this really is a new beast, the delta variant, and the best thing we vaccinated. this morning a race over the wave of new covid cases across the country. good morning, everybody. you are watching abc7 news at 5:00 a.m. we getting to the deadly spread of the delta variant in just a moment, but first, a quick rook at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning.

our deck of low clouds has expanded overnight. we are looking at pretty good fog in san francisco, you can see fran clouded in there and locally across the bay. there is a view of san jose. air quality will be good. we have a generous on shore flow again, but moderate in the inland east bay where temperatures are once again well in the 90s. we have the micro climate in full swing. 53 in san francisco, 55 in napa and 57 in san jose. foggy at the coast, a breezy bay, upper 70s noontime inland, 70s around the bay and by afternoon we are in the 90s inland. it is hot again. we have a cool seabreeze at the shoreline and we will talk about monsoonal moisture headed our way for a cloudier outlook. more on that coming up.

well, flakes broke out at a building on east 12th street. about 860 pg&e customers are without power. the fire is under control. officials are investigating whether it was started at a nearby encampment. and the bootleg fire to the north of us is the biggest burning in the state right now crews have made progress and it is 42% contained. in the meantime governor gavin newsom has declared a state of emergency in a number of counties impacted by wildfires. the records are in plumas,

butte and alpine counties burning 160,000-acres burning toward quincey and plumas county. >> i see smoke on two sides of me, pack up and go. >> reporter: what is your hope in the days moving forward? >> well, i want to come home as soon as possible and i want there to be a home. >> cal fire says the ticksy fire is only 18% contained. and the tamarac fire south of lake tahoe continues to burn a path into nevada reaching 60,000-acres and 40% contained. the governor of nevada announced a state of emergency in douglas county. alpine building surveyors were able to enter the buildings nearby reporting 15 structures destroyed and one damaged. you can see the updates on all the fires burning in california on our wild tracker on abc7news.com. let's talk about the

pandemic now. the delta variant is intensifying across the country. the cdc confirms it makes up 83% of new covid cases and the original strain of covid is no longer detected among variants circulating throughout the country. abc7 news reporter and vaccine team member liz peña spoke to a disease specialist that says a vaccine mandate may be in our future. >> reporter: as covid-19 cases surge across the cdc reports multiple concerning trends, no vaccinations in low number states and vaccine dealts, all pointing to the delta variant variant. >> it seems like the virus is always a couple steps ahead of us and we are trying to get at least one step ahead of it. >> reporter: in april the delta variant represented 0.5% of u.s. cases. now fast forward to three

months later and it is more than 83% of new covid cases. the team is actively studying the molecular study of the variants and we need to act fast before a new variant emerges. >> they had mutate and try to invade our cells. almost certainly there will be new variants. >> reporter: the latest national model projects a peak in mid-october with deaths more than tripling where they are now. >> this is really a new new procedures to this rise of the delta variant we had been down to less than 200 death as day. >> reporter: according to the cdc, the current seven day average of new covid-19 cases increased nearly 47% compared to the previous seven day

average. >> do you believe at some point the cdc will mandate covid-19 vaccines? >> yes, and there is precedent for that. in 1905, actually, in the middle of a smallpox pandemic, the supreme court upheld a law that you can mandate vaccines for a very dangerous illness. >> reporter: in san francisco, liz peña, abc7 news. and a newly released poll of unvaccinated americans found 85% will definitely not or probably not get the shot. just three% of those polled said they definitely will get vaccinated. in the north bay morin county reported its first deaths since mid-may. those that died had been admitted to the hospital with respiratory systems. 180 morin county residents, all

unvaccinated, died of covid. and schools are said to still be on course to reopen for in- person learning. >> the cdc and california department of public health have already provided guidance, that even as case rates increase, if everyone is wearing a mask and everyone who can get a vaccine gets one, we can keep our schools open safely. >> thurman says the state will continue to monitor case rates everyday. if you are interested in making a vaccine appointment, we have that information on our website along with answers to more of your questions. head to abc7news.com/vaccine. san francisco city leaders say it is a priority to get muni rolling again at pre- pandemic levels, but what is it going to look like? abc7 news reporter matt boone tells us the transit agency is considering which lines to cut and which could keep and that is not sitting well with riders. >> we can't passively sit by

while muni lines that have been around a century, that are really integral to our neighborhoods, just get suspended year after year to the point they never come back. >> reporter: that is why supervisor dean preston called a special hear that lasted more than four hours, public comment filled with desperate riders. >> they are oblivious to what passengers need as opposed to just passenger count. >> right now we need what we had, so please bring it back. >> reporter: preston wants the agency to reopen 100% of the lines by the end of the year. >> i want a clear commitment from the mta that these suspensions are temporary and the bus lines that people we lie on are coming back. >> reporter: but the director of the smnta says that is unlikely without more funding. >> if we have limited resources we can't get to 100% service until the end of 2022. >> reporter: while the agency

is getting a billion dollars from the federal government, they have already spent half to stay afloat and want to use the rest to help out over the next few years. >> we could spend all the money in one year but it would put us in a position to do massive service cuts and layoffs in 2023. >> reporter: but the supervisor says there is an urgency to restore service. >> we are seeing that is what the federal stimulus money is for, for them to restore muni service back to pandemic levels during this time. >> reporter: transit advocate cat carter agrees cuts should not be part of the conversation. >> we need more, not less. if you want to grow ridership, which we do, you don't take away service. and uber will be more transparent with its drivers about how much money the company is charging for rides.

an investigation found a large gap between the fare quoted to the passenger and the fare quoted to the driver, leaving drivers in the dark about what percentage uber is taking for itself. the company announced starting next week drivers will be shown the full fare, including all benefits and fees. the change will only apply to drivers in california. okay, lisa, let's get a check outside this morning. >> all right, liz. plenty of fog over richmond. 54 degrees downtown, mid-60s, a breezy afternoon, but we are talking about monsoonal moisture, humidity and maybe dry lightning coming back into the bay area forecast. i will have that for you coming up. >> okay, lisa, thank you. also ahead, ghost ship founder derick almena is being ordered to pay millions of dollars in restitution. how much each family is expected to get. and diner's dish

according to our media partners, the bay area news group, the alameda county district attorney's office says almena will pay $5,800 for each of the 36 fire victims and the money is expected to cover funeral and lost property costs and $5.6 million will be split between court costs and teenager fees. derrick almena is on house arrest. well, an explosion at restaurant weeks after being broken into and burglarized and the owner is now saying

most recent attack feels like terrorism. a story you will only see on 7. >> reporter: what you are watching is the explosion that rocked the noodle bar early monday morning. wood and glass burst into the thankfully empty restaurant at the corner of larken and eddie street. the blast was so intense sfpd said it activated a shotspotter technology, a sensor that detects gunshots. while they don't know who or what caused the explosion, it is not uncommon, the same thing that happened to a small business also broken into months earlier. >> a cracked window. >> reporter: the vandalism along this corridor of the tenderloin has been rampant for weeks according to renee colorado, the executive director of the merchant's association keeping track of it all. independent asian-owned businesses have suffered

disproportionately during the pandemic already make up the majority of the targets according to colorado. >> everything happened on larkin street between o'farrell and eddie and nine businesses in three days had windows broken out. >> reporter: and in the community ambassador program, they say there is still room for more. >> this has basically made larkin very safe, the two block closure, but it is only thursday through sunday so all the issues that have been happening have been happening out of that timeframe. >> reporter: but now they are trying to sell enough of their street food specialties to pay for the thousands of dollars of damage and move on one step at a time. is your restaurant going to make it? >> i am not sure. i do my best. >> reporter: in san francisco, dion lin, abc7 news. after more than a year of being closed because of covid, small businesses are coming back but the recovery has been small and costly.

san francisco handed out grants to businesses in the mission district. now more on their stories and how they were selected. >> reporter: this bakery is widely recognized in the mission district of san francisco as a neighborhood business, owned and operated for 27 years by carmen he will yas. she received the check from the city to help offset some of losses due to the pandemic. the opener received a grant, and when she told her son, he had a few ideas on where to spend the money. >> you can take me to l.a., to disney. i said no, forget it, that check is going to my landlord. >> reporter: so for 290 very

small businesses with no employees have each received $5,000. 258 storefront businesses with two or more employees were awarded $10,000, and 21 small businesses with 15 or more employees received $25,000. so, who gets selected for these grants? actually there are people working for the city here on the ground developing relationships with these business owners. one person is very special to me and diana. >> reporter: this is diana ponce de leon who borks for the office of workforce development. >> the anxious of not knowing, the information, being able to talk to them, guide them, to them means so much. >> reporter: perhaps the mayor best described the resiliency of these businesses. >> this pandemic set us back, it knocked us down, but it

didn't knock us out. >> reporter: in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. more vintage toys were stolen by the san francisco shop toy boat by jane. the store posted the vandalism. both times of the two times it has been burglarized, they targeted the vintage toys in the store. well, now from gilroy, the celebration over changes. >> reporter: this site signaling the gilroy garlic festival is back. well, the fan-favorite food, at least. the famous gourmet alley like we have never seen before, rearranged and reimagined because of covid-19. >> we are in an air conditioned car and pulling up.

>> reporter: instead of pulling up to christmas hill park, diners will circle gilroy presbyterian church for the two week festival. denise said she dropped the top on her car eager for the return of the big event. >> i brought my 98-year-old mom, maria, with me, and we are getting our dinners to have the feeling of gilroy again. >> reporter: planning with the pandemic wasn't easy, but with the sold out first day, well worth it. >> you come around and you have the barbecue guys doing the flame steak and we have our scampi. >> reporter: covid-19 canceled last year's festival and the year before that the tragic deadly shooting, so each car is a reflection of the city's resilience. >> we have had a hard couple of years, so we are here to support them. >> this is a tradition with our family. we come every year, we missed it last year, we said we are

not going to miss it this year. >> reporter: drivers must purchase garlic festival favorites in advance. there will be a farm to table dinner and a golf tournament, as well. while this year's festival brings a number of changes, organizers say the event cannot be challenged. >> you can't touch us with what we do at gore may alley, there is nothing like this. >> reporter: the festival opens up to drivers at 11:00 a.m. saturday. >> so good to see them back. levels at lake oroville continue to drop, meaning a major hydroelectric power plant could go offline for the first time ever as soon as next month. the lake is at 655 feet right now. its all time low was 643 feet in 1977. the power plant cannot generate electricity to the state's power grid once the water levels drop to 630-640 feet. the plant generates power for 800,000 homes. when it shuts down power will

be pull from the other facilities across the state. these images from lake oroville are really, really scary and show the extent of the drought. >> yes. the only worse year or equal to this year was back in the 1970s, as you said. >> yeah, right. >> we have done that before and we are hoping for a better rainy season. we are talking about some moisture, but once again, it is the kind that could come with dry lightning, the monsoonal moisture, so we hope we don't see that in terms of the dry lightning. right now you have the marine lair over the bay, oakland and san francisco. five to six miles of visibility from petaluma to hayward. as we widen the view, this is what we will be watching for tomorrow, the high pressure ridge just moving enough for the clockwise flow. the sierra nevada is experiencing hazy conditions go

do to the haze there and thunderstorms in their forecast once again from sunday to monday and tuesday. 56 in san leandro, 5 will in berkley. 53 in richmond, 57 in san carlos and 47 in pacifica. fog in santa rosa at 50 this morning. 46 in novato. the deck of clouds hanging close to the shoreline. we have the fog there but elsewhere is the breeze that will take over throughout the day. not enough to cool you off inland. hot in the mid-90s toward the inland valleys and the delta. another warm to hot day. increasing clouds and humidity for tomorrow, monday and tuesday, and we are looking at a chance of dry lightning as we get into the early part of the week. the wind forecast shows a breezy bay today. right now winds up to 24 miles per hour around fairfield and they will increase to about 30 today, and the rest of the bay will be breezy with the winds

coming back and a little stronger for your sunday, allowing for temperatures to come down a few degrees where they have been warmest which is in the mid to upper 90s to the east bay, they should come down a few degrees and we will have more seabreeze in the afternoon. if we look at the week ahead, you will notice that 90s inland today, low 90s tomorrow. monday we will have increasing clouds that will allow for more humidity and cooler numbers. we get a heat spike into tuesday, wednesday and thursday. it will not be prolonged, but we will see temperatures climb at or near 100 degrees. there is a look at the moisture that will be coming up late tomorrow in the form of clouds. then by monday and tuesday that risk of dry lightning, it is a slight chance, a better chance, as you get out toward the mountains, so we will watch that for you. in the meantime, highs today ranging from the mid-60s in the city.

76 in san mateo. vallejo 80. 96 in antioch. 82 for you in the south bay with mid-80s in santa rosa. the accuweather seven-day forecast, the warmer and sunnier day is today out of the weekend. more clouds, cooler, a little more humid tomorrow, coming down about 4 degrees inland as well as around the bay. then we will keep the forecast on track with the clouds, the cooler temperatures and a slight chance of dry lightning into tuesday. it will feel like summer inland with temperatures near 100 by wednesday, liz. >> all right. good to know. thank you, lisa. ahead, prices for new and used cars are way up. what is causing the surge and how you can sell your

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the new reality for americans looking to buy a car, dealerships with new cars sold before they even arrive on the lot, the prices of used cars soaring, and in some cases car owners selling their cars back to the dealership for a profit. what is driving this? computer chips crucial for new cars are in short supply, production slowed down by the pandemic and leaving dealerships across the country with low inventory, many of the dealers now looking to find used cars to sell, used cars in high demand and prices on the rise, too. in some places the cost of a used car is up 45% over the last year. in new jersey, this sales director says he has been watching what is happening with used cars in awe. are dealerships looking to buy new cars because of inventory. >> oh, absolutely. it didn't use to be that way

but it is now. >> reporter: in many cases cars haven't already arrived yet and they are already sold. >> if you see cars coming off a truck, chances are most are already sold. >> reporter: with all the pent up demand, the wait for a new car could be even longer than past 2022. google is getting into the olympic spirit with a new doodle. they launched doodle champion island games on its main search page. its seven mini games including table tennis and archery. the doodle was created by animators from tokyo investigators and these newborns are the newest members of team usa. nurses at a hospital in kansas city crochet little outfits and even gold medals for a miniature opening ceremony in honor of the tokyo olympic games. the tiny athletes represent

variety of events including swimming, weight lifting, basketball, gymnastics and tennis. that is adorable! so cute! still to come on abc7 mornings, the efforts to vaccine farm workers here and in the central valley.

well, welcome back, everybody and good to have you with us here on abc7 mornings. let's go right to lisa with the temperatures. we have oranges in the inland east bay and interior valleys we will be in the 60s and 70s by 10:00. by 2:00 near 90 in livermore, low 70s in oakland, partly cloudy skies in san francisco. as we go through the afternoon we are in the 80s up in the north bay. clear lake is really hot, near 100 degrees, but today the warmer and sunnier day. the seabreeze kicks in, and then we will see a return to more clouds and humidity, maybe even some dry frightening the days ahead. we will track that for you next time we see you. liz? >> lisa, thank you. developing news with the coronavirus, california's positivity rate has surged to 5.2%, above the world health organization's threshold for reopening. that last time we were at 5%

was february 8. california reported nearly 8,000 cases yesterday. and there is this from the cdc. the agency says all current cases in the u.s. are caused by variants with delta making up the majority. the original strain is no longer detected. it is likely those in vulnerable groups will need a booster shot according to "the new york times". the biden administration is evaluating the data but officials expect those that are 65 or older or with a compromised immune system to need one. and the bay area's fourth covid wave is only getting worse with cases continuing to climb and hospitalizations just reached the highest point since march. we have more now on what we can expect moving forward. >> reporter: top health officials across the bay area say if we are not careful, the delta variant could move back our progress over the next few

weeks. >> i didn't expect to see this given our high rates of vaccination. >> reporter: this is dr. maria raven, the chief of emergency medicine at ucsf. how important do you think this next two-week period will be for the bay area? >> i think the next two weeks are will tell us a lot. it will continue to give us more data on the delta variant which is largely spreading right now and causing quote unquote break through infections among unvaccinated people. >> reporter: in the past 14 days around 20 break through cases reported at ucsf among vaccinated individuals. some were still hospitalized. >> we have been seeing one to two a day. it gives me pause. it is not what i thought we would see. >> reporter: covid hospitalizations are rising at a rate we haven't seen since march. in july we had 0 hospitalizations, now there are 17 at ucsf. for context, at the height of the pandemic the figure was in

the 60s. >> of the seven people in the hospital right now, six are unvaccinated. >> reporter: and now a trend across the bay area with hospitalizations and case rates. on july 1, on average 231 new daily covid cases were reported across the bay area. now, a mere three weeks later, the average is four times more, with 978 new daily covid cases. >> we expect the number of infections will keep going up for at least a few weeks. >> reporter: doctors say this has never been a more dangerous time for unvaccinated people and it is reflected in the data. both covid hospitalizations and icu admissions have more than doubled with hospitalizations spiking from 166 to 412. icu admissions jump from the 50 to 119. >> i am worried about the fall, in particular, when we generally tend to see more people indoors and worry about other viruses, as well. >> reporter: stephanie sierra,

abc7 news. and the race to vaccine farm workers has hit a new level. vaccine mistrust in a large seasonal work force had to be overcome in order to sustain food production. now a unique partnership has developed and could become a model for the country. covid-19 was infecting 20% of all farm workers. agriculture was a $2 billion business this monterey county. this woman got sick in july. she told us she lost her sense of smell and taste, nausea and other symptoms put her out of work for two weeks. when vaccines became available this year, a partnership of employers and community clinics formed to forester trust and register farm workers and their families that handle as many as 4,000 people at a time. it is estimated 75% have been fully vaccinated. >> i wish you could be like a

farm worker. amen that we can elevate the farm worker community. >> reporter: this son of a farm worker visited a vaccine clinic in salinas to look at how this can be replicated. they are looking for trust in the vaccine and waiting as workers arrive for the harvest. >> we look forward to how much they gave us during the covid- 19 pandemic so i would be amisto say this was personal, but there was no other options. >> reporter: the payoff has been significant. the rate of farm worker infections has gone from 40% down to 8%. >> i want to challenge all the employers out there to match the growers and companies of monterey county that have gotten their workers vaccinated. not difficult, good for business, saves lives. >> reporter: david louie, abc7 news. four weeks after the deadly condo building collapse in surfside, florida, the search

for victims has come to an end. a convey of fire trucks and other vehicles in miami-dade pulled away. the firefighters spent weeks battling dangerous condition, a reoccurring fire, summer heat and storms. they went through more than 14,000 tons of broken concrete before finally declaring the mission complete. >> we just encountered in the past 30 days what we are and who we are as a fire service and obviously as a task force. >> we can't take anything for granted. >> 97 people were killed in last month's collapse. there is still one missing person yet to be identified. in the east bay, volunteers are asking for help in the effort to find a berkeley man that disappeared after heading to mauler ranch in pleasanton for a run. the man was last seen two weeks ago and after two weeks there is still no sign of him.

there are a couple of people that may have seen the 37-year- old dad and they want to talk to them. >> we haven't been a i believe to talk to that woman or man yet who says that she saw him. we would like to get in touch with her. if you are that person or know who she is, impress haver will get in touch with us. >> sergeant kelly with the alameda county sheriff's department still has hope craycheck will be found. such a sad story for his family. still ahead on abc7 mornings, art with a twist, origami taken to new and bigger heights, and it is made right here in the bay area. and here is a live look outside this morning, looking at our beautiful san francisco skyline, just glowing there as the sun slowly starts to come

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. lisa, the weather should be pretty nice, hot, maybe. >> in the 80s. it is always really warm up there and a feel for summer, for sure. right now, mt. tam, a beautiful view and mid-70s at 2,300 feet, relative humidity as low as 18% at this early hour. we are talking low clouds at the coast, increasing relative humidity for the second half of the weekend and your weekend

weather, next. >> thank you, lisa. and also, next, chaos in mccovey cove after a splash hit by steven

. all right, let's talk sports now. san francisco takes on the pirates at oracle park. first pitch is 8:05 and the mariners are at t-mobile park at first pitch is 7:10. here is abc7 news sport's anchor cristela alonzo with the highlights. >> reporter: good morning, a pandemic shortened season now one year later the giants have 61 wins

game against pittsburgh. johnny q&a doe went five innings on the mound, first career stolen base. bottom of the 6th, still 3-1. alex dickerson, liner to right center, get up and get out. off the green roof, a 2-run homer, all tied at 3 and the wheels fall off, ground ball and can't handle a ground ball, part of a 3-1 pittsburgh inning and the pirates win it. and the as and mariners. matt chapman hasn't hit a home run all of july until now. solo shot to right center. this home run brought to you by your local toyota dealers. matt olson in the 4th, all-star for a reason, there goes his

26th of the year, easy as blowing bubbles. the as had five wild pitches trying to tie the franchise record and struck 18 times and win 4-3. >> the san jose is that corrects are proud to select from sweden william eklund. >> the san jose sharks took swedish william eklund with the 7th with i can in the draft. last year he scored 11 goals with 12 assists in 40 games earning the swedish hockey league rookie of the year. cleveland is changing their team's name from the indians to the guardians in 2022. guardian's name was inspired by the cleveland architectural landmarks on both ends of the hope memorial bridge.

that is your look at sports. now back to you. let's get a check of the forecast now with lisa argen. i know dry lightning is a possibility next week. >> that is right, liz. several days next week we increase the clouds tomorrow and then into monday and tuesday. unfortunately the sierra nevada included in that. they are already looking at hazy conditions due to the fires there in alpine county. as we look at our picture here, you will notice there is fog. we have a mile and three quarters up toward santa rosa, otherwise it is patchy across the bay and the monsoonal moisture heads to the north as an area of high pressure shifts as the shift gets under way we will see cooling tomorrow due to breezier winds and increasing clouds and moisture. there is a look at walnut creek where it is clear this morning and certainly cool out there with 54 in san francisco, 56 in oakland and san jose. looking at 59 in mountain view. pacifica is 52. we have even had some 40s up in

the north bay. there is a look at what was our full moon. from you are east bay hills camera, the blanket of low clouds sits anywhere from 12 to 1,400 feet this morning. it is compressed, but once it retreats you know the deal, we get the seabreeze that will kick up in some of the fog belts around the bay. 50s in santa rosa, 40s in novato, upper 50s fairfield. the winds have been over 20 miles per hour by the delta, concord is 58 and livermore is 60. finally our roof camera where you can see the breeze and clouds out toward san francisco. hot again today inland. we are looking at increasing clouds tomorrow into monday and tuesday. that will bring the temperatures down and the relative humidity up. then looking at that chance of dry lightning right on into tuesday, it is just a slight chance, a better chance to the east of us. tomorrow instead of the 90s in our inland valleys, we will be

upper 80s to low 90s. 60s and 70s around the bay with extra cloud cover visiting us into monday with the cloud cover increasing and our chances of the dry lightning getting a little bit better, although it is still slight, looking at mid to upper 80s inland for monday. there is our cooldown. look what happens into tuesday. we are getting into another wind shift with more sunshine and temperatures really climbing from the upper 90s inland to near 100 degrees by fairfield. even about 80 around the bay for oakland. this is tuesday. it will last into wednesday and then as we look at what is ahead for the next few days, it is that moisture we are talking about once again from tomorrow, primarily monday to tuesday. in the south bay look for 82 in san jose, 77 in sunnyvale. a lot of sunshine and numbers in the low 80s from redwood city, low 60s and partly cloudy in pacifica. a cool day there, breezy, mid- 60s in the north bay.

72 in oakland. richmond is about 70. heading inland we are in the mid-90s. if you are headed to at&t park, i should say oracle, no, i should say san francisco tonight, 60s dropping into the 50s. a cool night and breezy. bring the jacket. there are the clouds. a chance of lightning and our heat spike come midweek next week. liz? turning small things into big art is the goal of a new east bay art exhibition that takes a lot of different skills. we met with the leader of the group behind the creations. >> our work is inspired by nature. we always take that cue, then blow it out of proportion a little bit. we have flowers to mushrooms, and even these really large pieces of art.

, we have people writing custom software for the emotions and lights. we have a lot of people what help with the little assemblies. it is really fun to come together even if you don't have a special skill, just to be a part of something. our art group is called fold house. fold house is an art collective based in the san francisco bay area. it is kind of a combination of the fact that we do origami- inspired art work. the house is that we are a collective. we all come together to build these crazy pieces of art that build toward a central purpose. the biggest learning from all our pieces, if you have a community interested in making a vision come true and you kind of pursue it step by step, you actually can kind of make anything you imagine. and if you are all committed to the vision and have a passion

for it, you can just make it happen. some pieces are made with just a few of us. our latest piece was probably 40 or 50 people coming together on different weekends for the course of a year to make it. this piece here is made out of a corrugated plastic material that allows us to have moving hinges. we chose this material because the light shines through it in a really beautiful way. it diffuses the light. when it gets darker the entire material lights up and the beautiful folds create these gradients of color. we chose this origami look and feel because it lets you have pieces that move and you can create different shapes using different materials. it is kind of a natural form

that then lets you create movement from how the form was originally created. we could have never imagined that our pieces would end up in museums and traveling the world. we did this because we like having fun and we like making things. we all have full-time jobs. it is just this hobby that kind of blew up. it really creates a sense of joy for all of us to watch people be delighted by our art. there is a great sense of joy in being able to accomplish these things together. we do this because it is fun for us. >> and next, sunset scienc

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? really a new beast, the delta variant, and the best thing we can do is getting everyone vaccinated. >> this morning a race against a fourth wave of covid cases across the country with the ominous projection we won't reach the peak until october. good morning, i am liz kreutz. you are watching abc7 mornings. we will get to the dead lay spread of the delta variant in a moment but first, a quick start of weather with meteorologist lisa argen. good morning to you, lisa. >> good morning, liz. hi, everyone. low clouds and fog slows to