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
Cornelia and also fairfield some very gusty winds this afternoon. We have some 30 mile an hour gusts just in the last 3 hours here and still in the court is some of those to 22 Miles Per Hour right now as you make your way into fremont well we had windy conditions in the afternoon. Although those start to calm down a little bit now as theyre dropping down to 7, 8, Miles Per Hour. But were going to see more of that smoke continue to filter into places Like Union City fremont this fire continues tonight and into hayward so certainly by tomorrow morning. The smell of smoke in and around this area, those winds start to calm down nothing really to mix out some of that smoke for the south theyre also going to be dealing with some smoke, theres fire starting yesterday this the crews fire c gilroy here the winds not that strong this afternoon, although you get up in the Mountain Range is certainly in the Higher Elevations you generally get some stronger winds to whip around the fire and thats
Right now kind of overcast and mixed in with some fog that will mix out pretty quickly this morning, boy even led to this morning. That condition should be kind of handled nicely. They are in temperatures now are in the mid to upper 50s near about 60 oakland is at 60 now upper 50s in the east bay, 58 going on for san jose and 56 meanwhile for San Francisco. Much of the real estate is trailing a little bit behind we were this time yesterday little bit more mild up in the north bay there putting it together here for you somewhat variable clouds will do it early this morning clearing out as we approach the noon hour. But cooler temperatures 70 expected by 2 oclock walk you through all this in just a bit back to you. All right dave, thanks a lot happening today, passengers are hopping on the trains at the new south bay bart stations for the first time. Kron fours reyna harvey there in san jose she has all the details for us good morning, rain. Good morning. Marty well the various a bart st
To be heroes and if you meet one, buy them an ice cream sun se sundae. Nonviolent criminals with Good Behavior qualify for the firefighting program. It can reduce sentence time but thats not the only benefit. They think its really constructive. They take a lot of pride in the actual job theyre doing after theyve been on one or two fires. The inmates undergo a monthlong Training Program overseen by cal fire before theyre put into firefighting camp. Tomorrow is the deadline for north bay wild fighter survivors to register for disaster assistance. Residents whose homes had damage may be eligible for federal grants that dont have to be repaid. They may also apply for lowinterest disaster loans. You can head to www. Abc7 news. Com for more information on how to register. Theres optimism today for a possible end to the ongoing strike by oakland city workers which is now in its sixth day. Both sides have agreed to bargaining talks with a state mediator starting monday. Cornell bernard is live
173,000 acres and destroyed more than 700 structures. Winds shifted bringing the fire back to areas where people thought they were safe to return home. It was dramatic. Yesterday we felt we were in the clear. We started unpacking clothes again, we thought this was under control but obviously not. Winds changed all that pretty ominous. The thomas fire is 15 contained. The next biggest fire, the creek fire in the sanf Fernando Valle is 90 contained. It has destroyed 60 homes and dozens of others. People are returning home to find rubble where their homes once stood. Were looking for anything. Jewelry, family memories, documents, anything that we could find. Unfortunately. The three other fires have burned about 10,000 acres and destroyed nearly 200 structures. Firefighters are getting a handle on the flames and have already contained a sixth fire. They like to have rain down there as much as we would like to have it right here. Lets check in with the latest on the wet earn conditions in