the door way expecting mayor libby schaaf to walk through it any moment. just 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 b

. >> 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

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

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.

amy: that was oakland mayor libby schaaf. the 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 controvey 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 offic

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

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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

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

we are waiting for mayor libby schaaf to come make the announcement. but 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

[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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this on the heels of the announcement by oakland mayor libby schaaf that she fired the interim police chief ben farrow who she appointed only six days ago. reason? he reportedly had an extramarital affair more than a decade ago. this has rammped up an already astonishing chain of events in a department that's under federal oversight. so far, five cops have been placed on leave while they're being investigated in connection with the sex scandal. investigations extend to the richmond police force and now the alameda county d.a.'s office has placed one of its investigators, former opd captain rick orozco on leave in connection with a case. >> for me, it's the most serious challenge right here is the violation of young girls. >> reporter: city councilman no noel says many are coming forward saying there's more to the story. >> but there are people now starting to talk that are engaged in prostitution and are coming forth to say, yes, you know, this happened, that happened at this place, that place. >> reporter: with officers? >> with officers. >> reporter: guy yoes says he's given the inf

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

a breakdown of the latest scandals, and the way mayor libby schaaf is responding is next on kron. live look outside at the golden gate bridge. for the weekned. it's the jam at neptune beach in alameda. enjoy music, rides and more. it's all happening at the webster and centeral from 10:30 to 5:30. the event is free to attend. welcome back to the kron four news weekend. taking a live look outside from our embarcadero camera.clear blue skies and comfortable temperatures this morning. >> rebecca: marley's see maybe pushing triple digits monday tuesday the he will stick around not going anywhere anytime soon. all live picture looking over sfo right now. and then by the fog not the case today lots of sunshine and comfortable temperatures all across the bay area. and 60 the couple 50 thrown in there as well. 61 oakland 61 hayward. 62 currently in san jose and before the next couple days we see sunshine '90s inland and then it will heat up even more very hot conditions for inland valley locations. >> rebecca: use daily cma upper 90s for and win spots. also a great day to a caption as game

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oakland mayor libby schaaf says she's call an outside agency to investigate all of this and promises to be merseless. >>> breaking news now on this first night of summer, there are several wildfires in southern california right now. you see those flames dramatic to look at. this was a live picture from our nbc chopper down in l.a. scorching heat and gusting winds making it even more dangerous for firefighters there. this is fire in the san gabriel mountains about 20 miles east of l.a. you can see the smoke certainly from downtown l.a. and parts the southland. this is the fish fire. that's what it's called the fish fire near pasadena. it is zero percent contained at this hour. a long battle ahead for hundreds if not thousands of firefighters. in fact, in all, there are eight wildfires across the state. mandatory evacuations are in order for areas surrounding most of these fires. our conditions are ripe here in the bay area, hot and dry. meteorologist rob mayeda is with us. >> it could be a long time before temperatures start to cool down and that sea breeze turns strongerers. temperat

. >> 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

late this evening oakland mayor libby schaaf drops another bombshell. another interim police chief has stepped down. that's only the beginning of the problems plaguing the opd. i'm peggy bunker. raj and jessica have the night off. yet another black eye for the oakland police department. new allegations of racist text messages and late tonight the department has yet another new leader. this is the fourth person to lead the oakland police department in just nine days. you'll remember ben farrah replaced sean went, six days later replaced by paul figueroa, this afternoon after two days on the job figueroa stepped down, replaced by the oakland city administrator sabrina landris. we have team coverage. ian cole has more on sabrina landris. cheryl hurd in oakland, this whole situation, pretty unbelievable. >> reporter: it is unbelievable, peggy. from the police officers i talked to, to the everyday people here in oakland, everyone i talked to says there needs to be a complete overhaul here at the oakland police department. >> as the mayor of oakland, i am her

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

. >> 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

.>>> physically angered oakland mayor libby schaaf announced the city of oakland lost his third police chief in eight days. sabrina landreth will now be in charge . there is no interim chief and the natural -- national search is now underway to find someone to head the department. the department is in the middle of several scandals. the first involves "disgusting allegations" that involve several officers who had >> with a teenage call girl who is now 18 years old. kron4 was the first to report these allegations . the original chief resigned and then ben pharaoh was assigned. she then learned he had an affair 10 years ago. he was only on the job for one week. then came the high-ranking police sergeant who was placed on leave for allegedly letting his girlfriend right up his police reports. the latest to go is the assistant chief but he has quit after three days. we have learned from the mayor that the department is wrapping up an investigation into officers who exchanged it racist text messages. >>> we are hearing tonight from the open -- oakland police officers association that this i

schaaf. >> well, what at amazing day it's been, huh? >> (clapping.) >> well, let me begin but also thanking all the speakers for their presentations their inspiration not just the men and women but to the hearsay of that watch the submit live in their homes and on their democratic thank you to the nonprofits and is advocates we work with every single day to make sure that non-discrimination is the principles we live by and the conversation that we started today not ended here, in fact, this shouldn't be looked at as the beginning or end a commitment isorever are reright; right? >> mayor schaaf. >> i told you at the beginning thank you all this is actually what you came here for i'm just telling you mr. mayor promised me this will not be other women networking event there be be action and results and objections outcomes so look at your tables pledge cards and think about what is the action i will promise to take today to do one thing one thing to take something i heard today something that i talked to about the other women or allies here

[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

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

mayor libby schaaf first replaced sean whent with benson fairow but he has now been abruptly replaced by assistant chief paul figueroa. >> the mayor said she received information that caused her to lose confidence in benson fairow. sources said that information was a benson fairow once had a extramarital affair with a subordinate. >> several council members call the police department shakeup "regrettable." they say it is a clear sign of failed leadership. new police chief paul figueroa says he is looking forward to making some positive changes. >> obviously there are some things that need to be addressed. the next few days are critical for us to solidify the day to day operations. >> paul figueroa rosa to the ranks after starting as a police cadet in 1991. joining us now with our crime reporter, henry, we heard the mayor say the review process went too fast on benson fairow. who is at fault for this? >> the mayor new benson fairow from his earlier time in the police department. she was not of -- she was not aware of this affair. the other issue is these new officers, the younger offic

it doesn't sound like mayor libby schaaf had a problem with his performance >>:"i do want to note the incredible accomplishments that happened under chief whent's leadership, a 39% reductions in shootings and homicides over the last 3-years" >>reporter:however my sources tell me that there was one major problem that over shadowed the crime's fighting accomplishments. a couple of weeks ago at opd's police academy graduation the mayor put it this way >>:"this department is being rocked by a scandal" >>reporter:.a sex scandal that we broke here on kron4, involving 4 oakland police officers and an underage girl. sources tell me that it was sean whent's initial handling of this situation that led to him losing his job. my sources say it was the chief's responsibility to inform the d.a. about the sexual misconduct allegations investigation.but that didn't happen until after we broke the story. my sources say he should have immediately placed the officers in question on administrative leave. he didn't do that either, not until months later. i am also told that a court appointed federal monit

outrage among city leaders after oakland mayor libby schaaf fires the interim replacement. and the possible connection to a bombshell sex scandal we broke exclusively on kron-4 sot *whoosh painting a portrait of a mass murderer. the f-b-i delving into orlando gunman's past. the chilling words from one of the last people he spoke to sot *whoosh a day after a one year old girl tragically drowned in the east bay. swim instructors tell kron-4 the techniques that could save lives. *whoosh long security lines and canceled flights. you've heard airport delays getting worse

e heat is fueling >>> mayor libby schaaf is making controversial moves once again that has people upset and confused. >>> extreme heat fueling out of control wildfires in southern california. the latest on the effort to bring them under control. >>> we say it's never a good thing to see the air that you breathe. a spare the air day in effect today. >>> and an accident in san jose. details coming up. >>> good morning. it's today, june 21. i'm kenny choi. >> and i'm michelle griego. it's 6:30. >>> a somber morning in san jose as a faller police officer is honored. kiet do is live with more as thousands are getting ready to pay tribute to officer mike kather man. kiet? >> reporter: we are just hours away from that and crews are already putting up barriers. in a couple of hours, it will be a sea of thousands of officers from all around the country, shoulder to shoulder, wearing white gloves and standing at attention for hours, all in honor of officer michael katherman who was killed 1 week ago today. he was on routine patrol on his motorcycle when a minivan turned into his path. he graduate

now this comes as mayor libby schaaf says officers in the department were under investigation over a racist text messaging scandal. >> i certainly learned that i need a chief whose own personal life gives them the morale authority to lead a positive culture in the police department. >> opd command staff will report directly to city administrator sabrina landrith. >> stay the course. believe me, you enjoy being mayor for the first 100 days unless she says something not achievable. you enjoy being mayor for a whole year unless you come to a problem. and when you do come to a problem, you begin to show exactly who you are. >> that's all coming up here on kpix news at 7:30 tomorrow morning. >>> santa barbara county has declared a state of emergency. the wildfire has spread to 6,000 acres. hot temperatures and 50 mile an hour winds are driving the brush fire down the santa ynez mountains. flames are igniting vegetation that hasn't burned in 70 years. the fire chief says five years of drought are fueling the fire and it is a sign of things to come for california. >> the fuels out there are

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

in the department and calling on mayor libby schaaf to resign. angry about officer-involved shootings. >>> we have been sitting in your city council chambers telling you about this corruption and you are showing up saying you are not running a frat house. you are right, your running a house of horrors. >> we need leadership and a thorough venting process so that we assure that we have all of the information we need to make the appropriate selection to the people of oakland and to the good men and women that serve our police department. >> today's protest comes after the city has seen a number of police chiefs come and go. >> mayor libby schaaf we know is upset about what has been happening all along but she has her share of critics and some going to say you got to go. what are we hearing from the mayor? >> the mayor is saying that technically she and the protestors are on the same side, that she understands the frustration and trying to get to the bottom of it. first thing trying to get an outsider to leave and investigate the scandals. >> involv

. >>> a visibly frustrated libby schaaf introduced the fourth leader of the oakland police department in eight days. the mayor's announcement was startli startling. abc 7's lesley brinkley has the story. >> we're close to the end of an investigation of racist text messages. we do think it's relevant to share that the text messages were sent by african-american officers, but they are wholly inappropriate and not acceptable from anyone that bears the badge of the oakland police department. >> mayor libby schaaf put sabrina landreth in charge of opd, the fourth to lead the department in eight days as acting chief paul figueroa stepped down after only two days on the job. >> i feel this is an appropriate time to place civilian oversight over this police department and to send a very clear message of not tolerating misconduct, unethical behavior and to root out what is clearly a toxic match cho culture. i am here to run a police department, not a frat house. >> reporter: the investigation into the alleged trafficking of underage sex of officers perhaps with the knowledge of superiors has e

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some groups in oakland are demanding oakland mayor libby schaaf resign. the police department went through three police chiefs in a week. now the police force is dealing with two embarrassing scandals. one involves at least a dozen police officers and a teenage prostitute. the other one centers around racist text messages. protestors say they've lost trust in both the police and the mayor. >> we also have to be asking why there's not a single officer inside of the opd ranks the chief feels is fit enough to step into position of chief. that should be alarming concern to all of us. >> activist groups held a news conference yesterday outside of police headquarters. they want a commission with oversight of police conduct and calling for input in selecting the next chief. oakland's mayor says she wants the same things they're asking for and is working on having community leaders involved in the selection process. >> this will be a much different vetting process than the city of oakland has used in the past. that is my focus now, crafting a process the communit

the first involves "disgusting allegations" according to oakland mayor libby schaaf that has several officers involved who may have had >> with a teenage call girl who is now 18 years old. while this was all coming to light, sean went resigned. then been there was a topped but fired her. and then came a high-ranking police sergeant who was placed on leave for allegedly having his girlfriend right up police reports. after three days of the acting chief, chief paul figueroa has quit. they are wrapping up investigations into officers who he raised races text messages. >>> we have heard back that this is not how the majority of those conduct their professional or personal lives. on our website we have every story on the scandal, including the graphic text messages that they call girl cheryl with us here at kron4 . we also have details on each chief that is left the department this month.>>> we will look at the weather forecast now. we are looking at had to father's day on sunday. >>> a big day. i just want some sleep. many people might want golf clubs. if i get to 9:00 a.m. tomorrow i am

. >> reporter: mayor libby schaaf says a group of black officers sent racist messages to each other. one officer was placed on leave. >> weird for a black officer to send to another black officer. i don't think it is anything funny. >> what he did was wrong. there is only one right, one wrong. they broke the law and should be held accountable. >> reporter: it is more than just getting rid of a few bad apples. major schaaf is trying to regain the people's trust. >> to root out what is clearly a toxic macho culture. >> i hope we don't miss the opportunity to create the changes we need. >> the city administrator has taken over the police department until they can find a permanent chief. as for the racist text messages, the investigations should be done in a week or two. in oakland, da lin, kpix5. >> the police union put out a statement saying the scandal does not represent what they stand for. union president barry donlon said our officers are just as disappointed as everyone else on the blemish we have made on oakland police officers who come to work every day and work hard to serve ou

oakland mayor libby schaaf will talk in a news conference about two hours from now at 9:00. christian kafton joins us from police headquarters. cristian, it's unclear whether he resigned or was forced out. >> reporter: yeah. at this point there is some conflicting stories about that. if you take a look here, we are here at oakland police headquarters. you might have been able to hear that person driving behind us who said another one bites the dust, apparently commenting on the ouster of chief sean whent as police chief after three years on the job. the deputy chief is now the interim chief. the mayor will be olding a news conference to address the change in leadership. a source is telling ktvu he was fired. the bay area news group is reporting that mayor schaff has been angry over sexual misconduct allegations against four police officers accused of sexual contact with the underage daughter of a police dispatcher. city officials have not confirmed that at this point. whent has been with the oakland police department for 20 years. he took over in 2015. people who live and wo

[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 libby schaaf will hold a 9:00 news conference at oakland city hall today to address the change. officially, she is saying he resigned but a source is telling us he was fired. the bay area news group is reporting that mayor libby schaaf has been angry over sexual misconduct allegations against four police officers, accused of sexual contact with an underage daughter of the police dispatcher. officials have not confirmed that at this point. whent has been with the department for 20 years. he took over in 2013 after howard jordan and another person left their position in the space of one week. police who -- people who live and work in oakland say they were stunned by the news. >> i work for a law firm. it's hard for me. it seems that he's done well. >> reporter: whent issued a statement which reached -- 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 about to move the department forward and make oakland safer i forging a stronger relationship with members of the community. i am proud to have do

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mayor libby schaaf appointed her yesterday. she became oakland's city administrator last year. now police command staff will report to her. the mayor said, however, she will not be guiding investigations. her role is more administrative. >>> firefighters are making good progress against a wildfire threatening homes and ranches near santa barbara. here is the latest on the sherpa fire. several communities in santa barbara county have been evacuated. right now 270 homes and structures are at risk. 76 acres have burned. i think that's 7600 acres have burned. the fire is 45% contained. firefighters gained ground overnight because there wasn't a whole lot of wind. >> we've had no life loss, no major injuries, and no major structure loss. that's a very good success. >> that's the good news. the bad news is the wind could return tonight. so helicopters and fire crews trying to get ahead of the fire before that happens. >>> heat and dry weather here in the bay area is a concern. you look at those pictures and you wonder, is it coming our way? temperatures are expected to soar over the

that mayor libby schaaf said the decision to resign was his personal choice. and she praised him. >> things like our body worn camera program, our community- lead partnership around cease fire. our effort to combat implicit bias as well as our transparent and open data. >> oakland city council member larry reid called it a, quote, sad day for the city. he said he spoke with the chief about his resignation. >> when i talked to the chief, the chief is very hurt. andings certainly someone that i have respected and admired. i've been around here for a long time, chief hart, all the others in between. this chief was getting us into compliance with the negotiated settlement agreement. if i was the chief, why would i resign? i don't think she's being forthright when she said the chief resigned. >> reid would not speculate on why he thinks whent stepped down. ben farrow will serve as interim chief. he's got more than 20 years experience with opd and said that he will, quote, hit the ground running. the city said it will begin a national search for a new chief. >> henr

because like i said, libby schaaf, the mayor, is so engrossed in the sex scandal right now that i just do not want regginae's murder to be pushed up under a rock. and it go unsolved. >> that's why we're so glad you came here to talk and tell us who regginae is so she's not just number 47 killed. >> absolutely. absolutely. thank you for having me. >> please give our best to her mom. >> i will. >>> at ktvu.com, you can read eileen's letter in its entirety but you also find a link on our facebook page. >>> temperatures cooled down other today as much as 10 degrees. fog along the coast, that means tomorrow will be very similar to what we had today. instead of where we saw the upper 90s yesterday, we're going to see temperatures in the mid-80s tomorrow. currently in concord, 10 degrees cooler in livermore. temperatures are going to be on the mild side. tomorrow just like today in terms of temperatures, then things switch around, going to start to warm up, pretty strong westerly winds at sfo, 22-mile an hour winds. the fog forecast for the morning hours, there is right back to the coast, aro

mayor libby schaaf has had to either fire or accept the resignation of three chiefs of police. this revolving door is spinning while the police department deals with some very serious scandals, possible sex crimes, human trafficking, racial misconduct. cnn's nick valencia is following new developments in this case from oakland. >> reporter: the message outside of oakland police department headquarters was clear and deliberate. >> we're here saying opd is rotten to its core. >> reporter: rocked by two separate cancels, members of the public and city officials are fast losing faith in the department. >> as the mayor of oakland i am here to run a police department not a frat house. >> on friday, mayor libby schaaf addressed allegations of widespread police misconduct they're embroiled in a sex scandal and racist text messages. >> i want to assure the citizens of oakland that we are hell bent on rooting out this disgusting culture and holding those accountable responsible for their misdeeds. >> it all started last fall with the suicide of an officer. officials say an investigation