and women for afghan women. refugees in the bay area will stay at airbnbs in fremont and hayward, union city and oak lawn. right now 6:00, the votes are in. governor gavin newsom fends off a historic recall attempt. >> i'm humbled and grateful to the millions and millions of californians that exercise their fundamental right to vote. >> how reactions are pouring in, the message being sent to both parties heading into next year's crucial midterm races and the group breaks down this key vote and the future that lay ahead. this is "today in the bay." >> it's also wednesday morning. thank you for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm kris sanchez in for marcus washington. >> we start with the latest election numbers. governor newsom easily defeating the recall effort. on the ballot, a simple

question, should governor newsom be recalled. nbc called it shortly after the polls closed but 64% of voters are rejecting the measure. 36 voting to replace him. ballots are still being counted but all precincts are at least partially reporting results. live look at the state capitol where things will be staying as they are for now. governor newsom gets to keep his job at least through the fall and this morning we have live team coverage. >> newsom's main opponent earlier suggested there may be voter fraud. bob redell joins us live in pleasanton with the response on that. >> good morning to you, laura and kris. larry elder, the leading republican replacement candidate, he is accepting this defeat after the ballot totals show that governor newsom did beat back this recall effort. elder, who's got a website he put out earlier this week by his campaign, this website predicted his defeat and was blaming

unsubstantiated fraud claims. in an interview with nbc to say whether or not he would accept the results of the election, however in a speech to supporters last night in orange county he didn't congratulate newsom for his victory but did concede the race and told his voters to be, quote, gracious in defeat. >> my opponent, governor newsom -- come on. let's be gracious in defeat. by the way, we may have lost the battle, but we are going to win the war. >> we said yes, to all those things that we hold dear as californians and americans. economic justice, social justice, racial justice, environment justice. >> reporter: in his speech to

supporters last night, the governor also said his victory in the recall is a rejection of trumpism. reporting live here in pleasanton, bob redell, "today the bay." >> thank you. is it too easy to try to recall california's governor? >> scott mcgrew continues our coverage. >> when you look at the numbers the first reaction it may be too easy, too easy to try, not so easy to succeed. there have been six recall attempts against newsom. six. five failed to get on the ballot, one got on, what voters dealt with yesterday. second time a california governor has faced recall. 55 total attempts to remove a governor through recall. 179 attempts to remove other state officials through the process. now as you remember, only one gubernatorial recall was successful when californians replaced governor gray davis

with arnold schwarzenegger in 2003. the republican schwarzenegger turned out to be a popular choice at first and won reelection in 2006. even though we keep trying to recall our governor it's only been successful once. i spoke to the spokesman of the republican party and he said voters ability to change their mind is valuable. >> do you think this is a good system overall? i realize it's the system we have on today at this moment, but is it a good system overall? >> i think that a democracy, a republic works best when you can hold our elected officials accountable. there's no better way, no stronger way to hold elected accountable than this recall process. you know, at the end of the day, as -- as i'm -- i know plenty on the left said it's way too easy, again this is only the fourth time this has happened in this country, second time in this state where a governor has been on a recall ballot.

it's not like it's something that happens on a yearly occurrence. it's something that happens very infrequently because it's not that easy to get qualified. it's not that easy to get the signatures. s it's not that easy to election on the ballot. >> newsom wi election, regular election, fall of next year. our political expert larry gerston points out newsom raised a huge amount of money to fight the recall and he has to go back to the same donors if he wants to run again. >> this may be one of the few republican victories, at least their perception of a victory, newsom raised $80 million. that's more than he raised his entire gubernatorial campaign and did that for this one little campaign. the question is, can he go back get people to give more. >> there likely will be attempts to reform the recall process make it more difficult, perhaps by increasing the number of signatures required. right now it's 12% of the number

of people who voted in the previous election. that number was set in 1911. it's easier to organize people now, cell phones and facebook. in modern times at least some say we need a more modern and higher benchmark. >> thank so much. >> our election coverage continues online. watch governor newsom's entire speech on nbcbayarea.com. it's posted on our home page. 6:06. new details in monday's tragic death at san francisco's powell street bart station. that's when a train door closed on a woman and her dog leaves them on either side of the car as the train pulled away. we've learned the woman has been identified as 41-year-old amy adams from san francisco. bart says she had her dog's leash wrapped around her waist and both got on the train as the doors were closing, she stepped out. adams was dragged on the tracks and the dog was okay. no one really saw this

coming. the bay area's latest proof of vaccination mandate is taking a lot of people by surprise. it's happening in contra costa county which is following in the footsteps of san francisco and berkeley. the map that you're seeing here is the transmission rate. we dipped down out of the red. right now we are the only state in the country that is one tier below the red in the orange. our vaccination has been working. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is live with what you have to know about that vaccine mandate that's going into effect in contra costa county. >> good morning, kris. that contra costa proof of vaccination mandate goes into effect next week and you will be required to show a proof of vaccination or show a negative covid test. now that officially goes into effect september 22nd. you'll have to show either of those items at restaurants, bars, entertainment facilities as well as fitness facilities. the employees working at the facilities will have until

november 1st to begin showing their proof of vaccination or begin that weekly covid testing. as another county makes the proof of vaccination mandatory, the deadline for city employees of san francisco to be fully vaccinated is officially here. wednesday, september 15th the final day for employees to prove their vaccination status with the city of san francisco keeping in line with cal osha regulations. the rule applies to what mayor london breed and director of health dr. colfax considers high risk, including workers at health care and congregate settings, acute care facilities, homeless shelters and jails. today is also the deadline for marin county workers the vaccination rule applies to the same group of people and applies to fire, police and ems, although they do have the option of that weekly video covid testing. president joe biden will be in communication today with the ceo

of some of the businesses that have implemented a vaccine mandate. president biden will meet with ceo greg adams, the president of kaiser permanente. so far, 90% of their 240,000 employees have been vaccinated, so president biden is going to be speaking with that ceo to learn about some of the best practices and how they were able to get to that point. we'll keep you updated with what comes out of that meeting throughout the day, on air and online. we're live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> thanks so much. 6:09 right now. our climate in crisis is the focus of a town hall meeting in the north bay. sonoma county leaders will address current drought conditions. supervisors are -- to help them recover. developing now along the gulf coast some people in southeast texas are waking up to more than two feet of water.

from the remnants of hurricane nicolas. the storm is now a tropical depression. after drenching the texas coastline it's delivering a one-two punch in in some of the same areas hit by hurricane ida. the new storm system is expected to stall there which will likely bring more flooding. the storm knocked out power to about half a million people. >> tough recovery there. 6:10 right now. on your wednesday morning. halfway through your workweek. taking a peek outside, looks like folks zooming across the golden gate bridge this morning. we'll checks the commute with mike in a little bit. waiting for the sun's arrival as well. here's kari. cooler today? >> labor cooler but we're watching air quality. air quality advisory in effect especially for the north bay today as we're looking at these yellow dots indicating moderate air quality. these are real-time sensors. we are seeing the smoke drifting in this morning. you may want to limit your time out there, especially if you're sensitive to that and our temperatures reaching into the

low 80s in santa rosa, morgan hill heading toward 86 degrees and 87 in dublin. a lot of these temperatures about five degrees lower than yesterday and the cooling trend continues into the weekend. we'll have more on that in a few minutes. you're seeing a problem at the toll plaza. >> i am. the problem adds to the backup because of a distraction. look at the flashing lights in the east parking lot. here's the entrance off the hov lanes. notice folks are squeezing by and at times moving over. both hov lanes are open, but there's a motorcycle that was sitting here with hazard lights on for a few minutes. no one visible in the shot but the hazard lights were on chp, ambulance and fire crew arrived as well. i think it's a paramedic. some sort of medical incident going on, starting to clear the lane on the approach to the east parking lot. less of a distraction but adding to the backup. i think there was a traffic break on the way in there. that's the only thing unusual about this morning's commute. everything else looks like it's moving smoothly. 87, we'll show that coming up.

>> 6:11. cows helping to combat climate change. coming up next on "today in the bay," the unique way researchers are trainings the animals to try to cut down on greenhouse gas. >> let's make a deal. the reason one bay area company is filling up formerly empty bart parking spaces. parents beware, the report showing instagram is taking a toll on your kids. also how the social media giant is responding to those claims. but first, how did east bay area county votes in the recall election, there were differences depending on where you live. take a look.

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good wednesday morning. heading out the door in the east bay, brentwood with upper 50s, all clear, we'll see a lot of sunshine today, even though it's warming up into the mid 80s won't be as hot today. our temperatures are coming down. we'll talk about the changes in our forecast in a few minutes. >> changes for the benefit of the traffic going through the bay bridge toll plaza. the east parking lot access has been cleared. the ambulance is there as well as the fire department, paramedic, chp right here. lots of activity in the lot. hov may be distracted but the other lanes are not affected by

whatever was happening in the lane. >> thank you very much. picking up out there. 6:15 right now. as we take a look at the futures this morning, relatively flat as they are normally in september as the markets are fighting those september doldrums right now. proof one person's loss is another person's gain. in this case we're talking about bart and tesla as everyone knows, bart parking lots were empty and then full these days with ridership in the tank. so the mercury news is reporting bart and tesla have worked out a deal with parking at tesla's fremont factory at a premium, employees are aloud to park at bart's nearby warm springs station. tesla paying for the privilege amountsing to nearly half a million in rent since the start of the year. tesla provides shuttle busses. >> facebook under fire from u.s. lawmakers amid revelations that the company knew its instagram app would be harmful to young

people. "the wall street journal" obtained leaked doctors showing leaders knew the social media platform could have a negative impact on mental health and body image. some u.s. senators are demanding a congressional probe now. here's the journal's facebook reporter talking to the "today" show this morning. what we're finding from these documents is life altering effects for a portion of their user bay, particularly young women in their teenage years. >> the head of the public policy at instagram issued a statement saying in part, while the story focuses on a limited set of findings and casts them in a negative light we stand by this research. it demonstrates our commitment to understanding complex and difficult issues young people may struggle with. check out the story later on the "today" show. trending this morning, a very enchanted airbnb is available and sweet as honey. >> it is actually pretty cute.

winnie the pooh inspired airbnb has been built in the forest of east sussex in the uk. it was created by a disney illustrator to mark the 95th anniversary celebrations of winnie poots. decorated with cute honey pots an winnie the pooh wall paper. the airbnb is a one bedroom one bath that holds up to four people. i don't know if you saw the bunk beds there. it will cost you a little more than $100 a night. >> cozy. >> wow. all right. also trending, cows and climate change. cattle reportedly account for 15% of greenhouse gas emissions, so researchers in germany potty trained a dozen calves teaching them to use the toilet. researchers believe this could reduce the third most common greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide. they are trying to scale up the potty training technique for large farms.

i mean, if we could teach them how to use the potty. >> wondering it's more they train them to go in a certain area. >> i don't know. >> i come from a family of dairy ranchers, that's interesting. >> your family -- >> that would be a lot of out houses, let me say. >> winnie the pooh to -- i got it. >> winnie the toot. >> let's clear the air, kari. >> we need a good, brisk wind. >> from carbon dioxide to smoke. we're dealing with all of this going on. hazy sky as we're waking up this morning and the light blue indicates the hazy conditions. where you see some of the brighter colors that indicates some moderate air quality. it does look like it clears out for many areas from marin county southward, but then going into tomorrow, it's mainly the north bay under that air quality advisory where we will see some more of the smoke drifting in because we have ten active fires

across northern california. and you can see all of that activity unhealthy air quality just to the north of redding where we do have a fire burning and we'll continue to monitor that. as our temperatures cool down it's going to feel better today. headed towards the low to mid 80s for the south bay. the east bay looking at more 80s as well reaching 77 in hayward and oakland and the upper 60s, 75 in redwood city. half moon bay 65 degrees. mostly mid 60s in san francisco. north bay temperatures anywhere from the low 60s in bodega bay to 92 in ukiah. we are looking at many more changes ahead. we're going to see a storm system approaching the pacific northwest. this is going to bring in a chance of some weekend rain. look at how the models are plotting this for late on saturday afternoon into sunday afternoon. we could see some spotty showers moving through. most of the rain will be farther to the north. we could see some light mist and drizzle up to about a trace,

some rain, and then our temperatures cooling down. we're going from the upper 80s to the low 80s. watching out for those rain chances. especially farther to the north. and mike, you're saying it's bad timing for a crash in san jose. >> because 6:20, this is when the south bay commute has traditionally been starting to kick in. 7:00 hour, really tough. north 87 saw a lot of slowing. first heading to downtown, the volume build and then now up toward curtner because there was a crash in the middle of the roadway and i believe they cleared the vehicles and no major injuries reported. 101 had recovery slowing at oakland road should kick in over the next 20 minutes, for the south bay, an early start for the south bay commute. tri-valley, east bay, looking standard, if not lighter than some days. highway 4 still slows and the bay bridge toll plaza, of course, we have that backup, but the lane did clear. accessing the parking lot and the distraction is gone as well. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 6:21.

coming up next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> if you're worried you have covid-19 you should be able to get a test for free. even if you don't have health insurance. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we'll show you how next. >> today is september 15th, marking the beginning of hispanic heritage month. i am a proud mexican-american. my mom bought this little charo outfit, velvet outfit when i was a little kid and it's one of the ways my parents kept me my sister and two little girls connected to our culture and our heritage. let me know how you're celebrating on facebook, twitter and on instagram.

with the delta variant spreading a lot of people are looking for covid testing again. >> you should be able to get it for free even if you don't have insurance. consumer investigator chris chmura shows you how. >> if you don't have health insurance you're not alone. as many as 30 million americans don't have medical coverage. nonetheless, you should be able to get a free covid-19 test. we're going to show you how. and help you avoid some pitfalls. first, you should be able to go to private clinics or pharmacies at no cost. congress set up a fund to pay health care providers for testing uninsured americans. shouldn't cost you anything. the kaiser family foundation warns some clinics might not participate in the federal

program or even know about it. to avoid surprise bills, they say ask the testing site ahead of time will they bill the covid-19 uninsured program. if yes you should be set. try to get an invoice owed zero dollars. here's the second way to get a free covid-19 test. ask your local health department. there might be a free public testing site near you. if you end up paying for a covid-19 test, the health resources and services administration says you might be due a refund. hrsa says you should first talk to whoever sent you the bill and ask them to cancel it or if you paid ask them to refund it. if they won't file a complaint with the department of health and human services go to tips.hhs.gov or call 1-800-hhs-tips. all right. all month long nbc bay area is partnering with local animal shelters to help find forever homes for our pets. we toured the new state-of-the-art santa clara county services center in san

martin. the 30,000 square foot facility opened in february and has room for horses too. the employees say it is the best in the nation and has large dog dorms and space for kittens and cats. our big event is at berkeley humane on saturday but you don't have to wait. you can find participating shelters at nbcbayarea.com. >> marcus and i will be out there at berkeley humane saturday morning. >> someone is getting a new puppy. >> the top stories we're fogg today including team coverage of governor gavin newsom's recall election win. >> i'm humbled and grateful to the millions and millions of californians that exercise their fundamental right to vote. >> republicans had hinted they would claim fraud if they lost, but we are not hearing that this morning. continuing coverage when "today in the bay" continues.

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we said yes to all those things we hold dear as californians. >> right now at 6:30, recall rejected. california keeping governor newsom in office following a $276 million special election. >> a live look from sacramento. we are coming what the future holds for our state for governor newsom and for his closest opponents. this is "today in the bay."

>> welcome to wednesday morning. we've been on air since 4:30. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm kris sanchez in for marcus washington. >> first, our big story this morning, governor newsom started the recall election as governor of california and he will end it as governor of california. the governor easily getting enough votes to vote no on the recall measure. ballots are still being counted this morning but as of right now 64% decided to reject the republican backed recall effort. 36% voted to replace him. keep in mind in 2018, newsom won the governor's seat with 62% of the vote. he becomes the second governor in u.s. history to survive a recall election. >> bob redell is live in pleasanton this morning and several weeks ago the race seemed a lot closer. >> correct, kris and laura. there were poll out there that suggested that newsom was going to lose this recall election and lose his job, but it appears

those polls, at least scared some or at least enough democrats, to show up to the polls and keep newsom in office and vote no on the recall. in a speech to supporters in sacramento, governor says his victory in the recall is a rejection of trumpism, it's a victory for science and women and fair elections, but towards the end of his remarks, newsom choked up while referencing one of his political heros, bobby kennedy. >> tonight i'm humbled grateful, but resolved in the spirit of my political hero, robert kennedy, to make more gentle the life of this world. thank you all very much, thank you to 40 million americans, 40 million californians, and thank you for rejecting this recall. >> larry elder, the top republican replacement candidate, did not congratulate

the governor during his remarks last night in orange county. he did admit his side lost the battle but followed it with, quote, we will certainly win the war. >> we are forcing them now to pay attention to the problem of homelessness. we are forcing them now to do a better job on schools. we are forcing them now to do a better job on clearing our forests. forcing them now to do a better job on energy. we are forcing them now to pay attention to the things they should have paid attention to two years ago. >> elder, whose campaign had made unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud before the ballot counting even started, made no mention of that during his speech last night. with a hint towards possible run for governor in the next election, elder finished his speech saying, stay tuned. reporting live in pleasanton, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks. >> we'll bring scott mcgrew into

the conversation now too. >> scott, there's less talk of fraud than perhaps some people feared there would be. >> much less. looks like elder may be looking ahead to the next election instead of dwell on the loss. unsubstantial nated claims hurt the republican party. democrats won georgia's senate seat in part because former president trump convinced people in his own party they shouldn't mail in ballots. trump is one of the few making that fraud claim again by california. the rest of his party not joining him. when governor newsom was out on the campaign trail yesterday he was asked for his reaction, what if opponents claimed the election was rigged. >> they are trying to dismantle trust in our nation. this is fundamental and serious stuff. i could care less what he does, i will accept the will of the

voters, period full stop. >> again, no evidence of fraud in the election, but there's nothing wrong with making sure. california officials will listen to any and all claims. we saw isolated hiccups like confusion near l.a. over who had already voted, but provisional ballots solved that problem. the results pretty overwhelming, newsom did better in the recall than he did in his own election in 2018. now you may see this map from time to time. it makes things look closer. the light color represents counties where voters turned against newsom. land doesn't vote, people do. the people are in san diego and san francisco and san jose and sacramento and los angeles. the actual percentage that kris was showing you clearly tells the tale. if the common definition of the landslide is 15%, then newsom almost doubled that. this was the sixth time there was an attempt to recall newsom. only one got enough signatures

for the ballot, yesterday's election. but is it too easy to recall a governor in california. we're going to take a look at that at 6:55. we're posting real-time results on our website as well. explore them on the interesting interactive map that shows statewide county by county results. just head to nbcbayarea.com/recall. about two hours from now, in san jose, testimony will resume in the elizabeth holmes criminal fraud trial. in the first full day of testimony yesterday a whistleblower talked about being star struck by holmes and her failed blood testing technology. the former financial controller explained how theranos managed to lose hundreds of millions of dollars as holmes continued to paint a rosy picture to try to gain more investors. as more students return to classrooms in person, covid cases among children are also on the rise. in the last two weeks nearly a half million children nationwide

tested positive. the american academy of pediatrics says it's 2.5 times the number in early july. as of last week more than 4 million cases among children in california. america's top doctor is doubling down on the covid vaccine being available soon for children under 12. dr. anthony fauci that fda may have data in place to approve the pfizer vaccine by this fall. he hinted at late october in other recent interviews. also yesterday pfizer's ceo revealed vaccination data 5 to 11 will be submitted by the end of this month. the data for the youngest children will follow soon after. >> 6:37. firefighters making some progress on the two largest wildfires burning in northern california. more evacuees are allowed to return home from the dixie fire. containment is 75%. the caldor fire in el dorado is now 69% contained. smoke from those wildfires is making its way back into the bay area. taking a live look outdoors.

air quality advisory has been issued so far. but we still expect to see some hazy conditions throughout the day out there. it's not that dark in walnut creek. we have to work on the camera. meteorologist kari hall joins us now and has been tracking where we're seeing some of the unhealthy air out there. >> we are seeing a little bit more of the smoke moving in for the north bay. this is showing our real-time sensors and where we have the yellow dots indicate moderate air quality, good for san francisco and down the peninsula and the east bay, but we are going to have a hazy look to the sky. smoky conditions at times today as our temperatures actually continue to cool off. dublin headed toward 87, 66 morgan hill. we'll talk about our cooling and air quality coming up in a few minutes. you're seeing backup from the san jose crash. >> talk about 87 in dublin, i'm talking highway 87 through san jose. tough time. we had a crash at kertsner in the lanes. our security head over here, philip, went past and said it

looked bad for the pickup truck involved. the lanes three and four, two right lanes, blocked and that has traffic jammed off 85 past capital expressway. choosing 101, the backup we traditionally see. this will ripple around through that traffic coming out of south county and the valley. seeing slowing for highway 85. the rest of the bay will show the traditional backup forming there for hayward out of union city and the worst slowing in the contra costa county area highway 4, 242 through concord. back to you. >> thanks, mike. taking a stand on capitol hill, coming up next on "today in the bay," testimony from some of the nation's best known olympians. ahead in a live report the failures they plan to outline in the mishandling of the larry nassar abuse case. >> celebrating hispanic heritage month. how the pandemic has affected

businesses. >> plus, ready for takeoff. one crew member opens up about her historic all civilian spacex launch. >> first, how did each bay area county vote in the recall election. there were differences depending on where you lived. take a look.

good wednesday morning. as we are looking live right now in san jose, we're waking up heading out to 57 degrees. it's going to be a nice day, continuing to clear out and looking a little hazy but notice that temperatures today will be cooler. we'll continue that cooling trend and talk about where in california we can see some rain coming up in a few minutes. >> where are we here? san jose, 101 starting to build up again. typical timing for part of this, but i think it may be worse because of that traffic shift because of the crash on highway 87. i'll sort out the ripple effect coming up. >> thanks so much, kari and mike. happening today, some of the nation's biggest olympic stars are in washington not to compete but using their voice s to shine a light on investigative failures by the fbi. "today in the bay's" chris pollone is live to explain more. chris?

>> good morning. they were olympic champions who captivated the nation but many were living with a painful burden, abuse at the hands of someone they should have been able to trust. team dr. larry nassar. gold medalist simone biles told hoda kotb why it's important for her to speak out against fellow sexual abuse survivors. >> still being the face of kind of like gymnastics and usa and everything we've brought it's not going to be buried under the rug and it will still be a very big conversation. we still have to protect those athletes and figure out why it happened, who knew what when. >> a july justice department report detailed fundamental mnl errors the fbi made in handling allegations of sexual abuse against larry nassar. it said despite the extraordinarily serious nature of the allegations and the possibility that nassar's conduct could be continuing, senior officials in the indianapolis field office failed to respond to the nassar allegations with the urgency

that they deserved and required. aly raisman, mckayla maroney and maggie nichols are expected to testify. nbc news has confirmed the fbi agent who first interviewed maroney about her experience with nassar in 2015 has been fired. more than 250 young women accused nassar of sexual abuse. he's expected to spend the rest of his life in prison. >> that number, chris, 250 women, just bewildering really. as well, the fbi director christopher wray is expected to testify to the senate judiciary committee as well. what do you think we can expect from him? >> wray was not in charge of the fbi when this all started in 2015, but our sources tell us he was very angry and upset when the inspector general report came out in july an he's expected to detail for the senate committee the changes that he has already implemented to make sure that no fbi field office sweeps something like

this under the rug or lets it fall through the cracks again. >> never again. chris pollone, thanks for the latest. late night move by the justice department seeks to block texas' new strict abortion ban. has week attorney general merrick garland filed suit and the doj is asking for an mooed injunction, a pause, arguing that law blocks women from exercising their constitutional right. the new law restrict abortion to about the first six weeks of a woman's pregnancy, often before she knows she's pregnant. it's not clear how soon the federal court would respond. music returning to san francisco's chase center tonight accompanied by new proof of vaccination requirements for anyone 12 and older. musical artist producer tame impala headlining the concert. fans can use the clear app, health feature app or show their vaccination card upon entry. masks are required to be worn inside. this morning on "today in the bay," we are kicking off our

month long series highlighting hispanic heritage. we want to start by shining a light on latino businesses hard hit during the pandemic. two years ago the latino community was experiencing a small business boom growing faster than any other demographic. then the pandemic hit and everything changed. hispanic americans were hospitalized at record rates affecting a third of those booming businesses. but a year and a half later many of these entrepreneurs are not only finding their way back but sflifk our byline is like resilience is butte. i feel like that is -- we're always here always going to be here and continue to grow. >> you can see the full story on the "today" show after "today in the bay." happening tonight an out-of-this-world journey as four civilians head into space in a spacex launch. they're going to spend up to four days in orbit circling earth 15 times a day over 350

miles above. one crew member talked to the today show ago kerry sanders about being the first ever black female pilot of a spacecraft at the age of 51. >> for me, the risk is not a factor at all. i'm not thinking about it. i was way more afraid that this opportunity would never come in my life. as you get older your chances of being selected. >> the launch window opens after 5:00 pacific. you can see the full interview on the "today" show right after "today in the bay." we want to get a look at the forecast with meteorologist kari hall. we see blue there behind you. what does that mean? >> that means a hazy sky. this is a look at our near surface smoke model and shows how much of that smoke we'll see coming in today. for the north bay those shades are a little bit brighter. it does look like it clears out for many areas from san francisco on southward as well as the east bay as we go into this afternoon. still kind of smoky at times and that's the reason why we have

the air quality advisory for the north bay. there are 10 active fires burning in northern california right now and you can see all of the unhealthy air quality around redding and farther to the north and so we're going to be watching that for today. the good thing is that there's rain headed closer to the bay area. as it moves into the north this weekend, this is late saturday into early sunday, in the afternoon it does show that we could see this line of showers just kind of breaking apart, but really bringing some critical rainfall, especially around some of our areas where we do have the fires burning. for the areas to the north in the mountains we could see anywhere from about a quarter to three quarters of an inch of rain this weekend. mainly some mist and drizzle for much of the bay area. but this is sunday as we'll be watching that rain moving in. it will bring in some cooler temperatures. so we're still in the upper 80s today but take a look at that cool down. by the weekend more clouds, showers to the north. mist and drizzle and highs in

the lower 80s. you're still tracking the crash near san jose. >> i am. we're looking at highway 87, crash still blocks your right lanes of northbound 87. as folks leave the valley and head up here. the slowing eases up just at capitol expressway because i believe some folks are bailing over and the ripple, take east capitol expressway toward north 101 slowing starts farther south than we typically time. the crash now echoing with that ripple effect pushing folks towards 101. slowing from time to time on 85. that is the effect south of san jose. north of san jose traffic holds up pretty steady and normal here. same thing for the tri-valley. in san jose also heard just now about a light rail crash that might affect the blue or the green line not far from the station near a component. it's on north first street. what i'm told there is a train that stopped in one direction of the flow and i'm not clear which direction is impeded.

if that is on your route north first the light rail service may be disrupted for the area. check vta and they will give us an update soon. at the bay bridge this looks better. traffic lighter here but slower in many parts of contra costa county. back to you. >> better if you're not sitting in the traffic, mike. all right. thanks. happening now, new tiny home village opening up in the east bay to transition homeless people from the streets. in all, 34 homes are opening in alameda county's navigation center outside of san leandro. next, a quick look at our top stories including recall rejection. results from the special election are in, including live analysis with scott mcgrew. plus, proof of vaccination needed. big changes coming to one entire county and the bay area employees facing a key vaccine mandate deadline today. we'll be back with you in two minutes.

welcome back. before you head out the door, we are moving you forward with a look at the top stories on "today in the bay." >> governor newsom easily defeating the recall effort. so far 64% of voters are rejecting the measure. 36% voting to replace him. newsom gave a victory speech at a democratic party head quarters

in sacramento. meanwhile, the republican top replacement candidate larry elder thanked his supporters. >> we said yes to all those things that we hold dear as californians, economic justice, social justice, racial justice, environmental justice. >> you all got my love and i love you so much. i have been overwhelmed by the support. >> elder did not congratulate the governor but told supporters to stay tuned regarding his political future. is it too easy to recall a governor in california? there have been six attempts to recall governor newsom. >> scott mcgrew, only one attempt actually reached that ballot. >> right. people who wanted newsom recalled were able to gather enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. right now the state requires the number of signatures be equal to 12% of the number of people who voted in the previous election.

there are those who argue in this age when we can organize people using social media and cell phones, that 12% rule set in 1911 is too old fashioned and too low, leading to an election like this one which costs around a quarter billion dollars to find out an overwhelming number of californians wanted to keep their governor they voted for. newsom did better in the recall election than he did in his own actual election. we californians would have to vote to change the rules on recall to make it harder and we californians vote on a lot of things, particularly initiativeses and propositions. we're not alone. about half the states in the u.s. have some sort of system for direct voter participation in making law, but again, our hurdles to get something on the ballot comparatively low. more states require more signatures. former president trump says california's election was rigged but he says that about most.

he said that about his own election he won in 2016. larry elder notably did not make any accusations like that in his concession speech. there were a few hiccups, a couple people in l.a. marked as voted when they hadn't, provisional ballots solved that as they're designed to do. >> thank you very much. so -- well, a lot of people didn't actually see this one coming. the bay area's latest proof of vaccination mandate taking a lot of people by surprise. it is happening in contra costa county. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson with some of the new guidelines people need to get used to. >> yes. that proof of vaccination requirement will go into effect september 22nd with it in contra costa county you're entering any of those bars, restaurants, entertainment venues or fitness facilities you'll have to show the proof of vaccination or a negative covid test. today is also a big day because here in the city of san francisco, some of those employees that worked for the city will have to prove their

vaccination. this is for some of those workers that are considered high risk, those that work in health care or the congregate setting jails or homeless shelters. also the deadline in marin county to prove their vaccination, the same high risk employees and also includes some of the police, ems, as well as firefighters. the difference between marin county and san francisco, marin is able to do the weekly testing if they're not able show proof of vaccination. president biden will be meeting with the president of kaiser permanente in california, they'll be meeting. biden will be discussing some of the best practices with getting those employees vaccinated. so far 90% of the employees with that hospital chain have been vaccinated. he'll be getting some feed back on what worked with the organization. we're live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay."

>> all right. we saw some breezy conditions in cierra's live shot this morning and now seeing hazy, maybe some foggy conditions in san francisco and it's feeling a little cooler too. >> we're going to see a lot more fog near the coast and cooling our temperatures off even in the inland areas. but it's also bringing in some of the smoke and that's what we'll see for today as our highs for the inland areas reach into the upper 80s. we will be cooling down and watching some weekend showers just to the north of us. and it's going to be misting and drizzling in san francisco over the next several days, especially this weekend. mike, you're finding out about a crash involving vta. >> a light rail line, blue and green, around the gish station away from the airport, we're looking at a crash that does at least involve one train, i believe the southbound train stopped right now. no other word than that. note that will be in the area of north first street and rosemary. meanwhile, north 87 shows the slowing for the crash blocking

the two right lanes at kertsner jamming things up. >> thank you for joining us as well as we leave you with a live look at our capitol this morning. we're back at 7:25 with a live local news update. ♪ it's up to york ♪ ♪ good morning breaking overnight, california governor gavin newsom survives a historic attempt to remove good morning. breaking overnight, california governor gavin newsome survives a historic attempt to remove him from office. >> thank you for rejecting this recall. >> the voter turnout, massive. the end result, decisive. this morning, the message delivered to both parties from coast to coast. we're live with the latest. on the move, heavy rain across the south as remnants of