dan noyes, abc 7 news. dan: moving on now. abc 7's commitment to building a better bay area includes focusing on health and the fight against covid. the number of cases in children is soaring in the united states with nearly 240,000 reported in the week. at least six people on a container ship and san francisco bay have tested positive, according to the fire department. for the first time in about a month, california's positivity rate is under 5%. it is at 4.7%. in the meantime, an unvaccinated mother in san francisco was eight months pregnant when she says she lost her unborn baby after getting covid. now, the need help. abc 7 vaccine team member kate larsen spoke with the family about their regrets. kate: nancy should be soothing her newborn's cries but instead she's wiping her own tears and planning a funeral. >> to leave your baby at the hospital, it is very sad. kate: last week, she arrived at san francisco general hospital and found out her baby girl was gone. two days later at eight months pregnant, she gave birth to he

dan noyes, abc 7 news. dan: moving on now. 7's commitment to building a better bay area includes focusing on health and the fight against covid. the number of cases in children is soaring in the united states with nearly 240,000 reported in the week. at least six people on a container ship and san francisco bay have tested positive, according to the fire department. for the first time in about a month, california's positivity rate is under 5%. it is at 4.7%. in the meantime, an unvaccinated mother in san francisco was eight months pregnant when she says she lost her unborn baby after getting covid. now, the need help. abc 7 vaccine team member kate larsen spoke with the family about their regrets. kate: nancy should be soothing her newborn's cries but instead she's wiping her own tears and planning a funeral. >> to leave your baby at the hospital, it is very sad. kate: last week, she arrived at san francisco general hospital and found out her baby girl was gone. two days later at eight months pregnant, she gave birth to her st

she did not just let issue Ñ i team dan noyes asked her about it.reporter: santa clara county sheriff had her command staff stand behind her for this news conference, one day after san jose mayor called on her to resign. >> time for concern is long past. sheriff smith must resign. reporter: sheriff smith did not address the mayor's demand through her entire presentation. sheba mount a lack of staffing proposed building a jail and discussed how inmates, are volunteering to painter current jail. so i had to bring it up. >> you have not address the mayor's call for you to address. will you resign? >> i have heard of it of course. and we are going to do these investigations. let's see what the truth is. at this time, no. reporter: the 70-year-old has no plans to retire, even though two of hearst -- her top staff have been charged any bribery scandal . lori smith refused to answer questions before the grand jury. mayor liccardo said that is enough reason for the sheriff to be removed. >> refused to answer that grand jury's questions about the concealed c

but smith did not address that issue until the i team's dan noyes asked about it.e story. >> sheriff laurie smith had her command staff stand behind her with the news conference one day after sam look ardo called on her to resign. >> the time for concern is long past. sheriff smith must resign. >> sheriff smith did not address his demand through her presentation. she bemoaned a lack of staffing, proposed building a new jail, and discussed how inmates are volunteering to paint the current jail. i finally had to bring it up. >> you have not addressed the mayor's call for you to resign. will you resign? >> i did not see his press conference, i heard of it. we are going to do these investigations. let's see what the truth is. at this time, no. >> she has no plans to retire, even though two of her top staff have been charged in a bribery scandal, accused of nations to the sheriffs campaign in exchange for concealed carry weapon permits. lori smith refused to answer questions before the grand jury. the mayor said it's enough reason for the sheriff to be removed. you refu

dan noyes, abc 7 news. kristen: we have made it easy for you to get in touch with dan noyes and the a-team. . go to to abc 7.com/iteam larry: the dixie fire scorching more than 27,000 acres since friday. the fire has burned a total of 569,000 acres and remains 31% contained. concerns of more bad weather in the days ahead prompting the pg&e to warn that it may be forced to cut power in the region. the dixie fire is the largest fire in state history, so far destroyed more than 1100 structures and thousands more still under threat. like we said, pg&e may be forced to cut fire because of forecasts calling for gusty winds. the utility announced a public safety power shutoff watch beginning tomorrow after 8:00 p.m. it includes shasta and lassen county in the north to residence in napa, sonoma and solano counties in the south. on wednesday, the watch will include humboldt county, trinity, sierra, and you bell county. the utilityar cell phones,il up your gas tanks and make some ice to perishables in case the power

from the i team in santa rosa, dan noyes. if you want to get in touch with dan, call 1888, 40 i team or go to abc 7.com/i team and send in your story ideas. ama: the governor of new york is granting clemency to six people, including the father of san francisco district attorney. his father is 40 years into a sentence of 75 years to life. he was convicted of 1983 for an armed truck robbery that left three people dead. his mother also played a role and was in prison for more than two decades before she was released. he is now in his mid-70's in his case will be referred to the parole board for potenal let's switch gears and get to weather. spencer: we have a cooling s breeze cleansing the air nicely. looking out what's happening now, surface wind speeds at 15-20 miles per hour. a steady onshore flow has improved our air quality. you can see lots of green and yellow dots indicating good to moderate air quality. that is likely to continue into tomorrow. current temperature readings under mostly clear skies. oakland at 66. san jos