communication between the mayor's office and the police commission over this, and even then, mayor qingtao said that she was interviewing candidates on her own, but that they weren't getting through with the commission. so the surprise is here is that we've got someone i'm not sure that anybody is going to be running up and down the street saying hurrah, hurrah, hurrah. it's more like, let's wait and see where this goes. so what kind of changes might we expect under him? >> we did hear her saying that announcement message that oakland policing has lost its way, so i'm not sure what she considers finding its way back and what she has communicated to him. >> right. it's an open issue. and when they say lost its way, what does that mean? that means that they after covid there are some of their anti-gang programs fell down in use and such like that. yes. she referring to the movement earlier in oakland to defund the police and not in and not increase their ranks. kind of vague or right now about increasing the ranks. but you know, she the guy coming in is just facing an understaffed, overworke

might find your new favorite restaurant during oaklandcc3 f1 >> so you have until march 24th to find qingtaog tao says that oakland is open for business. she's asking everyone from across the bay area to come check out those live in oakland. crystal bailey, ktvu, yeah, anita, whoseúbackyad looks like it's the hoppin place right now. and good timing, too for all of this, because the weather is supposed to be weekek you. >> yes, beautiful weather. >> new at six. assaulting aúdogr oakland has been arrested. 22 chargedúwith robberyler has been tuesday atúfourth in jackson and jack london square. the victim says she was walking her neighbor's dog hit her across the face before taking off with the dogs. the dogs were later found safe.t& second suspect. a manúleft a won apparent burglary. sky fox was overhead yesterday afternoon in oakland, where 46 year oldc marcelino wilson was taken into custody after a pursuit by officers. san francisco police say the initial call burglary on avenue in the holly park neighborhood at about 9 a.m. yesterday, they found a woman there with fatal stab wounds. wilson

policies implemented a couple of years ago, the defund the police refund redirect funds, even mayor qingtao says that oakland lost its way and is now getting back on track. and that is a tough job for somebody to come in with. that's before we get into the politics of oakland itself, which we've repeatedly talked about on the newscast here. the various problems they've had with the federal judge overseeing the department over questions about the disciplining of police officers, is the fact that oakland is possibly facing a budget deficit that could be as high as $175 million. so there's no money, fewer troops, and there's possibly up to a 90 or more police that will have the option of retiring this year. and the recruits coming in can't match that number. >> so let's go back, because it was one of the first moves that the mayor made after election. mayor shengtao does this smooth things over now that they have finally replacement? >> you know, i would like to say yes, but i can't because the people i talked with seem to still seem to have this idea. you're bringing in somebody from outside

mayor qingtao announced friday that she picked floyd mitchell.ice in lubbock, texas. mitchell will take over a department that has spent expected to start in late april or early may. now mitchell brings more than 25 years of law enforcement experience to the city. that includes a four year run as police chief in lubbock, texas, from 2019 until september 2023. however, he resigned from that position after the department was criticized for an increasing number of unanswered 911 calls. in a past interview with local news, mitchell defendedúcutting dispatchers despite a report that found 30,000 911úcalls were abandoned. >ñ when we look at how the dispatch unit is ran, cutting it from 9 to 7 based no difference in regards to how the system would work. >> mitchell is stepping into a demanding position as oakland deals with its own 911 dispatch issues. in addition to lubbock, mitchell was also a police officer , and he is an air force veteran. we're learning some new information about a deadly mountain lion attack in el dorado county. the california dep