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are we still exclusive? absolutely. and that's exactly why you should join. >> protesters shut down san jose's city council meeting. the move to mandate vaccinations adding to the heated confrontation. >> fog beats smoke. you will meet some who are opting to come to san francisco to get away from that smoke. >> a new report from the cdc shows vaccine efficacy dropping. see why doctors are still urging you to get the shot. >> hour-by-hour forecast coming up. abc 7 news at 11:00 starts right now. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. >> despitein oosio tonight, san jose did approve a new vaccine mandate for city-owned facilities.

takes for joining us. -- thanks for joining us. ama: it was a chaotic evening for councilmembers. >> ama, chaotic and long. now, we wait for additional direction from the city, including a timeline. council voted unanimously just after 8:15 tonight on this proposal. it is unclear when it will take effect. >> we are not going to proceed until everybody is masked. >> the moment dozens of protesters, many unmasked, began shouting at san jose city council members. tuesday's meeting was suspended for about an hour. the city unanimously voted to approve a proposal for a proof of vaccination mandate. anyone attending events with 50 or more people at city on facilities must show proof of vaccination. >> people should have freedom of choice about what they want to do with their medical decisions, and that's coercion. >> to clarify, the city is not requiring people be vaccinated,

only that they are able to provide proof when attending gatherings inside venues like the sap center, convention center and more. protesters gathered outside and inside city hall. those we spoke with shock to see san jose police officers respond. >> citizens are getting fed up and that's what you see. all of a sudden, you immediately goi into all the cops coming in. >> the mayor addressing tuesday's heated confrontation, saying he expected pushback from the public. >> that should not change our fundamental posture, which is, we've got to follow the data, follow the sides, and make the best decisions to protect residents. >> a real challenge for city leaders. countywide data shown a significant increase in covid-19 infections over the last few weeks. >> we are all frustrated and we want to do whatever we can to get back to the feeling that we

all had before this pandemic, but the world has changed. >> now that the city has unanimously voted to approve this proof of vaccination mandate, mayor liccardo says he is going to give venues some time to adjust before implementing these no gross. in san jose -- implementing these new rules. >> thank you. anyone aged four or older is not required to -- is now required to wear a mask public buildings and venetia -- in venetia. city council members approve the mandate. a goes into effect immediately. venetia is taking a harder stand than the rest of solano county, the only bay area county without mathematic. dan: a new report fueling the argument for booster shots. the cdc found the efficacy of all the vaccines dropped with the spread of the delta variant. mariah carey spoke with local -- ryan curry spoke with local

doctors. >> and updated cdc study of 4000 front-line workers found that vaccine effectiveness at preventing any infection dropped from 91% to 66% from april to august. the drop likely fueled by the delta variant's surge and winning vaccine efficiency over time. a doctor at ucsf says she's not surprised by the report. >> this has, such a high viral load, so it can kind of breakthrough are minor defenses more. in addition, we've all got our vaccines some time ago, so that means what a called -- what are called our antibody's are coming down. >> the good news is about hospitalizations. and a study done in los angeles county, the cdc says only 3% of people fully vaccinated go to the hospital, which doctors say is evidence of a good vaccine. >> an unvaccinated person had

29.2 times the likelihood of having to be hospitalized because of covid-19. >> which is why they continue to stress the importance of getting vaccinated. >> the level of immunity that is present and persists is sufficient to control the virus when you come into contact with it again. >> ryan curry, abc 7 news. >> all santa cruz county employees wanted to get vaccinated for covid-19 or be tested weekly. the board of supervisors voted unanimously to adopt the measure today. employees will have 30 days to comply. if they refuse, they will face leave without pay or termination. if you want to get tested for covid-19, we have a link to verified covid sites on our website, abc 7 news.com/b vaccine. dan: president biden approved a major disaster declaration for areas affected by the dixie

fire. it does not include the caldor fire. that fire has grown to 192- square miles and is only 11% contained. the northeast side of the fire extended today towards highway 50 and large spot fires broke out in the area as well. the toxic smoke from the caldor fire basically shouted lake tahoe again to. ama: what about tomorrow? let's check in with sandy patel. sandy: it's not going to get better tomorrow either. let me show you a smoky view from zephyr cove in the lake tahoe area. the fire is really burning so intensely, sending a plume of thick smoke right over tahoe. right now, the air quality is factually -- fluctuating from hazardous all the way to unhealthy in the reno area. still hard to breathe up there. want to sw . the west-southwest wind is going

to keep that smoky air right over tahoe with the heaviest smoke there tomorrow night. a switch in the wind direction will begin to push some of that smoke southeastward, but you will notice it is still pretty heavy across the south lake tahoe area. i will be back to show you what are smoke forecast looks like and our air quality in just if units. ama: we will check back with you. the wildfire smoke in your lake tahoe is driving many residents and tourists to flee the area. j.r. stone is in san francisco, where visitors are enjoying the pressure. -- the fresh air. >> it just looked like armageddon. >> this winemaker is describing the smoky conditions he witnessed as he left lake tahoe monday, making the decision to leave his family's vacation home a week early and go back to the bay. >> tried to do some outdoor activities and it was just simply overwhelming. even inside the house, it looked like someone had built a fire inside the fireplace and smoked

out the house. >> that thought was good by some, like james, who escaped reno's dangerous smoky conditions i came to san francisco. >> when i left, the aqi was like 350 or something. it was burning my eyes. >> other visitors in san francisco saw those unhealthy to hazardous smoke conditions, canceled their plans, and extended their stay in the city. >> at lake tahoe, we were supposed to go like over the lake, sightseeing, and then in the hotel, there an amazing poo butl we couldn't the smoke. the meter cannot even detect how much smoke there is. >> while many are avoiding tahoe and staying in the bay area, one tour guide told us that a trip to the sierra is still happening this week and. she brought sore throat lozenges for out-of-towners who opted not to cancel, hopefully a soothing treat to what has been described

as anything but comfortable. >> i went out by the lake and i looked around, i didn't see a living soul. i didn't see a boat on the lake. i have been going there my entire life, over 60 years, and i have never once felt the urge to leap as we were forced -- to leave as we were forced to do yesterday. i mean, it was so smoky, it was unbearable. >> j.r. stone, abc 7 news. ama: you can track the air quality any time our real-time weather tracker. this too is live now on her abc 7 bay area connected tv app. just search abc 7 bay area. larry: a bay area man is killed in a police shootout at an amtrak station. plus -- >> we are going to fight hard and defeat this thing. ama: just three weeks until the recallor larry: the surprised roadblock that snarled traffic southern

california. ama: first, look at what's coming up on jimmy kimmel live. >> i went inside and it was you and introduced me to you and you are like, "congratulations, lizzo, your smashing it." and i was like, "i will smash

murder was shot and killed by an amtrak police officer in chicago. amtrak says they were notified by california authorities that the man who boarded the train in emeryville had several pending warrants, including one for word. when the suspect -- including one for murder. the suspect ran away from officers, injuring a worker in the process. police say he opened fire on the, they return fire. 4 people were taken to the hospital. the suspect later died from his injuries. ama: governor newsom sat down for a one-on-one interview with matt gottman in grizzly flats, a community near lake tahoe left devastate caldor fire -- left devastated by the caldor fire. >> peer we are, yet another community wiped off the map. if there's any message to be traditions, this is about places being wiped out the math -- wiped off the map. >> the ---- and

at a site -- >> seven days ago, we went from 7000 acre fire to 47,000 in one night, and there wasn't even significant winds. that's what's remarka the conditions here, the vegetation, the dryness, the low humidity. that's what we are struggling with all across the west. >> the governor says the state's pre-positioning assets and using the latest technology to combat wildfires, but there is a great need for federal help with forest management. governor newsom also discussed recall election, blasting his opponent, larry elder, who does not blame climate change for the recent years of devastating fires. >>. in a completely different world devoid -- he lives in a completely different world devoid of the reality here. >> between wildfire season, the statewide drought crisis, and the ongoing covid pandemic, she doesn't think this is the right time for californians to be focusing on a recall election.

former congressman and recall kennedy doug o -- kennedy dougeg oc -- candidate doug osi droppei out of the running. larry: president biden defending his deadline to withdraw u.s. troops from afghanistan. that deadline is a week from today. the president has asked of the pentagon and state department for contingency plans in case that deadline is missed. pres. biden: the completion by august 31 depends on the taliban continue to cooperate and allowing access to the airport for those who we are transporting out and no disruptions to our operation. larry: the taliban because august 31 a red line -- calls august 31 a red line and says it will block afghans from leaving the country at the airport. tens of thousands of afghans are still tried to leave. tonights a message from the california national guard asking members who have been deployed to afghanistan and work with

interpreters or translators who want to be evacuated to contact the guard. major general david baldwin says there is no guarantees, but says it is critical we make every attempt to assist our former comrades in arms during this difficult time. ama: congressman ro khanna represents one of the largest afghan american communities in the country. he took part in a virtual afghan american town hall to address the unfolding crisis in afghanistan. >> our office has been inundated with requests of people to try to help them to come to the united states. ama: congressman urged anyone concerned about family and friends in afghanistan to reach out to his office. is staffed is working around-the-clock -- his staff is working around-the-clock. larry: new details on bringing back bta light rail service in the south bay. trends around the tracks testing tonight. if all goes well, bta hopes to

resume service among the orders line this week and -- the orange line this weekend. since the deadly shooting, employees have been retrained and recertified. ama: a legend of san francisco's late night scene has died. harry denton owned multiple nightclubs. he was also a vocal member of the city's lgbtq community. she died saturday at the age of 77 in washington state. larry: absolute legend for sure. ama: time to get to our weather on the air conditions, a lot going on. tt? unfortutely, i going to gete bay area towards the end of the workweek. right now, we are going to take a look at the visible satellite picture, where you will see plumes of smoke heading from the calder fire all the way out

towards the rockies. some of these other fires also pushing all the way out toward the rocky mountain states. the onshore winds pushing it away from the bay area. most of you are seeing green. a couple pockets around oakland and nevermore, moderate air quality. when you look at the national picture, notice with that smoke plume going into the rocky mountain states, some areas are orange, which is poor. and the tahoe area, some of the worst air quality in the country. south lake tahoe reporting hazardous air. i want to show you a forecast over the next four days. smoky sunshine for wednesday, areas of smoke thursday through saturday. as you take a look at the surface smoke locally, tomorrow, we will have similar conditions to today, although a few spots will be good air quality. you will notice the tahoe area is still in the heavy smoke. going into thursday, we are

still dealing with the smoke near the wildfires. until those wildfires are contained even more, i think it's going to be a while before they get out of. the shark tank is visible. moderate air quality for most of you the next three days. a couple of spots where the sea breeze is blog, coast and central bay -- blowing, coast and central bay, south central bay expecting good air quality. we had hazy skies tonight. it's pretty clear as to why. area of low pressure keeping the winds coming off the ocean, blowing towards the tahoe area. that's going to reverse. thursday, friday, we will see more of a north wind. live doppler 7 showing you the fog near the coast. temperatures anywhere from the 50's to the 60's. a live look for my south beach counter tonight and salesforce tower is looking good. low clouds, patchy drizzle in the morning. still some hazy areas no air quality advisories up. hot summer weather returns the end of the week. tomorrow morning, watch out for

some more drizzle, certainly some low clouds around, and then hire clouds for the afternoon as you check out your morning temperatures in the 40's, 50's for most of you with gray skies as we go into the afternoon. i think a little bump up all the way to the inland areas, which will be in the mid 80's. the accuweather 7 a forecast, heat spikes as we head into thursday. a warm to hot one for friday, even for the weekend. beaches will be comfortable, in the 60's, 70's. next week, we will start to see some cooling early in the workweek. ama: sounds good. thank you. thank you. larry: that will be welcome. you doing okay with those new spicy tiny tacos, jack? yeah, it's funny some of those people you see, they... they can't handle it at all right? no, they can't. that's not you. that's not me. no.

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chris: the giants are beginning their longest stretch of the season without an off day. 16 games in a row. for all the experts who thought the giants would be lucky to win seven games, tonight would be victory number 81. giants in new york. this fan happy to see wilmer florez back at citi field. brandon belt at the plate. deep shot to center, and that ball hits the apple. 1-0 san flores doubled, on base for mike yastrzemski. this goes right off that truck out there.20th of the season, 3. brandon belt's second home of the day. giants win 8-0. playing with a heavy heart after the passing of his grandmother. >> i couldn't help but feel like something powerful was up later

when he hit that first homerun -- was at play there when he first hit -- had that first homerun. >> glad i could come out here and do that for her. she was a huge supporter mine, so this really does mean a lot. >> to the coliseum. a's and mariners. these fans bringing good vibes to a team that has lost three straight heartbreaking games. mitch moreland, rvr single -- rbi single. torrens reps a not to write. irving -- rips a knoc knoc knocc right. an rbi double. oakland has lost four in a row and the frustration is building. >> putting too much pressure on every facet that we have right now. not a lot of room for error.

it's a tough stretch we went through. we did not look good today. we've lost some close games recently. we have to flip the switch. we usually are on the others of those games. wrong time to go into a team slump. we will figure it out. >> did you see this? it is klay thompson sharing video of his workout shooting hoops and running around the court. the caption reading "i am just happy to be making progress on the daily. i can't wait to hoop again.

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ama: thank you so much for watching tonight. i am ama daetz. larry: right now i jimmy kimmel

live, a guest host and lizzo, who has a new sign out. she is tremendous. have a good night. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live" with guest host niall horan. tonight, lizzo, cristo fernandez, and music from kane brown. and now, niall horan! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> niall: yeah! [ cheers and applause ]