face for not wearing masks indoors. plus, she's america's newest golden girl and she's right from here in the bay area. >> i love everything on university av. i could spend all my time on that street. >>d medalist val arie allman. >> we'll go live to tokyo as we're heading down the final stretch of these summer games. the news at 4 starts right now. thanks so much for joining us on this special olympics edition of nbc bay area news. i'm janell wang. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. we're going to take you live to tokyo in just a few minutes. but let's start with this. they are aware of it, but they won't follow it. danville bowl in contra costa county says it will not enforce the new indoor mask mandate saying that customers can make their own choice. is it a business prerogative or a tone-deaf decision in a county where covid cases are spiking?

nbc bay area's sharon katsuda joins us. the positivity rate in contra costa is 8%. what do the owners have to say about that? >> reporter: you know, the owner's son runs danville. and check it out. people are still coming here with this decision. you can take a look. most of the people, the patrons, are not wearing their masks. some have chosen to continue wearing their masks. and the son's owner -- the owner's son tells me that he's getting a lot of community support on his decision not requiring people to wear their mask when coming here to bowl. the contra costa county health department is hoping people will stay in the lanes and follow the indoor mask mandate reinstated this week due to the rise in covid cases. the danville bowl says customers here will have a choice. and it will not enforce the mask

mandate. >> my mask is right here and not on the table. >> reporter: it seems community members are mixed on the bowling alley decision. they definitely share their frustration over the changing covid restrictions we've all experienced the past year and a half. >> i think it's his choice and it's my choice whether or not to go in. i mean, it comes down to personal freedom and personal responsibility. so i understand like this has put businesses in a crunch. >> scientists and doctors and you know, the intelligent community tells us. you know, so we're just following along and seeing what methods are going to work. >> reporter: while everyone we talked to said they'll follow the mandate to wear masks indoors, many danville bowl patrons came out to back the business that says it's not following the order. the contra costa county district attorney's office says businesses can be fined if they don't follow the mask mandate and vingz can even be fined not wearing a mask indoors at a business such as danville bowl even though the business says it's a customer's choice.

and individuals can be fined $100 for the first offense. businesses can be fined $250 for the first ere. and you can see that people are still bowling here. someone told me that they will take those fines, they don't care, they're just happy to have the choice whether to wear a mask or not. the d.a.'s office also tells me that it's not necessarily the sheriff's department or police that need to hand out these citations, it can also be someone from the health department coming over to a business to hand out those citations. reporting live in danville, i'm sharon katsuda, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, sharon. now, with covid cases on the rise a number of south bay leaders and local clinics announced a new campaign to try and increase the number of people fully vaccinated. county leaders say they are trying to jumpstart the vaccination program in hopes of getting at least 80% of all south bay residents to roll up their sleeves. the new push comes as santa

clara county announced its seven-day case rate has bounced back up from the low 20s to 225 today. now, for some people in the community the 80% target seems a bit low, particularly because the current vaccination rate is about 78% and the goal was 85%. >> the 85% was a target that we'd set before we knew about so many of these variants. >> among the changes being made as part of the new vaccine push, many south bay clinics will now allow walk-ins, meaning you don't have to have an appointment to get your shot. the white house and fda criticizing a san francisco hospital's new vaccination policy. as reported yesterday, zuckerberg general hospital is offering the supplemental pfizer or moderna shot to anyone who received the single dose johnson & johnson vaccine. today the fda has released a statement saying americans who have been fully vaccinated do not need a booster shot at this time. they also say using vaccines outside the approved scope is

not authorized under the emergency use authorization. the white house agrees but is acknowledging localities can make their own decisions. the press secretary says there's plenty of vaccine to go around. >> we will have enough supply to ensure if the fda decides that boosters are recommended for a portion of the population to provide those as well. >> the fda says it and other federal agencies are engaged in a science-based rigorous process to consider if or when a booster might be necessary. now the delta variant is driving up more demand for more covid testing sites throughout the bay area. and one testing provider says the last time they saw demand this high was last year right before the holidays. the company curative is teaming up with sfrils, alameda county, sonoma county and cities along the peninsula to set up free testing sites which include kiosks and some mobile vans. curative says it's tripling orders for new test kits. the company also switching some staff from giving vaccine shots to taking nasal swabs.

>> i'm not sure if anyone really expected such a surge to happen. i think it's safe to say we're in a surge and the testing demand has just gone through the roof. >> curative says it aims to get test results in between 24 to 48 hours. the testing sites are free for uninsured but if you do have insurance curative will bill your insurance company directly. now, as we get a new school year, what are the rules when it comes to positive cases in the classroom? the state just updated its guidance, which includes a modified quarantine. you can check out our story on our app by going to nbcbayarea.com/coronavirus. now to our ongoing coverage of the olympics. a live look at the cauldron in tokyo as there are just a handful of days remaining in these games. and these final few days of the olympic games are packed with action with tournaments heating up in baseball and basketball and big wins for the usa team on

track. nbc's liz mclaughlin is live in tokyo with all the heart-pounding action >> reporter: janelle, it's official, the two fastest team hurdlers in the world belong to team usa and they say what drives their speed is each other. >> mclaughlin on the inside! >> reporter: a record-breaking rivalry in the 400-meter hurdles. >> i know that every single time the two of us step on the track it's going to be something fast. >> reporter: pushing sydney mclaughlin to gold in the final steps. with u.s. teammate dalila muhammad close behind. >> the four times we competed we got four world records. so it's definitely iron sharpening iron. >> reporter: healthy competition pushing two americans to the top of the podium. two more medals for the u.s. in the men's 200. kenneth bed narric with silver and noah lyles finishing bronze. in men's pole vault a silver medal meant an olympic dream come true for christopher nelson.

>> i think i'm kind of starting to realize i actually did it. >> reporter: another silver for the u.s. after courtney friedrich guts it out in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase. off the track -- >> he struck him out! and team usa survives. >> reporter: -- the u.s. baseball team beats the dominican republic to stay in the running for a medal. and buckets for women's basketball. advancing to the semifinals in the team's quest for seven consecutive golds. in the skate park it's young faces dropping in to the new sport including california dweller sky brown, who rolled into a bronze for great britain. >> sticks the kick with indy. >> becoming the third 13-year-old to win a skateboarding medal. >> reporter: and more skateboarding action is coming up. we've got the men's park final. that's the last event in this olympics for its olympic debut. and i'm actually wearing the skateboarding jersey. you can see the bottom of it here. this is actually france's. and of course i'm wearing the u.s. to represent. but it's got lots of geometric

shapes here. it's norwegian artist or a dutch artist, pete perra who designed these and it's supposed to represent the landscapes of the countries that they represent. more skateboarding swag on deck. skateboarding deck of course. and we've got zion wright and himea reynolds that will be competing in this final park competition. they're both gold medal favorites. live in tokyo i'm liz mclaughlin, janelle, back to you. >> looking forward to that. thanks so much, liz. here's what to watch in prime time. also stanford's alix kleinman and april ross are going to take on switzerland in the semifinal. that's happening soon in about an hour, 5:00 right here on nbc bay area. then draymond green team usa take on australia. the winner goes to the gold medal match. you can watch that on peacock at 9:15. and finally stanford's maggie steffens leads the women's water polo team against russia. while the u.s. women's gymnastics team has been the

biggest story at the olympics for what they didn't do, what they did do and what they were able to accomplish and also the enlightenment they brought us. >> they've going from tokyo to the south bay. raj mathai joins us to explain. >> reporter: konichiwa from tokyo. team usa gymnastics now back in the united states. the next time we will see them in the bay area at least will be september 26th. this is pretty cool. it's one of those post-olympics gymnastics extravaganzas. these exhibitions they put on. simone biles, suni lee, all the members scheduled to appear. again, that's september 26th. we actually caught up behind the scenes with suni lee. 18 years old. she's coming home with the gold medal in the all-around individual. that's a big deal. we talked to her not only about her gymnastics but the impact she's having, especially in the asian-american community. >> i have a lot of people messaging me and telling me that i'm their inspiration and how much they look up to me. it just means the world to me that i can inspire people because obviously i look up to like simone and a lot of other people. so it means the world to me when

they come up to me and say that to me. >> reporter: from suni lee we turn our attention to valarie allman. that is pure gold. vala rie allman, the stanford alum, winning the gold in discus. she graduated from stanford. now she's back at stanford getting her master's degree. but hold on, she's taking a leave of absence because, you know, the olympic stuff. and the one thing she misses right now in the bay area, the crate vine restaurant. >> crate vine. i love the counter. love everything on university av. i live close to stanford and i could spend all my time all up and down that street. >> nice plug for the crate vine and counter. santa rosa scramble hold the cheese. we'll send it back to you. by the way, a must have at the olympics in tokyo, it's the fan. >> we need two of those. one in each hand. up next, spared from eviction.

the moratorium gets extended. but what about the money the state is using to help struggling renters? we're going to take a closer look at the issue. >> talk about getting hot under the collar. the pandemic canceled his trip to italy but the airline was still hanging on to the 10 grand he paid for the flight. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds. next. that was a really cool fan, raj. let's get you into that forecast. you can see for tomorrow morning we've got the fog back and some spotty drizzle. we'll take you through tomorrow. some wind and also smoke in the forecast. coming up in about six minutes.

president biden just extended the federal eviction moratorium until october and the state's moratorium expires at roughly the same time. so tens of thousands of people in the bay area who are behind on their rent only have about eight weeks to figure things out. now, the state did set aside more than 5 billion federal dollars to pay overdue rent, but only a fraction of that money has been spent. the question is why? nbc bay area's melissa colorado went to find some answers. >> the pandemic left me pretty much broke. unemployed. >> reporter: and now ken calberg of hayward is behind on his rent. after losing his job as a food server, calberg owes his landlord six months of overdue rent. he's not alone. according to an analysis by the non-profit cergo ventures, 15% of the households in alameda county, nearly 40,000 families,

are on the hook for unpaid rent. zblk there's a lot of us that put our hands out for some help and we just haven't heard anything back yet. >> reporter: kellberg is referring to california's $5.2 billion rent relief program, the largest in the country. the state is urging all low-income tenants to head to housingiskey.com where they can apply for the help. the state promises to pay eligible tenants all of their unpaid rent and even throw in additional money to pay for future rent. so what's the holdup? >> inevitably there are going to be bumps in the road and communication has been one of those bumps. >> reporter: someone dealing with those bumps, kellberg's landlord sxo says 8% of his te relief. >> unfortunately, nobody's hearing anything. so we don't know what the timing is. >> reporter: if you think ralph watkins is counting down the days until the eviction moratorium is up so he can kick

kellberg out in the fall, you're wrong. >> i'm not waiting for that. we're waiting to see how we can work through the process and get the tenant assistance program. >> reporter: according to the state's dashboard the program has shelled out $242 million to renters and landlords, with 1 billion now in the pipeline. but that's out of $5 billion. so there's still lots of money left to help californians pay their back rent. but the clock is ticking, with the biggest eviction moratoriums expiring now in less than two months. >> i sort of think of it as potentially our last great opportunity to stabilize families and communities before we see a potential eviction cliff. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the state's business consumer services and housing agency says they're doubling up case management staff to handle the influx of applications. what's more, the state has already streamlined the application process by requiring less paperwork from tenants. more than 100 community partners across the state are helping spread the word. rent relief is just a couple of

clicks away. apply before it's too late. >> we're all kind of scared right now. >> reporter: melissa area news. >> it is a tough situation to be in for sure. nbc bay area responds to a penins out $10,000 because an overseas airline failed to deliver on the refund it offered. >> so he asked consumer investigator chris chmura's team to get involved and of course you did. >> does italy sound good right about,000? >> oh, italy sounds phenomenal. >> yeah, exactly. before the pandemic charles in redwood city bought tickets from the german air carrier lufthansa. he paid 10,434 bucks to fly from sfo to italy. well, then the pandemic hit. charles says lufthansa cut its schedule including his flights. so he canceled his trip. and responded to a lufthansa e-mail offering a refund. here's the thing. charles only got back what he paid in taxes. $276. after eight months of back and forth over the remaining $10,000 he called us. we reached out to lufthansa.

a month later lufthansa credited the remaining $10,158 to charles's credit card. now, in a statement lufthansa hinted that he jumped the gun here and canceled the flight. lufthansa said it reimbursed charles anyway as a gesture of good will. now, there is a lesson here. make sure you don't act too early when an airline modifies your reservation, its schedule and your reservation. let them take the lead at first. then when they make changes immediately request a new flight that fits your schedule. or demand a full refund. you can do that. now, many people whose flights were canceled because of covid-19 did not get the option of a refund. they got airline vouchers. many of which are about to expire. right about now. we don't want that to happen to you. so we found a strategy to extend the life of those vouchers. we just made a step-by-step how-to video showing you how. you can watch it and all of our

other how-to videos on our website, our streaming channels or our youtube page. just look for the "how to" playlist. over to you guys. >> you are so crafty. >> that's good info. those vouchers expire after a year. and you're like oh my goodness where do i want to go? but you don't want to go anywhere yet with the delta variant. >> you feel trapped like you need that help. >> i do want that vacation, though. >> me too. >> but the weather here is so nice. >> i'd like to go to italy. >> i'll go. let's all three go. >> and our forecast back here at home we've got that mediterranean vibe of course with our microclimate. so janelle, yes, a staycation might make it feel a little like italy out there too. let's take you into that forecast. and today it's all about this system just offshore. cooling our temperatures down a couple of degrees. fog at the coastline making it pleasant. but we are watching this closely because as this system lists off to the north tomorrow, talk about a multilayered forecast

here. clockwise -- counterclockwise circulation around this pushing down some haze from the wildfires to the north. winds in the mountains will pick up 15 to 40 miles per hour. very isolated gusts. but also some fog returning as we roll through the morning as well. les take you to that wind. you can see tomorrow afternoon some of this yellow and red here to the north bay, peninsula and east bay. for the mountains that's wind gusts of 20 to 40 miles per hour. not that bad for the lower elevations. 10 to about 20. again, isolated wind gusts for the mountains. at the same time this is happening we're going to see some haze from the wildfires that are off to the north moving throughout the bay area. it does not look unhealthy at this point. but again, when you look off toward the distance, you're going to see that. but as we move through friday morning i wanted to show you we could get a little unhealthy smoke moving close toward santa rosa, also guerneville. as you can see on the key here, that red color is unhealthy. so we'll keep you up to date on that. now let's move it right into tomorrow morning.

you're up early getting yourself ready to get out the door for work. temperatures are going to start off in the 50s with widespread cloud cover. even down there toward the south bay. we're looking at 57 here for san francisco and the north bay 54. 85 in concord, 76 up to napa, oakland 69, over to half moon bay 63. my seven-day forecast, keeps san francisco in the 60s for highs, 50s for morning lows as we head through the next seven days. that's good for our fire danger because that cooler weather at the coastline really is helping us from getting into any heat waves the next seven to ten days. so we'll stay with the trend of 80s and 90s as we head through the extended period. let's bring it out to tokyo. we saw raj with that fan earlier. and we know why he's using it. feels like 102. and we'll stay with those hot, hot temperatures all the way through the closing ceremony on sunday. i like your idea of two fans.

>> got to double-fist it. >> thanks,. the 49ers had a little fun while getting their workout in. anthony flores joins us when we return. what does it take to make it? in the race to succeed, does somebody always have to fail? we've got to start lifting each other up. and give everybody a fair shot.

because when that happens, we've all made it. ♪

okay. the u.s. has widened the lead in the overall medal count. team usa now has 79 medals overall. china is in second place with 70. okay. let's talk about football.

>> nfl training camp can get a little monotonous but today the 49ers had a little fun in practice. >> me did that while showing support for one of their own. here's nbc bay area's anthony flores. >> paying tribute to one of the newest members of the hall of fame, 49ers staff and coaches including head coach kyle shanahan all wore shirts celebrating john lynch. the team's general manager will be inducted into the pro football hall of fame this weekend as a player. >> john's an unbelievable human being, and i think he felt this tremendous gratitude and a little bashful. he's not a look at me guy. there's a lot of people wearing his name today. >> reporter: while lynch is preparing for the upcoming ceremony, the 49ers continue gearing up for their first big test of training camp, a preseason game. >> from the offense in its entirety is you'd like to have a little more flawless fundamental football. >> reporter: on the other side of the ball defensive end nick bosa did not practice today. the team calls it a maintenance

day. number 97 is still working his way back after missing most of last season with a knee injury. >> the main thing for bosa is just him taking the time to make sure he has the confidence in his knee to go out there and perform at a high level. son throughout his career. but he always looks f new competition. >> in the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter on the record and stuff like that. but being able to line up against someone other than the 49ers defense will be very fun. >> reporter: the 49ers' first preseason game is less than a week and a half away when they host the kansas city chiefs on august 14th. at levi's stadium in santa clara anthony flores, nbc bay area. >> all right. thank you, anthony. okay. lester holt is next and then we'll be back later. >> "olympic zone." bye.

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