He leaves behind his wife and two young children. He is the son of a retired firefighter. He started the Fire Department since 2007. He was most recently assigned to station three in the tenderloin the busiest in San Francisco. This is a very trying time as jason was wellliked in our department. Reporter the San Francisco Firefighters Union said our hearts go out to his family and loved ones especially his two young children. Firefighters mourn the loss of our brother and we are committed to doing everything in our power to support the cortez family in the days months and years to come. This is the first onduty depth of the San Francisco Fire Department since 2017 when the battalion chief died in his office after returning from a call. In 2011 two firefighters died after a house fire. Todays death will be investigated by cal osha. Was this the kind of training that just happens every year for firefighters . Cortez was obviously an experience firefighter. Is this something they train in
Officials here. First of all, it is clear that we did not sustain and suffer the absolute catastrophic damage that we thought was likely based on the forecast we had last night but we have sustained a tremendous amount of damage and we have thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens whose lives are upside down because their businesses and or their homes have been damaged and we have lots of challenges around the state to say the least with a variety of things whether electrical power, Water Service or you name it and we have a lot of work to do but we are in better shape today than might have been the case and so we have a lot to be thankful for as well. As you know by now im sure hurricane laura made landfall as predicted last night or i should say this morning at 1 00 a. M. As a very strong category four hurricane with sustained winds of 150 miles per hour. This was most powerful storm to ever make landfall in louisiana and it is still a powerful storm that is in the state of lou
Once you get used to the fog and the onshore wind, if you do not get it it is a huge difference. There is not much of a breeze, but there are cold temperatures near the coast. The city is at 52. That is to below average. It is hot inland. 100 degrees on the temperatures today. Theres a bigger fog bank. San Francisco Bay is that 51 degrees. That is cold water for this time of year. The fog comes flying down the coast. That is leaving the city below average. That is not something we say all the time, but when the 51 that make a lot of sense. Write about average for this sa 52 and sfo. 66 degrees in concord. Inland, it is going to be hot. 90s to 100 degrees. By the coast it is going to be cooler today. You do not have to go far to find heat. Lets get over to sal, lets see if there is anything new out there. Sir . We have better news on 580. We had a problem there. I will tell you about that in a second. I want to show you the bay bridge. You can see that traffic at the toll plaza is looki
Our final panel today will examine how China Growing military presence and influence in south or Southeast Asia and africa Furthers Development of expeditionary abilities. We will start with greg pulley, he is the rector of Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and at the center of Strategic International studies. He oversees research on u. S. Foreign policy in the asiapacific with a particular focus on the maritime domain and the countries of Southeast Asia. He is the author of the South China Seas and focus clarifying the limits of maritime dispute. Coauthor of multiple other works. He will focus on chinas activities in south, Southeast Asia. Next we hear from [inaudible], am i pronouncing it [inaudible] Research Associated at the African Center for strategic studies at the National Defense university. He is an expert on china africa relationships partnerships between the africa and east asia and the African Security issues. His forthcoming book, manuscript examines the influence of
Newly planted trees. Police say it happened last week to these trees are recently planted on Willow Street near alma dunn avenue. Investigators say they used Surveillance Video to find the man the trees have been planted just the beginning of the month to celebrate a community event. Summer unofficially starts this weekend, of course, but theres a warning before you head to the coast to cool off the list of the top 10 locations with the highest bacterial levels in the water includes a popular spot here in the bay area. Linda mar beach in pacifica reportedly has a 54 bacteria rate Surfrider Foundation which focuses on improving Coastal Water quality across around the world released its report saying Water Quality conditions could be putting Public Health at risk. Today on kron 4 news at 2 oclock. We spoke with chris devry, the Blue Water Task force manager for surfrider san mateo about their findings. What you want to do is you want to check local Water Quality reports before you get in