the american kennel club estimates 2,200 dogs are stolen each year. >>> and then service has been shutdown on the vta, and the resumption of service is welcome news for a lot of people that rely on it. may 26th, vta employee killed his colleagues. >>> the delta variant is becoming more of a concern across the country. >> covid is not gone, and there's another push to get people vaccinated. >> with the delta variant fueling infections, experts and elected officials are warning people are taking a chance by skipping the vaccine. >> the delta variant is the most dominant strain in the united states. here in california new case rates remain low but the variant is here. >> in california we had 5% cases in may. we're now more than 35%. >> the infectious disease doctor says in the bay area where vaccination rates are high, most are protected but with the travel season in full swing, people unvaccinated are taking a risk. >> the unvaccinated folks are going to be a risk as we have a more influx of visitors in the bay area. >> lon is encouraging people to get the shot. at costco in san francisco we

the american kennel club estimates nearly 2 million dogs are stolen each year in the u.s. in crimes of opportunity like this one. howard is pleading if you know what happened or where penny lou is, call police. in san jose, ian cole, nbc bay area news. >>> oakland's chief of police is on a quest to bring down the city's rising gun violence, and he's taking a page out of a community activist playbook. he's holding a rally this weekend. >> i don't want to solve all of the problems by myself. i want to hear from community, i want them to be part of the solution. >> it comes after one of the city's most july fourths in frequent them memory. the chief's standup for a safe oakland rally will be held this saturday at noon. >>> our next story is about restoring trust between the police and certain segments of the public. the new state attorney general is taking action by taking over investigations into certain deadly police shootings. cheryl hurd gets reaction from a grieving father who hopes this bill will bring justice for other families. >> i've been in touch with very many fam

when you think of a family pedigree, i only knew of the american kennel association, aka. and that was the raising of pure bred puppies. we certainly didn't see ourselves as pure breds, nor as puppies. but we soon learned that the discussion was one of creating a family pedigree. so what we had to do is we had to construct our family lineage going back to the 1700s that clearly documents that our family owned the land. now, this dispute was with a very famous person who had a lot of money. in fact, even hired an attorney on our behalf because they didn't want any kind of problems in the press. truncate the story, we ended up with a settlement. this is a beautiful piece of property. you will know that that's one of the most expensive tracts of land that could be. this track of land, once the settlement came about -- this was on my maternal grandfather's side of the family. my ma aren't the grandmother wanted us to do an information on land that her family owned. before i get into that, that track of land was the land that later became red gate farm in aquina, which was the

was rebooked for the following day and american couldn't offer overnight accommodations passenger aboard nolan calling it a nightmare. i think the animals in a kennelere treated better than they treated. >> their passengers at this point. but the traffic volume is favorable for airlines delta air lines on wednesday reporting its first quarterly profit since the pandemic hit. >> and american airlines on track toward recovery that carrier going from losing a 100 million dollars a day during the pandemic to banking. 1 million dollars a day. and i know it isn't fun. but when you see long lines to their security in the sea lines of people. >> waiting to buy something to eat or full airplanes and so on. that's progress. this is a good sign. >> that was markie martin reporting for us. the other travel headache right now is the lengthy process are trying to get your passport. according to the u.s. state department, the turnaround time for a passport is about 18 weeks expedited passports can be delivered in 12 before the pandemic. it usually took about 6 to 8 weeks. lot of waiting, right. and if you need to reach delta airlines by phone any time soon. good