Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital earlier tonight, good evening, everybody thanks for being here 9 oclock, im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis the accident took place at the departments training yard. An investigation into what happened is now underway or kron fours terisa stasio has details. The fire chief was visibly shaken as she talked about losing this firefighter. She also talked about how the Department Needs to be strong right now during this very sad time we lost a young man named jason cortez who has a wife. And 2 little kids as a father. Retired from the San Francisco Fire Department. All of them are grieving. As is. This Fire Department family. A somber San Francisco fire chief Janine Nicholson reflecting on losing one of their own. In a horrible accident. It was around 10 00am wednesday at the Training Facility on 19th and fulsome fire Officials Say the court has got injured he was rushed to the sucker berg San Francisco General Hospital. A short distance away whe
Experiments. Original series project home, are the suburbs under siege . President trump insists that if joe biden is elected, we can say goodbye to the burbs. Good evening, i am is with cook. House is taking center stage in the selection. Susie steimle talks to some suburban voters about what is like to be targeted. If they gain power, no city, town or suburban our country will be safe. In a series of speeches, tweets and campaign ads. Suburbia will be no longer. Reporter he has made it clear, he wants suburban voters to deal as though their safety is at stake. They want to defund and abolish the police and law enforcement, while at the same time, destroying our great suburbs. Reporter it is a tone reminiscent of 1968. When rights broke out in response to the assassination of dr. Martin luther king jr. , and then candidate richard nixon, spoke of the silent majority. It is the voice of the great majority, the forgotten americans, the nonshouters, the nondemonstrators. Reporter just lo
Breath easy, get outside. Look at this, the streak, 30 days and over. Everybody is green in the north bay, east light on shoer wind, that fog will spread. This is sfo this morning, foggy and a little drizzle. Temperatures pretty mild. 60s around the coast, 70s at the bay. Not as warm as yesterday. Well talk about the possibility of smoke this weekend. More on the streak ending. This is quite a difference from what we saw a week ago. The streak is finally over. Today is not a spare the air day. This is the first time this has happened in 30 days. A lot of people are out just enjoying this after weeks of unhealthy air quality in the region. It is just great being outside. Everybody should take advantage of it while they can. The previous record was just 14 days back in 2018 during the campfire. Well continue to monitor the air quality as the potential for unhealthy air will return this weekend. Showing you our air quality tracker at abc 7 news. Com. At the live desk, President Trump is o
Strank avantage of it while they can. The previous record was 14 days and that was in 2018 during the camp fire. Of course well continue to monitor the air quality as the potential for unhealthy air returns for us this weekend. Mike will have updates for you right here. You can always see the levels at abc7news. Com on our air quality tracker. President trump is once again challenging the nations top health officials, this time at odds with the head of the cdc. And they are disagreeing here on the time line for releasing a covid19 vaccine. While testifying under oath, dr. Robert red field told lawmakers no to distribution to the general public until late spring or summer of next year. Hours later President Trump said redfield was wrong, he claims that the government can start giving the vaccine as early as next month. The president also suggested that redfield misspoke when he said wearing a mask is the most effective way to fight the virus. It is not more effective by any means than a
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