surge surpassing last summer's peak. one hospital seeing a 900% spike since the start of july. >> it does make sense. >> vaccine mix and match. one bay area hospital soon offering you a new shot depending on the vaccine you got the first time around. a major traffic alert to know about. jobina breaking down tomorrow's commute changes through san francisco in just a few minutes. >> i'm predreading that. welcome to tuesday, august 3rd. you're watching abc 7 mornings. we're going to start with the accuweather forecast. >> good morning. nice to see everybody this morning. hope you're doing well. let's take a look at what to expect weather wise. there's a low cloudiness that's hugging more areas than it did yesterday. especially up in the north bay. the visibility okay around petaluma and santa rosa.

the clouds have been progressively lower and lower and lower through the morning. can't even see the other side. if you can, it's barely so. that's the big issue so far this morning. because the marine layer isn't lower. you'll see the biggest jump in temperatures today. 90s. most of the north bay and south bay are in the 80s. 60s at the coast. i'll be back in a few with the seven day forecast. don't forget the mask if you're about to head out the door. because overnight take a look at this map, seven counties mandating face coverings inside. >> if you can wear a mask while doing an activity indoors, you need to wear a mask indoors. it's that simple. it doesn't require anything more by kateed than that. >> napa and solano counties are not part of the mandate. this is coming as we see a

big surge in the delta variant. amy hollyfield live with how businesses are reacting to this. >> reporter: time for businesses to change out the signs again, including this one. it says face masks required but they wrote in not vaccinated. towear a mask indoors. hopefully they have their old signs and can switch them out today. it is starting today. masks are required indoors in the seven bay area counties all but napa and solano. businesses will be expected to enforce this. health officials say they are responding to the new information from the cdc revealing that vaccinated people carry and spread the same amount of virus as unvaccinated people. they're also worried about people getting so sick they have to go to the hospital saying hospitalizations have nearly doubled over the last two weeks. >> it's the hospitalizations that we're worried about. people who are in the hospital

with covid, they're really sick. they're gasping for air. they're struggling to breathe. if they're in the icu, they likely have a tube down their throat on a machine breathing w >> you can remove your mask while eating and drinking but it is now required in any indoor setting like bars, gyms, restaurants and hair and nail salons. health officials say if we can get the hospitalization rates under control maybe we can start talking about lifting this requirement. what would really help is if people got vaccinated. reporting live in walnut creek, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you. abc 7 news has reached out to california's department of health to see if it's planning to update its mask guidance. health officers say there's no plan for a statewide mandate. the department is currently only recommending masks indoors. it does give local jurisdictions the authority to be more restrictive. the number of covid cases

has increased 900% since july 6th. north bay medical center says it's close to capacity and is now restricting most visitors. visits with with covid patients who are not expected to survive are limited to just one hour. the head of the hospital says unvaccinated people make up at least 80% of the cases. north bay medical center is offering free vaccinations. the u.s. has finally reached president biden's goal to vaccinate 70% of adults with at least one shot of the covid- 19 vaccine. that milestone is coming later than planned and in the middle of the surge. jobina fortson tracking that. >> thank you. president biden had hoped to partially vaccinate 70% of americans by the fourth of july. we've finally reached that point. about a month later. california is seeing an uptick in first dose vaccinations up 40% last week compared to the previous week. this progress comes during one of the worst covid surges driven by the delta variant

spreading among unvaccinated americans. the u.s. daily case average has jumped more than 5% hundred percent since mid june. texas and florida account for one-third of the country's infections. louisiana's largest hospital is out of icu beds. >> there are no more beds left. these are the darkest days of this pandemic. we are no longer giving adequate care to patients. >> federal disaster teams have been called in to help some hospitals and the statistic from it the cdc shows how important it is to get vaccinated. less than .004% of vaccinated americans have been hospitalized with covid. >> thank you. if you got the johnson and johnson single shot vaccine you may be able to get a second shot of a pfizer or moderna vaccine soon. offering supplemental doses of the mrna vaccines. officials are not calling this a booster shot though. that targets specific variants.

it will be an extra dose of a covid vaccine. the hospital's chief of staff says l why she supports offering a supplemental dotes, there's not enough data to support any possible benefit. sf general will prioritize san francisco residents but will be givenning vaccines to people from other counties as long as they have enough supply. starting next month, germany and the uk will be offering extra shots. germany says it will prioritize those considered to be more at risk like people with weakened immune systems. anyone who received the two dose astrazeneca or single dose johnson and johnson shot will have access. britain says it will offer 32 million shots to adults over 50 and people who are immuno suppressed. with just two weeks until the school year starts, marin county is considering requiring public school employees to provide proof of their vaccination status. the health officer and the superintendent of schools will

address the issue during a webinar tomorrow. classes start the week of august 16th. if you have questions about coronavirus vaccines you can ask the vaccine team. go to abc7news.com/vaccine. challenging days ahead for crews fighting california's largest fire. pg&e says it's made new changes to make sure its equipment does not worsen the fire season. star liner's mission to space. after failing the first time, nasa and boeing will try it again this morning. another step to sending more of mankind to space and you can watch it happen live. waking up to cloudy conditions in the south bay. all of us dealing with moderate amounts of tree pollen and weed pollen and we've added elm to the tree pollen being produced. the uv in

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threatened. the fire is 35% contained. crews are expecting challenging days ahead because of hot, dry and gusty conditions expected through tomorrow. and possibly even beyond. look at this. this is brand new this morning. we have a fire weather watch for the sierra. this entire area you see in orange from it 10:00 in the morning to 10:00 in the evening thursday. we have a 12 hour window of gusty winds and low humidity which can rapidly spread fires that are out there or ones that ignite. avoid high risk activities if you can outside. we don't have that threat at home. we have a nice marine layer for most of us. if you're about and about today it's going to be warmer. especially the farther you are from the ocean. the bay. at the ocean, we'll have a few clouds and sunshine there. and the bay we have small craft advisory. seems like a never ending one. temperatures around 52 to 55. cloudy and misty. we're in the 50s everywhere

until you get to tracy about 60. farce breaking down the rest of today, 60. 67. coast and bay to 81 at noon. 62 to 75 to 92 inland. toasty today. how about out on those roads. do they make you hot under the collar? >> that's a new phrase for me, mike. i've got to add it. >> no, no. >> we're starting here at the live picture at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights came on at 5:52. we're seeing that before 6:00 a.m. trend that was the case before the pandemic. backup is starting there. not too bad. live look showing you 680. things are moving at the limit there. still have our slowdown out of tracy and the chp has issued a wind advisory for the benicia bench. get ready for major headache, unfortunately if you drive through san francisco. the sfmta will be closing the

intersection of south van ness and mission street. it's part of the improvement project. that intersection will close to all traffic through next monday. work is expected to snarl traffic trying to get to 101 and muni will reroute five bus lines. if you drive, you're being asked to please avoid the area. >> all right. thanks. slow streets here to stay. the san francisco blocks that could become permanently car free in a neighborhood near you. you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but what about a

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that case. according to california highway patrol this is the sixth shooting on highway 4 since april. slow streets could be here to stay. will vote to extend the program. golden gate avenue, lake street, sanchez street. the board will look at and evaluate recommendations for changes. that includes updated signs, pavement markings, improvements for pedestrians and turn restrictions. another big launch is happening today. nasa and boeing are set to relaunch the star liner crner ce cap capsule. the star liner is boeing's second chance to prove it can safely carry a crew to the international space station. the launch back in december failed to reach orbit. no humans will be on this test flight. instead they will take measures with a test mannequin named d d

rosie the rocketeer. if successful, astronaut mike fink will be assigned to the first flight. flying will him will be nicole mann who says this year's slate of space launches will open en door for future. we're sew seeing low effort orbit open up to people other than nasa astronauts. >> so far everything is clear for the launch as long as the weather counties cooperate. launch is scheduled for 10:20 a.m. our time. it should take about a day for the star liner to reach and dock at the international space station. >> thank you. say good-bye to fleets. twitter is ditching the feature. fleets let you share texts, photos and video. it disappears in 24 hours. kind of like instagram stories. twitter introduced it last year but the tool was not being used as much as hoped. this morning twitter's also turning to news organizations

to fight misinformation. the san francisco-based company announced a new partnership with the associated press and reuters. will highlight the trust worthy information on twitter and will provide context as to why some subjects are trending. a michigan couple playing fetch with their dog by the lake got an unexpected surprise when someone else caught the ball. >> oh my gosh. >> what in the world? >> oh my. >> kimberly hyde shared this video. the fish is okay. they removed the ball from its mouth and it swam away. put the fish back in the water. >> thank you. >> this is giving me anxiety. i don't like that part. okay. so, anyway, they were playing catch with their dog. cece was surprised by the catch and then she was really happy they got her ball back. >> anybody want to guess what

kind of fish that is? >> the kind that needs to survive and be back in the water. >> uh-huh. please take the ball out before you put this on fleet or whatever. >> is the fish really okay? >> i seriously doubt it. >> i think it'd last a while. >> can they? >> then when you put them back in you slosh them back and forth to get the water to go through their gills and reoxygenate them. >> okay. >> it's like catch and release. >> i thought a lot of those catch and release fish die. >> friend. >> that was the point of putting them back in so they wouldn't. >> let's look at the sunrise. >> yeah. let's move on to something a little better. i like that. nice turn, kumasi. take over. kumasi take the wheel. here's a look from the east bay hills camera. looking south you can see the marine layer bumping against the top. it can make it into some of east bay hill valleys. not all the way in to the delta

communities. that's one of the reasons it's going to be warmer. you can see it from our roof camera. more sunshine and warmth, especially inland today. for the rest of the week we're going to do a little bit after roller coaster above and below average highs. some days you need the air conditioner. some days you won't. i'll map that out for you. a few areas of fog and drizzle. we have a battle brewing between this high and low. the high is going to win today. it's going to come over our neighborhoods and bring some of that heat that is moving through the central valley in places like tahoe. we'll have a record highing 89 degrees today. we won't be quite that warm in n areas. 92, 90. upper 60s, low 80s for the rest of the south bay. 75 menlo park. 64 at pacifica. downtown san francisco, 67.

how about 85 in sonoma. inland we have 89 at san ramon. everybody else in the low to mid90s. going to the game this evening the padres in town for a quick two game set. 66 dropping down to 59 with increasing clouds at the coliseum. as far as our forecast moving forward to tonight, we'll have temperatures back into the 50s with more cloud cover. drizzle along the coast into the east bay hills. we drop about 2 to 8 degrees tomorrow. that's below average. back to average friday. we'll max out well above average. our hottest day. temperatures fall back to average saturday, sunday and monday. >> thank you. now we bring in ginger zee with a look at what's coming up on gma. hey, ginger. >> hey there, reggie. hi, kumasi. it's a tuesday here on gma and of course we're talking all about simone biles' incredible return to the beam.

taking home the bronze. we'll break it down. we have dominique dawes to help us do that. there's the classroom battle. kids are starting to go back to school. tensions are rising over covid guidelines and mask mandates. now this is all happening because of the fears of the delta surge and we'll tell you what you need to know, or at least what we do know for now this morning. our abc news exclusive with kathy griffin. she's opening up about her cancer diagnosis and what's in her future. you'll see that only on gma. and then finally, swimmer caeleb dressel home from tokyo, right in times square with us. we're speaking with stephen king. sara ferguson on their new books. it's an embarrassment of riches. >> what was that movie i saw? children of the corn. >> it? oh, children of the corn. yeah, that'll do it. for me it's pet semetary.

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you know where i can get one of those drinks later today. temps tomorrow drop two to eight degrees. 90s holding on. a lot of 70s and 80s inland. that's very comfortable. 60s to near 70 around the bay. thursday is going to be our coolest day with just 70s and 80s inland and 60s and 70s around the bay. look at that, 71 at oakland. friday, our hottest day, yep, near 100 in fairfield. 90s in the east bay. upper 70s to low 80s around the bay. reggie. >> thank you. the investigation into san jose sharks forward evander kane is expected to conclude by

next month. over the weekend kane's wife anna shared a series of posts saying evander bet on his own games and even threw them. evander denied the allegations. >> just open the door. what are they doing? >> you all have to look at this cat. clearly everybody at the stadium was. this was really making a big splash at yankee stadium. they had the cat surrounded at several points but it was not trying to be caught this day. the fans were getting into it too. the fans were chanting mvp, let's go cat as all of this was playing out. the cat eventually headed through a door into the stands. we don't know where the cat is. >> the cat is cute. >> it is cute. >> it did look scared so i did feel bad about that. >> sound it way. next at 6:30, parts of south lake tahoe suddenly closed after one type of forest

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not requiring them right now. meltdown in midair. two major airlines suddenly canceling hundreds of flights with little to no warning. passengers stranded in major u.s. cities and there's another bad day ahead. too cool for school. the story behind this orangutan turned fashion icon racking up millions of views for its quick thinking. yes. it is tuesday, august 3rd. you're watching abc 7 mornings live on abc 7, hulu live and wherever you stream. we'll check in now with meteorologist mike nicco. >> good morning. welcome to tuesday. let's take a look at what's going on outside. we have a reduction of visibility around petaluma and out towards the marin county coast. the marine layer is closer to the ground this morning. winds blowing in from bodega

bay. looks like 101 also 116, possibly 12 and 37 could see increasing lowering visibilities. increase in the lowering of visibilities as we head through the morning commute. we have 62 at half moon bay. san francisco, 67. 75 at oakland. 80 at san jose. 86 at napa. happening now, masks are coming back indoors whether you are vaccinated or not. >> here are the counties. nearly the entire bay area the exceptions, napa and sonoma counties. health leaders citing a summer surge mostly among the unvaccinated. you can see it on the right in this graph from our data team. >> this morning abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live in walnut creek tracking the changes for you and businesses across the bay area. amy. >> reporter: businesses are going to be busy today. time to change the signs again. the store says masks are optional for fully vaccinated.

that sign needs to change. next door they have been busy. they've got their sign changed. masks, face masks are required. hopefully everyone has their old signs from the last time they had just switch them out because masks are now required indoors at all businesses and this is across the bay area for all of the counties. even for the vaccinated. and health officials say that's because the cdc now says vaccinated people carry and spread the same amount of virus as unvaccinated people. this is sending a lot of people in the hospital. hospitalizations have nearly doubled in the bay area over the last two weeks. they're hoping a mask mandate will get that under control. >> if we can get our hospitalization rates down to where they were in mid june, then we can start thinking about easing off on restrictions. >> health officials say the masks will help but what would really make a difference is if

people got vaccinated against this virus. doctors say almost all who are in the hospital with covid did not get the vaccine and they are very sick and struggling to breathe. this affects all bay area counties except for napa and solano. everyone else that starts today. solano county is not implementing the mask mandate. does not believe an indoor mask mandate would help. >> this disease is clearly spreading during, through social events. people who are going to parties, barbecue, picnics. we're filling our tank with gas to fix a flat tire. >> it is not a mandate.

local businesses that have been requiring masks this whole time are hoping this mandate eases confrontations with unmasked customers. >> i'm worried about my health. >> are you really? >> yes. >> where's your has mat suit? >> this interaction started when two men not wearing masks walked into recycle books last week. an employee says they came into the store looking for a fight. she says they refused to put on a mask despite the store's signage and repeated requests from it workers. >> it's terrible. we're all so tired of it. like every worker has been dealing with this the entire pandemic. >> last night abc 7 news received a statement from the men. they say they are against mask mandates. they say quote, they haven't seen the science to show that masks are effective at blocking covid and just to be really clear, the cdc, fda and everyone else agrees that masks work to reduce the spread of covid-19. more protests over mask

mandates in schools. this morning people against masks are planning to rally at the san ramon valley unified school district headquarters. the issue is not unique to danville. yesterday abc 7 news spoke with families in brentwood who say masks are more trouble than good for kids. >> they're not comfortable with them. they don't -- they say they can't breathe. my oldest 7-year-old is an asthmatic. >> i would pick up my granddaughter from just being three hours in kindergarten and it was soaking wet, gross and she would tell me the kids were picking them off the black top putting them back on when they're playing. it's just not good. >> the brentwood unified school district superintendent says this is not a decision for administrators. he says the district is simply following state mandates. more companies are changing their national covid policies regardless of what the local jurisdictions have ruled. we've learned facebook is requiring all u.s. employees

wear masks in the office in addition to being vaccinated. home depot associates will have to wear a mask regardless of vaccination status. mcdonald's is making masks mandatory for employees and customers in high transmission areas. target once again requiring masks for employees. it is recommending them for shoppers in high risk cities. kaiser permanente is requiring employees and physicians to be vaccinated by the end of september. elsewhere similar vaccination requirements are being considered. sutter health says it's developing its own work force vaccination policy. santa clara county will be implementing a vaccine mandate for its employees. john muir health says it's not currently mandating the vaccine but it's an option. kaiser says it wants to show it is leading the vaccination effort. >> our healthcare workers are tired. they are disappointed that we've got a fourth surge and when we look at it, we believe this was mostly mostly mostly m

with vaccinations. >> meanwhile, equinox and soul cycle gyms will eventually require customers and employees to be vaccinated. here's a live look at san francisco international airport this morning. despite a surge in coronavirus cases, travel continues to rebound. nationwide the tsa set a new record sunday screening more than 2.23 million passengers in just one day. and that is more than any day over the fourth of july weekend and more than the prior record which was set in mid july. spirit airlines is blaming weather and staffing challenges for hundreds of canceled flights in the past day. and airport trouble isn't over then. jobina fortson with the new cancellations this morning. >> spirit canceled nearly a third of its flights today. many people were not told that their flight would be canceled until they got to the gate and

the cancellations came with little explanation. it took hours for some travelers to book a new flight to their final destination. >> as we were waiting to get on the gate to the flight they, i guess canceled the flight on us. >> four hours in line. >> you were in line for four hours? >> just to get our cancellation. >> we're stuck here. look at all these people waiting. >> american airlines has canceled 276 flights today. yesterday it canceled hundreds of flights because of bad weather in dallas. the airline said it had to reposition its planes and crews. >> thank you. more stop stories headed your way. capitol outcry between two california lawmakers. minority leader kevin mccarthy being called to resign for his remarks about speaker nancy pelosi. native species in danger. the california animal dropping to dire numbers. christmas shopping crunch in august. the insights to know this morning to get those toys to arrive on time this year. taking a live look at the big board at the new york stock

exchange. up by about 30 points. another update on the markets next. >> it didn't feel like longdown. it didn't feel like jail. it felt like something else. >> the untold story of california heroes who are also inmates. the sneak peek at the documentary out today the ones who might save your house this fire season. >> i am all for that. i've seen a sneak preview of that. hopefully those gentlemen can get their lives back on track due to what they're doing out in the wildfires for us this season. so good luck. let's talk about what's going on. 880 in the coliseum. that cloudy backdrop to talk about, yeah, we have foggy spots this morning. especially up in the north bay. and there's a little bit of mist in the air also along the coast. san francisco and into the east bay hills. it's going to be breezy from the golden gate bridge into the delta and we've got quite a summer spread on mass transit from it 60s along the coast and

san francisco to near 90 inland. look at this gorgeous shot from mount mount tam. air quality is moderate in the coasts and central bay. that's healthy. it's going to continue to get healthier wednesday and thursday as the on shore breeze will bring cooler conditions and cleaner air. temperatures around 53 to 56 with cloudiness all along the peninsula. and around 51 in san rafael to about 64 in los gatos. that's some of our warmer spots. clouds quickly pulling back to the coast. 60s there and around the bay at noon. 70s inland. a few 80s in the extreme east and north bay. and then we'll have 80s and out inland and 70s around the bay and 60s at the coast at 4:00. not too hot but definitely hotter than yesterday. hi, jobina. >> hi, mike. thank you. we have a bit of a slowdown in san jose right now because of a brush fire. this is along -- excuse me. shouldn't have had that granola bar before i came up here.

that's where we have the brush fire and there's also a fire truck blocking a lane right now. that's why you see that slow spot. a live picture here bay bridge toll plaza where metering lights came on at 5:52. the chp has issued a fog advisory for the golden gate bridge. interesting traffic trends. drivers may notice less congestion on the roads going to and from work. according to a data analysis from the chronicle, weekday travel still lags behind pre- pandemic levels. more people are out on the weekend so traffic on saturdays and sundays are in some instances busier than weekend traffic back in had

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speaker nancy pelosi. jobina with the recording. >> house minority leader kevin mccarthy was at a fundraising event in tennessee on saturday while there he said he believes the gop will regain control of the house in 2022. he described how he -- excuse me -- how he imagines house speaker nancy pelosi handing over the gavel. >> watch nancy pelosi hand me that gavel. >> all right. a main street national reporter posted the audio on twitter. democrats are furious with mccarthy about his comments about hitting pelosi. they are calling on him to resign. an aide to mccarthy says the congressman was joking. >> thank you. this morning we are hearing from the massachusetts couple who says they were harassed by

former ebay employees. we told you last month that the couple filed a lawsuit against the san jose-based company. they claim former ebay workers were part of a cyber stalking plot. in an exclusive interview with abc news they detailed the disturbing items sent to their home to threaten them. >> phone call from a shop in arizona that said that they couldn't deliver the wet specimen we had ordered. not having any idea what the wet specimen. she said it was an embalmed pig fetus. >> who could devise these torturous packages and the depravity. the messages, if you read the language, i've never in a million years would have thought it was a company. >> the couple runs an e- commerce news website that has been critical of ebay in the past. prosecutors have charged six former ebay employees and a

contractor for cyber stalking. five of them pleaded guilty. ebay says the misconduct was wrong and the company will address what the couple went through. i don't want to panic you, but it might be time to start shopping for christmas? i know. it's still only summer but i guesthe is some reason to believe that stocking up right now for your december purchases makes sense. toy manufacturers warn a global shipping bottleneck has holiday items stuck in transit. in the era of covid analysts say every aspect of the transportation process is backed up and that is affecting cost. >> we're going to see fewer items on the shelves. fewer choices for the moms and dads other the christmas holiday probably at higher prices. >> santa is going to fly. he has never failed. he just doesn't know what's going to be in that sleigh yet. >> hasbro says shipping costs will cause price increases later this year so experts are looking at this and saying you might want to buy some of those

toys now. apple is now the world's most profitable company. according to new african- american 500 fortune 500 rankings. that's a nearly 4% increase over the $55 billion they earned the previous year. taking a live look at the new york stock exchange and we are down about 48 points. staffing at restaurants and retail stores has been a challenge because of a labor shortage. where did the service workers go after pandemic layoffs? changing economy part of our focus to build a better bay area. a former bartender is telling abc news he never went to college but signed up for coding classes during the pandemic. >> it's scary at first. but i just had faith in myself and my ability to work. i just took that leap. >> that's ruben lopez who

eventually joined the apprenticeship program at bitwise industries. the program promotes diversity in tech. >> it takes industry partners willing to break the mold and create new pathways for internships. new pathways for apprenticeships so it's not just one way and one avenue for people to enter the tech work force. >> bitwise does more than coding classes. it also provides mentoring. the average pay for alumni is $41,000. now here's a gift if we'll call it that brought on by the pandemic. mini vans are making a comeback. according to an automotive report, mini vans sold for 8% above sticker price last month. they're easier for families especially if you have to attach a car seat. there's many more space to fit strollers, sports gear. three car makers have redesigned their mini vans to

be nicer. a new documentary takes a look at some of the unexpected young men fighting california wildfires. it's called fire boys. the film focuses on young inmates at pine grove conservation camp in the foothills of the sierra nevada mountains. >> here's a story that can start to open up conversation in america about what redemption is. shift towards a restorative system. who is deserving more of a second chance than somebody who has made incredible sacrifices to earn their way out of prison. >> it's helped me become a better worker. it's taught me a lot of discipline. >> the fire fighting inmates make between $2 and 5 an hour. the film makers believe more needs to be done for them after release. fire boys now available on digital and on demand.

>> 100%. >> okay. >> that's all that needs to be said about that. make it happen. make it happen. get those guys back on the right path. here's a look at what's going on with mount tam. it's gorgeous out there up at about 2600 feet. maybe a few high clouds like yesterday, but none of those jelly fish clouds we had yesterday. that's for sure. in the east bay hills, just so gorgeous watching the cloud bank cascade over the hills there. fogless morning except for all the way in our inland neighborhoods where it's going to be too little too late. that's why we'll have warmer inland highs. spotty drizzle out of a bigger cloud blanket. more of us will be under that when we wake up tomorrow morning. after friday being our hottest day of the weekttern returns for the weekend. isn't that nice? let's get there by showing you santa clara, 79. morgan hill about 70. 92 degrees. we have 79 in redwood city.

how about 62 at half moon bay and the sunset along a cloudier coast. 67 in downtown. south san francisco, 69. head into the valleys, we'll have low to mid80s. 90s cloverdale northward. heyward, 74. union city and freemont, 78. inland neighborhoods will be the hottest. 89 to 96 degrees. around the state, building heat. look at these 100s through the central valley. yosemite, a record tying 89. last week we had a flooding threat. a fire weather watch for tahoe. 10:00 to 10:00 thursday. 12 hour window of critical fire conditions. look the at big drop in temperatures tomorrow thanks to the resurgent marine layer tonight into tomorrow. we'll warm back to average thursday. we'll surge above average friday. it's a one and done. temperatures back to average saturday, sunday and monday. morning clouds. afternoon sunshine. fog is here.

>> thank you. chipmunks in the south lake tahoe area have tested positive for the plague. the animals have not come into contact with people. taylor creek visitor center is offlimits as well as kiva beach. squirrels, chipmunks and their fleas can carry the disease. the sierra nevada red fox will soon be added to the endangered species list. the population has dipped to just 40 foxes. the species of red fox lives in the mountains stretching from yosemite to lake tahoe and it's not the first time they've been in danger. biologists thought this red fox was extinct. there's a new effort to rescue animals during disasters. it's called the california veterinarian 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 an l mas rescued or evacmated in disasters.

>> university of california davis is going to run the $3 million program. it will support and train a network of government agencies, individuals and organizations vek duringemernc anim depend on help from other states. the program is funded through this orangutan found a pair of sunglasses and refused to take them off until she got a banana. so a woman named lolita shared this video. she accidentally dropped her sun glasses inside the enclosure. the orangutan picked them up, tried them on and said i look good. she sat on a rock with her baby who is trying to figure out what's going on sporting these new shades. the orangutan had her sunglasses on for about 15 minutes before the zoo keepers prompted her to throw them back in exchange for a banana.

unfortunately when she threw them back they broke. can we just look at this? can we just enjoy. >> there. did you see the toss? >> take them. take them. >> these like these ugly frames. no. >> i don't want this any more. >> this is not right for my face. i'm more aviators look better on people and orangutans always. >> between this and this cat. a lot of animal adventures. >> and the fish. >> friend. >> don't forget the fish who caught the ball. >> that fish is doing really well. >> it is doing well on someone's plate? >> friend. >> come on now. >> it's in the wild. okay. up next, the seven things you need to know today. >> you can watch our newscasts live and on demand through the bay area connected tv app. it's available for apple tv, android tv, amazon fire tv and roku. download the app now and you can start streaming. look at this glorious

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all right, everybody. it's 6:57. if you're just joining us here are the seven things to know this morning. masks back on in seven bay area counties. the mandate requires everybody to wear a mask indoors regardless of vaccination status. health officials are hoping that this will slow the spread of the highly contagious delta variant and also some breaking news we want to share with you this morning, new york city will announce today that it will require proof of vaccination for most indoor events starting this month. enforcement starts in september. number two, napa and solano counties are not implementing indoor mask mandates. both recommend wearing masks indoors. number three, san francisco general hospital will soon offer supplemental doses of the pfizer and moderna vaccines to people who got the johnson and johnson shot. the hospital's chief of staff says while she supports offering this extra dose, there's not enough data to support any benefit. spirit airlines has canceled hundreds of flights again today after canceling more flights yesterday. the company blames weather and

staffing challenges. all right. let's take a look at what's going on number five. we've got temperatures that'll be just a little bit warmer than they were yesterday. expect faster sunshine. especially in our inland neighborhoods. spot on. >> listen. look at this praying mantis. does he know the praying mantis is there? anyway, this is the phillies- nationals game last night. and yes, indeed a praying mantis on top of victor robales hat. at one point he even made sure it knew how many outs were in the inning. why? >> oh, that's funny. >> is it, mike? i'm scared. >> usually if you're in the clubhouse sitting in the dugout or something somebody blows a bubble with their gum and puts it up there. >> he got a whole praying mantis. >> he got a whole praying mantis. >> are the animals okay are are

they telling us something? >> they're all at the baseball games. >> don't forget the fish. >> it's all sports related. >> and the fish is fine. good morning, america. as we start this tuesday together, simone biles is back at the olympics. olympic comeback. simone biles takes home the bronze in the balance beam finals after the superstar pulled out of all other event finals. jade carey takes home another gold medal for team usa. amy is live on the ground in tokyo. new this morning, the u.s. now reaching president biden's vaccine goal, 70% of adults have at least one dose. this as the delta variant keeps tearing through the country. senator lindsey graham saying he has covid despite being vaccinated as classroom battles heat up over covid guidelines and mask mandates. meltdown in midair. a travel nightmare for thousands. spirit airlines canceling hundreds of flights.