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This needs to move through. You can see the line. This needs to rotate around a big blow that has been giving us unseasonably cool temperatures. It looks like we bottomed out on temperatures yesterday. Today, a little rain to the north. It will be warmer with that south breeze. 60s and 70s. You are looking at your screen. Do you see something . I am studious because i am looking at a map of the crash that i will talk about in a moment. First we will talk about our friends in the tracy triangle on westbound 580. You can see slow traffic here as you drive to the area. This continues to be slow on 205 and 580. It will be a tough ride. As a matter of fact, it is taking time to get through that area. After that it should be okay if you are driving to livermore. We do not have any major problems there. I just found out, southbound 85 at saratoga. There is a crash here. This is an overturned vehicle blocking two lanes. Traffic will be slow as you head down south. This is typically a noncommute direction. It is also very early. It is blocking two lanes. An injury crash. There was word someone was trapped in the vehicle for a time. Firefighters are on scene. The traffic may temporarily slow as you drive past it this incident. This is 280 northbound. Looks good heading up to highway 17. If you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza it is a nice drive here at the toll plaza. Lets go back to the desk. The beleaguered Oakland Police department. For the third time in less than a week there is a new person in charge. Mayor libby schaaf replaced police chief, sean whent, with ben fairow. He has been abruptly replaced by assistant chief paul figueroa. The mayor said she received information that caused her to lose confidence in figueroa fairow. She said state privacy laws prohibit her from elaborating. As mayor 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 extremely seriously. Mayor schaaf blames a rapid vetting process for not checking fairow background more thoroughly. Several Council Members called the recent shakeups in the Police Department regrettable. They called them a clear sign of failed leadership within city government. In the meantime, the new chief said he is looking forward to making positive change in the Department Acting chief, paul figueroa, rose through the ranks and police cadet back in 1991. Obviously there are some things that need to be addressed. I can tell you the next few days are critical for us. Im stabilizing and solidifying the daytoday operations for the department. The department has been under federal oversight for the last 13 years. The oakland mayor told ktvu, figueroa has not said if he will apply to be the permanent chief. She does want to look outside the department for new leadership. Christien kafton is live in oakland getting reaction from residents about these changes. Reporter as you said, the city of oakland is waking up to its third police chief in the space of a week. Many are saying that the shakeup is shaking their faith in the department. Some in oakland are saying that the combination of the sex scandal in the constant changes at the top are causing them to question whether the department where it is headed and who will head it up. Im very disappointed because they are supposed to be the ones to set the example. And apparently theyre not doing it. Im not sure they are really concerned about the community, about our kids or anything like that. Because oakland is crazy. I dont know i just dont know how they will help us when the department is crazy and corrupted. Reporter the question for many and the problem for many is they wonder where this will go from here. Many are wondering if more officers will be implicated in the wide sex scandal. They are also wondering who will be named as the permanent chief in the city of oakland and will that person take the department in the direction it needs to go. A lot of questions and frustration. Sources tell ktvu, mayor schaaf learned on monday that fairow had an extramarital affair with a subordinate. With the Police Department rocked by a growing Sexual Misconduct scan a, the mayor decided that fairow could not provide the leadership she wants for the city. Fairow returns to the job with bart police. Last night, par police chief issued a statement saying he welcomed him back to the department, noting that he had a personal relationship with a consenting adult more than a decade ago. None of which precludes him from serving as a sworn Law Enforcement officer or as one of my deputy chiefs. New developments in the scandal involving east bay Law Enforcement employees and a teenage prostitute. Were learning that an inspector with the Alameda County District Attorneys Office has been put on administrative leave. Four Alameda County deputies have been investigated and cleared of wrongdoing in the case. The richmond Police Department said several of its officers are being investigated. One deputy from Contra Costa County was put on administrative leave while the investigation continues. Judge aaron persky, the embattled Santa Clara County judge in the brock turner case, is taking time off from the bench. According to the mercury news, judge persky was scheduled to go on vacation next week but he left work on tuesday, adding three extra days to his planned time off. Judge persky has been under fire since giving armor stanford swimmer, brock turner, a sixmonth jail sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside the campus frat party. This week, this sent a clown to carry District Attorney removed judge persky from a different Sexual Assault case citing a lack of confidence in the judge that he could fairly participate in the hearing. Today marks one year since the deadly balcony collapse in berkeley. Six young people were killed when a fourth floor balcony at the Library Gardens apartments gateway during a birthday party. Many of the victims were students from ireland. This morning, the u. S. Ambassador to ireland held a memorial for the victims and for the American Embassy in dublin. The memorial included planting an apple tree and unveiling a plaque with an inscription from james joyce it reads, they lived and laughed and loved and left. President obama and Vice President joe biden will be in orlando. During the visit they will meet privately with some of the families of the victims of the nightclub attack. Were learning the gunman made facebook posts as the attack was unfolding. Reporter this this was an act of violence borne out of hate that inflicted terror on in the community. I would call this a hate crime. I would call it terrorism. Its both. Reporter before and during sundays attack, omar mateen apparently posted online messages including you kill innocent women and children by doing u. S. Airstrikes. Altace the Islamic State vengeance. This, according to a u. S. Senate Committee Letter to facebook asking for information about mateens online activity. The letter said he posted a pledge of loyalty to isis and threats of more attacks. Video of mateen has been found appearing in a documentary while working at a bp Oil Spill Cleanup site in 2010. They want more disaster to happen. Because thats with a moneymaking is. Reporter wakes are starting to be held for linda victims. I am here with my significant others and with my daughter to stand for the family. Reporter while in washington , connecticut senator waged a 15 hour filibuster, demanding Congress Take up gun control legislation. To stand on this floor and talk about the need for this body to come together on keeping terrorists away from getting guns. Reporter murphy, a democrat, was joined by 39 senators including two republicans. This ended with murphy saying he was giving commitments for a path to get votes on the senate floor. On measures to expand background checks and keep people on terror watch lists and getting guns. President obama is set to visit orlando today where he will meet with the victims, survivors and first responders. A wildfire in Santa Barbara county has forced 25 miles of highway 101 to be close. There are mandatory evacuation orders for several communities in the area. The sherpa fire started yesterday afternoon the refugio canyon. Firefighters are battling from the air and from the ground. The winds picked up overnight and the fire kept growing about 250 people have evacuated. No buildings have burned so far. San rafael Police Arrested a suspect in a series of tires that were set earlier this week. They tied the suspect to four fires. On tuesday and wednesday there were brushfires set in an open space area. On wednesday, the Fire Department responded to calls of a fire behind san pedro school. Firefighters were returning from that fire and saw another fire and put that out. The suspect was spotted at the scene of some of those fires. That person is described as a minor so we do not know their name. The oakland woman charged with stabbing a 12yearold boy inside a bank will be back in court iyona hammond is scheduled to enter a plea to one count of attempted murder. Prosecutors say she walked into the bank and almost immediately stabbed the board who was in the lobby waiting for his grandmother. Witnesses say the attack was unprovoked. The boy underwent surgery and is out of the hospital. Hamet is being held without bail. San Francisco City leaders are considering a proposal to modify the way they investigate Police Shootings. The das office will head up a 14 person independent bureau that looks into Police Shootings in allegations of officer misconduct the examiner reports there is a negotiation that includes mayor ed the approving funding for the program or supervisors asking voters to approve a charter amendment. The das Office Investigates Police Shootings and investigators rely heavily on the Police Department as the lead agency. San jose police are grieving the death of a fellow officer killed in a crash while on duty. We never want to forget the sacrifice he made. We want to honor that sacrifice. We will tell you about the procession planned for today for Michael Katherman who leaves behind a wife and two children. A failing grade for San Francisco. And how it treats Small Businesses. The one area where the city gets a grade of f and people st. Pete changes need to be changed. We are looking at a commute where traffic is doing okay. If you are driving on 80 westbound we will tell you about that, coming up. Its not much but there is reports from west petaluma up through santa rosa and windsor of light rain. Ready for basketball . Today is the anniversary of the Golden State Warriors 2015 nba title in the they have chance to repeat tonight under the same circumstances. It is game 6 tonight in cleveland last year was game 6 in cleveland where the warriors celebrated the teams first nba championship in 40 years. Tonight, the warriors will need to do it without andrew bogut. He is out because of bone bruises in his left knee. Draymond green is back after a onegame suspension. Game starts at 6 00 tonight. Oracle arena will be filled with fans even though the warriors are all way. Away. Thousands pack the arena last friday during game 4. Tonight to watch party is sold out. We did see Tickets Available on resale websites. Math requirements for ninth graders in the San Francisco Unified School District are about to change. A new policy passed at the board of education will have students placed into burying math courses and monitored for performance. The policy brings this in line with new statewide requirements geared toward reducing gender, racial and socioeconomic inequality in math courses. A survey said San Francisco does not make it eazye when it comes to opening a Small Business. A website connects customers with a service professional. The site surveyed users and is giving the city a failing grade. One economist at the site said getting permits can be hard for new business owners. The Business Community here is not worried about regulations in and of themselves. Those can be seen as a positive aspect. One thing that comes to mind is getting permits. The Small Business Assistance Center said the mayor has added millions of dollars to support Small Businesses. The center is working to improve its website. Restaurant permits are the most requested. They also have the most regulations. A new restaurant permit coordinator was hired to improve that application process. Sal is back to get you to where you need to go. Cannot tell you a secret . She wakes herself up with a Peanut Butter and banana sandwich. Just like elvis without the bacon. You cant have a bacon. Bacon is a good thing but you have to eat it in moderation. Good morning, everyone. We do not have eddie bacon in the newsroom. I would know. Lets look at the gilroy commute. Traffic is good. It is moving along nicely as you drive from gilroy to morgan hill into san jose. No major problems there. In the south bay there is a crash on southbound 85 at saratoga avenue blocking a couple lanes. Traffic is still getting by okay despite the lane closure. This was an overturned vehicle. Traffic is doing okay. If they can get that out of the way relatively soon, i do not and cable ruling that commute. Its moved to live pictures. This is a look at 880 north and southbound. Traffic looks good. At the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is still light. Usually around 5 30 am they turned the metering light on. Thank you. The rain has not left the building yet, it is just arriving. Especially in the north bay. Not a lot but a little bit. Clouds are increasing. There is a little bit of snow in northeast california. It its where that it does happen. You can get some summer snow. It is pretty rare as to summer. In around santa rosa and windsor i know we had a little bit of rain around petaluma. There is some light rain around santa rosa. Lori said i just noticed this on my patio. This being wet. This is not for my sprinklers. There is a little bit of rain and petaluma and santa rosa. This will stay mostly to the north. South of that, mainly nothing. There is the front making a beeline toward marin county. There is not a lot here but we do have it for the morning. The further north you go the better opportunity for rain. Not only rain but its no snow. That is where a Winter Weather advisory is posted, mainly about 6500 feet. 50s and 60s for temperatures. We are getting a southerly breeze. A cool 43 at the boulder creek. Further south, probably no precipitation. 52 in ukiah. 51 around sacramento. 45 in reno. The could be isolated showers, snow showers at the highest elevations. I80 north you can see where the clouds are moving in. It needs to pivot around while it dixon. This is the last piece of energy in the system. This is impressive for this time of year. Mostly cloudy with rain to the north. A little warmer for south bay temperatures. Look for 60s elsewhere. Sun and clouds on friday. Sunday and monday, turn up the heat. A bay area officer is honored after helping a pregnant woman through a tough time. In 25 minutes, the special way the mother is saying thank you. First, he said update to that terrible story we started following yesterday. The little boy carried away by updater alligator in orlando. What we learned about the childs fate and his fathers frantic effort to bring his boy back. The city air flight that crashed last month into the Mediterranean Sea the egyptian governments of the main wreckage of flight 804 has been found between the greek island of crete and the egyptian coast. Investigators plan to focus on the area today to recover the planes of voice and data recorders. The cause is still unknown. Egyptian officials said they suspected terrorism that there is no evidence of that the flight was headed to cairo from paris when it crashed. An autopsy will be performed on the twoyearold boy who was dragged away tuesday night by an alligator at a disney resort. Searchers recovered the body of lane graves yesterday afternoon. His body was intact and that he likely drowned. Authorities have pulled five alligators from the lagoon and euthanized them for analysis. The toddler was playing in the water when an alligator snatched him and dragged him underwater. His father tried to save the boy but could not wrestle the child from the alligator straws. You cannot imagine how horrible a situation this family is going through right now. It is nightmarish. It is not impossible for a creature to make its way through the matrix of that wilderness into one of these lagoons. The childs parents are said to be devastated. As a precaution, disney has closed all beaches, the repose and marinas until further notice. Dozens of senators demand Congress Take action on gun control legislation. Connecticut senator, chris murphy, led the charge waging a 15 hour filibuster. The senator was joined by 39 democrats and two republicans. They want measures to expand background checks that prevent people on terror watch list from obtaining weap