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Admiration for greg. Hes a true Public Servant and will have respect from me. Standing next to the mayor, deputy chief tony chaplain, the mayor named him acting chief. Chaplain has been with the San Francisco Police Department 26 years, working in homicide, Gang Task Force and helped establish the principles standards policing bureau. He was awarded a, the mayor says he will push the department and new acting chief to implement the reforms that are already in progress. In San Francisco, abc7 news. Katie, thank you. The resignation comes out of the shooting today. Vic lee is here to tell us what happened. Reporter the shooting happened over there. There are unanswered questions. Did the woman have a gun . Was she using a car to ram officers . Why did the officer, the sergeant, resort to lethal force . This afternoon, a group showed up to the scene of the shooting declining an interview, but say theyre almost certain it was the family member. This is what were trying to do. Just after the officer involved shooting. Police are on an operation, looking for stolen cars. They found one parked with a 27yearold woman inside. One occupant in the car. A black female. The female did not comply with the investigation and drove off. The car crashed into a parked truck. Suhr says the vehicle never went 100 feet of where it was first parked. Two officers chased the car. Apparently the vehicle was going from forward to reverse, according to the witness, above the scene. There was a back and forth with the vehicles, with the officers moving about. And at some point in this sergeant fired a shot, striking the suspect. Suhr says federal agents were on the scene. At the request of the mayor, the agency is reviewing the departments use of force, training and practices. This, after a series of controversial shootings involving officers. Vic lee, abc7 news. Protestors have been calling for the chief to resign for months. Ever since San Francisco police shot and killed mario woods in december. Officers say the 26yearold lunged at them with a knife. The video raised questions about what happened. The u. S. Justice department is reviewing the use of force training and practices. A 24 hour protest calling for suhr to be fired was scheduled to begin this evening. Abc7 is live there with what people are saying about the mayors decision today, melanie . Reporter you can see protestors are gathered now just over my shoulder. They have planned to come here as you said, to hold that 24 hour vigil. That 24hour vigil is in response this mornings fatal shooting. They received word of the resignation prior to getting here, and many still gathering here tonight, but celebrating the resignation in the crowd are supporters of the hunger strikers as well as members of the frisco five, the five individuals on that 17 day hunger strike, calling for chief suhrs firing or resignation in retaliation to these officerinvolved shootings. Also tonight one of the older members of the frisco five, her name is christina. She was referred to as mother during that hunger strike. This is what she had to say in reaction to the resignation just a short time ago. It was the power of the people who did it. No supervisors. The power of the people. The love we have for our people. This is our victory. All of us. Not just the frisco five. No. Everybody. Everybody that has been fighting for this. Were happy for that. Four San Francisco supervisors were calling for the resignation and tonight are reacting, several of them thanking chief suhr and saying this is the time for the city to come together and begin to heal. Live in San Francisco, abc7 news. Mayor ed lee appointed greg suhr as the departments 42 police chief in 2011 when george gascone became district attorney. Suhr is a 33 year veteran of the police force, he graduated from usf. His last year was been rocked with controversies from racial and homophobic text messaging scandal to three Fatal Police Shootings within the past six months. Our coverage of the resignation and impact on the city continues throughout the newscast. You can get updates as they happen on your mobile device at the abc7 news app. In fremont, police say a man died after he broke into an apartment being fumigatefumigat. The man was on the ground when officers arrived. He was taken to the hospital where he died. A highrisk sex offender moved from a motel into a residential neighborhood in fairfield. Some neighbors arent happy about it. The 79yearold lives on cement hill road. That is where Laura Anthony is live for us tonight. Laura . Reporter the new home is not far from a park where the school behind it. That is not the issue for the families that live virtually yards away. Hes here. I mean, its no secret. David runs a Recovery Program in this house and told us the client is a man nobody else would take in. Highrisk sex offender juarez. Nobody wants him. That is why i took him in. The parole officer knows about it. Everything is fine. He just wants to be doing his time as peaceful as possible. Do you know what i mean . That is why he came to a christian home. The 79yearold was released from state prison in San Luis Obispo after convictions for lewd acts with a child. There is a High School Just three tenths of a mile away, but the people just over the back fence are most concerned about their new neighbor. That house there is where mike is. Rihanna and her children live over the back fence from juarez new home. She says she received no direct notice hed be living so close. Wed like to take walks to the park. And it would just make them know that maybe he wasnt so close in the vicinity of children and activities. We dont like it. We dont have kids, but i still dont like it. Juarezs new neighbors know where he is. According to megans law website, there are 158 registered sex offenders in fairfield. 38 with unknown aaddresses. In fairfield, abc7 news. A hazmat scare led to the e evacuation. A worker found suspicious looking powder and called authorities. Kaiser permanente tells abc7 news no patient visits were disrupted in the hospital building. Last month, the average Single Family home sold for 1. 3 million in santa clara county. So it makes sense there is effort to build more Affordable Housing. Abc7 News Reporter david louie is live in a new complex that could be a model for homeless and low income housing. David . Reporter often times, Affordable Housing is created by mixing rate units with market rate apartments. This is all Affordable Housing with units set aside for the formerly homeless. The apartments have solar hot water and Energy Efficient appliances. Some have high ceilings. But the rent is less than half of a one bedroom apartment in san jose. This is Affordable Housing built by mid 10 housing. Santa clara county is thinking about approving a bond measure to build more complexes like donner lofts. This could give us an opportunity to look at low income, very low income populations. People that are the fabric of the community. A survey by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group says 65 would approve such a measure, it could cost 84 a year. The region is more in need of aferdable housing such as veterans, disabled, seniors and low income workers. 20 of the 101 units have been set aside. We want them integrated into the community. Stabilize their lives and get back in the work force if possible. So we want them to be housed with working households as well. Reporter over 1500 applications were requested. The residents who are single have to earn no more than 40,000. County staff is crunching numbers to determine how many might be build from the bond revenue. In san jose, david louie, abc7 news. There is more still to come on abc7 news at 6 00. Saving lives and stopping the sex trade. The San Francisco Training Program putting nurses on the front lines in the fight against human trafficking. The Lasting Impact of the california drought. How much water restrictions have changed our habits. But first. I was starting to write fistula as a jeopardy. Drawing attention to a li San Francisco schools are ready to invest millions in the arts. School district announced the creation of a new arts center and has plans to move to a new location. Abc7 news is live where that would be. Leanne . This came as a surprise to many. Some had given up on the idea this would be an art center. That changed and this morning, the announcement of who would lead that endeavor. Proponents talked about having an art center. I am going to be the man that makes this happen. The next stage of the art Center Development at 1 35. 57,000 children are going to be touched. The plan consists of an art institute. In addition, the high school will move to this location. 300 million will come from three previous bonds. Part of it is going to be through a capitol campaign. Harris once districted the school of the arts before given that name. Then, he left to head the Oakland School of the arts. Now, he returns to San Francisco. This is fantastic now closer to becoming a reality. In San Francisco, abc7 news. Facebook gets credit for a boost in voter registration. Monday, a reminder about voting started showing up. The day, nearly 150,000 people registered to vote. Its the second highest total since the state started offering online registration. Monday is the deadline to register to vote in the primary. That is also the deadline to change your party affiliation. You can request the night. Abc7 News Reporter tells us more about this Silicon Valley connection. Reporter on one of the most popular game shows, attention was brought to a condition that affects a Million People around the world. I was starting to write fistula. He outsmarted the competition, winning 50,000 for the Fistula Foundation in san jose. Awareness is the first step. Our job is to get wallets open to help more women. The ceo says the comedian wanted to get involved in an issue. A friend of a friend made the connection and theyve been working to educate others. Fisula is a childbirth jury called by prolonged labor, found in poor countrie countries. If you wont have multiple changes of clothes it could be devastating and makes her an out cast in her community. This 8th grader volunteered in the office since he was 10. His mom was saved by doctors. Its really a huge influence on me. That is why i come back. Im reminded of what happened. And want to help people. The organizations website crashed because there was so much traffic. People are watching jeopardy that never heard of fisula. Theyre like what is the charity . Spreading the word to anyone who will listen. Abc7 news. Fantastic. Funny and very thoughtful and well meaning. Absolutely. Time to change on the weather. Breezy out there today. Spencer is tracking changes. Some gusty winds and temperatures in the 980s. You can see partly cloudy skies and bright areas out there now. Here is the view at the golden gate bridge. Its partly to mostly cloudy. 55 in half moon bay. And 66 in concord, 61 in livermore, looking out over San Francisco and these are the features, drizzle is possible, so there is a slight chance of showers and a cooler pattern throughout the weekend and into next week. Well start at 7 00, at which point well see gusts up to 50 miles per hour. Notice it will remain gusty but winds will diminish into daytime hours tomorrow. Overnight, low temperatures in the low 50s, cooler conditions in the north bay valleys. And perhaps in mountain view, 49 degrees. This is mountain view. Breezy conditions near the coast and around the bay. Highs from upper 50s at the coast to mid50s around the bay and upper 60s inland. Here is the storm impact scale. To rank storms from one which is a light storm to five, the system approaching us, bringing us showers on saturday see spotty drizzle but most of the day, a chance of showers is very remote. However, overnight into saturday, there is a greater chance of showers. Theyll be scattered saturday. There will be wet spots tapering off by afternoon and totals be the coolest period will be saturday, highs into the 60s around the bay. And milder by a couple degrees on sunday. And just a gradual increase of temperatures into next week. No sharp increases in temperatures. People lined up to preorder the new tesla 3. Tesla plan to produce cars leads tonights business watch. The company and its ceo, elon musk man to fund more production. Tesla received 7300 free orders. Tesla hopes to deliver the model three next year. The state Water Resources control board listed mandatory cut backs. The Water District listed restrictions and surcharges last night. That is welcome news for people who live on greenwood court. Residents. State the letting districts to decide how much to conserve. As you may have heard a plane took off from paris last night and never arrived at its destination. The update, and. Fighting human trafficking. One patient at a time. The Critical Role one emergency room hopes to play. We continue to track todays breaking news. Resignation of the police chief, next, what it means for the chance to rebuild trust i i am sircanalot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. Wake up those eggs with glorious spam see what spam can do. At spam. Com youre looking at the new acting chief of the San Francisco Police Department. Tony chaplain named just hours after the latest officerinvolved shooting. Ask chief suhr for resignation and in the interest of the city that he loved so much, we must work harder than ever to restore trust with every community, keeping our city safe. The mayor appointed greg suhr as the departments 42 police keef in 2011. When then police chief george gascone became district attorney. In a statement, supervisor said i knew him when i was a child and he was he was working the beat. Acting police chief has been with sfpd for 26 years, working in homicide and Gang Task Force and helped establish professional standards and principled policing bureau. In 2012 he was awarded the medal of valor. And we sent out a breaking news alert. Be the first to know by down loading the abc7 news app. 66 people in a plane took off from paris last night and disappeared on the way to cairo. Possibilities include the worst case scenario. Right now, you cant rule out terrorism. The Vice President of egyptair says no debris or wreckage has been found. The search continues for any sign of the flight that was secured. Kristin. You know lax is the first airport to step up security in the wake of the disappearance of egypt air. 66 people were on board officials are saying. You analyze this situation for a possibility of having. Schillings words echoing around as investigators look for answers in the disappearance of the flight that vanished from radar after entering egyptian air space. The u. S. Military reached out to offer our support. A Navy Aircraft has joined the search and u. S. Intelligence is talking with its french and egyptian counter parts. They havent found any passenger names. The flight left after 11 00 p. M. Wednesday, headed for cairo and everything appeared normal until greek Officials Say they lost contract before the plane appeared to plummet thousands of feet, then disappeared. Its too early to say what may have caused this disaster. Officials say the working theory is an act of terror, Officials Say the plane passed a sweep before taking off from paris. Egypt air maintained it has good security. International organization. Kristin zee, abc7 news. Earlier today we spoke with eric swalwell. That airliner is very fit to spectacularly fall out of the sky would be unusual. And to fall to the ground. Our enemies still, their number one target is to bring down an airline. The crash is on the minds of travellers heading to paris today from San Francisco international airport. I dont want to be a deterrent. Still one of the mostbeautiful countries to go to. I havent been in over 30 years. Its something im looking forward to. I feel sorry for the people that lost their lives and their families. Travellers in france will see special security. Right now a fundraiser is happening to help solve a growing problem and despicable crime. Talking about human trafficking. One of the leaders in the fight was a victim, and is training others to recognize those who need help. I was lured away from home by a man i met at my local Shopping Mall when i was 14. Holly gibbs had dreams of being a star. The man promised to take her in hollywood. I was forced into prostitution in atlantic city, new jersey. It lasted two days before she was arrested and given help. Many are not so lucky. Had they been identified and connected with the right resources and approached in the right way, maybe they wont have been trafficked for 10 years. Gibs is leading a training victim. The victims often end up in emergency rooms. If a person is taking control, not allowing the victim to answer the questions, looking for bruising, maybe afraid to say things. Hospital staff are learning those signs and how to offer help. The person need to ask questions on the way to x ray. Its one of three parts of the new philanthropy program. Theyre all Serious Problems patients may not admit to readily. These arent