Reporter kirkpatrick has been a Police Officer for 34 years. She butted heads with the police union while serving as chief in spokane, but pledged to hold opd officers accountable for their conduct. But as an outsider she also said she knows its up to her to earn the trust and respect of her officers. For the men and women of the Oakland Police department i want you to know i have the courage to stand by you and i will. And you have a community that wants to love you and i am going to do everything i can to earn that for you reporter oaklands new police chief has her work cut out for her. Building trust amoung the command staff, Building Trust within the community. And implimenting federal mandated reforms within the department. Reporter dan kerman, kron4news reporter thank you, dan. Reporter with that in mind kron4s Haaziq Madyun talked with some oakland stakeholders who have some advice for the new chief. I am so excited to be here in oakland and to be your chief of Police Reporter there is no doubt that oaklands new police chief Anne Kirkpatrick is excited about her new job. That is to be expected. But i spoke with some folks here at this some advice for the new chief that may help her succeeed in her new job reporter what advice would you give her . Excuse me . What advice would i give her . Reporter the first order of advice. The most advice i would give her is like we have been telling her, one, be ready that you are walking into a deficit of trust, there is no trust in the police right now put in reforms in place that will build trust and create a better relationship with the community, which in turn will help fight serious and Violent Crime down the road make sure you engage the community in trying to make this situation work, we need to make sure that our people president of the naacp of oakland and we will be very watchful to make sure everything is done that is going to be positive for our community Building Trust within the community, i think if anyone can do that, she brings the demeanor in getting that accomplished this will only work if she can identify a command staff that understands what here objectives are, that may not be the present command staff, but she has to find people who understand her vision and is committed to her because, new chief, from outside, she could be sabotaged very easily now i plan to be so good that you want me reporter maybe following their advice will make them want you even more. In oakland Haaziq Madyun kron4news. Reporter and we first told you about its new chief. Through our mobile app. We sent a push alert at 8 39 last night. Reporter make sure you download the kronfour news app to always get the latest breaking news. Its free for iphone and android devices. Vicki another big story we are tracking tonight at five a series of storms bringing lots of rain for the bay area. And snow for the sierra mountains. Vicki you are looking at video from all across the bay there are dealing with flooded roads. A Winter Weather advisory is in affect for that area. Vicki the sierra mountains is dealing with white out conditons. And a winter storm warning has been morning. Vicki meanwhile. In San Francisco, Golden Gate Park experiencing some storm damage. Vicki crews working to clean up several fallen trees. And. A Flash Flood Warning has been issued for parts of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Theres even more wet ship joins us now with more on that. Brit . Brittney that is the think. Remember there is a much stronger system that is coming in and. We are still seeing what was role. Looking at the golden gate bridge. Here is what the rainshowers look like. Is going strong, since yesterday with conditions of what rose and will continue to see light rain showers and steady rain showers as we go into the evening. Wet roads consistent. Brittney if you cant avoid travelling to the see era that will be better. It sierra that would be better brittney we are watching for an atmosphere of river that is bugging anisotropic atmosphere. Bring ing tropic atmosphere. Will get a break as we pushed into thursday. At friday. Brittney and, as we go into the rest of tonight you are still dealing with rainshowers. Yvette a little bit of sunshine by friday and cooler temperatures and a lot of great showers and snow. And, even a little bit of sunshine come friday. Reporter the Santa Cruz Mountains received a direct hit overnight, taking a toll on mountain roads and trees. Vicki kron fours rob fladeboe joins us now with a live update on the situation. Rob . Reporter the Santa Cruz Mountains are a mess. Crews are working long hours to clear rock and mudslides like this one on san jose soquel road. The slides in many cases pulling down trees and power lines and making something as groceries a tall order as Ashley Calhoun would find out. Reporter there are a lot of problems on other mountain roads. Ashley calhouun mountain resident i made it down the mountain but they finally pulled out the cruelest to help. The crews reporter heavy rain overnight, as much as a half inch per hour in some areas, was simply too much for the already saturated soil. There are at least four more slides like road, before it was closed. Ashley calhoun it was pretty tough. Moving through a lot of dirt piles. Reporter a large slide slowed traffic to a crawl here on northbound highway 17 as drivers dodged downed trees, power lines and widespread flooding that is blamed for several mostly minor accidents as drivers cope with road closures and i am so worried about rose. Roads reporter what was the storm like last night . It was pretty bad. Reporter those folks and other people in the remote sections of the mountain are next to stock up on groceries and supplies. The Weather Forecast is calling for as much as a foot of rain showers. In these remote mountains and for the upcoming weekend. Rob the flood of boat, 4 news. Rob fladeboe vicki in the north bay. Vicki a leaning bay tree is being torn down, after a neighbor on redwood street noticed the tree touching power lines during yesterdays storm, causing sparks to fly. Vicki crews closed the area off to cars in the late morning, before chopping the tree down. Pg e shut the power off to the area as a safety precaution. Vicki so, about a dozen customers there have been without electricty for a full day now. Its leaning a lot, but you know, honestly, a lot of them do and so its. You know, its, you notice it, but like i said, you just kind of hope it doesnt fall when you go under it. Vicki in question has actually been leaning for years, but only now has it become a problem. A repairman says its possible yesterdays strong winds and rain may have softened the soil and caused the tree to move a bit. Vicki pg e expects to have power restored by the end of the day. Reporter gunfire erupts on a busy east bay interstate. Still ahead on kron four news. Police investigation another shooting on interstate 580. What police are saying prompted the gunfire. Vicki plus, officials are blaming an e cigeratte for sparking a fire at a santa rosa motel. Reporter trouble conditions are dangers in the sierra mountain. What you need to know if you are born to be headed to the lake tahoe area this weekend. Vicki in the east bay. Vicki investigators are searching for two cars. Said to be involved in a shooting on the 580 freeway. Officials say it happened at the redwood road offramp on the eastbound side of the freeway in castro valley. Gunshots were reported at around noon. Vicki deputies found shell casings at the offramp. But did not find any victims or suspects. Investigators checked surrounding homes and businesses in the area. To ensure no one was hit by a stray bullet. Vicki they also say no one was admitted to local hospitals. Thought to be involved. Officials now think they know the cause. Protect that area vicki Police Say One car is decribed as a bronze su hatchback. Surveillance video in the area may have captured video all of all on all caught on wall or on our fifth dual. Scott. All uninsured real reporter reporter there are blizzard conditionthis is video taken earlier today from interstate 80 at kingvale its a mess out there, people moving slow. Grant whiteout conditions are expected. Right now, we have officer pete mann with truckee chp on the line. With an update on the conditions. Grant pete, what is it looking like out there right now and what do people need to know if theyre heading up there . People are spinning out. Technical difficulties. Grant traffic was crawling. Along 80. What are the recommendations of people here in the bay area that may have the week off and heading up to lake tahoe to enjoy all of the snow . How should they wait until tomorrow . Hold off until later in today tomorrow or even friday and that is why we are trying to expect a break. That would be your best shot to get up here. You do need to come up here. You want to use u. S. 50 and that will be a long call as well. Long haul absolutely, busy time for us. We have everyone here working long hours to make sure that we can try to keep everything open the best we can. It is a busy day. We even have 89 south down. We have downed power lines. This heavy snow is causing havoc appear. Havoc up here grant thank you for your time. Brittney there is more as we head into the weekend. And by tomorrow we will start to try things out, and going into friday. We will see cooler temperatures and then we will track another system that is bringing anywhere from 25 in. Of rain. Brittney closer look at the rain fall. It is showing a lot of rainshowers for the region. Up through the north of grass valley. Headed towards lake tahoe deceive of rainshowers switching over to snow. You can see the rainshowers brittney a river on moisture will come even as well. Over the weekend to see to the 5 in. Of rain fall. 25inches brittney think will start to dry out as you had to work. I know that you have seen a wet coming. Wet commute brittney we still have a winter storm warning. With attitudes of 5 ft. Of 25ft brittney do see calling on friday. Look at saturday and sunday with more rain showers. We do seek a clearing on friday brittney 32 degrees with the snow expectant and a break and moisture. Daytime high going up to 40. I will time up the week system in just a bit. Grant thank you, brittney grant the storm caused some damage in San Franciscos Golden Gate Park. Kron4s Maureen Kelly shows us the clean up effort as city crews removed several trees that have a playground roped off. Reporter after the buzz of chainsaw. Reporter came the cracking of the wood. Which preceded the roughly 50 foot Monterey Cypresss decent to the ground. Reporter it was one of three cypresses, and one eucalyptus that were damaged pine came down sometime during the overnight wind and rain. Reporter two of the trees were able to be saved by cutting off the damaged winds. Reporter rec and park workers were and chopping up the downed trees. And clearing the cut up logs and branches. While the playground at mothers meadow remained closed off. Reporter as a safety precaution. They got to do what they got to do reporter the person overseeing a Child Development sports class for toddlers says they had planned to use the play area. Until he saw what happened this morning. Came out with my coffee to check on the field and whoa. I knew we had to move our class up here. Reporter they just moved their class further up the hill. The only real inconvience. The extra distraction. Its hard to complete with chainsaws kids Attention Spans are short. But then school buses and butterflys are also a challenge reporter the next big round of rain coming our way could be a challenge the city parks 130,000 trees. Rec and park says they will have a tree crew on standby this weekedn. So if any other trees come down in the storm. They can respond quickly. Reporter Maureen Kelly kron4 news. Vicki were getting what amounts to another report card from californias water resourcescontrol board. Grant the update on our water use could be better. Catherine heenan is here with the latest. Catherine all the rain and the sierra snow are great. But as usual, were being scolded about water conservation. And reminded that the state is still in a drought. Catherine the new numbers show that people keep using more water. Since the state lifted mandatory conservation. Catherine urban californians used an average of 77 gallons a day in november. Which is one gallon a day more than in november of last year. Also. Water conservation was 18point 8 percent in urban areas in november. Considerably lower than it was in october. Catherine its southern and Central California which remain really dry. Later this month, state officials will talk about whether we need to return to mandatory conservation measures. Catherine vicki and grant . Vicki coming up, cat owners listen up. We have a major recall to tell you about. Thats affecting several popular cat food brands. Grant then, californias Democratic Leaders are gearing up for battle with president elect donald trump. Well tell you how the state is preparing for a series of Court Battles with the trump administration. Court battles with the trump administration. Its beautiful. Was it a hard place to get to . laughs it wasnt too bad. With the chase mobile app, jimmy chin can master depositing his hard earned checks in a snap. Easy to use Chase Technology for whatever youre trying to master. Grant a resident in san mateo is asking for the publics help after a Christmas Present was stolen right off of his porch. This is Surveillance Video of the culprit at work. Grant it happened december 28th. You can see a man walking up to the home and taking what was left near the front door. The suspect snatched a package containing a present worth over 100 bucks. Along with the residents mail. Officers say the gift had been delivered 20 minutes before the theft took place. Grant recognize the crook. If so. The san mateo Police Department would love to hear from you. Vicki a smoker in santa rosa got a whole lot more than a nicotine rush when his e a motel room engulfing the area in flames. Vicki it happened around midnight at the Gold Coin Motel on mendocino avenue. Police say the unidentified man in his 50s had taken apart his ecig and forgot to plug it up. Vicki and when he returned from a bathroom break the device had caught fire. Crews were able to contain the fire within 20 minutes. Vicki firefighters say a damaged battery in the e cig. Sparked the flames. Damage to the burned room. Is estimated at 50 thousand dollars. Vicki luckily. No one was hurt. Vicki speaking of ecigs. The food and Drug Administration has identified 134 us incidents of ecigarette battery problems. The fda says that includes batteries overheating, catching on fire or exploding. Vicki and more than 50 people have been injured between 2009 to january 2016. So in april, the fdas center for Tobacco Products plans to host a twoday public workshop. Vicki the purpose to gather information and stimulatecigarette battery safety concerns. Grant californias state vicki i look at some of the storm damage or around the bay area from recent activity. male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. Grant our top story tonight another round of storms is on the way. Right now a live look outside. With our . . . Camera. and, a live look at our Storm Tracker radar. As we are getting you prepared for more rain. Grant expect moderate to heavy rain to continue throughout the evening. Making for a messy commute. Vicki meteorologist brittney ship. Us tonight. Brit, when can people expect a break from the rain . With what Brittney Brittney wide spread rainshowers for most of the region pushing into sacramento and the sierra mountains. And, as we go into the rest of tonight more like rainshowers and pretty steady. After midnight, more like showers. As we go into tomorrow morning, more clearing. So a break is on its way. With some sunshine for thursday and friday. However, before you get too comfortable if we do have more changes on its way. Brittney i steady amount of rain for saturday night until monday. It will add up until a lot of rain fall. Brittney saturday through monday we will see two to 5 in. Of rainfall. P brittney low 50s in San Francisco tomorrow, low 50s and oakland. And san mateo. Brittney and tracking all the details for the next forecast in just a few minutes. Vicki thanks, Brittney Vicki it was a tough going today through the north bay. The recent storm really slammed the area creating flooding and road closures. Grant kron fours Terisa Estacio more on how to stay safe, especially with another big storm just around the corner. Andrew barclay chp reporter lots of problems from this storm here in the north bay waters, no one hurt Andrew Barclay with chp talks about the conditions. Not wise to drive through flood waters, steer clear, you dont know how deep it could be. If you are driving down the road and you see paul bowles of grain you do not necessarily know how deep that water will be. If you are driving down the road and see puddles of grain rain you may be sitting there for a while. It was troubling road closures. Know where you are going and check online before you take off so you dont get caught off guard. Another storm is just prepared, take your time to get to your destination. Reporter you can use caltrans web site. Reporter people are going to be out and about. Please plan extra time and be aware. Anytime you know it will be a pretty