the door way expecting mayor libby schaaf to walk through it any moment.t about to come to the podium and speak. of course what she is going to address is breaking news, top story of the day. that, yet another oakland police interim chief has stepped down from the position that means their third chief in just over a week. of course, earlier on, much of had to do with the brewing sex scandal within the department. expecting libby schaaf to explain why acting chief paul figaroa chose in to step down. he was the's third chief in just this week. we have been toemd the sld the administrator will oversee the department. announcing a replacement. either permanent or interim at the moment the city administrator is going to take over. >> uh-huh. >> expecting libby schaaf to explain the reasoning behind his resignation. and what the next steps are for the department that's really had a bad week. >> really tough. think about some of the interim police chief. one made it six days. the latest, 48 hours. appointed wednesday. we will be waiting for her comments. go back

. >> oakland mayor libby schaaf will speak about these changes 30 minutes. we have a crew at city hall waiting to hear. oakland has dealt with three police chiefs in the past week. sean wentd resigned because of sex allegations and replaced by dan farrell that was replaced after he said he had an affair with a subordinate three years ago and now paul figueroa is out after a couple of days. we heard from the president of the city council moments ago. >> i am stunned and disconcerting how little information we are provided. given the nature of these things we are barred from knowing anything about them and so that's frustrating for the council and i think it is frustrating for members of the public as well and so we have to place our confidence in the city administrator and the mayor that they are making good judgments. >> ktvu henry lee joins us. like music chairs. what is going on. >> i can tell you i have been hinting at this that paul figueroa was not held in good sted by the monitors. that begs the questions. why was paul figueroa install as interim chief

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amy: that was oakland mayor libby schaaf.he associated press reports that of the 14 oakland police officers involved in the sex-crimes scandal, two have resigned and three others are on paid leave. the discovery of the officers' alleged rape of an underage trafficking victim happened after oakland police officer brendan o'brien left a suicide note mentioning details of a sex trafficking scandal. on friday afternoon, protesters demonstrated outside the oakland police department headquarters, wrapping red danger tape outside the department and posting megan's law warnings to alert the community that their are -- there are statutory rapists in their vicinity. meanwhile, a separate investigation is underway into a string of racist text messages sent by officers within the oakland police department. mayor schaaf addressed the controversy in her friday news conference. >> we're close to theend of an investigation of a racist text messages. we do think it is relevant to share that the text messages were sent by african-american offi

schaaf said: some detractors are calling for the resignation of libby schaaf. >> the buck begins and ends with her. >> mayor schaaf wasn't fazed by the backlash. she says she is proud to live in a country where people can criticize officials. >>> santa clara county's district attorney is trying to change the way california defines rape. it stems interest a rape on stanford. brock turner was found guilty of sexual assaulting a woman outside the fraternity party. district attorney jeff rosen and others want to broaden the definition of rape. he is holding a news conference at 10 a.m. and billboards like this are cropping up around the bay area to call out the judge who gave turner six months in jail instead of 14 years. the sign is along highway 92 near the san mateo bridge and says persky must go. like turner, he was also an athlete at stanford and making his mind up about the sexual assault case he said a long sentence would have a severe impact on turner. now people are pushing to get persky out. the billboards were devised by feminists called ultraviolet. >>> firefighters are still

let's get to that because i think what we got right now is mayor libby schaaf. we have been waiting for her to speak about the big shakeup. acting chief paul figueroa is out after two days. she is going to explain what happened. >> i am here to run a police department, not a frat house. today we are sharing disturbing information. first we are close to the end of an investigation sex messages and racism and the messages were sent by african- american officers. but they are wholly inappropriate and not acceptable for anyone that wears the badge of the oakland police department. this investigation should be completed in a week or two and i will not share any additional information because i do not want to compromise our ability to seek the maximum punishment allowable for these acts today. also acting chief figueroa resigned from his duties as acting chief and chief of police. has gone on leave and asked to return as is his wife in the position of captain i will not be appointing another acting chief. sabrina landreth is acting chief. the appropriate time to place

oakland mayor, libby schaaf replaced sean whent with the interim chief, then pharaoh. but pharaoh is now out. suddenly replaced by assistant chief paul figueroa. mayor schaaf to said she lost confidence in then pharaoh after getting new background information about him but she did not give us details saying state privacy laws will not allow her to do that. >> as mayor i need to have absolute confidence that the leader of this department can be 100% effective at leading cultural change based on the current allegations that we take extremely seriously. >> mayor schaaf said the background check process went too fast and was not thorough. several city councilman call the department shakeups regrettable. it is a clear sign of failed leadership within city government. >> sources tell ktvu that mayor schaaf learned on monday that fairow had an extramarital affair with a subordinate. with the police department rocked by a growing sexual misconduct scandal, the mayor decided that fairow could not provide the fresh leadership she wants for the city. fairow returns to his job wit

this is libby schaaf. she didn't hire sean whent. the predecessor -- police chiefs usually come in the mayor makes the pick. it's probably the most important pick you make. you have to have faith in the person. sometimes you are going to want your own. >> i want to ask you this. so crime was down 39% under whent's watch. is this the right move? i mean, because we see the mayor acting out, doing damage control right now but crime has been down! >> reporter: like i said it wasn't the fervor behind. this crime is down. no "occupy" situation where people were shouting, fire chief whent like think were fire chief suhr after the shootings in san francisco. no. it remains to be seen. ben fairow is coming in there. he is a former oakland police department employee. he was at bart for the last couple of years. he is coming back. he worked with the federal monitor. he worked with the troops in oakland, as well. so there could be a seamless transition. it could be quiet time. but this is going to be the first big test of the libby schaaf admini

>> reporter: mayor libby schaaf was angry as she walked to the podium to announce a leadership change at the top of the oakland police department. tonight the person leaving is someone who has never been to a police academy. >> reporter: as the mayor of oakland i am here to run a police department, not a frat house. >> reporter: mayor libby schaaf dropped three bomb shells. first, acting oakland police department chief paul figueroa stepped down and took leave and will return as a captain. after three chiefs in one weeks someone without a badge will now lead oakland police department. >> i feel this is an appropriate time to place civilian over site over the police department. and to send a clear message about how serious we are of not tolerating misconduct, unethical behavior and to root out what is clearly a toxic macho culture. >> reporter: what is left of the command staff will now report directly to her. the move was legal and was used in 2009. she says it is not that big of a change. >> the police chief and the fire chief on a day to day basis have been reporting directly to me.

speakers blamed schaaf for mismanaging multiple scandals at the oakland police department. they told the city council they needed a leadership who could take charge, schaaf said he is not going anywhere. >> we have the latest information on shakeup in the oakland police department on our news app which can be downloaded for free with push alerts for instant updates. >> san jose d.a. plans to hold a news conference on new legislation that may hope protect sexual assault victims. jeff rosen said it was inspired by the victim in the brock turn are case, after being sentenced for six months for assaulting a unconscious woman. many felt the judge was too lenient. there is now a major effort to get the judge removed from the bunch. the d.a. announce this at 10:00 a.m. at the santa clara supervisor courthouse in palo alto. >> police say this man has confessed to molesting a preschool age girl and taking video of it. the santa cruz police say the 47 -year-old richardson was family friend, the video was found last week and con fronded richardson and he took the video and drove off a

that goes back on a campaign promise by libby schaaf who pledged to increase the number of oakland police officers to at least 800 by 2017. now the council is delaying any new academy awards until may 2017 after an aid every audit of the department's hiring practices. city council members say a culture change is needed at opd. >> the magnitude of this scandal not only the number of officers accused of sexual misconduct but the number who are alleged to have known about it and not done anything suggests that we need fundamental cultural change. >> in a statement schaaf said if we are inconsistent in how we staff our police department, we run the risk of jeopardizing the important gains we have made. right now the department has no official chief. it is being run by the city manager and a federal monitor is overseeing the hiring process of an interim chief. >> what are we hearing from protestors calling for change? >> reporter: a group of activists calling for the city to divest in the department and mayor schaaf to step down saying she shouldn't have waited for things to be so overwhelming

mayor schaaf is insisting former oakland chief sean whent quick for "personal" reasons. i am reggie aqui. >> i am natasha zouves. kristen sze is off. a major shakeup for the oakland police department. the city has a new interim chief announced at a news conference this morning. our reporter was there. stehpanie, so many questions. >> yes, a lot of questions. i am holding the chief sean whent resignation letter in my hand sent at 9:17 p.m. in it he talks of the progress made under his watch, the 40% decline in shootings and homicides in the past three years and he goes on to say and i quote, "i believe the timing is good for know move on and to explore other opportunities." >> following the news conference almost as many questions remain about the abrupt resignation of chief sean whent as before it began. the mayor schaaf maintains his it was his decision. >> the decision was chief sean whent's decision. >> she has faith in the interim chief ben fairow to take over. >> i am grateful for the opportunity to help the city maintain the momentum in the crime-fighting reduction

[applause] >> man, libby schaaf. [applause]. and mayor lee, but if you read libby schaafs tweets, she knows how to tweet! thank you both. really appreciate that. you know, libby talked fwht toxic macho culture but i want to point out there are quite a few men here today as well, so a lot of great men are here joining us in our movement, so if you want you can even stand up, men and we'll applaud you. men! men! thank you. i see my son [inaudible] foster [inaudible] i said you got togo dude, it is a womeen conference. as you imagine a event requires a lot of support and contributions of many individuals, organizations and corporations. you can see the full list on the back of your program but in particular we like to thank our emplowerment sponsors, kaiser permanente. [inaudible] we also like to thank the equity leaders, shev raung, cisco, comcast, micro soft, pg & e and united. thank you as well. we are so pleased to have some amazing people joins us today. you are all amazing of course but we will take a moment to recognize the

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to mayor libby schaaf is now walking into the press conference at city hall. again, she is going to address the media very soon here and this is about the chief resigning, but a lot of people say he was forced out. once she starts speaking -- one last question, henry. do you think something that precipitated this sudden departure? >> i think it was the domino affect. the officers accused of underage incidence with the dispatcher's daughter. a drunk officer going to another house and assaulting a woman. >> what would chief whent be able to do to prevent that? more personnel, i guess? >> you would have to tell his officers, as he had -- >> here is the mayor of oakland, libby schaaf, addressing the media. >> the resignation of our police chief sean whent effective today. we have provided copies of his resignation letter to you. i do want to appreciate and note the incredible accomplishments that happened under chief whent's leadership. 39% reduction in shootings and homicides over the last three years. and national recognition for principled policing. our body wo

yesterday, mayor schaaf admitted she made a mistake naming when -- ben fairow interim chief.he did not explain why she fired him six days after putting him on the job but we have learned he had an affair while married years ago. oakland police department has a deepening sex scandal that could involve up to 14 officers and underage sex worker who calls herself celeste. >> it is pent for know have a leader with moral authority to drive culture change. >> there are some things that need to be addressed in the department but the next few days are critical. i am stabilizing and solidifying the day-to-day operations and making sure we continue. >> the alameda district attorney confirmed an inspector in the office was place on leave connected to this sex scandal. the san francisco police department said a review is under way to see in any of their officers were also involved. >> the san jose fire department said a fire that destroyed most of a popular shopping center started behind a mexican instrument and quickly spread. people visited the shopping center at the corner of santa ter

kpix 5 reporter jackie ward on the group now calling for mayor libby schaaf to step down. >> reporter: local grass roots organizations demanded change today. >> people ask us are we angry. and my question to is you why aren't you angry? >> reporter: the groups have four demands, community patrolled policing and opd to be de-funded and reinvested into community programs; a full investigation into the child exploitation scandal; and the resignation of schaaf. >> she does not represent me, my community, my son, or the community of oakland. she needs to go. >> reporter: the tipping point for many is a pointing a civilian. >> why isn't a single officer in the opd rank to step into the position of chief? that should be an alarming concern. >> reporter: the demands will be fronted tonight at the meeting. >> the mayor said that the group was calling for her to quit before she was sworn in. mayor schaaf said she is dedicated to reforming the police department. >>> and coming up, a fraud scheme including a san francisco giants' play smear and why a $22 million price tag should give you hope. >>

also welcome back to the stage cohost and mayor of oakland, libby schaaf. and a very special guest from nearby hayward welcome the 43 treasurer of the united states, rosie rios. and chris jansing, the stage is yours. >> thank you all. and thank you for coming. i'm so exsiteded to be with these women. they all worked together as one time ear another. it is like 6 degrees of separation but in addition they are womeen in fields that a lot of women found difficult to break through in, science and technology, government, level of finance. being the united states treasurer and opening wine at a cocktail party, that is my name on the 5 and 10 and 20 dollar bill. they say that is my moms signature. >> is their name too so they use it all the time. we want to talk today about what is means to be in a leadership role, what the visibility means, both the proand cons. i want to start with big picture question and go through all 3 quickly. how has being a woman helped your career and hurt it? >> that is a great question. this position of the treasurer of the united stat

[applause] >> man, libby schaaf. [applause]. and mayor lee, but if you read libby schaafs tweets, she knows how to tweet! thank you both. really appreciate that. you know, libby talked fwht toxic macho culture but i want to point out there are quite a few men here today as well, so a lot of great men are here joining us in our movement, so if you want you can even stand up, men and we'll applaud you. men! men! thank you. i see my son [inaudible] foster [inaudible] i said you got togo dude, it is a womeen conference. as you imagine a event requires a lot of support and contributions of many individuals, organizations and corporations. you can see the full list on the back of your program but in particular we like to thank our emplowerment sponsors, kaiser permanente. [inaudible] we also like to thank the equity leaders, shev raung, cisco, comcast, micro soft, pg & e and united. thank you as well. we are so pleased to have some amazing people joins us today. you are all amazing of course but we will take a moment to recognize the

mayor schaaf pledged to increase the number of oakland police officers to at least 800 by 2017. but now in the wake of a sex scandal and rotating number of chiefs, the council is delaying any new academy awards until may 2017 after an audit of the department's hiring practices. city council members say a culture change is needed at opened pd. >> the magnitude of this scandal not only the numbers of officers accused of sexual misconduct but the number who are alleged to have known about it and not done anything suggests we need fundamental cultural change. >> reporter: she said if we are inconsistent in how we staff our police department rerun the risk of jeopardizing the important gains we have made. right now the department has no official chief. it's being run by the city manager and federal monitor overseeing the hiring process for an interim chief. live in the newsroom, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >> what are we hearing from protestors calling for change. >> reporter: yesterday activists are calling for the city to divest in the department and for mayor schaaf to step down saying

. >> oakland residents are demanding mayor schaaf step down as the mayor last night. one after another speakers blamed his for mismanaging multiple scandals and the inability to fill the police chief position vacated two week ago and toll city council they needed a leader who would take charge. schaaf said show is not going anywhere. >> we have the latestness on the shakeup in the oakland police department on our news app which can be down loaded for free and enable push alerts for instant updates. >> happening today in the south bay through help to come to protect future victims of sexual assault with the d.a. holding a news conference regarding the new legislation say it was inspired by the victim in the stanford sexual assault case. rosen will reveal more details at 10:00 a.m. in palo alto and this is brock turner sentenced to six months for sexually assault an unconscious woman in january. it sparked outrage bring many who felt the judge was too lenient. >> police say this man has confessed to molesting a preschool age girl and taking video of it. santa cruz polic

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in a news conference today mayor libby schaaf stressed this was the chief's decision to step down. >> the sources are telling ktvu fox 2 that the chief was forced to quit, and crime reporter henry lee has been looking into this all day. henry what did you find out? >> julie, i've learned that it all came down to a rift between chief whent and the federal monitor overseeing reforms. the two started out on good terms but that all changed when the oakland police became involved in one scandal after another. >> good morning, everyone. >> after three years as oakland police chief sean whent is out, and according to mayor libby schaaf it was whent's choice. >> the chief's resignation was a personal decision and i respect it tremendously. this is an incredibly difficult job for anyone and for their family. >> but multiple sources close to the department tell ktvu that whent was caught off- guard, forced to resign over his handling of recent misconduct scandals involve off- duty officers including allegations that some officers had improper sexual contact with the daughter of a police dispatc

. >> oakland mayor libby schaaf making a bow to build a police department that will not tolerate sexual misconduct and unethical behavior. good evening. i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. the mayor says new information is what caused her to lose confidence in interim chief been pharaoh's ability to deal with the sex scandal. tonight we may know what changed her mind about chief pharaoh. our team coverage and it -- begins with henry lee. at one week, three police chiefs. chief sean went on the left lost his job over his mishandling of a sex mishandling -- interim chief ben fairow is out after he was tasked to leave the department. and on the rise -- paul figueroa is now the temporary interim chief. >> it's a challenge right now. >> reporter: the libby schaaf said she received information that caused her to lose confidence in ben fairow but wouldn't elaborate. she wants an external candidate to lead the force. >> i need to have absolute confidence that the leader of this department can be 100% effective. at leading cultural change based on the current allegations that we take

mayor schaaf step down. they spoke at the city council meeting last night. for mismanaging multiple scandals inside oakland police department and apointing two interim police chiefs who are gone in days. >> i feel like we need to fix the problem. that fact she has disappointed multiple chiefs is a problem. >> i share the passion to reform and rebuild the community trust in policing. >> schaaf said she is not going anywhere. the mayor has no timeline for hiring a permanent chief. >> now another new twist in the story of the judge in the stanford sex assault trial. first the d.a. take him off a similar upcoming case. now we are lending the d.a. will make another move. matt? >> beings, a district attorney rosen is holding a press conference this morning and will speak about legislation he said was inspired bit victim in the brock turn are case. the million are sent to bay area drivers, check out this video a digital billboard on the westbound side of the san mateo bridge aimed at the judge persky "protect survi

schaaf learned he had an affair 10 years ago. fairow was only on the job for about a week.a high ranking police sergeant was placed on leave for allegedly letting his girlfriend write up police reports. now, the latest to go is former assistant chief ben figueroa. he quit after 3 days on the job. he will resume his role as police deputy. we also learned the department is also wrapping up an investigation into officers who exchanged racist text messages. we are now hearing from the oakland police officers' association. the president of the association said quote. "this isn't what the vast majority of those wearing the blue uniform think or how they conduct their personal and professional lives." >> alecia:our coverage of the oakland police sex scandal continues online. on our website we have every story on the scandals. that includes the graphic text messages the call girl at the center of the sex scandal shared with kron 4. we also have the details on each chief that has left this month. decision 20-16 >> alecia:in the wake of the orlando terror attack, new polls show a big

mayor schaaf announced the deputy chive of bart mess, ben fairow is the new interim chief.in oakland police department and the city will begin a national sent for a new police chief immediately. the mayor, the city administrator and the interim police chief are all expected to hold a news conference together at account this morning. >> we will watch. >> chef's departure is less than a in after police chief suhr lost his job as san francisco's police chief. police chief suhr resigned at the request of the mayor following a deadly police shooting involving an african-american believed in a stolen car in bayview district. the mayor lee said there was too much tension between law enforcement and communities of color. >> deadly violence continues in oakland. a man was found dead on the street last night shot in the face. the man was riding in a vehicle when he was shot near 38th after 10:00 p.m. officers search the car for evidence but in arrests have been made. police put one person in handcuffs. >> an earthquake woke up a lot of people in southern california and you will watch

respond. >> mayor libby schaaf has not been surprised that the protestors turned their attention to her and didn't agree that entire city of oakland needs to be involved in the selection of a new police chief. >> she is responsible for the illegal behavior of the oakland police department and the culture of the department. >> several officers under investigation for corruption and sex with a teenager and angers local activists to question the integrity of opd and city leadership. >> why aren't you angry that officials are so late to join the party and can take things like this and they don't know. >> the anti police terror project hosted a press conference for the coalition of activist groups calling for strict and strong action against officers allegedly involved in the teen sex worker. >> raped and trafficking. more than misconduct. actually it is violence in our community. >> they say they lost trust in mayor libby schaaf's ability to run the city. >> we have to be asking why there is not a single officer need of the opd ranks that she feels it fit enough to step in. that is alar

. >> reporter: mayor libby schaaf made the announcement in a news conference. >> i did remove chief ben fairow from his assignment as interim chief at the oakland police department. >> reporter: fairow a deputy chief with bart police took over as oakland's police chief last week amid a growing underaged sex scandal in the department. but now fairow has been dismissed over an inappropriate sexual relationship of his own. while he was married he had a relationship with an adult more than a decade ago. none of which precludes him from serving as a sworn law enforcement officer with bart. >> i respect that decision on behalf of the bart chief. but for oakland, at this moment in time, with the current scandal that's going on in our police department, i think that for a leader to be effective in the oakland police department, right now, they need to be seen as a leader in driving a culture that does not tolerate sexual misconduct. >> reporter: schaaf admitted fairow was not fully investigated in the rush to appoint a chief after sean whent was forced out. it was in a committee meeting that oa

mayor libby schaaf will talk about that she's departure at a news conference later this morning. christien kafton is live at police headquarters . >> reporter: you could not get much of a bigger shakeup then this. we have confirmation that oakland police chief, sean whent is out as chief. mayor libby schaaf expected to make the formal announcement at a news conference scheduled for 9 am this morning. officially she said he resigned but a source tells ktvu he was fired. the bay area news group is reporting that mayor libby schaaf has been upset about sexual misconduct allegations against four police officers accused of having sex with the underaged daughter of a police dispatcher. officials have not confirmed that at this point. whent has been with the department for 20 years. he took over in 2013 when howard jordan and anthony to radio both left the position of chief within the same week. he issued a statement which reads in part -- i am so proud to have served oakland over the course of my two decade-long career. when i took this job three years ago as interim chief i bowed to h

lastly, they are calling for mayor schaaf's resignation. the city maintains they have not nothing wrong and complied 2 post's recommendations. jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> four decades ago, leslie van houten was convicted of killing two people in the manson murders. in april, the state patrol board recommended her release. relatives of the la biancas and tates turned in three boxes of signatures urging governor brown to keep them locked up. >> this was not accidental. this is a woman who conspired to murder my sister. >> you just wonder who could do something like this? what kind of person, what kind of mentality, what kind of heart of someone who could do this? >> the governor has until mid september to decide. >>> customers are seeing a pay out from apple. according to the law firm at the center of the suit, $400 million will be handed out to customers who by the ebooks ebooks from amazon, and barnes & noble and apple. they will receive the refund by account or in e-mail. >>> and it appear that a -- appear that is donald trump's daughter may

well, today may o or schaaf had acknowledge she made a mistake. >> i take sfonlt for this decision. >just six days after appointing ben farrow interim chief, the mayor took it back after learning new information about her selection. >> after the information i received it raised concerns for me about whether he can effectively lead this department at this particular moment in time. and during this critical transition. >> i am extremely grateful for the opportunity. >> reporter: farrow was on loan from the b.a.r.t. police force. before that, he spent many years with opd. >> i'm shocked. my members are seeking some sort of stability, and this is the furthest you could ever come from stability. >> reporter: schaaf brought farrow in when former chief sean whent resigned amid a growing sex scandal involving as many as 14 oakland officers and inappropriate relationship with a teenager. schaaf wouldn't say what information led her to dismiss farrow, but we have learned he had an inappropriate sexual relationship years ago unrelated to the current opd scandal. >> everything that's been going o

also welcome back to the stage cohost and mayor of oakland, libby schaaf. and a very special guest from nearby hayward welcome the 43 treasurer of the united states, rosie rios. and chris jansing, the stage is yours. >> thank you all. and thank you for coming. i'm so exsiteded to be with these women. they all worked together as one time ear another. it is like 6 degrees of separation but in addition they are womeen in fields that a lot of women found difficult to break through in, science and technology, government, level of finance. being the united states treasurer and opening wine at a cocktail party, that is my name on the 5 and 10 and 20 dollar bill. they say that is my moms signature. >> is their name too so they use it all the time. we want to talk today about what is means to be in a leadership role, what the visibility means, both the proand cons. i want to start with big picture question and go through all 3 quickly. how has being a woman helped your career and hurt it? >> that is a great question. this position of the treasurer of the united stat

oakland mayor schaaf fired interim oakland chief been pharoah after six days on the job. the acting chief paul figueroa took his place. ben fairow was relieveed of his duties. bart chief confirmed that ben fair retold him of ain't fair he had two years ago. >> now the orlando shooting, a senate committee is reporting shooter omar mateen made several facebook posts during and after the massacre. he raged against the filthy ways of the west and president obama and vice president biden are visiting orlando today and will meet with victims' family and survivors. also today, the first funerals of the 49 victims will begin. >> if you have in the of donate telling a fund to help the orlando victim we give you heads up, the florida attorney general is warning of scams right new, people who are trying do use the heartache for personal gain. research any charity and the city of orlando created one orlando fund. >> there are safety concerns in san francisco ahead of the next week's pride activity, business owners from the castro and south of market districts most with police yesterd

>> reporter: schaaf brought farrow in when former chief sean whent resigned amid a growing sex scandal involving as many as 14 oakland officers and inappropriate relationship with a teenager. schaaf wouldn't say what information led her to dismiss farrow, but we have learned he had an inappropriate sexual relationship years ago unrelated to the current opd scandal. >> everything that's been going on since the story broke has been embarrassing. the question he is how much more embarrassing can it get? >> reporter: schaaf named assistant chief paul figueroa as act willing chief but says she plans to look outside the department for a permanent replacement. >> supervisors have not done their jobs. >> reporter: earlier civil rights attorneys john burris and jim shannon announced they want increased federal oversight of opd's recruitment and hiring practices given the officers involved in the current sex scandal were all hired since 2013. so far, we have learned that the sex scandal has been confined to departments here in the east bay, but today we learned that san francisco police are now

>>reporter: the texts were sent in 2014, mayor schaaf says her team just learned of them. she would not say how many officers are involved or how far it goes up the chain. it's fewer than the number of officers involved in the opd sex scandal involving and underage prostitute. all this happens while the department is under federal oversight, as it has been for the past 13 years. >> the problem of a toxic, macho culture is not unique to our police department. >>reporter: tonight, the mayor continues the national search for a new police chief for oakland. it appears they are looking for an outsider. reporting live in oakland, i'm kate cagle, kron 4 news.>> who is now, in charge of the oakland police department?>> grant lotus is here with some background.>>reporter: sabrina landis is turning, she says the police and fire chief have been reporting to her for about a year now, so that on days like this, it's not a ton of change that is occurring with temporary leadership that has her at the home of opd, at least for now. she is been city administrator for just over year, before

mayor schaaf says interim chief ben farrell will be on loan from b.a.r.t.le they conduct a national search for a new police chief. last month greg suhr was forced to resign in san francisco following several high-profile controversies. live in oakland, bob redell, today in the bay. >> thank you very much. weather and traffic, cool and clear today. perfect weather for a friday. >> it will be nice. we'll have a lot of sunshine. feeling comfortable. cool as we start out the day. in the north bay, highs reaching 72 there. 64 in san francisco. south bay 75. >> friday light? >> overall yes. i have one thing the east bay. there may be a traffic break. look at the bay showing your typical patterns for a friday. very light. southbound 880 south of 92, there is a disabled vehicle. they may have a traffic break down. that might divert folks over to west 92. i did see a little more slowing than last time we took that live look. this should clear up in the next couple of minutes. >> better than normal. >> yes. >> we'll be back with you live at 7:25. >>> good morning. cl

we are waiting for mayor libby schaaf to come make the announcement.ut as we said, the expectation is paul figueroa who has been on the job as the interim chief for just two days is out. he will be replaced reportedly by oakland's city administrator. he replaced ben fairow a former bart deputy police chief. he was on the job just days after replacing sean whent, who resigned in the wake of the sex scandal that has rocked the department. so as we wait for libby schaaf we'll keep an eye on it and bring you the press conference when it starts. >>> santa barbara county's "sherpa fire" has prompted a state of emergency forcing evacuations and closing highway 101 on the central coast. more than 1200 firefighters are trying to control the wind- whipped flames. but right now the fire is only 20% contained. it's burning in the santa ines mountains west of santa barbara. it's home to large groves of olives, lemons and avocados. recorder danielle nottingham says -- reporter danielle nottingham says it's one of three fires in the west. >> reporter: flames raced do

ed lee and livia schaaf are co-hosting the summit.y tweeted a selfie and valerie jarrett, the senior adviser for the president. other speakers and panelists include rosie rios and lisa jackson and instagram coo marin levine. mayor schaaf welcomed the attendees with this message. >> this is not just about fighting for women's rights. it's about fighting for what is right and fair. and let us remember that we are not a lolone in that fight. >> reporter: speaker shined a spotlight on workplace equity, shattering stereotypes, child care and elderly care policies and mentoring. the hope is leaders and attendees will take the conversations and push through real change that will benefit women, especially middle class women, working class women and single moms. dan andama. >> thank you. >>> let's turn our attention to the weather. >> drew tuma in for spencer. >> a lot of spots, especially inland are approaching 100 degrees. if you look at the seven-day forecast, this is going to be cool speaking. live doppler 7hd. first full official day of s

mayor schaaf step down. the city council meeting last night. for mismanaging multiple scandals inside oakland police department and apointing two interim police chiefs who are gone in days. >> i feel like we need to fix the problem. that fact she has disappointed multiple chiefs is a problem. >> i share the passion to reform and rebuild the community trust in policing. >> schaaf said she is not going anywhere. the mayor has no timeline for hiring a permanent chief. >> now another new twist in the story of the judge in the stanford sex assault trial. first the d.a. take him off a similar upcoming case. now we are lending the d.a. will make another move.

sepa por qué "schaaf" volvió a cambiar al líder de la corporación policial.a ciudad de orlando. vamos ahora a puerto rico. es una comunidad que ha sido bastante golpeada por la masacre del fin de semana en la discoteca pulse. una poblaciÓn bastante afectada. en puerto rico se tenÍa la entrega de varios cuerpos. vamos con los detalles. reportera: con una invitaciÓn a la reflexiÓn, a la tolerancia, aceptaciÓn, la iglesia recordÓ a las 49 vÍctimas del peor tiroteo de estados unidos. estÁn isa tambiÉn le abriÓ un espacio a aquellos afectados por la tragedia. >> necesitÁbamos un espacio de amor, de reconciliaciÓn, de aceptaciÓn. reportera: en el centro del altar, un Árbol con 50 mariposas llamaba la atenciÓn. 49 de esa mariposas blancas. una rosa, simbolizando al responsable. >> el victimario es una vÍctima de la sociedad del maltrato. reportera: la mala noticia parecÍa estar fresca en los asistentes religiosos, que fueron en bÚsqueda de respuestas, aunque no conocÍan a las vÍctimas. >> llegÓ anoche que no duermo. me siento parte, pude haber sido yo, pudo haber si

mayor schaaf trying to right the department rocked by accusations of impropriety. >>> remembering six people who lost their lives after a balcony collapse in brooke lynne. today in the bay starts right now. >>> a very good thursday morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. we are checking out average temperatures. the pyramid is sliding into the weekend. >> yes. today very cool and scattered showers. then the temperatures start to go up in time for the weekend. in the north bay, grab the umbrella. we are tracking a few spotty showers up there and that will continue to move to the south and santa rosa area later on. as we look at the microclimate and what to expect today, starting out in the 50s and we'll end up in the 60s today. not much of a rise in temperatures. the chance of rain mainly san francisco, the peninsula and farther north. i'll talk about that and what else to expect. >>> i want to show folks we have road crews already on the move. no major concerns. that arrow shows where we had the live shot there everywhere green including this crash north bay, northb

[applause] >> man, libby schaaf. [applause].afs tweets, she knows how to tweet! thank you both. really appreciate that. you know, libby talked fwht toxic macho culture but i want to point out there are quite a few men here today as well, so a lot of great men are here joining us in our movement, so if you want you can even stand up, men and we'll applaud you. men! men! thank you. i see my son [inaudible] foster [inaudible] i said you got togo dude, it is a womeen conference. as you imagine a event requires a lot of support and contributions of many individuals, organizations and corporations. you can see the full list on the back of your program but in particular we like to thank our emplowerment sponsors, kaiser permanente. [inaudible] we also like to thank the equity leaders, shev raung, cisco, comcast, micro soft, pg & e and united. thank you as well. we are so pleased to have some amazing people joins us today. you are all amazing of course but we will take a moment to recognize the elected officials in the room. the preside

. >> reporter: oakland mayor schaaf is in the midst of handling her officials real crisis at lpd, a major sex scandal, and then this happens. >> racist text messages and i will not share any additional information. >> we do think it's relevant to share they were sent by african- american officers. >> wow! that was my reaction. i was a little taken aback by that. make a statement about the race of the people being investigated was an odd choice. >> reporter: that decision to reveal the ethnicities of city employees involved in an open investigation is something that city council president gibson and city council member at large, capland are questioning. >> what did that mean? and what was the context? delivering that kind of information without a proper context can lead to a lot of unfortunate speculation, because the investigation remains open. we have always been warned when there was an ongoing personnel investigation that we are not allowed to share any information about that. >> reporter: community activists took note of the mayor putting out the race of the lpd officers under investi

some are calling for mayor schaaf to resign. the federal monitor needs to be held accountable. it does not start overnight. what did he know? how did he find out? why didn't he fix it? >> oakland police department say they are committed to the community. >> this radio directs that officer to someone would needs help, someone would needs service. we are still here to do that job each day. >> oakland has delayed the next police academy to give the city time to revamp hire asking recruiting practices after the scandals. >> the san francisco police commission approved a new use of force rule for officers that requires officers to use minimal force when encountering members of the public and ban a chokehold and would strengthen racial profiling. the police union and city have -- sometime have to negotiate some of the language before the commission signs off. >> gruesome new details surfacing in a novato murder investigation involving several high school students. prosecutors say three men were lured into an ambush off of st. andrews drive last month. then attacked by three teens the

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