But if ebola makes it way here, fire, police and Health Departments are planning to be ready. A drill revealed strengths and weaknesses wayne fedman is here with a story youll see only on 7. Today we did get a look at a possible scenario. A closer look than if the real thing evercomes to pass. Lets begin with good news th first ebola victim was a Fire Department mannuin. Youre looking at just a drill. Now, not good new the reason the department staged this event. We have to go aheado look at this as an emerging sease, obviously. San francisco is a city that is well traveled. Trances of having exposure here, were on the mount. Paramedics are used to dealing with diseases. The San Francisco fire, police, and Health Department ran the drill based on best policies from the cdc. This involved a mock patient who was having, returned from an endemic area. The goal is moving from a tower, to this ambulance and San FranciscoGeneral Hospital the Fire Department didnt st prep and seal. Turns out this unit hs been ready, justn case. Is this if . When . Or we hope it never happens . I think were ready to be prepared for it. You guys might have is to stop and leave the where they are. Among lsons, suits take half an hour to put on and make everything difficult ty know that going in. If the unhappy surprise arrives. If the big one hs, well be ready for it. We asked the Fire Department to give itself a grade. The assistant chief say a minus a fight for a congressional seat will be a bail biter. Abc7 news is live in san jose. David, what will decide this race . Its going to come down to two things. Voter turn out and undecided voters. Every vote is goin to count. Both candidates, incumbent mike honda and challenger have been spending time at pho banks, seeking support in final hours. Polls conducted by bl campai campaigns differ but both agree a sizeablenumber of voters remain undecided. Political science professor Melinda Jackson explains why turn out could be ccial. Its f. Its a low voter turn out comboitsing to benefit honda. The loyal, older democrat voters will probably vote for him. If we see a higher turn out, that would hel kana. Incumbents usually have an advantage, however, because of districting some have never en a name of seven term congressman on a ballot before. Cana is running in the distric for the first time he asked how low voter turn out might impact his results weve made 500,000 contacts. And so, my expectations that were going to get the votes out. There is a real excitement among our voters young folks are excited. Folks want to bring change i think our folks are going to go to polls were seeing people excited to vote. And im confident to win. The stakes are high because e candidates reflect the large asianamerican community. Two bay area cities may become the first to impose a tax on sugary dnks. Abc7 news is live in San Francisco deli and wine wth the story tonight. Leanne . Hey, dan n San Francisco this tax could generate between 35s sxdz 50 million extra revenue every year. Opponents say its not about the moy but cutting consumptio like American Beverage Association spent 9 million trying to stop them. Berkel has a better chance of passing measure d becau it only requires a simple majority. For San Francisco needs two thirds of the vote. That is beuse it would be consided a special tax only funding recreaonal activities and health and nutritional programs if you buy a 12 ounce can of soda, the measure would require you pay an extra penny per ounce t San Francisco wants to collect two pennies per ounce. So extra 0. 24 here is wh many dont realize. You wont pay at the cash register. Its the distributor would be taxed and woulde up to them to pass on the costto consumers. If cost is absorbed it ends up doing nothing to deter people using the products. The industry encouraged people to overconsume. So these will be impacted by tax. So mexico has a similar tax and saw a 5 to 10 drop in sugary drinks. The issue created awareness about rising obesity. Both measures caught attention of young consers. People who dont drink soda are going to continue t buying soda. In San Francisco, abc7 news voter turn out could prove to be an alltime low for california gubernatorial election. A survey shows that 42 are running for reelection. Oters seem more engaged i San Francisco. San francisco. San francisco will have a drive through ballot drop off stations. Still undecided about how to vote . Down load abc7 news app and live coverage begins tomorrow night at 7 00. Morthan 5,000 Law Enforcement officers honored one of their own at a memorial in Placer County today. They lined up to welcome the family of deputyanny oliver, killed in the line of duty last month. The procession escorted his wife and the church. They wereilled in a shooting spree. A memorial scheduled morrow. An exchp officer suspected of stealingemi nude photos was bailed out of jail. He is accused of taking phot from one womans cell phone after arresting her for dui, sending the photos to oer officers investigators y harrington admittedo stealing photos several times and prosecutors sa he may have to review cases and some mayhave to be thrown out. If there is evidence of wng doing then well handle them accordingly. Right now wenly have evidence there is wrong doing for what he was charged. If cvicted he faces several years in prison. jury was on the trial of two Police Officers accused in a major corruption case. In february, a federalrand jury indicted the two that include stealing money, drugs and oer items from suspects. The former officer seen in this security video pleaded guilty to similar charges the Department Fired vargas for unrelated violations of department policy. Three officers were indut indicted and the investigation extended to separate allegatis that mission Station Office were violating suspects civil rights. Tho resulted in the indictmen. He says the case is important. The public, says should know officers a not above the law. Its important because it increases the level of trust she says the former cop is trying to get leniency. The department did the right thing. Got rid of a bad apple. Now, he is the nothing wrong. Hes been st and stabbed. Option statements supposed to start on monday. With regd to that other case involving seven station oficers seen on those videos that trial is expected to start in january. Still aad here tonight can education d enforcement stop drivers from blocking busy intersections . Later a patient campaigning for the right owe make the same choice Malicious Software is stealing the country notto steal your data but hold it hostage. Ordinary folks paying ransom to get files back. Its going to be warm this week. 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Me are paying 10,000 to get their filesback. Steve jarvi is investigating as is the fbi. Experts say criminals expect consumers with ransomwear, kidnapping files and holds them hostage. It has infected800,000 Computers World wide since february. Auarter million in the united states. Victims paid out 1 million in ransom. Theyll charge you 5 million. That is the price. If you wait a f more days theyll jack the price up. 95 hours, 54 minutes to pay or the plies goes up. And you must use bit coins an untries treysable currency. Its like a spy movie. Or conspiracy. Its sprising it would happen to an ordinary person like myself. T message told her dont waste time. No other solutions exist. You might as well just pay. Security expts agree. There is no way to unscramble coding victims escape only if backed up files somewhere else. Christina did not. Her test consultant said pay up. 500 i would be willing to pay reluctantly. They have youover the barrel. I was shocked there arethese viruss outhere that basically take gun to people heads. Edgar chen is a computer whiz who seahed for a way to unlock the files impossible until a small miracle. There was one solution we might have had a shadow copy. He found it in her computer. The windows restore feature backs up files but only if the user had