right now at 5:00, northern california wildfires sending smoke towards the bay area. meteorologist kari hall is tracking our air quality which is now starting to feel the effects as the flames rage on. hospitals overwhelmed as the delta video variant continues to spread. the warning to the unvaccinated. bay area gold, locals spiking to the top. we're live in tokyo. "today in the bay" starts right now. 5:00 on your friday morning. we begin with a live look outside this morning where smoke from the massive wildfires in northern california now drifting over the bay area. we're keeping our eye on it. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. governor newsom declared a state of emergency for nevada and masser counties as wildfires

rage out of control. the smoke has triggered an advisory. the air quality management district is getting word out on social media at one santa rosa hardware store, that smoke won't last very long. >> that's when the masks and air purifiers go fast. >> when we checked in last night there are only three air purifiers left. the smoke advisory is expected to last through today. >> let's bring in meteorologist kari hall tracking the smoke and haze olympic. -- overnight. >> everything looks pretty good. we are going to continue to monitor this, even though we're starting out with a lot of green sensors. this is near the surface. it does show as you're walking out the door this morning it's pretty good. but then going into today, a lot of our models are showing some bright red. that indicates the unhealthy range or even very unhealthy at times.

it's likely we'll continue to see our air quality going downhill but hopefully stays above the surface so it doesn't affect our breathing. we'll be watching this as well as hotter temperatures in forecast. i'll talk about that in a few minutes. thanks so much. the dixie fire, of course, one of the fires having an impact on air quality, the situation is forcing some new evacuations now in plumas county. >> yesterday on "today in the bay," flames completing destroying greenville. for the latest we turn to nbc's steve patterson. >> reporter: good morning from what used to be or the remnants of downtown greenville. you can see the level of devastation. this is main street. witnesses say it only took about two hours to destroy this town that has stood for generations. officials estimate 75% of all structures have burned to the ground leaving residents who have evacuated to multiple towns in this area to wonder if

they're even going to have a home to return to. officials assessing the damage, still no word on the missing or dead. thankfully, there was warning far ahead of time, so the hope is most of the people got the word and got out of town. meanwhile, firefighters still on the front lines of the dixie fire which is now the size of los angeles burning on multiple fronts and the upstart river fire, which is nearby, also threatening multiple homes in the area. right now, firefighters continuing their operation, hoping to put containment on these communities that are nearby as they continue their work in what is an unpredictable and dangerous situation in northern california. back to you. >> thank you. about 150 miles south of greenville, thousands remain under evacuation orders from the river fire. this is video from the destruction and you see the helicopters flying over that area in masser county. that fire is burning in nevada county. at least 76 structures are

destroyed there. this is since the fire started saturday -- wednesday. more than 2600 acres and the fire is 15% contained right now. this morning, there are multiple efforts under way to raise money for the victims of the dixie fire. you can help. we put the links to several organizations on our website. that's at nbcbayarea.com. to the summer games in tokyo, now nearing an end, what a ride it's been so far. especially for some athletes now holding up the gold. >> raj mathai live in tokyo this morning. a stanford grad now an olympic champion. >> yeah. it's so cool. you know what, not long ago alix klineman was an indoor volleyball player. april ross came up and said hey, do you want to try this outdoor beach thing, what the heck. they are golden on the sand. take a look at what happened here in tokyo and this is what we call the breakfast of champions. you get to take a bite out of that gold medal.

the 31-year-old klineman and april ross on top of the world beat the australians in straight sets. klineman graduated from stanford in 2010 and wins gold in her olympics' debut. we are expecting a big party, a big viewing party, in marin county tomorrow. that's because it's the gold medal baseball game. usa against japan. one of the big stars on team usa, is joe ryan who grew up in san el sell no. >> it's been amazing getting all the love from back home, friends, family. i know everyone says it, i wouldn't be here without them. so many coaches paved the way for that. my water polo coaches, high school baseball coach, matt swanson, mark anderson. my parents. i mean, everything that they've done for me to get to this point has been amazing and i love you guys. >> joe, they love you too. well done. naming all your high school coaches and your parents of

course. joe ryan, a huge part of the success in tokyo, led the team to 7-2 victory. they go for gold 3:00 a.m. bay area time. take you to houston, texas, a hero's welcome for simone biles and jordan childs. look at this. a big crowd to greet the two gymnasts including biles' parents, the first one to hug her. he's dealing with mental health issues, all of these olympians from every country did not have their parents or support system in tokyo. so many olympians feeling that void here because of the covid restrictions, but they are all getting reunited now. finally, tokyo is one of the most expensive cities in the world. what if i told you you could come visit here and stay in a hotel room for about $25 a night. it's not quite the ritz-carlton, not the holiday inn, but these are capsule hotels and they got

to tokyo about 40 years ago for a cheap option for business travelers, but now all the young kids and adults are loving them. few rules here, men and women you have to sleep on different floors, each with a communal bathroom and you have storage space there for your luggage. the regulations in japan prevent real doors on tiny rooms, so they have shades. each little port there comes with a little cell phone charging area and a light. i'm breaking this down. laura, me, you, kari and mike, we're good. laura, you can fit two of you in one of these capsules. marcus goes about 6'4", his knees will be sticking out. >> knees? >> someone going to try to walk by in the middle of the night and trip over my legs. yep. long legs too. >> there you go. >> nice little napping capsules i think. >> for you. >> sure. oh, yeah. >> yeah. >> ball up like a cat. >> between the 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. news cast.

take a nap. >> we don't have the luxuries you do at night. sorry. >> we might have to try to incorporate that. >> all right. thank you so much. good seeing you. now to the medal count as we head to the final weekend. team usa in the lead with 93 overall medals. china in second place with 75 and the russian olympic committee rounds out the top three with 62. 5:08. more proof that covid vaccines work. new data in the bay area shows that the case rates among unvaccinated are far greater than those who are vaccinatedp "today in the bay's" bob redell live for us in san ramon sifting through the data. talk to us about what you found. >> here in contra costa county, marcus, the case rates for those who are unvaccinated is six times higher than for those who are vaccinated. take a look at the latest data from the contra costa health services. this is as of july 30th.

see among the unvaccinated 65.7 cases for 100,000 people. where among the vaccinated, the case rate is just 10.4 per 100,000 people. in santa clara county, the case rate among the unvaccinated is that four times of the vaccinated. 25.3 versus 6.8 cases per 100,000 people. as hospitalization rates begin to tick back up as a result, doctors and nurses, they are pleading with people to wear a mask, get vaccinated and do your part to stop the spread of the disease. at the kaiser permanente roseville center, health care providers are now seeing sick patients who are not only vaccinated but younger and starting to take a toll on an -- an emotional toll on health care providers. >> i have had nurses call me and they're just in tears and crying so just allowing them, people to be able to vent about what

happened, you know, and you're supposed to pick up the pieces and start over again, that's hard to do. >> yesterday, the state of california mandated that all of the roughly 2.2 million health care and long-term care workers in the state be fully vaccinated by september 30th. last month governor newsom said unvaccinated health care workers could submit to weekly testing but the department of public health changed that. live in san ramon, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you. in the meantime bracing for possibly another loss count. >> public health officers say no need because this covid surge is different. >> kris sanchez joins us here with a look at why. >> we are still recovering from that first 15-month lockdown that was so strict, so the concern that we're going to go back is very real and people are talking about it to you. the state says it's very unlikely we will end up in that same position. there are a couple reasons why. one, is that we have high vaccination rates which means

fewer and less severe cases here in the bay area and in the state. because of those universal mask mandates indoors, there are fewer opportunities to spread the virus. when you look at the hospital data t very serious cases are people who are unvaccinated. >> this speaks to a difference people say i'm going to be contagious, but it's not as contagious. i want to show you this map from the cdc that combines, that correlates that vaccination rate with the number of cases. the areas in pink and red are the places where they have very few people getting shots and a lot of people getting really sick. we're in better shape here in california. >> and while i understand and i certainly wear my mask all the time, i don't like it in the gym but i wear it, looks like those mask mandates may be here to stay. >> if they're going to keep us safe, that's the reason why and as our kids go back to school, that is what's going to prevent them from spreading it amongst themselves. ucsf director of medicine has

pointed out that yes, you are still contagious if you are vaccinated, potentially, but you can't be contagious if you don't have it. if you wear a mask your chances of getting covid are one in eight. >> so many people have been healthier not having colds. >> with kids around no pink eye, no dysentery. >> this is true. >> they've been lucky, noing on wood. >> yeah. thank you very much. expect to get clarity on covid booster shots within the next month. according to various reports the fda expects to have the strategy worked out by september. "the wall street journal" says leaders will lay out which people should receive follow-up shots and when based on what kind of vaccination they received. about half of all americans are fully vaccinated. our climate in crisis creating new concerns for bay area water supply. as of this morning, lake mendocino water levels are reportedly at a new 44-year low. the press democrat reporting that drought has taken water to its second lowest level ever.

it's sitting around 24,000 feet of water there. back in 1977 it reached about half that level. storage maxes out at 122,000 acre feet. i understand new water levels have just been released. >> it's very low. i mean it looks really bad. not just here locally but all across the state. let's take a look at some of our largest reservoirs where some of them are down to about 35% of capacity. this is our water supply as we go into some of our driest months. this is the top three for driest. as we take a look at our temperatures heating up reaching upper 70s and upper 90s for the east bay you're going to feel that heat. it's been nice to have a break the past couple days but we are going to have some hotter temperatures just temporarily before we head into the weekend. mike, marcus and laura, back to

you. >> thanks so much. 5:15. coming up in person or online, back-to-school shopping changing its look. hints on how parents are doing all that shopping this year. >> it's my favorite kind of friday. it's jobs friday. we'll look ahead to the numbers. you're watching "today in the bay." this couple is working hard on our state's recovery. you see, they live in california and keeping their vacation in california supports our small businesses and communities. which means that beautiful baby gherkin atop this charcuterie masterpiece is like another brick in the rebuilding of our economy. job well done friends. calling all californians. keep your vacation here and help our state get back to work. and please travel responsibly.

happy friday. 5:16. as you're heading out the door in the east bay, pleasant hill has temperatures in the upper 50s right now. all clear. we're going to get sunshine, but

it's going to look hazy. we'll talk about air quality coming up in a few minutes. >> as you're driving along the east shore the headlights underneath the silhouette, eastbound, plenty of traffic there. how the commute is shaping up, coming up. good morning. it's 5:17 on your friday morning. i'm going to talk about jobs and return to work and electric cars and then towards the end i'm going to speak about a subject that some parents may not want their children to hear about on television. want to give you a head's up. let's start with jobs, jobs friday, we get the july jobs report from the labor department at 5:30. a few minutes from now i cannot even hazard a guess on what those numbers will be. they should be strong, especially in service industries and construction, but it's hard to say. remember, these numbers are going to look backwards at a time before delta was such a big fear. futures are flathead of the open, comes an hour after the

numbers are released this morning's open. yesterday, new records on wall street on both the dow and the nasdaq. amazon says it will delay back to the office for its corporate workers all the way to the start of 2022. other companies like apple have rescheduled their back to the office pushing the return back because of delta. president and big car fan joe biden got to drive the electric jeep at the white house as he announced a new executive order pushing for half the cars in the u.s. to be electric by 2030. the new car sold. the order does not have the weight of regulation or law. that will be up to different u.s. agencies to follow up on. apple says it will start scanning people's private photo albums on icloud searching for child pornography. if it finds photos that match what it's looking for it will lock the account and notify police. here's what apple is doing. it's going to hard code the search into your phone and other

devices as it updates its ios, operating system. that code will have information on what the pictures look like when they're reduced down to a mathematical formula, what programmers call hash. there are, thank god, a limited number of abusive pictures out there. police and apple know what they look like. so to answer a common question, no, it is not going to detect a picture you took of say your child in a bath. nonetheless, the overall concept that apple is going to look at any of your pictures even if it's an automated program, even if it's all mathematical, and then call up the authorities has privacy advocates concerned saying it's not a big leap that once you start looking for one thing on a phone, it's easy to start looking for something else if the government demands it. remember it's not just the u.s. government that apple is dealing with. it's one of those arguments it's so sensitive, because nobody wants that material out in the world. >> right. >> but the minute you object to it, it can kind of sound odd.

>> i don't think you're objecting to not having that. it's just to someone being in your phone. >> what's illegal in a different country and a picture of tiananmen square -- >> that fine line, kids in the bath and things like that. >> yeah. >> they'll catch it, but i bet there will be cases that -- >> there may well be. obviously a person will look at them before they contact police. >> really interesting. something to talk about. thank you. it is 5:20. trending, many say a line between genius and insanity. the popular cup of noodles brand has a new flavor out, pumpkin spice. the food maker calls it a sweet savory blend. the noodles are expected to hit select walmart store shelves in october.

>> it's exclusive. >> very exclusive. our biggest pumpkin spice conna sorry on the set is kari hall and interesting to see her reaction. what? and then, i don't know, around the noodle -- >> the whipped cream part i was like no. all right. let's get to weather this morning. not quite pumpkin spice yet. it's going to be hot and we're going to see our temperatures heating up inland, fog rolling into san francisco with our live view at the golden gate bridge. a little bit of mist and drizzle there. we're going to watch our air quality because our models show that there could be some near surface smoke coming in, especially for this afternoon. even though the sky will be clearing it's going to look hazy out there and we may smell a little bit more of that smoke, but it's possible a lot could be above the surface and not affect our air quality as much and it improves tomorrow. as we widen out the view, still numerous, large fires burning, but much of that smoke blowing off towards the east making plans to head out today in san mateo it's going to be

comfortable throughout the day, highs reaching into the upper 70s there, but still upper 90s for the inland east bay. we've enjoyed a break the past couple days. it's going to heat up today. get out early. martinez reaching 91, 97 in livermore. we'll see some low 90s in parts of the north bay with our seven-day forecast, seeing those temperatures going up today and then down tomorrow, then upper 80s for next week looking better with a stronger ocean breeze, san francisco, temperatures in the 60s and the fog not going anywhere. mike, you're tracking two road closures. >> that's right. two other places you're not going anywhere, in the intersection of van ness and mission that will stay closed through monday morning. we've talked about that and that includes the weekend traffic just off 101. and over here, highway 37, that's going to remain closed perhaps for another half hour. we're looking at the closure and take 121 up and over towards highway 29 to get over to valley out of novato.

if you're going in the commute direction, westbound you're just fine getting over there. westbound is open. the rest of the bay is also open, open for business and open to the light traffic. back to you. >> thank you. next here on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> what makes a consumer complaint. we have ranked our cases. i'm chris chmura, we'll show you who made it to our podium and medals next. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪

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tokyo isn't the only place where people are earning medals. chris chmura is here to award a few locally to viewers like you. >> when we invite you to share your consumer complaints send us your receipts, contracts, photos and anything else to make your case. we've heard from some exam champions, the bronze to mike in san francisco. an airline failed to deliver his luggage to the baggage belt, would ship it to him. mike had a detailed tlooip and that, a photo of what actually arrived. it's a 7 foot long car part. not his luggage. looks like an axle maybe. i don't know. we stepped in. mike got a $1500 reimbursement. winning silver, we have jake in the north bay, he had an issue withdrawing money from his stock trading account. he said the company was acting like nothing was wrong, but jake gave us this proof. a detailed log showing transaction after transaction. that failed. we stepped in. jake got his $3,205.

taking home gold, jennifer in santa clara, she shared a photo of the flowers she sent to her mom. the thing is, this was a flop and she had evidence to prove it. she sent us the company's advertising photo. something here is off. there's a slight difference. after we stepped in, jennifer got a full $70 refund. so send us your consumer complaint and send us your receipts, contracts, photos and anything else that helps make your case. go to nbcbayarea.com click the responds option from the main menu. have a great weekend. >> you too. new this morning back-to-school spending will be up this year and more than half will do their shopping in store findings from a new retail me not survey. 52% say they'll return to stores this year while 48% plan to do their back-to-school shopping online. the survey found consumers expect to spend more than $1300 on a range of products. >> oh, yeah. it adds up.

coming up next, the top stories we're following including the latest covid headlines. we'll be right back.

emergency planning for kids. we can't predict when an emergency will happen. so that's why it's important to make a plan with your parents. here are a few tips to stay safe. know how to get in touch with your family. write down phone numbers for your parents, siblings and neighbors. pick a place to meet your family if you are not together and can't go home. remind your parents to pack an emergency supply kit. making a plan might feel like homework, but it will help you and your family stay safe

during an emergency. right now at 5:30, returning to the office. surprising new findings on how the pandemic is changing bay area work patterns. the lasting impact it's expected to have on traffic congestion. back-to-school outbreaks, why parents shouldn't be surprised as some kids get sick.

>> a major source of electricity in california is shutting down. what this means for those who rely on its power. this is "today in the bay." a very good friday morning to you. of course, we're broadcasting to your tv, streaming live on nbcbayarea.com. good morning. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. well, to the pandemic and new findings suggesting that returning to the office five days a week may never return for a lot of folks. >> "today in the bay's" cierra johnson joins us live in san francisco. the new workweek idea could also forever change bay area commute patterns. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, that's exactly right. it's hard to imagine in the past employers would reimagine the workplace, but now that we're still in the midst of a pandemic, a lot of employers are reporting that they do plan to reimagine what their workweek looks like. take a look at your screen. we have a breakdown of how many

days they think employees should work. the poll founded by the bay area council, that surveyed 200 companies over three months that included a majority of offices plan to have workers in three days or less in the future. 5% one day a week, 22% plan to have them in two days, 40% plan to require three days, 13 require four days and 19% of employers are returning to the office five days a week. now to put this in perspective, prepandemic, 93% of companies said workers were in the office four or five days. seeing how often employers require employees show up will impact traffic levels. this is a live look at the bay bridge and according to a study conducted by the chronicle, congestion is already approaching prepandemic levels, despite the fact that most people are still working remotely. it is important to note that while driving on many bay area roads and freeways, it has

returned to those prepandemic levels, public transportation hasn't reached that point. bart has opened most of their routes but they're reporting they haven't seen the same percentage of folks return to their services. so a lot to keep in mind as the employers look ahead as we are still in the pandemic. we're live in san francisco, cierra johnson, for "today in the bay." >> thank you. now the spike in covid cases bringing new concern to families now preparing for the new school year. >> starting next week, classness a lot of school districts reopen to in person full time. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us now. of the jitters from the delta variant we're talking about. >> as of a week ago our district was telling us that there was still a lot of unknowns including some of the safety protocols. as a parent i'm not really positive what's happening in our schools, but state and local health leaders are adamant that schools can reopen inner. safely and when the inevitable

outbreaks happen the goal will be to contain them. >> we're hopeful if we start to see outbreaks in schools, that very quick intervention of identifying cases and making sure their contacts are followed up and not allowed to spread the virus in the school will keep these outbreaks to a minimum. >> all right. so here are some of the districts headed back to school next week on monday, oakland and san mateo high school districts, tuesday san ramon valley unified, east side union, wednesday palo alto and pleasanton, sequoia union and palo alto elementary go back, santa clara ufd and santa rosa city schools as well. >> you mentioned inevitable outbreaks. we've seen that brentwood unified they went back a couple weeks ago and saw the explosion of cases. >> you have to remember that those cases were identified when they were on campus for three days. it is likely those kids caught it in community which is what

the health leaders have said, that kids are not getting sick at school because of the sick safety protocols, masking. what we had in terms of distancing before, we're not going to have that this time around, but they're getting sick outside the schools and then bringing it in. so, you know, we also talked about that modified quarantine where kids who are exposed are not going to be sent home to stay home for ten days. they're going to be back on campus. the masking requirements are going to be critical. >> yeah. everyone mask up. that's what we have to do. >> not only covering the new school year, but then all the intricacies of everything going on. >> and if you have kids that's really difficult because not only are you concerned about not being able to go to school because you've been exposed you have kids at home too, so hopefully our bosses will continue to be flexible with our workers. >> very much so. all right. thanks so much. well, a new vaccine mandate from governor newsom. ordering anyone who works in health care to get their shot. under the directive anyone working at a health care facility must show proof of vaccination by september 30th.

the order requires health care facilities to verify all visitors are vaccinated or have a recent negative covid test. two of the state's most prominent health care unions are supporting the move. >> i think it's a great thing that we have the option now or not, that that mandate, now, that everybody needs to be vaccinated. >> this comes as santa clara county and san jose requiring workers to get the vaccine. employees have until september 30th to submit exemption paperwork. any worker not at least partially vaccinated by august 20th or refuses weekly testing will be put on unpaid leave and could be fired. napa county joining all but one of the bay area counties requiring mask indoors. the announcement as covid cases are rising. masks will be required indoors in work placing and public setting. solano county is the only bay area county not requiring masks

indoors. a photo shared by san francisco police now going viral and leading to an investigation. take a look at this. a woman hanging from a car holding what appears to be an automatic assault rifle. police believe it's an e kind of illegal driving bayview district. police also say they have since tracked down the car and impounded it. so far they're not commenting anymore about the case. today, marks five years since the unsolved deadly shooting near fisherman's wharf that shook up people in san francisco. 20-year-old calvin riley was playing pokemon go with friends a little before 10:00 p.m. that night. that's when a gunman approached and opened fire. he played baseball at junior college at stockton. after graduating from serra high school in san mateo. eventually the reward surpassed $100,000 to find his killer. friends and family will hold a vigil at san mateo church.

as drought levels continue to climb from our climate i hyd electric plants have shut down. authorities say there's not enough water in the orville to power the edward hyatt power plant, the first time the plant has closed since the dam was completed over 50 years ago. it can normally produce enough power for 80,000 homes. the shutdown has been in the works for a while. other sources will be tapped to make up for that lost power. >> the water levels, hot, dry, then the smoke that we're getting from the fires. this weekend is not going to be great. >> if you're going to be outside making plans it does look like it improves towards tomorrow. in terms of air quality if you are planning to go to santa cruz, our temperatures will be warmer. it's going to be a popular destination this weekend because the highs will reach near 70 with early clouds clearing out. a lot of our bay area beaches will once again be popular with

some of these last couple weeks before the kids go back to school and thinking, we haven't been to the beach this summer so half moon bay will have those temperatures in the upper 60s and then some mid 60s for tomorrow. about 67 degrees for a high on sunday. maybe a light jacket needed in the spots but definitely not in napa valley. hot with highs in the low 90s and then just kind of hazy for the weekend. it's going to feel much more comfortable with highs in the upper 70s and low 80s. for south lake tahoe, warm with a high of 85 degrees tomorrow and then on sunday nice and sunny, a high of 83 degrees. you might want to check this out with the family, the harbor water front festival in saw sa leeto, until 6:00 in the afternoon nice weather for that as our high temperatures reach into the mid 60s. that's a cool place to go. you are tracking a crash, that's not something we want to hear. >> not great, but it's getting

better, at least in san francisco and highway 101 great through san jose where there ofh we chavez. i saw slowing past the 280 interchange south out of san francisco. still slow from where folks are getting off of the skyway to the 280 split or merge. that crash did just clear from lanes recovery mode here. mission at vanness, that's closed in the area. highway 37 also closed east bay, should reopen in the next few minutes. the rest of the bay an easy and light drive. it's 5:40. coming up, something to think about. >> yeah. this is for families trying to make it in the bay. the cost to raise your children going higher this year. well the eye-popping new numbers from one study and which counties have been hit the hardest. >> where were you in 1993? the giants did something they haven't done since then.

details on their impressive ceremonies of the olympic games there's olympic action tonight. bay area baseball stars -- basketball stars draymond green and damian lillard go for gold in tokyo against france. after that don't forget to catch the final track and field events including the 4 by 100 relays from men and women that begins at 7:30 here on nbc bay area.

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right now at 5:43, heading out the door in cupertino, low 60s right now and we'll see a few clouds to start, but a nice, sunny day. just watching out for the air quality. our temperatures heating up. >> on the right side, the flashing lights, nothing going on the freeway for 880 northbound. may be getting off at high street. the volume is building. how things are shaping up coming up. good morning. the white house, wall street, main street poring over the latest jobs data and it is very good. take a look for yourself. 943,000 jobs added in july. the unemployment rate 5.4%, that is way down from 5.9%. let's bring in tracie potts. i want your reaction and what

you're hearing from folks in washington. >> so it's really interesting, this is just such a drastic change than what economists were predicting, scott. created. first of all, in the leisure industry, think about it, this is august, but these numbers are for july. this was the month july 4th, the middle of the summer, the month where president biden said we're hoping everybody can get out and celebrate for the fourth of july weekend. it appears that they did. more people going out, celebrating means more jobs in hotels and airlines and other parts of the leisure industry, entertainment as well. and then local government education, that makes sense too. kids are going back to school. many districts, including my own, are standing up virtual learning in addition to kids going back into the classroom. that means they need more teachers and support staff to do

that. when you look at where the jobs were created it makes sense. you're right, it was not what has been predicted. >> to speak to schools and child care, this is during the summer months and it would be interesting to see if we can get kids back to school, what those numbers will be willing to return to work because their kids are in school. >> exactly. this is always an issue, but even much more so in this economy, scott, and much more so given the complications of covid-19. one of the challenges has been can you get enough child care for parents to be able to go back into the office as opposed to working from home where frankly some parents were doing double duty, working and watching their kids. the other concern there, though, and this is going to have a business impact as well, if and when parents go back to the office some companies are requiring vaccinations, others are not. could parents bring the virus home to vulnerable children who

do not yet have a vaccine and are now going into school. what could that mean for the spread of the delta variant of the virus. >> tracie potts reporting in washington, as tracie pointed out, this data does look backwards, that survey that got us the numbers came mid-month last month and this is before hospitals started filling up. a lot of other news, the president often speaking about the latest jobs numbers, we're still getting the hang of his habits. i will say often he cherry-picks the data. he did last time when he spoke about it. we'll keep an eye on it. the senate says it's close to a deal on the infrastructure bill. this is the first of two. the bipartisan deal that should sail through the house, so the senate is really our focus. schumer says he wants to vote as soon as this weekend. i do have a very big update on this, the republicans say they like the bill because it's paid for. the democrats tend to worry less about that, but they like the

republicans like it, except the congressional budget office says it's not paid for. short by several hundred billion dollars. congress was unanimous about awarding congressional gold medals to police officers who defended the capitol during the insurgent attack on january 6th. there's four, that's led to confusion, perhaps deliberate on social media. the four are not going to the four officers who testified at the select committee. several of them condemning president trump. the four medals are going to different places. two to the capitol police officers, one to the washington, d.c. metro police headquarters, one to the smithsonian so everyone can look at it. one of the members of congress suing nancy pelosi over her rule that lawmakers have to wear a mask in the chambers to prevent the spread of covid has covid. representative ralph norman of south carolina, a republican, had bristled at pelosi's requirement saying they weren't

necessary. he's been vaccinated. crossovers not unheard of. he has mild symptoms and we wish him the best. we're talking about the jobs numbers on twitter. i'm @scottmcgrew. >> thank you. happening today, governor newsom will make a stop in southern california to highlight the safe reopening the schools. he'll visit an elementary school. the governor is expected to lay out the effort to fund money for resources and support schools, those needs they have, to safely reopen. he plans to visit starting at 11:00 this morning. it's 5:49 right now. for families trying to make it in the bay proof of the financial costs tied to raising children. a united way study finds marin county is the most expensive in the region when it comes to child care. a family of four averages nearly spending $24,000 a year, almost $1,000 more than the next county on the list which is san mateo. the average yearly cost for the entire bay area nearly $20,000 per year. so here's one win giant fans

may look back on if the team goes on to win the pennant. this is an epic comeback to wrap up their series in arizona. the giants scored four runs in the ninth inning to tie the game. in the tenth inning, kris bryant knocked it in the game-winning with a double. the giants win 5-4 for their largest ninth inning comeback since 1993. they are now up by four games in the national league west. >> nice to see. >> now to a flashback friday for you, tara banks, look out. we have our top model here and he works right here on "today in the bay." >> we're talking about bob redell. he posted these photos on facebook showing his brief stint as a model in tokyo in 1989. bob was featured as part of posters for summer land, a water park there. he says in another ad he had to be blurred out because he

couldn't smile direct correctly. >> wow. >> we love your smile every morning on "today in the bay," bob. follow him on facebook, twitter and instagram. he has a lot of funny posts. >> if i'm not mistaken, appeared as peter pan -- >> h japan as a child. >> yes. >> wow. >> they needed a little american kid on top of the dragon on the parade there. >> there you have it. models, actors and meteorologists here on "today in the bay." >> yeah. >> you're going to show us a great sunrise? >> absolutely. our live view in san jose, any time we have smoke or monsoonal moisture in we have these gorgeous sunrises. that's what we're seeing right now in san jose. looks very bright orange right now. and then as we go into today, with we are going to see it clearing out. this a little bit more. we're watching the air quality for these early hours and you'll notice that it will be a little

bit warmer today. now our near surface smoke model does show that our air quality could approach some unhealthy levels. possibly almost very unhealthy especially for the inland east bay and north bay, but then as we go into this afternoon, the winds pick up and for tomorrow, it does look better in terms of the smoke and the haze with all of these fires, a lot of that smoke blowing off towards the east away from the bay area. some of that may set until as our temperatures heat up today. how much hotter, some of us in the upper 80s, but we'll be in the upper 90s and concord, livermore, morgan hill reaching 93 and 91 today in santa rosa. we were in the 80s yesterday. and 78 for a high in oakland. palo alto reaching 93 degrees. for livermore, hot today. but a little bit cooler tomorrow and i think sunday is going to be our best day of the weekend for those outdoor activities. warmer for next week but no major spikes in temperatures. that's what we'll see across the bay area for our inland valleys.

hotter today but a gradual cool down by next week and san francisco holding steady, highs in the 60s. mike, you had a new incident in the caldecott tunnel. >> red flag for folks on their commute. hayward and the tri-valley, had blips they cleared. highway 24, no blips in the slowing but one of your westbound, the far right one, reports of a disabled vehicle blocking the slow lane, the crew had to help out. reported the the caldecott tunnel, a concern for me and drivers, just note that. recovery for the earlier crash in san francisco, still closures for eastbound 37. back to you. happening now, you better enjoy eating outside in mill valley because it's only in place until next summer. city leaders decided to end the outdoor dining ordinance by next june according to the marin ij. it was put in place and city leaders sent a letter to

governor newsom in january requesting eating outside stick around after the state shut it down. this was due to a surge in covid cases. more ahead on "today in the bay," including grades are in. how one top american doctor is ranking california's back-to-school covid plans. plus, facing new fallout, the growing investigation into sexual assault allegations against new york governor andrew cuomo. and what he's saying this morning. stay with us. you're watching "today in the bay."

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welcome back. you're watching "today in the bay." developing now in alaska, a sight seeing plane carrying passengers from holland american cruise ship has crashed, killing all five passengers and the pilot. the helicopter crew has located the wreckage. no word on what caused the crash. the faa and ntsb will be investigating. new york governor andrew cuomo plans to cooperate with an impeachment investigation. right now state lawmakers are asking for any additional evidence he may have stemming from allegations he sexually harassed 11 women. he is being investigated in connection with covid deaths in nursing homes as well as his pandemic book deal. several new york assembly deal support impeaching cuomo if he

does not resign. ahead of her fraud trial, elizabeth holmes is a new mom. according to records filed with san mateo county she had a baby. her trial was supposed to start in july, but was pushed back to august 31st due to her pregnancy. holmes pleaded not guilty to nine counts of wire fraud and two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud tied to her company's bogus blood testing technology. with a delta variant spreading and back to school around the corner the medical director of the national foundation for infectious diseases is ranking school return plans across the u.s. >> california gets an "a" for its universal mask man dane and quarantine practices, new york gets an "a" for encouraging social distancing. texas meanwhile getting a "d" as the governor is not requiring face coverings in public schools. to find out where he says other states fall in live watch the story on lx, or 11-5 over the

air. kaiser and oekds technical high school heading a vaccination clinic. young people will be able to receive the johnson & johnson or pfizer vaccine. clinic starts at 3:30 this afternoon at oakland technical high school. new details, california,'s public commission set terms for the independent oversight officer that will extend the federal oversight in place from the conviction tied to the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion. that term expires next year. the new role part of an agreement allowing the utility to exit bankruptcy and includes a five year term limit. commissioners have agreed to select a process and the salary. the monitor will issue public safety reports every six months. right now at 6:00, damage done, the dixie fire quickly becoming the sixth largest fire in california history overnight. this morning, we take you on

a -- on the ground with a report on that record-setting blaze. plus -- >> and you're the only person they have contact with other than using a laptop and face timing, their loved ones, it's not easy. >> hospitals overwhelmed again as the delta covid variant sprez. the warning to the unvaccinated. and -- >> we are live in tokyo. we are heading into the final few days of the olympics. we just hung out with the a-team, the members of the team usa gold-winning volleyball team, beach volleyball, and some interesting comments from steve kerr. you're watching "today in the bay." >> and a good friday morning to you. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. we begin with a live look outside this morning where skies are overcast ahead of the chance for smoke from the massive fire to our north. governor newsom declared a