jodi hernandez is at the sanders oakland campaign office. the office is now closed. what is going on there? >> reporter: well, definitely a mix of emotions out here. none of them happy ones, however. now, the bernie sanders oakland campaign office has been a hub of activity over the last several months. in fact bernie sanders himself paid a visit here a few weeks ago. but now volunteers are getting ready to close the doors for good. >> cleaning up, packing up. >> reporter: bernie sanders' volunteers are closing up shop, preparing to shut down sanders' oakland campaign office as the race winds down. >> i will of course be com 350e9ing in the d.c. primary. which will be held next tuesday. >> reporter: sanders vowed to stay in the race through early next week, but after meeting with problem who endorsed hillary clinton today respe, sa hinted he may soon join the clinton camp. >> i look forward to meeting with her to see how we can work together to defeat donald trump and to create a government which represents all of us. >> hasn't really fully sunk in yet. >> reporter:

jodi hernandez is in concord where police are looking for the turf thiefs. pretty shocking to see you have no grass left. >> reporter: this is a new one for concord. even police are shocked. the woman who lives in this concord house woke up on sunday morning to find her artificial grass was gone. seems somebody pulled out the metal stakes that anchored the grass down and took off with the turf. >> sick. sick over it. >> reporter: that's how 79-year-old sandra fisher is feeling after someone stole her artificial lawn. ripping it right out from her concord front yard. fisher says a neighbor called her sunday morning telling her her turf had been taken. >> she said, sandy, didn't you like the grass you had, and i said, yeah, i love my grass. she said, well, it's gone. i'm, like, what? >> i'm appalled. it's like, good grief, do we not have anything better to do? >> reporter: her neighbor is outraged. shep says fisher, whose husband died a year ago, was trying to be drought conscious, when she spent thousands of dollars to replace her real lawn with low maintenan

jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> not guilty. that's the plea from a santa cruz teenager accused of killing a neighborhood child, maddie middleton. you remember this case. he's accused of beating and sexually assaulting the then 8-year-old, dumping her body in a recycling bin behind their home. this morning gonzalez sat quietly in court showing no emotion. outside the young victim's family carried signs saying "remembering madison." >> just to have maddie's face out here and remember what this is really about. >> gonzalez will head to trial next february. if convicted, he faces life in prison. >>> a frustrating problem for a family in east san jose. cars keep crashing into their house. for the first time, an out-of-control vehicle slammed into the home. the latest crash happened last night around 11:00. police say a pickup truck exited 680 at jackson avenue and careened through the intersection and went right through the fence and the metal post the homeowner built to protect his property. no one in the home was hurt. the driver

jodi hernandez is in oakland this evening. jodi, a lot of people talking there. are we getting the real story? >> reporter: raj, what everyone seems to agree on is how surprising the chief's sudden departure is. a lot of people say that they just didn't see this coming. now, the mayor insists that the chief step down voluntarily. but many say it doesn't make sense. >> last night we received the resignation of our police chief shawn went effective today. >> she confirmed that the oakland police chief is out. she provided the chief's resignation letter time stamped 9:17 last night. the chief states, i believe the timing is good for me to move on and to explore other opportunities. >> the chief's resignation was a personal decision and i respect it tremendously. >> if that's the spin they want to put on it, so be it. >> city councilman larry reed doesn't buy it. he talked to went last night and alluded that he was forced out. >> he wasn't ready to go? >> no, he wasn't ready to leave. this is a man that takes great pride in serving the people of oakland and certainly

we begin with jodi hernandez and the clinton camp in san francisco. jodi? >> reporter: raj, i'll tell you, former president bill clinton is pouring it on today. we're outside the lee recreation center in san francisco. as you can see, people are lined up to see the former president. this will be his fifth, as you mentioned, bay area stop of the day. >> the stakes in this election are maybe even bigger than we know. >> former president bill clinton told voters in oakland the stakes have never been higher. on the eve of the california primary, clinton drove home the importance of getting behind his wife, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton. >> people look to california. you represent our future. you represent all of our hopes for proving we can bring everybody along. >> the former president spent the entire day taking that message across the bay area. he made stops in hayward, oakland, antioch and richmond before wrapping up the day in san francisco. informing people to vote for a future of bridges, not walls. >> bridges, not walls. come on now.

i'm jodi hernandez in oakland, nbc bay area news. >> jodi, thank you. confusing and embarrassing for the city. here's a little more background on deputy chief david downing who's running the day-to-day operations from what we understand. his linked in profile shows he's been with opd for 27 years, been a deputy chief since 2013. downing also had a brief stint with the concord police department. >>> the transparency promised by the police department is in question tonight it after a report surfaced the sergeant was -- that a sergeant was arrested last year for domestic violence. talk about someone also here. sergeant steven valle has won honors and promotions during his career but the department said nothing when he was arrested last fall for making threats and committing assault with a firearm. it apparently happened during or after a domestic violence incident. it's not clear whether he fired a weapon. the d.a. declined to file charges. police say they're unable to discuss it. the arrest was revealmillied in public records request. >>> today, police an

jodi hernandez joins us live from city hall. it seems like every day, there's a new controversy. >> each day, more drama. tonight, a city council woman under fire after a grand jury report says she violated state ethics rules and city regulations. tonight, activists and others are saying enough is enough. >> it is our duty to demand justice. >> reporter: fired up and frustrated activists gathered to react to a growing list of scandals and changes in leadership at the opd. taking aim directly at the mayor. >> it is time for us to say libby shaft needs to go. >> reporter: now alleged misconduct has spread to city hall. a grand jury report released today concludes city council member lynette mcle haney violated conflict of interest rules and misused city resources to prevent a townhouse project next to her oak land house. >> it looks like everybody's going to go up in flames. i'm really embarrassed right now for the city. >> we can't run and hide on this one because we have the public attention at our front door. >> reporter: the g

jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> a brutal murder at golden gate park.hat breaking news in north oakland -- police there are searching for a possible >>> breaking news back in north oakland where police are still searching for a possible kidnapper and perhaps another victim. our nbc chopper is over the scene right now and oakland police got a call around 9:00 from witnesses who say they saw a woman being kidnapped at 65th avenue. police have surrounded a house in the area and they have located a possible victim and detained at least one person but our reporter on the scene just talked to the uncle of one of the victims. they say she is just 14 years old and that she claims the kidnapper was trying to push her and the other teen into prostitution. they say the teen and one other teenage victim is being held in that house. we will stay on this breaking news story and bring you the latest as soon as we get it. >>> nbc bay area has obtained exclusive video of a man found dead in a lake last month. investigative reporter tells us the victim was beaten and tor

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez is at police headquarters. jodi, the impact of these scandals is wide reaching. what's happening now? >> reporter: well, what's happening, raj, is a temporary halt to oakland's police academy. the third academy the year was supposed to begin in the next couple of weeks, was supposed to get under way within the next couple of weeks, but it has been put on hold as the department and the city scrambles to make needed changes. acting assistant chief david downing has his hands full as he focuses on stabilizing the embattled oakland police department. a department that's been hit with scandal after scandal. >> his responsibility is to ensure every single person is doing their task. >> reporter: last night they vote it had to delay the next police academy until a review of the recruiting and hiring process can be done. the scandal involving a teenaged girl who says she had sex with more than a dozen oakland police officers, some while she was under age, has brought new attention to just how big an issue sex traffickin

reporting live in concord, jodi hernandez. nbc bay area news. >> let's hope the turf stays put. >> when you think you heard it all. >> i know. >> all right. >> check in with jeff ranieri now, he has the microclimate forecast. hot, triple digits huh? >> a few triple digit today. and still warm outside. having a hard time cooling off. especially in the south bay. 85, santa clara. downtown, san how say. 88. warmest temperature now. south bay, morgan hill, 94. get you up to san francisco. obviously a lot cooler, fog at the coastline. we are at a -- himmy, chilly, 56. 62, bay view. also 65, the embarcadara. and 59 for the presidio. look at the forecast. fog at the coastline. and with that fog there -- it is going to provide more temperature contrast for tomorrow. so, in terms of the morning forecast, we will get the fog back in san francisco in 53. i think a clear start inn't east bay. 58. we'll start with 59 for the south bay. through tomorrow morning, again, fog at the coastline. san francisco at 68. but it is going to stay hot i

reporting live in martinez, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> hopefully that will generate some leads. >>> well, "star wars" creator george lucas announced he's giving up on chicago where he hoped to build his museum for the narrative arts. an ongoing lawsuit soured lucas on building there. bour born and raised in modesto, natural he considered a california location. the "l.a. times" says los angeles is also in the running for the $700 million project. lucas' first choice was to build at chrissy field but the presidio trust vetoed that plan. >> it's got to be somewhere here in the bay area. >> a lot of people feel that way. sort of the home of "star wars." >> certainly. okay, jeff, you take it away. pride, nascar, everything this weekend. >> a little weight on my shoulders. the weather forecast, it is going to pull through this weekend. even if it's a little bit too hot where you live in the forecast. you won't have to drive too far. belvedere toward san francisco. huge weekend of course with san francisco pride. we had some excellent weather coming our way. let's get a live look outs

recording live in richmond, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> we're following some breaking news in san jose. a motorcycle officer hurt after a crash with another vehicle. you're looking live at the scene. we'll let you know how that officer's doing in a moment. >>> i'm robert handa. the santa clara county jail system is once again the target of a lawsuit. we'll tell you what a former inmate claims happened to him. >>> the money i spent out of my savings has a zero balance now was worth it. >> that mother fighting to start a new international sport so her daughter has a shot at doing something she loves. >>> and good afternoon. we're tracking major changes that includes the possibility of rain. my forecast in just a few minutes. ♪ this goes out to every backyard hero. for all the effort you put into making the perfect barbecue, there's only one grill that's engineered and designed with the same kind of passion, weber. available at the home depot. target of another lawsuit. a former inmate says he was severely beaten by guards. this is becoming not only a trend -- but a serus conc

nbc bay area jodi hernandez stopped by the senator's oakland campaign officer where workers are closing up shop. they say they are still feeling the bern. >> reporter: his office has been a hub of activity. bernie sanders himself paid a visit here just a few weeks ago. tonight, volunteers are getting ready to close the doors for good. >> cleaning up, packing up. making sure the landlord still likes us. >> reporter: bernie sanders volunteers are closing up shop. preparing to shut down his oakland campaign office as the race winds down. >> i will be competing in the d.c. primary which will be held on next tuesday. >> reporter: today sanders vowed to stay in the race through early next week. after meeting with president obama, who endorsed hillary clinton today, sanders also hinted he, too, may soon join the clinton camp. >> i look forward to meeting with her in the near future to see how we can work together to defeat donald trump and to create a government which represents all of us. >> hasn't really fully sunk in yet. >> reporter: sanders supporters who helped rally huge crowds in the b

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez, it's hard to really keep pace with all the controversy surrounding the city. >> reporter: it really is. there's definitely no shortage of fireworks in oakland. tonight the president of the city council is feeling the heat after a grand jury report says she violated state ethics rules. i'll tell you, people here are getting more and more frustrated. >> it is time for us to say enough is enough! it is time for to us say libby shaft needs to go. >> reporter: activists in oakland say they're fed up. they gathered in front of the oakland police department to react to a growing list of scandals and changes in leadership at the opd. calling on the mayor to step down and police officers with knowledge of corruption to step forward. >> it is time for you to step forward and blow the whistle or you will go down with this ship. >> reporter: and now alleged misconduct has spread to city hall. a grand jury report released today concludes city council member lynette gibson mcel haynie violated conflict of interest rules and misused city resources to prevent a townhous

in sacramento, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> jodi, thank you. >> one resident of ventura county says it was the smell of this black goo that woke him up this morning. cleanup is under way in the ravine, flooded with nearly 30,000 gallons of crude oil. it leaked from a pipeline carrying the oil to long beach. the pipeline company said the faulty valve is to blame. local authorities say they're lucky that the ravine is dry and no water is flowing. this leak is 50 miles northwest of last year's much bigger oil spill off the coast of santa barbara. federal investigators blame that spill on corroded pipes. the owner of the pipeline faces millions of dollars in fines and dozens of criminal charges. >>> let's take you out live to moffett field. as you can see, the ground crew taking care of air force one, the president here for a three-day trip and of course, he'll be attending the global entrepreneurship summit and that is taking place at stanford and he'll be meeting with mark zuckerberg and attending a few fund raisers and people are excited to have him in town. >> it looks l

reporting live, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> that's just heartbreaking for that family, jodi. thank you so much. >>> central valley native and star wars creator george lucas is coming home. the producer announced today he's giving up on chicago where he hoped to build his museum for the narrative arts. an ongoing lawsuit there soured lucas on building in the city. he was born and raised in modesto. right now it's pretty normal lucas is considering coming back to another california location, reportedly san francisco's treasure island. the "l.a. times" says that also los angeles is interested in that $700 million project. lucas's first choice was to build at chrissy field but presidio trust vetoed it. >>> an end to a ban on transgender troops. leaders from the defense department plan to meet as early as monday to finalize the details. if the plan gets final approval, defense secretary ash carter will make the announcement during the fourth of july weekend. those opposed to lifting the ban say it could be costly, saying military barracks would have to be modified to accommod

here's nbc bay area's jodi hernandez. >> it's hard, going a month without her. >> reporter: the past moss been unbearable for pearl pinson's family. the 15-year-old was kidnapped as she walked to catch a bus to school near her vallejo home four weeks ago. but while her abductor was killed during a shootout with police in santa barbara county, investigators have found no trace of pearl. >> his family knows where he's at. they have peace. we don't know where our daughter-s if she's alive or dead. we just want to bring her home, bring this all behind us. >> just as i would want somebody to search for my child, that's how we're searching for pearl. >> reporter: solano county sheriff's investigators say while their tip line has slowed down the case is still their highest priority. they say it's had an emotional impact on the entire department. billboards have gone up across the bay area aimed at finding her. >> this is a very tragic, tragic story. and it would be amazing if we can give it a happy ending. and bring her home. >> i need her home no matter what. >> reporter: pearl's mother is

reporting live in oakland, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> an amazing story, jody. thank you so much. >>> history on capitol hill tonight in the fight for gun control. right now as we speak, democratic lawmakers are entering their 11th hour as they stage a sit in protest on the house floor. more than a dozen california democrats are among those taking part in this sit in. that does include east bay congressman erik swawell who took individual is yo of this protest after c-span live feed was haumted when the speaker of the house halted the congressional session. other members are live streaming the protest on periscope after the senate rejected four gun control measures on monday, including one that would block gun purchases by suspected terrorists. >> our members are gathering on the floor of the house in protest that we cannot even have a vote because we truly believe that if there were a vote that we would win the vote. >> house republicans are calling this protest a democratic publicity stunt. also democrats are demanding a new vote on bipartisan gun control meas

jodi hernandez obtained some of the messages. jodi, the last thing the oakland police department needs. >> another bombshell. we got exclusive access to some disturbing and racially charged text messages allegedly sent by a commander to several officers on the department. tonight, civil rights attorneys say, if true, it is another big black eye for the department. as the oakland police department grapples waite growing sex scandal and a homicide investigator is accused of misconduct. racially charged text messages allegedly sent by police commander tony jones to four other officers in the department. >> this kind of language, if true and if he did it, is totally inappropriate and unacceptable. >> civil rights attorney, says the texts which depict images of the ku klux klan and the n word promote just the kind of culture he and others have been fighting to stamp out. >> it starts as a joke. and it's not funny. and then it goes, it, it can go on to things that are even less funny than the jokes. >> if they come from a commander it i

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez there for us this evening. a lot happening on the campaign trail and impacted by our weather. >> reporter: tell you, bernie sanders needed no help today firing up the crowd. mother nature had folks feeling the burn long before sanders hit the stage here. in fact, he acknowledged he probably should have had this event indoors. >> you are a dedicated fierce group of people. >> reporter: as the sun beat down at the community college, democratic presidential hopeful, bernie sanders, thanked supporters for enduring the heat to rally behind him. >> let me thank all of you crazy people. for coming out on a day like today. my god. >> people waited for hours. lining up in the sunshine as early as 5 a:30 this morning. by the time sanders took the stage at 2:45 this afternoon. the burn of mother nature proved too much for some. at least two people passed out. both taken away by paramedics. >> two hoirurs in the heat. we are here to feel the bern. here we are. >> reporter: people did what they could to keep from overheatin

in sacramento, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> jodi, thank you. >>> stand up. the sit in is over. the 25-hour protest by house democrats is done. among the many em passioned speeches on the house floor came from a local congresswoman. >> this was taken from my box. >> she said this was taken from my body. that's representative jackie spear who held the bullet that she was shot with during the jonestown massacre back in 1978. these images and much of the live video coverage of the sit in came from social media. our business and tech reporter scott budman joins us now with the power of periscope. we wouldn't have known what was going on unless we had periscope last night. >> reporter: that's right. when the traditional microphones were turned off, dozens of politicians reached out with their smartphones. here's a look at modern democracy in action. >> reporter: it wasn't always pretty or even steady. but democrats in the house of representatives trying to raise awareness about gun control were heard thanks to social media, which kicked in after the mike on the ho

jodi hernandez obtained some of the messages. jodi, the last thing the oakland police department needs. >> another bombshell. we got exclusive access to some disturbing and racially charged text messages allegedly sent by a commander to several officers on the department. tonight, civil rights attorneys say, if true, it is another big black eye for the department. as the oakland police department grapples waite growing sex scandal and a homicide investigator is accused of misconduct. racially charged text messages allegedly sent by police commander tony jones toou

here is jodi hernandez. >> it's hard. going a month without her. >> reporter: the past month has been unbearable for pearl penson's family. the 15-year-old was kidnapped as she walked to catch a bus to school four weeks ago. but while her abductor was killed during a shoot-out with police in santa barbara county investigators have found no trace of pearl. >> his family knows where he's at. they have peace. we don't know where our daughter is at. if she's alive or dead. you know, the not knowing is killing us. we just want to bring her home and put this behind us. >> just as i would want somebody to search for my child that's how we're searching for pearl. >> reporter: sheriff investigators say while their tip line has slowed down, the case is still their highest priority. they said it's had an emotional impact on the department. billboards have gone up across the bay area aimed at finding her. >> this is a very tragic, tragic story and it would be amazing if we can give it a happy ending and bring her home. >> i need her

. >>> let's begin with nbc bay area jodi hernandez in fremont with the newest details. . >> raj, police are revealing more about what led to those officer-involved shootings and the house fire. investigators remain here at the scene tonight. the scene has been roped off, continues to be roped off by crime tape as you can see. this is where the suspect ended up dying early this morning. police say they did their best to try to convince him to surrender. >> his words were i'm armed and dangerous. >> that's what investigators say the man accused of shooting two police officers, one

reporting live in oakland, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> thanks, jodi. tonight in his own words, words he expressed to a judge before sentencing. the former stanford swimmer given six months for a sexual assault on the stanford campus express remorse for what happened the night of that attack. that's what he said in a statement to a judge which the guardian obtained. i want to read you a section of that letter. it reads in part, i would give anything to change what happened that night. i can never forgive myself for imposing trauma and pain. it debilitates me to think my actions have caused her, referring to the victim, emotional and physical stress that is completely unwarranted and unfair. i've been shattered by the party culture and risk-taking behavior that i recently experienced in my four months at school. he's referring to stanford. anger over that light sentence, the six-month jail sentence given to brock turner continues to grow tonight. a series of online petitions have been launched in hopes of recalling the judge who issued the sentence, one

reporting live in oakland, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> okay, jodi. hard to keep up with all the changes. it is a revolving door in oakland, six police chiefs in five years. today figueroa replaces farro, last week farro we placed shawn went who was on the job for three years. prior to that anthony ter rib i don't held the title and he replaced howard jordan who cited an undisclosed medical condition for leaving his post. in 2011, anthony batts resigned saying too much bureaucracy and lack of resources to fight crime in oakland. >> don't let blue skies fool you, here the rain is coming. let's take you back outside. live camera in emeryville. beautiful today and it could get interesting tomorrow. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri has been talking our chances of rain. here we are, mid june and it's rain. >> not unheard of to get rain in june but we definitely could be getting close to record setting levels tomorrow. we had this area of low pressure to the north of the bay area pushing in the cooler and windy weather today. right now the wind out of the w

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez is in oakland and just a few minutes ago you received a statement from b.a.r.t. where that interim chief works. what is b.a.r.t. saying tonight? >> reporter: that's right. b.a.r.t.'s police chief issued a saying saying deputy police chief ben fairow had an affair with a consenting adult and the new revelation may be what's behind his sudden removal from the oakland police department. last week this photo hung on the wall of oakland's police headquarters. days later the photo of the man who replaced him will have to be swapped out, too, as mayor libby schaff announced interim chief ben fairow has been removed. >> i own the mistake i made and the important thing is i'm fixing it and fixing it quickly. >> reporter: information she learned on monday made her realize fairow is far from the right person to lead this city's police force. >> information that i received

i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, jodi. >>> villabrille's neighbors are not surprised he gunned down the two officers. damian, you're in the willow glen neighborhood. >> reporter: they are shocked at what their neighbor had done in fremont, but some said, knowing him, they saw this coming. this street in willow glen is lined with trees and families who have known each other for more than 30 years, a peaceful community, except they say, for the man who often lived in this house. >> he lived in that house. >> he is 44-year-old gerald villabrille, an ex-con with prior conventions for guns and drugs. he married the daughter of the elderly couple who lives here, married her in prison and when he moved in neighbors say there's been constant police activity in the home. villabrille is now dead after a confrontation with police after shooting two fremont police officers. >> oh, my god. just sent chills down my arms. >> reporter: other neighbors say they saw it coming. >> it's not a surprise, and you know, it's very unfortunate. i feel very sorry for the people -- >> neighbors

jodi hernandez joins us from police headquarters. the official version is different than what we're hearing? >> reporter: that's right. the supporters point out that homicides and shootings have gone down under his leadership. the department has gained national recognition for improvements it's made. so they say his sudden resignation makes no sense. >> i just think it's a sad day in the city. >> i am disturbed because i cannot continue to have a chief every other way or every two years. >> reporter: that's how some city leaders are reacting learning that police chief sean whent is out. >> last night we received the resignation of our police chief, sean whent effective today. >> the mayor made the announcement this morning. she provided the resignation letter time stapd 9:17 last night. the police chief said i believe the timing

jodi hernandez is in fairfield. what happened out there? >> people began lining up at about 5 this morning and by the time bernie sanders took the stage, at 2:30, the intense heat proved too much for some to handle. we saw at least two people pass out in the audience. sanders kept his remarks brief as he too acknowledged feeling the burn. >> thank all of you crazy people -- >> well, coming out on a day like today, my god. >> sporting a hat to protect his head from the sun, bernie sanders thanked a hot and sweaty crowd for really feeling the burn. >> you are a dedicated group of people. >> people did what they could to keep from overheating. sanders outlined the differences between himself and hillary clinton. and blasted donald trump for his views on the drought and global warming. >> donald trump does not have a glue about what he's talking about. >> with some polls showing sanders closing the gap with hillary clinton, he urged supporters to help him get out the vote on tuesday. >> if there's a large voter turnout on tuesday, we're going t

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez. >> reporter: raj, the berkeley doctor already has appointments scheduled and will begin making home visits after thursday. he says if a terminal ill patient can't get a prescription for an end of life prescription or guidance from their own doctor, he'll be willing to step up and help. >> i think it's an important right for a patient to have. end of their life, control the way they die. >> reporter: he wants to make sure terminally ill patients can do just that. as california's right to life law goes into effect on thursday. the berkeley-based doctor will open the first practice in the state that specializes in end of life options. >> one of which might be physician-aided dying where they use a medication to die. but most of all what we're going to talk about somehow do we make you have a good death. >> reporter: will allowtients tr for a prescription for life ending medication. if their doctor won't participate and they meet the criteria, this doctor will. >> this needs to be a well thought out, carefully planned. >> reporter: the legislature passed the l

nbc bay area's jodi hernandez, it's hard to really keep pace with all the controversy surrounding the city. >> reporter: it really is. there's definitely no shortage of fireworks in oakland. tonight the president of the city council is feeling the heat after a grand jury report says she violated state ethics rules. i'll tell you, people here are getting more and more frustrated. >> it is time for us to say enough is enough! it is time for to us say libby shaft needs to go. >> reporter: activists in oakland say they're fed up. they gathered in front of the oakland police department to react to a growing list of scandals and changes in leadership at the opd. calling on the mayor to step down and police officers with knowledge of corruption to step forward. >> it is time for you to step forward and blow the whistle or you will go down with this ship. >> reporter: and now alleged

. >>> let's begin with nbc bay area jodi hernandez in fremont with the newest details. jody. >> raj, police are revealing more about what led to those officer-involved shootings and the house fire. investigators remain here at the scene tonight. the scene has been roped off, continues to be roped off by crime tape as you can see. this is where the suspect ended up dying early this morning. police say they did their best to try to convince him to surrender. >> his words were i'm armed and dangerous. >> that's what investigators say the man accused of shooting two police officers, one critically, told him last night. 44-year-old gerald villabrille jr. called 911 wanting to negotiate after police fired tear gas into the russellville house he had broken into and barricaded himself into. >> initially he said he had a hostage. we evaluated that information. we determined it was not true. >> it all began 1:30 in the afternoon when investigators say a fremont police officer pulled over a stolen truck that villabrille was driving. theyym say he rammed the truck into the patrol c

nbc's jodi hernandez is in the bay area. >> i think it's important for a patient to have at the end of life the right to control the way they die. >> reporter: and he wants to marriage sure terminally ill patients do just that as california's right to life bill goes into effect. they'll open the first practice in the state that specializes in end of life options. >> one of which might be physician aid in dying where they use medication, but most of all, is how do we make you have a good death. >> reporter: it will allow terminally ill patient'ses to ask their doctor for a prescription for life-ending medication. they followed the case of 29-year-old brittney minard, an east bay woman who had a brain tumor. >> i think brittany would feet a great sense of pride that we were able to accomplish what we did. in this day of modern medicine, a person shouldn't feel like they have to suffer like that their final few days on this green earth. >> reporter: menard's husband is grateful they'll now have the option to die on their own terms. the doctor hopes doctors will participate, but if they wo

reporting live in oakland, i'm jodi hernandez. nbc bay area news. >>> as you just heard jodi say, he becomes the fifth police chief in just the past five years. sean whent was only on the job for three years. prior to that, toribio held the interim title for a short time. there was an undisclosed medical condition for leaving his post. the department undergoing federal oversight. in 2011, anthony baths announced his resignation. the bay area has three best known cities have all seen shakeups in the department in the past six months. san francisco police chief greg sur was forced to resign after officer involved shootings and a text scandal. tony shap lan is now san francisco's top cop. he's promising changes to the department. earlier this year, larry esquivel left to become the police chief of tracy. garcia was sworn in san jose's police chief. >>> let's turn to the microclimate forecast. we're warming up in time for the weekend. jeff ranieri is here. fire danger both saturday and suchblt an area of high pressure that's starting t

jodi hernandez is in oakland tonight at the police department there. and jody, these are disturbing allegations. what did the girl's family tell you? >> the girl's mother told me the attackers wanted to force her daughter into prostitution. when i arrived to the seen the girl was crying, her family was crying, as they tried to absorb what happened. >> well, the you know what i mean -- >> panicked relatives after teenaged kidnapping victim rush to this north oakland neighborhood this morning. we saw the girl's mom consoling the distraught 14-year-old after her mother says the girl was kidnapped by people who tried pushing her into prostitution. >> we are confirming it was a kidnapping that happened earlier this morning and if there are indeed ties to any human trafficking that we take these incidents, human trafficking, kidnapping, any violent crime seriously. >> police arrested a man in his 20s on kidnapping charges a short time later. then searched the house witnesses say is tied to the case with guns drawn. but police say they did not find anyone insi

i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> jodi, thank you. indeed, it is confusing. this is a city that's in desperate need of police leadership and instead it's been a revolving door. paul figueroa becomes oakland's sixth chief in the past five years. ben fairow held the position, as we mentioned, for less than a week. sean wendt was on the job for three years and anthony toribio held the job for a short time. jordan left due to a medical condition. in 2011 anthony batt announced his resignation saying there was simply too much bureaucracy and a lack of resources to fight crime. our coverage of this shake-up in oakland continues on our website. go to nbcbayarea.com. >>> look at this, flames tearing through business after business. an inferno, a strip mall in the south bay going up in flames. it's the second strip mall to go up in a matter of weeks in the south bay. this one in santa clara caught fire back in may. a look at what's left of the strip mall and one thing they have in common potentially making them even more dangerous, pete? >> reporter: some. strip malls

, it runs and is -- has a different set of rules that it follows reporting live from oakland, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> and there's more, there's the issue of transparency or lack of transparency. a sergeant for the oakland police department was arrested last year for domestic violence. he's won honors and promotions during his career. the department said nothing when he was arrested last fall for making threats and committing assault with a firearm. ittal parentally happened during or after a domestic violence incident. the arrest was revealed in a public records request. >> a terrifying letter allegedly written by a 15-year-old boy has raised new controversy for police and school officials in scotts valley. the letter threatens specific students and teachers with murder and sexual assault and was delivered to one of the students. several parents have gotten an attorney to get to the bottom of the issue. one of the 21 students named in the letter brought it to the attention of school administrators and called police. the parents do not think the school took the letter seriously

reporting live in oakland, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> jodi, thank you very much. >> president obama was in orlando today where he met with some of the survivors and the families of the 49 people who were killed at a gay nightclub. >> today once again as has been true too many times before, i held and hugged grieving family members and parents and they asked why does this keep happening? and they pleaded that we do more to stop the carnage. >> in light of this the new york times is reporting that members of the lgbt community are the most frequent targets of hate crimes in the united states. the article says that as society becomes more tolerant of lgbt people some opponents are becoming more radical. >> new at 6:00, another first for san francisco, mayor lee has created a new position called senior adviser for transgender initiatives. the mayor says it's about time and equality and he's chosen a familiar face, as well. nbc bay area's christie smith is in san francisco. he brought in a high-profile leader. what's her role? >> teresa sparks and she says there has been conversati