chimneys left behind. oh i'm here four miles away traffic at a standstill as at least 22,000 people in south lake tahoe try to evacuate. it's going really slow. how long have you been waiting over an hour. business owners like matthew smith close behind. backing up hundreds of his chainsaw carvings were trying to survive racing to leave behind his life's work. we're gonna have to leave, probably about 200, or $300,000 of product behind and hope it doesn't burn. back with you live in south lake tahoe as the smoke continues to move in a requalify really worsening by the hour and i did just get an update from cal fire. they're telling us not everyone in south lake tahoe has evacuated yet that they are working to

get an updated count. both sheriff's deputies and police officers have been going. through neighborhoods, knocking on doors, ensuring people get out to safety. but we did talk to some people today who want to stay here at their home until the fire if the fire reaches myers. so it's certainly a lot of uncertainty for these families as they're just waiting to see what happens over the next few hours. we're live in south lake tahoe, stephanie sierra, abc seven news, steph a dangerous situation and certainly so much uncertainty. what are you hearing from firefighters on the ground where they expect the fire to be headed next based on, uh, the winds from moment to moment, really? at this point, larry, we know it's burning north of highway 50 at echo lake. of course, it's reached tahoe basin, but the cruise we spoke to about an hour ago who were just came out of that area, said the biggest concern was. it was burning in the middle of upper echo lake and lower echo lake, and it was in that middle ground and with

the winds picking up it is moving in that northeast direction into the direction of south lake tahoe. so that's the biggest concern now is we're dealing with. red flag warnings in these extremely dry conditions. all right, stephanie, stay safe, and we'll be checking in later on throughout the afternoon and evening. i want to take a live. look. this is from our tower cameras in the tahoe area and looks pretty clear, actually, given the conditions obviously, it's really hazy, but not nearly as bad as it might be. given hour and could increase and you've got thousands upon thousands trying to get out of the greater tahoe area under evacuation warnings and mandatory evacuation indication. so we'll keep you posted as we go throughout the afternoon, but this is a very dicey situation up up in ta. yeah certainly is and we did just get an update on the fires burning near tahoe and across the state abc 7 news reporter. lori. anthony is live in the newsroom with the update for us laura. well, hi. i'm a firefighters. we're making good progress

yesterday contain. at the kaldore fire was nearly 20 percent, but then the weather changed the fire took off and now a community that so many of us here in the bay arerea love d visit often is being in a big hurry. caldor is a real tough one for us. thousand additional acres and just the past 24 hours. it's been burning in heavy timber in deep canyon gorge of the highway 50 corridor between south lake tahoe and sacramento. and very difficult terrain as as well as conditions the fires dangerous spread. prompteduation order for south lake tahoe and student communities. it's been a lot tremendous amount of work over the weekend with all of the different local

state and federal partners working in the south lake tahoe area going out and knocking on doors making sure that all those those folks knew the evacuation zone extends report. of three counties el dorado alpine and amador with the westbound direction closed evacuees are being told to head along highway 50 east toward nevada the evacuation includes barton memorial hospital in south lake tahoe and comes just as a red flag warning is going into effect for the northern sierra as big as it is with at least 177,000 acres burned the kaldore fires still smaller than the state's other large inferno the dixie fire, which is consumed more than hundred seventy thousand acres the second largest fire in california history. we haven't had fires burned from one side of the sierras to the other we did with the dixie now we have with the call door two times in our history and they're both happening this month. so we need to be really

cognizant that there is fire activity happening in california that we have never seen before. now while temperatures are cooling the winds are picking up we heard stephanie talk about the head of the fire another big concern going into the next 24 hours is whether embers will spark more spot fires miles ahead of that main event with a calder fire now just about five miles from south lake tahoe. cal fire says, they are not making any predictions anything in the vicinity is at risk in the newsroom. laurie anthony abc 7 news laura. thank you smoke from california's wild. now visible from space. this is a satellite image from noah showing multiple plumes of smoke covering the skies over much of the western part of the united states at least seven other states have air quality advisories and this goes as far east as wyoming. let's head right to abc 7 news meteorologist drew tuma for a look at the conditions as we speak near tahoe drew. yeah, larry. here's the latest on the calendar of fire the latest

perimeter. it has 177,000 acres making it the 18th largest wildfire in california recorded history. doom on into that eastern flank where much of the fire action is. right now here's phillips sierra tahoe echo summit myers down in the base in their south lake tahoe. we're going to swing this vantage point around because you heard from our own stephanie sierra. say that cal fire has confirmed that there are spotting between upper and lower echo lake, that would be right here. you can see myers down here in the basin. here's echo summit for your perspective. the reason why there's so much concern. we're gonna throw on the current winds right now and you can see those winds are coming right nortashe southwest to sohats going ctinue to ' rd flagffge portion of theheeu

sierra that doesn't include the calendar of fire or wins, larry and amma the next couple of days are gust out of the southwest as high as miles per hour continuing to push these fires to the east 35 miles an hour is a really bad sign drew. all right. thank you very much from fire to water happening now much of new orleans without power after hurricane, idaho blew through leaving catastrophic damage behind. it's now tracking over mississippi dumping heavy rain there expected to cause more flooding in the deep south reporter ted oberg with our sister station in houston joining us live from houma, louisiana about 60 miles southwest of new orleans ted. what's the situation there? but larry yesterday this wasay s site of such devastation so many people stuck it out here. despite there being a mandatory evacuation. and today they tell it's they wish they didn't just look behind it. what was going on yesterday at this time rooves being ripped from all of those buildings in downtownin nng all

overhe gunand just on the rt' the same thing. there is so much devastation in this city, and this is just one spot where ida hit. henry perkins stayed here, despite a mandatory evacuation and couldn't believe how bad it was in his hometown of houma. it was bad. but terribl terribl terri make you cry. it's devastating wind from idaho is at its worst year 130 miles an hour, maybe more. there aren't many homes untouched. so many roofs just gone the roof of the hospital damaged ambulances were lined up to take a hundred patients out of town. but where is uncertain? well, it was pretty scary miles. of houma in laplace john sullivan's trailer lifted from its foundation his wing gauge somewhere in the river. he now suspects registered 125 miles an hour before it flew off a lot worse than i thought but john says he's the lucky one. his neighbor's home is flipp.

so my otherouuiana. you know, i really am i've been down here 15 years and and i'm done. i'm tired of trying to work for something and you know in the weather comes along and tears it up and in new orleans spared the worst of the wind andb home to s armstrong shows collapsed can't be rebuilt. but new orleans power grid must be new orleans are about to spend their second night. market could be three weeks or more before it's back on and yet they know. it is better than it could have been here don't have the flood waters pouring it so we can deal with the wind damage. it's really also dealing with the very catastrophic power situation that we're going to be facing. it is such a because the transmission lines have failed including a massive tower that fell into the mississippi river. there's no estimate when it could be back on before the storm. they said three weeks it could be even longer tonight 1.1

million people in this state in the dark and without ac and in september and louisiana larry, that's not a good spot to be. we'll see ted. this is it's almost unfathomable. you're talking about a million people that could be electricity for weeks well, i mean take a look at the gnarled power lines that we see here just at this one intersection and think about how many times that has to be replicated then think about the geography of louisiana south of here where there are thousands and thousands of people without power this solid ground gets pretty marshy between here and the communities right along the fixing power lines in marsh is a huge mess. all right, hoping for the best ted oberg in louisiana. thanks. and here's the very latest from the national hurricane center on ida the storm continues to weak in as it pushes farther inland right now wins currently gusting to 45 miles per hour. it is tracking to the north-northeast at nine miles per hour, but despite this storm

weakening. we still have a host of issues coming our way for the week of head part of the reason. why is the track it's going to take even though it's a weak storm as we head through the midweek and into a weekend as it moves through the mid-atlantic and parts of new england is going to drop a lot of rain take a look at this. main forecast through friday, there is a huge swath across pennsylvania into parts of upstate, new jersey and parts of new york city that could see anywhere from five to ten inches of rainfall. we have flash flood watches across numerous states at this hour. so ida even though it's moving away from the gulf we still have some issues to contend with at least through friday guys. all right. thank you drew for that update lessons learned to look back at the station from the destruction of paradise in the deadly campfire smoke delays the problems right here in the bay area from the ongoing wildfires across the state and vaccine timeline a push. vaccine for kids 12 and under when it could happen.

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what was the largest non-combatant evacuation in the us military's history? general mckenzie said not everyone who wanted out got out the final 12 hours was spent getting military personnel out of the country. he says in all more than 6,000 us civilians were evacuated. new developments now with the de delta variant surge talking coronavirus. the united states has been taken off the european union safe travel list because of the rising number of cases iowa, oklahoma, utah, south carolina and tennessee are being investigated for civil rights violations over mandates banning masks in schools in san francisco has reached a milestone over the weekend. mayor london breed announced 80% of those eligible to get a shot are fully vaccinated children 12 and under are the only part of the should still not authorized to receive the covid-19 vaccine and many hope that will change in the next month abc 7 news reporter dustin dorsey explains how a local congressman is calling on the fda to get kids

vaccinated and the doctors who are backing up that decision. in classrooms across the bay area school districts are doing everything they can to keep students safe, but one key piece is missing in the fight against covid-19 vaccinations for kids congressman. rochana says that has many parents worried about their child safety. i've heard from thousands of parents in cupertino and fremont and sunnyvale they're concerned about sending their kids back to school kids who don't have a vaccine and as of course as a parent of young kids this concern is personal for me to in a letter to the fda. american pediatrics association says pediatric icu numbers are rising due to the delta variant along with more than 100 members of congress representative. rocana is calling on the fda to lay out a timeline for vaccinating kids under 12. every parent knows the pediatrician often knows best in america's pediatricians are saying it's time to get the kids back. and to move expeditiously while considering the safety despite lower pediatric covid cases in the bay area ucsf infectious

disease specialist, dr. peter chinhong agrees and says vaccinating kids will help prevent a rise in cases like those taking place in florida and texas the fact that we've used this intervention in millions and millions of people around the world so far at least puts us in good standing. it's not like we're using this in kids for the first time ever in a population dr. chin h advisor is set to request emergency use for kids and late september and the request is based on studies taken over six months with double the amount of normal trials for vaccines. he says vaccinating kids as the way to build a wall of immunity around our population. i think it's going to give parents teachers school administrators public health leaders and politicians confidence and when our kids are in school they going to be safer because it's going to add another layer of congressman connor hopes, the timeline will come from the fda after labor day in the south bay dustin dorsey abc 7 news. covid testing was required to enter the nfl alumni

association's charity golf tournament this morning. this is what it looked like as cars were lining up for rapid testing at stone break country club in hayward those who tested positive will be offered a full refund the nfl alumni association is made up of players both former and current plus local celebrities with a common goal of helping kids. all right. let's turn to our weather now larry. yeah drew. i mean actually our weather seems decent compared to what's happening around the rest of the country. yeah these wins. that's the story across northern california here for us locally. it's clearing out the smoke but across northernalor wre the' fires. helpi tnhance east r quality across the entire are m. it's an improvement over this weekend. so you do have some smoke some haze in the atmosphere as we closer to tahoe we showed you at the top of the show that camera on the north shore of lake tahoe is pretty clear. we have modern air quality there but closer to the kaldor fire you can see we have hazardous air quality in the south shore

by south lake tahoe. so just a few miles can make all the difference. here's the smoke forecast. we do expect tomorrow morning a lot of us to wake up to good air quality. probably moderate air quality around parts of the a that onshore wind continues to crank in the afternoon. so there you can see a lot of that smoke gets out of here, but unfortunately, yeah, you can see by the calendar. are it's really going to bring a lot of smoke over lake tahoe once again, and it will likely push that fire to the east once more air quality right now. you can see some haze live look from our emeryville camera right now if you look at the distance. little bit. let me see a point out right a little bit of fog. so the marine layer is there but it's pretty compressed at this hour tomorrow still improving air quality most of us in that. good category but by wednesday, thursday and friday were all in the good era quality category fresh air is overhead. here's that wind right now that's clearing the smoke for us near 30 that current gusset sfo 9 right now over the city temperature-wise were slowly starting to clear a lot of that weekend heat, but inland right

now, we're still hanging on to some 90s at this hour tomorrow though. it's much cooler. you're gonna like it overnight tonight patchy fog along the coast and around the bay shoreline mid to upper 50s for most of us first. tomorrow morning. here's future weather some patchy fog by about 7 am but watch these temperatures by lunchtime if you can grab lunch outside, it's a really good day to do it by 11 am noon. we're in the 60s and 70s that's gonna feel really nice compared to the past couple of days high as in a microclimb. it's 80 and san jose tomorrow 79 santa clara 75 and sunnyvale along the peninsula 75 palo alto 71, san mateo 62 for pacifica downtown tomorrow 66th afternoon, sunshine breezy cooler daily city at 62 the north were getting rid of a lot of this heat today tomorrow 79 and petaluma 83, nevada 75 in napa the east bay. it's a really nice day. 9 in oakland 76 in fremont the same castro valley and then inland bye-bye to the 90s today. we're back into the 80s. so it's going to feel a lot cooler 82 in san ramon 87 antioch 85 in livermore.

here's the accurate. there's 74 cast playing next seven days for you tomorrow. it's cooler. it's breezy. we welcome september on wednesday and look at that. it's actually below average to start the month good air quality, thursday and friday and then for the upcoming holiday weekend, we're gonna warm back up by labor day. we're pretty hot for a lot of us 80s and 90s make a comeback. well, all right. thank you so much drew. another deadline today in the recall effort what you need to do if you want to vote plus plants ready to kill the bay area nursery just boost and cricket charge you more for unlimited 5g. metro doesn't. introducing the big 5g upgrade. just twenty-five bucks a month gets you unlimited 5g and a free 5g smartphone. that's half the price... ...for one line of unlimited 5g smartphone data

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today is the last day to register to vote in the recall election. san francisco's elections department says 29% of the ballots have already been returned compare that to the 25% of this point in last year's general election if you chose to register by mail, it must be postmarked by 11:59. i remember this is just the registration. okay, you can also register online at register. to vote.ca.gov the california cc recall election is just two weeks from tomorrow abc 7 news. anchor liz kroitz joins us with the latest on the race, including a new television ad featuring bernie sanders liz. yes, that's right on the latest national political figure to come to governor newsom's defense. and aid is the man who won california's presidential primary last year senator bernie sanders the vermont senator is featured in this new television ad where he talks about issues of climate change universal health care and immigration saying those are reasons to vote.

on the recall this appearance by sanders does suggest that newsom's team is hoping to reach the progressive part of the democratic party and also young latino voters who many believe could help determine the outcome of this election. if i saw an ad or of any latino thought i'd featuring bernie sanders telling our community to vote on the recall more likely not our community would actually pay attention only because senator centers built that relationship with the latino community in california. standards that the standards ad has started running with two weeks left in the race. we've also learned that the los angeles police department meantime is not going to their investigate or press charges against republican candidate larry elder over domestic violence allegations made by his ex-fiancee. that incident happened in 2015 and has passed the statute of limitations. we told you about that last week. now the election is two weeks from tomorrow as we keep saying and as larry said an important reminder today is the last day to register to vote by mail if

you miss that deadline you can still register in person and vote conditionally up to and on election day. i want to do one more reminder. about signing the back of the envelope for some people right? make sure when you fill up that ballot you sign it on the envelope that will make or break whether your vote gets counted. it's good reminder. all right. thank you, liz. yeah, that was for drew. we'll get back to our watching average joe. i i yeah, sorry drew. we'll have a look at the lessons learned. this is more serious stuff here. now look at that. this was years ago the paradise fire. what did we learn from? this that's coming up plus the effects of this year's fires right here in the bay area lots of smoke and poor air quality what it means for your health and athletes trying to get back into sports after a

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>> now from abc 7, live breaking news. ama: we take another live look from a chopper over the caldor fire. live picture from tahoe where we mentioned earlier this hour that the fire has not reached the tahoe basin. so many evacuations happening. we are keeping on top of this and we will bring you the latest. you can see the flames in the latest information on those fires. larry: the caldor fire within five miles of lake tahoe. new mandatory evacuation orders cover most of south lake tahoe. in the bigger picture, there are at least 26 fires burning in the state. so far this season, 1.7 million acres have burned. more than 2000 structures have burned, in so many more are threatened as we speak. what happens after the fire is over? anscground and she has written a

book called "paradise: one town's struggle to survive on american wildfire." she joins us live right now. miss must feel like an endless loop because we are going through all of this with tahoe and similar situations to what wrote about. lizzie: right. it feels like every summer, more homes are burning down, millions more acres of land burning. it feels very prophetic that we are stuck in this cycle over and over. larry: what prompted you to write the book? lizzie: i've been covering wildfires for the chronicle for a while. when the camp fire happened, i felt like that fire really changed things in california. it showed what we stood to lose and i knew it was something to fit in the newspaper. i decided it was probably best to put it in a book. larry: was there a memorable story or two from residents that in particular movie? lizzie: yeah. i mean, when these evacuations happened, people have to leave their homes at the last minute and have to make hard decisions. when i was reporting on the

book, i learned about a woman named her child had just had a baby. she had to evacuate in a strangers car with her newborn son in her lap. there was a bus driver who got stuck with 22 kids and two teachers on board trying to escape town and get everyone to safety. stories like that of normal being -- normal people being thrust into these things of herod -- of heroism and survival. larry: how do they cope with this? it is so stressful, maybe you are thinking moment to moment at that point. but when you take the longer perspective, i'm sure people -- he must have asked them, why are you still here? why do you want keep -- want to keep living in this area? lizzie: you have to remember that for some of these people, they have lived in these communities for their entire lives. maybe their families have been there for decades. these are families that have the mountains and their blood. it is hard for them to imagine anywhere else. at the same time, we are learning these fires are cyclical intend to happen in the

same areas over and over again. it is a hard decision. even if people decide to return to the places that burned, sometimes they realize a couple of years on that they cannot state. i assume we will see that in places like tahoe, like with the caldor fire. these things burned into our psyche. larry: greenville, among them as well. when you see dozens and dozens are yoseat the liencele show in these situations? lizzie: i don't think they have an option. what else is there? if you have no resilience, it can be very hard to wake up in the morning and keep going. i think the strength of these communities, like paradise, greenville, is really astounding. larry: agreed. what do you hope people will get out of your book? lizzie: i think just the big thing is realizing that climate change is here now and it is not this abstract thing off on the horizon. it is in our communities now, we are seeing that with these big

fires acting in ways we have not seen in the past few decades, with thousands of homes burning down. realizing that, and also realizing we cannot become numb to it. i know it can be easy to look at those statistics and lose sight of the fact that those are communities and peoples's homes in their entire lives. there used to be a time when townhomes burned down and that was a big deal. now every summer, it seems like there is another big fire, and thousands more homes. we cannot get used to that. we can't let ourselves get used to that. larry: of all the people you spoke with for the book, and most of them say yeah, the house is gone, we are going to rebuild, or did many of them say, we are out of here, we don't want to keep going through this? lizzie: it was a really complex decision for a lot of people. i would say about a quarter of them were committed to rebuilding. but even then, the cost of construction materials is so high, and it can be very hard to say -- stay committed to the decision when the smoke is in the sky every summer and you are getting evacuation alert.

there are a chunk of people who left town because they didn't want to have to live in that trauma day after day. i think decisions people have made are still playing out even now. larry: certainly because it does not look like we will get out of this anytime soon, given what is happening summer after summer. thank you so much. lizzie johnson, author of "paradise." we appreciate your time. lizzie: thank you for having me. larry:

ama: it is time for the

forecast. listen to this, a mother's brave actions saved her five-year-old's son life. them boy was plate -- the boy was playing outside when the drag -- when the cat dragged him 45 yards. the woman punched the mountain lion to let go of her son. the boy was hurt but he is expected to recover. wildlife officers found the mountain lion and killed it. and i think any of the other parents on here would say, what wouldn't you do if a mountain lion were picking your child away, right, dan? >> so true. i can only imagine the horror all of us with children can understand. but anybody can understand how terrifying it would be. can you imagine what that mother thought and what that poor child thought? thank goodness she responded so quickly and successfully. just scary. ama: yeah. thankfully the boy will be ok. larry: and we are seeing more of this, it seems like -- i don't

know if it was post-pandemic. remember doma block we would haveoyes runni nightecse the wt. a the probably looking for water. larry: exactly. so many factors. new york mets players are giving fans a taste of their own medicine. having nearby is gave a double thumbs down after he hit a two run homer. later in the game, kevin pollard gave a thumbs down to the fans. this is in response to them being boo'd by their home fans. other players are saying, this is their way of booing the fans back. ama: how do you like that? larry: they called this unacceptable and plans to meet with the team. we are going to start booing viewers. the difference here is the fans are not being paid millions of dollars to watch a terrible team play. that is the difference. dan: it is kind of a right of

passage. it is the way the dialogue goes. if fans get to -- it is part of the fun of being a fan. you get to cheer, you get to boo. i guess it is a drag for the la areng but a multimillion dollar players feel they have to respond to fans. drew: everyone is stressed, it has been a wild year and a half, i love the shadiness. i would do the same thing. ama: i will say, maybe i'm just -- i don't boo. drew: you are the best fan. larry: for the home team. dan: it's true. as long as they don't fight them. ama: let's not do that. larry: no malice at the palace. ama: although that does sound great. a chicago couple is garnering international attention after they build their wedding guests who did not show up. the couple recently tied the knot at a slinky resort in jamaica. this is not them in the video.

larry: i was going to say, i want to get a look at these two. ama: that is not them. it does show a wedding at the resort and what it can look like. looks fabulous. the newlyweds went viral after a post of the invoice they sent to no-show wedding guests. they are charging $120 each to the eight people who rsvp'd yes but did not see them say i do. essentially, it sounds like the cost of the dinner. that sounds about per person. it is not like they are charging them a flight. you kind of assume that is going to happen and put that into the back of your mind, right, dan? dan: i guess. it happens. nonetheless, it's expensive to go to a wedding. . that is why you have the rsvp's, seek and make room for someone else who cannot attend. if there is a no-show, there is an empty plate. the couple still gets billed for that. i think those friendships may be strained after that. ama: i think so. dan: pre-covid, i would have

been for this. but people now traveling, it can get a little dicey. ama: but what was the circumstance or do you not care? drew: write, or are they like i don't want to travel. drew: may be -- dan: maybe notify. ama: but maybe they did. we don't know. larry: the newlyweds ticket to the next level, and if they don't pay, send collection agency after them. ama: they just might. larry: i would be turning it up. --that would be turning it up. the honeybaked ham company is combining the two flavors into one product. . it is called the new pumpkin spice glazed turkey breast. as the name suggests, it is a turkey breast covered in honey bank tams signature glaze and a pumpkin spice lend -- blend. you can buy it, roasted, or smoke, presliced, and ready to serve. who should i send the first batch over to? ama: i would try it.

you can put pumpkin in savory things like stu's and chile -- stews and chilis. drew: and i makes everything together. . i know people like to keep things separate. dan: most of the time when we do these stories about companies trying some weird flavor, they are disgusting. but this doesn't sound that bad. this kind of works. larry: you should have been here for the jellybeans last week. dan: i missed that one. larry: you lucked out by missing it. that is it

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ama: smoke from the fires is creating different challenges for residents, especially students who play sports outside. ryan curry is live in livermore where students are playing football after friday's game was canceled. reporter: that's right. the football game going on here tonight as scheduled at 6:00. the principle here calling the need to be very flexible. he says he does not know if the is unlike football can happen is normally scheduled. he says he has had to cancel many events due to the pandemic, now especially the wildfire smoke, so people can stay safe. it is something usually enjoyed at the end of each week. friday night football, when a team takes the field and him it's school prybar the campus. for livermore, that school pride feeling is coming at the beginning of the week. bad air quality forced the school to postpone friday's game to monday. >> there was some

disappointment. we were hyped up for friday night. but being hyped up as possible on a monday night also. reporter: mthinciparanata high school. he says when he looked at the sky friday, he knew it would not be safe to play a football game. >> we did not have a great feeling about holding friday night. the air looked very dirty. reporter: the air quality was over 150, putting livermore in the unhealthy range. . what makes the pumpout -- the postponement frustrating is how frequently it happens. each year, a sporting event is moved due to smoke. he does not see it changing anytime soon. >> feels like california is like this now. going back four years straight, air quality concerns that have jeopardized not only athletics, but we had a school dismissal day several years ago because the air quality was so poor. reporter: says the school tries to schedule events hoping they will happen without issue. he called on his students and staff to be open to the moves in case they keep happening. >> i think everybody here, teachers, students,

administrators, parents, i think we know the flexible -- that flexibility is necessary right now. reporter: the california interscholastic federation lists 150 is the threshold for whether or not a game could be played due to air quality. in livermore, it is below 100. looks like tonight's game will go on without any issues. live at livermore, ryan curry, abc 7 news. ama: thank you. i'm always checking the air quality. just got to know. larry: you check the temperature now and the aqi. drew: it is important this time of year. friday and saturday, we had unhealthy air quality. are air quality is improving as we speak. tomorrow, it is good to moderate. by wednesday, it is good. we have fresh air coming in midweek. it doesn't last for thursday and friday. overnight tonight, patchy cloud cover along the coast and the bay shoreline. a nice, comfortable night. mid-50's for a lot of us first thing tomorrow morning. tuesday, we are under the heat

from the inland bay. 60's and 70's around the shoreline. inland, in the 80's. enjoy this cooldown. here's 70 forecast. we will find a cooler, breezier afternoon on tuesday, wednesday. quiver september as the month starts. thursday and friday with good air quality. then we are warming up for the holiday weekend. larry: thank you. northway -- north bay plant nursery has made a name for itself by selling killer plants. melissa pixcar visited that nursery. reporter: i would describe her never's plans as this fascinating world where mother nature has taken the strange turn, where the plants are useful, beautiful, deadly to bugs, really beautiful to humans, and just an interesting evolutionary process to see. >> we have venus fly traps, american pitcher plants, fireworks, we have another blue

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fertilizer out of the air. they are only really competitive in nutrient poor soils, places like boggs and swamps. >> carnivorous plants eat a lot of different things. . it depends species to species what they are most likely to attract and eat. the tall american pitcher plants are the most voracious leaders of all time. those will eat wasps and hornets and flies. everything. >> the fly traps, they catch a lot of flies, a surprising amount of spiders, anything that will fit in their trap. it feels really special to have a profession where we get to send carnivorous plants to all of the united states. when you find something that is just the right thing that you are meant to do, it is a rare thing. this is like a calling. i just want to be here, be with the plants. one of the great things about it is as a male every box out, it is spreading the love and knowledge and passion of the thing that i'm so passionate about. and that is really exciting.

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larry: tonight prime time on abc

7, batchelor in paradise followed by the oldham at serve. stick with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. broadway is back. to celebrate a new video is highlighting the greatest moments on stage. arne glassberg for arst us -- our sister station has a closer look. reporter: from theater marquees to rehearsals, broadway is coming back. waitress opens this thursday in its new home at the barrymore theater. >> i definitely cried the first day i got back here. reporter:hee fry only manages the theater and had not work since march of 2020. >> is the first day of school excitement. everybody is just so happy to be back here. reporter: but for broadway to succeed, the audience needs to return. the broadway league hopes a two and a half minute film called "this is broadway" stirs up the crowds. >> this is broadway. reporter: it features moments from 99 shows and offers glimpses of 735 actors. >> this is our opportunity to

remind everyone what they've missed, why there is nothing like live theater. reporter: aside from the entertainment, there are the economics of live theater. the more shows, the more people working. >> for the month of september, we have 15 shows opening. and 35 by december 31. so we are back. >> all of the broadway theaters are following the same safety protocols. adults will have to show proof they have been fully vaccinated. kids who are too young to get vaccinated can show proof of a negative covid test. and everyone will have to wear masks. reporter: and at in tience and onse will be electric. rert: as only broadway can be. in new york, lauren glassberg, abc 7 news. larry: those shows are amazing.

a sign of hope that we might be inching towards normalcy. abc 7 news at 4:00

>> now from abc 7, live breaking news. >> there is fire activity happening in california that we have never seen before. ama: scary thought. evacuation orders for all of south lake tahoe tonight. thousands of people rushed to get out in bumper-to-bumper traffic. >> i've been sitting in traffic now for 40 minutes, and i only moved about three cars. ama: what a terrible scene. good evening. larry: here is a look at the map. all of the red we are showing you means mandatory evacuations. you have to get up because highways 50, 88, 89 are closed. residents have to go east to nevada or gitmo north to get to interstate 80. stephanie sierra is live in south lake tahoe with the very latest on what is a very

anxious, tense situation. reporter: