has issued a new mask mandate. >> the counties of alameda, contra costa, marin, san francisco, san mateo, santa clara, sonoma, and the city of berkeley, today issued health orders mandating indoor mask for everyone. >> so, with that, it's official, the masks are back on for the majority of the bay area. that announcement made this afternoon. abc7 news reporter stephanie sierra is live in the newsroom with the decision and what was behind it. >> reporter: yes, health officials say the main factor driving the new mandate is the fact vaccinated people are still able to spread the same amount of virus as those who are unvaccinated. their message is we need to do everything we can to reduce the risk. an indoor mask mandate is adopted in alameda, contra costa, marin, san francisco, is a mateo, sonoma and santa clara

and berkeley effective the midnight tonight. the writing has been on the wall for weeks. so why issue the mandate now? >> the evidence is built what started to emerge, i would say, in the last week. >> reporter: followed cdc a's nounsment, vaccinated individuals can carry and spread the same amount of virus as those unvaccinated. health officers say that the added precaution is necessary in any indoor environment. >> it's not the seam virus that we were combating last year even a few months ago. >> we are seeing the shift in the age of hospitalizations and even deaths to younger age groups. >> reporter: hospitalizations have nearly doubled across the bay area in just the past two weeks. but health officers report a majority of those admitted is unvaccinated. >> vaccinated people are protected against the most severe outcomes of the virus. and in many cases,s hospitals are not admitted vaccinations individuals. >> reporter: for example, since the pandemic began, vaccinated individuals accounted for .5% of all covid hospitalizations

in san francisco. >> so, really a fraction. >> reporter: all counties will require mass next indoor environments. but you will take it off while eating and drink fog they are not trying to ban indoor dining. they are not discussing, as far as i've been told, capacity and constraints going back to the social distancing. what they are trying to do is really ensure that we try to provide as much safety as possible. >> reporter: each county expects the business owners to enforce the mandate with clear signs and education for those who don't comply. >> if we can get our hospitalization rates down to where they were, you know, in mid-june, then we can start thinking about, you know, easing off on some of the restrictions. >> reporter: until then, health officers made it clear, the fight is far from over. as covid death rates are starting to climb back nationwide. >> i do expect, unfortunately, in the bay area, we will see deaths going up. >> reporter: health officers

are working to ramp up covid testing, working with local labs to reopen new contracts, here new staff, and organize new mass sites to offer regular testing. stephanie sierra. >> why are solano, napa ntuzcounties not participating. >> reporter: it's interesting so solano county tells us they are not participating due to the majority of their new cases are stemming from unvaccinated people gathering at their homes or in private social settings like parties, barbecues, and picnics. not in businesses. they don't believe adding more restrict also solve the problem. we are waiting to get clarity from napa and santa cruz counties. we will, of course, stay posted as we learn more. >> thanks so much. abc7 news has reached out to california's department of health to see if it plans to issue updated mask guidance. its health officers say no

plans for a statewidmande.the d authittobe more restrictive. and in the south bay, over an hour ago, santa clara county made it clear it's not banning anything, but people do need to mask up. >> it's not a restriction on any particular activity occurring. it doesn't, for example, forebid indoor dining. but, when you can wear a mask indoors, you should. and by doing so, it is one very powerful additional protective measure that we can take. >> so the rules are pretty must same as they were before the state reopened in the middle of june. you can take a mask off when you are eating or drinking, and for a personal service, let's say you're getting a facial. san jose city hall reopened to the public today for the first time since the pandemic began. masks required. most offices will require appointments because of limited stng

the mask man mandates in public schools. amy hollyfield was there. >> reporter: david picked his kids up from elementary school after dropping them off. he is take them home because they are not allowed in the classroom because they are not wearing masks. >> my kids don't want to wear masks. they are not comfortable with them. they don't -- they can't breath. my oldest, 7-year-old, is an asthmatic. >> reporter: he brings them every day. jill is also against kids wearing maximum and her granddaughter goes to private school because of the mask mandates. >> i would pickp my granddaughter from being three hours in kindergarten and she would tell me kids were picking them off the black top putting them back on when they are playing. it's not good. >> reporter: the movement has a

facebook page. unmask the kids brentwood. it has 454 members. they are asking parents to protest so administrators will allow kids to take off their masks at school. this shall sue not exclues turf brentwood. a protest against masks is scheduled for tomorrow in the san ramon valley unified school district. the superintendent in brentwood says it's not a decision for administrators. >> i am an epidemiologist and our purpose is to follow the mandates. >> reporter: i david questions whether schools have to listen to state and federal health officials. >> it's not law. it is a mandate so it's guidance. >> that's. >> what the state or health department sis and that's not what our attorneys say. they all say it's a law we have to follow to have kids masked indoors. >> reporter: schools started here last wednesday and there's been 15 positive cases of covid

in the schools. that doesn't concern parents. they say that's to be expected and. kids should be able a go to school without masks. in brentwood amy hollyfield. >> it's not just parents upset about mask in the south bay business owners are dealing with customers and they are refusing to mask up and some cases taking it to abc7 news anchor dioon lim now was shake and my heart rate was elevated for hours after wards. >> reporter: the uncomfortable interaction began when the two men without masks walked into recycle books friday. >> they walk in with their cameras blazing coming in like, looking for fight. >> are you suggesting there's a mask mandate i have to put a mask on. >> reporter: the man who re mas and s ves in danger. >> reporter: starts to make accusations. >> you are discriminating. >> i am worried about my

health. >> are you really? >> reporter: and harass a customer calling her a karen. >> karen? >> yeah. >> that's a. >> i am mexican. book buyer fern albert repeatedly told them to leave, they did. >> it's terrible. we are all so tired of it. like every worker has been dealing with this the entire pandemic. >> reporter: san jose police tell me during the pandemic, they focus on education not so much enforcement, but business owners if they encounter this behavior, can first admonish the customer and then can a citation or arrest be made. a person who requested to stay anonymous say men from the same group barged unmasked phone cameras rolling into the lego plee in the valley fair ma antimaskers nobudays earliewom off this fake arrest warning at the store this the message to

the men. >> leave working pool alone. like this is not our fault. we are just trying to pay rent. >> reporter: in san jose, dion lim, abc7 news. just a shmeago on getting answers, right here the top doctor at san francisco general hospital said that it is likely those who got the johnson and johnson vaccine will be allowed to get a second shot of pfizer or moderna at the hospital. >> so far, it looks like it will be unanimously approved that the -- those that got the j&j shot get an additional or approved to mrna it's not mandated or data driven. but the data supports this. >> there is research showing people who got an additional shot had their immune systems reinvigorated. however, he is very clear that

he is not recommending that people do this, that's not the recommendation, but, that could be coming soon. if you have questions about coronavirus vaccines, ask the abc7 news vaccine team help. head to abc17.com/vaccine. bart is bringing service back to near prepandemic service. trains will run through midnight monday through saturday and masks are required. bart had planned to wait until the end of august to expand service, but they decided to bump it up because of requests from riders. san francisco's historic cable cars are back. rides are free all month while the sfmta test the service. cable cars had been suspend since last year because of the pandemic. >> no trip to san francisco is complete without a ride on our cable cars. so, today, we are officially and i see people are already lined up waiting to go, we are officially making them available. >> and yes, you your mask to ride the cable car.

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evacuations this morning after a fire started on bradford island in the delta. the issue,. >> along with strong winds is how to fight fire. if you don't have fire department. abc news reporter wayne freedman is talking about what they are face. >> reporter: they are facing a huge fire and not getting help. this fire moved across the horizon alday. they received no help, and part of the problem is logistics. first, no way to get large fire trucks on the ferryboat to take them to the island, and bradford is a island. today they are paying dearly. the ferry serving bradford

island in the delta near oakley has not been this busy in years. and today, for all the wrong reasons. >> some people live out here full-time. this is their home. >> reporter: two homes have burned with structures threatened on the #,000 acre island where a fire broke out about mid night last night. maybe 25 people live here full- time. they are fighting the blaze on their own and they are not happy about that. >> we have in the seen any fire departments show up at all. i am disgusted because our taxes are obnoxiously high. >> reporter: technically, island is part of a state reclamation district that gets no support from the east contra costa fire district or any other. lake johnson is the island engineer and spoke with us by phone. >> it is a bit nerve-racking, the island has got areas of overgrowth. and if anything does start fire wise, it burns in a difficult situation, you think the fire

could be put out pretty quickly. and unfortunately, for bradford island, that's not the case. >> >> reporter: here is what is the case. >> i am trying to get out. helping his uncle try to evacuate from harm's way. but they were not having luck with flames burning nearby, they needed. >> i am trying to get the sheep out before anything burns up to them more. >> reporter: and that was earlier in the day before the wind came up. before the fires started to burn hotter. it laid down to a certain degree. now they did ask cal fire for some help. they asked cal fire to bomb thing and get it down and we have seen no flames from cal fire today. one option for perhaps putting the fire out to flood the island from the water surrounding it outside of the levy. that has not happened yet either. live in eastern contra costa county, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> thank you. hopefully they get help. now to the latest

developments in the wild that are burning all across the west. flood something another problem in some areas. abc news reporter morgan norwood with the latest. >> reporter: the extreme weather out west intensifying as 90 large fires burn from california to oregon. the dixie fire growing by the minute torching 250,000ic ahe and 33% contained. residents told to evacuate. in gorman, airplanes attacking this blaze from above. and on the ground, lightning splitting the tree in half lighting it like a match stick. across the region, a dangerous heat wave hovering over several states. and in washington, triple digit temperatures as the smoke from the wild fires starts to set in. compounding the risks. >> it's kind of extra bad since there is the fire going on. and it's just a little harder to breath and deal with, but i

am used to it since my life has been here. >> stermooons crting a masve flooding emergency from new mexico to montana. the highway, sweeping the truck and trailer. the driver able to escape. and in arizona, cleanup continues after rain funneled through the telegraph fire burn scar, sending mud and debris rushing into businesses, homes and streets. >> can't tell you how sad i am to see this house like this. my mom, you know, we will get it done. we have friends that are here to help and thank god for them. >> reporter: as for the flooding, the risk continues as more showers are expected in southern oregon, a red flag warning is issued where dry lightning could spark more fires. morgan norwood, abc news, losser. you can see live updates on all of the fires burning in california with our wild fire tracker. you will finite on the website

at abc7 news.com. a new effort to reuering di in place. it's called the california veterinary emergency team program. >> i am very confident that one day this team will be a model for the nation if not the world. in caring for animals, rescued or evacuated, in disasters. >> the $3 million program will be ran by the university of california davis. it will support and train the network of government agencies, individuals and organizations to help domestic animals and live stock during emergencies. in the past, california has had to depend on help from other states. the program is funded through a bill signed into law by governorew. >>rit. le the a ldweekend, drew, and what's ahead on the week. >> we are warming up. some areas are about 10 degrees warmer compared to this time yesterday. and we will find that the warming trend will continue

into tomorrow as well. a lot of sunshine out this. the live look we don't have a marine layer from this vantage point. san francisco is off in the distance. the sunset, the richmond just soaked in sunshine. temperature wise, we are at 66 in the city, warmer in oakland at 73, 77 in mountainview and near 80 in san jose. and pacificca sunshine at 66 degrees. here's beautiful shot emeryville showing outgolden gate bridge alcatraz. and santa rosa is at 80. vacaville much warmer at 95. we are near 90 a in concord and at 90 in livermore. if you are going to dine outside later this evening, close to the coast, it's really nice night without the fog early on. we will have tons ofshon across the entire bay area. temperatures in our warmest spots, in the 80s, gradually falling into the 70s.

by 9:00 p.m. comes back after midnight. live doppler 7 along with satellite, we are in between two features, low pressure off the coastline keeping the onshore flow. high pressure just to the east, that's creating the warmup we are feeling right now inland, and that will continue tomorrow. even by 11:00, we are back on air for abc7 news at 11:00, we are mainly clear along the coastline. after midnight, that cloud cover begins to fill in, but the marine layer is going to get compressed and that means overnight tonight, not as much fog as we have experienced in previous nights. by the afternoon, we will find tons of sunshine, and a warmer day especially inland. overnight tonight, temperatures with clear skies now. and fog after midnight. we are going to fall into the mid and upper 50s for the most part. 53 tonight in san francisco, and 55 in oakland dropping to 56 in san jose. tomorrow, we have a wide range with a bigger story that it gets warmer away from the

coast. about 93 in concord tomorrow. 96 in antioch. a 84 the high in santa 67 in city. livermore, 92. and tomorrow a breeze will pick up again. and that means winds gusts about 15 to miles per hour. strongest along the immediate coastline. here's the accuweather seven- day forecast. warm sunshine tomorrow, and then numbers really get knocked back down here on wednesday. wednesday is the coolest day of the week. and then it roller coaster ride continues thursday and friday where we are warming back up. friday warm to hot and then larry numbers get knocked back down. so the big take away it's warm tomorrow, and coolest of the day is wednesday and we heat back up coming on friday. >> riding the roller coaster temperature wise. >> buckle up. >> thank you, drew. after a long weekend of discussion, senate is closer to a deal and a vote on an infr

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a group of bipartisan senators has-veiled the legislative text for infrastructure package that will rebuild america's roads and mass transit systems. and expand broadband. as abc news reporter tells us it could be voted on by the end of the week. >> reporter: senate majority leader chuck schumer says congratulations are in order. >> we have not done a large bipartisan bill of this nature in a long time. >> reporter: after two long days of weekend sessions, a

bipartisan group of senate negotiators finalized an agreement for an in. >> structure bill. the price tag $1.1 trillion with $550 billion in new spending. $110 billion earmarked for roads and bridges, and $39 billion for public transit, and $65 billion to expand broadband internet. senators introduced the bill late sunday with what appears to be a new found appreciation for bipartisanship. >> we will continue to once again demonstrate to our country and to the world, that we can indeed do our jobs. that we can legislate that we can work together. >> reporter: no new taxes, core infrastructure and great for the american people. >> reporter: the full senate will now begin working through amendment to the bill. the original group of senate negotiators will be tasked with making sure ten republicans stay on board. a task west virginia senator joe manchin bryce believes will be completed. and you think it will pass. >> i do.

when you see schumer and mcconnell voted for the same thing, it's unbelievable. >> reporter: it will face more scrutiny once it gets to the house. speaker pelosi has said she won't take up the infrastructure bill unless the senate passes a budget reconciliation bill. that includes president biden's human intrastructure proposal that will cost around 3.a trill one. president biden said if the human infrastructure bill passes in the senate, concession and compromise will likely happen in the house. with the delta variant cases on the rise, this affect the recall efforts next month. phil matier gives us insight into what could happen over the next several weeks. >> as covid restrictions like masking

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>> reporter: as cases continue to rise, he face as dilemma. every immove he makes could impact the ruralp recall. here's democratic strategist. >> the delta variant has thrown the recall up in the air because he was hoping it would be behind him and now it's in front of him. >> reporter: one lingering question is whether he will call for the return of a statewide mask mandate. so far, he said he is leaving that up to individual counties. >> it feels like this interesting intersection of where policy meets politics. >> a governor who said he was going by the science and now it is work against him because the science urges more and more caution. so it's a double end sword and he entrusted science to make the decisions, and now they may hurt him politically. >> reporter: and the campaign manager for rescue california, a group working to recall newsom. >> do you think the timing now given the delta variant is potentially going to work in your favor? >> i think it's going to work to the detriment because we are

going back to school with masks on, mandated vaccine, all of these things tend to impact people and they have very definitive opinions. >> reporter: news some has somethings working in his advantage, namely simple math. >> the at end of the day, it's an arithmatic question. the democrats with a 20% registration advantage turn out for him. >> and joining me to. [ it down is phil matier. and this is really tricky time for newsom, surging covid cases and as school starts. it is to the what he was hoping for. >> reporter: he was hoping it would be on the road to recovery, the super highway. things would get better. but it made a bad turn. we have the whole issue about schools reopening, how distanci are people going into classrooms? how can people getting on buses. that's in the mix. and it's not good scene for the

governor. now, other thing he has to deal with is just getting the vote out there. i talked with one of his key strategist and said what's the message? he said what we are working on is we don't have to tell people how to vote. we have to get our people out there to vote. and that's the big question can they get them out. >> there's a big enthusiasm gap in the berkeley igs poll among registered voters, he is doing well. but people likely to turn out and vote, that is where things are really, really tight for him. i know republicans are going after the no party preference voters who they feel like they can swing. newsom is trying to get people to pay attention but everyone is on vacation and it's not top of mind for a the love his supporters. we did see that elizabeth warren ad. we see if that makes a difference. speaking of republicans, i want to ask you about the alternate candidates, the california gop will vote to endorse a candidate.

they are choosing between kevin faulconer and others. >> reporter: it hinges on whether he is recall. there are two questions on the ballot. the first one is, yes or no on recalling governor newsom. and if that wins, then the second group is you move down to the second group and you pick which one of those you want. here's where it is tricky for the republicans and for democrats alite like. democrats don't have an alternative to newsom. they don't have a backup democrat. so the question is, are democrats even going to vote in that second part or do they toss it out. the second thing is, you don't have to get a majority to win in the second race. you don't have to come with up 51%. all you have to do is get one vote more than the next person. and that means somebody like larry elder, a popular conservative talk show host around the country, but who's polling according to the igw18% here in california. he could nonetheless if he is ahead of everybody else, which he appears to be, by 8 to 10

points, he could win the race. with just 18 to 20% of the vote. that is something we haven't seen before. >> we haven't. and it's interesting how the recall election works here. we could get larry elder with less support than even newsom. and you think we will see kamala harris, the vice president making her way here. >> reporter: i think you will see they will make their way here physically or be on ads. because what the democrats are betting on or gavin's people are betting on, they are going to sell this as a republican attempt to take over the state. not on newsom performance. whether his -- because polling is not that good, or because that doesn't resonate as much. they have got to make this a national thing, and they have got to make democrats aware, and what they are betting on is that with vote by mail be they won't have to get people out, but they have to get them to the mailbox. >> we will see what happens, phil. thank you. i will talk to you again at 6:00. the white house is stepping up pressure on states and federal agencies to head off a

potential crisis over the federal evictions moratorium. that expired over the weekend. >> the president has asked all of us, including the cdc, to do everything in our power to look for every potential legal authority we can have to prevent evictions. >> the moratorium expired on saturday. after house republicans blocked efforts to extend it. it puts more than 3.6 pillion people in the u.s. at the risk of eviction in the next two months, according to the nonprofit aspen institute. landlords successfully fought the program in court, arguing they also had bills to pay. they say tenants can access more than $46 billion in federal money set aside to help pay rents, and related expenses. several states still have evictions moratoriums in place, and california's ends on september 30th. summer travel, a warning for americans as the uk opens its borders back up again. and the woman who was putting

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the mandate requires masking indoors regardless of vaccination status to reduce the spread of covid-19 at time when the delta variant is surging, and driving up hospitalizations. and cases. dan. >> well, you know, it's shame, but none of us can be surprised. we suspected this might happen, and until we get the vaccination rates up, we may be dealing with this for sometime, and you know, on the positive side, there were a lot fewer colds and flu this is year. and in addition to preventing or protecting us from the coronavirus. so there's positives with the masks. and remember, if we just have to make the best of it, that's we have to do. and if we allow that to bum us out or control our attitudes about it, it is just going to affect us unnecessarily. if we have to face it, we have to grin and bear it and do the best we can with it. >> drew. >> the best attitude. >> i can't lie. i was bummed. i mean, i was -- we had this group chat going with my friends, and you know, it was a

mix of a little depression, and anger that we have this feeling we are regressing right now. and we thought a few weeks ago, we were really getting through this and through the worst of it. what i think is really going to fuel the vaccinations are more and more companies now, just moments ago kaiser permanente say if you want to work here, get vaccinate and it's a snowball effect. last week destiny and more and more companies will make mandate and that's what's going to drive kind of the phase 2 that next wave of vaccinations. >> agreed. >> if you want a job, you have to get vaccinated. >> or for high school students, you want to go to the dance, get vaccinated. >> yeah. i think that's the wave. >> good point. survey claims americans would give up luxuries to never shop in stores again. now, up front got to tell you, it was conducted by an online shopping site called smarty, check your sources. >> smartier than the rest of us because they got on tv. but they asked a thousand people what they would give up if never stepping food in a

store again. 29% said alcohol. and hard pass on that. 27% said they would give up shopping for new clothes for year. and 20% most of us have not gotten anything other than sweats. and 20% said morning coffee. and definitely not. and smarties founder says he imagination that many retail store fronts will be obsolete in two to three years, but if you set your mind to it today, you could get everything you wanted delivered to your doorstep and have this in place. like you don't have to wait two or three years and amazon will deliver you, you know, pretty much everything. >> and that accelerated during the pandemic in a huge way. you literally don't have to leave your house. which is a shame. i think we are all, you know, particularly mom and pop kind of stores, but any kind of a shopping area makes our communities a little nicer. it's nice to go poke around and buy things, but, or at least window shop and enjoy it.

but, it has become convenient just a few clicks on the phone or keyboard and here it comes. >> yeah, dan, used to make fun of me because i was the only one that was not using amazon. >> you never did? >> are you? >> well, that changed. >> the pandemic. >> after i tripled bolted the door, it changed slightly. >> yeah. i mean, dan, think it's a shame. i wish people would visit the mom and pop stores. they need us and we need a vibrant downtown community. >> without them, imagine without the stores not just the mom and pops but chain stores. what's going to be down this if we don't have the stores. >> we live our lives online now. boono say formation video is named the best video of all time. ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> formation has more than a quarter billion views on youtube alone. she is featured on rolling stones for single ladies ranked 12 and telephone a collaboration with lady gaga

was 66th. the number two video was johnny cash's hurt followed by madonna's vogue. and everybody has their favorite. drew. >> i mean, i love beyonce so this is not striking me as unusual that album is amazing. it's a visual album. and that's a huge thing a few years ago. i would put up there, i think lady gaga recently in the past decade has iconic videos. and i think bad romance is one of the most iconic she put out. >> yeah. i think beyonce video is terrific. i watched it before coming on here again to make sure i was familiar with it. but i had seen clips and it's great. i am going still say, and i am old, but i am going to say thriller is my favorite. >> oh. >> i was thinking that also. >> the production value and it was so ground breaking at the time. and it still heads up. i still sentimental favorite. >> did we enter a video from the four at four. >> we should. >> i mean. >> there's not a the love music in that but it. >> we could sing. you want to sing. >> dan has his own band come on. >> we will get on this.

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