Notice the American Flag at half staff while our community continues to mourn hoping for clarity what led up to this tragic accident. A 13year veteran of the San Francisco fire department. A loving father, a dedicated husband and a fearless firefighter. Thats just a few details we know about the beloved jason cortez. What remains in question is what led up to his accident where he fell three stories from this high rise during a training accident at 19th and shot well. The risk is always there and always evident and unfortunately, accidents do happen. Justin moore is a california firefighter andouerst in safety, an organization that studies safety protocols for First Responders and consults with Fire Agencies across the country. Instructors and Training Facilities are very well designed and engineered with safety precaution and barriers. There is always a certain of error and risk. Reporter moore and plains th resul iirefighter injuries or f trngr evotis involve them coming out of a window head first a lot of timing coming on to a ladder and escaping through a window on a ladder. Reporter according to the National Fire protection association, 48 firefighters have died so far this year. Three of those deaths were due to falls. As a preventive measure, cal osha requires a Safety Officer should be assigned in certain cases involving dangerous hazards. What hazards would have to be present in order to require having a Safety Officer be in a reasonable proximity to the scene of the accident . If were producing an atmosphere due to smoke and fire that meets that requirement, then we are at that time going to have a Safety Officer on scene. Reporter it unclear whether a Safety Officer was present during cortez accident. Cal osha could only confirm a comprehensive investigation is underway. I do want to point out under statutory guidelines, cal osha does have up to six months to complete this investigation. Were live in San Francisco tonight, stephanie sierra, abcn as firefighters continue to battle the glass fire, they took a moment this morning to remember the lives lost in the tubs fire. We started on this day three years ago. We would lick to cloke to cl with a 30second moment of silence for the 22 souls that lost their lives on october 8th and 9th. The tubs fire burned more than 36,000 acres and destroyed more than 5600 buildings. The glass fire is now 66 irsaysl 6340 acres burned and 700 homes have been destroyed and despite the higher containment, 13,000 structures are still threatened. And although it a devastating fire season, at least now were into fall the weather is turning into our favor. It cooler, spend cer. How much longer will this last . One more day. Cooler than average weather and will warm up over the weekend and more promising news. We have a system moving our way that might bring a little rainfall. Well start the forecast at midnight tonight it will be a rain producer mainly for the Pacific Northwest but look at the overnight conditions or at least the projections going through tomorrow, you see little waves of rain and we just might get enough of it pushing southward far enough to produce light showers in the north bay on saturday but the models, computer models are not predicting much in the models. Maybe. 2 in San Francisco. Ill give you a closer look later. Okay. Dan and kristen. Spencer, thanks very much. The San Francisco man charged with two Violent Attacks on women in their 70s is still being held in jail pending trial. The District Attorney made that announcement today at an event condemning a tax on the asian community. 34yearold Michael Turner has been charged with attacking a 71yearold woman and a 78yearold woman last month in the tender loin. Im really upset and appalled by the incident and the attack. Ive lived and worked in this neighborhood for 40 years and never seen this increase in violence. There is nothing that should be protected any stronger than the right of a person to walk safely down the street in their community. City and Community Leaders are calling for inkreelscreased support and protection to prevent future targeted attacks of violence like these. Developing news, the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The u. S. Is closing in on 7. 6 million cases. In california were close to 835,000 cases. Across the bay areas nine counties, there have been almost 107,000 cases. That includes all cases since tracking first began. The u. S. Secretary of health and u mhuman Services Says a co vaccine will be available for all americans in the next six months. Alex aczar gave a speech. The good news, were doing everything we can to have supplies manufactured. Pending fda authorizations, we believe we may have up to 100 million doses by the end of the year. Enough to cover especially vulnerable populations. And we project having enough for every american who wants a vaccine by march to april 2021. Several vaccines are currently in development but of course, any vaccine would have to get fda authorization before its widely distributed. A Study Released today found 86 of people infected with covid19 didnt show main symptoms on the day tested. Among those who tested positive, most didnt have a cough, fever or even a loss of taste or smell. The Study Suggests many may be spreading the virus while completely asymptomatic. Preliminary results on the largest study ever on the effects of covid19 on pregnant women. Researchers found that half of the 600 participants had symptoms after three weeks. While 25 had symptoms after eight. Cases, only 12 of participants reported fever as their first symptom. One of the main takeouts is we want pregnant people and their families and their providers to recognize that you dont need to wait until a fever to consir covid19 in pregnancy. The most common symptom is again, cough and sore throat. Once the study is finished, researchers have data on more than 1300 participants which will give them a much better idea of the virus effect on Elections Officials are not the only ones preparing for a november 3rd. The Associated Press reports Law Enforcement nationwide are ready for unrest at the polls and conducting drills and setting up command centers. In on an line forum, alex pa deiah says there is a hot line. The intent for those to confuse or intimidate , than tory and get us not to vote. All california registered voters will get a mail ballot this election if you havent gotten it yet but you can report harassment by any political solis sisters at your home. If you live in san carlos, you can put your ballot in this secure drop box on san carlos avenue in front of the dog park rarn around the corner from city hall. A santa rosa man is lucky to be alive after being attacked by a shark in florida. 31yearold mark was bitten in the leg while body surfing in miami beach yesterday. He says someone on the beach warned him to get out of the water but he and another swimmer looked around for 15 minutes and only saw big fish. Well, moments later, after getting back in, he says he felt a force like getting sucker punched in the leg. He suffered six bites, one of which took off a big chunk of skin as you can see but he was surprisingly cool when recounting the experience. Luckily, it didnt hurt. It didnt hurt at all. You know, ive heard shark teeth are like surgeons blades, it so sharp. It was a mix of that and adrenaline. I didnt feel any pain. Bowden owes the organic tea shop based in santa rosa. He owns that business. Rising rates, your Homeowners Insurance could soon go up. Whats behind the hike . Dining out as winter closes in what will happen with this Outdoor Dining . Well find out. Going virtual, the possibility of a hey, my twitter is blowing up dear jack box, bring back the spicy chicken strips, still waiting for the spicy chicken strips, so many about spicy chicken strips. Wow, i hear you. So im bringing back my juicy 100 allwhite meat spicy chicken strips combo for only 5. 99 allwhite meat spicy chicken strips combo its rising. The pain is coming. Is it the juicy 100 allwhite meat . Or because you can spice them up or cool them down . Or because a little birdie told me you wanted them back really bad. Get my spicy chicken strips combo for only 5. 99. Brace yourself, youll likely have to pay more for Homeowners Insurance, were talking a lot more. 54 Different Companies submitted requests for rate hikes. Michael finney tells us they range from under 7 to as high as 40 . These insurers are asking for doesnt tell the whole story. If you live in a wildfire high risk designated area, you could pay a whole lot more. The notice elaine received from aaa left her stunned. The premium went from 3800 in 2018 to almost 5,000 in 2020. I remember looking at it going, you know, wow, what happened here . Elaine says shes never seen such a huge rate hike not even after the Oakland Hills fire when her home escaped damage. Mike from los gatos has been through such sticker shock before. Hes asked to remain anonymous but said his premium lastatsta h went from 1500 to 2100 and received an increase this year. His home sustained significant damage during the lexington fire in 1985 but he says the rate increases after that fire were relatively minor compared to what hes experiencing now. The reason for all these rate hikes shouldnt be a surprise. Insurance companies saw a record 25 billion in losses in 2017 and 18 from the california wildfires. Michael is with the department of insurance. The department has received many increases, many requests from Insurance Companies to increase rates, and hope owners are feeling that impact right now. In 2016 insurance actually dropped 149 million but rates have risen sharply over the last three years. This years increase of 4 14 million has already surpassed last years total with three months to go in the year. Eileen says there is no way to fight it. She feels trapped. Ive been up against a wall because the only way out of it really is to move. Among those increases approved this year is a 15 rate hike for the Fire Insurance of last resort when nobody else will insure you. Thats the average rate hike spread out among all policy holders. Some could pay as much as 40 more depending on their fire risk score. The score could greatly impact the rates anyone pays yet most homeowners know little about it. The scores need to be open to the public. They need to be transparent. Because often you dont as a business or homeowner even know what your score is. There is very little consumers can do to lower their score but insurers commissioner laura thinks that should change. He wants homeowners to be rewarded with lower premiums for reducing their fire risk by doing things like clearing brush or replacing a wood shaped roof. Hes holding a an investigative hearing on october 19th on Home Insurance t lkotr issues. Really, the goal of this is to say there are things we can do to bring down risk to homes, to bring down risks to communities and its not going to be an overnight fix. Joel just retired this month from the department of insurance. He says homeowners need to shop around. Try to avoid the fair plan at all cost. Dont give up because one agent or two. We have a link to a complete list of everyone selling Homeowners Insurance in the state of california. We also have information posted about that upcoming hearing. Im michael finney, 7 on your side. Today the Oakland Fire Department received a 1. 2 million grant from fema. The grant came from the assistance to Firefighters Program with the money the department will buy 180 selfcontained breathing apparatuses that recirculating breathing air and purr ffies it and will purchase 259 face pieces. A shortage of supply and increase in failures and repairs prompted them to apply for the grant. All right. If you lived in the bay area for very long, you know carl the fog. A twitter account thats gone silent for the last ten months or so. Well, now there is carla the fog whose account claims its the unofficial replacement to pick up the void left by carl the fog and carla has good taste. The twitter account retweeted our own sandhya patel many times. We are pleased to introduce carla the fog out there today. Yeah, carla or carl, were happy to see ya, spencer. They were both with us today hanging around for quite sometime and finally some parts of the bay area saw bright sky in the afternoon hours. Right now clouds are beginning increase again. Lets take a look at the current surface wind. Pttyreyut there n the coast and around the bay. Up to about 15 miles per hour. We dont have any powerful gusts but the breeze is there and you can feel it if youre out for a walk. The 24hour temperature change is pretty impressive especially in the north bay and inland east bay where its ten to 13 degrees or nine to 13 degrees cooler in many locations right now than it was at this time yesterday. Right around the bay and on the peninsula, not much change at all. On we go. A live view from the rooftop camera looking across the embarcadero. It 61 in San Francisco. We have mid to upper 60s at oakland, mountain view, san jose, gilroy, 59 Half Moon Bay. From the golden gate bridge, we present this view. It 68 in santa rosa and napa 69 and 70 novato and concord 74ng other the bay again from the explore tocamera. It will get cloudy overnight with morning mist and drizzle and mix of clouds and sun through the day tomorrow and a slight chance of showers but really very slight on saturday and if they do occur, mainly we expect them in the north bay. Air quality is still not great. In fact, it going to be poor in the north bay tomorrow and saturday and moderate in other locations so spare the air alert has been extended through saturday. We expect some modest improvement across the board on sunday and monday. Here is our forecast animation overnight starting at 7 00 p. M. Notice how the clouds, low clouds and fog increase and high clouds in some areas and lots of drizzle offshore, patchy drizzle is likely not only near the coast but perhaps around the bay during the overnight and Early Morning hours. Tomorrow we might get clearing up in the north bay, clouds look like they will linger in some other parts of the abare bay ar lows in the mid 50s. A little cooler in the north bay, farther north where well see upper 40s and tomorrows highs will range from 63 at Half Moon Bay to 66 San Francisco. Mainly upper 60s to about 70 around the bay shoreline and mid to upp inland. Here is the accuweather se sevenday forecast. It will be cooler on saturday and once again, its a slight chance of some light showers mainly in the north bay. Most of the bay area is expected to be dry on saturday. It gets sunnier and warmer on sunday and that warming continues through most of next week. Well see inland highs in the upper 80s to near 90 in many locations next week and around 80 bay shoreline and upper to mid 60s around the coast. A taste of summerlike warmth into mid autumn next week. Dan and kristen. Thank you, spencer. The usual Office Meeting seems like a thing of the past but is it really . The workplace shift and why it might not be different after all. Take a live look at the pier 39 camera in San Francisco. Carla or carl in full effect there as the sea lions are loving it because its nice and cool. Were streaming this live cam and others from around the bay area 24 7. Am son fire, apple tv and android tv. Download the app to check it out along with o they do one of the most deven in normal times. S, our Frontline Health care workers. And when these heroes lack the resources they need, that risky job gets ten times harder. Prop fifteen makes corporations pay their fair share. To invest in our communities, in our clinics, in the essential workers who treat everyone rich, poor, and inbetween. Whether its this pandemic or the next health crisis, vote yes on prop fifteen. For all of us. Traffic and air pollution will be even worse after the pandemic. Thats why we support measure rr to keep caltrain running. Which is at risk of shutdown because of the crisis. To keep millions of cars off our roads, to reduce air pollution and fight climate change. And measure rr helps essential workers like me get to work and keep our communities healthy. Relieve traffic. Reduce pollution. Rescue caltrain. [all] yes on measure rr. Well, the oakland as season has unfortunately come to an end. They were defeated by the Houston Astros in game four 116. Six home runs were set today that set a Division Series record with 24. The as will beginhe off season while the astros will face the yankees or Tampa Bay Rays in the American League championship. As more people work remotely, companies are reducing office space but it appears occasional meetings are not actually dead, the problem is where to hold them. As part of building a better bay area. David louie looks at a solution for our changing workplace. The shift to remote work tripled the amount of office Space Companies are seeking to sublease in San Francisco. With new found freedom to work far