right now on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, flames break out at an oakland warehouse overnight. new video from the dixie fire. there are new evacuations in place and a widening area affected by the smoke. no vaccine, no service? new rule san francisco bars can be rolling out plus where you can get a shot today. good morning. it is saturday july 24. i am devin fehely. thank you so much for joining us. let's start with a quick check of our weather. the sun is not coming up until 6:07, a little bit later. that's the view from the top. you can see gray from above and gray from below. that's treasure island. cloudy over the bay bridge and in san jose, some mid level clouds. temperatures are in the upper 50s for most locations and for daytime highs we will go back

to the low 90s if you are inland. we'll be in the mid 70s for much of the bay. i will be back with the rest of the forecast. new, firefighters are mopping up the scene of a major three alarm warehouse fire that erupted in oakland early this morning. this is video from citizen app. fire crews were called before 1:00 am and arrived to find this warehouse on east 12th and 45th avenue engulfed in flames. check out the massive clouds of smoke billowing high into the sky. here is have a from the oakland fire department. crews say buildings across the street started to catch fire but they were able to put the fires out quickly. as for a cause, here is what the crews know. of people e , there e a re h there has been some talk of possibly extended into the main building. >> there is a widespread power

outage in the area. crews say they'll be working with pge to replace power poles, transformers, service wiring that was damaged by the fire. the official cause is still under investigation. to the fire watch, here is new video we just got into our newsroom of the e fireovernight california so far this year. it has burned more than 167,000 acres and right now is just 18% contained. this video shows firefighters along highway 70 in feather river canyon area. they worked through the night providing structure protection to communities near quincy. a report from or ville. >> reporter: dixie fire forcing families to flee. >> we had to evacuate monday. it was probably more than 20 miles away. now it's within four miles of our house. >> reporter: the biggest fire

burning in california charging towards a childhood home. >> right in the direction of our house. >> reporter: the family unsure if they'll return to their home where so many memories remain. >> out of all the things i think i would be upset about is the family pictures. i have a picture of my sister and i with my grandma. >> reporter: evacuations ordered for several counties. >> raining ash, dark skies. everyone had this worried ominous feeling. you can tell it was panic. >> reporter: this fire is moving fast, out pacing crews. >> i just hope there is a house to go back to. >> reporter: the red cross jumped into action getting a call from california office of emergency services to open a shelter right away. >> it's an automatic for me, an adrenaline rush. you go into that mode of

jumping into action. >> reporter: making an evacuation center feel like home. >> we keep all our supplies we would need. basically cleaning supplies, cots. we have a wheelchair. we have separate kits as well. >> people come in and they're hurting. we provide them a place to be safe and sleep. governor newsom declared a state of emergency for counties affected by raging wildfires. they include butte and plumas where dixie and tamarack fires remain out of control. tamarack fire is south of lake tahoe. some worry it will have a negative impact on the tourism industry. >> we did get a lot of calls because we had a lot of of people concerned that want to know more about the fire and about the smoke. >> the tamarack fired covered 90 square miles in alpine and across the state line in nevada since lightning sparked it three weeks ago. it has burned more than 65,000

acres and is 4% contained. in san francisco some bars are considering telling customers if you weren't vaccinated, you just around welcome. andria borba explains why. >> reporter: you could be showing more than id at some bars. they can be asking to see proof that you are 21 and vaccinated as well. with the delta variant and a huge spike in staff contracting covid, the bar alliance is asking this question. >> they're wondering what responsibility we have to our staff. we realize we absolutely have to do everything in our power to protect them and their families. >> 82% say they support vaccine card checks oh door. this isn't hypothetical. >> i couldn't open wednesday because my bar tender contracted covid from another job he had bar tending.

we lost a lot of money. he lost a lot of money. >> it would be a first in america but french government mandated vaccines to gain access to cafes, bars, and the like. that caused more than a million french folks to sign up that day for their dose. he doesn't care about incentivizing shots. he says this is about staff safety. >> the problem is a bunch of frankly very selfish individuals who think they somehow know more than 99% of health experts and scientists. >> reporter: the district 11 supervisor says it is not just about safety of bar tenders but society as a whole even in san francisco where 76% of the population is fully vaccinated. >> the last 24% is really putting themselves in danger and putting the status of our economy in danger now and the condition of our schools, everything. >> city and county of san

francisco is mandating employees get vaccinated but public health department has not done the same or even recommended it for the private sector. meanwhile, bar owners alliance says they will make their decision on monday. andria borbakpix5. a new poll finds most unvaccinated americans plan to remain that way. 81% say they either definitely not or probably not would be willing to get the shot. today, a mobile vaccine clinic aimed at getting as many young people shots as possible heads to mountain view. there are no appointments necessary. free vaccines are available at the mountain view community services on sterling road. a mobile vaccination van will offer the shots from 10:00 to 3:00. anyone 12 and up is eligible. also today, vaccinations are available at the oakland zoo. anyone showing up will get a free one day family pass for two adults and two children to

visit the zoo. a busy start to the weekend in the north bay. napa county wineries say despite concerns over delta variant, business there is booming. andrea nakano reports from napa where there were big crowds last night. >> reporter: wine is flowing in napa valley as tourists from far and near are visiting the region. >> cheers everybody. >> reporter: this group arrived from austin, texas. >> it was a little scary. it was our first visit. we wore masks and we just kind of took a deep breath and ended up here. >> reporter: an increase in cases has some people slightly concerns. wineries haven't seen a decrease in visitors at all. >> we have to turn down some people sie we are under af that's one of struggh. repte felike it

is harvest season. reservations are required at least a couple weeks in advance. >> everything is booked. >> i booked everything and i can say it was busy. >> reporter: in downtown napa, napa city nights drew hundreds to memorial park on a friday night. for many, this is the most normal things have felt since the pandemic began. >> i feel like everything has been so fun. everyone has been so welcoming and social. i don't want to say back to normal but it's felt pretty much back to normal. the time is 6:10. still ahead on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, nearly five years later, a criminal case closed. final feat of the ghost ship warehouse master tenant and the restitution payments he is facing. making a come

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a live look from oakland where criminal case in the ghost ship warehouse fire has come to an end. mercury news reports that the master tenant has been ordered to pay 5.8 million in restitution mostly to cover attorney fees and court costs. 36 people died when a fire gutted the warehouse during a dance party in 2016. the family of victims will split just over $200,000, about 5800 per family. some have settled civil anpg menaremains on house arrest.

the garlic festival is back by popular demand. after the 2019 mass shooting and last year's cancellation because of covid. visitors say coming back was part of the healing process. da lin shows us people drove from as far as l.a. to show their support and get their hands on some delicious food. >> reporter: because of covid it's a lot smaller and a very different format. instead it's a drive through at gilroy presbyterian church. you order online the day before and you pick it up in your car. no live music or games but there is still live entertainment. big flames, sizzling food, and everything garlic, folks picking up their food drive thru gourmet alley as the pyro chefs put on a show. next is a tent of organizers

prepping, bringing bags to the customers. thank you. e to all of u. >> well done. kudos to you. >> reporter: the smallest festival means a condensed men auto you with some of the most popular items including pepper stick, scampi, garlic bread. >> i made sure i ordered three. >> reporter: covid caused the 2020 cancellation. in 2019 a gunman. >> it is an honor we feel to be here, to just support it and come back to it. there is a lot of healing too. i think that comes from that. >> reporter: this family drove five hours to join hundreds of others. >> we drove from just outside los angeles. >> why? >> this is my childhood. every summer my family vacation >> thank you for doing that. >> one i am sending my car to

another friend of mine and taking it to my daughter in pasadena. >> reporter: neither covid nor a mass shooting scare them away. it's not just a festival. it's a summer tradition. they're open this weekend and next weekend. organizers would like to go back to traditional format but that depends on how covid looks next year. i am da lin, kpix5. on the drought emergency, the state's second largest reservoir is drying up. lake ovville has a water level 12 feet above record lows. levels haven't dropped this low in more than four decades. it's growing increasingly likely a power plant downstream could be forced offline for the first time. >> it's kind of crazy to think there is not much water so they will not get much power. we don't know how it will work

out. >> usually i am fishing over there. >> the water level is down about 650 feet. the record low reached in 1977 was only about 12 feet below that point. let's get a check of our weather. the sun came up ten minutes ago. if you look at the view from the camera looking over the city, which you cannot see because it is entirely blanketed, but just behind my head you see a little bit light from the sunrise which has just started to peek up on the eastern sky. that's what it looks like under that gray blanket. that's from treasure island. you can see the ferry building in the foreground but couldn't see much of the rest of the tops of the towers. that's looking east over the bay bridge from our roof. it's cloudy in the south bay. you are still waking up to mid level clouds and that will melt

back. i will how clouds disappear. temperatures are in the mid 50s pretty much everywhere. if we come in for a closer look and put marine layer on top, you can see why the city is nothing but gray. east bay's got it. san jose you have a few. if you are not looking at sun now you will be, within the next hour or two. north bay our clouds are gone by 9:00 but we are waking to mid level clouds for the valleys in through sonoma. early afternoon at 1:00, still have persistent marine layer on the coast. everybody else gets sunshine. as far as the city, it will be half gray on the west, sunny on the east. classic late july. here is what the temperatures will do. low to d many south san jose 82, 77 fremont. inland east bay, this is

we've got low 90s. concord 91, livermore 92, pleasanton 89. we'll see upper 60s to low 70s for east bay communities. in sonoma it will be 82 today and we'll be in the mid 90s, hot, for the valleys of the mendocino and lake county. one other item we need to discuss. it doesn't like like a significant impact on air quality. we have been lucking out all summer with smoke off the wildfires pushed out of state. over the next two days that's going to change and smoke will be allowed to meander and loiter and maybe even drift a little our way in the mid to upper levels. if the might start to look more hazy in the sky. the forecast at this point calls for moderate air quality at the ground for the air we will be breathing in. this will be a big issue all summer. we will watch it closely. this will be the first shift to likelihood of more mid level

smoke. there is san francisco, oakland, san jose. let's get the numbers for inland east bay valleys, north bay valleys, coast. we will be in the low 90s for inland east valleys, we'll be in 80s for valleys through the north bay. >> you mentioned that we could have a little bit of a chance of lightning coming up? you know the monsoon in the desert southwest all summer, a week ago some got pushed into california specifically the sierra. we were concerned we might see some. there is another small chance of that on monday. it doesn't look likely but it is something we will be talking a lot about. >> fingers crossed. happening today in alameda museum on an aircraft carrier celebrates 52 years since splash town of returning apollo 11 astronauts. they were first men to walk on

the moon. special events include a panel discussion. there are also displays from nasa and other organizations involved in space travel plus a model rocket. the hornet is open from 10:00 to 5:00. good morning. straight ahead, what have i got? bay area boys of summer getting a cold slap last night. for the third straight

i got baseball up top and giants. boy, they usually keep your attention late in the game these days, don't they? on the right, hello to the first round pick. he wore that giants jersey. brother david pitched for the pirates last night. to the game, a inning two run h when it got wet they led giants

3-0. home half of the third, a solo job got san francisco on the board and kayakers got a little wet. quickly a two run laser. here came giants to tie the game. it got away in a bases loaded seven. a little trouble finding the handle. everyone safe, run scored, a come back trifle shy and pirates won 6-4. dodgers lost last night so san francisco leads the west by three games. there is a's bob melvin. skipper calm and collected at seattle. bottom second, gave up back to back homers and just like that, it was 3-0. oakland rally, they loaded bases for andrus who waved at strike three to end the seventh. a's struck out 18 times last

night. bottom of the inning, a's threw five wild pitches. moore scored. a's lost 4-3. astros won so oakland is three and a half games behind houston in the west. the cleveland indians announced yesterday thei to the guardians beginning next season. the name was inspired by guardian statues on the city's hope memorial bridge. the team announced last december they were dropping the indians' nickname. there is the wally trophy given to drag racing's finest. he has 143 of them, no surprise for a man who has won 20 nhra titles. his daughter was a top performer last night. of course they're the face of the nhra proceedings at sonoma race way. what gets the 72-year-old kid going? >> get out there and sit in the

car, seat belt, waiting to fire that motor. when that sound comes on, 10,000-horsepower, that's just in my lane. 20,000 between two cars. i become 18 again. i am a young ma u. racing all weekend at sonoma race way going on today and tomorrow. that's enough. i'll see you later. 6:26. boosting the vaccine stock pile. coming up on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, effort from the biden administration and nationwide push to increase vaccination rates. three deadly crashes in one week, one taking the life

welcome back. 6:29. thank you so much for joining us. i am devin fehely. let's start with a quick check of our weather with meteorologist darren peck. >> the sun has been up 15 or 20 minutes and it looks pretty from the top but if you get under the clouds it's gray for the city and much of the immediate bay. san jose, we've already got sunshine hitting the buildings. i will show the

coast by early this afternoon when we check back in in the complete forecast. right now we are starting in the mid to upper 50s. we will warm up to the low 90s if you are inland. we'll stay in the low 70s for much of the bay. we'll see you with the forecast in a bit. we are in the middle of a summer surge with covoid 19 cases growing. officials are pushing vaccinations and masks, a message that hasn't always been well received. louisiana is grappling with one of the nation's highest growth rates in covid-19 cases. >> what's enabling the surge is a low percentage of people who have been vaccinated. >> alabama's governor took a more blunt approach. >> it's time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the regular folks. it's the unvaccinated folks letting us down. >> reporter: the white house press secretary was asked if biden administration should take a sharper tone on vaccinations. >> i don't think our role is to

place blame. we can provide accurate ion topeople who are not yet vaccinated about the risks they are incurring not only on themselves but also the people around them. >> reporter: administration announced purchase of 200 million additional doses ever pfizer for kids under 12 once eligible and for possible booster shots. mask requirements and recommendations are making a come back as covid surges across u.s. st. louis is the latest city to begin a mandate beginning monday. tourists packed las vegas strip and masks were hard to come by. >> we are not considering a mask mandate for customers or guests. we will follow the data. >> reporter: nevada is one of the top covid hot spots with louisiana, florida, arkansas, and missouri. >> the surge in cases in california has gotten bad enough for one hospital in

burbank to reopen the covid ward. providence st. joseph medical center is bringing 30 negative pressure covid rooms to prepare for what's ahead. that's six weeks after nurses in the hospital held a celebration because at the time they had zero covid patients. new numbers show a steep drop in number of teens being vaccinated across the country. the weekly numbers of doses peaked at about 1.6 million at the end of may. that figure has dropped since to 315,000 in mid july. according to american academy of pediatrics. academy recommends all kids 12 and older get vaccinated. taking a live look at tokyo japan where summer olympics are underway. that's after an opening ceremony played out last night to a nearly empty stadium. only vips were in olympics. the olympics were postponed in 2020 due to the pandemic. organizers are not shying away from impacts of the pandemic. covid cases in tokyo are reaching a new six month high

of nearly 2,000 new cases a day. stadiums will be family and friends are not allowed inside to watch them compete. sy focud on athletic ent skill. >> this is unprecedented. this olympics is like no other. >> it is going to be admitting that athletes are true heroes. >> a long time opening ceremony producer created the show five years ago in rio where 65,000 attended. in tokyo there were just 1500. on the vaccination front, we are learning from the u.s. olympic and paralympic committee about 100 of the 613 american athletes are not vaccinated. about 83% of u.s. athletes report receiving their vaccine. hot weather in tokyo is a source of concern. temperatures are currently in the 90s with high humidity.

misting devices are set up around the city to help people stay cool. tokyo's heat has some worried that heat stroke can be confused with covid. both share similar symptoms like high fever and dehydration. in previous olympics athletes would allorlimate atwasn't possible is time because of the pandemic. here is new video out of tokyo this morning where buses arrived with athletes for the first day of the swimming competition. athletes try to adjust to absence of screaming fans. adam peaty will compete in the 100-meter breast stroke. he is the world record holder and raining champion. tomorrow katie ledecky of u.s. will begin. two people were stranded after their truck got stuck in flood waters in maricopa

county. a sheriffs department rescue helicopter hovered over the scene and swooped down. fortunately no one was hurt. monsoon rains have been drenching the area since thursday night raising the threat of a flash flood. one man used a raft to move along flooded roads north of phoenix. aerial footage captured head waters of a flash flood friday afternoon. poorly drained areas, urban zones, burn scars are among areas most susceptible to flooding. rainfall up to two inches per hour was expected last night with storms continuing into today. back in the bay area, a south bay city is seeing a rash of horrific pedestrian accidents. san jose has had three since tuesday, one deadly. last saturday, a beloved youth counselor was killed in a hit and run when a driver ran a red light. tuesday a man was fatally struck on monterey road. yesterday morning, another hit

and run on tully run. len ramirez has details. >> reporter: unidentified woman trying to cross tully road on foot when run over by an suv that then took off. it happened about 1:30 in the morning. the area is near homeless camps and people are often seen trying to cross between cross walks. it's also a place where people speed according to a man who walks here every day. >> you have to be careful because here the speed city limit about 35 but most people are driving 45, 50. >> san jose's wide boulevards were designed to move mass amounts of traffic quickly. they're flat and fast, sometimes too fast. san jose has had 32 fatal traffic accidents in 2021. 12 involved pedestrians and it was the third fatal accident this week. saturday morning, a 24-year-old was killed when his car was struck by a speeding 2015 black infinity. the driver of the infinity fled

on foot. the infinity was trying to get away from a police patrol car but did not call it a chase. >> we were not actively pursuing but the truth is we are still looking for more information. >> reporter: a memorial marks the spot where he was killed. he was a beloved youth counselor and graduate of ucla and over felt high school where he excelled in academics and football. >> it was one of the most shocking calls i have received. >> reporter: the principal said he overcame a tough childhood and period of homelessness. >> there is no way you couldn't respect the man. i think about that person will live with the guilt of having killed an amazing person for the rest of his or her life. >> traffic experts say a lot of people got used to driving too fast when roads were clear during the pandemic. to keep everyone safe, slow down. an unexpected exodus. thousands of corporate disney jobs moved from southern california to florida. why the shift means a cash in

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through red tape. under the previous system they had to verify identity to get paid. but that led to long delays, sometimes months, to get their money. in the meantime billions were paid on bogus claims. the no longer punishes unemployed for administrative failures. >> people lost jobs and are still trying to recover. there is a growing amount of debt putting a lot of pressure specifically on families. >> it is hard for me to even make ends meet now because it's just to put food on the table for my kids. it's really hard for me. >> the e.d.d. says under the new policy payments for about 100,000 people should start up again soon. new, one of southern california's biggest most beloved most profitable companies is packing up thousands of highest paid workers and moving them to florida. born in california, disney is saying that state isn't

business friendly. >> reporear: asthe answer will likely always be disneyland. the company that's created magical experience for kids and adults for decades announced it will be moving some 2,000 walt disney jobs from the burbank glendale area to orlando florida to cash in on 580 million in tax credits that will be paid out over 19 years. jobs include positions in finance, human resources, technology, communications, imagine nears with average salaries of $120,000. it favors florida for the business friendly climate, better housing prices, lower income tax, less hools, better roads and less traffic. ultimately the move comes down to money. >> capital and corporations are not loyal. they are not people. they don't have emotions. all they care about is the bottom line. that's why the move is going to

happen. >> reporter: shifting jobs to florida only benefits that state and not america as a whole. >> the existing 2,000 employees, it is not better for them. half of them or more than half will lose their jobs d >> rr:ese eate dynamic environment to support the expanding business. but the move could mean decline in revenue for local businesses. managers at this vietnamese restaurant said several customers work at a nearby disney office where some jobs will be relocated. >> it will probably decline 15 to 20%. hopefully we will get more customers. >> reporter: a spokesperson said with the resort and other offices located in orlando, the move only makes sense. we've got pretty status weather coming our way. i will spend this visit talking about this small opportunity we can see another isolated thunderstorm by the time we get

to early this week. it's not a big deal at this point but it is something to start taking a closer look at. the city is underneath that. it's a gray start for most locations and around th immediate bay. in san jose we are already getting sunshine on the buildings. temperatures are in the mid to upper 50s, a little bit marine layer in the bay as we saw. that burns back to immediate beaches by the late morning and early afternoon. then it is sunshine for everybody except the coast and west half of the city. daytime highs will come to the low and mid 80s. south bay it will be 87 today campbell. 90 in danville, pittsburg 92, 89 in pleasanton. temperatures in immediate bay show influence of the on shore flow. we will stay in upper 60s to 70s for most of the east bay shoreline, low 80s for santa rosa. look at the jump in temperatures. low hundreds for many valleys. two ways to look at this.

first, while we have avoided the smoke in the bay area for much of the fire season so far, it's all gone way to the east, over the next 24 to 36 hours, general flow in the atmosphere will start shifting a little bit. some of that smoke, especially burning off the dixie fire, which is now the major fire in california through plumas county, that the start to drift our way by tuesday. the good news, we are looking at upper level winds. most smoke will be in mid to upper levels. it doesn't look like a significant issue at the lower levels. on the ground where we breathe in the air it shouldn't be too bad. be aware the quality of the air is about to trend downward. it depends on how the fires behave and how the easterly flow becomes. this means we are vulnerable developing in arizona. watch mid level moisture. that's fuel to build thunderstorms. i will play this forward on

futurecast. by monday and tuesday, all of that's been drawn our way. pretty classic. you see that in the summer with thunderstorms in arizona. occasionally they can get pushed into california. it happened a week ago. we got a lot in the sierra. now we will look at futurecast and what the radar looks like. by late monday it shows better likelihood for thunderstorms in sierra. monday night into tuesday there is a small 10% chance we could get a few dry lightning strikes in the bay area. it does not look like a significant threat at this point but considering how dry landscape is and how fire season is going, we will watch closely. the seven-day forecast for san francisco, oakland, san jose, not a lot of change. the seven day for inland, east bay, north eynot t we'lkemper i mid 80like the air quality has been visibly worse a little

bit each day. we'll have to see what impact is if the smoke starts to come our way. >> that's the way this will likely go. you are already seeing the haze development. thankfully the air quality at the ground so far has been moderate at worst. we'll take that in light of the way last summer went. >> thank you. a full moon illuminated the sky last night. some regions it might have appeared orange or red. this is known as a buck moon. it occurs at a time when buck deer regrow their antlers. it is also sometimes called a thunder moon because of thunderstorms in some places during early summer. if you missed the full moon last night, there is time to see it. it will be visible in the night sky for the next three days. it can be a mountain of red tape and roadblocks for american military veterans applying for government benefits. for the last 35 years an east bay woman has made it her duty to help them navigate the

process. the bay area eraward s us to winner. >> we get calls, how can i take care of daddy? >> reporter: martinez made history as first nonveteran and first woman hired in 1986 as a veteran service representative. she's worked for contra costa county veteran service office which serves more than 9,000 veterans a year today. >> my main thing is caring. i love what i do. >> reporter: it's in her blood. her grandfather served in the army in wormed war i, father in world war ii, her son a retired navy commander in persian gulf. for 25 years jill helped elderly veterans and families through the often painstaking process of filing for federal and state benefits. once jill pushed through a two and a half year claim for a 93- year-old women's army core veteran from world war ii.

>> got the retro check for $37,000. she died three days later. >> reporter: the process has improved. >> my quickest pension claim was 11 days. i had 65 pages of everything that was needed on th jill tiin 2011 on a friday and then came back on monday to the same office and the same job as a volunteer. >> i even had the veteran call. >> reporter: as a volunteer for the last ten years, jill could make her own schedule. she works 30 hours a week and has coffee club meet ups with veterans like ronald. the photographer found applying for health benefits a headache. >> you send in the paperwork and you wait and you wait. there is no one to call. you don't know who to check with, what's going on. >> reporter: jill is his guide. >> i am grateful that she's there, she's got my back. >> reporter: linda says jill has come alongside during

trying times after the death of her father senior navy chief frank griego who served twice in vietnam and her mother who needed care. >> it is jill who is helping. she even helped when we put dad to rest. >> reporter: a wall full of birthday greetings show appreciation for the 72-year- old who doesn't give up. >> i am still looking for vets i can help. >> reporter: for decades as a relentless advocate for military veterans and families applying for government benefits this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to jill martinez. sharon chin, kpix5. >> if you know of a quiet hero who has served their community let us know. go to kpix.com/hero

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a new warning for summer travelers. if you are in a rush to get a new passport, you may be out of luck. scammers have forced state department to temporarily shut down emergency department booking site. third party actors are using bots for the appointments and some are charging applicants as much as $3,000. the state is trying to process a huge backlog of applications. >> i call every day to get an answer to get the same run around. oh we can only push a week before your travel. a week before your travel is cutting it very close. >> the current wait time for receiving a new passport is as long as 18 weeks. this morning, cruise industry is slowly making a come back. first large cruise ship in almost two years just arrived in alaska. the reaction from passgersd bun

the industry to get back. >> reporter: the cruise ship arrived on a drizzly day. 632 passengers spilled on the streets. the serenade of the seas is roughly one quarter full. as sailings continue the plan is to incrementally increase capacity. for the passengers on the seven day voyage there was excitement. >> it's been fantastic. we had been planning last year but waiting more time makes it sweeter to get to be on the water. >> it's nice to see the icebergs and glaciers but i am excited to see the whales and bears. >> it's good. it's weird. it's kind of surreal honestly. it's familiar but a lot of nervousness at the same time. it's been two years since we have really worked. >> a shortened season with fewer sailings does have an impact. small boats got ready and bus

loads drove to take photos of the ever popular glacier. for the city, this is a hopeful moment. cruise ship passengers typically account for 20% of the sales tax revenue. >> i am so excited. i am so happy. >> 21 months have been a roller coaster and she came to see the ship. >> feeling like we are winning. some days you are on top of the world. some days you feel like you will never make it. it's emotional. >> reporter: the ship arrived hours before the city reimposed restrictions to curb a spike in covid-19 cases but that wasn't going to stop the joy of seeing a critical engine of the state's economy return. >> this is like a giant beacon of hope where it feels like we are going to make it. >> royal caribbean needed a temporary waiver of maritime

6:56, time for a look at top stories. three alarm fire tore through a warehouse overnight in oakland. crews found the building engulfed in flames when they arrived. investigators are looking at whether or not a nearby homeless encampment extended into the building and might have caused the fire. a wildfire in alpine has scorched 90 square miles and reached across the state line

into nevada. it grew by 8,000 acres in the past 24 hours. it is 4% contained. bars in san francisco may demand proof that customers are vaccinated. more than 80% of the members of the city's bar owner alliance support vaccine card checks. this follows a spike in infections amongst vaccinated staff. a reason napa valley says business is booming. people are visiting despite concerns about the variant. many wineries are requiring reservations at least a couple weeks in advance. the garlic festival is back for the first time since a mass shooting in 2019 and last year's covid cancellation. visitors can drive through gourmet alley and pick up bags of food. it's a gray start for the city and just about any other location in the immediate bay. there is already sunshine in san jose. the seven-day forecast for san francisco, oakland, san jose on the screen first. temperatures will climb to the

low 80s in san jose for much of the week. we'll keep it in the low to mid 70s for oakland. inland valleys of east bay, low to mid 90s. look at the spike in heat by wednesday. valleys of north bay will keep it more moderate. mid 90s for much of the week but low 90s for the wednesday jump in temperatures as well. >> thanks. thank you for watching kpix5 news. the news continues all day on cbsn bay area. we'll be back home morning at 6:00. enjoy your saturday.

narrator: today on "lucky dog", these four shelter dogs are gearing up to put safety first. they'll learn skills that will not only keep them safe... eric: leave it. yes. narrator: ...but also protect others around them... rashi: hi, buddy. narrator: ...all with one goal in mind, to be safe and sound in their new forever homes. eric: i feel an immense amount of pressure to make sure that the dog that we select is completely trained before going into their household. there really is no room for error. i'm eric wiese, and this is my wife, rashi, and we've dedicated