? 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 the

coast. live doppler hd radar shows from point reyes, a better view of the shot of our summertime pattern. 54 in san francisco, 55 in san jose, 57 in oakland and 59 in mountain view. our roof camera, a gray start downwn, 50 in santa rosa with the fog. how about that? 46 in novato and upper 60s in the inland east bay. another view of the fog layer. a little taller today but it will really only influence the coast around the bay with the breeze, breaking out into full sunshine away from the shoreline. upper 70s by noontime. in the 90s inland. the hottest, sunniest day. the seabreeze comes back even stronger tonight. liz? >> lisa, thank you. new this morning dozens or firefighters battled a large fire at a warehouse in oakland. flames broke out at the building near east 12th street and 45th avenue. officials say the fire damaged

power lines and transformers in the area and about 100 pg&e customers right now are without power. the fire is under control and officials inigin wstarted at a nearbyamthe boleg fire to the north ofis the biggest fire burning in the country right now. >> a couple from oregon said it was like drive from armageddon as they raced through the flames. the bootleg fire has burned more than 400,000-acres in the last two-and-a-half weeks. crews have made progress. it is 42% contained. and governor gavin newsom has declared a state of emergency in a number of california counties impacted by wildfires. the emergency orders are in plumas, butte lasso and alpine counties. it is burning toward the town of quincey and plumas county and the fly fire, a new fire,

sparked nearby yesterday. residents are getting ready to evacuate. >> i see smoke on two sides of me, then i 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 dixie fie is only 18% contained. the tamarac fire south of lake tahoe continues to burn, burns a path into nevada, reaching nearly 60,000-acres with just 4% containment. the governor of nevada announced a state of emergency in alpine county, reporting 15 structures destroyed and one damaged. and you can see live updates on all the fires burning in california with our wildfire tracker. you can find that on our website on abc7news.com. okay, now to the pandemic. the delta variant is intensifying 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 louise peña said covid vaccines mandated may be in our future. >> reporter: unvaccinate d making up 99% of deaths, all this pointing to the delta variant. is it safe to say you are trying to keep up with these variants? >> absolutely. 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 variant represented only 0.5% of u.s. cases. now fast forward to three months later and it is more than 83% of new covid-19 cases. this doctor and his team are

studying the molecular aspects of all these variants and says we need to vaccine fast before a new variant emerges. >> they mutate and try to evade the defense mechanisms we have in ourselves, so almost certainly there is going to new variants. >> reporter: the latest national showing a projection of 850 death as day. prior to the rise of the delta variant, we had been actually down to less than 200 death as day. 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 actually upheld a law that you can mandate vaccines for a very dangerous illness. >> reporter: in san francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. a newly released poll of unvaccinated americans found 80% will either definitely not or probably not get the shot. just 3% of those polled said they will definitely get vaccinated. in the meantime, in the north bay, morin county residents reported its first covid-19 deaths since mid-may. health officials say the person that died wednesday had been admitted to the hospital with upper respiratory systems. the county is seeing a surge in cases fueled by the variant. and the school superintendent tony thurmond says schools are

still on the course to reopen. >> california guidance shows even if case rates increase, if everyone is wearing a mask and everyone who can get a vaccine gets one, we can keep our schools opened safely. >> thurmond says the it is a will continue to monitor case rates everyday. and happening today a pop up vaccination clinic and community resource fair in contra costa county is partnering with the health services department for the clinic. it runs from 11:00 to 2:00. the first 50 people that get their vaccine today will get a $50 grocery gift card. if you are interested in making a vaccine appointment, we have resources to help you. you can head to abc7news.com to get vaccine appointment and more information about the 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 to keep and that is not sitting well with riders. >> reporter: route 21 on haze is one of a dozen lines in the city suspended for 16 months. >> we can't just passively sit by while muni lines that have been around for a century, really integral to our neighborhoods, just get suspended year after year to the point they never come back. >> reporter: that is why this 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 as opposed to passenger counts. >> 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 rely on are coming back. >> reporter: but the director

of the sfmta says that is unlikely without more funding. >> our current pace of hiring, if we have unlimited 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, tumlin says they have 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 the year but it would put us in the position to do massive service cuts and layoffs in 2023. >> reporter: but the supervisor connie chan says there is an urgency to restore service. >> we are saying that is what the federal stimulus funding was for, for them to restore muni service back to pandemic levels during this time. >> reporter: transit advocate cat carter agreed, saying cuts should not be part of the covering. >> i think we need more service, not less. if you rant to grow ridership,

which we do, you don't take away service. >> reporter: matt boone in san francisco, abc7 news. uber will be more transparent with its drivers about how much money the company is charging for its rides. there is found to be 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 then taking for itself. the company announced that starting next week, drivers will be shown the full fare, including all benefits and fees. this change, however, will only apply to drivers in california. okay, lisa, the sun is starting to come up this morning. >> it is, but you can't see it from this vantage point. lots of fog from the golden gate bridge. in novato it is 46 degrees, main 50s in the upper elevations, 60s, even 70s. we will mix it you will for dry lightning over the weekend maybe and then the heat returns next week. my forecast is coming up. >> thank you, lisa.

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. okay. welcome back. we are taking a live look over our roof camera at the embarcadero right now. the bird flying by and all calm at this 6:13 this saturday. new this morning, derick almena has been ordered to pay millions of dollars in restitution. the alameda county district attorney's office says almena will pay $5,800 for each of the 36 fire victims. to cover funeral and lost property costs.

$5.6 million will be split between attorney fees and court costs. almena did plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges in january and is on house arrest. after more than a year of being closed because of covid, small businesses are coming back, but the recovery has been slow and costly. san francisco handed out grants to four businesses in the mission district. abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez tells us the stories and how they were selected. >> reporter: this bakery is widely recognized in the district of san francisco as a neighborhood business, owned and operated for 27 years by car men elias. she received a check from the city for $10,000 to help offset some of her losses during the pandemic. >> when i got an email, i was really happy to learn how to read my email because it makes me cry. >> reporter: this is a crafts and jewelry store on 24th stree grant. d when she told her son,

had a few ideas 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: 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 speciand >> reporter: that is diana ponce de leon who works for the office of the economic and work force development.

>> the anxious of not knowing, right? the information, being able to have someone to talk to them and guide them, that for 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 from the san francisco ice cream shot "toy boat by jane." the owner posted these pictures on instagram, the second time the store has been burglarized, both times the vintage toy collection the target. after two years the beloved gilroy garlic festival is back. now more from gilroy to show us how the celebration has changed. >> 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. a detour, a drive-thru. instead of pulling up to christmas hill park, diners will go to the two weekend festival. >> i brought my 98-year-old mom with me so we can have the feeling of gilroy again. >> reporter: planning wasn't easy but with the sold out first day, it is well worth it. >> you have the barbecue guys doing pepper steak and the flame throwers doing the scampi. >> reporter: each plate coming with a taste of the gilroy community. covid-19 canceled last year's festival, and at, ofcourse, the

deadly shooting. so, each car a reflection of the city's resilience. >> we had a hard couple of years. we come every year to support them. >> we missed it last year. we said we are not going to mississippi this year. >> reporter: there will be a farm to table dinner and a golf tournament, as well. although there are a number of changes, organizers of the event say this event cannot be challenged. the festival opens back up to drivers at 11:00 a.m. saturday. the lsat oroville continue to drop. a major power plant could go off grid as soon as next

it is at 555 feet right now. once the water levels drop below 630 to 640 feet. >> we come every summer. it is lower than we have seen it for sure. >> we will take advantage of it. i don't know if we will be able to in another week or two. >> the plant generates power for 800,000 homes. when it gets shut down power will be pulled from other facilities across the state. those pictures, lisa, are hard to see. they are scary and show the reality of the drought. >> totally. very dramatic there. we are seeing an expansion of the low cloud deck and with the ceiling, we are looking at fog in the city and north bay

with visibility reduced up in santa rosa, down along the peninsula. but it is a sunny afternoon, a breezy afternoon, and showing you this vantage point because by tomorrow we are looking at cloud cover increasing and moisture from the desert southwest with an area of high pressure allowing for the panhandle of dry lightning through the mountains where it has been hazy. they have had all the smoke from the rack fire and also looking at perhaps dry lightning our way into sunday, monday and tuesday. right now it is all about the clouds at sfo where it is 54 downtown, 57 in oakland, low 50s in morgan hill and pacifica. a look from our east bay, emryville, a gray start. kind of used to that, right? 48 in novato, 56 in napa with

upper 50s and a little wind blowing through the delta there at 58 degrees. 58 in concord. there is a look at the fog settling in there to the lower elevations, but you can see it is kind of a compressed layer of clouds. that will allow for a hot day again inland around fairfield, concord and livermore will get in the 90s with increasing clouds and a little humidity coming our way for your sunday. more so monday and tuesday, and with that we could see a slight chance of some dry lightning. we have the usual pattern as we get throughout the day today. the breeze increases anywhere from about 22 miles per hour from santa rosa to san rafael, to 25 miles per hour later on this afternoon in hayward. up to 30 by the delta, and even tomorrow morning we are breezier by the delta, and into your sunday afternoon, the clouds increase, the breeze does, as well, so it is not as hot out toward the east bay. and another element will be this monsoonal moisture headed our way. a lot of it out into arizona, of course, and las vegas.

as we get into your monday and tuesday, we are tracking that close to the sierra nevada, lake tahoe, and even perhaps some our way, but in terms of the heat, today is warmer and sunnier with mid-90s inland. tomorrow looking at low 90s then tuesday, wednesday and thursday, kind of heat spike for us, mainly inland, though. hot again inland, cooler and cloudier tomorrow. higher humidity, a chance of dry lightning coming our way monday and tuesday. then that is when tuesday to wednesday the heat really climbs through thursday inland. a little warmer around the bay. we have been lucky, liz, we haven't seen the off shore winds. we usually don't, anyway, until the fall so we will keep the heat for the most part inland. >> we will track all that heat next week. thank you, lisa. just ahead, prices for new and used cars are way up.

okay, now what is coming up at 7:00 on "good morning america." >> a new model in the surge of covid cases could continue into october as hospitals struggle with the influx in cases and more areas announce mask mandates, what you need to know about the delta variant. plus, the nfl's new covid- 19 protocols and the new rule that could impact unvaccinated's play. and the dangerous fires out west rapidly intensifying in california and nevada. we will have the latest on the wildfires and the drought conditions making them challenging to control, all ahead on "gma." new and used cars are in high demand right now. many new cars are being sold

before the used car prices are soaring up to 45%. now more on what is driving this. >> reporter: 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 cathe dealer profit, so what is driving this? computer chips crucial for many new cars are now in short supply. production is slowed down by the pandemic, leaving dealerships across the country with low inventory. many of those dealers are 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 sale's director says he has been watching what is happening with used cars in aw. >> are dealerships more keen to buy new cars because you need

inventory. >> without a doubt. you lose 30% of your car the minute you drive it out the door, it is not that way now. >> reporter: and new cars already sold. >> if you see new cars coming off a truck, chances are 90% of them have already been sold. >> reporter: and with pebb up demand, it could make the wait even longer. google is getting into the olympic spirit with a new doodle. they launched doodle champion island games on its main search page. it includes seven mini games based on olympic sports and other elements of the game are based on japanese folklore. the doodle was created by animators from tokyo. these newborns are the newest members of team usa. nurses at a hospital in kansas city crocheted little outfits and gold medals for the miniature opening ceremony in honor of the opening games.

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argen with a look at weather. we will talk about extra clouds and a cooler monday ahead. the california pitty rate has reached to 5.2%. the last time the rate was at 5% was february 8. with the positivity rate rising, so are the number of cases. california reported nearly 8,000 yesterday and there is

this from the cdc. the agency says all current cases in the u.s. are caused why variants with the delta making up majority. the original strain is no longer detected. it is likely those in vulnerable groups will need a booster shot according to a report in "the new york times". the biden administration is evaluating the data, but based on what is coming back, officials expect those 65 and older or with a compromised system to need one. the vaccine is said to be less vaccine against the virus after six months. the bay area's fourth covid wave is only getting worse. cases continue to climb and covid hospitalizations just reached the highest point we have seen since march. now more on what we can expect moving forward. >> reporter: if we are not careful, cdc officials say the delta variant could bring us

back to where we were. the chief of energy 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 will tell us a lot. it will continue to give us more data on the delta variant which is largely what is spreading right now and causing quote unquote break through infections among unvaccinated people. >> reporter: in the past 13 days ucsf reported 20 break through cases among vaccinated individuals. some 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 early july ucsf had zero hospitalizations and now there are 17. at the light of the last surge the figure was in the 60s. >> of the 17 people in the hospital now, 16 are people

unvaccinated. >> reporter: the abc7 data analysis has found a similar trend in hospitalizations and case rates. 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. >> so, we do expect that the number of infections will keep going up for at least a few weeks. >> reporter: this infection disease physician says there has never been a more dangerous time for unvaccinated people and it is reflected in the data. . >> i am worried about the fall when we see more people indoors and worry about other viruses, as well. >> reporter: stephanie sierra, abc7 news. the race to vaccine farm workers has hit a new level. vaccine mistrust and a large

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here is a live look from our santa cruz camera. a little gray and foggy. hopefully the fog lifts soon and people can enjoy their saturday. some of drag racing's biggest and faster stars will be in sonoma for the nhra

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welcome back. here is a live look from our central camera. all that fog out there. be safe if you are hitting the roads. hopefully it lifts soon. it is 53 degrees right now in san francisco. let's talk sports. both the as and to rebound from losses. last night the giants returned home for the first time since the all-star break against pittsburgh. here is abc7 news sports anchor chris alvarez with highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning. a year ago the giants began a 60 game pandemic shortened season now one year later the

giants have a 6-1 win. bottom of the 3rd, giants down 3-0. steven duggar deep to right, gone, a splash homer and they will fight for the baseball. everything okay? there you go. everything was waterproof there. 5 innings on the mound, three- runs and got his first career stolen base, though. that will make the man smile. bottom of the 6th, still 3-1. alex dickerson, liner to right center, up and out off the green roof. a two-run homer and we are tied at 3. matt chapman hasn't hit a home run all of july until now. this home run brought to you by your local toyota dealers. 3 run game. matt olson in the 4th, all-star

for a reason, the 26th of the year. the as would tighten the 5th , but in the 7th, wild positive and the go ahead run. the as had five wild pitches and state route 18 times and win 4-3. >> the san jose sharks are fraud select from sweden william eklund. >> yeah! the san jose sharks took william eklund, sweden forward with the 7th with i can in the draft. known for speed and acceleration, he scored 11 goals with 12 assists in 40 games last season earning the swedish hockey league rookie of the year. and the cleveland s natotha considered racist.

it was inspired by cleveland architects on both ends of the hope memorial bridge. the team has been named the indians since 1915 >> interesting to see that name change. lisa, i know we are tracking the possibility of dry lightning next week. kind of concerning. >> yes. dc weekend, but it is just a slight chance. we will see the changing arrive as soon as tomorrow in the bay area with increasing cloud cover and a stronger wind flow. today the sunnyiest day despite the clouds and low fog at the coast. tomorrow moisture from the south. once again the sierra nevada looking at the possibility of thunderstorms with rain, but also lightning as we look at the exploreer to yum camera, how cloudy is it out there, yes, a few bright spots around

the bay but deck has been compressed. nice start out toward concord. automotive the smoke, a hazy day on the way and thunderstorm chances arriving not only through early next week, but even into about wednesday or thursday. so, poor air quality here. we have a weather statement from the national weather service out for the advisory for the air quality. but back home we are looking at good air quality to moderate throughout the weekend. hot inland again today, and increasing clouds tomorrow. the humidity goes up and a chance of that dry lightning with more cloud cover through monday and tuesday. here is a look at that moisture. it has been centered over where it usually is around arizona and then as we get into your

monday and tuesday, not a whole lot of moisture with it, but the dynamics for the possibility of a lightning,enfi spreading, so unfortunately wen as we get into your sunday it is cooling off bit. if you thought it has been hot inland, you are right. numbers coming down from the upper 90s to low 90s and extra cloud cover. that is what is happening on monday, as well, expanding the mid-level moisture and cooler day. on tuesday and wednesday we get an intense but short heat spike with upper 90s arriving, inland near 100 degrees and 5 degrees warmer on the peninsula. the seabreeze doesn't really go away. 80 in santa clara, 78 in medical pee da, upper 70s in palo alto, 63 in the sunset,

mid-60s and breezy winds downtown. 75 in san leandro, 79 in union city, a nice afternoon for you with 90 in san ramon and 94 by the delta. cooler and cloudier in the seven-day forecast, especially inland tomorrow, looking at the higher humidity through monday, the chance of dry lightning through tuesday. monday and tuesday for that, then it gets warm through tuesday and wednesday, still keeping the 90s with us but the summer spread is with us the whole week. >> it is. we will have to watch out for that fire danger, too. thank you, lisa. turning small things into big art. the new goal of gnaw east bay art exhibition that takes a lot of different skills that

includes thousands of folds.ment . >> we have lots of needs for people to just sit down and fold, make little assemblies. it is fun to come together even if you don't have a specialized skill to come together and be a part of something. our art group is called foldhaus. foldhaus 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. and the haus is we are more of a collective. we all come together to build

these crazy pieces of art and come toward all these communities and build a sense of purpose. the biggest learning from our pieces, if you have a community interested in making a vision come true and you pursue it step by step, you actually can make anything you imagined. if you are committed to the vision and have a passion for it, you can 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 we are in a park in a town called danville in northern california and this piece is called truman lumen. it is made of a cor indicated plastic material that allows us to have hinges so it can move. we choose the material because the light shines through it in

a really beautiful way. it diffuses and the material lights up and the folds create these beautiful gradients of color. we chose the origami look and feel because it lets you have pieces that move and you can create different shapes using the same steriles so it allows our pieces to have a sense of dynamism. it is a natural form that then lets you create movement from the original form created. we could never imagine our pieces would end up in museums and traveling the world. we just did this because we like having fun and we like making things. we all have full-time jobs, but it is just this hobby that kind of blew up. it create as sense of joy for all of us to watch people be delighted by our art. there is a great sense of joy in accomplishing these things together. we do this because it is fun for us. >> really cool to see that. next, sunset science in the

east bay. how to star gaze and learn

the next in-person sunset science is august 27. maybe book tickets if you are interested. the current event is sold-out. lisa, let's get one final check of the weather. a nice view of the full moon the past few nights but

right now it is clear, 55 in san jose, another 27 degrees of warming keeps you in the low 80s again today. so, we are looking at a hot forecast for our inland valleys. increasing clouds tomorrow through monday and tuesday. that comes with a slight chance of dry thunderstorms. 90s return, mid-90s by the delta, 93 in livermore, 76 in san mateo, 84 in san rafael. today is the sunnier and warmer day out of the weekend in the accuweather seven-day forecast. cooling, higher humidity tomorrow and monday and tuesday we are watching for dry lightning. it gets hot tuesday to wednesday, especially inland. even thursday we will see upper 90s inland. >> all right, lisa. we will continue to track that. thank you. and thank you all for joining us here on abc7 mornings. i am liz kreutz alal argen. abc7 continues at 9:00 a.m. we hope to see you then.

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