joining us. i'm dion lim. you're watching abc 7 news at 6:00 live here on abc seven, hulu live, and wherever you stream. we begin with developing news. governor newsom and his top opponent, larry elder, feverishly campaigning this weekend with just two days to go until election day. abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard has a look at the candidate's last-minute push. sticks could not be higher. cornell: the countdown is on. in just days, voters will decide if gavin newsom will keep his job. the last-minute push is on to energize voters for the recall election. >> california strong. cornell: governor gavin newsom in a fight for his political life, urging voters in a light to vote no on the recall. >> this recall is an extension of the big lie. it's extension of what is going on in states all across the nation that what to suppress your right to vote.

cornell: the governor's main opponent, larry elder, telling abc news when it comes to covid, he'll focus on individual freedoms. >> one of the first things i'll do is repeal the requirement for state waters that they have to be tested once a week, and they have to wear a mask at work. i don't think the science supports that. cornell: the recall election was triggered because voters were unhappy with newsom's handling of the pandemic. but a boost from national heavy hitters. >> your vote can be the difference. cornell: and better covid rates have recent polls show him keeping his job. >> no on the recall. we need to save our democracy, keep gavin newsom in office. cornell: volunteers from the african-american voter registration, education, and participation project going door to door in the neighborhood. >> our campaign is to just get out the vote. and it does not matter who, what, when, or where. we believe in voting because that is the lifeline of this united states. cornell: southern county

democrats were getting the votes out. >> candidates turn in their vote by mail voting has helped our candidates a bit. i think we are going to finish the job. cornell: republicans were busy over the weekend on this overpass, urging a yes vote on the recall. >> doing everything that he's not asking us to do, sending his kids to school while hours are sitting home. not in masks at school, dining at fine establishments. cornell: newsom needs 50% of voters to reject the recall in order to keep his job. san francisco has about a dozen ballot drop off stations across the city. they will be open through election day september 14. cornell barnard, abc 7 news. dion: on abc 7 news this morning, abc 7 news insider film until sized up the campaigns and how the two leading candidates are trying to win over voters. >> larry elder and the 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's trying to make it about that. in other words, larry elder is trying to make it about gavin newsom. gavin newsom is trying to make it about larry elder. and there he elder is exactly the candidate that gavin newsom wanted to run against, a very conservative republican as opposed to a moderate alternative to gavin newsom. dion: president biden is coming to california tomorrow, and he'll campaign for newsom in long beach. the top republican candidates have been focusing their campaigns on southern california, as well as the central valley. there he elder today held a news conference with rose mcgowan. mcgowan has accused first partnered for 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 assault, and she says in 2017, she called her and asked what the law firm could do to make her happy.

it's the same firm where the newsom's brother-in-law works. he is also the son of the firm's cofounder. >> you don't think she went home that night after first making contact with me and talking to her husband? and her brother-in-law is the partner's son, that makes him the brother-in-law of gavin newsom. they're all in it together. dion: we reached out to the governor's team and neither responded. a spokesperson told newsweek that the allegations were "a complete evocation." and we do have in-depth coverage of the candidates, the issue, and the recall process as a whole, everything you need to know about the race to replace governor newsom is that our website, abc7news.com, under the future section. moving on now, abc 7 is committed to building a better bay area, and that includes covering issues about your health. abc 7 news reporter elvin lopez tells us about the big debate over president biden's vaccine mandate. elwyn: the fda with a new

warning as pediatric cases continue to rise. more than 50,000 schoolchildren were denied with covid-19, the agency urging parents not to seek out a vaccine for children under 12 because they are not eligible, saying children are not small adults. >> we don't know the right dosing for kids under 12. we haven't seen the data. so we really want to let the data drive this process. elwyn: the country seeing no fewer than one hundred thousand cases every day the past four weeks, hospitals feeling the strain, icus in seven states close to running out of beds, kentucky now calling in more than 300 national guard members to help with the surge. >> we're already at my capacity. we're already stretched so thin. elwyn: health experts continue to say this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. >> those who are unvaccinated were 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 businesses with more than 100 employees to either require vaccinations or offer weekly testing. >> we're going to protect the exit workers from unvaccinated coworkers. elwyn: the u.s. surgeon general defending the mandate. >> if we want our economy to come back, if we want schools to stay in session, we've got to make sure workplaces and learning environments are safe. elwyn: but there is pushback. >> is also fundamentally unfair to have somebody 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, atlanta. dion: if you have questions about the covid-19 vaccine, you can always ask the abc 7 news vaccine team. just had to abc7news.com/vaccine and click on that big blue box. developing news now at of mendocino county, where a

wildfire is forcing evacuations this morning. the hopkins fire started this afternoon at about 12 matters -- 12 miles north of ukiah. it's near the community west of lake mendocino. there are reports of structures going up in flames. calfire says it has already burned 300 acres. new details onnnn 65% containment tonight, just under 219,000 acres have burned. today, a stretch of highway 50 from icehouse road to kuipers opened after being shut down for weeks. calfire says drivers will still see firefighters along the road mopping up the area. in the north bay, witnesses areb crediting to stop the wildfire. they found a man surrounded by several people. they told police the men lit something on fire, dropped to the ground, and is trying to fan

the flames. police arrested jc of santa rosa. firefighters contained the fire to a 400 square foot area of grass. a famous music festival in san francisco takes on a healthy note. just ahead, san francisco's health department gets in on the gig during today's bluegrass festival. and marking the fall equinox, will have a look at the traditional chinese celebration's triumphant return to san francisco's chinatown. drew: and a warm end to the weekend today, and that warming trend will continue tomorrow. will hav

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dion: in the east bay, a new police chief will have his first day on the job tomorrow. the previous chief of police in seaside in monterey. before that, he spent 26 years with fort worth, texas police department. is also president of the california police chiefs association. in the south bay, vta resumed a light rail service, running from bay point station to santa teresa. the agency is slowly adding service back after the deadly mass shooting at the railyard back in may. service on the green and orange lines resumed last month. those lines served allen rock,

and old iron size. the vta is also offering free fares on light rail trains through the end of the month. heads up drivers in the east bay, caltrans is claiming to do work on the kolkata tunnel, and that means one of the borders will be closing overnight. it will affect traffic heading westbound on highway 24 toward oakland. caltrans is closing 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. it was a duet today with hardly strictly bluegrass, teaming up with the san francisco department of public health. ♪ opera house, where the live performance took place outside and on the inside, people could get vaccinated or tested for covid. the idea for today's event came for organizers of the music festival. harley strickler bluegrass canceled in person shows at

golden gate park again and will go virtual. the first all civilian crew is about to be launched into earth's orbit. >> a new era of spaceflight has finally arrived. dion: just ahead, the tech mobile making it all happen and the everyday people he will take on the trip of a lifetime. and taking a live look at site, meteorologist drew tuma tells -- outside, meteorologist drew tuma tells us the weather is warming up. >> coming up in sports, a busy sunday, baseball and the return of the nfl. niners were roaring in detroit. highli

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dion: space exploration will reach new heights on wednesday when four civilians take off in a spacex rocket. it will be the first trip made up of entirely private space travelers, no astronauts. tech billionaire jared isaac meant is paying for the trip, and it includes a cancer survivor and a geoscientist. they have been training for six months. >> and the realization that it's setting in that this is real, i got the yes. and it's that life-changing yes moment, something that i have

wanted my entire life. dion: the rocket will launch from cape canaveral, and that trip is supposed to last for three days. can't wait to check it out. drew, its history in the making. drew: we were talking about this earlier, not my thing, the whole claustrophobic thing. i just can't do it. dion: you are so into space exploration. drew: from down here. not trying to get launched. tonight, you will find mainly clear skies, good viewing of the stars. marine layer is getting compressed as we speak. the fog is confined to the immediate closed -- coastline. here's sutro tower right now, a live look. from this vantage point, you can see we do have clear skies, little bit of haze in the atmosphere. but our air quality mainly in the good, if not slightly moderate category. numbers today, warmer compared to this time yesterday by as much as 10 degrees. you really inland, 90 in concore and livermore. earlier today, oakland hit upper

70's. we cooled off to 69 degrees right now, 81 in san jose, 60 in the city, still warm in the north bay, 82 currently. overnight tonight again, some cloud cover along the coastline, mainly clear skies for a lot of us the next 12 hours. we'll drop to the mid-to-upper 50's, 54 in the city, 57 in oakland, cool in the north bay, santa rosa down to 51. live doppler seven, what we're tracking is a quiet pattern across much of california. high-pressure off to the south and east is supplying that warmer weather inland today. and it'll stay that way tomorrow, as well, so temperatures will be slightly above average to start the new week. future trak temperatures by monday morning, 10:00 a.m., warming into the 60's and into the 70's. by lunchtime, starting to get warm inland. we're in the 80's. but tomorrow afternoon, many cities in then going into the 90's once again. a close look at highs on your

monday, 94 in antioch, 93 in concorde, 77 in oakland, so warm in the east bay, 87 in fremont, up to 60 in the city, 90 in napa as part of the north bay will be hot. up to about 75 degrees in santa cruz. we will find a bit of a breeze tomorrow afternoon. you can see by about 3:00 p.m. on our monday, we'll have winds out of the north league testing anywhere from 15-25 miles per hour. and what that will do is that it will bring some smoke into our atmosphere, so elevated smoke once again. we'll find changes to our air quality. here is near surface smoke forecast. once those winds kick up out of the north by about 3:00, we do know it's a little more smoke in our atmosphere. all in all, it should remain below unhealthy standards. as we head into monday, good to moderate, more areas in that moderate category. as we head into tuesday, some fresh air moves in here. by tuesday, most of us will be

in that good category. next seven days for you, what we'll find tomorrow is it's a warm day with the breeze in the afternoon. tuesday is the hottest day of the week. by wednesday, it is noticeably cooler out there with that cooling trend continuing into thursday and friday. by saturday, slight chance of a light speckle in the north bay in the morning -- sprinkle in the north bay in the morning. >> abc 7 river rock casino. >> the 49ers kicked off week one in detroit today. if there's a lesson to be learned in the game, it's never an over until you reach the final river -- never over until you reach the final whistle. first offensive play for san francisco, jimmy got the start, and fumbles the snap. detroit would recover. they would miss the field goal so it didn't cost them. here's trey lance out of the shotgun, his first career pass, a touchdown, 7-0 niners. late second quarter, 49ers up,

21-10, pick stuff former cal star jared goff. ways his way into the enzo and pick six, 31-10 49ers at recess. up top, huge game, those 79 yards to the house. jimmy g, 314 through the air, so 38-10 niners. what could go wrong? george kittle can't handle it. detroit recovers. they score another touchdown. it's a 41-33 game. niners need one more first down to close it out. samuel trying to get a first down, but he fumbles it and the lands recover, just over -- lyons recover, just over a minute remaining. last chance for the lions. and the blitz got there and the pass is incomplete. niners hang on, 41-33. >> there is a relaxation on the sideline, and some unfortunate

things didn't go our way. but at the end of the day, it's a win, and we're happy for that. >> take your foot off the gas, it's one of those lessons that didn't end up burning us in the end. >> the biggest thing they taught us to appreciate every single wind. at the end of day, a win is a win. >> baseball, giants and cubs, giants looking for a perfect six-game road trip, extending their winning streak to seven. there is wilmer flores, ties a career-high 18 homer, 5-2 san francisco. logan webb cruising along in the fifth, fly ball to right-center, austin slater and kris bryant both going for it. they collide and the ball drops. that helped keep the cubs in the game. webb would be pulled in the seventh inning but tyler rogers picks up his guy, bases-loaded and a strikeout. they maintain a 2.5 lead over the dodgers in the nl west. a's and rangers, open try to

keep pace for the second wild-card spot. james kaprielian in a jam. one-run scores, chad pinder trying to get the second runner. and he's safe. looks like yan gomes tagged him. the call would stand, 2-0 texas. bottom of the sixth, a's down 4-1, matt olson, to run shot off the second deck. he's tied for fifth in the american league, a's within a run. bottom eight, time run on base for oakland, elvis andrus into a double play. the a's threaten again and they fall, 4-3, dropping three games back of the second wild-card. the u.s. open men's final, brad pitt and bradley cooper, novak djokovic going for a calendar grand slam, but dropped the first set to daniil medvedev. far court, rest net. -- rushed the net. look at medvedev. fired up brad pitt. looked a little tense there.

third set, djokovic trying a drop shot. but medvedev, what a winter that was. novak changes his shirt, but that wouldn't change his luck. medvedev wins his first major in straight sets, so djokovic, roger federer, rough and adele each tied at 20 major victories. sports on abc 7 sponsored by river rock casino. back to the niners, i went on my elevator in a five-minute span, niners were up huge. i get on the radio, everything changed. what happened? it really happened like that. dion: is your sports betting ok still? >> i don't bet on sports. my fantasy team is doing ok. dion: 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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dion: coming up tonight, an investigation underway in san rafael after police say a man and a pro-recall rally was attacked. and a protest today calling for more assistance for afghani refugees. a step some counties are also taking this week to push for more funding. that's all coming up tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00. finally now, a cultural festival that embodies the spirit of gratitude and family unity is also a sign of strength and resiliency this year. ♪

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