophic years of service. in my 37 years of service, i think god has got my back because i've survived hurricane operations to being in haiti as a joint task force commander, so i think he's trying to teach me something. i just don't know exactly what it is, but i will tell you that the san francisco senior leadership seminar and where this fleet week is in preparing for the disaster response is light years beyond just about any other city, any other community, for being able to work through the interoperablity, being able to work through the commander control challenges and logistics challenges. we're certainly the model that a lot of other cities will follow. so thank you. certainly l

ar 29-year joanne hayes-white bn francisco's first female fire chief in 2004 after 14 years with the department. in giving a reason for her retirement, she simply said, it's time. >> relationships between labor and management can be a little prickly, a little challenging. i've definitely had my share of that. but really glad to have sort of weathered that storm and moved forward and really proud of all the accomplishments we've made. >> hayes-white dealt with a number of controversies as chief, including longer ambulance response times. supporters say she was an innovative leader. her last day on the job will be may 5th. >>> the midterm election exactly two weeks away. new data shows more of you are voting early. more than 500,000 californians have already 100,000 more than what we saw in 2018.lirn's proposition 10 is getting a push. the measure would allow cities to expand rent control. rent control activists say it would give local communities greater power over which types of units can be included under rent control. at an event in san francisco yesterday, supervisor hilary ronan

. >> laura san francisco fire chief joanne hayes-white tells us this is tough. they work to save lives. not lose lives. but sadly a woman in her 30s did not survive this fire here on the 1300 block of this avenue in the inner sunset. firefighters found her at the top of the stairs of the two-story home. they believe she had been trying to escape when he she collapsed they performed c process pr but couldn't bring her back. there were six people living with her. five got out. they're okay. the sixth person a man he might have needed help from firefighters to get out. that part is not clear. but he did inhale spoke was taken to the hospital and expected to survive. the fire started around 3:30 this morning in the back bedroom upstairs. the chief tells us the smoke alarm awoke a resident who called 911. firefighters had out about 30 minutes later after 4:00. and they kept it contained to this home it did not spread to the other houses. >> you know we had a third alarm fire in a high rise. very challenging. very update beat no injure injuries and then this single al

. >> that is chief joanne hayes- white. she was referring to her retirement. we'll have more on that aspect with phil matier coming up in just a couple of minutes. but let's get right to ken bastida in the newsroom. as i mentioned the gateway apartments are 50, 55 years old. you have more on the history of the complex. >> allen, it started in 1965, the complex is very, very big, massive, in fact. several square blocks. four tall towers, filled with apartments. this is one of them, right there are a number town homes as you can see down below to the left. what looked like little white houses. those are townhouses that were also built as a part of this project. this is actually a redevelopment project that was started in '65, finished in 1967. they expanded over an area that was known as the old grocery district in san francisco. and not much out there, built in the 60s. they were renovated as recently as 2011. and as it was mentioned earlier, the towers were more than 20 stories tall. we have to ask the questions of how they are working on an answer for us righ

good evening fire commissioners, chief joanne hayes white and command staff and any distinguished gets -- asks. my name is sherman i'm a captain at station to. i'm president of the san francisco black firefighters. today we want to give you some information on our youth academy i will start a short, three minutes video and then we will bring up our youth director fire marshal to answer any questions and give further information. >> clerk: can we please go to the laptop? [♪] [♪] [♪] [♪] [♪] [♪] >> president cleaveland: very nice, captain. >> so that was just a little video of some of the things we have been doing this year. now i would like to bring up our director, assistant fire marshal , tyrone pruitt. >> thank you captain captain. good afternoon fire commissioners and chief and our members and community that is here at this mission. it is a plant pleasure and an honour to come before you with our fire youth academy. this academy has been in progress 15 years and the first thing i want to do is i want to thank the chiefs for all of the support that the fire department has given us ov

joanne hayes-white says she will stay on the job until a replacement is hired this spring. >>> there is outrage in the lgbt community tonight over a report suggesting the trump administration is altering the legal definition of gender. the department of health and human services is looking into changing the definition of sex as unchangeable, and based on a person's biological sex at birth. this would rollback an obama era regulation which recognized gender largely as an individual's choice. ktvu's christien kafton joins us now. he is live where the news is drawing massive criticism. >> members of the trans community are saying this is the latest attempt by the trump administration to marginalize them. members of the transgender community are concerned after a memo surfaced, they say is aimed at reducing federal protections for transgendered americans. the document obtained by "the new york times" reads in part the sex listed on a person's birth certificate shall constitute definitive proof of a person's sex unless rebutted by reliable, genetic evidence. the executive director of the

joanne hayes white announced she will be retiring.ct honor...and incredibly rewarding. a san fracisco native ... hayes-white was appointed fire chief by mayor gavin newsom back in 2004. (lydia) happening now ... employees at u-c-s-f medical center are hitting the picket lines for the start of a three day strike. striking employees include operating room specialists, respiratory therapists, patient care assistants, pharmacy and hospital lab technicians, and other health care professionals. custodians, shuttle drivers and food service workers will also be striking. thousands of appointments at u-c-s-f medical center have been rescheduled. this is the second strike in six months. workers at u-c-s-f benioff children's hospital oakland will not be striking. ( lydia ) happening now... police in berkeley are looking for two people who robbed a liquor store at gunpoint. the store is on the 28-hundred block of sacramento street. two people entered the store wearing masks. the stole cash and liquor from the store before running outside. police

joanne hayes white announced she will be retiring.ays her retirement will be finalized once a replacement chief is chosen. she called her time as chief a distinct honor...and incredibly rewarding. a san fracisco native ... hayes-white was appointed fire chief by mayor gavin newsom back in 2004. (lydia) breaking overnight ... police in salt lake city are looking for the man who they believe shot and killed a student at the university of utah. police say female student was found dead in a car. the campus was placed on lockdown last night ... but it has since been lifted because police believe the man is not on campus. police are searching for 37 year old melvin rowland. they say rowland had a previous relationship with the student. this is a developing story ... we will update you as we learn more. (lydia) happening today ... employees at u-c-s-f medical center are hitting the picket lines for the start of a three day strike. its scheduled to begin in about two hours. striking employees include operating room specialists, respiratory th

joanne hayes-w450i9 johite join accident in department in 1990. she dealt with a number of controversies as chief, include kg longer ambulance response times. hayes-white is the longest serving fire chief in the city's history. >>> 11:59 tonight is the deadline to register to vote in california. that means you have less than seven hours to register or update your registration if you've moved or maybe changed names. the election is on november 6th. online registration is also available through the secretary of state website. nearly 570,000 californians have voted in the november election, about 100,000 more than in the last election, 2014. however, 3 million more californians received mail-in ballots this year, a total of 12.5 million. >>> california's proposition 10 is getting a big push, it would enable cities to expand rent control and give local communities greater power over which types of units can be included under rent control. at an event in san francisco today, supervisor hillary ronan addressed the crowd. >> and if this passes, what that means is that we as local legislators will have the ability to pass those targeted local solutions to prot