the heat wave is finally breaking. but we are not out of the woods just yet. another flex alert has been required. and plus we are going inside california's plan to have all schools opened to students for the upcoming school year. and the explanation as to why masks will still be required. and what authorities are now saying about huge stashes of weapons found not far from where baseball's all-star game is being held. abc7 news starts well, after a couple of days of searing temperature this, bay area is finally seeing its heat wave come to an end. while we may be cooling off, we are still being asked to conner is electricity.

thanks future or so joining us, everybody. you're watching abc7 news live here on abc7, hulu leave and wherever you happen to stream. there was no flex alert for today, but another has been issued for tomorrow. the state's power grid operator is asking everyone to conserve electricity again. power officials say extreme heat and growing wildfires you can see in southern southern so that's threatening transmission lines, continues to strain the power grid. that flex alert will run from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. california has said all teachers and students regardless of vaccination status will need to wear masks in the classroom come fall. all of this is despite cdc guidelines saying masks are not required. liz spoke with health and

services secretary dr. mark galley about this decision. >> this is one of the strongest prevention strategies we've seen with so many california students not yet vaccinated, having all wear masks to start the year, we believe gives us the best chance of getting all back to school. that's why california has chosen go with masks. there are strong, very scientifically proven prevention strategies that do not have a requirement for physical distancing in our schools, and that's going to help us get all kids across the state back in just four or five weeks. >> so is this just a health strategy, or also a bay to make sure that unvaccinated forecasts are not treated unfairly, because some argue there should be pressure put on unvaccinated people. >> well, certainly one of the benefit with the, and, look, this pandemic has taken a toll on all of us differently, and making sure that young people are coming back to school, sort of on even ground, where we

don't see singling students out for either being vaccinated or unvaccinated, depending on where you are in our state, this does help us work through some of those early concerns, and we have heard from administrators, since our announcement of this decision on friday in schools across the state, how great it is to have something that is simple and clear, that they don't have to plan around distancing. they they don't have to come up with special programs so determine who is vaccinated and who is not. >> so still so many mixed messages about wear the mask, don't wear the mask. in l.a., there are recommendations to wear the mask indoors. if you go to do you manage the mask situation. >> i choose to wear my mask indoors. i have three young kids who are not vaccinated. one is 11, you know, and i worry, so i choose to do what is simple for me, which is wear my mask indoors.

>> dr. galley said he is hopeful a vaccine will be available for children under 12 by halloween or at least the holidays and said he does not anticipate any further lockdowns or restrictions because of the delta variant. to the south bay where workers will start returning to googles offices tomorrow. it is volunteering with the company, planning to do a full reopening in september. that means google will be running its shuttle buses again as well. even so, google said that service will be limited. if people aren't vaccinated, or they refuse to say, they will have to wear mask. >> samantha is expanding g g marking meter enforcement starting tomorrow. san mateo. that includes all parking meters and lots, as well as all commerci painzones. the city resumed enforce

independent the downtown business district last july. dr. anthony fauci today urged unvaccinated americans to put politics aside and get vaccinated to protect themselves. >> this is no time for politics. this is a public health issue, and viruses and public health don't know the difference between a democrat or republican, or an independent. >> vaccination rates varies widely across the country. in a new abc news poll, washington post poll, 93% of democrats say they will or plan to get vaccinated, while only 49% of republicans said the same. in arkansas, a state with one of the lowest vaccination rates, cases have increased 110% over the past two weeks. the cdc says 99.7% of current infection among those who are not vaccinated. in the east bay, a wind driven fire in contra costa

county is fully contained tonight after burning 128 acres. that fast-moved fire swept through the hills between livermore and brentwood. firefighters had to battle 98- degree heat battling the blaze on steep sleeps. >> italy faced england today for the euro 2020 title. the stadium pub in walnut creek was packed, as you can see. you can see the tension on all of their faces as they watched every single pick and play. there were similar watch parties around the bay area. now the game itself more than lived up to the hype. england scored first, but italy then rallied and tied it at 1 in the second half. that match had to be settled with penalty kicks. italy's goalkeeper came up with a big save in the 10th round clinching the championship. this is italy's first euro

title since 1968, and continues grind's drought. this was the country's first appearance in a final since 1966. italy's victory touched off celebrations in san francisco's north beach neighborhood. you can see there fans filled the streets waving their flags and burst into a loud cheer when a fire truck came by and sounded its sirens and honked. a similar scene played out back when italy won the world cup in 2006. authorities in denver have seized an arsenal of weapons from a downtown hotel not too far from coors field where this week's major league baseball all-star events are being held. tonight police are praising quick-thinking hotel staff after finding 16 long guns, body armer, and more than a thousand rounds of ammunition. a house keer spot add rifle while cleaning a room on friday night. hotel security immediately alerted authorities who arrested three men and a woma

they did say they don't have any to believe this was connected to terrorism or a threat to the all-star game. >> one mistake tripped them up, and thank god for it. >> investigators say they believe the suspects were involved with illegal arms and drug sales. just ahead, a new era of space exploration. richard branson blasts off into space, even though it was a brief trip. reaction to his historic voyage. and what exactly is lurking in lake merritt? no monsters that we know of, but there is someththas spottedo a ow see pretty clear for now. our natural air-conditioning has arrived. we do have cooler temperatures

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another giant leap for man kind taken this weekend adams billionaire representative and branson became the first phone ride a self-funded rocket into suborbital space. branson and five employees took off from just south of albuquerque. some believe it was history in making today. >> reporter: now safely back on earth. >> i have dreamt of this moment

since i was a kid, and honestly nothing could prepare you for the view of earth from space. >> reporter: the trip, a historic step in space travel. here in the bay area, many watched the launch on abc7 news live stream. >> really is thrilling that we're back out in space and doing it in a different way. >> over time i think my kids might go to space, instead of going to another country. >> reporter: unlike traditional rockets that launch vertically, it took off tethered to a mother ship. after being released, the engines ignited and the spacecraft shot up towards space. a former lockheed hart inengineer causes the mission historic >> i think what we witnessed was the first step in the commercialization of space, just like the wright brothers. >> reporter: a replica of

brenson's original spaceship 1 is on display. branson was scheduled to fly in late this summer or early fall, but moved up his flight, winning the so-called billionaire's space flight. >> he is coetinth bezos. is scheduled to fly on his company's blue origins capsule. virgin factic said it will start flying paying customers to simple similar trips to space. there's more than 600 people who have signed up for future virgin ga lactic flights, paying more than $200,000 each for a trip into space. >> what pretty penny. well, what is old is new

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right now. the same story in fairfield. 22 degrees cooler in livermore. so tomorrow is going to feel a lot better than today did. numbers right now, we are crashing thanks to that fog moving in and around the bay shoreline. we're down to 5 in oakland. 60 in san jose. down to 57 in santa rosa. inland in the 50s and 60s, but where that fog and that marine layer has yet to move in, like brent wood, we are still 84 degrees, but that area, too, will be cooling off. along the coast, we'll have coastal drizzle tonight. it will be cooler than last night. numbers mainly in the 50s across the board. 3:30 in the morning, there is that fog across the bay shoreline. isolated drizzle very likely first thing tomorrow morning. the cloud cover will be slow to break down tomorrow morning. so we'll find a slow clearing of the cloud cover to the coast

for afternoon sunshine. south bay, 79 in san jose. 75 th r w cool in half moon bay tomorrow, breezy, at 58 degrees tomorrow 6 1, so well below average. 80 in novato. 78 in napa. mendocino county, still very hot. close to 100 around lake port. east bay, much cooler. 73 union city. inland, this will feel a lot better compared to this weekend. 86 in concord. 86 in livermore. still have that excessive heat warning for lake county, and interior mendocino county through tomorrow because of those temperatures in the 90s, if not exceeding 100 degrees. but tomorrow afternoon we'll begin to cool off there, as well. here is the accuweather 7-day

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