covid-19 vaccine trials begin for children as young as 5. why doctors say it's important to get the vaccine to kids. also new details a san jose mom arrested after her son was found murdered in las vegas. police revealing the time line. >> also the big surprise someone will get returning to their car in this sfo garage. and vaccine trials expand to the youngest children yet. kids from 5 to 11 years old are now part of studies right here in the bay area that could lead to younger children everywhere getting a shot. good evening everyone thanks for joining us i'm liz kreutz. >> and i'm ama daetz. you're watching abc7 news. today pfizer announced it's

expanding its clinical trial for younger children. luz pena is part of our vaccine team and spoke to local doctors leading studies in the bay area. luz. >> this is very exciting for many families that have been waiting for their children to get vaccinated. this is a 2 year study where a subset of the children enrolled in the trial will receive the vaccine of the second group a placebo or saltwater. here's something to keep in mind the pfizer vaccine injected in children is the same as the one injected in adults. but the dosage will be less. >> 162 bc 2 vaccine 10 micrograms or placebo. >> doctors calling this the final frontier. children receiving the first doze of the pfizer covid-19 vaccine as part of the phase 2- 3 trials. here's the home 8-year-old max and his 6-year-old sister zoey p era les were vaccinated.

all they could think afterward. >> i used to do martial arts. i have a couple of suits that probably don't fit me anymore. >> i'm looking forward to go back to my teacher. >> reporter: the study will see if a lower enough of an anti body. >> we're hoping to get the second doses in and submit this information to the fda by the fall. >> reporter: dr. maldonado is the principal investigator for the pfizer trial. >> are there any concerns when it comes to vaccinating children as young as 5 years old. >> you're just not seeing any

major safety concerns. we know these vaccines do not cause cellular or dna damage which is one of the areas that people are talking about. s that that is >> reporter: kaiser permanente enrolled 50 children for this trial. >> i feel a little bit of a headache but i don't feel sick or anything. >> reporter: pfizer is expecting results in september. ahead of those results dr. nikola klein principal investigator is getting ready for the next age group. >> there's still a range in logistics for the age group under 5. now as the trial continues families won't know for six months if their children were vaccinated with the pfizer covid-19 vaccine or a placebo. those who receive the placebo will have a chance to receive

the vaccine after the 6 month period. luz pena. it's one of the most critical time periods in child development and learning is from birth to 5 years old. so could vaccinating children at 5 years old have a negative impact? >> it's too early to know. those children who are part of this trial will be monitored for 2 years. she said they're expecting for these children to have a robust immune response to the vaccine. which is good. that's what you want your vaccine to do inside of your body right. which means in many of these children they may get fevers and body aches because of this vaccine. doctors are keeping track of the fever response to make sure it doesn't become a problem. >> all right, thanks luz. this afternoon on our program getting answers, our colleague christine asked aloque patel of how scientists how they will know the vaccine work since covid cases are so

low right now. >> we're looking response. we should be able to vaccine is efficacious, it's safe. >> dr. patel says the young participants will be watched very closely. he says the actual technology of the vaccine itself should not cause any type of developmental or brain damage. and some good news from the state two bay area counties moved into the less restrictive yellow tier today. alameda and napa are the new yellow tiered counties. solano and contra costa do remain in the red tier.

it may be the last of the tiers. because in six days and seven hours no one is counting. california is reopening. and will do away with most of the restrictions that had been imposed on businesses and activities for the past 15 months. we are following breaking news out of the east bay. sky 7 shows us the large police presence at stone ridge mall in pleasanton this afternoon. you can see yellow crime scene tape as officers searched the parking lot. we also saw an suv with a shattered window. police are asking people to avoid the area but are not saying exactly what happened. we're still working to find out more and we'll of course bring you the latest. and new details tonight on the san jose mother who was arrested after her son's body was found on a las vegas trail. abc. >> this afternoon las vegas police announced the arrest of samantha moreno rodriguez of san jose who's accused of killing her 7-year-old son liam husted. >> that we're able to make an arrest on this case is

extremely gratifying. >> reporter: law enforcement officials say earlier today rodriguez was taken into custody without incident in denver by the fbi. liam's body was found on may 28 in a forested section of the mountain springs trail outside of vegas but wasn't formally identified until this week. a friend of rodriguez went to san jose police last friday after seeing news coverage of the case which included a sketch of a child who resembled liam. as jpd then immediately got in touch with vegas authorities. >> it was the following morning that we flew there. retrieved the pillow from liam's bedroom and brought that back to our forensics lab. >> rodriguez packed up her things and left san jose with her son on may 24th. they believe she drove to laguna beach on to victorville and then las vegas before ending up in denver. authorities say they have yet to determine a motive for the killing nor have they established how they went to those cities. liam's fathers nick husted told san jose police he had no reason to think that his son

was in harms way but became concerned after he couldn't reach rodriguez who previously left him a message to say she was leaving and taking her son. on june 1st he called jpd to say something had not gone right but did not file a report. >> he was not sure if he wanted to pursue any child stealing, parental charges on mom. however he did feel it was important for him to call police and let them though. >> reporter: from , in a statement to abc 7 news, rodriguez's father said we are devastated. liam was a happy sweet boy who loved his father. liam was a special needs child at a disadvantage who depended on others kindsness. unfortunately his mother took

that away. chris nguyen, abc 7 news. meantime oakland's police chief is asking people in the community there to bring an end to the surging gun violence. his message came today just hours after a double shooting that left two women injured. gunfire broke out at the brookfield place apartments near 98th and edis avenue around 10:00 this morning. chief armstrong says both victims were taken to the hospital with severe injuries. they are in a stable condition. police say the woman was shot by another woman after the altercation. with violence surging, chief armstrong is pleading with the community for peace. >> this is a call to action for everybody that there's a need to come together to address gun violence. we have to all stand and say, this level of violence is unacceptable. >> chief armstrong says a cease- fire requires a buy in from all oaklanders. he says oaklanders, police, politicians, clergy and community leaders need to take

a stand together. and 1.4 million east bay mud customers will be getting higher water bills but it's not due to the drought. these are planned rate hikes. still the district is watching its water supply very closely. laura anthony has our story from the east bay. >> those who rely on east bay mud can expect to see a surge in their water bills next month. that's thanks to a 4% rate hike. part of a larger infrastructure plan that is related to the the drought. the district plans another 4% increase next year. >> we had projected 5% and 5% when we were looking last year. we're down but we're still looking forward with the plan for infrastructure replacement. we're going to couldn't to make sure we're doing the right thing so we can be here for the next 100 years. >> reporter: an average water customer will see their bill increase by $2.50 per month.

in the meantime, east bay mud officials are keeping a close eye on their dwindling reservoirs. the main storage is relatively full but below average for this time of year. >> we're at 91% of capacity in part d. but we're at the end of the run off for the season. normally we would have snow melt through june and july. >> reporter: other east bay reservoirs are also below average. just like the district's over all storage. despite their reservoir storage being just 65% of capacity, east bay mud has no plans to implement a surcharge at least not yet. >> i want to know we're currently in a stage 1 drought and that has nothing to the drought charge. >> the last time east bay mud imposed such a fee was 6 years

ago in the summer of 2015. in the east bay, laura anthony, abc 7 news. up next, fire and smoke pour out of an sfo parking garage this morning. we look into what may have started it. plus the man who found himself in a

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domestic parking garage destroying several cars. abc 7 news reporter wade freedman explains what happened. >> this was the inferno inside the sfo parking garage opposite harvey milk terminal number 9 this morning. this happened with an suv driven by a woman arriving for a flight. here's airport spokesman yekeil. >> was pulling into the garage. parked her car. when she did she heard a popping sound and then started seeing flaming coming out of the hood. >> there were so many cars parked so closely together. that smoke continued to billow from the building as travelers passed by they weren't sure what to think. >> by this afternoon, the airport had towed most of those cars to a holding lot at the end of the runway. some were in worse shape

others. this was a this used to be a range rover. and many people still don't know what happened to their car. they will find out when they come back. >> from our own parking management team we won't be able to do it based on license alone. it would have been someone making a reservation online or an employee. >> reporter: which means this may take a while to resolve. meantime the cars will remain here while owners and insurance companies deal with claims. remnants of a fluke accident but not a fatal one during rush hour at a busy airport. >> not how you would want to end your trip for sure. >> at sfo, wade freedman, abc 7 news. the ongoing e if if if if i of climate change are continues to appear. one local county is turning to

a ground breaking technology. >> reporter: memories of recent tkeu saás disasters are still smoldering as the bay area waits. responders are hoping an extra set of eyes can help spot trouble before it erupts with the help of artificial intelligence. >> we are the only ones i believe that are technology. >> reporter: katie mcnolte dispatches the network of remote fire cameras but now that system is being backed up by artificial intelligence software. >> when the ai detects a column of smoke an alarm is going on in that media wall. the screen turns red and it's very apparent. >> reporter: the software was developed by its south korean company el chirup which uses technology in asian to monitor airports and major industrial systems. they thought the algorithm to

identify smoke while the system was in development. >> what we're looking to do is catch fires early through 911. >> reporter: a fire spotting consortium and others who have cameras in position to spot fires. brian kemp was one of the original founders and is closely watching the ai project. >> i don't care if it's a citizen, we love them to call in. please don't stop calling in. if it's ai, great. >> reporter: katie mcnolte said they logged 60 alerts over a one week period since the ai officially went online last month. including a fire that was called into 911. >> but the ai camera was able to pick up the smoke 10 minutes

earlier than her911 call. so we had a 10 minute jump on a valid fire. it's extremely rewarding. >> reporter: now supporters of the project are hoping the combined power of 911, camera crowd sources and ai will come together in time for one of the most critical fire seasons the bay area has faced in many years. dan ashley, nbc 7 news. earth now has five oceans. the new when you're born and raised in san francisco, you grow up wanting to make a difference. that's why, at recology, we're proud to be 100% employee owned with local workers as diverse as san francisco. we built the city's recycling system from the ground up, helping to make san francisco the greenest big city in america but we couldn't do it without you. thank you, san francisco. gracias, san francisco. -thank you. -[ speaks native language ] let's keep making a differene together. ♪ ♪ ♪

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ocean in antartica makes me cold, sandhya. >> yeah i can understand why, liz and ama. buts that very cool stuff. it is also cool here in the bay area. temperatures well below average. if you stepped out you know exactly what i'm talking about. i want to show you doppler 7 because we have this trough that's deepening off our coastline and it has been driving the winds in. also with the gusty winds, lowering humidity red flag warnings up for the eastern sierra and most of nevada as you will notice until 11:00 tonight going back up again tomorrow from12:00 to 11:00 p.m. just so dry across the state with the drought and the windy conditions. so that's something that is concerning. here in the bay area, gusty in nevado, we're seeing that wind around napa as well. 30-miles-an-hour, 25 in fairfield. 24 in san mateo. the good news is, you do get

some good air quality to enjoy the next three days. most areas will be in the good category. one spot coast and central bay moderate by friday as the temperatures begin to rise. blue skys from our golden gate bridge camera. 58 degrees in the cities. it's in the mid-60s around oakland. san jose, 59 in half-moon bay. here's a lovely view from the emoryville camera. we're looking at sunshine right now outside. but you definitely need to grab that extra layer. it's on the cool side right now. 57 in napa,68 in livermore. the warmest spots only in the mid-70s right now. right now it is a sunny view. cool the next few mornings. you're looking at breezy still below average. it is a warmer pattern for the end of the workweek. if it's too cool for you, hang on. temperatures will be in the 40s and 50s. some of the outlying areas could drop down into the upper 30s. patchy fog really limited tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon upper 50s to the low 70s.

70 degrees tomorrow in concord. 68 in san jose. 64 freemont. 67 san rafael. oakland 63. 69 in napa and 61 degrees in san francisco. still going to be breezy as you look at the hour by hour forecast. tonight gusty at 7:00. winds will ease tomorrow morning. only to pick up again as you will notice tomorrow afternoon. so 35, 36-miles-an-hour. not out of the question. it is coming off that cool ocean water which is why it is feeling so cool outside. the accu weather 7 day forecast breezy and cold tomorrow. warming it back up as we head toward the end of the workweek. and the weekend will be back up to average for this time of year. for any outdoor plans. ama and liz. >> all right, thank you sandhya. >> happy to hear that. thank you. san francisco opens up its museums to

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house households in san francisco. >> the pandemic put it on hold with many museums down. >> that's what our young people need. that's what people in our city need is to have access to these resources and money should never be a barrier to access. >> programs like these are so important. the program is administered but the treasurers office and the cities human services agency. glad to see it. >> all right world news tonight with david muir is next. we hope you stick around for that. i'm liz kreutz. >> and i'm ama daetz sandhya patel. for everyone here, thank you for inviting us into your home tonight. we hope to see you again tonight.

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tonight, the president and his new message about a troubling variant of the coronavirus and young people. amid cases plunging in this country, the new warning tonight about the highly infectious delta variant, first seen in india. now the dominant strain in the uk and what they're seeing in young people. what president biden is saying tonight and dr. anthony fauci on why two doses of pfizer and moderna are extremely important. and there's also news tonight on children and the vaccine trials. the blistering bipartisan report tonight on the attack on the capitol. showing that some authorities knew of maps of the capitol tunnels and exits were being shared online the month before the attack. in fact, one person writing, "this is do or die. bring your guns." so, why wasn't that information shared? rachel scott on the hill. news tonight after that boy was shot and killed in his booster seat.