>> the deadline is here. every health worker in the state must be vaccinated or risk losing their job. the fully automated and free covid testing kiosk. we will show you how it works. >> i am in alameda county where chefs believe they have made the largest pot bust in bay area history. >> and the mystery defense intoo what killed a hiker and their dog. >> finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> for tens of thousands of california health care workers, it is vaccine mandate day. get the shot or risk losing your job. >> you're watching abc 7 news at 5:00.

the mandate has comte has of thousands of health care workers to get their shot but for some, that is not an option. kate larsen is part of our vaccine team. she is live with more on today's big deadline. kate: there is very high compliance with the vaccine mandate among bay area health care providers but there are still some health-care workers who feel they can't get the vaccine and may not have a paycheck until they do. >> this is between a rock and a hard place. >> her employer placed on an unpaid leave of absence. >> i sacrificed time with my family. i sacrificed my own health during the pandemic. i just want to have the opportunity to continue to do that. >> today is the deadline for the

covid vaccine deadline for health-care workers but megan has a medical exemption note signed by a doctor which she says is just while she -fds herfo psi cdc recommends td vaccine. >> are you planning to get the vaccine once you are done breast-feeding? >> yes. >> they can continue working while testing for covid twice weekly. while they can't discuss personnel matters, the health care system, neighboring hospitals and many other organizations are protecting patients and each other by requiring all employees be vaccinated against covid-19. this decision is deeply rooted in science, law and a desire to uphold responsibility to the community we serve. >> isaac it is reasonable for the hospital to go beyond the health order to protect the safety of their patients and

other health professionals. >> janet is a professor with this -- she is not overly worried about the impact of the vaccine mandate on bay area health systems. >> think the strain is much less then in those parts of the countries where we are seeing larger percentages of health care workers resisting vaccine mandates. >> i checked in with all the major health care providers in the bay area and you can see vaccination and compliance rates for kaiser the 90th percentile. very high compliance for all the providers in the bay area. >> at this point, what happens to the health care workers who are not in compliance with this mandate? >> it is an important question. employees who are not fully vaccinated or who don't have an approved accommodation will be placed on unpaid administrative

leave starting tomorrow. employees remain out of compliance. kaiser says by december 1, they don't plan on creating any separations or terminations just yet. >> uniteeir jobs for not complying with the company vaccine mandate. on tuesday, united said 600 workers would lose their jobs but more employees have provided proof of vaccination. that means 99.5% of the u.s. employees have chosen to get vaccinated. >> a new covid testing site in the north bay is getting some double takes to ensure it is an automated walk-up kiosk in the middle of nevada. it is already highlighting the need for increased testing. >> at first it is hard to tell what it is. a purple metal something on nevada possibility 7th street.

he jokes his free covid 19ree c9 testing kiosk has gotten lots of stairs and many think use. >> it is a quick and simple process. should only take at at most 10 minutes. >> the walk-up kiosk is semi automated, totally contactless and free. >> it is a simple process. it is a self-administered no swab. you don't need an appointment. >> a clinician was son oliver through the process. >> this this this t it is wonderful. fast, easy. >> alex alexander -- eric alexander did not have an appointment but he needed a test. >> we were afraid that my wife might be having a breakout. >> the goal was 50 tests per

day. they have since doubled that, highlighting the need for covid testing. courts while our vaccination rates are higher than most counties, they are still very much in need for covid-19 testing. we still need to identify where the active infections are occurring in our community. >> the kiosk is a partnership here. or pop-up sites are planned for other parts of the bay area. >> people are being safe and getting tested. >> step right up. >> a work stoppage at northern california kaiser has created issues with garbage pickup at some hospitals. anonymous images shared with abc 7 show the waste situation at the open hospital three days ago. kaiser confirms with waste pickup earlier this week that when union waste management employees did not cross the pickup line. -- picket line.

they are on strike for wage increases. a statement from kaiser's president says we are offering a reasonable wage increase and no takeaways but the union is demanding much more. >> in what they are calling the largest pot bust in bay area history, more than 37 tons of plants, tens of millions of dollars of product have been seized in multiple grades that have spanned across the city. laura anthony went inside one of these illegal grow rooms, a warehouse in san leandro. >> so many marijuana plants, thousands of them in so many rooms of a warehouse here. this is just one of 18 similar warehouses in four cities, including oakland, hayward and castro valley fostered by alameda county sheriff's in recent days. >> we also seized upwards of close to $10 million in cash

assets. we also have seized 12,000 pounds processed, product ready to be distributed out into the community. we are somewhere in the neighborhood of about $40 million. >> shares say there are as many as half billion plants in all. >> there there into these rooms. the filter is filtering the air going out. quite the entire operation is supported by an elaborate infrastructure, air filters, illegal wiring, generators, water and fertilizers that are toxic. >> they are basically circumventing the legalized system to be involved in the cannabis industry and they are doing this trickery for profit. >> all of this narrow one is being grown on legally -- illegally and it is being untaxed and unregulated.

face a host of state and federal charges including drug, weapons, money laundering and tax evasion. more arrests are inspected. quick three inmates at san quentin prison were taken to the hospital after a fight in a recreation yard this money. the prison spoke person says it involves six inmates and started around 10:00 a.m.. there is at least one at the scene. so far, no word on the condition of the three injured roommates. new developments tonight in the mysterious death of a northern california family. jonathan, his wife ellen, their one-year-old daughter and their dog were found on a remote hiking trail in mid-august. it was widely speculated that a toxic algae bloom may have played a role but that has not been ruled out. the show's office has also ruled

out drugs, suicide, lightning or cyanide exposure. detectives say they are working closely with the fbi and other specialists. >> a group of protesters are shutting down traffic on the golden gate bridge. it was a real mess, demanding federal legislators create a pathway to citizenship for people who are illegally living in the country. it all started when immigrant rights activists blocks northbound traffic for about 45 minutes. the chp end up arresting five of the protesters. during the protest, immigration activists called on democrats to include immigration reform for the infra structure package. >> this is the only way we are going to be heard. you done everything. we have followed the rules, no one is listening to us. >> the same group that led the protests on the bridge continued to rally when they accused the government of benefiting from the exploitation of undocumented workers. >> it is like and who were

without a driver. the two companies that were given permission to offer rides in autonomous vehicles. >> how scientists find starving differences of the quality of our air from one block to the next. working at recology is more than a job for jesus. it's a family tradition. jesus took over his dad's roue when he retired after 47 year. now he's showing a new generation what recology is all about. as an employee-owned company, recology provides good-paying local jobs for san franciscans.

we're proud to have built the city's recycling system from the ground up, helping to make san francisco the greenest big city in america. let's keep making a differene together.

>> state leaders discuss the current drought conditions as we enter a possible third winter of the drought. governor newsom signed a $5.2 billion bill to provide drought relief and expand water resiliency over time. the state of california is experiencing similar drought conditions compared to the driest years in history. they have provided programs to provide access to clean drinking water for disadvantaged communities. >> abc 7 is committed to building a better bay area. we are committed to highlighting issues affecting marginalized

communities. this week we are launching the equity report, a data-driven tool that measures equity in five critical categories, housing, health, education, policing and the environment. the tool found disturbing differences in the quality of air we breathe and the impacts on our health. julian glover is on the story. air quality and the amount of pollution we are breathing in can really differ. that is surprising block by block. >> it is so fascinating. it is a reality that is not always captured when we pull out our smartphones. the equity report found that black and latino communities have worse health outcomes from breathing and some of that bad air. how bad is it? you can't change what you can't measure so san francisco -- a company in san francisco set out to change that. to better understand the differences in the quality of air we breathe, this company was

contracted to map the differences in air-quality block by block. >> they can have different air quality that differs by a factor of eight. there are multiple air pollution sensors that are housed in the back of the vehicle together hyper local -- hyper local readings. >> this is generated by tens of thousands of trips, showing the concentration of air pollutants like black carbon spewed from heavy-duty trucks crisscrossing west oakland streets. that deep purple is closer to the port. >> that means that diesel emissions that are major contributors to the pollution of places like west oakland are sequestered closer to the 880 corridor. >> the hope is that these block by block air-quality maps will

lead to solutions. it is a process required by law. it requires the california air resources board to work with regional regulators like the aie the west oakland environmental indicators and miss margaret to implement fixes. the ideas coming directly from the people. >> the game changer is that you have data from from from fro from the air. you get the challenge land use, proximity, if your business gets the upgrade. you redirect this truck traffic here. those kinds of things we never had before. >> that is one of the key targets of this airplane. -- plan. paving the way for a 2030 where each block would be equally clean air.

oakland to become leaner and greener. >> how does the port get to zero emissions? what might be the biggest challenges to accomplishing that? >> this is just a portion of a full 10 minute special report you can stream on the abc 7 bay area connected tv app. you will hear from the port of oakland about what they are doing to cut down on some of those diesel emissions, clean up the air in west oakland and you will hear from oakland activists and some leaders who say it is time to rethink or revisit that truck band that has been in place for 70 years. >> you mentioned that being lifted as a possible solution. how common are truck bands like this on major interstates? >> i spoke with -- i spoke with a spokeswoman of the federal highway administration that said commercial trucks are being banned from interstates.

it is very rare. we are talking about fewer than 12 and the entire country. trucks have driven on 580 in the past. it happened only temporarily. trucks were -- this is not exactly out of the question. for now, reporting live, julian glover, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> grabbed her phone right now. we will be tracking this with the equity report. you can see more on our america abc.com or use your phone to scan the equity report qr code on the screen right now. there you can find specific data from the 100 largest cities in america. >> we are a step closer to ordering a ride in a driverless vehicle. this will allow crews and women to charge for rides in their autonomous vehicles. way mode is offered --

authorized to operate here. they still need final approval from the california public utilities commission before offering rise to the general public. in the south bay, a high school student is helping save the lives of premature babies in rural india. this is a 17-year-old senior. when she was younger she came up with the impact incubator as an eighth grade science fair project. she went on to create a nonprofit that manufactures the low-cost reasonable incubators. so far she has disturbed it 125 of them to people in rural india. >> when i got i got i him he was like your incubators saved a life. i was in shock. that is crazy. >> she hopes to expand her reach throughout india and into other countries like bangladesh by the end of the year.

>> that is impressive. next, hawaii's famous volcano has started rubbing. scientists have started looking at

>> the kilauea volcano is a rubbing on hawaii's big island. this lava fountain reaches the height of the five-story building. the alert level has been raised to warning and the iffy asian code changed to read. >> five stories? >> time for a check on the weather. >> sandy is here as we get close to the weekend. >> the weather looks fantastic. i want to show you what it looks like right now from our east bay hills camera. we will pan around to show you how beautiful it is. right now we have good air quality across the entire bay area. i hope you have a chance to get out and enjoy this fine

air-quality weather. the next few days, it will go into moderate road. -- mode. the winds have definitely died down. look at the last 25 hours. knoxville creek, 37. fortunately the red flag warning was dropped earlier today but it is that time of year when you just need to remain aware. wind out of the northeast gusting to about 14. the same wind direction is what fund our temperatures up a good half-dozen to a dozen degrees warmer in most areas. a good day to be on the beach in santa cruz. 73 in the city. oakland is at 80. mid 80's in san jose, morgan hill. definitely a warmer day, you felted at the coast. san francisco getting into the 80's. blue skies as you look at the golden gate bridge. upper 80's from santa rosa to

here. concord is at 80 degrees. live doppler 7 showing you no rain. fog is setting off the coast line and it will go toward us. the view from our south beach camera is looking toward the bay. fog returns to the coast. culture at the beaches. warm to hot weather for most of you. hour-by-hour forecast, you see that fog filling back in along the coast. higher clouds overhead. it will still be harmless in terms of the high clouds. a nice-looking day. cooler at our beaches. temperatures in the 50's and 60's. tomorrow afternoon you're looking at a warm one in land. we are still in the upper 80's to low 90's. 79 in oakland, 87 in santa rosa. 68 in half moon bay. sase. that rain chance, i want to show you what will happen next week. e models have been pushing out

the possibility until now. this model is showing friday and saturday with the possibility of snow in the sierra. the other model is a lot drier. it is that time of year when things are not so clear. we have october heat for the weekend. mid 90's in land. 60's and 70's co-side. tuesday, wednesday and thursday of next week, we will see a sharp drop in this temperatures. >> ready for that. thank yo

>> finally, david louis is emceeing an event celebrating chinese-american world war ii veterans. >> former service members and their families are being awarded the congressional gold medal. that is the highest honor congress can give. and honors the over 18,000 chinese-americans who served in world war ii. >> well-deserved recognition. world news tonight with dave in

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tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. the last-minute negotiating right now. will the house vote tonight on that bipartisan infrastructure bill? president biden in the oval office late today. congress has averted a government shutdown. but of course, now the question, will this infrastructure vote happen? roads, bridges, broadband. house speaker nancy pelosi working the phones with progressives who are demanding movement on the much larger $3.5 trillion human infrastructure bill. health care, child care, early education and fighting climate change. tonight, moderate democratic senator joe manchin and the price tag he now says he'll accept. can they come up with a framework that they all agree on so that they can then pass t