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it's finally here at midnight tonight, california officially reopens. that means the state will lift most covid restrictions. but it's not going to be a light switch. it will be more like a dimmer. first masks. fully vaccinated people will not have to wear a mask indoors or outdoors. unvaccinated people are supposed to remain masked when inside but it will be on the honor system. what about at work? governor newsom is promising an executive order saying if you're vaccinated you can go mask free on thursday. gyms are allowed to go to full

capacity with no mask restrictions. masks will still be required on bay area public transit, airports and airlines until at least mid-september. and remember counties, cities and businesses all right to place stricter rules than the state. nbc 7 has been continuing down for this moment. it's because our cases have dropped dramatically and 47% of all californians are now fully vaccinated. good evening i'm dan ashley. thank you for joining us. so what will tomorrow's new reality look like. abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo is in the south bay with a trial run of what will be a typical day to find out what's changing? >> across the south bay a mix

of excitement, anxiety and confusion as we move beyond the blueprint in ways that matter. >> i'm going to check the owner of blue fitness on what tuesday will look like. are we taking off our masks or not. he says yes, cardio, strength training and more unmasked. >> this is a little bit to do to go back to normal. i think people are ready to move on and focus a more on their healths. >> by tuesday, fully vaccinated people should be able to go fully maskless at grocery stores. >> after that grocery store run, i felt like mama needed some me time. >> reporter: with her own protocol in place, linda mo is going maskless.

>> to make sure everybody feels safe, just having a mask on for the time being will protect workers and our customers. >> so remember, no mani pedi without a mask. sushi confidential opened their restaurant for the first time. no mask needed for fully vaccinated customers but employees will keep them on as employers navigate new rules. >> it seems we have so much time to prepare and now cal osha is making some new rules and guidelines potentially and it's kind of going back and forth. >> reporter: california lifts its tier system. in the south bay, i'm amanda del castillo. now despite all of the excitement about reopening the state tomorrow there is still one big problem and that is finding enough workers to reopen all of these businesses

fully. abc 7 news reporter stone is talking to who are finding creative ways. >> california is reopening it, shake it up. >> this tuesday is a look at things to come. we had lined out the door. >> the big concern the staff to work in those restaurants. 220 employees prepandemic but now just 70. >> with everybody hiring kind of at the same time that has led to kind of this massive requirement for a lot of hospitalitary workers. >> reporter: many workers have left the area for locations with cheaper rents. but this isn't just a

restaurant-bar things. the parks are kept up by terra workers. and they need workers. >> this seems to be the largest labor shortage we've had. >> reporter: a lack of workers to the point where the youth are stepping up. >> most high school-college students are the ones that are filling in most of these gaps. that's really the only area that have found good success in finding candidates. it's a short term fix. but at least it gets us up and running. >> reporter: everyone hoping for a come back of patients but also a come back of employees so that when these bars fill up there's a full staff there to serve them. j.r. stone, abc 7 news. now in order to work at one bay area company you will need to be vaccinated. the ceo of velo 3 d in campbell

had made it a requirement for all employees. he received a considerable amount of push back but is defending his decision and says the law is on his side. >> this is illegal that i'm breaking fall laws. this is experimental vaccine whatever. the law is saying that this is legal and i'm really calling to other ceos to do the same. the company has about 120 workers and all but 2 got vaccinated. one had a medical exempt and the other chose to resign. now despite the state's reopening, muni and b.a.r.t. are still sticking with limited service. muni says it will expand some service in august and has not yet said when it will fully restore service to prepandemic levels. muni is ending its covid-19 socially distanced requirement tomorrow. but people will still be required to wear masks.

religious services are also affected by the reopening obviously. capacity limits will be lifted which means churches and other sources of worship could be filled again. mask requirements however will vary. forever the san francisco archdiocese says it is going to require them regardless of vaccination status. if you're vaccinated you do not have to mask up for an indoor service. now as we readjust to not wearing masks perhaps medical experts say one group of people should still be prepared to mask up. >> those people under 12 who are not vaccinated really still need to be in a hybrid situation where they still will have to wear masks in certain conditions. >> abc 7 news vaccine team member kate larsson spoke to dr. maldonado tonight. she's among the doctors who recommend that children who are not fully vaccinated continue to wear masks when social distancing simply is not possible. all right, well are you ready for road trip now?

the governor says reopening the state means it's time to travel again. there's a new ad campaign in fact, calling all californians to plan a trip within state lines to help boost the state economy. >> people can feel liberated again. they can feel safe to travel in california. probably the most safe in the united states. the first people to travel are the regional travelers. what we're looking for is to get californians back on the road again. >> governor newsom announced a new vaccine incentive to help restart travel. the california vacations include vacations to san francisco, anaheim, los angeles, san diego and palm spring. winners of the incentive will be picked tomorrow. starting tomorrow, vaccinated visitors will be able to take off masks at disneyland. you will not have to show proof of vaccination. children 2 and up who are not

vaccinated will still be required to wear masks indoors at the park. disney remember is the parent company of abc 7. for first time of may of last year, marin county recorded no covid patients in its hospital. none. san mateo reach 150,000 doses administered since it opened in october. any place that has 5 or more people can put in a request to the health department and a will come out to that location. all right let's move on. balloons parked a grass fire after noon in san jose. crews called in air support to fight these fast-moving flames. about 30 acres burned and one

building was briefly threatened before firefighters had things under control. metallic balloons flew into transmission lines and started that fire. the state power grid operator cal iso is warning this record breaking heat could mean flex alert. we should be prepared for that. how hot is it going to get exactly? let's check in with drew tuma. the answer is pretty hot. >> some of the hottest temperatures we've seen all year. 90s and triple digits from fresno to hot springs and phoenix. this air is heading in our direction as we enter a heat wave. look across california we have excessive heat watches in effect. excessive heat warnings and heat advisories stretching from southern california all the way up into the bay area. so we're going to turn hot for several days, we'll let you know how hot we get where you live exactly and that full accu weather forecast in a few

minutes. as we continue an outrageous robbery at the san francisco walgreens. what one supervisors say needs to be done. an off duty flight attendant threatens to bring down a plane. you're going to hear from stunned passengers. first what is going to be coming up on jimmy kimmel live tonight. >> thanks dan, he got 10-pound of show in a five pound bag. i would never eat

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new at 11:00, an outrageous crime caught on video by abc 7 news reporter lean melendez. a thief making off with a bag full of stuff. these crimes are causing some retailers to shut down. >> three people stop video of a man filling a trash bag full of walgreens. even a person's attempt to stop him did not. >> that's when he bumped into me. >> it's hard for me to say, i

have to be neutral. but this is also my city. i live in this city and i see this constantly. >> reporter: she says she she noticed three of these in the open thefts. stores are closing. >> 17 walgreens. over the last 17 years. almost every gap outlet is gone. >> reporter: asha safai held a hearing and said the da and police department need a much more coordinated response. >> it might even involve more aggressive effort. you see the same individual hitting multiple locations then you can begin to have a deeper conversation about bringing multiple charges. >> kate larsson, abc 7 news. a dog walker has recovered two dogs stolen this afternoon in oakland but is looking for a third tonight. she was dropping off some dogs at a client's home in seminary avenue and left her truck

running. as she left the house she saw a man get into the truck and drive off. two pit bulls and a mastiff lab mix wereed in. one of the pit bulls and the mastiff lab were found today. a credit card was taken and it was used at a target. and you've seen some of the video lately of fights flights. but on friday, a a attendant comendered the p.a. system. >> reporter: a delta airlines flight became the latest to be interrupted by an passenger.

that passenger was an flight attendant. one witness said he feared the worse. >> somebody behind me said, that's really bad. that only happens when the plane is down. >> another flight also diverted when there was an issue. this plane from l.a. to nashville was forced to take down a plane. crews have been subjected to belligerent passengers. in at least one case, physical abuse from troublesome travelers. in may the head of the federal aviation administration says he's worried as these type of air raids are repeating itself. it's received at least 2,900

reports of unruly behaviors by passengers this year. 2,200 of them have been related to noncompliance with mandates requiring masks on public transportation, planes included. the spike in on extended to zero tolerance. >> glad to see meteorologist drew tuma is calm and collected tonight. >> i don't know if people are going to love me when they see this forecast especially thursday and friday. that's when we find some very hot temperatures and when excessive heat warnings will go into effect for parts of the bay area. live look from our exploritorium camera here in the city. fog is really going to be limited to the coastline. not nearly as cloudy as you were last night. numbers right now running from 4 to 8 degrees cooler right now compared to this time yesterday. so at 56 in the city.

60 in oakland. 63 in napa. concord at 63 degrees. here's the marine layer, first thing tomorrow morning, cloud cover right up along the immediate coastline and that's it when it comes to fog. tomorrow is a very sunny day. looks like our marine layer is going to evaporate by the afternoon which will lead to warmer temperatures in the afternoon. overnight tonight is a cooler night compared to last night. upper 40s to mid-50s. again most areas away from the coast are dealing with clear skies. you'll begin to feel some warmer weather move in tomorrow. you notice on our map for temperatures tomorrow afternoon. it's not excessively hot but we're getting warmer a lot of spots going into the 80s our hottest spots topping out in the low 90s. along the coast we'll have a stiff breeze and it will keep half-moon bay at 64 degrees. everything will change though starting on wednesday. that's when a heat advisory will go into effect for the north bay, south bay and the inland east bay. under a heat advisory we're

talking temperatures in the mid- to upper 90s in the afternoon. we're going to crank the heat up even more on thursday. thursday looks to be our hottest day and that is when we have excessive heat warnings going into effect for the north bay mountains and the inland east bay. if you're under an excessive heat warning that means the odds are very likely you're going to exceed 100 degrees in the afternoon. so we're talking about like pleasonton, walnut creek, we're going to see some of our hottest temperatures. you notice some very hot numbers. you will also notice a very weak on shore flow is going to keep cities very close to the water. not too hot. yes we'll warm up into the 80s but still nowhere near as hot as the excessive heat warning. here's the accu weather 7 day forecast. moderate heat on wednesday and thursday and friday excessive

heat warning. summer officially begins on sunday night. >> oh gosh. oh boy. although technically it will feel like it on thursday. than

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in a row. haven't won a road game since atlanta. this guy wants a chance on dancing with the stars, maybe maybe not. 15th home run of the season. his career high is 21. a souvenir skrupl in the stands. the lefty goes 6 innings, two underred and 7 strike outs. you have pitching, defense. how about timely hitting. bringing in steven dougar for insurance. to the coliseum, a's, angels and this mets fan. murphy two run to deaddeaddead it's 2-1 a's. 11 men at the plate. mitch moreland to the right side. part of a 5 run inning for the green and gold. the angels make things interesting scoring four in the

7th. justin upton swing and a miss. closes out the inning. a's win 8-5. al east winners win it 8-4. and the all defensive team for the season. it's the the fourth time green has been on the first time all defense. a little over a steel and a half per game. green was also a finalist for the defensive player of the year award. the african-american sports entertainment group say they made a proposal to team to oakland arena. nba play offs tonight, game four, clippers and jazz. kawahi leonard on the attack early and often. dribble, drive and score. 20-6 l.a. in a flash. paul george right in your living room. hoop and the foul. play off p, 21 points.

kawahi tied for a team high 31. this should have counted for 31 points. oh my goodness so nice. we show it more than twice. clippers even the series 118- 104 not pictured the hawks beat the sixers to even that series

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i'm dan ashleyful we appreciate your time. right >>announcer: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight -- elisabeth moss. omar sy. and music from valerie june. and now -- jimmy kimmel! >> jimmy: oh, hi, everyone. i'm jimmy. i'm the host. thanks for clapping and for watching and future joining us. i appreciate it. i hope your weekend was good. by the way, guillermo is not here tonight. he's sick. all that's left is the stool. the doctor said he ate a bad pinata. so we wish him well, even though there is no chance he is watching this, like less than none. better chance he's at the ballet tonight than watching the show right now. on a personal note we had a big day fa w