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
Gray skies, some cloudy skies to start across the bay and its going to stay that way for a bit longer today like yesterday was but you will notice gradually clearing later on as for 08 00am do expect some visibility impacts right in the midst your morning commute in some spots in the north bay and the east bay hills after them waving goodbye to the fog and cloud cover inland. Well its going to be pretty stubborn right along the coastline. Now we have seen moderate to even pour air quality filtering back in across the bay area. Thats why were starting this morning off to we are going to be seeing air quality impacts likely even as we do enjoy this cool down so keep that in mind if you do have respiratory conditions. 50s and 60s for your current temperatures with oakland at 62 alameda and hayward each in the low 60s as well few 50s towards the coast and up in the north bay avoiding the 40 so far although we do have a few low 50s checking in on the map this morning. So cool and cloudy sta
Skies out about it and healthier air return to the bay area. After weeks of smoke and ash and one horrible week that started last tuesday into wednesday. You obviously remember last wednesday a viewer around what a difference a comparison here from just one week ago when we had that dark orange, apocalyptic sky that just chill the bay area that of course on the left today just the opposite on the right Crystal Clear a dramatic visual of just how much the air quality has improved in a week and really in a day or so thank you for joining us tonight, im grant lodes and Vicki Liviakis say yeah, everybodys has improved greatly theres a spring in your step, but although this healthier air is with us now. It could change again. So we have Team Coverage on bay area quality a conference dan kerman spoke to people who are obviously thrilled to be back outside. But first we want to get our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow lars were saying enjoy it now because we could get more smoke in a few d
Francisco sideshows mayor breeds new no tolerance policy and the harsher penalties for people who participate. Thank you for joining us at 5 oclock everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis are top story tonight finally being able to breathe and tours. The air quality is a close to normal believe it or not after more than a month of that smoky unhealthy air all across the bay area it is been a mess it was actually just one week ago today you remember this that dark orange day the ominous skies since then people have been encouraged. To stay inside as a record breaking spare the air alert streak reached 30 consecutive days so heres a look at just how much the air quality has improved since early yesterday, look at all that green, so those green dots they signify air with little to no pollution. Even in the east bay, you see a lot of yellow dots those represent decent air with the some particulates but still dramatically better than the past few weeks you really have to zoom out on
They dont seem sure about where to begin. The Police Officers Association Says its officers are looking for a new chapter for the city and the department we see it as an opportunity move the department forward in a new direction, Philip Hoffman is a Union Representative says officers are on board with modern policing policies that would improve the department they position us as somehow an impediment to change and reform and to the contrary. We have reached out on numerous occasions to get the ball rolling on these reforms offices of recommendations from 2 City Commission studies are on the table. But so far none of them have been implemented. He says as crime rises across the city, the biggest need right now more officers on the streets. The department though has been plagued with several scandals in controversial shootings in recent years in just the last 6 months the department has faced the shooting death of Sean Monterrosa an investigation that was launched after evidence in that