kristen: rules could speed up recovery in san francisco. dan: bart sees record-breaking numbers as more people return to public transit. kristen:. high fire danger pg&e shut off power to customers with a red flag warning in effect. >> building a better eric -- better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. kristen: good evening. dan: you are watching abc 7 news live on abc 7, who live, and wherever you stream. we will begin with several major covid-19 headlines. pfizer says early results of its vaccine trial for kids ages five to 11 indicate the vaccine is safe and establishes a strong antibody response. it is a smaller dose than what is given to people 12 and older. according to the cdc, california has the lowest seven-day case

rate per 100,000 people anywhere in the united states. it is an average of 110 new cases. the country's overall rate is about 300 new cases. you can see why that is encouraging. the white house plans to ease international travel restrictions in november. foreign nationals must show proof of vaccination, plus day negative test in order to enter the country. san francisco expects to see a boost from this. abc 7 news reporter is live with the impact of the city's recovering timeline. reporter: leisure and business travelers make up around 60% of the city's tourism industry. . the economic boost from these relaxed restrictions will be crucial to san francisco's recovery. as far as how soon, ex-pence product we could see some impacts by mid-january. grab your passports. vaccination cards. and a nonstop ticket straight to san francisco. that is what travelers across the world will soon be able to

do as the white house announced it will be lifting international travel restrictions by early november. >> we are very excited about it. it is a really important step forward, and hopefully the beginning of our recovery for international visitors into san francisco. reporter: joe d'alessandro is the president and ceo of sf travel. he expects the impacts over the next year will be significant, given prior to the pandemic, international visitors accounted for 63% of the city's total tourism spending in 2019. >> that is a lot. it is the largest percentage of any major city in the u.s. these visitors are coming as tourists, also to attend meetings and doing business travel. reporter: he expects a big portion of that to return as restrictions are lifted and 33 countries across the globe, which include the u.k., france, and germany. the top three international markets coming into san francisco. >> when we have more visitors coming in, especially from the u.k. and from europe, the eu, that means more of our employees can come back to work.

it means more of the businesses surrounding the hotels will be benefited as well. reporter: kevin carroll is the president of the hotel council of san francisco. he says the city's hotel occupancy rate is struggling at 30% to 35%, but normally it is around 85%. he is hopeful the added foot traffic will give the industry a needed boost, as international visitors tend to stay longer and spend more. >> we need that to be able to move forward and to reach what we would consider a full recovery. >> in order for a full recovery, carol says conventions, business leisure, and international travel, need to be back in full slowing -- full swing. how far away do you think we are from a? >> three years from that, at least. could potentially be four years from now before we have that. reporter: carol added we will see san francisco back in full swing periodically during peak travel seasons and busy weekends like fleet week coming up. the international travel restrictions being lifted will certainly speed up the process.

as he put it, we have a ways to go starting with the return of business travel and conventions. live in the newsroom, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. dan: on that subject, how many have gone virtual this year? do you know what the expectation is for next year? ama: two of the five convention -- two of the five conventions this october and november of this year are going virtual. the good news is sf travel tells us they have 30 conventions tentatively scheduled for next year already. which is pretty impressive given on a normal year, there is usually around 40. we certainly hope it stays that way. dan: let's hope. thanks. as steph mentioned, dream force begins tomorrow at moscow knee center. the annual conference put on by salesforce draws 170,000 people, but this year, salesforce says the in-person events are invitation-only because of covid protocols. everyone else will be able to watch it online. ama: in south bay, the first day

of a news vaccine mandate organized by -- how do businesses feel about this and could it be the start of more mandates in the city? dustin dorsey digs in -- dug into found -- dug into find out. reporter: you would rather be safe than sorry. with more than 80% of the eligible population fully vaccinated, san jose mayor sam liccardo says the city took what he calls another step toward keeping people safe at any indoor event with 50 or more people at city-owned locations, proof of covid-19 vaccine will be required. >> we want our residents to enjoy going to shows and shark against. it is important for them to have fun and feel confident they will be safe. this is one more step we can take to reduce the risk. >> this mandate includes museums, theaters, and sports arenas. there are several events coming up that will be impacted. when hamilton comes to the san jose center for the performing

arts in october, or when the san jose sharks host their first preseason game in a few weeks, guests will be fully vaccinated. negative covid test no longer applies. after a year that saw limited or no capacity, bill schroer with history park thinks this is a good idea for everyone. >> we want to keep things open. nonprofits in theaters and so far have had a hard time in the past year or so. if we can figure out the best way to operate, get people back, and keep people safe, it makes sense. reporter: we asked the mayor of san jose may follow in the path of san francisco and require. . a vaccine proof across the board. he says given the city's current positive outlook, that is not the plan. but they will always do what is best for safety. >> i feel there is urgency in this -- there is no urgency to impose additional mandates. if there is a new variant that causes significant spike, we will have to take a close look at everything. everything is on the table to keep our communities safe. reporter: better safe than sorry.

in san jose, dustin dorsey, abc 7 news. dan: speaking of safe and sorry, let's turn to the weather. parts of the bay area under a red flag running until 8:00 p.m. tonight. ama: andy patel -- sandia patel joins us with more. sandhya: we are talking about the red flag warning for strong, gusty winds. it is for the funnies by hills. . also firmly comes along to counties. the rest of you, until 8:00 p.m. tonight. the winds are between 30 to 40 or higher, as far as the criteria. low humidity's. any fires that breakout will rapidly spread, given how severe our drought is, and little rain fell over the weekend. . that does not help much. knoxville, 23 miles an hour. the winds were stronger during the overnight hours and earlier this morning. look at the community values. atlas peak, 15%. 13% in knoxville. that is what is concerning. and will be back with an hour-by-hour look at the rest of the forecast coming. ama: thank you so much.

pg&e is restoring power to people in the north bay. the latest public safety power shut off affected fewer neighborhoods than originally expected. laura anthony is live near vacaville and solano county, one of the areas that was impacted. reporter: that's right. within the last 45 minutes, pg&e said they have begun the process of restoring power to at least some of these neighborhoods. here and solano county, there were about 100 households that lost power. they were in some of the same neighborhoods, the same people who lost their homes in wildfires last year. for ben upton and his wife, having to go without power for a few hours, maybe even a few days, is just the latest challenge. >> i went off at 6:00 a.m. this morning, and they said it is supposed to be on in two hours. but they said they have to check the lines and that will take

until 10:00 tonight. >> evidence live in a rural part of solano county are the home speed the hills. with acts of open space in between. >> this is where our original house used to be. reporter: a place where they and dozens of others lost their homes last year in fires with names like ellen you complex and hennessey. >> i was asleep. we just barely got out and they closed the road. the fire came down the valley. came over the hill. we just had time to get out with our two cars and one motorcycle. we couldn't get any of our animals because they panicked and ran. this is our trailer out here. reporter: now there is a trailer where the upton's once had a house. and thanks to public safety power shut off not far from the trailer, a generator, just down the road from the upton's, a crew has cleared away a big tree too close to power lines. and the late september wind that whipped through the dry trees and brush is a continual

reminder that living out here with all of its allure also means living with a certain amount of danger. given what he has been through, upton does not mind the inconvenience. of a brief power outage. >> i think it is a good precaution. it seems like a lot of the fires have been started by powerlines, when the winds are blowing, and knocking them down by tree limbs. i'm ok with it. reporter: we are back live. it is still a little windy. from our vantage point, it seems the higher guests have gone by the wayside. pg&e said the severe weather has moved past this area. so they have begun this process of restoring power. we have to remember, it is a process. first they have to inspect the lines. then they have to do any repairs that may be necessary. then, they can restore the power, we checked with ben upton a short time ago, and he said yes, his power is back on. in solano county, laura anthony,

abc 7 news. ama: thank you so much. power has finally been restored to a majority of east bay pg&e customers. a little bit of rain on sunday because they headache for residents in west contra costa county. 28,000 customers were in the dark. here is how pg&e explained what happened to powerlines. >> it turns out dustin salt and everything that has been accumulating on the lines into a mud mixture, which conducts electricity and causes an outage. ama: richmond's mayor said he heard from frustrated business owners who lost money and residents who rely on electricity to power medical equipment. dan: what -- ghosting is not just an unwelcome dating trend. ama: it happening in the restaurant world. how the businesses are being impacted. >> national park entry rules are changing. changing. i michael people were afraid i was contagious. i felt gross. it was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. four years clear. real people with psoriasis look and feel better

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dan: a major expansion for a hospital where countless young lives have been saved. held at ucsf children's hospital in oakland for its newly expanded pediatric intensive care unit. it's four times the size of the previous facility, and it has all of the modern technology and medical equipment needed to care for young patients. ama: barta says ridership this weekend set pandemic era records. more than 80,000 people took trains on saturday, representing about half of what ridership looked like on a saturday before the pandemic. there were more than 54,000 writers, also half of normal. officials recorded 112,000 trips on friday, about 26% of normal reach -- of normal. dan: while transit ridership is increasing, air travel has slowed. there is certainly some deals to be had. ama: michael finney is here with

that story and more consumer headlines. reporter: the travel industry is not bouncing back as expected. airfare deals are out there, especially if you know where to look. two fares highlighted today by the scott's cheap flights website are round-trip from san francisco to boston for $133, or lax to washington, d.c. for $121. business travel is not back to normal. it is off by more than half. the delta variant has slowed leisure travel even more. now is a great time to book if you feel safe to get the best deals. focus on major cities. that is where business travelers would have been headed. as jet travel slowed, camping and rv travel exploded. national -- national bards are breaking attendance records, more than one million visitors went through yellowstone in july. there were so many people heading to yosemite, you needed a reservation just to enter the park.

it was a way of protecting the environment from overflow crowd. yosemite will end the reservation requirement for entry after september 30. heavier than usual crowds are expected to getting a campsite or hotel room. that will remain tough. who have homes -- i should say, those who have homes damaged by the wildfires are being reminded to be careful who they hire for cleanup and rebuilding. the contractors say license board says beware of unlicensed and remember, pay no more than $1000 or 10% of the cost of the job up front, whichever is less. those who live in or near the fire zones got some good news today from insurance commissioner ricardo lara. he has ordered insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage for those areas affected by the northern california wildfires. the protected zip codes have been listed on the state's website. you can check them out there.

you don't have to be in the fire zone. you have to be in the zip code that has been attributed to the fire zone. they could help a lot of people. dan: sounds like it or thank you very much. ama: now to an unwelcome trend in the dating world which is seeping into the restaurant hiring process. it is called ghosting. bay area restaurant owners tell us they are seeing interviewees or recent hires disappear without a trace. reporter: as san francisco's prepares to reopen post-pandemic, we caught up with owner stacy jed on the road with her dog, shopping for restaurant supplies. >> so far, we have hired back probably half the team members we need. one thing we have noticed in the interview process is a lot of ghosting. reporter: ghosting, a, term reserved for dating where someone ends all communication without warning or explanation. she says she has been ghosted repeatedly recently in the interview process from entry-level positions, all the way up to management. >> maybe he is out of town.

maybe something happened to them. no. reporter: she says it could be someone she sourced from indeed or craigslist. the only time she does not see it happening is if it has been a recommendation by someone she knows. >> may be the realization of going back to work is a little overwhelming. maybe they are looking at multiple opportunities, and as soon as they find one, they start right away and they discard anyone else they have been talking to. it is happening more often. it is impacting us pretty substantially. reporter: cop part right is chief operating officer of a portfolio of five restaurants. he says ghosting is nothing new. >> employees will get a different job, get a job down the street that might pay more money, and blowoff, unfortunately. reporter: to kind of availability contributes to moving around, much like dating. >> ghosting feels like a maybe. perhaps they will come back. or maybe they didn't get the message. at the end of the day, if they are interested, they would have gotten back to you right away. we will take that maybe as a no.

reporter: as loyalty lends itself to exclusivity, treating them please exceptionally well, may be the antidote to dip -- to ghosting. employers at this cafe both said they have escaped the trend i retaining the same team year after year. in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. dan: let's take you to the south bay where the community is celebrating the return of beavers to los gatos creek. and wildlife camera set up by the pup -- by the south bay queen creek's coalition shows two beavers and action, working as they do to build a dam. the coalition says beavers have been scarce for nearly 140 years. the fact that they are returning now is a sign the waterway is healthy. >> the community has rallied around our creeks, and we are coming up on close to one million pounds of trash removed. this is something the community has said, this is important to us. these are the results of all of that hard work. dan: volunteers spotted the

beavers after they completed this mural near los gatos creek as part of a beautification project. ama: let's take a live look outside. . it has been a warm start to the week. ant -- sandia

that's a good taco. dude. it's a sandwich. [beep beep] it's a sandwich! it's a taco! ugh, not another taco guy. the new crispy chicken sandwich taco from taco bell. [bong!] dan: sounds like it is going to heat up again. ama: just in time for fall. here is sandhya patel. sandhya: this is summer for the coast and san francisco. today, it was noticeable. let me show you those temperatures as we are closing out summer. 18 degrees warmer in half moon bay. 15 degrees warmer in the city and hayward. as you look at a life picture from our santa cruz camera, it is a pretty beach day. blue skies out there. the numbers, 86, santa rosa. low 90's from fairfield, to concord. as we look at another life picture from our suture tower camera, lots of sunshine in san francisco. 76 right now. the fault -- the fall harvest

moon is rising at 7:29 tonight. upper 80's from morgan hill to san jose. pretty much everybody between the 70's to 90's. look at this. nice to have good air quality for most of the bay area today. that is going to be changing. we will start to see some smoke and haze coming in from the south. tomorrow morning, you might notice it is hazy here. that trend carries into tomorrow evening. an air alert has been issued for tuesday. poor air quality in the ease bay -- east bay. moderate quality for the rest of the bay area. a combination of the heat and smoke will lead to deteriorating conditions. high-pressure overhead. this is our fall pattern. that is what brought us the warmth today. we will do it again tomorrow. 8:00 a.m., you will start out tomorrow. it is already feeling hot inland along the coast. for the afternoon, you are already around 2:00. live look from our golden gate

bridge camera, barely a breeze. it is breezy in the hills. that is where it will remain tonight. clear and mild in the morning. much cooler weather coming your way for the weekend. tomorrow morning, clear skies, temperatures in the 50's and 60's as we head into the afternoon. santa fe numbers come in mid 90's for morgan hill to gilroy. it will get cooking there. 90 in the south bay and sunnyvale on the peninsula. 89, mountain bill. the coast, in the upper 70's. downtown san francisco, 84 degrees. it will be warm in daly city. north bay terrace, primarily in the 90's. other than sausalito, bodega bay. east bay, 86 in oakland. places like fairfield, livermore, 97 in pleasanton. the accuweather 7 day forecast, warm to hot tomorrow. fall begins wednesday afternoon. temperatures will begin to fall but not for long. another round of gusty winds coming thursday.

cut will take those temperatures up. look at the weekend. much cooler. we will be going down into the 80's inland. 60's cosine. ama: quite the change. dan: a musical gift to frontline medical workers in berkeley. ama: t

dan: music with a message in the east bay. ♪ violinists from the burkland -- berkeley symphony performed in down -- in town. symphony officials say the performance was their way to welcome kaiser and think health care workers for all they've done. >> we believe that music has healing qualities and we love having the opportunity of bringing music into the community. dan:dan: kaiser opened the facility in may. what a nice thing to do. ama: certainly great. dan: brownies tonight is next. we appreciate your time. ama: for all of us here, thank you for joining us tonight.

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tonight, the major news on vaccines and children. pfizer now says its shot is safe and effective. this would be for children 5 to 11. pfizer will now request fda emergency use authorization. how soon could children be getting the shot? and an important difference between this pfizer shot and the one given to adults. what you should know. dr. jha standing by. also, that major news expected this week on boosters for adults in this country. starting with 65 and older and americans who are at high risk fo severe disease. we'll ask what to expect on that front, as well. also tonight, new developments in the disappearance of gabby petito. authorities believe they have found her body. where they made the discovery. tonight, the fbi raiding boyfriend brian laundrie's family home. he vanished after being labeled a person ote