>> roller coasters, whack a mole, some ways to describe the ups and downs of the pandemic. reality has much higher stakes. bay area leaders are considering serious changes in order to save lives. thank you for joining us, i am ama daetz. >> and i am dan ashley. you are watching life here on abc7, hulu live, and wherever you stream. california has hit a new milestone reach. the test positivity rate is 7%. it has been climbing from a record low of 0.7%, two months ago. >> also climbing, coronavirus cases. this graph shows how they have taken off since june and the more the virus spreads, the more chances it has to mutate. >> every two weeks, as long as transmission occurs, you will get the creation of variants. today it is delta, then lambda, at some point you will

run out of greek alphabet letters. >> that is a sobering prospect, which is why we are so focused on vaccines. bay area counties are divided on whether to require proof of vaccination, similar to new york city. melanie woodrow checked in with health officials and local leaders, because this could build a better bay area. >> reporter: some bay area counties are considering the possibility of requiring proof of vaccination status to enter bars, restaurants, and other businesses. she is an infectious disease doctor and professor of medicine at ucsf. >> it is a great idea. it does encourage the unvaccinated to get vaccinated. second, though the delta variant is very transmissible, it is not as transmissible among vaccinated people. >> reporter: the san francisco director of health said san francisco is exploring the possibility. >> we are very supportive of businesses and other entities requiring proof of vaccination to enter the premises.

>> reporter: something san francisco supervisor matt haney also supports. >> at this time when cases are going up and up, you should be vaccinated. and you should be able to demonstrate that. >> reporter: contra costa county tells abc7 news has no plans for a vaccine passport program or to require proof of vaccination to enter restaurants or other spaces. san mateo county also says it is not considering additional mandates. however, the county supervisor feels otherwise. >> the county of san mateo, you know, has not officially taken a position on doing this, but i think like the other counties, i believe it is something that is seriously being considered. >> reporter: oakland mayor libby schaaf said she hoped it would not be necessary. >> we have to put sanctity of life first, but my understanding is it should not be necessary.

>> reporter: she understands a vaccine passport system is controversial, but likens it to anti-smoking campaigns. >> it is not unprecedented in our country to use these sorts of incentives. to make life more inconvenient when there is a safe and effective vaccine available. >> reporter: melanie woodrow, abc7 news. on midday live, we ran a poll asking, would proof a vaccine mandates encourage people to get vaccinated? 86% voted yes. marin county will require all teachers to be vaccinated or see weekly testing. the county made the announcement this morning. lyanne melendez joins us with a look at the implications. >> reporter: there is something called peer pressure. this is called pressure on school districts to require that anyone who works at a school be fully vaccinated. this pressure is coming from teachers themselves, parents, and lawmakers. i think as more and more

districts require this, others will follow. this afternoon, the 18 school districts in marin county were given guidance on how to implement the new mandate. those districts know that most of their teachers and staff are vaccinated, but they lack real numbers. the districts want to record the data. mary jane burke is the marin county superintendent of schools. she said, this is a pandemic. this is a public health issue. we know that vaccines matter. we know they can ensure better and stronger levels of safety for students and staff. san jose unified has issued a similar policy. san francisco unified has not mandated vaccines for teachers and staff, but is requiring that everyone report their vaccination status. moving forward, they will assess the extent to which staff remain unvaccinated. the united educators of san francisco is in favor of requiring its members be

vaccinated, along with other safety measures. >> that includes improved ventilation. include social distancing. include constant masking. include vaccination when possible and also include testing. >> it is incumbent on us to put our kids first and to do everything that we can to let our kids come back to in person learning. >> reporter: state senator josh becker says he continues to work with school districts on these requirements. he spoke to us today over the phone. >> i've got a lot of questions. from teachers and from parents who would like to see this happen. >> reporter: because the legislature is not in session, lawmakers are leaving it up to school districts to issue those requirements. >> as you heard, a lot of pressure is coming from parents telling school districts that they want safety and security for their children. lyanne melendez, abc7 news.

in just the past two hours, sonoma county health director issued a new order requiring all fire, emergency personnel, and disaster relief staff to show proof of vaccination or submit to weekly testing. >> nearly all of our recent covid hospitalizations and deaths have been among those who had an opportunity to be vaccinated and chose not to take it. that is sad. >> the county health officer is also recommending all county and private sector employees get vaccinated. every bay area county is reporting a spike in demand for coronavirus testing and is preparing to expand testing capacity. stephanie sierra is tracking the latest for us and what we can expect over the next few weeks. she is in the newsroom. >> reporter: health officials have described the increase in demand is overwhelming in some counties, especially in the past few weeks, but there is good news. every county is working on

expanding capacity, whether that is adding clinics or negotiations to open new sites. as the delta variant is threatening an even more contagious fourth surge, officials are bracing for another surge of covid testing. >> your definitely seeing increased demand for testing. >> reporter: and sonoma county demand has skyrocketed. >> we have gone from 1000 tests per week, to 10,000 tests per week, because of the increased demand. >> reporter: the county is partnering with for healthcare providers to expand testing sites and is working to increase staffing to avoid backlog and reduce turnaround times. >> we are talking to our laboratory, the regional lab, about going back to weekend staffing and running tests on the weekends, so we won't have a lag. >> reporter: the increase in demand as reported in every bay area county and across california. state data shows in early july the seven day average covid test rate per 100,000 people

was 260. a few weeks later, that average jumped to 401. counties are partnering with healthcare providers or community clinics to offer testing, but most, like contra costa county, already have additional vendors under contract. >> we are working with local labs and reopened contracts with additional labs to make sure that we have the lab capacity to do this testing, as well as the testing site capacity. >> reporter: the san francisco health director, dr. colfax, says they are exploring all possibilities but remain focused on testing for clinics, skilled nursing facilities, and shelters. it is unclear if the city will reopen mass testing sites. >> i expect the wait times to continue to go up, because we are down to fewer than 2000 tests per day not too long ago and now we are at 5000.

if we expand to 9000, we will continue to need to expand. >> reporter: if you are curious where you can get tested in the bay area, our data team compiled this map of every testing site, clinic, and pharmacy open across the region. you can find it on abc7news.com. dan, i highly recommend it. back to you. we are taking a live look at san francisco international airport, because it is reaching a vaccine milestone. 30,000 doses administered. the sfo medical clinic, located pre-security in the international terminal, has been offering free johnson & johnson vaccines on an appointment basis. the majority of appointments are being booked by visitors from other countries. so-called vaccine tourists. they represent the fastest- growing category of visitors to the sfo vaccine clinic. you can send your questions to the vaccine team. go to abc7news.com/vaccine and click on the big blue box. ruer the east bek mystery of a

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missing runner, philip kreycik. a searcher discovered the remains at pleasanton ridge regional park, where kreycik went running three weeks ago and was not seen since. lenkley is veat th test. kreycik's family plans to speak about this, we understand, tomorrow, right? >> reporter: that is right. it is a really horrible outcome for them. they had so much hope for so many weeks. the body, as you said, of what is believed to be missing jogger philip kreycik was found on this hillside behind me yesterday and some of the densely wooded area you see up there. i am located near the intersection of 680 and 580 in pleasanton. philip kreycik left on his run wearing particular shoes and clothing on those, from what i understand, were on the body that was found, along with personal items. pleasanton police said that

could include a biometric watch. it is essentially wilderness when you go off trail in the 125,000 acres of east bay regional park. a man was foby a volunteer in pleasanton ridge tuesday afternoon, leading to the belief it might be philip kreycik, who vanished july 10 during an extreme heat wave. an exhaustive high-tech search for the missing runner turned up nothing. pleasanton police say the body was found under a tree in a heavily wooded area, 200 yards away from where they searched. while they wait for confirmation of the identity, family and friends took to facebook to offer condolences and thinks to the volunteers. police say they believe kreycik likely suffered an injury or heat -related stress and missed a turn on his carefully plotted route, continuing on the wrong >> cell phone conductivity in the park is spotty. >> reporter: they get hundreds

of calls every summer from people who get lost, deviating from an intended route onto an animal trail that is basically trodden down grass or dirt. >> they can look very inviting for someone. that it might be an existing trail and it is not and a lot of times you can get disoriented out there and where you think you should be making a right turn, you go straight and end up in a completely unfamiliar area. >> reporter: many calls for help come from people lost on sunset walks and they suggest people not travel alone on remote trails and have a map on hand in unfamiliar territory. so, dan, as we know, kreycik had a map . he told his family his intended route. so, a very sad outcome to this story as it continues to unfold here in pleasanton. >> such a shame and he had a great deal of experience, so this is surprising. what are you hearing about when we can expect autopsy results?

>> reporter: what i was told by pleasanton police is we should get positive i.d. on that body in the next day or two, along with preliminary autopsy results. a final report would not be until next week. there are still unanswered questions about whether this was a physical injury or heat related incident or an encounter with anything on the trail. those are questions the autopsy will answer and as you said, initially, the family for the first time is going to speak out tomorrow morning. so, it will be a difficult moment to speak to them and feel their pain and understand this is likely their beloved father and beloved son. live in pleasanton, i am leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> certainly our thoughts and prayers go out to the family. thank you. we turn now to the drought that is dire in the state and received federal attention

today. take a look, you can see how bad the drought is. over the past two weeks, conditions have gotten worse. nearly half the state is now in the dark red color, which represents exceptional drought. today the u.s. secretary of agriculture visited the north bay to see the situation firsthand. wayne freedman was there. >> reporter: the simple pleasure of visiting a winery. it is one version of paradise. >> i underestimated the pent-up demand. >> reporter: they make 65,000 cases per year. in this, a year like no otheno o >> following the wildfires and covid on top of that, it is a one-two punch and now throwing in drought. >> reporter: davies knows that and so does the entire community. today they wanted this man to see and understand their plight. >> the level of difficulty that an owner of a vineyard faces.

>> reporter: tom vilsack came to the napa valley this afternoon for boots on the ground with congressman mike o area that automatically comes out with beautiful wine periods. it's important that he see here. >> reporter: the meeting took place within sight of the fire last year. they estimate $2 billion in losses from wildfires in 2020. not only grapes, but the entire ecosystem that includes jobs, materials, and tourism. at the drought with another layer of difficulties. the agriculture secretary understands these are not one- time disasters. they require a different kind of long-term federal response. >> here what you have is an ongoing impact that will ripple throughout the course of the

next 10 years. >> reporter: yes, even here, in what appears to be a california version of paradise. from napa county, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> it is going to be months before we can even think about getting significant rainfall. >> so true. spencer is tracking it for us. the secretary got a good glimpse of what we are facing. these are challenging times in california. the severe drought, ongoing threat of wildfires, and now he decline in the air quality. let's take a look at what is going on. current air quality is generally good for now, indicated by these green dots, but that is about to change. up until now the smoke had been blowing away from the bay area, but that is shifting and more smoke is making its way into the bay area. that will continue, causing a bit of a decline in air quality and as a result an air quality advisory has been issued for the next two days. yesterday we showed you the air quality forecast.

this was all green and now it is yellow, indicating moderate air quality. the sky is beginning to look gray. we are fortunate to have a continuing onshore flow and a brisk one at that. gusty right now as a matter of fact at sfo, with gusts up to 25 miles per hour. that is bringing some cooling relief, keeping the threat of wildfires down in the immediate area. bringing more humidity, as well, and you can see how much cooler it is than yesterday. 20 degrees cooler in novato. not any change in san francisco, but it was cool yesterday and remains cool in san francisco. this is the view from emeryville. a mix of gray skies from the smoke and low clouds. 60 in san francisco. oakland, 63. mountain view, 71. 70 in palo alto. the view at the golden gate. our wonderful producer pointed out that this looks like someone pulled a gray curtain down, just low enough to leave an opening for some blue sky.

these are the current temperature readings up north. 72 at santa rosa and novato. concorde, 84. livermore, 79. the view from the rooftop camera, showing that curtain extends over the bay, as well. widespread fog and patchy drizzle overnight. cooler than average tomorrow and we will feel a surge of summer warmth friday and saturday. overnight we see lots of drizzle near the coast, around the bay, and locally with the push of low clouds and fog. so, 5:00 tomorrow morning, there may be slippery spots on the roadways, but by midday we will see sunshine for most of the bay area with low clouds of the coast. overnight lows will be in generally mid to upper 50s and highs tomorrow, low 60s at the coast. upper 60s to low 70s around the shoreline. inland will see areas warming up to the low to mid 80s for most of the area. so cooler than average, but a

pleasant day with hazy sunshine. that changes on friday. inland highs will reach the mid to upper 90s. upper 70s around the shoreline. mild warm on saturday, but perhaps a few degrees less warm and then we will see temperatures settling into a more seasonal range on sunday. monday and tuesday, below average temperatures and then back up to the seasonal pattern next wednesday. >> spencer, thank you. as we continue, beca

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the mass just got messier. we are about five hours into a complete shutdown of van ness avenue for paving. this is forcing thousands of cars, bicyclists, and buses to the tour. it is part of the improvement project and you can see how vital the intersection is on this map. it is scheduled to reopen at 6:00 a.m. on monday. bart ridership has picked up slightly. running trains more often and as late as midnight. yesterday, bart reportedreportee third highest workday ridership of the pandemic. it carried 88,000 passengers, just 21% of the number of people before the pandemic.

ac transit is expanding service to accommodate people going back to school and work. it is geared to serve early late night passengers. ridership is making a comeback after plummeting more than 75% at the start of the pandemic. as people return to the office, most are driving their cars instead of using public transit. here is a look at three of our bridges. the bay area council surveyed 200 employers and found 40% of them expect employees will work from the office three days per week. that would mean 1.1 million fewer commuter trips compared to pre-pandemic levels. as commuters forgo public transit, and means more cars and heavier traffic on the roads. the crisis at the edd changed the lives

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californians who found themselves out of work since the start of the pandemic and now a 7 on your side special investigation takes a look at this crisis. >> how did they fail to deliver benefits to millions of struggling workers when they needed it the most? michael finney is here with moore. >> reporter: the edd was overwhelmed to the point it could not deliver benefits to those who needed them most. we show for jobless workers and an entire family of five who were devastated by the failure at the edd. among the most compelling, a single mom and her little boy who wound up living in the car. here is an excerpt of what you will see in our special report. >> i understand i am just another claim, another number, but to me this is my life. >> with covid spreading like mad, people in california turned to the state for help.

the employment development department is the unemployment office here, but when people called they did not get answers. when they went online they often did not get answers. so they ended up turning to me. i am michael finney and i am part of the largest consumer unit on television in this country, so people knew they could come to us and get help. but the edd did not want us to help those people. as a matter of fact, they actually told us, quit bothering them. we would not do that. we continue to bother them to this day. >> i was a life insurance agent, so i was an independent contractor and then i was also serving on the weekends at applebee's. we were renting a house in a really nice area. the best we had ever been doing. as soon as the shelter in place thing happened, both of those

jobs laid me off. i started losing everything, one by one. when i had originally filed for unemployment, they did not know what was going on with my case. something to do with their system, so i am going to have to wait and they would fix it and have a specialist call me. the specialist never called me. i could not afford rent. i could not afford anything. i made a life for myself and now it is gone. it was like okay, am i going to spend the last of this money to give to my landlord, when i am already two months behind? or pack up all my stuff and try to find a small car or something and try to survive that way? and that is what i had to do.

this is callan, my 4-year-old son. being in the car has changed him a lot. he throws a lot of temper tantrums and stuff. he has never been like that before. this right here has become his playroom, spot. it has all of his toys. so i just make a bed out of all of the blankets. nothing is normal. all i want to do is make a life for my little boy. he is all i care about. all that i have and i can't do that. i tried to tell edd, too. i understand i am just another claim, just another number. but to me, this is my life. i feel like some days i am just

going to lose it, like i can't take it anymore. >> reporter: her story really served to sound an alarm about the edd failure. >> shelby and her little boy, that broke all of our hearts. they were in a terrible spot when you found them and told their story. what has happened to them since? >> reporter: it's not all over is the bottom line. after our story aired, viewers everywhere began offering shelby everything from money to a spare bedroom in their home. actually said, she can move into my home. they raised thousands of dollars and now shelby and her little boy are out of that car, but she says it is not easy to dig out of the whole of being homeless. in my report you will see how they are living now and how life is changed for them. >> edd kept delaying benefits for shelby and so many other people. did they ever explain what went wrong, what happened, and how this affected so many people

that needed benefits? >> reporter: let me tell you what they said. the edd's answer to what went wrong as we are overwhelmed and working very hard. that didn't help those struggling to get by. there were a number of problems caused by the sudden surge in claims and it all led to delays that changed the lives of so many. in our report we showed some other stories, like a mom who had to send her kids to live with a relative and a family of five who all got sick with covid at the same time the edd cut off their benefits. and how 7 on your side kept pushing the edd to own up to its mistakes and start delivering to desperate californians. >> michael, on behalf of all of those people for whom you bothered the edd and continue, thank you. great work. you can watch michael's full report, it is really powerful. it is streaming on our abc7 bay

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does it feel like we are back to the future? the bay area's biggest county is seeing an increased demand for coronavirus testing. abc7 news reporter dustin dorsey shows you how mobilehowo centers are bringing testing where it is needed the most. >> reporter: when many thought the pandemic was winding down, the delta variant has the community seeing a need for testing. >> a lot of people want to know if they have covid or not for their family, because they want to be safe and they want to be safe with themselves. they don't want to lose anyone in their family that they love a lot. >> reporter: even in santa clara county, where more than 84% of the population has at least one dose of vaccine,

demand is on the rise. >> at the sites i oversee, we have seen a 3 to 4 fold increase. we were averaging about 1000 people coming in for testing per day and yesterday we were up to almost 4000 people. >> reporter: what you do when you have high demand and a need for easy access? you bring testing to the people. this mobile bus provides 326 tests per day. it is free and accessible testing for all needs. >> i go to the office and we had an exposure at work. >> my employer is starting to ask twice per week now. >> there was exposure to covid at her school. that is how we got to know we needed to get her tested and decided to get tested as well. >> reporter: the county has recommending you get tested if you show symptoms, have been exposed, or routine surveillance testing for unvaccinated people. >> we need to be expanding our testing. we hoped to scale that back, but we have rapidly re-expanded and are getting close to the

level that we had available to the community back in the december timeline. >> reporter: the bus will be back tomorrow from 10:00 to 6:00. appointments are recommended, but lockups are allowed. in san jose, dustin dorsey, abc7 news. the bay area mass is in its second day. seven counties require masks indoors. napa and solano county are not part of the mandate. in the east bay, one business owner is refusing to enforce the new rule. the owner posted a message on facebook saying, quote, we believe everyone has the right to freedom adds not constant retracting restrictions from the government. some in the community support his stance. >> it is his business. he owns it. he had to suffer through closing down through covid. we can make the decision whether we want to go in with a mask or not.

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students are preparing to move into college across the state and now there is a new law aimed at making college tuition more affordable for students, especially black, latino, and low income students. it taps into free money so many leave on the table. julian glover has the details. >> i'm glad i got to go to my dream school without loans.

>> reporter: jasmin luz lives the california dream. a first-generation student, daughter of immigrants, graduated uc berkeley. in under two years. the best part -- >> i was able to come out without any loans. i know that i could have accumulated $40,000-$60,000 in debt. >> reporter: now a new law signed by governor newsom will ensure all seniors take advantage of free federal aid, starting in the 2022-2023 academic year. it will require school districts to confirm students have completed the fafsa before graduating or opt out of the process. >> this is helping low income students, students of color, immigrant students, students in rural areas, releasee colleges more realistic. >> reporter: education policy advocacy group ed trust-west estimates $550 million in aid went unclaimed by students in

2018 and 2019. statewide data shows over half of graduating seniors created financial aid forms in 2020. in the bay area numbers vary with as many as 64% in san francisco unified completing the forms, 59% in oakland, 53% in san mateo union high school district, 50% in pittsburgh unified and as few as 36% of graduating seniors completing financial aid forms in antioch unified. >> they are more likely to be students of color, particularly black and latinx students and low income students. >>r: failing to thinking eycan't afford s higher education, so they don't apply. this law changes that. jasmin luz is gl she completed the forms. >> i hope to do immigration law. i know my dad is very proud of

me. my mom passed away a few years ago. i still hope she is looking down and feeling proud. >> reporter: i think it is safe to say we all are. julian glover, abc7 news. >> absolutely. julian is our race and social justice reporter. you can get in touch with him online. find him on twitter, facebook, and instagram. two people just landed a really good job. out of 7000 applicants, they won the contest to work at murphy good winery. abc7 news was there for the final group interview last week. one of the winners is in the middle of your screen. veronica and lindsay are the lucky ones. the winery tweeted the announcement today. the job duties are undefined. the new employees craft their own rules. the position pays $10,000 per month for a year, includes free housing, plus a years supply of wine. good work if you can get it and

they did. >> my jaw dropped. i was still shocked at the numbers. $10,000 per month. >> for a winery job. >> right there next to the grapes on the wine and they did not pay for it. cool. i am looking seven days into the future. let's take a look at what is going on with the weather. tonight, increasing low clouds and fog and areas of patchy drizzle. we might get measurable rainfall, meaning 1/100 of an inch. tomorrow, by midday we get mainly sunny and hazy skies. an increase in smoke. bright skies away from the coastline. highs range from the low 60s of the coast to around 70 of the shoreline. mid-80s inland. here is the accuweather seven- day forecast. we will have a sharp warm-up in the bay area within lent highs in the upper 90s. upper 70s around the bay shoreline.

warmer on saturday. mid-90s and mid-70s around the bay and the remainder of the seven days, sunday through next wednesday, temperatures are more seasonable, 90 or so inland. 77 around the bay and low 60s on the coast. >> spencer, we will ask you to be an understudy at that job. >> i think he would happily do it. larry might go for it, too. >> he already is. the a's, bringing back an old favorite.

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you better run. they both score and the a's walk it off, 5-4. someffen, e a's signed the guy who led them in homers for several years. chris davis getting a minor- league deal. remember, they traded him to texas in the off-season. he was slumping with the rangers and released in june. he will report to arizona and we will see what happens from there. mike mcdaniel says trey lance is a calm, at practice and you can see the momentum building as media members ponder, when will he start? as you hear that, ask how many of these same guys that were saying he would start told you the 49ers would draft mac jones. wait a minute, was that me? no. they posted video of both throwing darts and practice. a tight spiral. i'm starting to wonder about

the defense. george kittle remembers his rookie season. >> when i was a rookie, i was pretty bad. had a lot of mistakes. practice is one thing. when you compete against other people it is a different speed. he could prove me completely wrong and whenever he gets a chance, you go out and be the best player on the field, which i hope happens. i hope he plays at an incredibly hard level. it is on coach shanahan. it is up to them. >> having two quarterbacks is not a bad thing. the warriors drafted two forwards and drafted two more, leaving a man without any minutes. they traded him to utah for a future pick. a surprise for a guy who made the all rookie team a couple of years ago. the california classic tonight. in their warriors debuts. the step through, a physical

specimen and only 18 years old. what about moses moody? the 14th pick in round one. the hoop? wn co he los look at this play, crossover with authority. 88-81, late in the fourth quarter against miami. and the earthquake celebrated as their 17-year-old star has been selected to the major league soccer all-star. youngest player chosen. a rising star in major league soccer. the all-star game, august 25. sports on abc7, sponsored by river rock casino. it will be a lot of fun watching them, teenagers, grow up with the warriors next season. >> very talented. good pics.

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