Team coverage on the police place. Steve and Charles Clifford is live tonight from a vigil for abut first kron4s Justine Waldman is live from city hall. Where the mayor made the bombshell announcement. Reporter he said he did not believe the chief was the man to do that anymore this was not about politics or personality was about performance. Justine Embattled San Francisco Police chief lost his job today after facing mounting pressure. Between several Deadly Police shootings, including one today, and a racist text message scandal in the department. Justine after 30 something years with the Police Department, mayor ed lee said he asked chief greg suhr to resign, and he did late this afternoon. Justine mayor lee told reporters his goal is to bring back reform and restore trust. And he did not believe chief suhr was the man to do that anymore. Justine and this was not about politics or personality it was about performance. Mayor ed lee i had previously expressed confidence how best to move forward. Justine members of the frisco5, the protestor who had staged a hunger strike, demanding the chief be fired were here outside city hall just after the announcement was made. They were emotional, and called the chiefs firing. A step in the right direction. We have a victoryin sf Police Department. Justine protestors here hugged and rejoiced after hearing the chief was fired. There was this sense of relief. But hesitation about what will happen now with the department. Justine mayor ed lee also said he will always respect, now former chief greg suhr. But he believes asking him to resign is the best way for the city to heal. Justine live outside sf city hall pam thank you, justine for that report. Steve were getting reaction to chief suhrs resignation organizations. The Racial Justice committee sent this statement to kron 4. Steve quote the Racial Justice committee recognizes the important symbolic step taking place today with chief suhrs resignation. As Public Servants we know that these decisions are not lightly undertaken. They went on to say steve we renew our call, first made on may 3, for a change in police culture, from the top of the command staff to the cadet just making her way through the academy. Pam and we just got this statement from the san association. About chief suhrs resignation. Pam it read quote. Pam his retirement under to the department and the city. Chief suhr, at the core, was and always will be a cops cop and dedicated to the men and women who don the uniform every day to serve and protect. Steve just yesterday i sat down for a one on one with former chief greg suhr. In what might have been his final interview as chief. Steve heres a short clip from that interview. And grant lodes is here with more on who will be taking grant we are looking at them right now but the new top cop at lease for now. Tony devlin has served with the Police Department for 26 years anchor it before today he was the Deputy Police chief. He started as an officer back in 1990 and worked his way up throughout the years being promoted to inspector and then Sergeant Barrett in 2012 he was promoted to lieutenant. Then commander and earlier today, he recently became the deputy chief, the chaplain will be working with the Commissioners Office on the search of a Permanent Police chief. Pam it was another fatal officer that proved to be the final straw for chief suhr. Kron 4s dan kerman has that part of the story. Return to Reporter Police say about 945, theft Abatement Team determined this white sedan was stolen reporter when the officers approached to take the driver into Custody Police say the vehicle started moving backward and forward reporter the female driver was pronounced dead a short time later at San FranciscoGeneral Hospital reporter the mayor called for a thorough investigation hours after the Deadly Police shooting and said he would meet the police chief greg suhr and hold him accountable for his officers actions 105 reporter as we now know mayor did meet with the chief and called for his resignation. Steve and happening now in the Bay View District of San Francisco. People are gathering for a vigil. Pam they are there to remember the 27 year old woman. Who was shot and killed during a confrontation with police this morning. Pam kron4s Charles Clifford joins us live from the vigil. Which will be getting underway zone. Soon. Pam charles . Reporter todays officer involved shooting is the second this year. The first was in april. Reporter thats when officers shot and killed a homeless man, who reportedly would not put down the knife he was holding. Reporter officers say, they tried to subdue him with beanbag rounds, after he ignored orders to drop the knife. Reporter when that didnt work, they opened fire. Return to index pam but last year. There were six deadly officer invovled shootings. Pam the most controversial. The shooting of 26 year old mario woods in december. Pam cell phone video shows. Officers ordering the stabbing suspect , to drop a knife he was carrying. Then, after using non lethal methods. They ended up opening fire. Pam in november. Police in tactical gear, converged near saint lukes hospital. Where a man who had stolen a rifle from a Sporting Goods store. Allegedly pointed it at officers. Pam a month earlier, police struggled for a gun. With a bottles near a construction site. Pam seven months before that. In march 2015. A woman who stole a car, then charged at officers, was shot and killed. Pam last february, a man allegedly armed with a knife chased a bicyclist. Two on duty plainclothes officers. Saw the confrontation and when the man did not drop the knife, he was shot and killed him. Pam and on january 4th. A suicidal man was killed during a confrontation with officers at the Mission Police substation. After he flashed what appeared to be a gun but it turned out to be a bb gun. Pam kron4 first told you about the chiefs resignation with a push alert. We sent it at 4 43 this afternoon. Pam you can stay connected on breaking news by downloading our free mobile app. Return pam and you can head over to kron4 dot com for complete coverage. There you can listen to the full press conference of mayor ed lee. Making the announcement. Pam and listen to city leader reaction to the news. Thats all at kron4 dot. Com pam now. For the latest on the missing egyptian airliner. The flight was traveling from paris to cairo. Steve is looking into what authorities have learned so far. And what they think happened. Pam steve . Steve right now a lot of speculation and very little hard information. The plane took off from paris late last night , and had almost reached its destination in cairo when it suddenly vanished off of local radar screens. Return massachusettsi believe all the indicators are there, likely this is a terrorist event. Steve a Navy Aircraft has joined the search and u. S. Intelligence is talking with its french and egyptian counterparts. So far, they havent found any passengers names that are on terror watch lists. There has been no claim of responsibility and so far, no sign of the wreckage, steve the only clues are what greek air Traffic Controllers observed just before losing contact about 170 miles from the egyptian coast. The airbus a320 was flying at more than 35 thousand feet. Steve without explanation, it began a series of swerving turns, 90 degrees left and then 360 degrees to the right, while descending rapidly. The official White House Position its too early to definitively say what may have caused this disaster, steve last october, an airbus a321 operated by russias metrojet was brought down by a bomb over egypts sinai peninsula. All 224 people on board were killed a local isis affiliate said it had smuggled a bomb on board. Steve sixty six people were on board the airline that went missing today. There are no reports that any americans were among them. Pam coming up. Ahead at eight. Pam state leaders taking wide ranging action. To tighten gun control. Pam the measures they approved. Steve plus. A car heard doing donuts. Loses control and slams into a east bay home. A east bay home. Introducing the completely redesigned mercedesbenz ccoupe, a east bay home. With its athletic prowess and sleek new body. It doesnt just raise the bar. It completely crushes it. The allnew cclass coupe. Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. Steve following the recent spike in freeway shootings. Steve investigators have described it as highspeed. Gang warfare. There have been more than 20 shootings on bay area freeways since november of 2015. Steve only one suspect has been arrested in connection to one shooting case. Grant lodes is back with what police are trying to do to stop this disturbing trend. Steve grant . Grant thats right. And out of those shootings. 4 people have been killed and 11 others injured. Police say gang members and witnesses are not wanting to speak out because the shootings have been connected to gang activity. Grant but. A special task unit has been formed and police are getting help from technology to make progress on tracking down the shooters. Grant since the task force was formed 29 guns have been with gang ties have been arrested. Also. To help deter viollence. City Council Members in pittsburg have approved the installation of cameras along highway 4. Grant pam . Pam the California State Senate tigthen gun laws. Which are among the strictest in the nation. Among the 11 new measures passed . Pam a ban on assualt rifles. With easily detachable magazines. Also people will be required to give up magazines which hold more than 10 rounds. Pam this comes as Democratic Leaders rush to headoff a gun control ballot measure. Pam they say, the Legislature Gun legislation. And they also worry that a ballot measure would motivate gun rights supporters in november. Lawmakers sent the package of legislation to the state assembly for consideration. Pam a driver heard doing donuts on a residential street. Crashed through a Backyard Fence and died last night. Police arrived on scene around 10 pm in antioch. To find the driver. 20year old Joseph Barton dead at the scene. Pam he was thrown from his vehicle, after crashing into a tree. And coming to rest in a backyard near cavallo road and sunset drive. The footage from last night shows the damage from the impact of the truck. Pam neighbors say, this is not a surprise. Because of growing concerns about speeding and reckless driving in thearea. Pam steve . Steve pam. Steve firefighters in san jose are preparing for fire season. Using live Fire Training to get ready for what is to come this summer. During a staged vegetation fire today in santa terisa county park. A real one broke out across the valley. Steve Authorities Say it was sparked by a crew cutting metal with a torch. And breifly threatened a yerba buena home. Techniques used to put out the real fire are exactly what Fire Fighters were practicing in training. Steve they say it important to be cautious this season because hills covered in dry grass are easily ignited. Returntime to check in on the bay area forecast. Steve meterologist Brittney Shipp has the details. Return to brittany we have breezy conditions with a strong onshore flow. And that is why the temperatures have not been as warm as they were the start of the week. As i mentioned, mostly cloudy skies. A little bit cooler and reconditions was the crowd and this will get with a chance of rain showers. A little bit cooler with a chance of rain showers for the weekend. We all brittany are seen when gusts up to 2530 mi. Per hour creek 18 in redwood city. This team of livermore. 15 in Livermore Brittany a mild night here in concord with temperatures as 68 degrees and santa rosa 65 degrees. We will see some of the same temperature is over the next couple of days with a slight chance of rain showers as we head into whenas we head into friday. Brittany temperatures again, will be in the 60 to 65 inland and from the coast will see a chance of showers that will start saturday morning and continue into the afternoon creek we will see more clearly headed into sunday and dry out nicely. The to purchase will recover a little bit of grit with 70 for the inland locations. I will be tracking your seventh bid for kraft and do it hour by hour break down along with chances of rain showers coming up in my next forecast in the next 50 minutes. Few minutes temps keep dropping into the pam new ahead at 8. Pam heading out in the sun . Pam check your sunscreen first. Pam why you might not be getting the protection you think. Steve and next. The shark tank is alive tonight. As the team looks to go up in the series. Steve we are live in san jose. Return to index of pam its a madhouse tonight at the shark tank in san jose. The sharks and saint louis blues squaring off for game three of the western conference finals. Steve a win tonight would edge the sharks closer to their first ever appearance in the stanley cup finals. Right now, kron fours Philippe Djegal is live outside the sap center. Steve where the game is nearing its end. Steve phillipe . Reporter pam and steve. This place is about to pop. Reporter were late in the third period. Reporter and, so far, its looking good for team teal. The sharks scored a goal in each of the first two periods and are up. Reporter take a look inside. gs tech trends apple San Francisco got a surprise doors. Reporter it is some kind of atmosphere inside the s and p center tonight. They are rocking and rolling. There are a wild as ever. The fans creek they loved it sharks spiritthe fans, they love the sharks i will love to go to the finals. I think they are catching people by surprise. laughter reporter went to night would ask them a little closer. A win reporter test been an incredible evening. The sharks are just a few minutes away from wrapping this up. And taking the lead in the series. Live in san jose, the lead this job. Pam today when the new collection apple store opened its doors. 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Steve ahead at eight. With summerlike temps you may think of taking a dip in the pool. Steve but wait till you hear what might be in the water. Pam and next. Pam a bombshell announcement shaking up s f pd. Pam coming up next. We talk to activists supporting the mayor is letting chief suhr go. male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. This just in to the kron 4 newsroom. Pam we are continuing to follow breaking news tonight. An officer related shooting was the breaking strophic chief shirt tonight. He turned in his resignation. Chief suhr justine the mayor said he had lost confidence and the chief soviet that stunned to hand in his resignation and so he did this was not about politics but about performance creek he believes that asking chief suhr will help the city yield. Justine heal need to change the culture of the department. We have to do an overall of this culture. Overhaul i think people understand that we need a cheap to make sure that what happened over the last couple of years does not repeat itself. Justine you just heard from the supervisor, david, 02 i just spoke with a two weeks ago. David compose justine there is an inch from police and she said. He has been with the department for 26 years he was all part of the game at taskforce and homicide unit. Gang task force. Justine today with a slight degree but there was more to be done since the protesters. At the brink back and structured to the Police Department. Of the it will continue to do a search to find a Permanent Police she. And the police chief. Pam people are starting to gather accurate charles . Reporter i have a small crumb of 60 people here to show their respect and have a visual and remembered of the 27 year old who died and the officer involved shooting. Many of the people who are here also as city hall earlier today. It does not get to the root of any of the problems to it we need some of grassos Accountability Measures. Aggressive of Accountability Measures reporter see some people walking in now and they will probably like some candles there atlike candles. Steve thank you, charles. Pam if you were in burlingame or belmont on wednesday. You were probably wondering why you were seeing so many Police Pulling people over. Police officer made 186 traffic stops and