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the new cdc covid data that doctors call groundbreaking and concerning. how the fight against coronavirus is changing. >> starting today certain bars in san francisco w require proof of vaccination. >> for students uncomfortable with returning to in-person classes, one local school district is looking to offer alternatives. >> and our inland heat wave is almost over. the cooler details coming in the accuweather forecast. >> there's so much virus around right now? that the risk of getting infect side much higher. >> as contagious as chicken pox and more transmissible than the common cold. the dire warning from the cdc about the delta variant. good evening.

>> kate larson spoke with a bay area infectious disease specialist who calls this groundbreaking. >> reporter: the delta variant surging across the u.s. appears to spread as easily as the chicken pox and maybe more transmissible than ebola and small pox. all of this according to a cdc document published by the washington post. >> we took two steps forward with the vaccines. we're taking a big step back now. >> reporter: stanford's dawn maldonado says it's twice as infectious. >> now we know that even with vaccinated people, bms of viruses can be present in your mouth. even if you're vaccinated, it's contagious. >> reporter: the cdc said even fully vaccinated people need to put their masks back on indoors.

>> i think we're gonna head to a point soon where everybody may get this virus. if you're vaccinated, you're gonna have few to no symptoms? >> reporter: the delta variant may be more deadly. for vaccinated people the cdc document says the risk of severe disease or death is reduced by at least ten fold and that was always the goal of the vaccines. >> the real risk here i think is to people who can't get vaccinated. >> have you adjusted your behavior in recent weeks because of all this news? >> i'm still wearing a mask when i go anywhere indoors. >> reporter: she also suggests going back to a fully vaccinated pod of people and avoiding crowds.

the latest in the state to issue a mask mandate, joining dillon and l.a. counties. mayor london breed was asked if they're considering a similar decision here. >> yes, we're looking at mask mandates for both vaccinate unvaccinated people. yes, we're looking at mandatory vaccines for folks who are not necessarily just city employees. >> san francisco is recommending masks for everyone indoors. hundreds of san francisco bars are now requiring proof of covid vaccination for negative tests to enter their doors. some bar owners say they're getting pushback from customers.

>> reporter: that's how it goes when you arrive here. a bar and restaurant that has been requiring proof of vaccination to go inside since june. something hundreds of other san francisco bars just started doing thursday. >> most of the time i want to say 80% to 85% of the time, people are very compliant. more than happy to provide proof. we have had people call us nazis on yelp, violating the hippa act. >> reporter: many bar patrons like the requirement. >> i ask the question if those people actually live in san francisco. i was travelling throughout the southwest, and no one was doing anything like this.

>> reporter: not all sf bars are requiring this. hundreds are. but many others are not. >> we're not doing a requirement yet. not until it's the law. just because. personal freedoms. you can still come in and drink. you can wear your mask. that's fine. >> reporter: that from nick cortez on haight street. >> i feel like there's a small handful of people that would look for. that but not everybody. a lot of people are over all the covid madness. >> reporter: one thing for sure, you'll still have some vaccinated or unvaccinated options when you come to drink in san francisco. uber is joining facebook, twitter and google in requiring employees to be vaccinated when they return to the office. that was pushed back from october fifth and it could be pushed back even further depending on

the pandemic. lyft is postponing its return to office date to february second. students across the bay area are preparing for a return to in-person learning in just weeks. approval of students who don't want to be in the classroom this fall will be taught remotely by a third party service. >> we're gonna contract out with professionals who do this as their sole purpose. and when a person does one job, they do it better than the person that's trying to do three or four. >> reporter: every public school district is now required to offer a remote learning option to those who feel they would be

put at risk by returning in person. don austin calls the change a late curve ball. >> it will be by the skin of our teeth to get students registered, in place, rochlterred enough. roster. i don't know what our legislators think it takes to run a school district, but if they think they can spin up something in three weeks, they are out of touch. >> reporter: the estimated cost of the program is around $3,000 per student. with an anticipated total cost of $1.8 million. pausd was the first in the county to bring back in-person students in 2020. the district had zero transmission or spread at any level. >> that was prevaccination. we continue to believe school sites are the safest place you can be. >> reporter: while the district is preparing to welcome 95% of

those returning in person, he is focusing on supporting the 5% who aren't. president biden had announced a new edict requiring millions of federal employees to get vaccinated or face regular covid-19 testing. the president called the current situation an american tragedy and said people are dying who don't have to die. >> reporter: with the u.s. covid cases similar to last year's surge, president biden putting the pressure on federal workers to get vaccinated. >> every federal government employee will be asked to attest to their vaccination status. anyone who does nota, test or is not vaccinated will be required to mask no matter where they work. >> reporter: the requirement affects more than four million workers, including federal contractors and members. the military. the u.s. government is

the largest employer in the cou >> we don't want our lives to get back to normal. fully vaccinated workplaces will, will make that happen more quickly and more successfully. >> reporter: the president is also urging states to give $100 vaccine incentives to each person who gets a shot. the pace of vaccinations picks up with more than 2.7 million new shots administered just last week. still the u.s. is now averaging 62,000 new covid cases a day. >> the president also expanded paid leave for employees to get themselves and their families vablgs nated. vaccinated. one thing scientists will

look at is how strong antibodies are. six to eight months after the first shots. >> we're actually gonna be measuring antibodies to covid. we got the base line. we've got their base line when they started my evil last july. we've got their response to the therapy. >> researchers believe that over time, a person's immune system forgets the vaccination. activist, poet, and glad cofounder. >> wedding planners share their advice for these really uncertain times. >> as vta work resumes light

rail service, details on a temporary solution. >> and our hottest cities again today surpassed 100 degrees.

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san francisco philanthropist and poet janice mirkatani passed away today. she also published several collections of poet and was the city's poet laureate from 2000 to 2002. >> she cared about feeding people and supporting people. and lifting them up with her words of wisdom.

but also her poetry. >> memorial plans are being arranged. she was 80-year-old. fears over the delta variant are sending real shockwaves through the bay area's multimillion dollar wedding industry. >> how are people feeling out there? >> nervous. >> reporter: bay area wedding planner talking about nervous brides and grooms to be. unsure about their wedding dates, which have been postponed over and over. >> there's still a lot of unknowns. people are getting nervous about the delta. asking us to move up their events sooner. >> reporter: the fear is another lockdown. but speeding up the big day is tough when there's no venue available to party.

>> everything's on the table? >> reporter: ian and samantha got married last summer but postponed the reception until october, 2021 when it was safe to gather. now that's uncertain. >> talking about making it an explicit requirement that everybody be vaccinated. just to feel extra safe. >> reporter: clients want rapid covid testing done outside their wedding venue for all guests going to the chapel. >> this is the way that it is. once alcohol is involved here, the masks come off. >> reporter: best advice, be flexible. >> everyone needs to haveeds toe backup plan.

new veelthss from valley transportation authority. temporary bus service on part of the light rail system will resume on monday. there's no firm estimate of when light rail service will return. it hasn't been operating since may 26. when nine v, it a employees were killed by a coworker. two large billboards could go up along highway 101 against the wishes of a lot of railriders. the city. san jose released a draft plan this week for new electronic billboards on airport property. 85% of railriders were opposed. president biden and compares will meet with governor newsom and six other governors tomorrow to talk about efforts to prevent

more wildfires this year. california has had more than 5,000 fires. the dixie fire is the largest. more than 50 structures have been destroyed. it's 23% contained which is an improvement. shasta county's district attorney says pg&e is cri is cri liable for left year's deadly dog fire. the fire killed four people and destroyed more than 200 homes west of redding. a pg&e spokesperson says criminal charges are not warranted. of course we are still right in the thick of it, dan. >> we are. but at least drew is here to tell us the heat is easing a bit. >> especially over the weekend. day two of this heat wave inland. temperatures for a second day have surpassed 100 in our hottest cities. outside we go tonight. a live look from the

exploratorium camera. facing what is part of the san francisco skyline. fog over the city. coastal drizzle as well. the marine layer tonight is very compressed. so most of us tomorrow morning will wake up to sunshine from the start. the latest droit monitor came out updated drought monitor came out updated earlier unfortunately conditions have gotten worse. exceptional drought now almost at half the state. we'll zoom into the bay area locally. and the exceptional drought category has expanded as well. it encompasses all of alameda county and encroaching into parts of santa clara county. you can see the bay area along with the state in that exceptional drought category.

56 in the city, 58 in san jose. overnight tonight, that marine lay servery shallow. cloud cover pretty much limited to the immediate coastline and some fog over the city. that's about it. we'll see temperatures in the mid to upper 50s around the bay shoreline. getting away from the coast, we're hanging onto some warnlt numbers in the 60s from concord to antioch to livermore. that creates the launching pad for another hot day again tomorrow afternoon inland. hour-by-hour, let's time out that cloud cover for you. a little bit of fog over the city. right along the coastline. as we go throughout the day, it's a lot of sunshine. some high cirrous clouds coming in from time to time. it's a mostly sunny day. to the east in the sierra, we do expect some thunderstorms to pop up. we'll keep our eye on that. we'll remain dry here locally tomorrow. highs on your friday, rounding out the week. 92 morgan hill, 86 the high in cupertino. the peninsula, warm in redwood

city. 83 tomorrow. mountainwood 64, breeze nepacifica. south san francisco warmer at 70 for an afternoon high. it is hot in parts of the north bay tomorrow. 101 in cloverdale. 91 in novato. 86 the high in sonoma. ior for union city. and inland, one more day of these hot temperatures. heat risk inland continues tomorrow. and then we'll ease that heat over the weekend. august begins on sunday. we'll have that traditional summer spread to finish out the weekend. and all in all, it looks like we'll keep that heat. no triple-digit temperatures next week.

abc seven news was at the marin food bank. the food bank is adding 32,000 square feet of space that will add extra refrigeration and freezer capacity to provide fresh produce and protein for families in need. the pandemic has created tremendous need. 200,000 families are being served by the food bank every week. >> we thought that we were gonna be serving upwards of this level of service in the year 2040. we need it now. >> the project is expected to finish in spring of 2022. >> the warriors were trying to make some trades before the nba draft. they end up keeping two lottery picks and they take two

he fell to the warriors with the seventh selection tonight. >> the golden state warriors select jonathan you can minga. >> moses moody from the university of arkansas. >> he is a 6'8", 220-pound beast. he's only 18 years old. he has a lot to learn but his potential is just huge. moses moody, one and done at arkansas. 6'6" shooter. probably will make more of an immediate impact.

she's selections are draymond green approved. >> he texted me. i said we'll see if he's there. so he's happy. and then at about the ninth pick, he says moody. and i said i don't think he's gonna be there. and i didn't give him those names. we need to add some veterans. we're not done yet. matinee against the dodgers. giants score three in the first. craw one for three in return. return. cueto on the hill. cueto is pumped as he gets his seventh win of the year. was told in the sixth after walking the bases loaded. giants win 5-0. their lead in the west is back t back three games.

a's open up a four-game set in anaheim. one shot right there, that little kid. a's score three in the first as well. ramon laureano, to left, drives in a couple. this is ridiculous. from deep. almost off the screen. another plat mum glove play. plate of the day is from josc iglesias. the backward glove-flip. are you kidding? what sorcery this is? right on the money. the a's are victorious.

>> that is all for tonight. thank you so much for watching. >> we appreciate your time.