as jason was well liked in our department rising from a paramedic starting in 2007 through recently attending the fire academy and graduating as a firefighter paramedic. >> san francisco firefighters mourning one of their own. a firefighter killing during a training exercise and right now a procession just ended. sky 7 is over the scene. people returning to their cars after being part of this procession to the medical examiner's office after this terrible tragedy. his casket is being carried in the white van that you see there in the center of the screen. good afternoon. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. jason cortez was injured t morning and rushed to zuckerberg general hospital. firefighters held a procession. a brks krrbc 7 news reporter ka was there and joins us live with

the latest on this tragic story, kate? >> reporter: absolutely. it actually happening as we speak. i'm going to step out of the way so that you can see all of the police officers, the tremendous support from law enforce 789 ced so many members of the san francisco fire department who are here paying respects to jason cortez who died this morning around 11:00. his body was taken to the medical examiner's van, which is still here on site and they have a plan to process through the streets to honor him and his service. let's go ahead and take a look. this is firefighter paramedic jason cortez who died just before 11:00 this morning from his injuries. he was 42 years old. he started with the san francisco fire department in 2007, and was recently assigned to station number three in the tender loin, which sffd says is the busiest station in the country. around 10:00 this morning cortez was participating in a drill at

this tower facility in the mission district just two miles from san francisco general. there was an accident and cal osha says a source notified them that a firefighter fell three stories causing severe head injuries. cortez received life support on scene before he was transferred here to the hospital. he leaves behind a wife and two young children who have been here at the hospital this afternoon saying their own good-byes. >> jason is not only a fellow firefighter paramedic, he's a friend to all. he's an advocate for public safety. he's a father of two children, a husband to an amazing wife, and a child to a retired san francisco firefighter. >> reporter: san francisco fire chief jeanine nickelson and london breed were hear at the hospital. i saw them address the dozens of

firefighters, police officers and sheriff's deputies who are here standing by and paying their respect to cortez right outside the emergency department. we're going to come back out here live. you can see the police officers are on their motorcycles, the fire trucks and suvs are getting ready to leave the hospital. the medical examiner's white van just pulled behind and i believe this procession is about to begin any moment. needless to say, an extremely sad and somber time at the hospital. it was quiet here. i was standing amongst the first responders for quite awhile. there were a lot of hugs. there were a lot of tears. just understandably the shock of losing a valuable team member, a family member according to these firefighters. i heard mayor london breed thank cortez for his years of hard work and service and she told the city's first responders to continue doing what jason loved, which was saving lives. he had done it here in san francisco for 13 years and as you also heard, jonathan baxter

with the fire department say he was the son of a san francisco firefighter. so clearly, an important role for his family and just of course, a tragedy that everyone here in the city at city hall within all of our first responder departments are so concerned and upset about today. so we'll keep standing by as this procession is about to begin. again, all of these first responder haves been here for hours since at least noon waiting for this to happen so that they can pay respects and say good-bye to their friend and colleague jason cortez who died at 11:00 this morning after an accident at a training facility. i think here we go. >> kate, obviously, just a terrible tragedy for a man who has been on the fire department for many years, as you say, since 2007. he was not new to the job as this procession gets underway. these tragedies always remind us of how united the fire fighting and police communities are. very moving there to see so many

people gather, i know. talk about that if you can. >> reporter: no, you're absolutely right, dan. we've been reminded by so many wildfires how dangerous the job is that these firefighters and first responders do and this is a training exercise and even that's very dangerous as, you know, osha is saying he may have fallen three stories from a training tower. there goes the medical examiner van right now. so absolutely they put their lives on the line every single day to protect all of us and it's important to remember that and when you see this show of support, we have a huge fire engine right now. we got firefighters up on the ladder. it's a reminder of that and, you know, he should be honored and respected exactly the way that is happening right now and, you know, just broke everyone's heart to see his wife and his two small children here today. that's just unimaginable. the mayor spoke about that a lot

and the importance of supporting his family as they are left to pick up the pieces of a life lost too soon. he had a lot of fire fighting left and a lot left to give to this city. so this is tough. especially during a year that's already been so difficult for these first responders out on the front line dealing with the pandemic, doing everything they can to keep people as safe as possible in our community in san francisco. >> well, it is indeed incredibly tragic and the family will at least feel in their grief a true sense of community from the fire fighting community and these folks will rally behind this family in a very powerful way. they always do. kate, thanks very much. so the procession is now underway. but we want to show you what happened a few minutes ago. cortez' body was taken from san francisco general hospital in that flag draped casket or gaurn

knee to a van to be taken to the medical examiner's office with that procession underway. you do see firefighters and first responders lining the route outside the hospital paying their respects mourning the loss of a brother. now we take you live. this is sky 7 over the procession right now just leaving the zuckerberg general hospital on its way to the medical examiner's office. dan, you were talking about the tragic loss especially the fact that he has two young children. the magnitude of the heartbreak just is exaggerated by that because of the two young children who suddenly won't have their father, a young man at only 42 years old and dan, we are in fact reminded of the fact that, you know, not just their job when they are engaged and actively fighting a fire that's dangerous but the training, even the training that they engage in so they can do their jobs and save us when we need it puts them at risk, as well. >> it's so true.

they train constantly and of course, this year with the fires and last several years they had a lot of real world training on the job training in real emergencies. but it's a reminder that these training exercises can be very dangerous, too, if he fell some three stories down. it gives you a sense of the constant risk that these firefighters take in order to protect us and order to protect people and property and also, to be prepared at a moment's notice. fire fighting in a big city is challenging. it close proximity buildings, high rises, a lot of very difficult treacherous situations that they encounter so this training is extremely important particularly in big city fire departments like san francisco. so the you're looking at live pictures now of this procession kristen

that is always heartbreaking and always deeply moving to see so many people come out to honor a fallen comrade. >> so many people also commenting on social media about this devastating loss. i just want to share as we continue to look at these pictures what san francisco firefighters local 798 told us about cortez that he began his career as a member of station 49 serving the city on an ambulance before transferring over to become a firefighter and paramedic assigned to fire station three and as we have reported, he was a 13-year veteran. he had two young children that you are survive him and the quote here from the firefighters union is san francisco firefighters mourn the lose 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. >> you know, we so often have to report tragedies involving firefighters on the front lines

of some wildfire or some fire in the city but it is even though everything that they do is often dangerous and training exercises can be because they try to simulate real scenarios quite dangerous, we don't expect a tragedy like this at a training exercise. and certainly, when jason cortez got up this morning to go to work and participate in this training exercise, nobody expected him not to come home from a training exercise. everyone knows the risk when they fight real fires but this is always especially gut wrenching. >> indeed. if you're just joining us. this is a procession firefighter with the san francisco fire department jason cortez fell this morning. it was at a training facility on 19th and folsome street when he fell three stories and caused head injuries. he was transferred to zuckerberg hospital where he died around

11:00 this morning. jason cortez was 42 years >> again, this was an accident. cal osha is of course going to be involved, as well as the fire department investigating how this happened and what went wrong. he did receive life support on the scene before he was tranls port -- transported to the hospital. sadly, it was not enough to save his life. cortez' wife and two young children have been at the hospital this afternoon saying their good-byes and again, what an unexpected shock for that family to lose a husband and father during a training exercise. something went wrong just in an instant and he took that terrible fall. of course, mayor london breed was at the hospital. so was san francisco fire chief jeanine nickelson and so many firefighters and police officers coming to the hospital to share their concern and show their support and their grief and just be there for the family.

>> indeed, the procession continues. firefighter jason cortez' body being taken to the medical examiner's office which is not terribly far away from san francisco general but you saw so many fellow firefighters and also police were out there saluting him, mourning this tragic loss together. captain troy dangerfield tweeting today my heart goes out to the family of san francisco firefighter jason cortez, and his san francisco fire department family. rest in peace. >> we will continue our coverage honoring the memory of fallen firefighter jason cortez killed in a tragic training

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another uc berkeley professor won a noble prize in chemistry for ground breaking gene editing technology. here is amy hollyfield. >> i'm over the moon. i'm in shock. i couldn't be happier to be representing u.c. bberkeley. >> jennifer reacted in a zoom conference to winning the noble prize in chemistry for her work on genome editing. they won for their creation of the genetic scissor called the crisper which has the potential to save lives and cure genetic diseases. >> we value education and we understand that the product of our labors has to benefit the public. >> she is the second professor at u.c. berkeley to win a noble prize in two days. the students here are feeling very proud. >> obviously, i'm happy for my school, it my university. and i support it all the way. >> it's exciting and cool

because everyone is so smart and intelligent and working towards bettering the world. >> along with the honor comes $1 million in prize money but also a lifelong parking spot at u.c. berkeley. students don't even edhesitate when asked which is more valuable. >> a parking spot for sure. >> thank you for that parking space. i'm just -- now i can finally after 18 years i can park on campus. i'm really delighted about that. >> reporter: you know that this is a big deal when it makes your acceptance speech for your noble prize. she's the first woman on this campus to win and says this prize makes a statement that women can do science. at u.c. berkeley, abc 7 news. huge news, congratulations to her. >> yeah, absolutely. as uc berkeley graduate. getting that parking spot is a huge deal. spencer. >> every time i go to visit berkeley any time you can park

it's a great thing. the parking spot is nice. spencer, let's take it away. >> i'll give you a look what is happening weather. it breezy and cool but pleasant. here we go. current surface wind speeds are between 12 and about 20, 21 miles per hour and the temperature change over the last 24 hours is rather significant. most locations away from the coast are about five to ten degrees or more cooler than they were this time yesterday and let's take a look at our current temperature. 6 61 in san francisco and san jose 79 at gilroy. 58 at pacificia. here is the view from the south beach camera looking across the bay. 77 right now at thsanta rosa, 8 concord. 78 livermore and the explore camera gives us a view across the bay as we check out the forecast. clouds and fog overnight with patchy morning drizzle. breezy and cool again tomorrow

with a diminishing chance of weekend rain. although, it still may happen. the air quality forecast looks good after tomorrow. tomorrow is another spare the air day but on friday, saturday and sunday we expect generally good air quality so bring it on, bring on the clean fresh air. here is the forecast animation overnight. at 5:00 tomorrow morning as the commute gets underway, low clouds, fog, high clouds, not great visibility and the clouds will linger through much of the day so there won't be much of a warmup tomorrow. it will be cool tomorrow. overnight lows in the low to mid 50s, highs tomorrow will range from only upper 50s at the costa mid 60s around the bay shoreline to low and mid 70s inland. it's going to feel like autumn finally. now, skip ahead to friday and saturday. we've been talking all week long about chance of rain on friday and saturday and on friday much of the rain that develops will stay offshore so we may not see any rain at all on friday.

saturday a little better chance but not much of a chance so at the moment, our rainfall estimate indicates maybe .1 of an inch around the central part of the bay area there. so we'll just have to wait and see what happens and another forecast animation for rainfall totals. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. we're still posting one on the abc 7 storm impact scale for saturday because if it does rain, it will be a system of very light intensity and then we'll get sunnier and milder and next week it will start to warm up again tuesday, wednesday, highs near 90 in our inland areas. dan and kristen? >> wow. >> spencer, thank you so much. >> we're less than two hours away from tonight's vice presidential debate and less than a month from election day.

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it's a big and important night in politics. we're two hours away from tonight's vice presidential debate between vice president mike pence and kamala harris. this is a live look at salt lake city where they will meet for the on debate leading up to the election. let's go to liz for a spirited and interesting night. >> it should be. the debate has not started yet and we're witnessing a big clash between the campaigns and candidates and that really is over the safety measures that will be taken in light of the covid-19 outbreak at the white house. anyone not wearing a mask in the debate hall will be asked to leave. the candidates will be sitting 12 feet apart and these plexiglass barriers have been installed on this stage. this was something harris' team

requested and the commission on presidential debates decided to honor the spence team fought back. they did not want the plexiglass but ultimately today we learned they conceded. this debate before the debate seems to be a micro cost m of what we will likely see tonight. harris' team will not e vis rate mike pence but will focus on failed leadership in terms of the virus. pence's team says he has what they're calling an rnr strategy to focus on recovery and radical, pinning harris as extreme. here is what people from both of their teams said about the debate. >> we know mike senpence is a g debated and skilled and gets a lot of credit because he speaks in complete sentences unlike donald trump. >> she can pour over briefing books all day long to learn about policies but he has lived them for the past three and a half years and done an amazing job for the american people. >> now both harris and pence have been doing robust debate

preps. former indianapolis mayor pete buttigieg -- sorry, south bend has been playing pence in mock debates. pam bondy has been playing harris in mock debates with pence. they will focus on the debate we saw last week. >> interesting. thank you. well in the 2018 general election, a little more than 1% of mail in ballots were rejected across the u.s. today the abc 7 i-team is digging into the totals reported across the bay area. and as abc 7 stephanie sierra reports, one county stands out. >> reporter: nearly 23,000 mail in ballots were resdwrektjected 2018 general election. according to an abc 7 analysis of federal election data, alameda county stands out. more than 8,000 mail in ballots

were rejected in 2018 or 1.9%. san francisco county ranked second with more than 3700 ballots rejected or 1.6%. >> because ballots being late we can't count them because they didn't meet the deadline with the postmark. >> reporter: marin and santa clara reported the lowest with .5 and .7% of mail in ballots rejected. >> we actually take a lot of time after the election to cure any of those rejected ones. we'll reach out to the voters to say hey, yes, this is my ballot. >> reporter: what are the most common reasons for rejections? i asked the public and legislative affairs manager for the santa clara county register's office. >> forget to sign it. they don't sign it, it doesn't count. if they forget to write their address or any information on the envelope or turning it in late. >> reporter: the big three mistakes for bay area voters. no signature on the ballot or envelo envelope, the signature doesn't match the voters registration card or the ballot isn't returned in time.

in order to prevent that, get your ballot in early and we all have the ability to track the progress of our ballot using a new tool set up by the secretary of state's office. go to where is my ballot.sos.ca.gov or you can find the link on our website. once you sign up, get text alerts, emails or calls to notify you when your ballot was relieved and if there are any issues. california law states as long as mail in ballots are postmarked on or before election day, ballots can arrive three days later and still be counted. that rule is changing for this election. >> we're extending the deadline to 17 days after the election for this november anticipating any unexpected delays in the postal service but it still must be postmarked on or before election day. >> reporter: more than 100,000 ballots were rejected in the march primary due to late ballots and signature issues. >> there are voters out there

their first signature on file is from the dmv when they got their license when they were 16. >> reporter: tif that happens t you, get a letter in the mail to sign or visit an elections office with a ballot id to ensure your vote continues. >> remember to sign the back of the envelope. remember to sign the back of the envelope. >> reporter: for a detailed look how many bail in ballots were reject in your county, we posted a map on our website. stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. >> joining me now is president of league of women voters california with some help and guidance. carol, thanks for coming on. >> you're quite welcome. thanks for having me. >> appreciate you're being here. we discussed ballots rejected in the last election. what are common mistakes people make when voting? we talked about signing the back of the ballot. what else?

>> that's the biggest one. that is huge. perhaps signing with the wrong name. sometimes people get married and change their names but neglect to change that on their voter registration forms so there is time to fix that voter registration is available online and you can do it online and make sure that you have a current signature right now. the last day to register to vote is october 19th, it can be done online up to that point. after that, a voter would have to go to a voting location in order to set up a new voter registration card and they can vote while they are there. >> okay. october 19th, which is 12 days from now. carol, when it comes to the signature, is it completely unforgiving? in other words, if your legal name, if you have your middle name in there and you don't include it in your signature or initial, is it that strict? >> it is. many times if you've registered online, it's probably the

signature that you have on your driver's license. when i talk to high school students or college students about this, i tell them, you know, pick your legal name so that all your legal documents are signed the same way and you don't have to think about that. it's already there and done. >> that's good advice. what should people keep in mind when voting by mail versus voting at a polling location? >> keep in mind first of all if you intend to mail it back, don't wait until the day of the election da to mail it back. odds are it's okay but don't gamble. if you have your ballot with your on election day, it's far better to go to a polling location or a drop box. you can find those online. go to voters edge which happens to be our online voter quad. put in your address and find the closest location to you, the most convenient location to you. so, yeah, the main thing is don't cut it too close.

make sure you sign the ballot on the back. that is huge. if you absolutely can't go, you can authorize someone to deliver the ballot for you but you need to take precautions on that. one of which is make sure your ballot is completed into the envelope and sealed before you turn it over to anybody. you have to identify and give permission to that other person on the envelope in the same area where you sign the envelope. that needs to be done, as well. it can still be done. >> that complicates things further but can be done. carol, there is so much talk this year from the president about concern about the validity of voting by mail and whether or not there will be wide spread fraud or not. a lot of that has been debunked but so many people will vote by mail this year because of the coronavirus and not comfortable going to a polling place. what would you say about the safety and security of voting by mail? >> you are in california and

you're in good hands. the state has been handling vote by mail for quite awhile and in fact, 14 states -- sorry, 14 counties within the state have sent vote by mail ballots to registered voters. i definitely in 2018 and about five of them did that as a test program in 2016. they know how to handle it. the elections officials know how to handle it. there is a special bar code on one per ballot that appears on the envelope and it will not be opened until the signatures are verified and only then would the env envelope be opened for counting basically. so in the last election, march 2020, gosh, seems like forever ago, march 2020 72% of the ballots cast were vote by mail ballots and there were no reports of problems with that. >> so you're 100% confident

here. all right? >> yeah, yeah, i mean, human error can happen. >> nothing wide spread. >> nothing wide spread. no. and i would also add that there -- you know, the paper that's used is different. it's not something you can get if you go down to fedex. counter fitting would be difficult. >> you can't forge them. >> i don't think so. >> president of the league of women voters california. great job as always guiding us through the election process. each and every cycle. we appreciate it, carol. thank you. abc 7 news has comprehensive information for voters for you to prepare. you can find out how to register to vote and get a breakdown of statewide propositions all at abc7news.c

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nestle and driers came up with a new name it will be called eddie's pie. the decision comes three months after driers acknowledged that the product's original name was offensive to native arctic communities. >> let's turn your attention to consumer news. >> michael finney is here with a

look at today's headlines talking about debt. >> yeah, look, a whole bunch of federal agencies and state agencies are getting together to crack down on illegal debt collection. let me explain what is going on here. the consumer financial protection burro, the federal trade commission and state agencies are taking part in operation corrupt collector. already the operation brought cases against companies accused of collecting debts that they have no legal right to collect or that te consumers don't even owe. investigators allege the victims were targeted using robocalls. debt collection generates the post complaints to that agency. a decade's old copyright case between oracle and google has finally been heard by the supreme court. oracle claims that google's android platform used more than 11,000 lines of code that is part of oracle's platform.

oracle calls it place risgie rim google says it did what is common practice in the industry. the company's top lawyer says no one has ever claimed copyright over software interfaces. it could be months before we get a court ruling and it change everything. the irs said free file products have seen a record increase. 4.1 million mtaxpayers used a free trail product up 50% from last year. it's a partnership between irs and private companies that offers free tax preparation products. free file will remain available until october 15th. the deadline for filing 2019 taxes if you are granted an extension and this is a good reminder for that, you would get an automatic extension back in the day. it would take you to july 15th.

this year, it's taking you to october 15th. so time is running out if you ask for an extension. >> okay. important to note. thank you. >> the contra costa city of oakley is celebrating cutting the ribbon on the 150,000 square foot building. crews broke ground on the facility last january. the first of five buildings scheduled to be constructed at this new business park. city officials are hopeful the center will be an economic catalyst for many years to come. all right. seeing blue skies out there. let's check in with spencer and get the latest on your weather. >> it got a little bluer but those clouds will come back high and low tonight with fog. overnight lows under cloudy conditions, maybe drizzling will be low to mid 50s. highs tomorrow as the clouds linger will range from 50s at the coast and mid 60s to mid 70s

inland. here is the switceven-day forec. best chance of rain is on saturday but it doesn't look like it will amount to much and brighter and warmer going into early next week. dan and kristen? >> excellent. look forward to that. thank you. >> making movies during a pandemic. up next, we'll take you to a set right here in the bay area where film makers are hard at work trying to entertain and keep their crews safe. new at 5:00 a traffic stop in napa turned fatal. the victim was unarmed. we'll have the latest. lawmakers today take on the state's unemployment agency. what officials are saying about the big backlog of unpaid claims. those stories and

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tonight on abc 7 at 6:00, it's the vice presidential debate, followed by abc 7 news at 8:00. at 9:00 catch "jeopardy," then "wheel of fortune," and "shark tank" at 10:00, then catch abc 7 news at 11:00. tens of thousands of layoffs, canceled projects, productions put on hold. that's the painful reality of the film industry, hit hard by the pandemic. but slowly crews are getting back on set including right here in the bay area. abc 7's chris reyes spent the day with a movie crew to see how much covid-19 has changed their world. >> reporter: the scene itself isn't set in a pandemic reality. the upcoming film is called "adam and eve," a romantic comedy set in san francisco.

notice no masks, no social distancing. but make no mistake, the making of this movie has covid-19 written all over it. >> everything that's hab sprayed and everything needs to be wiped down. >> reporter: add to all the sanitizing, the crew gets tested. masks for everyone. and max, 12 people on set. >> we have scaled it down and stretched out the schedule to allow us to move, you know, cautiously and safely. >> reporter: the crew speaks for an industry battered by covid-19. they'll take the hassle if it means they can get back to work. >> as soon as we got the call saying hey, we got the permits, we got the go-ahead to start, i was ready to go. i felt like at that point i could sing my script. i was like, yay. >> reporter: for hooks an even more meaningful reason to get back to work. he runs the production company left of bang entertainment that gives at-risk youth the opportunity to work in the film industry. >> i was thinking about these kids and suicide rate going up and i was like, i have to figure out a way to push forward

because they don't really have the liberty to wait until 2021. >> reporter: this production has already been delayed at least once. shooting was supposed to start in march. >> on the plus side people are using the quarantine as a creative outlet. so they're saying all right, i can't have anyone on my set, let me make a movie with two people. and people are doing it. and they're making some amazing content. >> reporter: that's the plan for these filmmakers. stick to good storytelling slowly but surely. the movie's set for release next year. in emeryville, kris reyes for abc 7 news. >> all right. they are coming back. thank you so much for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. ab

next at 5:00, the tragic death of a san francisco firefighter. a young man and father. his family now in shock. what was supposed to be a routine training drill has become an investigation. and in napa a traffic stop now turns fatal. the victim unarmed. his family doesn't know what to

think. also tonight a crackdown by homeland security. i.c.e. arrests more than 100 immigrants in the bay area and across the state. plus the state's unemployment agency is in the hot seat. 7 on your side's michael finney explai explains. and the newest program to fight climate change. >> announcer: now from abc 7, live breaking news. that breaking news is about this solemn moment. a mother and two sons leaving the hospital where a husband, father, and firefighter was pronounced dead. earlier the body of jason cortez was taken from san francisco general with a procession. you can see firefighters and first responders lightning the route. >> so emotional. on the ground you see one colleague kneeled. he appeared to be overcome with emotion. others lined up and saluted as the procession passed by. right now cortez's body is about to arrive at the san francisco medical examiner's office. this is a live look from streets nearby. 3rd