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county and local efforts to expand vaccination and testing sites. >> out of vaccines again. the problem forcing one bay area vaccine clinic to close acts monkeypox cases arise. animal rights activist protest the foster city plan to remove 100 geese. the reason the city actions are causing a heated debate. this is today in the bay streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online.
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tuesday morning. let's get the week started. well, we started the week but let's keep it going. >> a false start. >> let's keep it going. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm kris sanchez we have a lot to get to. we want to start with the latest on the oak fire that continues to burn near yosemite national park . it has now containment is at 16%. hundreds of people have been forced from their homes. dozens of structures are still in the fire's pass. meteorologist vianey arana is here and tracking buyer conditions . >> we have been monitoring air quality and all of that one thing that will help us today is this system from the desert southwest that we have been watching. when it came to the possibility of activity in the sierra and
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take a look at radar. we have lightning strikes off of contra costa county that are showing up along with drizzle through parts of the east bay. we also saw lightning strikes over parts of the south bay. we won't get any real rain from this but it should help clear out or cleat keep out the gunk from the air as it pushes through. the air quality advisory was extended for another day because the wildfire is very active and we will have the possibility of that upper air pushing into the bay area mainly for the north and east bay through the afternoon. there will be a some haze but the system will cool us off a bit. it will also help keep that smoke out of the area. now let's get a check of the roads. >> early right now so we have light traffic which means everywhere has the speed limit. a stretch of the central expressway has a slower drive. overnight maintenance crews are
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out there. also moisture is in the air and there's been sprinkles, enough that it's weathering -- on the road weather index. there could be some damp roadways closer toward tracy. and the rest of contra costa, nothing really registering but in the north be we have some drizzle and light rain so keep that in mind. no problems. now to the latest on the monkeypox cases of the virus which continue to rise across the country and around the world. more than 16,000 cases have been reported around the world. that's across 70 countries this year. cases include countries such as the u.s.. gay and bisexual men are purportedly among the most infected but that is changing
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quickly. the world health organization and the cdc are emphasized that anyone can catch monkeypox regardless of sexual orientation. adding to the anxiety in the bay area, once again, we are out of vaccines and answers as to when we will get more. the situation is so bad that at a san francisco general about 550 doses yesterday afternoon, they said they had to close the clinic today because they don't have any more vaccines to give out. terry mcsweeney has the story. >> reporter: 600 new cases of monkeypox reported in the u.s. with a total close to 3500. in san francisco, the news about the vaccine supply is grim . >> we are in a bad position. >> reporter: the department of public health announcing it has run out of the vaccine. >> this city is temporarily closing the vaccine clinic at san francisco general hospital where people could just walk in or wait in line to get a
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vaccine. >> reporter: the hospital is offering little hope that the problem and soon it saying in a statement san francisco has not been informed of the federal government of the monkeypox vaccine allotment for this week or when/if it will arrive. to date, 7800 doses have been allotted to san francisco come of which 262point donated from san mateo county. the san francisco department of public health requested 35,000 doses. those searching for the vaccine , experts say be patient and check with your local public health department. the supply varies from county to county and city to city. in berkeley the city is providing hundreds of vaccines through the dr. david chin-hong bats which distributes on wednesdays. leaders say the outbreak may have been prevented by a better public health response but experts warned of it spread in africa in 2019.
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>> my concern now is similar to the covid pandemic. have we missed a window on controlling it as a population? clearly it's not going to be just contained to the gay if it is anthemic or pandemic. >> reporter: california lawmakers doing what they can pushing for emergency state money to deal with monkeypox. >> to help fund county and local efforts to expand testing, vaccination cites, education outreach. a lot of people still may have heard of monkeypox but they don't know much about it. >> i think about it and knowing what it does to a person come up but i haven't really thought about it much. >> reporter: expert say to this point monkeypox is pretty much impacted just the gay and bisexual male population but does nothing to prevent it from going into other communities. in africa where it originated, it already has. terry mcsweeney, today in the bay . and not going down without a fight. animal rights activists are protesting the foster city plan to kill 100 geese. city leaders say the geese are causing too many problems.
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ian cull explained the latest battle. >> this is a misallocation of funds. >> reporter: animal rights activist pushing for foster city to stop the call of up to 100 canadian geese. >> if it's alive -- >> don't tell me it's a lie. >> reporter: 40 protesters in front of city hall who later walked to the home of the vice mayor to have their voice heard saying plans to kill the geese are inhumane. >> everyone is full steam ahead on this and it seems like no matter what we say they don't want to change their mind. >> reporter: and foster city that canada goose population has doubled in years to 300 the city said the geese hope all of our parks, sidewalks and in waterways that has created a health risk. city leaders say they have existed exhausted nonlegal options and voted to get the permits to kill up to a third or 100 and stop the problem. they said in a statement in part , foster city has an obligation
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to protect the community from the potential health hazards posed by the overabundant canada goose population, while also continuing to offer safe and sanitary parks and open spaces. >> they're fun to look at but all they do is eat and pooped. >> reporter: bob has seen the issue ramp up over the 45 years he's lived here. >> it's sad. i could never be a hunter or a fisherman. i don't like that but they are filthy and they are dirty. and it's not good but we need to think about the humans too. >> reporter: many believe this is cruel. >> there are better solutions than just killing innocent animals. >> overwhelming majority of residents don't want this and why don't they put it on the ballot? >> reporter: the city said it does not have a signed agreement with a contractor to do this yet. they don't know when it will begin and there are not sure how it will be done yet. ian cull , today in the bay . today oakland leaders are
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expected to approve a $1.5 million settlement with a former police chief. in 2020 police commissioners voted to fire then chief ann kirkpatrick without cause. she soon claimed she was fired because she blew the whistle on corruption within the commission. this past may a judge agreed. the settlement announced yesterday covers one year of her salary and legal costs and the city denies any wrongdoing. kirkpatrick issued a statement thing in part , quote, i hope the agreement in my favor is a signal to all who are witnesses to misconduct, especially those in law enforcement. a new up and coming digital store. coming up on today in the bay, the new retail format one chain is planning to launch. urging instagram to state original. the two stars call on the app to stop trying to be like
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it is 4:42 and take a look at satellite and radar. we have monsoonal moisture from the desert southwest bringing and light, scattered showers and lightning strikes through parts of livermore in the sacramento area. isolated thunderstorms potential into the afternoon. we will talk about that and air quality coming up. more activity there dan in palo alto where it's quiet. no issues. just continued roadwork in the
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hov lane projects. let's look at the business world. good morning. i'm bertha coombs from cnbc. looks like we will have a lower open on wall street this morning after walmart cut its profit forecast for the rest of the year. the retail giant cited the impact of inflation on its shoppers. it was a mixed start to the week for stocks yesterday with the dow rising 90 points before that warning from walmart. the nasdaq was lagging. today we get reports on home prices, new-home sales, and consumer confidence. and the federal reserve kicks off a to date meeting today and are widely expected to announce another rate hike tomorrow. another rate hike of about three quarters of a percent as the fed continues to try to fight inflation. several heavyweights are reporting earnings.
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3m, coca-cola, general motors comic mcdonald's, and ups. and this afternoon we we hear from alphabet and microsoft. best buy will open a small format store in north carolina today. the store office only 5000 square feet but it's about 15% of the size of a typical best buy and that has a curated selection of digital products including large tvs, computers, headphones, wearable devices, and phones. and there are lockers to pick up online orders. when you want to buy something in store, you scan a qr code and an employee will fetch the item. and kim kardashian and kylie jenner are urging instagram to stop trying to copy tiktok. the sisters posting a message to the millions of followers saying make instagram instagram again. meta, the parent company of facebook have been pushing
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facebook and instagram into shorter videos. the market dominated by tiktok. jenner and kardashian are highly influential on social media and a few years ago kylie jenner slammed the snapchat redesign causing that stock to drop 7%. we don't see the same impact this time but we will hear from meta. i think they report tomorrow afternoon. we will see if they address that on their earnings call. jenner is a big cohort. >> that announcement will be longer than a tiktok video. >> i saw tama braxton saying, stop. trying to be tiktok. >> they both look the same. >> just give me my pictures. >> thank you, birtha. the hardships of trying to
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request folks driving through the area love your speeds by 10 miles per hour because of the work on highway 12, 121 and 29. that is for the north bay and it will continue and look at the greek highlight. there may be some slicker roads for folks in the outer reaches of the bay area coming across the phoenicia bridge no major problems. looking toward contra costa county, a smooth drive. the minimum for vasco road. san jose, traffic moving slowly. you see some low clouds in the distance. we have a lot to talk about from air quality to monsoonal moisture traveling from that desert southwest and northern mexico. look at san francisco right now. we do have the morning fog and i want to get started with satellite and radar because this does a good job of showcasing what we were talking about yesterday and that was monsoonal moisture. we have a system traveling up and is starting to pop some shower and hippity on the radar
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along with lightning strikes through the interior. also expect the possibility through south lake tahoe. the biggest threat will not be rain, it's going to be lightning strikes. we know how dry it is out there. we have a lot of dry brush and any lightning is a concern for a fire to start or spread. let's talk about what we can expect into the afternoon. any chance of isolated showers will clear out to midmorning but we still keep that instability in the atmosphere so we will still see the chance of an isolated thunderstorm or two, especially for the sierra into the afternoon. by tonight we see that clear out but you can see had popping through south lake tahoe all the way into the overnight hours. temperatures are starting in the 50s and 60s but it will feel muggy. we do have a smoke advisory ex- tended one more day because of the drifting smoke nearby from the oak fire. it looks like a lot of the smoke will remain high above
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but it will be just enough to where you can see that hayes. daytime highs today will be in the 60s by 10:00 a.m. fast-forward to 3:00 and you will see we are in the upper 80s . seasonable for this time of year. san jose, upper 70s and low 80s. and we call overnight.we cool off into wednesday and thursday but , we will remain calm and dry for the remainder of the week ahead. now let's turn to the climate crisis. climate changes impacting us on a global scale and according to the world food program, an estimated 47 billion people have been pushed into food insecurity since march. driven by a number of factors including conflict, the war in ukraine come and climate change, impacts it economic disruption, is impacting some
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of our poorest countries as many look for a way to ease concerns. the silicon investor funds tech diseases that provide solutions to a growing problem. >> from a climate perspective water issues are front and center and you can see what's happened with regard to the central valley and how water has become a precious commodity. you can see what's happened with the wildfires as a result of having growing seasons that are now drier than they've been in napa valley where the entire 2020 crop has been completely ruined because of smoke tainted because the wildfires were so close. >> since 2018 they have invested in companies using technology to solve problems in fields like agriculture and food production. kim is calling and other major companies to invest in the community to combat hunger around the world. for the full interview check
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out our climate crisis tab at nbcbayarea.com. this morning, 4:52 and we are also covering a painful reality picking up again for more families struggling to make it in the bay we're talking foreclosures. the new report finds the number of foreclosures so far this year is up 90% in the bay area. more than 1700 homes. some of that has to do with the expiring of pandemic -related protections. one peninsula real estate agent tells us right now there is no need to panic. >> unless they get to a point where they start adding to the inventory and creating a glut of inventory then i don't see it being quite a big factor. >> experts point out the pace of foreclosures is still well below what it was in 2019 and nowhere near significant enough
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to lower bay area home prices at this time. you're probably playing in the back yard of the park or tailgating at levi's stadium but if you've never seen cornhole played by professionals, buckle up because it's fast and furious and a hot new sport that's growing. >> people who take it seriously don't want to play with me. three years ago an elementary school teacher started a local cornhole league in stockton and then leagues popped up in a half-dozen bay area cities. >> i don't care if you're 7 or 70, if you can throw a one pound bag 20 7p, you can play cornhole. >> the fastest growing sport in the world. >> there's a professional cornhole league leax i say yes and i'm fortunate to play and that. >> anyone can play and anyone can win. >> that i would be traveling the united states to play a
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>> let's go! good bags! >> we met a cornhole pro player who is also a sixth grade teacher. you can watch that whole story online. that's on nbcbayarea.com. the league is on the trending bar on our home page. masks on or masks off? next on today in the bay, the upcoming vote that could affect what your next ride on b.a.r.t., look like . and most parents of young children are reluctant to have been vaccinated against covid- 19. 33% with kids under the age of 5 say they definitely will not get their child vaccinated. only 7% of kids in that age group say their kids are already vaccinated. and a quarter of all parents surveyed say they are
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right now. an explosive, fast-moving wildfire still burning out of yosemite. while it's hundreds of miles away, we may still feel the effects in the bay area. our team is tracking those conditions. county and local efforts to expand testing, vaccination cites, and education. >> out of vaccines. the problem forcing one bay area clinic to shut down again as monkeypox cases continue to rise .
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