like san francisco fires jason cortez, you will see them in a minute on the left side of the screen. he died in an accident during a training accident in 2020, and christopher yoch who died battling the fire in a parking structure at sso last year and their names will be added to the california firefighters memorial at the state capital. >>> now to covid. a booster with a new boost of immunity. the biden administration is planning to offer updated, reformulated booster shots this fall, provided health regulators give the green light in time. the new version of the vaccine is designed to perform better against the highly contagious omicron subvariant, those now fueling the current surge. pfizer and moderna could be ready by september, they say, and the u.s. government has pre- purchased nearly 200 million doses. health centers offering the current vaccines and boosters say they are still high demand attributed to the current case wave. >>> b.a.r.. again but it was reinstated effective immediately, and that means you will have to bring a mask for the morning commute or wherever you are

firefighter jason cortez lost his life during a training accident in san francisco. >> john cronin, redwood city. >> reporter: and john cronin who served 30 years with the redwood city fire department died of a job related illness. nearly half of those honored during the ceremony died of job- related cancer but the pandemic also took a toll. all of the fallen firefighters were praised for their dedication. >> in my opinion, the word hero applies more to them than to any other group of citizens or public servants. >> reporter: flags were presented to the grieving families. and then the final wringing of three bells marking the end of the fallen firefighters duty and a return to home. the names of each of the 82 firefighters who died will be etched in stone at the memorial in sacramento. their sacrifices etched in our memory. >>> president biden has tested positive for covid-19 again and this has some questioning the effectiveness of the treatment the president was given more than a week ago. we have the expert analysis from one of the region's top infectious disease doctors. >> reporter: the

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that includes san francisco firefighters jason cortez. on the left of your screen, you probably remember cortez died during an accident in a training exercise and christopher yak who died in a parking structure at sfo last year. they will be added to the firefighters memorial at the state capital. that happening about an hour at 6:00. >>> walnut police are investigating a crash on a busy street overnight. a driver believed to be under the influence hit two people killing one of them. >> reporter: near north main street and pine in walnut creek, there are few signs of the deadly crash from overnight, but there are tire marks and broken car parts. >> i saw a whole bunch of cop cars from the window. >> reporter: these people are visiting from out of state and just now learning that police say two pedestrians were struck by a driver, one of them died. the other suffered major injuries they say, but was expected to survive. >> it's devastating to hear that. >> reporter: walnut creek police say an officer was in a parking lot nearby around 2:00

firefighter jason cortez lost his life during a training accident in san francisco. >> john croman, redwood city. >> reporter: and john croman, who served 30 years with the redwood fire department died of a job-related illness. nearly half of those honored during the ceremony died of job- related cancer. but the pandemic also took a toll. >> 82 names that we will add to the california memorial died from covid-19 teen. >> reporter: all of the firefighters were praised for their dedication. >> in my opinion, the word hero applies more to them than to any other group of citizens or public servants. >> reporter: flags were presented to the grieving families. -- and then the final ringing of three bells. marking the end of the fallen firefighters duties and a return to home. -- the names of each of the 82 firefighters who died, will be etched in stone in the california firefighters memorial in sacramento. their sacrifices etched in our memories. marianne favro , nbc bay area news. >>> new at 11:00, five people arrested for allegedly clearing out an apple store in east bay. the started this morni

and women are being honored including 11 bay area firefighters and that includes san francisco jason cortezn the left of your screen. cortez died in an accident during a training exercise in 2020. also, christopher yach who died after battling

and women are being honored including 11 bay area firefighters and that includes san francisco jason cortez on the left of your screen. cortez died in an accident during a training exercise in 2020. also, christopher yach who died after battling a fire at the parking structure at sfo last year. their names will be added to the california firefighter memorial at the state capital. >>> in yosemite, firefighters are gaining an upperhand on the oak fire. it's burned just over 19,000 acres and is 52% contained. it has been burning for a week in mariposa county. cal fire says there was minimal fire activity overnight, though it destroyed 168 structures, 109 of those are homes. more evacuation orders were able to be lifted today. >>> bay area firefighters are switching from that massive wildfire to the new one burning up in siskiyou county. a strike team from cal fire santa clara county unit was pulled away from the oak fire to head up to mckinney fire. that fire started yesterday and in just 24 hours, it has burned between 30 and 40,000 acres in the klamath national forest. very, very quickly bec

. >> jason andrew cortez, san francisco. >> after the ceremony, there was a procession to the memorialall. it pays tribute to 1400 firefighters who have died in the line of duty. at least five people are under arrest for a smash and grab robbery in walnut creek. the suspects were caught all the way down in la scotto's. one had stolen iphones and laptops in it. they found two guns in the other, one of which they say was a ghost gun. in the east bay show of solidarity in chinatown wearing summer festival is celebrating strength against covid and anti-asian violence. cornell barnard has the story of a community's effort to overcome challenges. cornell: a new drumbeat echoing through chinatown signaling safety and resilience. >> this event will help to revitalize o clown cost chinatown. cornell: stuart helped to organize the oakland chinatown festival as a way to hit the reset button and welcome people back after the pandemic and numerous anti-asian violent crimes rock to the neighborhood. >> we know chinatown has been engine data do with crimes. cornell: most recently, patrick fung was mu

. >> jason andrew cortez, san francisco. liz: after the ceremony there was a procession to the memorial wall that pays tribute to more than 4000 firefighters who died in the line of duty. this morning at least five people are under arrest for a smash and grab robbery at the apple store in walnut creek. the theft cap and yesterday morning but the suspects were caught all the way down. there were two vehicles involved. one had stolen laptops, iphones, and ipads. they found two guns and the other, one of which was a ghost gun. uc berkeley gave the green light to break ground on housing for students and those in need. in a tentative ruling, the university could move forward with its controversial plan. work could begin when the judge issued a written order, and that is expected week. preservationists had sued to stop uc berkeley from building for more than 1100 students and 125 on housed people there. they say the university has other properties they could use for that housing. they plan to appeal the ruling. a focus now on the

. >> jason andrew cortez, san francisco. liz: after the ceremony, there was a procession to the memorial wall that pays tribute to more than 1400 firefighters who have died in the line of duty. this morning, at least five people are under arrest for a smash and grab robbery at the apple store and walnut creek. the theft happened yesterday morning. the suspects were caught in los gatos. police say there were two vehicles involved. one had stolen laptops, phones and ipads in it. they found two guns, one of which was a ghost gun. uc berkeley has the green light for housing for those in need at people's park. a superior court judge said any ruling on friday that the university could move forward with its controversial plan. work on the site can begin when the judge issues an order. that is expected to happen this week. preservationists have sued to stop uc berkeley for building a dorm for more than 1100 students at 125 and housed people at the site. they say the university has other properties it could use for student housing an

jason andrew cortez, san francisco after the ceremony, there was a procession to the memorial wall it pays tribute to more than 1,400 firefighters who have died in the line of duty. this morning at least five people are under arrest for a smash and grab robbery at the apple store in walnut creek. the theft happened yesterday morning. the suspects were caught all the way down in los gatos police say there were two vehicles involved one had stolen laptops iphones and ipads in it. they found two guns in the other one of which they say was a ghost gun. uc berkeley has the green light now to break ground on housing for students and those in need at people's park a superior court judge in alameda county said that inattentive ruling on friday the university could move forward with its controversial plan work on the 2.8 acre site can begin when the judge issues a written order that's expected. this week preservation is sued to stop uc berkeley from building a dorm for more than 1100 students and 125 on housed people. they say the university has other properties it could use for student housin

jason: yeah, i find it interesting that here you have senator schumer and the likes of alexandria ocasio-cortezning about this decision, saying that the whole world's going to fall apart when all it did was give more power to congress. here's senator schumer first on gun safety, then on abortion and now on the environment. this maag georgia, regressive supreme court is intent on setting america back decades, if not century es. he continued to go on and say the decades-long fight to protect citizens from corporate abuses is being wiped out in a single case by extremist maga judges. and alexandria ocasio-cortez, who's obviously not going to be outdone on this, she tweeted: catastrophic. a filibuster carveout is not enough. we need to reform or do away with the whole thing for the sake of the planet. doesn't get any more dramatic than that, senator. >> jason, this begs the question, why do they hate democraciesome why do they hate allowing people to elect their own representatives to make lawsesome that's really what we're dealing with here. all they're saying is congress has the power if it wants