behind my decision. >> president biden standing behind his expert -- his exit strategy. >> a first-hand account in afghanistan, the situation on the streets. >> booster shot timeline, the impending recommendation from the white house. >> good morning, welcome to tuesday, you are watching abc7 mornings. >> welcome back, friend, we are happy to see you. checking in with mike and a look at our forecast. mike: can we thank reggie for the refreshing change? reggie: always. mike: that is one of the story lines, the fact that we have cleaner air and cooler conditions. tonight the wind re other big sy line, 11:00 through 3:00 tomorrow, the fire danger kicks up. any fire starts would spread rapidly, and napa county has the

most critical fire conditions during this time, but you can see all of the north they mountains in that red flag warning. the sea breezes back, carlos to 26 in concord, temperatures from the 60's, 70's around the bay and 80's inland. more on that coming up. re there is police activity and oakland, this video into our newsroom shows the scene at linden and 12th streets, there are dozens of these markers indicating shell casings. police have put up crime scene tape and part of linden street is blocked off. this is near lowell park. abc 7 news has calls to get more information and we will let you know as soon as we get new updates. >> now to the fall of afghanistan, the taliban is trying to calm nerves after taking over the presidential palace. taliban leaders declared amnesty for afghans and urged women to join their government, many afghans are skeptical over the

past several days and we have seen horrifying images showing how desperate some people have been. alex is live in washington with president biden's response. alex: president biden is authorizing $500 million to help that urgent refugee effort going on in afghanistan. these images that we are seeing even out of kabul are of desperation. overnight, panic and and at the airport, so intense that it temporarily shut down. this photo showing some of the lucky, more than 640 afghans packed onto this military jet, and thousands crowding onto the runway surrounding the plane as it took off, some trying to cling to the side of the fuselage. u.s. troops shot and killed at least two armed men as thousands poured onto the nwone service md during the chaos. president biden conceded that

the taliban takeover unfolded faster than anticipated but insisted -- pres. biden: i stand squarely behind my decision, after 20 years i have learned the hard way that there was never a good time to withdraw u.s. forces. alex: the president told the nation -- pres. biden: i am president of the united states of america and the buck stops with me. alex: while pointing a finger at the afghan forces. pres. biden: here is what i believed to my core, it was wrong to older american troops to step up when afghanistan's own armed forces would not. alex: the president blaming the trump administration which negotiated the deal to pull troops out. republicans pounced. >> really troubling and disturbing, and just devastating. we are going to be going back through that to see where we

went wrong. alex: a few democrats coming to the president's defense. >> the president made a tough but the right decision. i find it incredible that people look at this and try to portray it as weakness. alex: a pole from last month -- a poll from last month 55 americans agreed with president biden's decision to withdraw troops. reggie: thank you. the situation has been difficult for so many people to watch on tv, but in the bay area, they have connections to what is happening. ame joins us live with more on that. ame: we spoke with some of those people, bay area organizations tied to afghanistan and they say the last few days have been torturous. nonprofits have been trying to talk to theirm safe or even get them out of the country if possible.

those we have talked to say that while they are focused on their specific people, this issue affects all of us. >> i think that the average american should care, because in a few years there is going to be terrorist attacks again stemming from that part of the world, and we are going to wonder how it all happened, again. amy: the director of the nonprofit roots for peace says that she has been signing documents trying to get the farmers who work for her out of the country. it is unknown if she will -- if they will be able to cross the border, and even then they would be sent to foreign refugee camps. she says it is frustrating to try and manage the crisis from so far away, a crisis she calls a catastrophe. live in the newsroom, amy hollyfield. kumasi: thank you.bay ea man wid afghanistan is sharing his story about the terrifying situation. he works for the nonprofit roots

for peace, his mom is a longtime physician in kabul, and she says that her practice has been diminished in the taliban is no longer letting her treatment. his sister is also in afghanistan and spoke with abc 7 news. she cannot -- he will not show her face because she fears tellier should, but she says the streets are not safe. >> it feels so scary scary scary go out without a man and we do not know what will happen next week and next day. kumasi: that woman, her mom, and sister have special visas and process. she says she hopes that the u.s. military will stay in kabul and protect them until they can get out safely. tomorrow night an abc news newss exclusive, president biden will sit down with george stephanopoulos for his first interview since the withdraw from afghanistan. you can watch that on world news tonight tomorrow at 5:30 right here on abc7.

reggie: there is a major development involving covid-19 vaccines. the white house is expected to recommend booster shots for all vaccinated americans. that announcement could come within the next few days. >> the updated guidance is expected sometime this week and will say those additional doses should, eight months after the initial vaccination. once the white house makes the announcement, the fda will have to authorize supplemental shots, depending on how quickly that happens, booster shots could be rolled out as soon as the middle of next month. among the first to receive them could be health-care workers, first responders and nursing home residents. doctors are also saying the u.s. needs to speed up the timeline for vaccinating children. >> i am fearful of what is to come. the way to keep kids safe is through vaccination and the kids who are eligible for vaccination should get vaccinated. jobina: a study shows younger children are more likely to spread covid-19 than teenagers.

it was published in the medical journal and found that children three and under or more likely to transmit the virus to their household compared with teenagers aged 14 to 17. scientists say this new understanding treat -- changes what they thought earlier on in the pandemic. reggie: governor newsom will meet with the epa administrator to discuss climate change and wildfires. they will meet at the lightning complex fire at big basin redwood state park happening around 3:00 this afternoon. kumasi: dangerous fire conditions are fueling the dixie fire in northeastern california. calfire says it intensified yesterday afternoon was strong wind pushing it further east. evacuations expanded to include more areas. the dixie fire has burned 578,000 acres and is only 31% contained. pg&e is warning that it will be forced to cut power in parts of

northern california tonight to prevent wildfires. in total, 40 8000 customers have been notified and most of the shutoffs will be concentrated in butte and shasta county's. this includes 2300 customers in the bay area, mostly in napa county. power could be out through tomorrow afternoon. reggie: napa countyyy have the most critical fire conditions, and that is why we are seeing more of that up there. let us take a look at the wind. by this evening they are not blowing onshore, but offshore. we have a burst from 9:00 until 2:00 moving northeast to southwest across our area. a little bit of a break and then another burst around 8:00 until about 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon. you know the red flag warning ends at 3:00, we are looking at tomorrow night. at midnight, one last burst for

a couple of hours. it could be extended, it is possible. we will let you know as soon as a national weather service does that. increasing clouds, 58, richmond. 62, hayward. warm areas in antioch and brentwood. 63, san jose. 58, san francisco. 60, napa. along the creek one of those areas in the 90's. through the day, 59 to 61 at 7:00. 60's and 70's at noon, and then 60's at the coast. 72 around the bay, and 85 inland. that will reach all neighborhoods. seven :00, around the 60's to 70's. any errands, grabbed the sunglasses and enjoy the cleaner air and clue -- cooler conditions. if you are working from home, ac, less likely that you will need that. hottair tomorrow. jobina: good morning, a live

look at the san mateo bridge. chp is reporting a hit and run at the tollbooth. this is out of the view of the camera but just a heads up you might run into that. a live in every veil showing off 80. those headlights are traveling westbound with no major blocking issues to report or crashes aside from that one on the san mateo bridge. an overall look at the maps. the green everything except out of tracy. reggie: hate sit ups? there is one thing you can do that is equal to an intense workout. also -- kumasi: also covid concerns at school. reggie: a new rule at national parks, what you need to know if

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kumasi: a body found off the san mateo county coast has been identified as a missing grandmother. jean fung disappeared at the end

of may. she left her home for a walk and was last seen at the marina safeway. her body was found on june 10 near pedro point in pacifica. authorities use dna to identify her. reggie: do not forget your mask if you have a plan to go to the national park service. they are enforcing new rules including wearing a mask on crowded and narrow trails and overlooks. you need to cover your face and side all park service buildings. they are following the latest science and guidance from the cdc and the rules are in effect until further notice. kumasi: education is a big part of the efforts to build a better bay area, and despite being back learned that oakland unified has seen dozens of new covid cases across several campuses. at oakland high school a total of 16 staff members and students have tested positive. montclair elementary has a classroom under quarantine after three positive cases. there are five covid cases at the school. parents that we spoke with are

not ready to pull their kids out. >> it is alarming but not surprising. >> most of the kids get it from the community, the school is a very controlled environment. kumasi: doctors are remaining optimistic in the district is reporting 58 students and 10 staff members of -- and all their schools with covid-19. those numbers are low considering that there are 35,000 students attending oakland unified. tens of thousands of students are getting into a new school routine in san francisco and for some this is their first time in a classroom year and a half. there are several safety measures including mask wearing on campus, and lunch breaks happen outside. some students had a special guest to greet them, the superintendent and the mayor were making the rounds. >> they learn a lot by socializing with each other and exploring their identities and they really wanted to be with each other. kumasi: the school district is making accommodations for students with medical conditions

and distance learning is being made available. all week long we are looking at the return of the classroom. today we look at retailers banking on a back-to-school comeback. it is dealing with the stress of back-to-school. friday, we will be holding an education town hall on what is expected with covid still here. reggie: it turns out playing video games can be a productive way to tone your body. a study finds gamers burn or hundred calories in two hours equal to about 1000 set ups. research found that women gamers burned 12% more than men. researchers did the study by tracking health -- heart rate and emmett -- energy consumption when participants paid -- played fifa and call of duty: war zone. mike: i think someone is reaching. she just joined the gym.

200 calories an hour? that is not enough. kumasi: do you have abs when it is done? reggie: the same number of calories does not necessarily mean the same thing as doing a bunch of abend shabbat exercises. mike: a great point. let us talk about what is going on. we have a couple of items, a little troubling in your forecast. as far as right now we are looking at san jose and to 17 where it is clear. we will have cleaner air and milder temperatures especially inland, it will be comfortable to be outside today. high fire danger tonight through tomorrow might -- tomorrow night in the breeze from the north brings all of the dixie smoke into our neighborhoods. we will have a drastic change tomorrow in our air quality and it will be hotter tomorrow. enjoy today. we have more days like today coming, but today and tomorrow,

i weather whiplash. a cold front brings in the refreshing sea breeze and you can see the northerly wind will bring us high fire danger and smoke. a lot of mid to upper 70's and the south, 78 in san jose. low to mid 80's. about -- at the peninsula 70 to 76 degrees. mid-60's along the coast. south san francisco -- going to the game, three in a row, the giants are on fire. 63 dropping to 60 degrees. up to the north bay, 82, petaluma. t75 inland, 83 to one looooooooo pittsburgh, 88. tonight, temperatures will widely vary depending on if it is windy. it will stay in the 60's, but if you are in a valley,

temperatures in the 50's and a lack of cloud cover thanks to the dry air heightening fire danger. tomorrow, fire danger and then the wind reverses. clean air once again into the weekend, in fact, noticeably cooler than average saturday and sunday. for the first time ever, federal officials declared a water shortage at lake mead, the nation's largest reservoir outside of las vegas. starting next year there will be water cuts to the reservoir, impacting millions of people living in arizona, nevada, and northern new mexico. boaters blame the severe drought and california. >> to be honest california needs to do something, they are the ones who have taken the majority of the water. mike: california gets 58% of water from the colorado river's lower basin according to the boulder canyon project act. always blame it on us. kumasi: thank you. the weekend saw blinding lights.

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kumasi: 5:22, here are the seven things to know this morning, number one kabul's airport is back open after officials halted operations to remove 15,000 people from the runway. many afghans clung to planes to escape the country. reggie: the white house is expected to recommend booster shots for all vaccinated americans. the additional doses would come eight months after your initial vaccination. the announcement could come this week and the fda would need to authorize supplemental doses. kumasi: santa clara county sheriff roy smith -- lori smith will call for -- will respond to calls for her resignation. she is planning a news nd may do a public --s morning. pg&e may do a public power shutt off. parts of sonoma, napa, and solano counties are included.

mike: make sure you have your getaway gear ready, because we have a red flag warning for that area and in the east bay hills, starting at 11:00 tonight to at least 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. kumasi: 2 -- jobina: two communal alerts. it is recovering from a equipment problem so there is a 10 minute delay on the richmond line and also just jumping over to concord the purple line northbound 242 is shut down. that is until 6:00 a.m.. kumasi: number seven, the oakland panther's indoor football team is relocating to san jose. they have been sidelined because of the pandemic and never actually played a game in oakland. they will be picking up the 2022 season at sap center and become the bay area panthers. reggie: elon musk says his reusable space launch vehicle will be able to fly. he broke the news on twitter.

in may, spacex landed a prototype after four failures. the ceo is counting on starship rocket to make space travel a regular thing. in the first look, the government announced an investigation into the safety of the autopilot feature in tesla's vehicles. here is geo bonita as. geo: in this first look? >> are your -- are you concerned? we have been concerned with these systems for years. geo: a massive auto safety investigation covering nearly every tesla sold in this country since 2014, all because of the autopilot feature. >> because tesla's system build so much confidence, they are likely to start checking out. geo: at least 17 people have been injured and one person killed. most of them hitting first responder vehicles when it was dark. >> can the vehicle actually see this stuff?

are they mistaking the stuff or something else and thinking they are not hazards, that is huge. is tesla doing enough to ensure that drivers are paying attention to the road. geo: we will have much more at 7:00 a.m. with your first look, i am geo benetez. kumasi: a surveillance camera caught the eye of this nosy moose in alaska. the animal was wandering around a family's backyard in anchorage and spotted the camera. and just decided to take a look and see what is what. reggie: this moose knows. kumasi: what does it know? reggie: it knows it is being watched and does not like it. kumasi: i want to see its face. reggie: the most refuses. kumasi: he says you do not get to see me. reggie: i know i am being surveilled and i am not happy about it. i will turn my back to you. kumasi: road. reggie: good for that moves.

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc7 news. >> it is not just about moving out americans it is meeting our obligations to those afghans that have helped us. reggie: chaos, the rush to evacuate as the taliban takes over. kumasi: all of this causing so much pain and concern, two local

organizations trying to save lives and get people out. reggie: san jose's mayor asking this santa clara sheriff to step down. the sheriff's plan to respond. kumasi: taking a live look outside asthmatic is tracting -- as mike is tracking a shift in our weather. reggie: good morning on this tuesday. abc7 is live on abc seven hulu live and wherever you stream. kumasi: a lot to talk about with you, mike, where do we start? mike: let us look at san rafael which could have real issues with smoke and fire dangers we have had into tomorrow, that is the key. look at the onshore breeze and clean air and mild temperatures that we will have. the onshore breeze will bank all of that smoke up to our north, but an offshore breeze will unleash all of that tomorrow. really enjoy today. mid to upper 60's to san francisco.

70 to near 78 degrees about -- around the bay. 87, san rosen. mid to upper 80's in the inland areas. here is what we are talking about. 9:00 to 11:00, the wind shifts out of the northeast and drags smoke and dry air. it heightens our fire danger with red flag warning's. reggie: now to the fall of afghanistan to the taliban and questions surrounding how u.s. citizens and allies are leaving kabul. we expect answers from the white house press secretary and press advisor. jobiina has the latest on this crisis. jobina: many analysts are comparing the exit to the end of the vietnam war and the fall of saigon in the 1970's, but antony blinken says it is different this time because the u.s. successfully dealt with the people responsible for the september 11 attacks.

overnight the taliban declared amnesty and urged women to join its government. many afghans remain unconvinced remembering the public executions that came with the taliban's ultra views. this morning, george stephanopoulos questioned admiral george kirby about the u.s. withdraw. >> it appears like the government was blindsided by the speed of the takeover. if the intelligence was so faulty on this measure, how are we going to make sure that the taliban does not allow other terrorist to reconstitute and pose a threat? >> i will tell you, nothing is as good as having intelligence on the ground, so intelligence will be more difficult to discern, it will not be impossible. we have done over the horizon operations and over the past few weeks we have been conducting airstrikes in support of afghan national security forces. jobina: yesterday we showed you

horrific images of people trying to leave the country, clinging onto u.s. planes at kabul airport. air opfi removed 15,000 people from the runway. the airport is back open this morning. president biden approved $500 million in funding for afghan refugee relocation. reggie: all eyes are on afghanistan and here are some of the headlines from our national newspapers. "the new york times" reads biden defense exit. "the wall street journal" says chaos engulfs afghan withdrawal. "the washington post" writes desperate afghans tried to flee. kumasi: people in the bay area are sharing ask -- anxiety and fear that they have her friends and family experiencing the chaos firsthand. eiorld hwi one nonprofit director says

this crisis is a catastrophe. heidi is trying to manage the situation from her office. she says it is very frustrating. she has americans and afghans working together to grow food and she is trying to get her people out of there. so far she has six of seven americans out of afghanistan, but she is worried about 350 afghans who have worked with them. >> little did we know the political landmines that have been laid this past spring with what has occurred in terms of the military pullout. that has made the farmers at risk for their lives because they have now been uncovered for working for an american ngo run by a woman. alex: she has -- amy: she has been trying to get them to safety and does not know if they can cross a taliban-controlled border and says that they would be held in a refugee camp. this is personal for the

directors that we interviewed, they say that this is going to have a global impact. we should all be worried about it, future terror attacks coming from this part of the world now. live from the newsroom, amy hollyfield. reggie: barbara lee voted against the war in afghanistan 20 years ago. three days after 9/11 she was the only member of congress to vote no on the war authorization. >> some of us must say let us step back and pause for a minute and think through the implications of our actions today. so, that this does not spiral out of control. reggie: now, representative lee is reflecting on the vote. in an interview she said that she knew then like now that there is no military solution in afghanistan. she is working to make sure that american citizens, diplomats, and afghan allies can evacuate. >> i want to make sure that people get out and they get the

special immigrant issue -- visas. the immediate issue is the protection and evacuation of everybody who needs to get out of afghanistan. reggie: she says she does support president biden's decision to withdraw troops. she says that figuring out how this crisis took hold will come later. you can find the latest stories and more about the situation on the abc 7 bay area streaming app just scroll down to our collection to keep up-to-date on what is happening. we have published stories from our archive with the former anchor cheryl -- with our former anchor cheryl jennings. download the app wherever you stream. kumasi: a second disaster is developing in haiti. tropical storm grace is hitting the country days after a deadly earthquake. that 7.2 quake struck on saturday, leveling hundreds of buildings and more than 14 people are dead. at least 6000 more people have been injured. debris is blocking roads,

slowing the rescue effort and there is flooding on top of that as help pours it in from across the world. the coast guard is helping get injured to the hospital and teams are heang w are socabreath sedus buildings as well as search equipment. kumasi: some areas could see more than a foot of rain. reggie: lori smith is planning to hold a news conference today as san jose mayor calls for her resignation. the mayor cited a number of reasons that include an ongoing corruption scandal in which two of her top staff face criminal charges. they are accused of demanding campaign donations in exchange for concealed carry permits. the sheriff has not been charged. there are multimillion dollar settlements after deputy misconduct. jail guards beat michael tyree to death and andy hogan was

badly injured during a jail transfer. that case was settled recently for $10 million. >> county taxpayers have invested a lot of money in the jail, and it is still this dystopian place of horrible suffering. reggie: sheriff smith says that she will respond demand during her news conference at 9:30 this morning where she is expected to address a board of supervisors referral seeking external probes into the sheriff's office. kumasi: two east bay mayors are teaming up to call on other leaders to implement vaccine mandates. the antioch mayor and walnut mayor are expected to hold a joint news conference calling on all bay area mayors to require vaccinations for employees and -- in their cities. in addition to antioch and walnut creek other cities that have vaccine mandates include

san francisco and san jose. reggie: a vaccinated staffer in governor newsom's office tested positive with coat -- for covid-19. he did not come into contact with the governor. the california assembly is encouraging that -- is requiring vaccinations for their employees. the speaker warns that those who do not could get fired. the leader of the state senate is not requiring vaccinations. kumasi: tomorrow san francisco ob opening a -- will be opening a testing site located at seventh and brandon street. it will be able to a minister 500 tests every day seven days a week by appointment only. if you want to get tested we have a link to verify covid sites, testing sites on our website at abc7news.com/vaccine. coming up, a folding chair becomes a shield for a chinatown business owner.

the lengths people are going through to keep their communities safe. reggie: a new name in place to play, what is next for the indoor football team? but first, a check of the weather. mike: i want to take a look at what is going on with our tropical storm fred, it came ashore yesterday making landfall in the panhandle of florida. now it is moving up and weakening it had 65 mile-per-hour winds, wind and rain from canada -- from panama city beach. it makes its way north and let yoee it is sitting rightoppler. on atlanta. right now, what is the issue is that once again since the mountains and the appalachians, and that is where we will have serious flooding's and mudslides which will be unfortunate for those folks. it goes all the way up to near boston and all the way down to near tampa as it hooks up with a

cold front. it will be wet up and down the east coast. for us, look at this surge of clean air coming in, this is our near surface smoke forecast, look at tomorrow, we get on the north easterly wind and they yank all of the air. the air quality district does not have us in a spare the air alert, but by this forecast model that might change when they update the forecast later this morning. you can see that it sticks around and spreads throughout the day. it is not going to be a good day to be outside tomorrow. walnut creek looks clean in the 60's. lafayette, 57. 71, antioch. 50, lovato. mt. view, 61. san jose, 63. as far as your commutes, really quiet, not as choppy on the bay and not as hot this afternoon.

temperatursome 80's inland. wl k and some poor air quality coming up. jobina: thank you. good morning. while mike said it is quiet on the commute front for the weather, that is true for everything else. no advisories from the chp at the moment and we are blocking issues. this is a life picture showing you 680, one of our busiest spots. if you are moving in and out of concorde, until 6:00 a.m., northbound 242 will be closed between 680 and concord avenue. wrapping up a live look and san

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kumasi: in the north bay, video shows a california highway patrol helicopter crew rescuing this family of six. the two adults and four kids got sick with heat exhaustion on sunday. chp shared the video. one by one the crew airlifted the family members from the oak hill mine trail. medics were ready to take them to the hospital. reggie: police have charged a woman with a hate that happened in oakland's chinatown. video shows the incident outside of a shop earlier this month. the owner grabs a chair and tried to scare off a woman who was shouting racial slurs at customers and grab their glasses. we have blurred her face because she was put on a mental hold. the business owner says incidents like this are not unusual anymore. >> often. we used to only see once in a while but now it is like every week.

and now it was lot of things are changing. reggie: many businesses have acrdinshworn -- that shop owner 16 security cameras. kumasi: the recall election is less than a month away and governor newsom went on the offensive against it. he campaigned with leaders at union hall not far from the site of the mass using -- mass shooting at the railyard in may. he went after larry elder on his opposition to gun laws. >> does not believe in an assault weapons ban. how offensive is santa clara county ravaged by weapons of war. kumasi: they are a part of his strategy to fire up democrats.

his team released a new ad drawing contrast with his strategy to combat the pandemic versus the republicans vying to replace him. ballots are already in the mail. because of the pandemic every registered voter is getting a vote by mail ballot. you can register all the way up until two weeks from election day, august 30. after that you can do a conditional voter registration which you can do all the way up until election day, tuesday, september 14. reggie: an employee at a utah reptile center is recovering after a gator pulled her into an enclosure. it was a guest who saved her. video shows the reptile whose name is darth gator, we will get back to that, grabbed her hand and pulled her into the tank at a children's birthday party. the guest and bright yw e animal, and that is how the emthhe gator, so he is asking

what do i do now? the employee helped coach him on how to get out safely. the center posted this on facebook calling this guest a hero saying that he saved their employee's life. the employee told "the salt lake tribune" that she hopes to get back to the petting zoo soon so she can talk with darth gator. um. kumasi: where do we even start? reggie: maybe we start with this is a bad idea? the whole thing is a bad idea? mike: is it the gator's fault. reggie: the gator is just gatoring. i am glad that she is ok. kumasi: i did not realize that man was a guest, i assumed co-worker. he is a guest. reggie: he saved the day. mike: at what point do you realize this is not part of the

show. kumasi: the kids were looking and finally someone's like you need to go. mike: i did not say that. kumasi: they were like, this is not right? mike: i hope she is ok. reggie: whatever happened to pin the tail on the donkey. can we do that? just keep it in the with maybe some balloons, a clown? no, clowns. mike: clowns do not bother me. let us keep working this. workshop it and i will move on to the weather. here is a look at the golden gate bridge. a little foggy, and that is some of the cleaner air coming in and milder temperatures for the rest of today. high fire danger through wednesday night and briefly smoky and hotter tomorrow. here's a look at what is going on.

a cold front is bringing in cleaner and cooler air, but on the backside of it, that is what is going to yank down several pulses of wind that will heighten fire danger and bring the smoke from all of the fires north into our neighborhoods tomorrow. enjoy today. 83, morgan hill. 70, san jose. 72, san mateo. 65, pacifica. 67, downtown san francisco. 84, san rafael. 88, sonoma. 70, berkeley. into the east bay valleys, 86 walnut creek. around the state, temperatures cooler. look at that, 90, sacramento. the breezes, did you see what it did to the dixie fire, it created another burst of flames yesterday and it can do the same

again today. 99, yosemite. back at home, mid 50's to low 60's except for in the hills where it is windy and 60 to 70 degrees. smoky tomorrow, which lingers until thursday and friday it is out of here. look at the temperatures saturday and sunday, below average. low to mated -- low to make -- mid 80's inland. kumasi: the oakland panthers indoor football team is getting a new name. they will play the 2022 season at sap center in san jose and will become the bay area panthers. they were supposed to kick off their inaugural season in oakland in 2020, the indoor football league canceled play. the team opted not to play because of the restrictions. san jose is excited to be the panthers' new home. >> in this little building we will have the sharks, barracuda, and panthers, a lot of ferocity for one building and a lot of

fans will be excited to see it. kumasi: lynch helped bring the team to oakland and is one of the owners. reggie: showstopping on a different kind of runway. an airport ground crew member found a way to entertain passengers and we think it will make your morning. kumasi: the follow-up for spirit airlines after that string of cancellations. the chances it is making now. reggie:

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kumasi: in a lawsuit is accusing bob dylan of sexually accused of using a 12-year-old girl in 19 six t5. a spokes or -- a spokesperson says the claim is untrue and will be defended. the woman identified as jc

claims that dylan abused her and gave her drugs and alcohol after using his status befriend her. the lawsuit was filed not -- last friday before the window closed for the child victims act. the law temporarily removed the statute of limitations on filing sexual abuse lawsuits against alleged abusers. reggie: spirit airlines says the fallout of its recent string of cancellations is coming with a hefty price tag, $50 million. the airline made that figure public as the stock market closed yesterday. spirit canceled 2800 flights in an 11 day stretch blaming weather and staffing shortages. the airline is seeing last-minute cancellations and fewer bookings reducing the number of flight for the rest of the fiscal quarter. the newmeat -- the new meatless orange chicken is a big hit. the collaboration has sold out. panda expressed launched beyond

the original orange chicken a few weeks ago and is being offered at a limited time in southern california and three restaurants in new york city. if you are heading to socal today you are too late because it sold out. the midget amounts are available in new york city, -- limited amounts are available in new york city. kumasi: don't say fake, it is beyond. reggie: the world premiere for the anticipated next superhero in the marvel universe and you might have seen some of the scenes enchantments -- in san francisco. the movie is set to give a platform to so many. plus live team coverage on the crisis in afghanistan including an in-depth report on this modern fighting force and the tactics they are using. kumasi: we are keeping an eye on

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chaos at the kabul airport surround the world. in the ps ps alert. pg&e calling it likely, targeting one bay area county. you know mike is tracking it all. reggie: good morning to you on this august 17. you're watching abc 7 at 6:00 on abc seven, hulu live, and wherever you stream. let's get to mike. mike: let's get to some news, then talk about why the psps is likely. this is filling in some of our east bay neighborhoods, working south on 680 towards 24 walnut creek. all the smoke to our north, but that's coming our way tomorrow. i will talk more about