>> building a better bay area. 24 is apse news. >> feeding the recall is of crucial importance to our members and all working families in california. >> today a flurry of campaigning in the bay area as the gubernatorial recall election nears. democratic leaders are showing their support for governor newsom, urging people to vote no. meanwhile, others talked homelessness and crime. >> good evening. you're watching abc 7 here at live. the recall election is less than three weeks away.

the polls will open september 17 and ballots are already in the mail to all californians. reporter: prompt program -- prominent east became officials turned up to support newsom. and caitlin jenner and kevin fall they were made their case to voters on while they should replace newsom. >> many of the candidates are running full speed ahead towards the finish line. there were two republican officials in the bail area. faulkner was in the east bay and caitlin jenner was in san francisco touring the city's tenderloin district. she talked about everything from homelessness to fixing the economy. >> you build a pro-business environment i bleach in the

people of california, not the people in sacramento. >> jenner mass struggled to gain traction in the polls but she says the issues are what matter and beavers voters are sick of the policies of governor newsom. >> we need to come up with solutions and fast or this will not be the golden state any longer. >> several democrats got together to support governor newsom and attack his opponents. tom 067 their list was.com fronts runner larry ender. >> is perpetuating con cease-firesy theorists. he bleach clay mate change is a hoax. >> democrats like libby shaft framed it as a right wing power grab and a waste of taxpayer money. >> you are voting no on eliminating a minimum wage. you are voting no on faking away

choice. you are voting no on taking away life-saving health orders. >> now, the white house said today president biden is planning to campaign for newsom in the coming weeks and vice president harris will be in the valley this for a car rammy. >> can tim, thank you. and thousands of ballots for the recall election have been returned. in santa claire they've they've begun proelse saying those and dustin joins us life. hi, dustin. >> hi, liz, got my ballot right here ready to cast and we just learned everything that everyone needs to know ahead of this recall election if you're looking to cast your vote. here's everything you could know. for poll cork -- workers, work is already underway at the

region star's office. >> as of yesterday, we have received already $1 -- 145,000 ballots in. they're coming in quickly, earlier than expected and i think this is one of the main religious, this is a enough easier ballot. >> there are only two questions on the ballot. if you are registered in santa clara county, you should have received your ballot last week. you can mail in your ballot by using the prepaid envelope in your voting facts or you can drop it off in personal or vote in person. the registrar of voting amps -- office is one of 36 in-personal voting places in the counsel. they open september 1 and run through election day. the processors are already hard. at work processing the involvement that much come in season thatten said they only needed about 12 is third of the normal statue and there was not

an sup finding enough poll workers. >> we have all the poll workers that we need for this election. we had a wolf influx of people who wanted to work with us. we start. ed reaching out earlier in the year when we knew that was coming. >> once you cast your ballot, you can tune into abc 7 news for leave election news on september 14. the could have been citizen they will have results coming in starting around conditional p.m. only election night. i guess there's nothing else at this point to do besides drop off my ballot. here we go. i hope you guys all do the same on or before september 14. dustin corsey, abc 7 p numbers. liz: thank you so much and don't forget to sign that ballot. important thing to keep in mind. only our website we have awful the info about how to vote in the recall election, whether via

mail or in person on september 14. just held to abc 7 news.com. larry: oakland police are investigating a shooting by an officer of a. is. you can see a large police presence. video from sky 7. the person was wanted only a criminal warrant for manslaughter. he was taken to a loam hospital in stable conditional. police found two fire arms at the scene. liz: in the east bay, a 12-year-old boy was killed by a franklin in oakley today. a witness says a caron went over the tracks as the games were coming down and the train approached. officials same the driver was a 19-year-old woman. she was taken to the hospital with criticism george. the oakley union elementary school district says the boy who was kimed was a student at delta vista medical school. larry: in the south bay

businesses and homes having evacwaited because of a gas leak in san jose. not far from downtown. a third party. contract iran hit an eight-inch natural gas lionel and there -- evacuations within a 900-foot radius, more than 300 addresses. it's estimated that gals line will not be cammed until midnight. >> is fight made progress against the firearm burning in ed ed dado counsel. the edge of the fire is less atlanta 15 miles swept of the lake. the entire that has burned 1 is 26,000 acres, destroying 637 structures and currently 11% contained. larry: and because of the fires there, many visitors are canceling their upcoming visits. clearly not a good development,

especially heading into a crucial labor day hole lame. laura anthony has our story. >> the cash has collected a little bit of smoke or ash, i should say. reporter: for those toughing out the smoke in the lake tahoe basin seems like this has become the norm and if no. the new normal. >> it's a little smoky up here. >> in couple just areliefed from king's people for a plan in glimpse tahoe. so far it's been a haze. >> it's not what we expect from tahoe but even with a ton of ash flying around it's still one of the most beautiful places on earth. reporter: this couple they usually stay in a hotel but this year -- >> they are coming back tomorrow. we're awful miserable. no miking -- hiking, no golf, no

sympathiesing out for lunch. >> the truck question, the skies are so smoky, a lot of people are packing, back to the bay aerial. >> people have been leaving town. i have a neighbor across the street who's taking his kids and going down to the beach. reporter: over the him in yreneo, things are not much better with the casinos just againsts in the distance. all to the match fire just 250 20 miles away and hard to seem what the future holds. >> we are seeing the taps turned off at the moment. one of tour larger properties in the region ising lueing at 25 points of occupiesy drop for august based only the cancellations coming in return. reporter: so, for tahoe businesses a booming summer season may suddenly come to a halt, just in time for the labor day weekend. liz: clearly not good airplane

quality there in lake tahoe. >> no, and it's not going p to get any better through the middle of the week next week. you can see how smoky the skies are from this vantage points and here you can see the smoke and the his. a little little bit of blue because the winds is kicking up. the air quality is unhealthy. truck truckee is also in the same range. the smoke remains help through that region and tomorrow, a shift in the winds is going to move that smoke awards? towards the can i recollectwood area. so there may be temporary improvements at times bum overall still a lot of orange and reds, which is thick smoke blanketing that region. larry: coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00, the possible seam of a significantly hotel creating an uproar in japan town.

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>> a big blow for stern grove. flooding from a water main break monday is forcing the venue its final concert for the summer season celts for this sunday. check out the torrent of water in this photo. the show, featuring power of tower and rammer 2 short was also a fundraiser for the eventual newspaper. officials say they're heart broken and are seeking officials to help bay for the donation. larry: many are voicing their concern for the possible sale of a hotel that would be to house the homeless. this couch a devastating fortune

impact on the area, which relies on tourism. finding solutions to address homelessness and the economy, keys to biding a better became area. reporter: the buchanan hotel is located at sutter and buchanan streets directly across there the well known plaza. a favorite destination for fourists visiting japantown. on sunday, a $5 impact by the state was,000ed. >> to edge sure that this huck of the japanese-american community, thatst the huck of our significantly communities remains preserved, vibrant and strong. reporter: yet the city has certainly letters to all businesses here saying it wants to buy the holes. and convert it to permanent housing for the home lyms. ben was born in hold and told us this is not the thing for this

american-japanese business owner. >> we have experience at being homeless, being taken away and homeless and that kind of think so -- thing so we're very simple heldic. >> japan fun to depends helply on tourists so the request many are asking is why take away one of only two hotels located within a four-block area? >> they're the live -- lifeline ouch our businesses. reporters: singes the beginning of the pandemic, the city has been using the 133-room home. as a shelter in place location for the homeless. >> it has worked very, very whole for us in terms of the quality of the building and the amentis that it includes. so in along with three other properties were eached as possible acquisition. reporter: the department of

housing will host an informational session over zoom for the public to weigh in tomorrow. name promise no decisions will be made until am hearings are conducted at city hall sometime am september. abc 7 news. liz: fieger has asked the pham for full approval of a booster dose. the company shows data shows people who received a third shot had anti-levels three times higher than those with just two doses. u.s. troops have been told to get vaccinated immediately. more than 800,000 as much as members haven't gotten their shots yet and delta airlines will charge unvaccinated employees on the company health plan $200 a month mr. unvaccination name. ed workers almost to be tested weekly. larry: a booster shot. is advancing covid antibiotics. on our 3:00 show getting

answers, dr. honoring gave his assessment of the research. >> no surprise to listeners that if you give an extra doles of the vaccine ifle boost your anti-response and 245 is what the study showed. it wasn't a large study. it was held in two country and is reassuring in the fact that there weren't really untoward safety event. the antibiotic body levels increased by seven to nine times. larry: the pham is expected to review this adapta as the entitledden administration developed a boobser shot strategy. liz: the city of antioch's council voted last night to form a committee to.com a ban on police techniques that can avoid

asphyxiation like applying pressure to the neck. the depth of a victim brought in to the forefront. larry: a superior court judge is beginning a process that could lead to a new trial for scott peterson. the judge expects two additional weaks of hear -- weeks of hearings early next year before deciding if peterson should get a new trial. his attorney generals say one of the jurors lied. >> she did not tell any of the attorneys or the courts about it. in our opinion, she was purpose little trying to avoid bringing those things you have so that seconds seven on a jury where she wassed a minutes to convict scott peterson. larry: attorneys will convene next month and that's when the

judge is expected to he remains in state upon. the man convicted of asass naming senator end will appear at a pa roam board for a sixth straight time. sirhan sirhan was arrested at the scene of kennedy's shooting. convicted and sentenced to depth but when the statement aboll iraqed the death penalty, advertise his sentence was reducinged to life with the possibilities of pa roam. >> we'll be back for a look at the fix as we held into the second half of the week. a leave look at

larry: the mayor of flavortown paid a visit to firefighters on the front lines of ever the dixie fire today.

guy fieriers known for providing meals for first responders, was serving up food at the dixie fire base camp. it's destroyed more than 33,000 acres, drawing firefighters from across the state to help out. now time for a check on the weather. liz: the airplane quality seems a little bit better today. >> it is actually, so we're going to keep it going for one more day before things start to detear ray. we have a refreshing sea breeze coming off the ocean 24 in san francisco. s.f.o.22 and that's why we have some greens around san mateo, fremont, san francisco. but still some pockets of model rat air quality from santa rosa to oakland. the worst of it is still around south lake-tahoe, although it's

gone from hazardous yes ed to unhealthy right now. if you want to step out tonight and get fresh airplane and go for a walk, it's going to still be pretty good. the sierra nevada and noren california dealing with the calledder fire. that's going to keep that help smoke in those areas influence friday but then it starts to still into the north bay and parts of the east and south bay heading into friday so a winds direction switching more out of the north is going to draping that smoke into our area so we'll be dealing with hazer conditions. right now a happen assume from our catch and the arum quality forecast for tomorrow. good to model rapt and then friday, saturday, sunday, nod rapt airplane quality. leave domler 78 showing post mo of the fog has pulled away from. coast. there are a few patches but not as many as previous days.

the golden gate bridge camera, blue skies. so nice to see. mid 70's around san jose. pa pacifica, 671 degrees. downtown significantly, the sun is shining. con cord, 83 degrees. comfortable temperatures from our south people camera. limited fog overnight with patchy morning drizzle. the heat spikes friday through sunday and model rapt to high heat risks inland for that time period. tomorrow morning, fog around, a little bit of drizzle like this morning and then the fog you will approximatelies away, only to hang around for parts of the coast. morning temperatures will begin in the 40's and 50's. watch out because the fog is compressing. afternoon highs in the south ph. 9, san jose. 83, redwood city. 662 pacifica. north bay temperatures 8 in san

watch yell, santa rosa, healings. east bay -- 77, 93 in oakland. robust, warming tomorrow, has skiles friday and saturday. elevated heat risk both days and we're looking at the heat continuing into sunday before we see cooler weather next week. liz and already yes i? liz: coming up, a forgotten

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tonight, the major news coming in on afghanistan. how many americans remain? how many have been reached? and when will u.s. troops be out? tonight, the secretary of state before the cameras with new numbers, acknowledging up to 1,500 americans may still be in the country, saying they've been in contact with about a third of them. tonight, the race to get them out and the timeline for u.s. troops. the growing concern over isis, the terror threat on the ground there. and what happens after president biden's august 31st deadline? tonight, what the secretary of state said to americans and afghans who are still in that country after that date. that the effort will continue every day. but what will that effort look

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