Months. The city manager said they had no idea what was going on until an anonymous pitch told them in may. That prompted the city to hire an outside agency to start an investigation which reveals on four different dates in 2014, the fire chief drank alcohol on the job and drove a city vehicle. He failed to answer calls to supervise a fire at an apartment last year and found to have wrestled with a subordinant during an argument. He is a 20year veteran with hayward fire and promoted to chief in 2012. He is seen in this department recruiting video posted on youtube. Contreras was suspend for a month in june. He is back to work. The city explains why they decided not to fire him. He has been an excellent fire chief and excellence employees. Everyone makes mistakes. People are human and he has taken full responsibility for his actions and he has been subject to appropriate discipline. Part of the discipline he has to sign a last chance agreement with the city conditions including not drin
Really frustrated including the city saying that they didnt know about this road work and that would have been incredibly important for them to know that. Caltrans says it would have been routine work if it wasnt for an accident, somebody allegedly driving around the cones, and that is what caused this huge headache yesterday. Pacifica natives know beach traffic on highway 1 can slow things down. But yesterday it was crazy. Ive never seen it backed up like that and ive lived here 30 years. Reporter traffic was backed up for miles. Caltrans was repaving a halfmile stretch of the southbound side. It was really slow and i had a screaming baby in the back. Reporter the work was supposed to be completed by 3 00 p. M. That time line was pushed back to 9 30 following a twocar accident. Caltrans says a driver went into the newly paved section of road. So we had to wait for the asphalt truck, which was caught in traffic, to make its way down to the scene. And then we had to remove all the aspha
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Shooting in selfdefense. Only this time, its a cell phone camera. Not a gun. And the target is a bay area cop. The confrontation was tense, the man who shot the video said he did nothing to provoke the officer. Betty yu shows us things got ugly when the officer drew his gun. Reporter the video starts when a rohnert park officer drives into a Residential Court and just stops in the middle of it. Don mccomas says he was hooking up his boat outside his house when he noticed the cop. He started filming the officer so the officer rolls down his window to do the same. He thinks he is being funny now. Reporter a few seconds later, the officer gets out. Talks into his radio and then. Put your gun down, really . This one really has a gun on me. No, you dont touch me. You dont touch me. You dont touch me. You dont touch me. I tell you to take your hand out. I have done nothing. Nope. You need to relax. You go away. I dont go away, i stay w
Lifes the food that brings us together. And kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Shooting in selfdefense. Only this time, its a cell phone camera. Not a gun. And the target is a bay area cop. The confrontation was tense, the man who shot the video said he did nothing to provoke the officer. Betty yu shows us things got ugly when the officer drew his gun. Reporter the video starts when a rohnert park officer drives into a Residential Court and just stops in the middle of it. Don mccomas says he was hooking up his boat outside his house when he noticed the cop. He started filming the officer so the officer rolls down his window to do the same. He thinks he is being funny now. Reporter a few seconds later, the officer gets out. Talks into his radio and then. Put your gun down, really . This one really has a gun on me. No, you dont touch me. You dont touch me. You dont touch me. You dont touch me. I tell you to
Southbound 880. Ill have more coming up. A burglary led to a Wild Police Chase on the streets of San Francisco this morning. Coming towards me. Everybody take a deep breath at one point the suspects car hit a cruiser. The chase went through several streets including van ness, goff and franklin. Its believed all three suspects are now in custody. Well have a live report coming up. The city of rohnert park is investigating whether one of its officers followed the rules when he pulled his gun on an unarmed man. He says he was hooking up his boat outside his house last month when he noticed a Police Vehicle stopped nearby. He started shooting video of the officer and the officer rolled down his window to do the same. Things got tense when the officer pulled out his gun right there and asked him to take his hand out of his pocket. No. You dont touch me. You dont touch me. Hayman. Nohey, man. You dont touch me. Ive done nothing. When i tell you to take your hand out. You need to relax. You g