the funeral for terry smerdel is under way right now, being held at st. ignatius catholic church on the university of san francisco campus. hundreds of firefighters saluted as his flag-draped coffin was carried into the church 30 minutes ago. agencies from throughout northern california sent members to salute their fallen comrade. >>> abc 7 news inside san francisco's energy operation center a short time ago where 911 operators and dispatchers are getting ex-from hetra help today's ffl funeral. the center is running at level 2, that means several city agencies have officials working aongside each other coordinating things like traffic diversions and out of town fire crews that will respond to emergencies in san francisco during today's funeral. >>> of course, it's a solemn day for san francisco firefighters and a challenging one for those who are covering their jobs. to get an up close look at what's that like, we turn to abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield at fire station 7 on 19th and fulsom. >> reporter: all you have to do is look at san francisco fire

. >> reporter: in the statement, mayor ed lee said that terry smerdel put the safety of the city andesidence above his own day in and day out, and that the city is forever indebted to his family, and the brother of terry smerdel is a retired battalion chief, and terry smerdel leaves behind a wife and two children. >> his wife referred to him as her disneyland, and i'm sure she would not mind me saying this. >> you want to learn to be a go cheofficer. >> reporter: he headed to the houston help with hurricane cleanup and funeral arrangements have not yet been announced, and they are working with firefighters to help them cope during this difficult time. ktvu fox 2 news. >>> federal officials are investigating the deadly plane crash that happened in benicia over the weekend and it took off from the concord field saturday and crash minutes slated -- later on the private property and the two met people aboard were father and son heading to humboldt county where the father lived. the sun -- his son lived in concord. >> it was a 67-year-old man and his 43-year-old son. >> the father was pil

(grant) san francsico fire fighters are paying tribute at a funeral for battalion chief terry smerdel. smerdell who worked with the department since 1991 died september 10th while on duty. he had returned from an early morning fire calland was later found unresponsive in his office. during the funeral...other agencies provided backup to the san francisco frie san francisco backup to the san francisco frie department...to maintain emergency services. the alameda county, contra costa county, san jose, and san mateo fire departments all joined forces...to pay a final farewell to battalion chief terry smerdel. (vicki) in the south bay... an off-duty c-h-p officer was killed this morning in a crash. chp officials say officer james branik - of san jose... was riding his motorcycle on monterey highway- just south of chester avenue... was he was struck by a pickup truck. branik, who was assigned to the c-h-p's gilroy commercial vehicle enforcement facility in san mar-teen - died at the scene. alcohol and drugs are not considered factors in the collision. the driver of the truck has not been a

battalion chief terry smerdel was 59 years old. coming up at eight. we will have continued coverage of hurricane irma as it bares down on florida. we'll have the latest on the expected path of the storm and the damage left behind. plus recovery from hurricane harvey continues. how it's affecting the american economy. and football is back... the raiders played their first game of the season today. we'll caught up with fans... of the sliver and black to see their hopes for the season. (j.r.) football is back, and in oakland -- fans have championship expectations. today, the raiders opened their season on the road in the win column.. kron four's philippe djegal reports from san leandro... where a large crowd packed a bar to watch the silver and black take down the tennessee titans. (philippe) fired up... nats- "raaaaaaiders." and, ready to go...nats- "whoohoo." the excitement at rickey's sports theatre and grill in san leandro...nats- "raaaiders." was off the charts...nick samaniego/raid ers' fan- "it's go hard or go home." and, the raiders' debut of oak

battalion chief terry smerdel was 59 years old. tonight friends are mourning the death of anthony torres better known as bubbles. they say the trans activist was a staple in san francisco's music scene for two decades. (jr stone) he was shot and killed early saturday morning in the tenderloin district. kron 4's ella sogomonian is there live at a vigil. ella? pkg friends say anthony torres better known as bubbles embodied san francisco with gender bending style that could not be missed.sot: peter provencio, friend// "friendly happy smiling usually wearing some fun outfit. wearing some fun outfit with daisy dukes and smiling. just a fun person with really beautiful energy." bubbles'life was cut short in his neighborhood on the corner of myrtle and larkin in seconds when on saturday around three a.m. a shouting match led to the deadly shooting. although the tenderloin district sees its share of violence witnesses say this was one of the most brutal. sot: mohsen abouraya, witness// "six bullets it didn't even take 1 or 2 seconds. every

battalion chief terry smerdel was 59 years old. (mark) in the north bay... police say a driver of a car hit the accelerator instead of the break. crashing into a business in windsor. it happend saturday night on brooks road southat the lot 88 restaurant and bar. police found a toyota avalon lodged through the front doors of the restaurant. at least one employee inside the business suffered minor injures. the driver of the toyota was not hurt. (darya) coming up on the kron four morning news... raiders and niners have their first game under their belt... and by the looks of it kaepernick is bad enough to play for several teams in the n-f-l. the world according to gary is in a few minutes. and here's a live look outside... golden gate bridge. (robin) no major hot spots. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. <"miss north dakota!" cheers> <"miss north <"miss north dakota!" cheers> (mark) it's never happened before at the miss america pageant... one state picked up it's first win last

battalion chief terry smerdel was found unresponsive inside his office last sunday. more than 25 years ago. smerdel's funeral will be at st. ignatius church on parker avenue at 10:00 this morning. >>> we now know who bart police are looking for in a bizarre robbery attempt involving a written threat. they released these photos of a woman accused of writing and pass ago note to a fellow passenger saying two guns were pointed at her. julie dragland was riding while the required handed her in note on saturday afternoon. >> a woman on board the train gave her a note that read i have two guns pointed on you give me your stuff. >> so i started slumped over to the left and started shaking and people started to notice. >> the scene she caused near the civic center station scared the attempted robber. police say she got off the street at powell street. detectives are reviewing the station's surveillance video from more evidence. >>> i'm watching the roads as i do every morning and it is no surprise to anyone that congestion is a major issue in the bay area and now there's new

other firefighters found battalion chief terry smerdel unresponsive inside his office. he had just returned to his fire house in chinatown from a call. flags are flying at half-staff in all of san francisco's 44 other fire houses in honor of smerdel. >>> tonight police are looking for the shooter who killed a popular deejay and member of san francisco's lbgtq district, anthony torres died in the tenderloin district. >> reporter: everyone wants to know what led up to the shooting, wondering if torres was the victim of a hate crime. >> the best thing in the neighborhood. >> reporter: the community is shocked off the shooting death of anthony torres, also known as bubbles. he was well known in the transgender community and beyond as activist, artist and deejay. he would often play music in the tenderloin. >> he would come out with turn tables and sound system. he always wore wild drag. never talked to him but i loved him. he was great. just brought a lot of energy to the neighborhood. this is an exciting block, so he brought the excitement. but this is terrible. >> reporte

battalion chief terry smerdel was 59 years old. ( darya ) in the north bay...an is dead and another one was injured in an early morning double-stabbing in petaluma. the attacker is still on the loose. this happened near the corner of kentucky and keller streets just before 1:45 sunday morning.... one man was treated at the scene another man was taken to the hospital where he died. this is the first homicide in petaluma in almost two years. <"we usually have stuff associated with bars and nightclubs - public intoxication, dui, people loitering around - but otherwise it's pretty safe. we don't have too many incidents down there.">( darya ) police are still interviewing witnesses and searching the area for security camera footage of the attack. ( mark ) coming up on the kron four morning news... we are just minutes away from the beginning of the ceremony in new york commemorating the anniversary of the september 11th attacks. we will go live to new york when that ceremony begins. and after the break... hurricanes in texas and florida causing gas prices around the

that will free up tier to attend the funeral of terry smerdel. the battalion chief had just returned from a building alarm call and was at his station in china town when he studly died. his funeral will be at st. ago neighbors on usf campus at 10:00 this morning, then there will be a funeral procession to the cemetery. we want to show you a map of that route so you can plan your late morning accordingly in that area. you will see the procession head down the great highway and it's going to make its way to southbound 280. it will exit east moore and wind its way to holy cross cemetery. don't be surprised if you see firefighters today from hayward, oakland, even napa. they are just here helping out while this department takes a day to grieve. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> and the other big story this morning, hurricane maria, look at that, right now it's a category 5 storm. it is barreling toward puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. it's expected to hit there sometime tomorrow. maria briefly dropped to a categ

other firefighters found battalion chief terry smerdel unresponsive inside his office. he had just returned to his fire house in chinatown from a call. flags are flying at half-staff in all of san francisco's 44 other fire houses in honor of smerdel. >>> tonight police are looking for the shooter who killed a popular deejay and member of san francisco's lbgtq district, anthony torres died in the tenderloin district. >> reporter: everyone wants to know what led up to the shooting, wondering if torres was the victim of a hate crime. >> the best thing in the neighborhood. >> reporter: the community is shocked off the shooting death of anthony torres, also known as bubbles. he was well known in the transgender community and beyond as activist, artist and deejay. he would often play music in the tenderloin. >> he would come out with turn tables and sound system. he always wore wild drag. never talked to him but i loved him. he was great. just brought a lot of energy to the neighborhood. this is an exciting block, so he brought the excitement. but this is terrible. >> reporte

other firefighters found terry smerdel unresponsive in his office.had just returned from a call. flags are flying half-staff at all of san francisco's 44 other firehouses in his honor. >>> police hope you can identify two people involved in an altercation at an in and out. take a look at surveillance photos september 1st. police say the man threatened a victim with a box cutter. the woman is his companion. if you know or recognize these two people call daly city police. >>> that record heat over labor day weekend has left wine grapes shriveling on the vines. three straight days of temperatures dehydrated the grapes. what was a promising vintage now looks more uncertain. they say they will have a less expensive wine blend. >> i feel for our winemakers because they are so subject and fall victim to these weather patterns we have. >> and wine drinkers, i may add. >>> yes, oh, my goodness. i guess we'll be drinking ceaper wine. maybe not as good. yes, they are so susceptible to the crazy weather and we're about to go through another weird stretch of weat

there is a funeral going on for a fallen firefighter, bat i don't know chief terry smerdel was foundde his office on friday. he started working for the fire department more than 25 years ago. his funeral will be on parker avenue at 10:00 this morning. >>> president trump will deliver his first speech to the united nations general assembly in new york. in his speech the president will push for reforms to the u.n., he is also address some of the biggest threats facing the world right now including north korea as the u.s. rallies support for tougher action against the regime. north korea's top diplomate will have a front row seat for president trump's speech later today. we will bring you the address live this morning on nbc 7. you can stream it on the abc 7 news app, it starts at 7:30. >>> a lot of people reported feeling an earthquake late this night in los angeles. a magnitude 3.6 hit just north of westwood around 11:20. no reports of damage, but earthquake quickly became the top trend on twitter in the u.s. more than 70,000 people said they felt it on the usgs -- i should say 7,000

. >>> a battalion chief, terry smerdel, died in his office after returning if an emergency call last week. hundreds of firefighters saluted when his coffin was carried into st. ignatius church of firefighters came from across northern california to the university campus to honor him. crews from other cities staffed fire houses around the city during funeral. abc7 news reporter amy has more. >> to come to san francisco in our time of need. you don't realize until you're in the eye of the storm, how much it meant. >> they were issued radio equipment. they even went through a few drills. >> we'll be discussing it during the drills so we're all in line with that eyocalefers a.nd discussed the new surroundings. >> the density and the high-rise buildings. >> they say they know san francisco would do the same for them. >> it's a brotherhood. regional, statewide. >> here's a truck parked from fremont, from as far as salinas and napa. san francisco firefighters say it is very comforting as their trucks show you here, they are a department in mourning. in san francisco, abc7 news. >>> the chan

(vicki) san francsico fire fighters are paying tribute at a funeral for battalion chief terry smerdel. smerdell who worked with the department since 1991 died september 10th while on duty. fire officials say he had returned from an early morning fire calland was later found unresponsive in his office. during the funeral...other agencies provided backup to the san francisco frie department...to maintain emergency services. the alameda county, contra costa county, san jose, and san mateo fire departments all joined forces...to pay a final farewell for battalion chief terry smerdel. (grant) in the east bay... a high school student was arrested today after bringing a gun on campus. it happened at de anza high school in richmond. the high school was put on lock- down when school officials learned the student had the weapon. police are investigating how the school discovered the student had the gun. no one was hurt in the incident. the name of the student has not been released. (grant) in the north bay... a frightening situation for parents, students and teachers at redwood high school in l

. >>> a funeral and procession in san francisco will be held for fire battalion chief terry smerdel who the job this month. he died september 10th. firefighters found him unreef responsible siev after he came back from an early -- unresponsive after he came back from an early morning call. he died of a heart attack. at the time of his death. he and his son were planning to go to houston, texas, to help clean up after hurricane harvey. family members and friends will be gathering in st. ignacius catholic church. >>> 57-year-old terry gordon has been arrested. he was initially wanted for shoplifting at a safeway on luelling boulevard. police tried to arrest him when he judged into vehicle and ran into officers. he was later spotted by other officers. he was arrested. he tried to ram police again but crashed his car. >> you never want to get a call that two members have been hurt. >> police say they received a lot of support from the community and that people are stopping by the san leandro police station to leave notes and flowers. >>> a warning to parents who take their children to a par

other firefighters found battalion chief terry smerdel unresponsive inside his office.d just returned to his fire house in china toup from a call. flags are flying at half staff outside station 2 on powell street and in all of san francisco francisco's 44 fire houses in smerdel's honor. >>> friends and fans remember the popular deejay who was murdered in san francisco, and his killing is resonating inside san francisco's transgender community. abc7 news was in the tenderloin for a vigil honoring anthony torres. many knew him as bubbles. bubbles was playing music when an argument erupted and he was shot early saturday morning. >> nobody deserves to be treated like this. so we're here to -- all his friends here and family to make sure that his voice is remembered. >> friends describe torres as also being an artist and an activist in the troiansgender community. they fear he may have been targeted because of how he identified. >> this is a hate crime. we need the city of san francisco to respond accordingly. we need the police department to respond accordingly. >> police s

not been recovered. ( james ) firefighters in san francisco gathered to honor battalion chief terry smerdele 16 year veteran died septermber 10-th while on duty. he had returned from an early morning fire call and was later found unresponsive in his office. the alameda county, contra costa county, san jose, and san mateo fire departments all gathered to pay a final farewell. ( james ) a north bay high school will be back to normal this morning after bomb threat prompted a lock-down tuesday. it happened yesterday morning at redwood high school in larkspur. students were evacuated to the football field after the school received anonymous tip of a threat. the threat was cleared a few hours later. students who attend the school say the threat appeared to have been made because a student did not want to take a test. ( james ) and in the east bay... a student was arrested accused of bringing a gun on campus. it happened at de anza high school in richmond. the high school was put on lock-down when school officials learned the student had the weapon. no one was hurt. ( james ) the billionaire owner