issue. we don't know the names of the winners from today. the cash incentive does have medical experts and the general public wondering, if this is an effective way to get vaccinated. >> reporter: complete with a backdrop, the lottery announcement felt a little like a 70s game show, except governor gavin newsom drew the winners. >> we will start with number 18. >> reporter: up for grabs, the baxter win program, 15 winners across california, so far, million people are eligible. whoever received one dose, the state is hoping to increase the numbers as we approach the june 15th reopening date. >> we are seeing vaccine seeing improve across the country, but we recognize we have more work to do. >> reporter: due to privacy, no names were released, just the counties of residence. the bay area had six winners. >> santa clara.

>> reporter: many in santa clara and real life wished they could be contacted by the state. >> i will finish my house. i just got a house, i want to furnish it. >> reporter: across the country, incentives seem to be working. >> in ohio, there was a boost after the lottery was announced. >> reporter: vaccine.gov compiled a list of companies for a chance nascar tickets and other prizes. dr. alok patelalok patelalok pal see incentives as bribery, not education to learn the science behind vaccine safety among other issues. >> it may work for people who need a little nudging. it will not work for people who want to get a vaccine but might not have the access or ability to go get the vaccine. there is a barrier we need to

address as well. >> reporter: those we spoke with who got vaccinations say they have other more valuable incentives than cash. >> to see my mom, i haven't seen my mom in a year and a half. that's why i did it. >> i am about to do the very same thing. there are other state incentives as well. if you were vaccinated on may 27th, the first 2 million got a grocery gift card. you also have a chance to win during the $50,000 drawing next friday and the million-dollar drawing that is on june 15th. there are still many options out there. >> good luck to you, and you. >> thanks. the event was not all fun and games. governor newsom was questioned about the june 15th reopening date and revealed the state of emergency will not be lifted. >> the emergency remains in effect after june 15th. >> what's the reason for that? >> because we are still in a state of emergency. the disease has not been extinguished, banished, taking the summer months off -- for all the reasons i just enunciated, that's why we are

not lifting the state of emergency here. >> reporter: governor newsom announced weeks ago that the state would reopen on june 15th and the mask mandate would be lifted. the governor's office verified his remarks saying california is still reopening safely and smartly, but the pandemic is not over. despite the plan for the mask mandate to be lifted on the reopening date, new rules will keep masks on most workers. there is a lot of confusion, here. under guidelines, workers can be mask lists only if every employee in the room is vaccinated. the california chamber of commerce called the rules out of step with the cdc's guidance. the governor's own directive could relax masking rules. some are thinking of creating a subcommittee, but a vote on the revisions might not come until july. dr. alok patel calls it confusing. he joined us with getting answers at 3:00 p.m. >> if your entire office is

vaccinated and your employer says one person is not, are you can ask everything a person? it seems like an interesting social experiment. we need to stick to the science. i hope this is readdressed. >> the board will be hearing public comment on revised rules on june 17th. >> new information from the cdc says covid-19 still poses a severe risk to unvaccinated teenagers. a study out today says one third of adolescents ages 12 to 17 with covid-19 ended up in the intensive care unit with 5% ultimately being placed on ventilators. approximately 70% of the teens had one underlying medical condition. however, 30% did not. dr. rochelle walensky called the numbers deeply concerning. she is urging teens to get vaccinated. >> we continuously update abc7news.com with news including vaccine updates. all you have to do is go to abc7news.com/coronavirus. >> to the north bay, nascar fans are getting ready for the

save mart 350. capacity is reduced. there will still be a lot of people and a lot of excitement. wayne freedman joins us from sonoma wait -- raceway. >> reporter: there is lots of excitement. there have been 714 days since they have had a race in raceway. behind me, you would not see this on a friday, normally, we would see practice and all that stuff going on, not today. this is a different kind of friday before the race. take a look. >> reporter: there may be no site more lonely or forlorn than a jack without a car to lift, or rebellious weirdos weil >> reporter: it is a last gasp of nascar style, we would have watched practice laps, today, the public paid $100 to charity

for 3 escorted ones. >> are you ready to practice covid restrictions? >> no. >> no? >> you have to. >> i understand, but i don't want to. >> reporter: but he will. >> if you are standing in line for the restroom stand, everything will be socially distanced. >> reporter: with seating at 33% capacity, expect 15,000 15,0 fans. with so little action below, there is plenty of time to check those seats for this weekend. >> they will start right here. >> reporter: that is brendan with his dad and two sons. >> these are your seats. >> actually, we are right there. >> you are in the wrong seats. >> my bad. >> well, there is no here. they will be all right. >> reporter: speaking of at noo campgrounds, practice or no practice. >> what's the plan? what >> it will be smaller, but no

less mary. at a gathering of fans, covid or not, it is one big american family. >> the camaraderie amongst these people -- these people feel like the kind of people you can borrow a tomato from. >> reporter: around here, there is no higher praise. >> do you have a tomato? >> i don't. >> reporter: to clarify, at nascar, it would be a tomato, but at formula one in europe, they would be calling it a tomato. live, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> tomato, tomato, i have covered that race for so many years. friday and saturday, it is packed and loud. when other drivers themselves going to arrive in >> they will probably arrive tomorrow. there will be a smaller race tomorrow. the cars were due to arrive at 6:30. here's what is interesting. there will not be any practice laps for those nascar drivers. when they get on the track for

the first time, it's the first time. the good news is the nascar cruise keep people stoked. they will know how to keep drivers safe who have never seen this track before -- except on the larry? >> well, you know, it is 2021. everyone has to adjust. wayne freedman, live from sonoma, thanks. the first rainbow flag has been found in san francisco on to play -- on display. for years, it was thought to be lost. now we know where it was all along. leah melendez tells us more about the flag that gilbert baker made famous. >> reporter: protec an acrylic panel, the first ever rainbow flag is a manifestation of freedom. it was created by gilbert baker in 1978 when harvey milk asked him to come up with a symbol to represent the lgbtq lgbtq lgbtq

baker knew it had to be a flag. >> you put it rainbow flag on your windshield, you're sayi something. >> reporter: here is an old picture of the flag at a pride parade. the flag was stored in a leaky building, home of the community center. damaged by mildew, he cut the damaged part out, keeping only a fragmented piece of the original flag. it was then put back in a box. in 2017, he died in new york, and no one knew what became of the flag until -- >> we put it back in the closet. >> reporter: charlie beale went looking for a rainbow flag for an event he was organizing. by now, all of belongings were in his sister's garage. >> i called gilbert's sister. she said, there's a box in the garage, i think it's a big flag. she sends it to us. we pull it out, it's part of a big flag. >> reporter: dinted, he t thflag in but soonwho had worked with

baker on the flag knew what was in that box. >> in the phone call, he asked me what happened to the fragment of the original flag? and he started describing this thing to me and the hair on neck stood up. he was talking about the thing in my closet. >> reporter: after examining the grommets, rope and stitching, they were able to verify it was the original flag. >> the first flag created by baker has more colors than the ones we are used to seeing, 8 instead of 6. listen to baker described his work and with the flag meant to him in this interview we did on march 1st, 2017, 30 days before he died. >> a hand dyed big mess, cotton, you don't even want to know, i stitched on a little singer, pink was for sex, red for life, green for nature, turquoise for magic, blue for serenity, and purple for the spirit. elemts evhink of

>> reporter: up until the end, baker never stopped working on the flag and its message of acceptance. >> that moment when you see it in the sky, hope. >> reporter: in san francisco, leah melendez, abc7 news. >> we put together a history of pride month along with many events that will be happening. you can find it by going to our website, abc7news.com/pride. it has been more than six years since a vallejo woman was kidnapped. police are now apologizing for calling it a hoax. calling it a hoax. up next, we will

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within six years after denise hoskins was kidnapped, the police department is apologizing for calling her and her then boyfriend liars. matthew mueller was later convicted of the crime and is serving a 40 year prison sentence. the iteam reporter hasreporter s this story since 2015. she has been on it since the beginning. melanie is in the newsroom with what we will see tonight on the two-hour abc 2020 special. melanie? >> reporter: for the first time, we will get a look at matt mustard interrogating matthew quinn while his girlfriends life was at risk. instead of looking for her kidnapper, the police department believed aaron murdered denise. when she turned up, they accused the couple of making the whole thing up. >> every moment, i kept picturing him. i kept just visualizing what that feeling must be like to finally feel safe in his arms again. >> reporter: denise hoskins is

describing being kidnapped and assaulted by matthew mueller with an interview with our reporter. he broke into her home and tied up the couple before kidnapping hoskins. in a new video, she describes to the detective the distractions -- instructions. >> stay around my house. there will be a video recording to monitor that i don't contact anyone. >> i acknowledge this sounds like a movie. i know it sounds bizarre. >> reporter: it was too bizarre for detective mustard. >> i'm telling you, it did not happen the way you are describing it. it did not. period. i didn't hurt her. i didn't do any of that. >> reporter: what described you -- what disturbed you the most? to see how he was treated by police, accused of being a

killer, sleep deprived, asked the same question over and over, he said, i understand people falsely confess. >> reporter: after terrorizing him for 2 days, he dropped her off near her parents house. >> as i am stumbling, still sedated, just walking down this street, all he wanted to do was to hug my mom and -- and finally feel safe. >> reporter: the safety was short-lived. they went from accusing quinn of murder to accusing the couple of staging an elaborate hoax. >> the fact that we essentially wasted all these resources for really nothing is upsetting. >> it is mr. quinn and miss hoskins that owes the community an apology. >> reporter: not only did they go through this horrific situation and ordeal, but lived under a cloud of suspicion for months. >> reporter: until he struck again, this time, leaving his cell phone behind in a foiled home invasion. it was the detective who

alerted the fbi that he could have been the original kidnapper. >> i thought, this is beyond crazy. >> if it wasn't for her detective work, they would've be -- -- -- -- -- -- -- day. >> reporter: even though he pleaded guilty and is serving a 40 year prison sentence, the police department has never publicly apologized to the couple until now. in an emailed statement, the hoskins quinn case was not properly handled with the type of sensitivity a case of this nature should have been handled with. for that, the steady -- city extends an apology. the police chief writes, what happens to them is horrific and evil. as the new chief of police, i'm committed to making sure survivors get compassionate service with dignity and respect. >> i knew our lives had changed forever. we are going to go through a lot more struggles. we are together. >> at least you have each

other. >> we have each other now. >> reporter: matthew mueller is now facing state charges including burglary and false imprisonment. we are told he suffers from mental illness and is incompetent to stand trial. terminal proceedings are suspended until his mental competency is restored. they are expected in court july 1st. tonight's 2020 episode airs on abc7 news. i will be >> and that was melanie woodrow reporting. you can watch the full story tonight on a two-hour episode of 2020. that starts at 9:00 onon we want to turn our attention to the weather. the weekend is here. spencer, it is a mini heatwave for some. >> i'm glad you put it that way. there was a lot of june

hating -- hanging out by the coastline. let's look at what is happening across the region. excuse me. we have gusty winds in some spots, sfo is up to 30 miles per hour, even some inland areas have gusts up to 20 miles per hour. the onshore flow is quite cool near the coastline. the highest amateur reading i have seen so far today was degrees. so generally, temperatures are below where they were yesterday, 6 degrees cooler in oakland, 11 degrees cooler in novato and hayward, only 2 degrees cooler in san francisco. we are looking west, sort of hazy as the patches of low clouds and high clouds are extending out over the bay right now. it is 57 degrees in san francisco but a bit milder in oakland. 71 in mountain view, mild to warm 84, but only 55 at half

moon bay. there is more june gloom hanging over the golden gate right now. it is 80 in santa rosa that cooler in novato. mid-80s and 85 in concorde, 81 in livermore. here is a blue sky with a few clouds looking across the bay from the rooftop camera. you will see high clouds increasing overnight. there will be patches of low clouds as well. the main increase will be in the high clouds. it is relatively mild tomorrow, but it will be easy and cooler everywhere early next week. the information overnight shows the passage of sweeping high clouds. there are a few patches of low clouds, but not widespread in the marine layer. that will be the pattern tomorrow as well, high clouds are giving us filtered sunshine. overnight, temrall the low to it is cooler on the coast, upper 40s, some locations like napa and santa rosa will see conditions in the 40s. 50 at half moon bay, mainly low

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>> all week long, we have been looking at what the return of tourism would mean to the bay area and how we can get back to normal. life has been tough for businesses in wine country the last few years, first the wildfires, then the pandemic. liz kreutz tells us what businesses are doing to lower back visitors, and what changes you need to keep in mind if you want to visit this summer. >> good morning. >> reporter: it is friday morning, and things are busy outside fisherman's wharf. >> we are all vaccinated. >> reporter: tours are going on in wine country. >> i will do the wine vineyard. i am excited. >> reporter: she is one of 14 people taking part in a trip to napa valley. >> don't worry. i had to vaccinations. >> reporter: after shutting down and reopening again, tower tours started offering excursions in march. >> it's been a challenge to get the gears going. it wasn't until this past march in 2021 when we noticed more

folks getting vaccinated, our staff included, and people calling for trips and going to napa. guests do ask number one health and safety practices? we still require face coverings on the tour. >> reporter: for now, passengers can sit further apart if they choose. the first step on the tour is donna estate winery. tour buses come every day. right now, they are getting one fourth of the traffic. >> group tours are an important part of our business. the percentage is 50% or higher of our total revenue. so we really depend on the tourism out of san francisco. it is very important that we see travel open up again. >> what brings you to nort california? >> vacation. >> time to get out of the house? >> this group included visitors from kentucky and chicago. jane and her husband chose wine

country because of the safety protocols still in place. >> we are looking at mass mandates to find out where we wanted to go. we didn't want to go to florida, south carolina, or places like that. we thought california still had mass mandates in place. we wanted to do it before more people would be traveling.be trn >> reporter: the pandemic hit wine country hard. they saw 55% drop in revenue as tourists stay away. the occupancy rate in the county was down 39%. and 20% in sonoma county. the tourism is coming back. >> we are hearing from partners that they are close to full on weekends and starting to fill out a little bit more in the monday through thursday midweek business. >> reporter: a month ago, napa was allowed to welcome back business. that includes weddings and corporate events. napa is championing open space as a business attraction. >> we are prompromprompromprompm

can offer for a business meeting, focusing on outdoor spaces and the creativity that might flow if you have a meeting or off-site session other winery. >> reporter: these are all scheduled to return this year as in person events. in sonoma county, where one in 10 workers is in the tourism industry, business is also rebounding. >> everyone has a pent-up desire to get out and explore. we see that starting in a big way. >> reporter: tourism revenue is up 400%. that may sound sound sound soun it is still below pre-pandemic levels. in 2019, 15 million people visited wine country. half word northern california residents on a day trip. that is who sonoma county is hoping to lower back with the life opens gn e maets thin300 miles, the en the suerwewill lo direct flight markets.

that comes from dallas, phoenix, orland, southern california -- >> this wine is great. it is really sweet.ally sweet.a. >> we have been waiting for guests for a year. we are open as far as all the wineries in sonoma county, and we look forward to welcoming guests. >> reporter: paradise ridge has already booked year and hopes to get another 15 by years end. it can accommodate 250 people outdoors. that's where it has its tasting room even though it just rebuilt the hospitality center after it was burned down in the tub's fire. >> this wineries doing the right things for the customers. the tables are spread out. we are outside in the open air. for us, we feel more comfortable. >> reporter: visitors are allowed to go on a self-guided tour and check out their collection of burning man sculptures. >> we are ahead of the budget for tasting room traffic the up this year. we anticipate to get stronger

as the year gogogo >> reporter: if you want to visit wine country, the summer it is more important than ever to plan ahead. most wineries implemented a reservation system because of capacity limits. that practice is likely to stick around for some time. >> reservations for restaurants and other things on the weekend look up very soon. so don't expect to come to sonoma county without reservations and be able to kind of be a little more casual with your trip. those days are gone. sure you call ahead, be sure you make reservations and prepare for a trip.a trip.a trip >> reporter: liz kreutz, abc7. you can watch the reports on the return to tourism any time on the abc7 bay area connected tv up wherever you stream. education is a key pillar we focus on abc7 news building a better bay area.bay area.bay . summer break is upon us. the end of the school year brings mixed emotions for bay area educators. on the dates is joining us with

more. alma? >> yeah, today was the last day of school at guadalupe elementary in san jose. here is what educators told me about how the pandemic school year went and what they hope for come fall.come fall.come fa. >> i am feeling relieved that this year is almost coming to an end. i learned a lot this year about myself and my students. i think we are already for a little bit of a break after this year of changes. >> challenging, i think, is a good word for it. it is also rewarding as well. i never thought i would learn as much about technology as i know now. i would say there are some good things that came out of it. children really learn how to be resilient. i learned how to be that as well. >> this year has been extremely challenging. not just for teachers, but most especially for students and of course, for parents. i think, for me as a teacher, priority has beenhas beenhas ben

social/emotional learning. >> it's hard to believe the school year has come to an end. it is definitely the craziest one we ever had. teachers pushed out curriculum in ways they had never planned and really had never been trained for. they absolutely built the airplane as they flew it. >> reporter: as we return in the fall, what we are hoping for is we can come back rejuvenated, ready to and we make sure we understand that social and emotional needs are still going to be just as important as academic needs. >> i think children need to be in school. that's where we do best, that's for teachers do best, that's where we thrive and build friendships and community. that's what i hope for next year. i hope coronavirus just takes a hike and we can be back together again. >> next school year, i'm excited for a fresh start.

i'm excited to welcome back a new class of students where we can start off the year with a little more normalcy. >> we need each other and we need to be together. i am really looking forward to next year because we are going to have that opportunity to do that. >> take a hike, coronavirus. i love that. there were so many reactions coming from within the school. we have different experiences. all the students and staff are watching right now at the end of your staff party. congratulations, and enjoy your well-deserved summer break. larry? >> i think a lot of the parents brushed up on second, third grade math this year. they will be grateful to have the classrooms back open with the real teachers in charge. right? >> yes, definitely. thanks. making history in mensa, you're not going to believe this, we

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four at 4:00, as dan and spencer join us, the big events are back in the bay area. nascar fans are making their way to the north bay where the toyota save mart 350 will take place on sunday, about 15,000 fans ar. it is the opening of the san mateo county fair.

that will feature a covid vaccination incentive program, free admission to anyone who gets vaccinated on site. they will also get a $20 food voucher and 4 free carnival ride tickets. who is ready to venture into a crowd of 15,000? $20 food voucher, i know you're thinking about that. because there's a corn dog with your name on it. >> a corn dog and an elephant ear. i am in. i guess, with as much distancing as possible and wearing a mask even though i have been vaccinated, i'm not quite ready, but i'm getting close to being ready. i would probably begin to venture out into those situations. >> i feel pretty much the same way, the thought of being in a crowd of 15,000 is a unnerving. at the same time, i would put on my mask and try to put distance between others than me. overall, i think it is exciting that so many events are happening now, and vaccinations are being tied in to these

events and venues. it is good we are able to recapture the normalcy. >> come back to life. >> absolutely. if they manage crowds well and people social distance for a little bit, 15,000 a lot of people, i'm down with that. why not? let's celebrate the carnival. a driverless car company is giving the green light to carry passengers in test vehicles. the state authorized people peo participate in the driverless pilot program. this is the first company to be approved for the program which allows the drivers to use to cars without the safety driver. they will have to submit quarterly progress reports to the state and a passenger safety plan. so who is up for this? what do you think? >> it is going to be driverless in the years ahead, i think, i certainly enjoy driving, and i look forward to the day when you can commute in and not have

to. >> i'm not ready yet. i am close to being ready. they test the technology 24 seven. we see them around the tv station constantly testing. so we are heading in that direction. it is probably time to begin letting real people be in these cars and testing it as safely as they can. >> spencer, i have no reason to think a driverless car would drive better than i drive. that's all i mean. >> you have probably heard me say i think think think think t drive better than most drivers i've seen on the highway. as dan llhappin years to come. there's part of me that wants to wait before i get in one. >> so it's more commonplace. >> i think i read a study that said 80% of us think we are above average drivers. now that just cannot be. >> 80 of us -- 80% of us and we are above average at everything. the real numbers are

significantly lower. a new u.s. report says the numerous ufo sightings by military officers over the past decades are still a mystery. officials say while they have no evidence the ufos are alien spacecraft, they have no expiration for objects seen in the newly leaked navy videos. objects appear to hover above the ocean before they dive out of radar sites, this confounds scientists and military officers alike. they confirmed 120 sightings do not involve military or government technology -- like they would tell you anyway -- but provided no information as to what they could be. you know, i think this is a really good moment to just -- look -- spencer christian has not aged for the past 25 years, clearly, he has are committed to the earth's atmosphere. this is a good time for you to

just say what it is. you are here. your people are here and among us, and you are friendly. come on. >> my peeps are here. we were looking for a new hood. this one seemed habitable. here we are. it is fascinating but a little scary. these objects appear to be moving at speeds unachievable by any technology we are happy with. they are moving in a fashion and direction that seems to defy the rules of gravity. so it's a little scary, but i still want to know more about it. >> i agree. i have seen interesting footage lately because this is making a lot of headlines again. i mean, it is unidentified because it's inexplicable. some of the things -- if those images are accurate, they just can't be be be be it is not some technology we are aware of. it is intriguing. >> they are here. >> you think they are here? >> i think the joke is on you,

spencer. if you said take me to your leader, and they took you okay, you guys, this is amazing. a los angeles 2-year-old girl is making history as the youngest member of the high iq society. her iq is 146. the world average iq the u.s. is 98 by the way. i spoke with her and her mother getting answers, today. one of her areas of expertise is the periodic table. >> can you tell them some elements? what are some elements? >> argon, what else? >> lithium. >> dear member what lithium is? >> batteries. >> batteries. good job. and batteries are in toys. good job. what about your favorite? what's potassium in? >> bananas.

>> yes. >> i know. we thought we would get her on calcium, but spencer, you were here, amazing. >> she is absolutely amazing. it is fascinating, you know, that we are able to test someone that young in a way that would indicate his or her iq. >> she also knows all 50 states. >> good for her, pretty amazing, 146 iq, it will be interesting to see as she grows and matures, what able -- what she is able to do with that remarkable brain of hers. if you add all of our iqs, it would probably come close to hers. >> what is silver? >> ag? >> yeah, probably. i just wanted to test you, dan. >> i just find it sad knowing right now that i will never be as smart as a 2-year-old. i mean, that's -- i'm going to

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