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KTVU KTVU Fox 2 News At 4pm June 21, 2017

The citys actions on the sex scandal after an internal report criticized the investigation. The mayor and other city leaders responded to the report about an hour ago, paul was there, the new police chief said they will do better. Reporter thats right, the press conference lasted 30 minutes, it was to talk about the report by a Court Appointed investigator. He was talk about the Sexual Misconduct case against the Oakland Police department which investigating itself. City leaders responded to the report. Some people will say this is a setback. I do not see it as a setback. I see reports like this as a mirror but as a launching pad for the future. Reporter this surrounds the case involving Jasmine Abuslin that went by the name of celeste guap, a teen that identified as a sex worker, police from many agencies have been named in the case. The reported said the Oakland Police department were inadequate in the investigation. They said they thought Jasmine Abuslin was not credible and did not pursue the investigation seriously. The report also went after the mayor and city administrators because they did not check in the investigation was done properly. They said that the Police Departments investigation was inadequate and that there were no checks in place. There have been many changes in this Department Since we were here a year ago and there will continue to be changes. Reporter some of the changes include officers liesing their jobs and others being disciplined. We also found out that the internal Affairs Department now reports directly to the chief. The criminal Investigation Department also has had some changes, the chief and the mayor just got this report today, like we did and we will see if they are going to implement other changes including the recommendation made in the report. More work to be done in the city of oakland stemming from the scandal. We reached out to our legal analyst. He is also representing some of the officers involved in the scandal. It points to the fact that this committee does not think that the Oakland Police department did a good job initially investigating the case, it was not until they were prodded that they gt more into the case and started to vet the facts more properly. An attorney that represented Jasmine Abuslin in a case that ended in a Million Dollars settlement said the investigation was deeply flawed. The report demonstrates that the investigation that we thought occurred, did not occur. The investigation was never designed to get at the truth of what happened. He said that Jasmine Abuslin told him that investigators made her feel like she was a criminal instead of a victim. To read the full report on the citys handling of the Police Sex Scandal go to our website, ktvu. Com and look on the home page. We have learned that there was a fourth arrest tide to the murder of a lyft driver, police said they have arrested a 35 year old. Three oar men pled not guilty to a number of felony charges including assault and vandalism. The attack happened when four men were taking part in an illegal side show on the freeway and the lyft driver tried to pass them. An excessive heat warning in the bay area, officials have confirmed two deaths related to the heat. A 72 year old man and an 87 year old woman died in san jose monday. We do not know the specifics but the deaths are linked to the hot weather. The elderly and the chronically ill are most vulnerable to the heat and everyone should be careful outside. Three people were rescued in the San Francisco bay after their sailboat cab sail capsized. The coast guard got the wall around 2 30 this afternoon, three people were found clinging to the boat, they were checked out for possible hypothermia. This hot weather is only requesting to get hotter. It is, tomorrow is similar to what we had sunday which was significant heat. We have a heat advisory for everyone. It changes tonight and tomorrow. An excessive heat wawrng goes into effect. Thats a big deal. You see the areas around western marin and around the bay, those areas are advisories, like napa and concord and livermore and morgan hill. Those are excessive heat warnings that will be in place throughout the day tomorrow. Its going to be a scorcher. There is fog along the coast right now, thats kept us relatively mild. We talk about the alerts, which we saw in the past few days, this is a western heat thing. Palm springs tied its all time record at 110 degrees, its sweltering into the west, society west and into the San Francisco bay area, tomorrow is the hottest day of the week, most likely. Sunday was very hot but i think that tomorrow will be hotter than sunday. Right now 102 in livermore. The nice thing is areas around the bay and San Francisco, 75. 75 in the east bay, its not that way tomorrow. The heat is going to really come into the bay area. You will see the warmth. These areas that are hot are going to be hotter tomorrow. So when i come back we are going to talk more about what we have going on. Its going to be a scorcher tomorrow. Thank you, the hot weather is taking a toll on the Alameda County fair. Christina is live from the fair and some of the attractions that have been effected by the heat. Reporter thats right, the fair is a bit empty because of the heat. Some people came any way because today is a dus count day but the hot temperatures are a serious issue. Last night a decision was made to cancel the opening day horse races thursday, this is a decision that organizers were thinking about since last week when they saw the forecast. This is the first time in the fairs history that opening day horse racing has been kabled. The seven races that were scheduled for thursday will be fit in over the next few weeks, tomorrowly extremely hot. The organizers did not want to run the risk of the horses or the jockies overconspiratorring themselves or getting heat stroke. We saw it getting to 105 and we had to cancel the race, its about safety. You cancel the races and lose money but you have to think about the horses, they are like family to is, so are the jockies. The heat is also effecting the fun slide ride at the fair. Its closed today and tomorrow until 6 00 in the evening when the surface of the slide starts to cool down, the water log ride is a popular ride for some in their efforts to beat the heat. People are trying to keep cool. Organizers said that today there was 8,000 people during the day, they expect the numbers to increase into the evening hours, especially tonight. Janet cramer is going to be performing. Tomorrow, admission is free until 5 00 p. M. Stay cool out there. Good news that they are kabling the horse canceling the horse race until the weather cools down. Remember you can always download our weather app. Its available in the Apple App Store for apple devices and on google play for andriod devices. Our weather team is also posting updates on facebook, twitter and instagram. Could this be earthquake weather with the heat. We are going to speak with the usgs. Also the ceo of uber is out. What the move means for the future of the San Francisco based Ride Sharing Company we have more coming up on ktvu news right after the break vo want to be happy with your next vehicle purchase . At enterprise, we guarantee it. Head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Change your thinking about buying your next one. Welcome back to ktvu news, all of the news, weather and information you need to know throughout your day. A minor earthquake shook parts of the east bay, it had a magazine teed of 3. 3. The quake was 3 miles deep, there were no injuries or damage reported. Some people believe we are in the middle of earthquake weather and that jolt on the fault only confirmed that suspicions. We have amm marie with the United States geological survey. Is this earthquake weather. No we have earthquakes in all weather. Can the weather or heat have any effect . We have these pictures from santa rosa where the sidewalk buckled. We see signs of heat causing the surfaces to stretch, does that have an effect on the earths surface . No. This quake occurred 3 miles into the earth. What happens at the surface does not have bearing on what happens in the earth. But the problem is predicting the quakes, how do you smain what cause ka explain what causes an earthquake. This occurred on the hayward fault. The hayward fault is active. We expect these types of splawl quakes to occur along that fault. Its normal, typical activity. Its typical of the cycle we expect. While we do not predict ert cakes, we have a forecast earthquake, we have a forecast of a 6. 2 magnitude quake happening in San Francisco in the next 20 years. With the napa quake we just had, these are pictures we are showing of napa, that was a summer time quake, why is there a theory that hot weather is associated with earthquakes. Its because people talk about it. But there are quakes happening in cold and rainy and dry climbs. Is just human nature to try to understand what we do not understand. People like to associate things and try to make it make sense but we have tested it and there is fo case for earthquake weather. I will kill that theory. Where do we stand on this prediction with call foreign. We are trying to get to where japan is, where we could have a few seconds notice before a quake. We are not able to tell you when it will occur but we are able to warn you before the shaking. Thats something we are working on now and its in development. We hope to roll it out within the next couple of years, its coming up and we are working on it to make it more similar to the japan program. That will be a good thing. It will be exciting when it happens. Thank you for putting to rest that myth. We will not talk about it any more. Thank you. Thank you. Lets go over to bill in the weather department. I tried to tamp that myth down years ago. Its interesting, it goes back to ancient greece, socrates wrote a book, it was mostly about the stars and the planets. They believed that, and in the book he writes about this, that hot winds blowing beneath the earth creates the earthquakes, i think that it started with the ancient greeks. Thats earthquake country there too. Yes, shes right. What happens 10 miles deep is not impacted by the temperatures here, but i think that socrates started that a long time ago. We have a heat advisory and an excessive heat warning that goes into effect tonight and tomorrow. Its going to be hot. Its hot today but we had this heat advisory since sunday. Its long. A long successive string the heat advisories. Its through tomorrow night. Tomorrow is going to be the hottest day of the week, the grid is fired up. Thats why they are asking you to voluntarily try to do most of your laundry, dish washing and charging your car after midnight or 9 00 at night. There is some coastal fog out there. I saw that picture, we have a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge with some fog. We have a little bit of fog they coast. Thats the picture, you can see that pinch of fog, thats nice, thats kept the avenues nice and mellow, but you can see it sweltering other places. 100 right now in walnut creek. 102 in livermore. Thats today, which was warmer than yesterday. 8 degrees warmer in livermore. Cooler in santa rosa, overall, slightly warmer today and tomorrow, significantly warmer, mostly around the bay, the bay will notice the biggest warm up tomorrow. You see this live camera shot at the bridge, the High Pressure is dominating and creating compressional heating which sets us up for potential records. The fog is not in the forecast for tomorrow. The forecast highs are 100s. We will see a lot of 104 degrees to 106 degrees in the inland valleys. Tomorrow, san jose, 68 degrees in the morning. Then hot, 87 by lunch time. We will talk about the afternoon highs, 98 degrees in san jose but its going to feel, especially at the street level, like 130 degrees, right on the streets. Just because i am showing you an air temperature, measured above the ground, the real world, you are standing on concrete and its much hotter. Think about your pets and kids and the elderly, take it slow, we are looking at a very hot day tomorrow. Its been a hot week, so far we had a couple of fires, nothing too big, which is great. So we may break some heat records this month. Thank you, bill. The San Francisco Police Commission set to once again take up the issue of arming officers with tasers, its something that the new chief appears to be supporting. There need to be options that officers have that save lives. Will the chief turn his support for tasers into reality. Coming up we talk live with the Police Commissioner about this new round of discussions. Protests against a Police Training program. Why the police say critics may not understand the importance of urban shield we have more coming up on ktvu news right after the break. Save up to 15 at the ikea kitchen event. At at t, we believe in access. The opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. Connecting with the things that matter most. And because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, weve created access from at t. California households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for Home Internet at a discounted rate of 10 a month. 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Reporter the investigators did not believe that he had the ability to implement the changes that needed to happen to improve the culture of the company much the the board pushed for him to leave and he resigned. Is he misunderstood. Reporter he had to fielt balances against cities and taxis all over the country to survive. It created an us against them mentality but a lot of the problems were selfinflected. How do they move forward. Reporter they have to change the culture. They have to make it into a company where top talent wants to work, they have to replenish the senior leadership. Any names, we have been hearing a few names. Who are you hearing as the top people. It could be a deem job for someone. They are likely to go public. Many peoples named were thrown about. You know, we have talked to a bunch of head hunters and said that perhaps people that were considered for the number two position at uber may be more willing to go for the number one spot, especially now that the ceo is now out of their hair, but he is still on the board, that could be a recruiting challenge. Travis kalanick is one person but the fact that he is gone, is that more symbolic or are there going to be key changes made. You lost a lot of his supporters in the executive group and you lost him although he is on the board. With him gone it sends a signal that they want change. Thank you so much, tim. Stay with us, the four on two will be right back we have more coming up on ktvu news right after the break whoooo. Looking for a hotel that fits. Your budget . Tripadvisor now searches over 200 sites to find you the hotel you want at the lowest price. Grazie, gino find a price that fits. Tripadvisor. voand exceptional customerity preownservice,les. Head t to your neiborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Flip your thinking about buying your next one. The San Francisco Police Commission tonight is set to reexamine the issue of arming officers with tasers. San francisco is one of the largest departments in the country that does not allow the use of stun guns, some have expressed concerns that the device are dangerous. For more on this on again, off again battle, i am joined with the commissioner, joe marshall. Do you believe that this debate will end differently than the others. In my tenure, the debate has come up at least three times, maybe more. Its before us again now. I know you voted for tasers in the past but you are obviously aware of the criticism. What do you think that those opposed need to hear to join you this time and support the tasers. This time its coming up because it was in the recommendation of the department of justice report. The recommendation talked about the city of San Francisco considering employing the tasers, to do that is to work with all key stake holders and Community Members to make an informed decision and to listen to top experts. Our working group has gathered you gathered up a number of top experts. We want Community Members to be informed about where tasers are today. There is no voting tonight. Its all about listening and scition, i do not know when its going to come to a vote but its on the agenda tonight. I have been here for 10 years, every chief in that time has asked for tasers. Each

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