>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. >> the consequences of this race are profound and pronounced. >> california's governor says the outcome of the ricoh will -- recall race will have nationwide implications. we begin w begin w news on the recall, where governor newsom and his top opponent larry over -- larry elder for virtually -- feverishly campaigning. we have a look at the candidates's last-minute push, and the states could not be higher. cornell: the countdown is on, in days, voters will decide if governor newsom keeps his job in

the bay area. -- keeps his job. governor newsom in a fight for his political life, urging voters in l.a. to vote no on the recall. >> this recall is an extension of the big lie, an extension of what is going on in states across the country that want to suppress your right to vote. cornell: the governor's main opponent, larry elder, telling abc news when it comes to covid, he will focus on individual freedoms. >> i want to repeal the requirement for state workers that they have to be tested once a week and wear masks at work, i don't think the science supports that. cornell: the recall was triggered because voters were unhappy with the handling of the pandemic, but recent polls are showing he is keeping his job.

need to save our democracy and keep newsom in office. cornell: volunteers going door-to-door in hayward. >> our campaign is to get out the vote. it does not matter who, what or where. we believe in voting, that is the lifeline of the united states. cornell: santa clara county democrats getting the vote out in san jose. >> it has helped our party quite a bit and between now and tuesday, i think we will finish the job. cornell: republicans busy over the weekend on this overpass, urging a yes vote on the recall. >> him doing everything he is not asking us to do, sending his kids to school, not in masks at school, dining at fine establishments. cornell: gavin newsom needs 50% of voters to reject the recall to keep his job. san francisco has about a dozen

ballot drop-off stations across the city that will be open through september 14. dion: thank you. now on abc 7 news this morning, abc 7 news insider sized of the campaigns and how the leading candidates are trying to win over voters. >> larry elder and republicans are focusing on a lot of the problems facing the state of california. homelessness, crime, cost of living. gavin newsom is focusing on the pandemic. he is trying to make it about that. in other words, larry elder is trying to make it about gavin newsom and gavin newsom is trying to make it about larry elder and larry elder is exactly the candidate gavin newsom wanted to run against, a very conservative republican as opposed to a moderate alternative. dion: president biden is coming to california tomorrow and will campaign for newsom in long each. top republican candidates have been focusing on southern california as well as the central valley.

larry elder today held a news conference with actors and activist rose mcgowan, who has accused first partner jennifer siebel newsom of trying to broker a deal with her and harvey weinstein's lawyer in 2017. mcallen was one of the women who accused weinstein of sexual assaults. -- rose mcgowan was one of the women who accused weinstein of sexual assault. this is the same from where the newsom's brother-in-law works, he is also the son of the co-founder. >> you don't think jennifer siebel newsom went home that night after making contact with me and talking to her husband? and if her brother-in-law they are in it together. dion: we reach out to the governors team and neither the governor or first partner responded. a spokesperson told newsweek the allegations were a complete fabrication. we have in-depth coverage of the

candidates, issues and recall process as a whole. everything you need to know about the race to replace governor newsom is at our website, abc7news.com. abc 7 news a committed to building a better bay area, including coverage about your health. elwyn lopez tells us about the big debate over president biden's vaccine mandate. elwyn: l l l l l l l 200 50,000 children diagnosed with covid-19. the fda urging parents to not seek a vaccine for children under 12, saying in part, children are not small adults. >> we don't know the right dosing, it may be different. we haven't seen the data on safety and effectiveness on kids under 12. we want the data to drive the process. elwyn: the country sing no fewer than 100,000 cases per day for the past four weeks, hospitals

feeling the strain. icus and seven straight -- states close to running out of beds, kentucky calling in more than 300 national guard members to help with the search. >> we are at max capacity and already stretched so thin. elwyn: health experts continue to say this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. >> those who are unvaccinated are about 4.5 times more likely to get covid-19, over 10 times more likely to be hospitalized, and 11 times more likely to die. elwyn: on thursday, president biden mandating his news this with more than 100 employees to either require vaccinations or offer weekly testing. >> we are going to protected vaccinated workers from unvaccinated coworkers. elwyn: the surgeon general defending the mandate. >> if we want our economy back, if we want schools to stay in session, we have to take steps to make sure workplaces and learning environments are safe elwyn: but there is pushback. >> it is fundamentally unfair to have someone lose their job over

basically a personal medical decision. elwyn: republican governors of at least 19 states have vowed to fight the mandates. elwyn lopez, abc news. dion: if you have questions about the covid-19 vaccine, you can ask the abc 7 vaccine news team. had to abc7n abc7n abc7n abc7n c click on the blue box. developing news out of mendocino county, where a wildfire is forcing evacuations this evening. the hopkins fire started this afternoon about 10 miles north of ukiah. you are looking at time-lapse video showing the fire taking off, near the community of capella. there are reports of structures going in -- going up in flames. calfire says it has burned 300 acres. new details on the caldor fireo st 290,000cr have

burned, and an area reopened after being shut down for weeks. calfire says drivers will still see firefighters along the road topping up the area. in the north bay, witnesses credited with stopping and arson fire. santa rosa police called to a field behind the bayview shopping center yesterday and found a man surrounded by several people. they told police the man let something on fire, dropped it on the ground, and was trying to fan the flames. police arrested the man. firefighters contained the fire to a 400 foot square area of grass. just ahead, a famous music festival in san francisco takes on a healthy note. san francisco's health department gets in on the game at the harley bluegrass festival. and marking the fall equinox. we will have a look at a traditional chinese

celebration's triumph it returned to chinatown. >> only 10 days away from the start of all, but the end of the weekend is feeling a lot like summer and the warming trend continues.

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dion: in the east bay, san leandro's new police chief has his first day on the job tomorrow. he was previously chief of police in seaside near monterey. before that, he spent 26 years with the fort worth, texas police department, and he is the president of the california police chiefs association. in the south bay, the resumption of light rail service.

the agency is slowly adding service back after the deadly mass shooting at its railyard back in may. service on the green and orange lines started last month. the bta is offering f is of on light rail trains through the end of the month. heads up for drivers in the east bay, caltrans is planning to do work on the caldecott tunnel, and that means one will close overnight. it will affect traffic westbound on 24 toward oakland. caltrans is closing the third bore for maintenance monday, tuesday and wednesday from 10:00 p.m. until 4:30 in the morning. the rest of the tunnels will remain open. a duet today with hardly strictly bluegrass and teaming up with the san francisco department health department. ♪ abc abc abc abc opera house, where there was a live performance on the outside

and on the inside of my people could get vaccinated or tested for covid the idea for the event came from organizers of the festival. hardly strictly bluegrass canceled in person concerts again and will go virtual. just ahead, the first all civilian crew about to be launched into earth's orbit. >> a new era of spaceflight has finally arrived. dion: ahead, the tech mobile making it happen and the everyday people taking the trip of a lifetime. drew: a lot of sunshine out there on sunday, and warmer temperatures and the warming trend continues tomorrow. california, did you know our homes share power? but when we try to stay cool in a heat wave

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from florida in a spacex rocket. it is the first trip made up entirely of private travelers and not astronauts. jared eisenman is tank for the trip, and it includes a cancer survivor and a geoscientist. they have been training for six months. >> the realization that it is setting in that this is real, instead of the no call, i got yes. it is a life-changing moment, something i have wanted my entire life. dion: i can feel her excitement and passion. the rocket will launched from cape canaveral, and the trip is supposed to last for three days. how lucky all these -- are these folks? drew: that is so cool, making history. dion: how much would you pay? drew: i have claustrophobia, i don't think i could do it, it is not made for me, but it is made for someone. it is beautiful out there, a lot of sunshine and much warmer compared to yesterday.

the warming trend will continue over the next couple of days as well. outside, i live look from our emeryville camera showing tons of sunshine, navy blue skies, good air quality -- they be blue skies, and good air quality through tuesday. it is 90's inland. 93 in livermore. 94 in concord. along the bayshore, warmer than yesterday, 84 in san jose. 64 in the city. up to 90 in novato. overnight tonight, we will have patchy fog along the coastline, but were marine layer overnight it's a little more shallow than we have right now. not widespread fog first thing tomorrow morning. temperatures in the mid to upper 50's first thing on monday. here is live doppler seven along with satellite, quiet across california. high-pressure to the south and east is a supplying above average temperatures today and that continues tomorrow as well.

future trak temperatures get you into tomorrow, we are slowly warming into the 60's and 70's in the bay area and by lunchtime, into the 80's and hottest spots. we expected to be back in the 90's in our must cities tomorrow afternoon. a close look at highs tomorrow. if you like the temperatures today, tomorrow is a little warmer. 87 in santa rosa, 77 in oakwood. up to 68 in the city with afternoon sunshine. it gets hot in parts of the north bay. 97 in cloverdale. half moon bay breezy and 62. here is the wind forecast. tomorrow afternoon, the winds pickup from the north, gusting 15-25 else per hour. what that will help to do is unfortunately bring some more elevated smoke into the atmosphere. here is the near surface smoke forecast. tomorrow afternoon, we will likely have hazy skies across the region. our air quality the next couple of days, tomorrow, more of us in

the moderate category. you will notice some more smoke in the atmosphere. there is no air quality concerns in terms of an advisory spare the air day. tuesday, fresh air moves back in and by tuesday, most of us in the good category when it comes to air quality. the next seven days, it is warm and breezy, tuesday is the hottest day of the week. it will only last until wednesday. wednesday is noticeably cooler, closer to average. we will keep the cooling trend through thursday and friday. there is a slight chance of an early morning sprinkle in the north bay next weekend. otherwise, expect below average temperatures for saturday and sunday. dion: we will take any kind of sprinkle. chris has a preview of sports. chris: a busy sport sunday, baseball and the return of the nfl. the niners rolling into detroit the niners rolling into detroit until the lions roared back. ♪ ♪ ♪ the niners rolling into detroit until the lions roared back.

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>> now, abc 7 sports with chris alvarez. chris: 49ers kicking off week one in detroit. the game is never out of reach until the final whistle. jimmy garoppolo, trey lance hugging it out. the first offensive play for the niners, jimmy the starting quarterback and fumbles the snap -- oh no. detroit will recover but mr. field goal so the turnover doesn't cost the niners. here is trey, first pass eight inch down -- a touchdown.

dre greenlaw picks off former cal star jared goff. he waves goodbye as he goes to the house, pick six. the niners led 31-10 at the break. after the break, there he goes beauty 79 yards to the house, he had nine catches, 189 yards receiving. jimmy, 313 yards in the air. they are up big, but what could go wrong? george kittle fumbles the on-site snap, and on third down, deebo samuel, detroit in range and a fumble. the lions have a chance, it is fourth-down. you see them like what just happened? jared goff to pass and it is incomplete. the 49ers hang on 41-33. >> there was relaxation on the

sideline, i guess. some unfortunate things did not go away and at the end of the day, it is a win. >> you take your foot off the gas for 30 seconds, next thing you know they have scored 16 points. it is one of those lessons were we are lucky. >> one of the things they taught us is to appreciate every win. at the end of the day, a win is a win. chris: giants looking to caps off a perfect six-game road trip. wilmer flores off the entered list and ties a career-high 18 homer this season. five-to san francisco. logan webb cruising along, fly ball to right-center, nobody has got it. the ball drops and that helped keep the cubs in the game. webb pulled in the seventh. basis loaded, and the giants win 6-5. they still have a 2.5 lead --

game lead over the dodgers. bring the umbrella to the yard. a basic to right and one-run scores. chad pinder with a great throw but the runner is safe. the a's reviewed this. bottom of the six, a's down. a two run shot off the second deck. he is tied for fifth in the al. bottom of the eighth, type on base for oakland, but a double play right here. oakland falls a 4-3, dropping three games back of the second wildcard. i hope you had fun watching football and your fantasy football selections. i made a couple of mistakes but

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dion: a cultural festival that embodies the spirit of gratitude and family unity is this year happening is a sign of resiliency. ♪ san fransan fran its 31st annual ottoman festival this weekend. it features a, artisans, puppets, so much food. traditionally falls on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. the day when the moon is bright and full, which means it is high time to celebrate. i had a chance to check it out

before work and it is really good to see all of the people out and about again. that is it for this edition of abc 7 news. we will see you back here tonight fo several major developing stories as we come on the air tonight. a massive apartment explosion in georgia. that new tropical storm targeting the gulf coast. but first, the fda issues a new urgent warning in the deadly summer covid surge. federal health officials advise parents not to seek out covid vaccinations for children under 12. kids now make up 1 in 4 new cases. millions more young people just hours from returning to school. including those in new york city, the nation's largest school district. tonight, the administration defends president biden's new vaccine mandates. and the tragic story of the man whose family says he died after icu bed shortages at dozens of hospitals across three states. the family's message tonight. also developing tonight, that new tropical storm gaining strength in the gulf.

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