>> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron 4 morning news at 7. >> good saturday morning to you. thanks for joining us here on the kron 00:00am morning news i'm noelle bellow. it is saturday. august 7th. we've got a lot to get to this morning, but we want to start you off by getting a check of your forecast. dave spahr standing by. dave. it was a pretty chilly and kind of moist out there over the last several hours. how long is that going around. well, good morning welcome morning, everybody. and we have some that marine layer kind of struck back a little bit today. you know, yesterday we got those temperatures climbing very nicely. will. >> today it's striking back and we're a little bit of a

minor cooling phase to take us right into monday. this is just the start of all of that. and we'll be watching that fog, quote, burn off as the morning progresses. here's a shot from the take a look at the east bay shoreline that is covered in all this low level moisture that we says speaking of and the golden gate bridge. obviously all covered up in all of this. not much in the way of winds either. so we've kind of the best of both worlds, so to speak, keeping things kind of cool. this is the mixing out of fog throughout the morning hours. as you can see, and by 10 o'clock or so. most locations outside water should be cleared out of the run. the coastal slow going temperature check. we have some 60 still hanging on 50's. meanwhile, along the east bay shoreline and of up to the north bay as well. for comparison sake. it's a touch cooler except for those inland spots are little bit warmer as we start our day noting some of the cloud cover this morning and that fog as late as 8 or even 9 o'clock. we go into a sunny mode, although we should make the addendum that impart lights llano county in the far east bay in contra, costa county. you may see still some of that smoke and hazy skies from all

of that smoke. that's in the upper layers of the atmosphere coming up in a bit. we'll check into the weekend forecast and that minor but quick little cool down. we have no well, thanks, dave. our top story this morning, california health officials reporting a big jump in covid-19 cases. this comes as the delta variant. >> spreads across the bay area and the state more than 14,000 new infections were reported over the last day, which is double what we saw last friday officials say we haven't seen this type of uptick since the winter surge back in january. currently the state is at a 7.1 test positivity rate and more than 5,000 people are currently hospitalized with covid-19 here in california and those numbers have many doctors and nurses feeling overwhelmed yet again at kaiser in walnut creek doctors and nurses in the icu say the number of covid patients is rising with upwards of 35 patients a day by comparison, the number of patients in late spring was down to 0. but now

they're climbing right back up to where they were when covid first hit. >> you know, now we're back at full capacity again and nurses and doctors and respiratory therapist are exhausted. we've had to do double shifts extra chefs. there's just not enough resources. and we're start having what we need to properly care for patients in need. so much more straight. now. it's a similar situation over at ucsf back in late may and june. they had a number of days where there was just maybe one patient hospitalized with covid. >> on friday, the hospital have 39 patients fighting the virus. now amid that rise in cases vaccination numbers are rising across the country. the u.s. has reached a big milestone this week according to the cdc 50% of the country's population is now fully vaccinated against covid-19. that's about 165 million americans. another 27 million have gotten at least one dose of the pfizer or moderna vaccine. thousands

of fully vaccinated. people are expected to come down with the delta variant of covid-19. but health experts say those breakthrough cases are not likely to cause severe symptoms. the cdc says if more people don't get themselves vaccinated. we may see another surge of serious cases emerge. this winter like we did the last. now even with coronavirus spreading in our community. it's not stopping forty-niners fans from heading to levi's stadium today. it's been 18 long months since fans were able to go inside the gates. but this morning, thousands are actually going to be there to watch the team practice kron four's, camila barco joining us live now from levi stadium what fans need to know about the safety protocols that are in place there. good morning. camila. >> good morning all. so yeah, it's a great day to be a forty-niners fans. they are coming back to the stadium after such a long time. they will be able to see their favorite players take the field during an open practice. but compared to past seasons.

fans will be expected to wear a face covering. now, this is how levi stadium has look like for more than a year and deep besides its players. however, today about 15 to 20,000 fans will fill the stands. >> today is the first chance for them to see the team in person in the lead-up to the upcoming football season and fans will also be able to check out the forty-niners museum during open practice today. it reopened yesterday after being forced to close because of the pandemic and once the season starts, the museum will be open to visitors the day before a home game that we talked about some covid guidelines, the forty-niners are following the state and local guidelines. there are no rules on social distancing at the stadium. however, they will be enforcing mask. so fans are expected to wear them, including today. >> really appreciate people having the respect of each

other and mindful of just putting on your mask the way we don't have to go to those levels despite your political affiliation or what you feel that you do or do not want to do when you're inside the building here, it is inside the stadium it made to put on your mask. and let's not. >> a test that. >> now just another note leave icm is going cashless. i'm not exactly. it's not clear whether this was due to the pandemic, but they will not be accepting cash. whether you're buying food or clothing, levi stadium expects customers and their fans to purchase these items with credit cards. now the gates open here at levi stadium at 8.30 this morning and practice begins just after 10:00am. but people who do come to today's open practice will need a ticket to get through doors. fans are expected to arrive about within an hour or so. so we're hoping to hear from them back to you. alright camila, we'll check in with you. >> in the next hour. do want to take you now just wildfire coverage. the dixie fire. now

the 3rd largest fire in state history. it's burned more than 434,000 acres in plumas and butte counties fire crews are losing ground in the fight against of. unfortunately, containment has gone down to 21% this morning. it was at 35% just yesterday. but i'm extremely dry conditions up that way. and winds are fueling this fire causing those flames to spread faster than crews can keep up with a few small towns have been incinerated by the flames, including the towns of greenville and canyon dam where there are 8 people who are unaccounted for this morning. rush has a look at the destruction from plumas county. >> the exclusive dixie fire continues to destroy anything in its path. residents of metal valley near quincy. we're allowed to go home. see if it's still here. this is mason steve's in-laws home. he says since they're older. they're being overly cautious about going home too soon. toys. others in the area are

making as well. regal, they let us go back. you know my uncle in a mine. they were my sister's house in quincy on with the trailer. they went back home the next night. it blew up. california's largest single was far showing no signs of letting up as disability continues to deteriorate. fire crews hoping the weather improves. in the meantime, they continue to protect structures and draw a line to slow the fire down. plus around the community fight indian falls greenville and canyon dam thought devastation. >> fire crews are now trying to protect press to melt. >> what happened. greenville's us an absolute shame. steve hopes his in-laws home doesn't face the same fate, but he believes the dixie fire could have been avoidable and something needs to change. i think the people that i'm allowed to get like this need to hold accountable gurajpal sangha fox 40 news. >> over in placer county. firefighters are gaining the upper hand on the river fire about ones destroyed. more than 80 homes and the town of call fax cal fire says the fire which erupted wednesday

has burned 2600 acres it is now 40% contained. right now at kron 4 dot com. we do have tips for fire season scan the qr code that see on your screen and you'll be able head straight to our wildfire web page there at kron. 4 dot com you'll find information there on how to create a defensible space around your home. evacuation checklists and what to do after a wildfire. it's all right there on kron. 4 dot com. coming up here, the smoke from all those fires is drifting into the bay area which is triggered an air quality advisory for today. we've got details on that just ahead. >> plus, children growing up near the reid hillview airport down in san jose may have unhealthy levels of lead in their blood and got the latest findings that put the fate of the airport in further limbo. >> and the great highway turned into a pedestrian pathway during the pandemic. but now cars are set to return to the road. we've got all the details for you on that after details for you on that after the break.

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come up with a compromise. cars are going to be allowed back on the road monday through friday but not on weekends or holidays. >> i think what the city is offering is a good balance. they're still trying to keep it open at times but allow the neighborhood to again, get back to kind of normal traffic routine. >> so starting august 16th cars will once again be allowed to drive on the great highway and then come fridays at noon until 06:00am monday morning. the highway will once again shut down to carson. you can take your dogs for a walk to get on your bike out there today. >> okay. we're looking for one temperatures still happen inland as we climb into the 90's by this afternoon. but a minor managing type 2 diabetes? you're on it. staying active and eating right? yup, on it there, too.

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>> well, take a look at this smoke from all the fires in northern california are filling up the skies. this is some time lapse video of a side of satellite images from noaa capturing the massive smoke plumes rising across the state of california here in the bay area. an air quality advisory has been extended through today, however, air quality. experts say the smoke we see here in the bay area should not pose any health risks, at least not for now. krrn four's gayle ong has more. >> the smoke is not expected to cause widespread unhealthy air because of its high elevation. but those living up in the east and north bay hills and mountains, particularly in napa, sonoma and solano counties may experience worse conditions

smoke coming from the mcfarland monument and river complex fires burning further north in the state has drifted into the bay area. quad copter, 4 shows smoky skies near taylor mountain near santa rosa friday afternoon. this video sent to kron 4 smoke over mount tam. >> the view from patty san tons walk in corte madera and a smoky commute in walnut creek. looks like. >> but i thought was fog first and that around like now inside of my gun away. my co-workers complaining about it and this like super smokey out while the hazy skies could be seen from much of the bay area. the air quality management district says the smoke should not pose any health risk. so the smoke is actually not affecting us at ground level. >> i mean, that most of different air quality monitors that worst that we're reading are in the moderate and good range. so there's no real, you and healthy for sensitive groups are unhealthy air quality in the bay area. as of right now. but meteorologists don't feel comfortable calling a multiple day forecast. we want to take it one day at a time and see how it goes. a change in the wind is expected to bring relief. but this

smoke model predicts smoky skies across much of the united states for the weekend. >> as of friday, the air district extended an air quality advisory until saturday. smoke exposure may cause individuals to experience irritation in their eyes airways and sinuses. >> coughing or a scratchy throat. if you are the higher elevation will be tell people is that if you smell smoke and you're probably being affected. >> and so if that's the case, you can take those preventive measures such as staying indoors. i'm having the windows and doors closed as long as he creating a clean a room and things like that. and the air quality district constantly updates. air quality readings online. >> meanwhile, the national weather service says this lesser smoke intrusion should be a reminder to all in the area to prepare for what is expected to be another active fire season reporting from walnut creek kron 4 news. >> that's something we all want to be dealing with this weekend. how long do we think we're going to be dealing with all this. well, we just have a

little minor change in the weather pattern a little bit. that's helping ever so mine early. it's really in the east bay that you're going maybe see some of these hazy sky conditions and they're hanging around a little bit in terms of the fog that we see right here in the east bay shoreline. it's going take a look at we've got going on here. we're seeing an improvement in temperatures a little that low out towards the west is providing some relief. it certainly gives us a stronger marine layer. some drizzle going on this morning as well. now, the golden gate to start to break out a little bit, but it's a little early in the game to be seeing that in total when tracker to see how things are going on. that front. well, we have a little bit of an onshore breeze ever so minor league. but and wind coming in from the north. we would normally to find that is offshore. but it's a not a lot. some not that plea is occurring. that means in the broader perspective, we'll get the local winds later today. when we get get some inland heating later on lower 60's cover good chunk of the east bay 51 santa rosa 61, palo alto san jose at 62 walking through all this. we we mix south this marine layer to

mostly sunny on balance accept. some haiti's say see skies off to the east bay. here comes back. that marine layer again. let's put drizzle one there. that's a definitely a go even along the bay shoreline and temperatures are retreating sunday and all the way until monday. also, no way off to the mountains. you don't see the typical flare up of those showers and some thunder showers in the afternoon. that's when not going to spark back into action until maybe as late as midweek. so for this weekend, we've got morning fog and mild temperatures for the bay in the 70's inland. well, they're still in the 90's going on here for today. they backtrack a little bit. we drop off early in the week. looks like monday being the coolest day in the bunch and then a warm up back in the business of the 90's as we get into next week for the forecast today. san francisco 6772 for oakland 82. meanwhile, for san jose and across the wider real estate. it's still pretty toasty off to the far east bay with upper 90's, but mostly 80's up in the north bay and 82 for san jose. coming up a little bit. of course, we'll have that for some forecast. noel. >> thanks, dave. in the south bay san jose community

leaders. >> are calling. on county officials to close reid hillview airport as soon as possible. they're calling it a threat to public health critics have been trying to shut down the airport for years because of the noise and potential for crashes. but adding to the urgency of their demands is a new study that found that children living near the airport in this one and a half mile radius have elevated levels of lead in their blood which experts say can lead to long-term brain damage. >> they were you know, i don't want these airplanes passing by another dane now that i know all lead is in the my kids. we have to ask our supervisors. all of them to vote in favor of not only just closing this airport closing this early so we could solve 90% of the problem right now. >> and then within a year have a 100% of the problem solved. no more lead coming out of the skies. >> violent groups are offering to switch to an leaded aviation fuel in an effort to keep the airport open. in a

statement, santa clara county officials say they're reviewing the study and will be issuing recommendations on how to move forward at the end of next week. still ahead here on the kron 4 morning news, a look at bay area sports is the a's get a win at home and the giants. >> play the brewers on the road. you've got those highlights coming up next.

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>> the a's just earned a thrilling victory at the coliseum and it was the newcomer who put the team on his back. >> oakland's finest on hand for the a's games want us cano, anderson. he threw out the first pitch. he did a pretty good job. i think it looks good in green. all right. this game in a wild ending went extras all tied at one bottom of the 11th 2 on for starling marte a rockets. this one deep to left a walk-off three-run homer a's win for one giants in milwaukee taking on the brewers looking for their 17th win of the season. they didn't have quite as good of luck as the a's bottom of the 4th giants down a run rowdy tell us sends one out straight away center mike yastremski, the incredible catch crashes into the wall. wow. logan webb can't believe it. gas putting his name in for the catch of the year. top of the 6 same score brandon belt fresh off the i l belts. one high and deep right. that one is very

well hit and it is gone. his 12th homer of the season. into extras. now bottom of the 10 one on for. tell us when he grounds that one down the 3rd base line stays fair warner comes around to score the game winning run brewers walk it off 2, one. alright. well, exciting day for donation is the worst of reach an agreement with fan favorite on tree eve with dolloff fans likely. remember as being a crucial swing man. later on 6th man during the worst championship run in 2015, 2017 2018 rather runs plural 3. so there's no doubt at 37 years old. he is now in the twilight of his career. but he brings a veteran presence and leadership. the dubs desperately need in our locker room. also is loved by fans. well, respected by teammates and already knows the warriors system. so this really was a good pick up usa basketball men's national team wins gold in tokyo. they avenged their opening loss to france by defeating them. 8782 in the

gold-medal game. the warriors own draymond green had some critical plays down the stretch in fact, he actually grabbed one of the last rebounds and he also had a tip on one of their free throws that turn into a huge present possession for usa. katie led the red white and blue with 29 points. and this team is bound through a lot of adversity, including losing bradley beal. the covid not physically, but he was not allowed to play. they had players join late because the nba championship, they lost their exhibition games and lost in the opener. so really impressive to see team. usa fight back and when gold congratulations to them, the usa basketball women's national team going for their 7th consecutive olympic gold medal team usa stopped on serbia 7959 in the semifinals last night extending their historic olympics winning streak to 54 games. brittney griner finished with 15 points and 12 rebounds for second double double of the tournament team. usa will go for gold at 7.30 pacific time.

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if you can't afford your medicine, you. welcome back to the kron 4 morning news at 7.30 here on this saturday morning. going to start this half hour with a look at your forecast. a spar over the weather center. >> he's checking all the things out for a safe word in good morning, everybody. and the fog again greets us are getting a little bit of cooling effect for us a little drizzle going on at the coast to in our little bit helps in terms of kind of cleaning up the atmosphere a little bit, but it's slow going on that front, too. >> this low out to the coast, though, is going to provide some cooling. let's get right take a look at our satellite picture of the imagery we have here. east bay shoreline covered up in the fog. as you can see, of that situation will repair in the next couple

of hours as that kind of mixes out. as you can see, temperature check. we have about 60 or so covering a good chunk of the east bay 50's up to the north bay. 56 san francisco 62 for san jose. but we're still warming up well inland. that's right. visiting the 90's. it looks like the middle to upper 90's in some spots. still, however, you'll feel much more earnest cooling on sunday and on into early next week. coming up in a bit. of course, that 4 zone forecast. we'll have that extended as well. noel. >> thanks. day for your health this morning. there's a bay area wide push by doctors and elected leaders to get more people vaccinated one business in the north bay is offering thousands of dollars in incentives to get employees vaccinated. kron four's dan thorn has the story from santa rosa. >> the restaurant group says they already have about 85% of their employees fully vaccinated, but they want to make it 100% and they're hoping through these prizes. they'll reach their ultimate goal of keeping everyone safe. while working at a restaurant

much of your time involves face to face interactions and working in tight spaces as covid-19 and its mutations continue their wrath a restaurant owner is offering thousands of dollars to their workers. through a vaccine lottery here inspired by the california lotteries and just thinking of ways to. >> push, you know, the person that might be thinking about getting it over the edge getting that shot $21,000 in gift cards will be spread out across stark reality restaurants 7 north bay businesses like willie's wine bar in santa rosa. most of the company's 470 plus employees have already got the shot, including all managers. but the hope is to get even more workers vaccinated. the money could be enough to motivate holdouts to get the shot seeing people that are has decide to to make that step will help other co-workers or friends and family do the same. the spread of the delta variant has created some fear and forced mask-wearing to

return indoor settings in sonoma county. the restaurant group sees the lottery has a better way to get employees vaccinated as opposed andy and they're wanting other businesses to think about trying the idea anything that we need to do. to make sure that our employees are staff in our community and our guests are are safe and we're willing to do it. >> the lottery drawings for all fully vaccinated employees will be on september 1st. and as we get closer to that date. the restaurant group is expecting more employees will get on board reporting in santa rosa. dan thorn kron 4 news. >> meanwhile, the san francisco deputy sheriff's association is warning that the city's vaccine mandate could lead to a big loss in law enforcement personnel. san francisco's current policy is any city employee who is not vaccinated can be fired in a statement on social media. the association says about 160 out of 700 deputy sheriffs are not

vaccinated and have no plans to do so. they go on to say quote, of deputy sheriffs are forced to vaccinate a percentage of them will retire early or seek employment elsewhere. the sheriffs association says it would like san francisco to align with state guidelines and offer weekly testing as an option instead of getting vaccinated at last check. city officials have not responded to this morning. up in the north bay napa county has joined 7 other bay area counties and mandating mask wearing and businesses. that's regardless of your vaccination status. 75 1% of napa county residents are fully vaccinated. but there is a troubling spike in hospitalizations going on up there threatening hospital capacity. local health officials believe combining mask-wearing with the vaccinations will help avoid future lockdowns and any new restrictions. >> definitely want to close down. you have on this is just. >> don't think public. >> i mean, i think if we'd be

a little consider it. stop being so selfish. it will, you know, make some headway. >> most of the current covid cases are being blamed on the more contagious delta variant, it's been spreading to the vaccinated as well as the unvaccinated. meantime, the only bay area county not requiring people to wear masks indoors is solano county health officials there don't believe it's necessary at this point. enforcement hari talk to residents in benicia to find out how they feel about living in a county that's the last holdout on mask mandates. >> i think it's kind of ridiculous. because it has. and lawyers. >> vaccination rate. not only does llano county have lower vaccination rates than most bay area counties. they were also the last bay area county to enter the orange here california was still using the tier system. austin breaux says he's vaccinated and he wants to see more people taking the precautions he's taken a little bit upset.

because i did my part. >> to stay safe. a should do their part. >> i saw a laverty walking down first street with her mask on she says she thinks all the bay area counties should follow the same rules and have a mask mandate. >> i very safe wearing a mask. and i think in lot of it healthier. >> last year the team's case, he says he's ok with vaccinate people not masking up indoors. if you're not back a mask at some other residents say you can only control people so much. that is what it is. people are pretty much but regardless of mask mandates. most people i spoke to said they wanted to see more people vaccinated being so selfish. >> get vaccinated to protect not only yourself but others. >> i checked in with the health department and they say they're not issuing an indoor mask mandate right now because

that's not where they're seeing the spread not in public places. they say the spread is happening in small group gatherings where people know each other and feel comfortable going on mask in benicia amanda hari kron 4 news. >> coming up here on the kron 4 morning news hearing from of doctor who give safety advice to parents is some kids in the east bay head back to school next week. be right back.

>> just about the 7.40 here on this saturday morning. and thousands of bay area students are set to return to the classroom next week. that comes as covid continues to spread across our communities. kron four's, phillipe djegal talk to an east bay pediatrician. that's some advice on keeping children safe. >> as students prepare to return to classrooms for in-person instruction. doctor robin knees and says parents should be ready for mixed emotions excitement and anxiety, especially for those who continued with distance learning in the spring and that's okay. those feelings are really unacceptable and we have to just. >> take the time that dinner hear about the day here, about the stressors and maybe get planned for tomorrow to help support them. doctor knees and his inner into based pediatrician for john muir health in her area. contra costa health services says covid-19 spreading in schools

among students is much less common the novel coronavirus spread in the community from indoor social gatherings. >> doctor news and says parents should trust their school districts have effective safety plans. most important thing we can do is wear a mask, a mask, wear them properly. >> that will she not only our children safe but the staff as well with limited exceptions regardless of vaccination status. the state requires k through 12 students, teachers and staff to wear masks indoors. but the state is not mandating minimum distancing in classrooms for the new academic year. >> doctor knees and says students will inevitably need to share some equipment and common touch points like door knobs. she says wash your hands frequently, if you want to send your kid with a small container of hand sanitizer that they can use. >> before snack or lunch. i think that's a very good but they can also get to a sink to

wash their hands. that's epexcellent is what schools are expected to ensure good ventilation in classrooms. doctor knees and says temperature checks have been found not to be effective in diagnosing covid-19 infections. she says keep it simple. if your student shows any physical signs of whole. believe all kron 4 news. >> well, be right back after the break. stick with welcome

back. sweltering triple digit temperatures at the grand canyon have officials urging people to stay away and actually got so hot out there. >> one hiker's boots melted, even the base of the canyon. 4,000 feet down some very high temperatures yesterday. hikers are being asked to avoid any physical activity in the canyon this weekend. hikers are also advised to rest often stay hydrated and wait for shade. >> a little closer to home here. a major hydroelectric power plant at lake oroville is off line right now. that's because the water level at the lake reached historic lows. this week. this is the first time the water levels have forced the plan to shut down since it opened back in 1967. >> it's currently at a record low of about 641 feet. that's compared to 900 feet when it's full of the plant provides electricity to at least 80,000

customers. energy officials expect the can absorb this loss, but they add it raises the risk that there will be some more blackouts in the meantime, they're asking all residents to reduce water usage by 15%. and hey, take a look at this. the sun shining through the smoky skies this morning, giving off quite an orange glow in sausalito there. i know we've been talking a lot about the fire conditions. we've got hazy skies this we've got air quality issues going on and now some orange glow from our sun this morning. dave spahr, stand by in the weather center with a look at your forecast. dave. how long it's all this going to stick around. well, good morning. well, good morning, everybody. we're kind of stuck in the doldrums, which is a really actually a typical for us because we don't have any synoptic features in kind of clear out our atmosphere. so it's a somewhat typical. >> this is the shot that we have from sfo. there are no delays this morning. but the air above us is not only very dry, which was the case yesterday morning but also

relatively mild with that means is it's really hard to get this air up even with daytime heating to get some really good mixing going on. you know, really helps when you have a nice low off the coast, the kind of plow through with a little front problem solved. but because of these time this time of year, this part of the world. we don't usually get that this time of year switched cause that problem in there. we to east bay shoreline. all socked in with the fog temperature check. we have the 50's coming in at about 60 for oakland up in the north bay 50's 66 for antioch 62. meanwhile, for san jose longer-range forecast models looking for change. the only thing that comes back is this month soon starts to fire back a little bit. we get to around the middle of the week. now our temperatures are cool off a little bit recovering a little bit by the time we get to on wednesday thursday. so we'll be back in the business of the 90's going on. well, inland. but again, the firing up of some of the monsoon far from home. that's good because it sometimes causes a problem. we get that dry lightning. you can see in the sierra it does start to come back about

wednesday thursday. from that perspective, which does sometimes cause problems for today and the 4 zone forecast 67 san francisco. we'll do the mid 60's along the coast. 78 for burlingame down to the south. we're looking at some lower 80's in place. redwood city, 82 palo alto about 80 in the south bay were coming in 82 for san jose 84 for cupertino east bay shoreline to the south at about 80 tri valley. this is an improvement now lower to middle 90's, although when you get up to a walnut creek and concord middle 90's at that as well. but again, we're improving tomorrow will be even better 68 for a berkeley and richmond 70 for vallejo 89 for fairfield, 80 coming in for now. but in 88 for santa rosa, the longer range forecast. here's the drop on sunday to 88 quick recovery, if you will, to the mid 90's, but it stays. there are no real like heat spikes working. and we're doing a lot of 70's along the east bay shoreline. noel. thanks, dave. well, just as the live music scene was starting to show signs of life. some bay area venues

have decided to pull the plug on upcoming concerts. the cancellations have been driven by positive covid cases. >> all because of the new mask mandates that just took effect again in much of the region. kron four's, maureen kelly explains the ivy room on san pablo avenue in albany has posters of upcoming shows in their windows, some of which are now canceled. >> because of coronavirus the owners posted on their facebook page that they had to make what they're calling a super hard decision to cancel shows from thursday night through sunday after members of multiple bands scheduled to play tested positive for covid-19 the promoter of thursday night show. thanks. the club owners made the right call. she just doesn't want to put her staff at risk for any in for a patron. so. >> she's like i know it's not the most popular thing. but i have to do this for my own. my own conscience. you know. and i feel the same way. the rise in cases driven by the delta variant has the san francisco based promoter concerned about possibly having to cancel

other upcoming shows and worried for her entire industry. that was just starting to revive please get vaccinated it. it's like our livelihood depends on it. if people can't, you know, if we don't get enough people. >> vaccinated and safe and healthy. we can't go back to our jobs in all of these people are going to. it's it's it's going to change entertainment. you know, forever. i mean, i had covid. and i survived. it really did almost killed me. i was hospitalized and everything and i was ready to get the vaccination as soon as possible. and i'll tell you right now i'm ready for the booster. you know, bring on the science. the ivy tearoom already require proof of vaccination and put up signs about the new mask mandate. the owners of posted that it could be a week by week decision in terms of when they will reopen. >> meanwhile, the owner of the club, the locks on haight street in san francisco has canceled multiple shows closing up the live jazz and blues venue until at least august 19th.

>> not because of any new infections but because of the latest mask mandate. they posted on facebook that it's unrealistic to host live music, dancing and drinking with asked they plan to reopen when the mask mandate is lifted in hope. by then more people will have been vaccinated and the case rates have gone down. maureen kelly kron 4 news. in an effort to help students safely return to school with all they need those. a couple of vaccine opportunity is going on today. the first hosted by contra, costa health services their sting. a free school supplies and covid-19 vaccine event today in antioch. >> it kicks off at 10:00am at the summer's ville town center. the school supply giveaway and shots will be given out until 2 o'clock this afternoon and there is no appointment required. meanwhile, sunnyvale families can also get anyone 12 and up vaccinated today at columbia middle school el camino health is bringing a mobile covid vaccine than to the school this afternoon. free covid

vaccines w,ll be given out between 3, 06:00pm no appointment needed for this one either. a big move from united airlines. it's now requiring all u.s. based employees to get themselves vaccinated against covid-19 by late october united. it's the first major us carrier to require vaccination. its employees must upload proof that shows they're fully vaccinated as well. employees who do not get vaccinated may face termination. united airlines says exceptions will be made for certain health issues or religious reasons. according to the company, more than 90% of its pilots and 80% of flight attendants have already been vaccinated. >> kron 4 morning news continues after the break. we'll be right back.

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>> good morning to you. thanks for joining us here on the kron 4 morning news i'm noelle bellow. it is saturday. august 7, 2, got a lot to get to this morning. talk a little bit about vaccination clinics going on a lot more ahead. but first we want to get you started off with a check of your forecast. dave spahr this fog is going mix out at some point this morning. yeah, we're looking for that to happen the late morning hours. good morning to all. good morning, everybody. as it does, we will be left with still some hazy skies 50 off to the east bay and the solano county a little bit as well. >> with all of this, too. that does provide a little bit of technical cooling to too much of that. but what with the fog mixing out. we're hoping the conditions will be a little cooler around the bay is what we're projecting and that will continue into tomorrow. but quite a deck that we have as we start the day, as you can see, east bay shoreline is completely covered up at this hour. golden gate bridge as well in the fog and some coastal drizzle with that as well. this looks to clear within, say 1011, o'clock or so turning mostly sunny in

those locations 60's cover good chunk of the east bay with a hodgepodge of 50's and 60's up to the north bay. that's a little cooler around the immediate bail, though some inland spots are a little warmer this morning that we were from yesterday 84 by high noon to 3 o'clock. we're still looking at 90's going on and that will be highs again today, although not as lofty as yesterday and then tomorrow improving on that as well. and monday looks to be the best day in the bunch. we'll take a health officials reporting a big jump in covid-19 cases. >> this comes as the delta variant spreads across the bay area and the state more than 14,000 new infections were reported over the last day, which is double what we saw last friday. officials say we have not seen this type of uptick since the winter surge back in january. currently the state is at a 7.1 test positivity rate and more than 5,000 people currently hospitalized with covid-19

those numbers have many doctors and nurses feeling overwhelmed yet again and the situation has gotten much worse over the course of the summerekron four's michelle kingston shows how hospital staff was feeling before the state reopened on june 15th and how they're feeling now. >> you know, now we're back at full capacity again and nurses and doctors and respiratory therapist are exhausted. we've had to do double shifts extra chefs. tammy, the check is an icu nurse at kaiser in walnut creek where the number of covid patients is rising. they're seeing upwards of 35 patients a day. that's hard because there's just not enough resources and where start having what we need to properly care for patients in need. so much more straight now in late spring, the number of covid patients at kaiser in walnut creek was down to 0. but now they're climbing right back up to where they were when covid first hit. it's a similar situation at ucsf in late may and june. they had a

number of days where there is just one patient hospitalized with covid today. 39 patients are fighting the virus there and 12 are on ventilators 17 are in critical care just before july 4th kron 4 interviewed a ucsf nurse and the chief of emergency medicine both were optimistic about where the bay area was headed. >> when i heard that we were going have access to the vaccine. just the words hope. >> just flashed across my eyes. a weight is lifted that this isn't something that we have to. continue to deal with. it looks like things are going kind of hold steady and that through the worst of this that sense of optimism has now shifted relief and hope now back to frustration and fear only going to get out of this by working together. and i know. >> you know, people are frustrated and they're tired because we've been in this so long and they're tired of isolating and they're tired of things being closed down. but. >> it's only going to get worse unless we do what we need to do to really put a

stop to it. and michelle kingston, kron 4 news. >> now amid the rise in cases vaccination numbers are rising across the country. the u.s. has reached a big milestone this week. according to the cdc 50% of the country's population is now fully vaccinated against covid-19. that's about 165 million americans. another 27 million have gotten at least one dose of the pfizer or moderna vaccine. thousands of fully vaccinated. people are expected to come down with the delta variant of covid-19. but health experts say those breakthrough cases are not likely to cause severe symptoms. the cdc says if more people don't get themselves vaccinated. we might see another surge of serious cases emerge. this winter like we did the last. and even with coronavirus spreading in our community. it's not stopping forty-niners fans from heading to levi stadium today. it's been 18 long months since fans

were able to go inside those gates. but this morning, thousands will be there to watch the team practice kron four's camila barco joins us live from levi stadium with more on what fans need to know and how fans are feeling. there's already a lot of people out there camila. >> yeah, well, it feels almost like pre pandemic times here at levi stadium. if you remember, this was the parking lot where they used to host a big massive vaccination clinic. but today fans are here. they're decked out in forty-niners gear and every sing some people set up for their kill. now the only difference really is that people are going to have to wear a mask inside levi's stadium and it's a requirement despite your vaccination status. the pandemic forced the organization to prohibit fans from inside levi's stadium. that's why it's been this empty. however, today between 15 to 20,000 fans will fill the stands. today is the first chance for them to see the team in person in the

lead-up to the upcoming football season fans will also be able to check out the forty-niners museum during open practice reopened yesterday after being forced to close because of the pandemic. once the season starts the museum will be open to visitors the day before a home game. now despite the ongoing concern of the delta variant. the forty-niners will allow people inside the stadium and the organization is following state and local covid guidelines. there are no rules on social distancing at the stadium. however, officials are enforcing mask indoors and that includes when you go into the bathroom and in the elevators and the regulations aren't stopping fans from participating in today's festivities. some fans i spoke to tell me they're looking forward quote coming home and getting that football experience. you know, this is home its home. you know, we all and i'm excited to. >> actually experienced this and to be honest, it's my first time experiencing camp. so but the games i'm hyped i'm high. just watching the players, got in practice.

>> the view that the rookies looking at the veterans, it's just everyone. does eye contact smile on the grass. you're just morning, though, that the morning miss what we know from the valley. you know, it's it's it's it's nothing else on >> definitely been a long time coming for these fans. but i just want to note that believe i see is going cashless won't be able to purchase food or any of the year with out having a credit card on hand. now gates open at 8.30, this morning few minutes. they will open. you can already see some fans lining up and practice begins shortlp after but you need to have a ticket in order to get through days. so hopefully we'll be able to talk some more fans. but right now it looks like people are very excited to once again. step inside levi stadium. back to you. they are decked out head to toe. really excited to get back in there. we'll check in with you. >> in the next hour. camila, thanks for that live report.

>> moving now to our wildfire coverage. the dixie fire. now the 3rd largest fire in state history. it's burned. more than 434,000 acres in plumas and butte counties and fire crews are unfortunately losing ground in the fight against to containment has gone down to 21% this morning. it was 35% contained just yesterday but extremely dry conditions and winds are fueling the flames causing them to spread faster than fire. crews can keep up with a few small towns have actually been incinerated by the flames, including the towns of greenville and canyon dam where there are 8 people who are unaccounted for. right kron 4 dot com. we do have more details on those fires as well as some tips for fire season scan the qr code that you see on your screen. it will take you directly to our wildfire web page where you can find. how information on how to create a defensible space on your on your property evacuation checklists and what to do after a wildfire. it's all there at kron. 4 dot com.

coming up here on morning news, the smoke from all the fires drifting into the bay area. now triggering an air quality advisory for today. >> we do have details straight ahead. and the great highway turned into a pedestrian pathway during the pandemic. but now cars are set to return to the road. we've got all the details you need to know after the break.

>> welcome back here in san francisco. the great highway has been closed to traffic for nearly a year and a half. the later this month. it will reopen to cars at least partially kron four's charles clifford explains. >> well, here in san francisco starting on august 16th cars will once again be allowed to drive on the great highway. albeit not for every day of the week. now the great highway closed down to vehicle

traffic back in april of 2000, 20. since then, it has become and open space where people can ride their bikes and go for walks has become extremely people love coming down here, but it did disrupt the traffic flow in some of the neighbors in the area weren't too happy about that. so the cities compromise is that they're going to allow cars on this roadway monday through friday. but on weekends, you can still come down here and go for a walk or ride. your bikes will be closed to vehicular traffic. now, i did talk to one neighbor here who says she can see both sides of this issue. >> you know, i think it's been a wonderful opportunity to be able to come down here through this whole time and walk on the great highway. but having been born and raised in this neighborhood. i can see that the neighborhood and trying to get out of your house with all the traffic going along the lower great highway would be kind of frustrating after all this time. so i think what the city is offering is a good balance. they're still trying to keep it open at times but allow the neighborhood to again, get back to kind of normal traffic routine.

>> so once again, vehicles will be allowed back on the great highway monday through friday starting on august 16th the way it will work is that at noon on fridays until 6 o'clock in the morning on monday's. the road will be closed to vehicles. and that's when bikers and hikers and people can come out here and walk on the roadway also be closed to vehicular traffic on holidays as well. but for now in san francisco, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> is that fog starts coming back again. it could be tougher to clear along the coast. it looks like for this weekend as we back those temperatures up a little bit inland still in the 90's be a little bit better effort today and better into tomorrow. little break from the heat. got that forecast a bit. keep it here.

>> 8.16 here on this saturday morning and take a look at this smoke from all the fires in northern california filling up our skies right now. this time lapse video of satellite images from noaa capturing the massive smoke plumes rising across the state and here in the bay area an air quality advisory has been extended through today. however, air quality experts say the smoke we see here in the bay area. shouldn't pose any health risks. that's because the smoke is at a high elevation. but those living in the east and north bay hills and mountains, particularly in napa, sonoma and solano counties may expect worse conditions.

>> if you are the higher elevations, tell people is that if you smell smoke and you're probably being affected. and so if that's the case, you can take those preventive measures such as staying indoors. i'm having the windows and doors closed as long as he creating a clean a room things like that. >> smoke exposure may cause individuals to experience irritation in their eyes airways and sinuses coughing or a scratchy throat as well. the air quality district constantly is updating air quality readings that you can track online as well. dave, i know we've got the fog. we've got these hazy skies. a lot going on in our atmosphere this morning. >> yeah, they were talking there being very high up in the atmosphere and that's a plus because you don't suffer from it as much. but that's a negative because the winds that we get at the surface really don't do much of anything. and what we need is basically was we synoptic feature, a front which we don't get this time of year very often to really clean up this atmosphere because you can see there's lots of stuff still hanging up there. there's still a haze above us

and that interrupts the mixing process because we have to have strong sunshine to do that. and already we have an inversion which we always do in the morning hours. it's really slow going with the situation. it's like this. so little concerned with this haze that's above us. that's going to slow that mixing of the fog out. certainly at the golden gate. it is very much entrenched, which is typical. these are local winds and they're not going to pounce too much. but later today. true to form ills warm-up that will drive some on shore winds. but that's just local. that's not what's going on a lot. that's not some not the clia thought these fronts that we try to wait to drop south temperature check. we've got about 60 or so along the east bay shoreline inland pop at about 68 for antioch. still the 50's up to the north bay. 63. meanwhile for san jose. there's the closest to front gets to us way up in the northwest. here we are now we're going get some influence from this in terms of some slightly cooler temperatures. it's going to chip away in a roadway from these lot. the highs we had yesterday into

about monday will be will reach our lowest point and locally. what we get is the fog will ultimately mix out nothing's happening in the sierra. that's kind of good news because we don't want the lightning going on sunday morning. again, we do the same thing again, we're starting to get cleaned out here by sunday. this is a little bit of a hint to the front that store north's. we may get better clearing with cooler temperatures. how about that? that's going to game plan as we get into early next week. all right. here's what we've got morning fog mild for the bay with 70's inland today still in the 90's but dropping off to the 80's inland tomorrow and monday will be even better so early in the week, we start off with monday. pretty good. but turning hot inland already by tuesday. so doesn't last very well very long. and this for this week. it's warm for the bay with temperatures remaining in the 70's that are pretty seasonal. of course, we'll be checking in at 4 zone forecast coming up in just a bit. noel. >> thanks, dave. in the south bay, the fight to shut down reid hillview airport in san jose continues with opponents. keeping the pressure on. they say lead from aviation fuel is

raining down on airport neighbors and schools and they're demanding the airport be shut down as soon as possible. kron four's rob fladeboe brings us up to date. >> when they're fighting to survive that aircraft buzzed overhead san jose city council member sylvia arenas and other community leaders called on the county to close reid hillview airport as soon as possible calling the general aviation hub a threat to public health to. we have to ask our supervisors. all of them to vote in favor of not only just closing this airport closing this early airport. critics say thousands of airport neighbors are at risk following the release of a county commission report. >> that found children living within 1.5 miles of the airport that elevated levels of lead in their blood. >> door. okay. no lives across the street from the airport. they were, you know, i don't want these airplanes passing by another dane now that i know all lead is in the my kids know the pilots group.

meantime, disputes the report's findings arguing the study failed to consider legacy lead contamination. >> from along the front nearby racetrack lead paint in cars that formerly burned leaded fuel. they are offering to switch to unload aviation fuel going forward so we can solve 90% of the problem right now. and then within a year have a 100% of the problem solved. no more lead coming out of the skies over reveal to you. >> citing noise crashes and growing community opposition county supervisors in 2000, 18 approved action to stop accepting federal funds which could lead to closing the airport by 2031 in a statement santa clara county wrote, quote, we understand and recognize the public's anguish, the county administration is working a set of recommendations to respond to the findings of the airborne lead study. we will be prepared to issue recommendations at the end of next week. the study found that 18,000 children under age 18 to 10 21 schools in the

area. >> support for closure is growing, but pilots are pushing back the county just won a huge lawsuit, a couple years ago with the paint manufacturers. and in that lawsuit they said attributed the lead contamination to paint. plumbing. and no mention was made at all of aircraft left. it don't close an airport. >> in one day. and i knowledge that. but it is time if we don't start right now, it will never start. they will never happen. >> all of this could come to a head on the 17th when the supervisors will review that lead study amid calls to take a vote to call on the faa to allow the county to declare a kind of emergency and shut down the airport much sooner in san jose. rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> still ahead here on the kron 00:00am morning news, white wine makers across the globe are looking to carve their name in napa valley. story ahead.

>> welcome back. the bay area's world famous wine country is turning out to be more than a vacation destination for those looking to try wines. it's also catching the eye of prestigious french winemakers thinking it might be a good place to lay down new roots. kron four's maureen kelly has the story. >> was a great potential.

>> this young winemaker just moved here from france a few months ago. >> to run what used to be the springs, a state right outside saint alina, the winery first established in 1885 was recently purchased by prestigious vintners for the bordeaux region of france and rechristened the catchy. our family estate. the 26 year-old says her boss is chose to expand to this location because they want to build on this success, making cabernet which the napa valley is famous for so if very excited about it. we've got a we've got amazing nature on meeting primary forest. >> so i make ferry of staying ones that are the alley is is at the pinnacle of the wine industry these days. you know that right up there with bordeaux and burgundy and. >> places and span. etcetera and so when you're looking to establish yourself, this isn't a bad spot. robyn millen is with silicon valley bank. he says there's been a growing number of transactions between european wine makers and west

coast wineries central coast, california sonoma d-oregon even even a little bit in washington. there's. there's buyers and sellers right now it says it's a good market. those behind these deal say in some cases the sellers are descendants of wine makers who want to get out of the business. but for the buyers, one of the reasons to put down roots here is to help grow their business in the u.s. this is a law just one market. the world 400 million cases by a long way. so by buying something in the united states. butsby in the state here, french company has access to the market in the way that they wouldn't otherwise have another draw is not one we're used to hearing about here in the bay area. according to the people helping make some of these transactions compared to land prices in france's most famous wine-producing regions. >> napa valley is considered a bargain is a big difference between the value of napa valley cabernet land compared to 42 cabernet. land. >> and that would be that's a $500,000 and make it here in the napa valley is an average

and certainly over a million dollars an acre in bordeaux. >> got bring a french touch, too, make instead of one. if you think the new general manager of this winery is more focused on growing the same types of grapes in a drier climate than she's used to the cost of the soil. their plan to done maureen kelly kron 4 news. >> stay with us. we'll be right back after the break.

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>> good morning. 8.30. here on this saturday. welcome back to the kron 00:00am morning news. want to start you off this half hour with a look at your forecast. dave sphar over in the weather center with the very latest details. hey, dave, morning. well, good morning, everybody. and our traditional fog is greeting us again this morning coming with a little bit of drizzle. that's kind of a nice little sigm telling us this little bit of the he bump that we had from yesterday is starting to wane on us and that is temperatures will improve a little bit today and continuing to build on that sunday and into monday. >> first things first is the fog that you can see. but we do have that haze to deal with. still, which is kind of hastening the development taken out fog a bit there you can see along the coast, the same situation as well. but and it doesn't look as a parent in this shot. but about 15 minutes ago was a lot more ground fog to deal with as well. so just a lot of surface moisture has nowhere to go. this is projected to mix out by 10 or 11 o'clock today. but we may not see wonderful blue

skies because they'll still be some haze that senate lower 60's cover the east bay also inland. you can see up to about 68 for antioch. a mixed bag. some 60's and 50's up to the north bay with 56 or so checking in for san francisco in 63 san jose for the day ahead. we'll call about 84 at high noon inland into about 92 or so by 3 o'clock. that's an improvement from yesterday, but not as cool as it will be into tomorrow and into monday as well. well, a bit more on that longer range forecast for you and check into the 4 zone to the well. >> thanks. day for your help this morning. there's a bay area wide push by doctors and elected leaders to get more people vaccinated and now a restaurant group in the north bay is offering thousands of dollars in incentives to get employees to get their shots. kron four's. dan thorn has the story from santa rosa. >> the restaurant group says they already have about 85% of their employees fully vaccinated, but they want to make it 100% and they're hoping through these prizes.

they'll reach their ultimate goal of keeping everyone safe. while working in a restaurant much of your time involves face to face interactions and working in tight spaces as covid-19 and its mutations continue their wrath a restaurant owner is offering thousands of dollars to their workers. through a vaccine lottery here inspired by the california lotteries and just thinking of ways to. >> push, you know, the person that might be thinking about getting it over the edge getting that shot $21,000 in gift cards will be spread out across stark reality restaurants 7 north bay businesses like willie's wine bar in santa rosa. most of the company's 470 plus employees have already got the shot, including all managers. but the hope is to get even more workers vaccinated. the money could be enough to motivate holdouts to get the shot seeing people that are has decide to to make that step will help other co-workers or

friends and family do the same. the spread of the delta variant has created some fear and forced mask-wearing to return indoor settings in sonoma county. the restaurant group sees the lottery has a better way to get employees vaccinated as opposed andy and they're wanting other businesses to think about trying the idea anything that we need to do. to make sure that our employees are staff in our community and our guests are are safe and we're willing to do it. >> the lottery drawings for all fully vaccinated employees will be on september 1st hand as we get closer to that date. the restaurant group is expecting more employees will get on board reporting in santa rosa. dan thorn kron 4 news. >> meanwhile, the san francisco deputy sheriff's association is warning the city's vaccine mandate could lead to a big loss in law enforcement personnel. san francisco's current policy is that any city employee who is not vaccinated. we'll be fired. in a statement on

social media. the association says about 160 out of 700 deputy sheriffs are not vaccinated right now and they have no plans to do so. they go on to say, quote, if deputy sheriffs are forced to vaccinate a percentage of them will retire early or seek employment elsewhere. the sheriffs association says it would like for san francisco to align with state guidelines and offer weekly testing as an option instead of getting vaccinated at last check. city officials have not responded to this morning. up in the north bay. napa county has joined 7 other bay area counties and mandating mask wearing and businesses that's regardless of vaccination status 75% of napa county residents are fully vaccinated right now. but there is a troubling spike in hospitalizations up that way. threatening hospital capacity. local health officials believe combining mask-wearing with the vaccination rates will help avoid future lockdowns and new restrictions.

>> definitely want to close down. have on this is just. >> don't think public. >> so i mean, i think if we'd be a below considered stop being so selfish it will, you know, make some headway. >> meantime, the only bay area county not requiring people to wear masks indoors is solano county health officials there do not believe it's necessary at this point. happening today. the california republican party is expected to announce who it will endorse and the upcoming recall election of governor -pgavin newsome, the california rnc committee chair committeewoman harmeet dhillon urged the state gop on twitter not to endorse a candidate. she says doing so could discourage voters whose favorite candidate might get snubbed hurting the overall turnout. the republican candidates who have qualified to receive this endorsement are conservative talk radio host larry elder, former san diego mayor kevin faulconer

state assembly member kevin kiley and former congressman doug ii. you can watch the candidates take the stage in a recall debate later this month inside california politics is going to be hosting the debate live from our studio. it airs right here on kron. 4 on thursday, august 19th at 7 o'clock. so be sure to mark your calendars for that. coming up next here on the kron 4 morning news continuing our destination, california series with a trip to the streets. >> upstate halina where the history can be felt every around every corner. stick with us. and amid the spread of covid some families opting to keep their kids at home and continue with online learning this year. we've got that story after the break.

>> students in an east bay. school district are back in class this week for the start of the new school year. but as kron four's haaziq madyun reports, a growing number of those students actually chose to enroll in a virtual academy as the pandemic continues. >> the new school year began this week for students in the antioch unified school district while the vast majority of the district 16,000 students are returning to real classrooms for in-person instruction. a significant number of students opted instead for distance learning through the district's thomas gains virtual academy. so we're all meant is increasing by the day and unified school district

associate superintendent christine, the bar we started. i want to say at the end of last week, we were around 300 students overall. >> we are now 600 students fast approaching 700 for virtual unrolled. that includes students from other school districts in contra, costa county, including mount diablo oakley brentwood and nights and the thomas games virtual academy is available for a transitional kindergarten through 8th grade and prospects. virtual independent study for high school students laptops and other school supplies are readily available as needed christine ybarra says this educational effort was prompted by the covid-19 pandemic. >> and now it appears it's here to stay. >> we heard what our parents and teachers were staying and our students. and we thought, you know what we like to be able to continue to provide this option when school resumes. plus, we understood too, that there were probably going to be some families. so which they weren't ready to bring their students back this

year. and so that that was another another way to accommodate those families in their needs. haaziq madyun kron 4 news. >> and this morning fog is going to give way to mount these hazy sunshine going on, taking off to the east bay. we're looking for number still to get up to the middle to maybe even some upper 90's. there is some relief as we go into tomorrow and monday going to have your 4 zone forecast and the extended to just keep this unplugged device is protecting

our beautiful coastlines and more. put off chores and use less energy from 4 to 9 pm to help keep our state golden.

>> well, saint is in the heart of wine country and one of the venue runs has been around for nearly 150 years. melanie townsend takes us there in this week's destination, california. >> it's amazing to think of in your built in the 19th century could still be in operation today. but after 145 years, they're injured. vineyards continues to be one of the leading winemakers in napa valley and it all started with a vision of 2 german brothers, jacob and frederick parent or the wind industry was just getting established in the u.s. 1800. they came here knowing that they have to make wine and then they found the place. but traveling the so there was not a big >> this now historic landmark became the first in many aspects of a booming wine industry like offering both

cabernet and chardonnay wines each winning the major title of wine of the year for the first gravity flow winery. we're the first winery to build into the hillside and establish the caves where they actually are winds hold where one of the first wire is to establish hospitality and actually opened up just a few yards down from bear injure and located along downtown's bustling main street is the safest. a modern day wine speak easy. we were written up as the most romantic table in the napa valley offering over 40 different ones from the local area with a history that is just as fascinating as its appeal. we don't have the 600 acres of beautiful vineyards to attract people. so we wanted to attract them something more internet like a private dinner in an ancient bank fault by candlelight. >> the saint is just one of many historical gems, the town santa lena has to offer it to the one place that brought it all on the map. sir, thank you

so much for taking u.s. and cheers to a very big cheers to you for destination, california. i'm melanie town. >> so beautiful there. if you scan this qr code with your phone. it will take you straight to our destination. california section of our kron. 4 dot com website there you'll find stories on a bunch of fun things to do across the state today by feel like we could go to napa. saint helene, a sonoma. you could go every weekend for a year and still not see everything that that area has to offer. it's absolutely beautiful up there a nice place. noel really relax and claims that the music kind of car. it has going on and was telling the that we could use some wine right now. we don't have any though. >> i made have to do with the orange juice or something. this is all we have at sfo, by the way, no delays going on. but we start to mix out some of this fog seeing some plane

traffic already. so at least things are still working. >> but you know what, this layer fog that's here and above us. you know, this haze really slow going and try to mix this out. we'll probably see still some hazy skies that will be out there into the afternoon and it may slow down the mixing out of the fog process a little bit. a temperature check for you. we've got a lot of 60's for the east bay for right now. 59 hayward 58 for freeman. 63 san jose up in the north bay. a mixture of 50's and 60's. expect more. that drizzle and fog tomorrow and into monday as well. again, mixing out by the late morning hours. so watching here in the long range forecast is any hint of the monsoon coming out here. just want to point out briefly on thursday. the e's a little whisper that does come up our way. the only thing we ever concerned about these things is some lightning strikes because that's not good for right now to talk about any of that. but just to show you what the pattern is. and you can see the southwest monsoon does come back a little bit and it is the season for it anyway. but most of that is contained far away from home a little bit fires up in the

sierra by the time of the middle of the week. however, before we get there, i think by sunday into monday will get the remnants of a front through sort of and that will help kind of clean out our atmosphere a little bit. you'll feel the temperature change by the time we get to monday with all of that to 67 in this of 4 zone forecast for this saturday. 64 covering daly city and also half moon bay along the bay side of the peninsula. 78 for burning gained out of the south. we still hold on to some lower 80's like yesterday. here and in the south bay to 82 on san jose milpitas 85 santa clara 82, 80 or so along the east bay shoreline. i think we're looking at 70's going forward off to the tri valley 94 for livermore. 93 walnut 94 coming in for conquered, 68 for richmond. 70 with 89 up to fairfield, napa checking in at 80, by the way. and so nobody 7, 2, 88 santa rosa and more 80's heading down south of the mill valley little the fog that sometimes tells us the clearing is going to be a

little slower at around 70 or so watching the 7 day forecast. here's the drop 88 sunday monday, 91 and then we start to lock in for those inland valleys in the lower to middle 90's for most of the week. and again, thursday's the day a little whisper of some of the monsoon sneaking up here. noel, thanks, dave. >> well, just as the bay area's live music scene was starting to show signs of life. it's now being threatened again by the surge in covid-19 cases. the ivy room and al bunny. has canceled shows all weekend long after members from multiple bands who were scheduled to play tested positive for the virus concert. promoters are now worried the bay area is headed in the wrong direction and it's threatening the entertainment industry. >> please get vaccinated it. it's like our livelihood depends on it. if people can't, you know, if we don't get enough people. vaccinated and safe and healthy. we can't go back to our jobs in all of these people are going to. it's it's it's going to change entertainment. you know, forever.

>> meantime, the owner of the club deluxe on haight street in san francisco has canceled multiple shows over the next 2 weeks, not because of any new infections. rather, they say it's because of the latest mask mandate calling it, quote, an realistic to host live music, dancing and drinking. if everyone's faces covered, they plan to reopen. once the mandate is lifted. in an effort to help students safely return to school with all they need. there's a couple of vaccine opportunities going on today. the first hosted by contra, costa health services. they're hosting a free school supplies and covid-19 vaccine event today in antioch, it kicks off at 10:00am at the summer's ville town center. the school supply giveaway and shots will be given out until 2 o'clock this afternoon no appointment required. meanwhile, sunnyvale families can also get anyone 12 and up vaccinated today at columbia middle school el camino health is bringing a mobile covid vaccine than to the school this afternoon. free covid vaccines will be given out between 03:06pm.

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>> welcome back. it has been an olympic games like no other with no fans coronavirus restrictions. weather challenges and more. but with one full day of competition left the international olympic committee president is calling the games a success. matt barnes reports from tokyo. >> it is a massive undertaking to states in the olympic games, especially during a pandemic ioc president thomas bach knows that and is showering praise on tokyo for job load on these early in game. safer. >> far my personal expectation. ever since the coronavirus pandemic there

were doubts whether these olympic games would happen. but tokyo twenty-twenty organize push forward changing plant enacting new measures to make sure the games could go on albeit without fans and under strict protocols for the athletes. it was all about being able to compete the athletes. >> for these olympic games. great olympics over you quit the experience and feel and see and hear. how mature they enjoy it to be to 88 different national olympic committees won medals here. a new record and for new sports were introduced to the games bringing new energy them all. now. >> will impede soon. a few i asked them, how is the life in the olympic really tell you experience of the city games value. you can feel. you know, these the enthusiasm. for the olympic spirit and the olympic experience for the most part, the covid concerns in the village were muted. thanks to daily testing and other countermeasures and instead the competition took center

stage allowing the athletes and the world a chance to be united by emotion these olympic games that have been a powerful demonstration. >> all for the unifying care for the sport. >> and these feeling was hopelessly share by the world because billions. so for people. around the globe wrote a longing. for such unifying message. foap. >> and just 180 days from now. the attention turns to the beijing 2022 winter olympics in tokyo. i'm matt barnes. >> all right. still ahead, here in the next hour of the kron 00:00am morning news. a surge of new covid cases impacting hospitals. yet again, we're hearing from a nurse who says they're overwhelmed by the rise in cases. >> plus, the forty-niners hosting an open practice in front of thousands of fans at levi stadium today. we'll have a live report on covid safety protocols in place for the event. and bringing you the

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>> good saturday morning to you. thanks for joining us here on the kron 00:00am morning news. i'm noelle bellow. it is saturday. august 7th got a lot to get to this morning, but we do want to start you off by getting a check of your weather forecast. dave spahr says that the fog that we've been seeing this morning is going next in the next couple hours sunday. >> yes. we're looking at well, it's not as much of a cleaning job today's we're going to see tomorrow in terms of that. some of that haze that we're looking at tomorrow much better cleanup job and you'll feel it even at the services we have more breezy conditions tomorrow. we'll have one this afternoon to driven by inland heating. but this will be more synoptic by tomorrow. now, right now, here's what we have with that fog. it's kind of hanging around. we could see some sun trying to peer through there. this is at half moon bay but still kind of overcast at this hour. the golden gate bridge is still socked in with the fog. one of the problems is the haze aloft is interrupting with some of the to the heating that tends to mix this out for us. temperature checked a lower 60's along the east bay shoreline warming up to the

mid 60's inland up to the north bay. you've got some 50's and 60's mixture along the peninsula. also the same. the winds, we see a little bit of an onshore wind remains around the delta elsewhere com this afternoon. a week onshore, wind complements of heating tomorrow. a little stronger, though, 88 by 1 o'clock by 4 93 and those winds do something else to they ate in the coulee. we're seeing some today, but a lot more expected for tomorrow and into monday we'll get into that part. your forecast coming up in a bit. no. >> thanks, dave. our top story this morning. california health officials reporting a big jump in covid-19 cases. this comes as the delta variant spreads across the bay area and the state more than 14,000 new infections were reported over the last day, which is double what we saw last friday. officials say we have not seen this type of uptick since the winter surge back in january. currently the state is at a 7.1 test positivity rate and more than 5,000 people are currently hospitalized with covid-19 now

the numbers have many doctors and nurses feeling pretty overwhelmed yet. again at kaiser in walnut creek doctors and nurses in the icu say the number of covid patients is rising with upwards of 35 patients a day by comparison, the number of patients in late spring was down to 0. but now they're climbing right back up to where they were when covid first hit. >> you know, now we're back at full capacity again and nurses and doctors and respiratory therapist are exhausted. we've had to do double shifts extra chefs. there's just not enough resources. and we're start having what we need to properly care for patients in need. so much more straight. now. lar situation over at ucsf back in late may and june. they had a number of days where there was just one patient hospitalized with covid. but on friday, the hospital had 39 patients fighting the virus. now amid this rise in cases vaccination

numbers are also rising. so that's a great thing. the u.s. has reached a big milestone this week according to the cdc 50% of the country's population is now fully vaccinated against covid-19. that's about 165 million americans. another 27 million have gotten at least one dose of the pfizer or moderna vaccine. thousands of fully vaccinated. people are expected to come down with the delta variant of covid-19. but health experts say the breakthrough cases are not likely to cause severe symptoms. the cdc says if more people don't get themselves vaccinated. we might see another surge of serious cases emerge. this winter like we did the last. now even with coronavirus spreading in our community. it is not stopping forty-niners fans from heading to levi stadium today. it has been 18 long months since fans were able to go inside the gates. but this morning, thousands will be there to watch the team practice kron four's, camila barco joining us live now from levi stadium

with what fans need to know about safety protocols and how they're feeling being back out there. good morning. camila. >> and good see at hundreds of fans have already made their way inside past the gates and many of them are wearing are decked out with forty-niners care. one person has already set tailgate and almost every single person here has a mask in hand and or is wearing. and that's the requirement in order to get past these gates. if you take a look at this video. this is how levi stadium has looked in the last year and a half. the organization has to head has had to have prohibit fans from inside the stadium. however, today between 15 to 20,000 fans will fill the stands. today is the first chance for them to see the team in person in the lead-up to the upcoming football season. >> now, fans will also be able to check out the forty-niners museum during open practice reopened yesterday after being forced to close because of the

pandemic. once the season starts, the museum will be open to visitors a day before a home game. now despite the ongoing concern of the delta variant the for the forty-niners will allow people inside the stadium. the organization is following state and local covid guidelines. there are no rules on social distancing at the stadium. however, officials are enforcing mask indoors and that includes what you're going to the bathroom or the elevators and the regulations aren't stopping fans from participating in today's festivities. here's what they had to say. >> for me, i'm just happy to be here. and if they wanted me to wrap myself in cellophane. i would do you know, i just i know everybody wants that enjoy themselves. have a good time. but be safe and that's >> it's been a year since we've been your i feel like christmas is safety. it's for safe no. >> doesn't change not just some big kids strokes and mosque catches.

>> now, if you are coming to levi stadium either today or this upcoming football season. they won't be accepting cash. if you're trying to buy food or any of the gear. so be sure to bring okay. credit card. now the doors have open the gates are. a lot of people are going past the gates already. but practice just after 10:00am and many people are excited here to step inside levi's stadium long. back to you. alright camila, thank you for that live report. >> we want to move now to wildfire coverage. the dixie fire. now the 3rd largest fire in state history. it's burned more than 446,000 acres in plumas and butte counties. fire crews are losing ground in the fight against this fire. containment has gone down to just 21% this morning. just yesterday. it was at 35% containment, but extremely dry conditions and winds are fueling the fire causing a flames to spread faster than

crews can keep up with a few small towns have been incinerated by the flames, including the towns of greenville and canyon dam. there are 8 people who are unaccounted for there. meanwhile, over in placer county, firefighters are gaining the upper hand on the river fire that one's destroyed more than 80 homes in the town of colfax. cal fire says the fire which erupted wednesday has burned 2600 acres. it's now 40% contained. if you want to keep up to date on these wildfires and get more details and how you can be prepared for wildfire season just scan the qr code that you see on your screen right now. it will take you straight to our wildfire web page. there. you'll find a bunch of information how to create defensible space on your property evacuation checklists and what to do after a wildfire. it's all there. kron 4 dot com. coming up here, the smoke from all those fires is drifting into the bay area. we've got an air quality advisory in effect today. details on that street. >> straight ahead. plus,

children growing up near the reid hillview airport may have unhealthy levels of lead in their blood. >> but the latest findings put the fate of the south bay airport in further lindahl. and the great highway turned into a pedestrian pathway during the pandemic. but now cars are set to return to the road. we've got details next.

>> welcome back. 9.10 on this saturday morning after being closed for most of the pandemic. san francisco's great highway near ocean beach will soon reopen to cars this stretch between lincoln-way and sloat boulevard has been popular among pedestrians and cyclists. as you can see. but the shutdown did disrupt traffic flow in the area which some neighbors weren't happy about. so city leaders have come up with a compromise. cars are now going to be allowed back on the road monday through friday but not on weekends or holidays. >> i think what the city is offering is a good balance. they're still trying to keep it open at times but allow the neighborhood to again, get back to kind of tropic routine. >> so starting on august 16th cars will once again be allowed to drive on the great highway and then come fridays at noon until 06:00am monday morning. the highway will once again shut down to cars, be open for pedestrians. for your money. americans are choosing

to rent apartments because of steep housing prices. according to zillow housing prices rose 7.1% in june. that's the biggest year-over-year increase since 2015 apartment. rents are also on the rise. moody analytics says apartment renters pay $1400 on average here in the u.s. it's expected apartment rentals will rise 2.5% this year while the vacancy rate slips to 5% a day. we've got that fog to start things this morning that should mix out still some hazy skies left over inland. those temperatures still popping. >> to the middle 90's for a high today. there's some relief tomorrow and into monday. check your weekend forecast. keep it here.

>> take a look at this smoke from all the fires in northern california are filling up the skies. this time lapse video of satellite images from noaa capturing the massive smoke plumes rising across the state. and here in the bay area air quality advisory has been extended through today, however, air quality. experts say the smoke we see here in the bay area shouldn't really pose any health risks, at least not now. kron four's. gayle ong has that story. >> the smoke is not expected to cause widespread unhealthy

air because of its high elevation. but those living up in the east and north bay hills and mountains, particularly in napa, sonoma and solano counties may experience worse conditions smoke coming from the mcfarland monument and river complex fires burning further north in the state has drifted into the bay area. quad copter, 4 shows smoky skies near taylor mountain near santa rosa friday afternoon. this video sent to kron 4 smoke over mount tam. >> the view from patty san tons walk in corte madera and a smoky commute in walnut creek. looks like. >> but i thought was fog first and that around like now inside of my gone away my co-workers complaining about it and this like super smokey out while the hazy skies could be seen from much of the bay area. the air quality management district says the smoke should not pose any health risk. so the smoke is actually not affecting us at ground level. >> i mean, that most of different air quality monitors that worst that we're reading are in the moderate and good range. so there's no real, you unhealthy for sensitive groups are unhealthy a.r quality in

the bay area. as of right now. but meteorologists don't feel comfortable calling a multiple day forecast. we want to take it one day at a time and see how it goes. a change in the wind is expected to bring relief. but this smoke model predicts smoky skies across much of the united states for the weekend. >> as of friday, the air district extended an air quality advisory until saturday. smoke exposure may cause individuals to experience irritation in their eyes airways and sinuses. >> coughing or a scratchy throat. if you are the higher elevation will be tell people is that if you smell smoke and you're probably being affected. >> and so if that's the case, you can take those preventive measures such as staying indoors. i'm having the windows and doors closed as long as he'd creating a clean room, things like that. and the air quality district constantly updates. air quality readings online. >> meanwhile, the national weather service says this lesser smoke intrusion should be a reminder to all in the area to prepare for what is expected to be another active fire season reporting from walnut creek kron 4 news.

>> dave sphar. turning to you now see when all of this haze and smoky skies is going to get out of town. >> it looks like we'll get a break. maybe tomorrow on all of this and other talking, you know, being aloft and everything. you know, it does control the weather a little bit too. when you get that upper levels of the atmosphere like we did last year. it was a little cooler during the day and bust forecast highs. you think is your mind or that a lot of volcanism, for example, you can see what could happen. this is the shot from half moon bay. we're still dealing with the morning fog. very traditional and all that. now this haziness is kind of slowing down this mixing process out a little bit this morning. is a little slow going same kind of process we're seeing at the golden gate bridge still shrouded in all that fog coverage. you can see little bit of a breeze that we're having from overnight and we will see again. one pick up a little bit when we get the inland heating. but we're waiting for tomorrow w%s kind of the big sweep on through that will probably kind of clean out our atmosphere a little bit. also

cool us off a little bit inland, particularly now here's the progress. we're seeing some warming happening already inland. 72 going on antioch mid 60's to concord, livermore and along the east bay shoreline lower 60's 59 for santa rosa 65 for san jose. now it's up in the north. this front is not really going to drop that far south, a piece of energy will do what it will do. the trick. but at this time of year, we don't see the front just sweep on through like the winter months, for example, that give us rain. so here's what it looks like on futurecast for. again, we mix out the fog today. again, we get the local breeze, the sierra shut off in terms of the monsoon that's going to be for the short term period as well. then watch what happens tomorrow. we start with the fog again. but look at the south to see. this gets pushed on through and by sunday afternoon. again, we'll have those windy and breezy conditions that are we get any way, but it will be fortified by this system coming through and that should clear out our atmosphere a little bit as well and cool us off inland, rain. checking back in again for monday morning. the sierra

is going to be turned off. it looks like till mid week with all of that. now our temperatures snap back on tuesday already. it's going to spike back up in london to the middle to upper 90's, a kind of stay there in that zone. not quite a heat spike. we're talking probably get to the triple digits, but at least mid to upper 90's going on there and warm for the bay. mostly 70's, a few areas popping your about 80 again, this is later next week 67 for today, san francisco 72 oakland 82 san jose across the wider bay. you see those middle 90's off to the far east bay 80's control up in the north bay and of course, coming up a little bit with check of the 4 zone forecast and that extended as well. well. >> thanks, dave. down in the south bay san jose community leaders are calling on county officials to close a reid hillview airport as soon as possible calling it a threat to public health. critics have been trying to shut down the south bay airport for years because of the noise and potential for crashes, but adding to the urgency of their demands is a new study that found children living near the

airport in this one and a half mile radius have elevated levels of lead in their blood, which experts say can lead to long-term brain damage. >> they were you know, i don't want these airplanes passing by another dane now that i know all lead is in the my kids. we have to ask our supervisors. all of them to vote in favor of not only just closing this airport closing this early. we could solve 90% of the problem right now. >> and then within a year have a 100% of the problem solved. no more lead coming out of the skies. >> pilot groups are offering to switch to an leaded aviation fuel in an effort to keep the airport open. in a statement, santa clara county officials say they are reviewing the study and will be issuing recommendations on how to move forward at the end of next week. still ahead here on the kron 4 morning news, a look at bay area sports is the a's get a win at home and the giants. >> play the brewers on the road got highlights. coming up next.

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>> and now kron 4 sports. >> ph just earned a thrilling victory at the coliseum and it was the newcomer who put the team on his back oakland's finest on hand for the a's games want us cano, anderson. he threw out the first pitch. he did a pretty good job. i think it looks good in green. all right. this game in a wild

ending went extras all tied at one bottom of the 11th 2 on for starling marte a rockets. this one deep to left a walk-off three-run homer a's win for one giant a milwaukee taking on the brewers looking for their 17th win of the season. they didn't have quite as good of luck as the a's bottom of the 4th giants on a run rowdy tell us sends one out straight away center mike yastremski, the incredible catch crashes into the wall. wow. logan webb can't believe it. gas putting his name in for the catch of the year. top of the 6 same score brandon belt fresh off the i l belts. one high and deep right. that one is very well hit and it is gone. his 12th homer of the season in now bottom of the 10 one on for. tell us when he grounds that one down the 3rd base line stays fair warner comes around to score the game winning run brewers walk it

off 2, one. alright. well, exciting day for donation is the worst of reach an agreement with fan favorite on tree eve with dolloff fans likely. remember as being a crucial swing man. later on 6th man during the worst championship run in 2015, 2017 2018 rather runs plural 3. so there's no doubt at 37 years old. he is now in the twilight of his career. but he brings a veteran presence and leadership. the dubs desperately need in our locker room. also is loved by fans. well, respected by teammates and already knows the warriors system. so this really was a good pick up usa basketball men's national team wins gold in tokyo. they avenged their opening loss to france by defeating them. 8782 in the gold-medal game. the warriors own draymond green had some critical plays down the stretch in fact, he actually grabbed one of the last rebounds and he also had a tip on one of their free throws that turned into a huge present possession for usa. katie led the red white and blue with 29 points. and this team is bound through a lot of

adversity, including losing bradley beal. the covid not physically, but he was not allowed to play. they had players join late because the nba championship, they lost their exhibition games and lost in the opener. so really impressive to see team. usa fight back and when gold congratulations to that, the usa basketball women's national team going for their 7th consecutive olympic gold medal team usa stopped on serbia 7959 in the semifinals last night extending their historic olympics winning streak to 54 games. brittney griner finished with 15 points and 12 rebounds for second double double of the tournament team. usa will go for gold at 7.30 pacific time. they faced host japan and of course, good luck to them both the usa and men's and women's teams the chance to win gold in tokyo. we majestic mountains... scenic coastal highways...

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9.30 here and sweltering triple digit temperatures at the grand canyon have officials urging people to stay away. it got so hot. >> one hiker's boots actually melted out there. even the base of the canyon. 4,000 feet down reach 115 degrees yesterday. hikers are being asked to avoid any physical activity in the canyon this weekend are also advised to rest often stay hydrated and wait for shade. some good tips there. meanwhile, closer to

home, a major hydroelectric power plant at lake oroville is off line right now. >> because the water level at the lake reached historic lows this week. this is the first time the water levels have forced the plant to shut down since it opened back in 1967. it's currently at a record low of about 641 feet. that's compared to 900 feet when it's full of the plant provides electricity to at least 80,000 customers. energy officials expect the grid can absorb this loss, but they add it raises the risk there will be more blackouts. in the meantime, they're asking all residents to reduce their water use by 15%. bringing it even closer to home now, take a look at the sun shining through the smoky hazy skies earlier this morning. this picture coming to us from sausalito as you can see, the sun giving off a bright orange glow. this morning. we've got those hazy skies got a bright orange sun. coming a pretty

interesting saturday morning here. dave sphar standing by with a look at our forecast. you're hoping that all this haze and whatnot will be out of the picture tomorrow that would have been, you know, the system rushing on by. it's not going to be as bad. has it been as bad as course was last that look like we're in another planet there. we had a red red star. >> but yeah, today. we still have some haze. that's kind of left over a little bit. it's slowing down the mixing a process of the fog a little bit. this is what it looks like from the each east bay shoreline. and typically you see some blue skies behind all that because the fog layers right below that. and now it is true that above us. it is quite warm in this really slows town, the mixing process as well. here's the shot from half moon bay. and again, the overcast skies with some sun trying to peer in through there as well. models tell us the should clear out within the next couple of hours. we are getting some warming inland already 72 for antioch middle 60's going on the east bay along the east bay shoreline and about 60 with 50's 60's lining up in the

north bay. the projections for we'll get back in the business of the 90's. but you're not going to get that ernest cooling until tomorrow with this system dropping south coupled with that. we'll get some nice breezy conditions more so than we're going to get driven by the daytime heating. coming up a little bit here. we'll take a look at the longer range forecast for you and also the 4 zone, 2 noel. >> thanks, dave, for your health. there's a bay area wide push by doctors and elected leaders to get more people vaccinated. and now a restaurant group in the north bay is offering thousands of dollars in incentives to get employees to get their shots. kron four's. dan thorn has the story from santa rosa. >> the restaurant group says they already have about 85% of their employees fully vaccinated, but they want to make it 100% and they're hoping through these prizes. they'll reach their ultimate goal of keeping everyone safe. while working in a restaurant much of your time involves face to face interactions and working in tight spaces as covid-19 and its mutations

continue their wrath a restaurant owner is offering thousands of dollars to their workers. through a vaccine lottery here inspired by the california lotteries and just thinking of ways to. >> push, you know, the person that might be thinking about getting it over the edge getting that shot $21,000 in gift cards will be spread out across stark reality restaurants 7 north bay businesses like willie's wine bar in santa rosa. most of the company's 470 plus employees have already got the shot, including all managers. but the hope is to get even more workers vaccinated. the money could be enough to motivate holdouts to get the shot seeing people that are has decide to to make that step will help other co-workers or friends and family do the same. the spread of the delta variant has created some fear and forced mask-wearing to return indoor settings in sonoma county. the restaurant group sees the lottery has a better way to get employees vaccinated as opposed andy and

they're wanting other businesses to think about trying the idea anything that we need to do. to make sure that our employees are staff in our community and our guests are are safe and we're willing to do it. >> the lottery drawings for all fully vaccinated employees will be on september 1st. and as we get closer to that date. the restaurant group is expecting more employees will get on board reporting in santa rosa. dan thorn kron 4 news. >> meanwhile, the san francisco deputy sheriff's association is warning the city's vaccine mandate could lead to a big loss in law enforcement personnel. san francisco's current policy is any city employee who is not vaccinated will be fired. in a statement on social media. the association says about 160 out of 700 deputy sheriffs are not vaccinated and have no plans to do so. they go on to say if deputy sheriffs are forced to

vaccinate a percentage of them will retire early or will seek employment elsewhere. the sheriffs association says it would like for san francisco to align with the state guidelines and offer weekly testing as an option instead of forcing vaccination at last check. city officials have not responded to this morning. up in the north bay. napa county has joined 7 other bay area counties and mandating mandating mask wearing and businesses. that's regardless of your vaccination status 75% of napa county residents are fully vaccinated. but there is a troubling spike in hospitalizations happening. there threatening hospital capacity. local health officials believe combining the mask-wearing with vaccinations is going to help avoid future lockdowns and new restrictions. >> definitely want to close down. have on this is just. i don't think public. i mean, i think if we'd be a little consider it. stop being so selfish. it will, you know, make some headway.

>> most of the current covid cases are being blamed on the more contagious delta variant, it's been spreading to the vaccinated as well as the on vaccinated. now, meantime, the only bay area county not requiring people to wear masks. indoors is solano county health officials there don't believe it's necessary at this point. kron four's amanda hari to talk with residents in benicia to find out how they feel about living in the county. that's the last holdout on mask mandates in the bay area. >> i think it's kind of ridiculous. because it has. lawyers. >> vaccination rate not only does llano county have lower vaccination rates than most bay area counties. they were also the last bay area county to enter the orange tier when california was still using the tier system. austin breaux says he's vaccinated. he wants to see more people taking the precautions he's taken a little bit upset. because i did my part. >> to stay safe. a should do

their part. >> i saw a 3 laverty walking down first street with her mask on she says she thinks all the bay area counties should follow the same rules and have a mask mandate. >> i feel very safe wearing a mask. and i think that helped in lot of it. healthier. >> last year the team's case, he says he's ok with vaccinate people not masking up indoors. if you're not back a mask at some other residents say you can only control people so much. that is what it is. people are pretty much but regardless of mask mandates. most people i spoke to said they wanted to see more people vaccinated stop being so selfish. >> get vaccinated to protect not only yourself but others. >> i checked in with the health department and they say they're not issuing an indoor mask mandate right now because that's not where they're seeing the spread not in public places. they say the

spread is happening in small group gatherings where people know each other and feel comfortable going on mask in benicia amanda hari kron 4 news. >> now just as the bay area's live music scene was starting to show signs of life. it's now being threatened again by a surge in covid-19 cases. the ivy room and now bunny has canceled shows all weekend long. this comes after members from multiple bands who were scheduled to play tested positive for coronavirus concert. promoters are now worried. the bay area is headed in the wrong direction and it's threatening the entertainment industry. >> please get vaccinated it. it's like our livelihood depends on it. if people can't, you know, if we don't get enough people. vaccinated and safe and healthy. we can't go back to our jobs in all of these people are going to. it's it's going to change entertainment. you know, forever. >> in the meantime, the owner of the club to locks on haight street in san francisco has

canceled multiple shows over the next 2 weeks, not because of new infections, rather, they say it's because of the mask mandate calling it, quote, unrealistic to host live music, dancing and drinking. if everyone's faces covered, they plan to reopen. once the mandate is lifted. in an effort to help students safely return to school with everything they need. there's a couple of vaccine opportunity is going on today. the first one hosted by contra, costa health services. they're hosting a free school supplies and covid-19 vaccine event today in antioch. it kicks off at 10:00am at the summer's ville town center. the school supply giveaway in shots will be given out until 2 o'clock this afternoon. there's no appointment required. meanwhile, sunnyvale families can also get anyone 12 and up vaccinated today at columbia middle school el camino health is bringing a mobile covid vaccine than to the school this afternoon. free covid vaccines will be given out between 3, 06:00pm no appointment needed for this one either. a big move from

united airlines. it's now requiring all u.s. based employees to get vaccinated against covid by late october united is the first major us carrier to require vaccination. its employees must upload proof that shows they're fully vaccinated and those who do not get vaccinated may face termination united says exceptions will be made for certain health issues religious reasons. according to the company. more than 90% of its pilots and 80% of flight attendants have already gotten their shots. happening today. the california republican party is expected to announce who it will endorse in the upcoming recall election of governor gavin newsome. but california rnc committeewoman harmeet dhillon urged the state gop on twitter not to endorse a candidate. she says doing so could discourage voters whose favorite candidate might get snubbed hurting the overall turn out now the republican

candidates who have qualified to receive the endorsement are conservative talk radio host larry elder, former san diego mayor kevin faulconer state assembly member kevin kiley and former congressman doug o c now you can watch all of the candidates take the stage in a recall debate later this month inside california politics is going to be hosting that debate live from our studio. it airs right here on kron. 4 on thursday, august 19th at 7 o'clock. so be sure to set your calendars for that. hey, dave. seeing warming in london about the mid 90's going on. we'll keep it in the 80's up to the north bay. a check of your 4 zone forecast coming up next year.

>> 9.44 here on this saturday morning. and dave spahr has got you covered with your weather forecast. dave, how

warm is it going to get today. >> we're still looking for warm temperatures. well, inland, although around the bay fairly pleasant for this time of year. in it. we're also really were not spiking in terms of how odd it could get and how off we seen it already this year and we're looking for a little bit of a minor cooling phase for tomorrow and into monday. so what kind of nice treat for early august this live shot coming in from sfo, no delays being reported there. but some leftover fog still hiding in there a bit. and the haze, of course, aloft is keeping things kind of slow and mixing out this bay area fog. we go back out to the coast again, the half moon bay. and there we have the overcast skies in place here. a bit of sun is trying to peer in there just a touch already up to 72 for antioch showing you warming happening inland mid 60's. you can see for tri valley. also conquered up to the north bay, 50's and 60's and play 65. meanwhile, 4 san jose long range forecast models to get there. we have a weak system coming through that will kind of brush us through. look at the marine, larry being pushed around a bit recovery. the monsoon by thursday. you see a

little whisper of energy that comes up here. only thing we want to look out for. that is any lightning strikes with all of that. but doesn't look like get much from that. just something to kind of watch and then in the southwest, the continuation, the pole station with daytime heating with those a monsoon thunder showers from texas all the way to southern california. that's typical. and we get it in the sierra as well. now the 4 zone forecast for your saturday. checking in 67 san francisco 64 for marina district also for daly city and for half moon bay along the bay side of the peninsula. we've have burlingame at about 78 still some lower 80's down south hiding out here redwood city 82 in palo alto at 80 with those 80's in place for the south bay. 82 san jose santa clara 80 to 84 cupertino around 80 for the east bay shoreline tri valley in the mid 90's will do about 93 walnut creek 68 for richmond and 74 vallejo fairfield checking in at 89 partyka these far east bay locations. we're not getting that good when that we expect for tomorrow, we'll get daytime

heating winds. but you might get some more of those hazy skies. still the deal with today. a little bit. 84 napa 87 for sonoma. 88 santa rosa and 80's as we head down south 7 day forecast. there's a little bit of a drop 8891 to and we get back in the business of the middle 90's. that's true. but nothing quite heat. spike like and will be watching for thursday for little piece of energy. coming up from the south. noel. >> thanks, dave. this fire season kron 4 is helping to make sure all members of your family are out of harm's way this morning, checking in with the hayward woman who is helping pet owners specifically here. joining me now is rebecca's saying rebecca, thanks for joining me. i hear you've been working on some decals for pet owners. tell me about it. >> yeah. my friends and i, we have been working on a little bit of a small project. and like put stickers to be able to put ones like front door or window in case of a pet and because of fire that

firefighters can be able to be notified. like the cars that are within the house as well, too. very you we do have some pictures of the decals. they're really, really cute on the front and then on the back. >> there's some helpful information that you can put on there right. >> yeah, being able to put like the details of the pets and specifically the most recent information as well, too. it's really and it's i think it's also even more so to like the firefighters. but to the owners of the pets to be able to have a bevy of a peace of mind knowing that there is a reminder of the pets that are within the home as well, too. >> definitely. i think, you know, when you're told to evacuate, there's so much going on in your mind that even looking at that as a pet owner ok, do i have the cats to have the dogs. where's the bunny. you know, like this is going to be really helpful for them how to come up with this idea. >> so we haven't seen that all

tree cuts and we constantly try to think of ways that we can help the community, however, on july 15th, it was actually national pet fire safety day. so we just created these as a kind of sentiment, small gift for any pet owners. do you want to have for their home as well, too. >> ok. and so you will. you guys are handing these out. where can people get these. >> even around like you are like dog parks and some parks and like the bay area. but probably the best way to eat just other than finding a sleet in person. if even reaching us via our contact form. so on our website, all if you get stopped or there's a contact form that we can be able to send the stickers for free to anyone that needs it too. >> while for free. you're giving these out. >> oh, yeah, we have a we have quite a so rebecca, anything else people need to know about these decals. >> i'm not to say if they have any need for that or if they have any suggestions for the coming months. we're really a volunteer group that seeks to bring the light to the community in any way possible.

so if you have any suggestions, anything that they would like us to work on or if you want to partner with us too. everything can be found on our website as well. olive tree dot com. >> the arctic olive tree gifts dot org. rebecca, thank you for joining us this morning. thank you so much for you to. we'll be right back.

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here in the bay area. kron four's phillipe djegal shows us the way of t e. >> welcome to to sink a foundation tea room in san francisco here in a dimly-lit tranquil and quaint setting founding director christy bartlett teaches students the way of tea a 400 year tradition in kyoto, japan that brings people from all walks of life together by the simple yet intricate practice of a host boiling water and making a bowl of team for their gas way of tea into case. it's something that is approached wholeheartedly. >> and over a long period of time. educating oneself to that study. just as the asked states at the olympics. dedicate themselves to the field of sports. the process is considered art and is related to the philosophy of zen and taoism the host is focusing. >> they're themselves. and

guest are focusing themselves. but they're focusing on the same thing. so that brings some very close together to much of logged unfolds over time guided by the utensils used to grind whisk and serve the powdered and from the green tea. each item placed in a specific place and used by a designated the modern practice of the way of born out of the 16 th-century known as the 100 years of war. >> during that time of civil strife, tea rooms allowed for the preservation of peace countering the violence outside look at the way of tea is let's respect one another. >> let's meet together in harmony. let's treat each other with purity intention and make this olympic occasion, one will bring forth

the best of all of us. thank you so much. >> reporting in san francisco. i'm fully all together yeah. >> well, take a look at this a possible and describe species of jellyfish has been captured on camera. this video of a red jelly is captured. our was captured in the atlantic ocean on july 28th. it's a beautiful. it was uploaded to facebook by the noaa ocean exploration group. it shows the jellyfish just short of sort of a bob in there in the water, the jelly. it was one of several potentially an described or unknown animals encountered during the last dive of the 2021 north atlantic stepping stones expedition. get this, it was found at deaths of 2000 feet towns. there's a lot of creatures just kind of bobbing around down there, but they're absolutely beautiful. as you can see. from depths of the

ocean too. kind of the outer space. want to get paid for pretending to go to mars. that is recruiting participants for a simulated mission to the red planet. crew members will live and work in an isolated 1700 square foot habitat known as mars dune alpha nasa says the long duration ground-based simulation will closely approximate an actual mission to the red planet. the crew will have to deal with limited access to resources, busted communications lag with earth intense workloads as well as environmental stressors meant to mimic life on mars. so you're getting thrown. a lot of things they're the first simulation set to start in late 2022 days you can sign up. i don't know they didn't make the atmospheric conditions like that. it's one percent of so you have that was a suit on. >> and kind of mob around i have a problem here. you have to wait 5 minutes to get a response right. 10 minutes, whatever. depending on how the

planets are timed out, ok. thatts kind of fun. yeah. i guess looking for minnesota. want to go to the for here's a look at temperatures. we got here for you. by the way, we are cooling down. yes. speaking of mars 88 for sunday. okay. that will probably be the but what's doing that is a nice drive a good on shore, wind. that's going help clean atmosphere. so a little haze today still warm inland and things are improving. let's go to through it. >> we'll see later. we'll see you. there will be tomorrow at 07:00am fight. california! during a flex alert, let's keep our power up and running. set ac cooler and use big appliances before 4pm. then from 4-9pm reduce use and take it easy on our energy. sign up today.

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