i live in this county. 159 counties in georgia.here is a reason why republicans are only investigating one. out of all the other counties that had problems on election day, no other county is being investigated and at risk of being taken over by a republican pair a gram. it's only fulton county. they are afraid to say what we all know is true out loud -- that, is too many people that look like me showed up to vote and fulton county. now they want to do something about that. what we also know, when you look across the board and how we've made changes in fulton county, in june, we had our primary elections. the fulton county board of -- commissioners came in to see what happened on election day. they came in got things together for the november election. give people more access to get the lines, down they made sure they had more poll workers. you know what the state did? they passed espy 2:02 to say you can't do mobile voting units. we will not do all these drop boxes to reduce the waiting in line. the republicans are still to blame

and in douglas county, nevada. it is 59% contained. >>> we have reported extensively about how covid has changed the job market and how prospective employees have become more selective. and how many jobs remain open due to an absence of people applying. tonight, a report from the opposite side of the employment universe. we have the story of final interviews for a job which drew 7000 applicants.fil b tervieunkey other. a room filled with candidates, from whom they will choose is 1 jerk. [ laughter ] yet. >> reporter: every person applied for the job on video. most of them wearing pants, some of them not. >> i have to put on pants. >> reporter: the hiring employer, murphy good ones. hiring position? whatever the candidates want to make of it. so that the four people in an interview. >> it's like the ultimate internship. >> reporter: winemaker david reddy helped craft the contest during the pandemic and modeled it after a similar campaign in the tough times of 2009. they received 7000 of these videos. is not sure who

includes all of alameda county and a chunk of santa clara county as well. extreme drought for santa cruz county, san mateo county but more and more of the bay area and the state classified as being in exceptional drought which is the worst category from the u.s. drought monitor. 46% of california in exceptional drought. almost half the state with 89% in extreme drought or worse. that is the second worst category. the only time the number has been higher in september 2014. 62% of the state was an exceptional drought. we hope things don't get that bad but we are months away from the next chance of rain. >> we have moisture in the form of fog. the fog is expanding across the bay toward open where the temperature is 60 degrees. to the 50s downtown san francisco and in santa rosa. 68 degrees in san jose. still warmer for concorde and livermore in the low to mid 70s. the fog is not going to spread too far across the bay except into some of the northbay valley's big visibility is reduced tomorrow morning in santa rosa but it will improve by 9:00-10:00 at the lates

starting next week, san mateo county will require everyone entering county facilities to wear a mask. we are in redwood city with why the county changed course. >> reporter: in san mateo county, 89% of residents over the age of 12 are vaccinated, according to the health department. with covid cases on the rise, county leaders said they had to do something. to mask, or not to mask? that has been the question for many people for the past month or so. absences statewide mandatory mask mandate was lifted on june 15. >> masks are very controversial for some people. some people do not like masks. some people love masks. >> reporter: starting on monday, anyone who goes inside the san mateo county building, whether vaccinated or not, will have to wear a mask. it includes more than 5000 county employees as well as visitors. >>> the goal is to make sure that each employee is safe in their workspace. >> reporter: the new mask mandate is in response to the increasing numbers of covid cases in the county over the past 30 days. the requirement is being met with mixed feelings among residents. >> ju

one county.ction day, no other county is being investigated and at risk of being taken over by a republican power grab. and so it's only fulton county. they're afraid to say what we all know is true outloud and that is too many people that look like me showed up to vote in fulton county. now they want to do something about that. what we also know is that when you look across the board and how we've made changes in fulton county, in june we had our primary elections and fulton county board of commissioners had an independent commission come in and look at what happened on election day. they came in, they made changes and got things together for the november election. they gave people more access to get the lines down. they made sure that they hired more poll workers. you know what the state did? they passed sb-202 saying we can't do mobile voting units. we can't do drop boxes to reduce waiting in line, so the republicans are still to blame for all of this. >> i want to play one of the county board

census data, of the eight possible counties that abut harris county, of the eight counties they have legally charged hervis rogers, which they have the option of drawing a jury pool if this case goes to trial, montgomery county is just about the whitest. it has the lowest proportion of african american residents of any of those counties. i can't tell you for certain that is relevant, but it's true. the attorney general's office, we went back to them again, they will not tell us why they chose this county. i'll also tell tu that the aclu of texas put out a statement, quote, the arrest and prosecution of mr. hervis rogers should alarm all texans. he waited in line six hours to vote to fulfill his civic duty. he is locked up on a bail amount that most people could not afford. he faces potentially decades in jail. hour laws should not intim date team from voting by increasing the risk of prosecution for mistakes. we will continue to fight for justice and mr. rogers and will push back to efforts to further restrict voting lights. only he had been a white guy casting a vote in a name of a

county. and for more now on this kron four's terisa stasio is live for us in marin county with a new message from health officials. this has public health officials are sounding the alarm and tree said there they're saying that the issue here is that children are not vaccinated and they are among the most vulnerable. without a doubt. justine and can. >> and that's kind of the bottom line as you're mentioning those 4 cases, those were hospitalized and that's the bad news we're having those breakthrough cases. the good news is that the vaccines are holding strong. but again, we have so many people who are vulnerable so many people that cannot get vaccinated, including children. and so very much this pandemic is certainly not over. >> we're seeing is breaking 3 more were frequently doctor matt willis marin county's public health officer talking about new information coming in on rising covid-19 cases and how vaccinated people are testing positive. >> breakthrough cases are much than cases among

then you have san francisco, santa clara county, san mateo county and alameda county alameda county have more than 63% of people fully vaccinated and that is all good news. so where does our state need to improve maybe focus vaccination effort you can start here in lassen county. currently has just over 26% of folks. they're fully vaccinated. that's almost 50% lower. then the statewide vaccination rate. things are much better for the rest of the bottom 5 to him. a 28% del norte de almost 29% kings county about the same or said county. a little over 30%. folks are fully vaccinated there. if you didn't see your county on either list. you're curious you can head to our website. kron 4 dot com. we've posted a full list of every county and their numbers in the state. >> you see schools will be requiring all students, faculty and staff to be fully vaccinated before physically accessing the university's locations and programs you see says that the policy will require schools to begin collecting proof of vaccination and processing requests for exceptions and deferrals to plan ahead for the fall

the move comes after county health officials say there were 23 new covid cases among inmates that county detention facilities, kron four's. jonathan mccall live for us in the newsroom tonight with the other concerns being raised from this surge. jonathan kathryn kidd. good evening, contra. costa county board president supervisor. >> diane burgess says that same kids in their county will actually head back to class starting tomorrow. she worries that at this current rate that could be enough that outbreaks would prompt some schools to close. >> a troubling trend in contra costa county we are more people testing positive and it's in those that are unvaccinated the delta variant now dominating new cases. >> 80% of the county's new covid cases. according to health leaders involving the strain tuesday. health leaders said that the county has recorded 2800 new covid cases in just the past 2 weeks. hospitalizations also in the county have quadrupled in just the past month. it 6 times higher among those that are. >> not vaccinated versus those that are vaccinated board of supervisors. president

leaders in one east bay county are looking into requiring mandatory vaccinations for county workers. >> welcome to kron 4 news at 9. i'm ken wayne in for grant lotus tonight. and i'm vicki liviakis contra. costa county leaders say that they are looking into the requirement after an outbreak at a county detention facility as of monday. there were 23 new cases. nearly 3,000 new covid cases in just the past 2 weeks county wide and 4 times more hospitalizations this month. then in june when the state reopened across portions of the calls here tonight with the other concerns being raised from the serge thomas. in addition to those county facilities, detention facilities leaders are also concerned about school kids who are getting ready to go back to class. >> some of them as early as tomorrow in contra, costa county. the board is president says that some kids in their county will go back to school starting tomorrow and she worries that at this current rate there could be enough outbreaks that could prompt some schools to even close. >> a troubling trend in contra costa county we are more

. >>> san mateo county is about to require masks inside county buildings. what this means for the rest of the bay area. >>> as you can guess, vaok live questions and now. crobiology animnology ofessor ad spam i think u,paem me uacould the vaccinated care? i'm not asking the set of cruelty or indifference, but because a lot of people who are vaccinated in the bay area especially are wondering. >> they are a whole bunch of reasons why the vaccinated should care. the vaccine is remarkably effective at 95% efficacy but that means if someone who is vaccinated was exposed to an infected individual, there is a one in 20 chance there might be get infected. there still a risk, even though the vaccine is really good. the other reason is, we want to keep our friends and relatives save, so the higher level of vaccination, the more that helps everybody else having more people vaccinated and fewer people transmitting the disease, the likelihood of getting new variants decreases. >> there was a lot there you just gave us to dissect. i want to start with the one in 20, in

there are mandatory evacuations in plumas county and also warnings in areas of you county.he fire has now born burned more than 4900 acres with just 7% containment so far, though, good news. no structures have been damaged and there are no reports of any injuries and also some good news today for people living in the path of the river fire near fresno, where evacuation orders have now been lifted. road closures in that area of madera county had all have also been lifted. virus now 44% contained at 9500 acres. cal fire says the fire slow today with lower temperatures and higher humidity. one structure has burned along with four outbuildings. in vallejo, a 15 year old boy was shot. and killed the latest victim of violence in that city. it happened at the marina vista apartments at main and sacramento just before six last night, vallejo police chief shawne williams says a man approached the teen and shot him to death. the teenager died at the scene. two security guards at that complex heard the shots and began pursuing two people they believed were the shooters. the guards wer

full. 7 bay area counties are following sacramento and los angeles counties in calling on residents to wear a mask for indoor public gatherings or kron four's. rob fladeboe spoke with health officials in the south bay and brings now up to date some of those changes his life now from san jose. rob. >> that's right. vicki this is a recommendation, not an order, but it's the only way perhaps the best way to stop the spread of the highly contagious delta variant, which is spreading almost exclusively among people who have not been vaccinated. here's more. >> it's a recommendation, not an order public health department to 7 bay area counties and friday recommended that everyone regardless of vaccination status wear face masks in public indoor places. the advisories come amid the spread of covid-19 cases across the region due to the highly contagious. delta variant, according to santa clara county's doctor sarah rodman. we are still seeing rising case rates. we've had a tripling in our case rate in the last 3 weeks. we think much of it may be related to be more transmissible. delta variant,

they say they'll do it on a county by county basis, but they may start as early as next week.in the east bay, juliette goodrich, kpix 5. >>> just a couple of hours ago, we've learned nearly 100 contra costa county jail inmates and staffers have tested positive at the martinez, marsh creek and west county detention facilities. the covid positive inmates are isolating, and no one has been hospitalized. >>> the surge isn't stopping travelers from getting out of town, but many we spoke with told us it is top of mind. >> on a little bit nervous about it. i think it's coming back, and i feel like we all did our best ed feing prettyrian anw, be are foin-person eaols about ning, the surge of delta variant has some families reassessing their options. so far, no bay area school districts have changed their plans, with kids under 12 not yet eligible for the vaccine. many bay area parents are nervous about sending them back, but many students told us they have had enough of zoom and just want to get back into class. >> mostly to socialize with my peers. i think although online learning, i

county called anteroom county.epublican senators who investigated all the conspiracy theories about michigan found that the claims about and trump county are actually a the stupidest of them all. the conspiracy theories were, quote, indisputably false. quote, demonstrably false. and quote, based on misleading information and illogical conclusions. in fact, the michigan republicans found that the claims being made about the county were so outrageously false they were so egregiously obviously divorced from reality, they found that the people still pushing those claims might actually be motivated by something other than misunderstanding. it might be motivated by something worse than just ignorance. we might be motivated by something worse than just ignorance. senate republicans in fact wrote this in to their report. quote the committee recommends that the michigan attorney general consider investigating those who have been utilizing misleading and false information about antrim county, to raise money or publicity for

to 58 cases in marin county, 13 cases on a month ago, there were 8 and in napa county today. there are 15 cases compared to 2 a month ago. meanwhile, san francisco is seeing one of the largest increases. new numbers show the city has 130 cases. >> compared to just 13 cases the day after the state reopen get this. that's 10 times as many in just one month. right now, san mateo county has 57 active cases compared to 13 a month ago. santa clara county has 89 current covid cases compared to 39 a month ago. solano county has 46 cases compared to 19 on june 16th and sonoma county has 45 covid-19 cases compared to 37 cases when the state first reopened, all of this noon up this new data suggest that folks are refusing to get vaccinated and the delta variant now fueling this latest search and people are unsure. just how concerned they should be. but today we talked to experts about. >> what level of concern they have about the delta variant kron four's. dan kerman joins us live with those details. dan. >> we'll get through the numbers really speak for themselves. definitely the unvac

louis county..9%. these numbers are too alarming to ignore. >> on sunday, missouri reported the third highest number of covid cases just behind california and alabama. joining us now in jim bolan. he wants to stop the mask mandate in his city. mr. mayor, thank you very much for being with us. i want to give people status report of where your county is. hospitalizations are up. the number of people in icus are up. the number of people on ventilators are up. why not make people wear masks indoors for a little while until you get the numbers down? >> well, that's a great question. i have several reasons. first of all, i have faith, wildwood is one of the largest in st. louis county of 35,517 residents. i have faith in our residents to do what is right as to others and for themselves. secondly, my concern is that if the standard is now going to be that every time there's an uptick in covid and without vaccinations and so forth and it stays around in perpetuity, we'll be doing masks in perm tu -- perpet

santa clara county 89 cases currently a month ago just 39 it's a lot of county about 46 as we speak, compared to 18 cases back on june 16th and lastly sonoma county 45 covid cases now compared to 37 the day after the state reopen you know, the disparity between vaccinated and unvaccinated people. it's getting cook better. getting covid-19. is pretty clear today. >> the state released new data showing the average daily case rate among unvaccinated people. it is 6.3 cases per 100,000 people and the vaccinated. 1.1 cases, poor per 100,000 people start different. san francisco mayor london breed also tweeted today, she says almost 1800 san franciscans were hospitalized for covid. >> over the last 7 months. only 6 of those people hospitalized. we're fully vaccinated. the rest were unvaccinated and all new data suggest the people refusing to get the vaccine and this delta variant are really fueling the latest search today. we talked to experts about what level of concern they have about the variant. our kron four's, dan kerman. >> joins us now live from san francisco with details on that >

san mateo county is one of the 7 bay area counties. recommending mask, use indoors. according to a new poll conducted by inside california politics and emerson college. >> californians are split on a potential statewide indoor mask mandate. we surveyed more than 1000 california voters this week, 49% said they would support such a mandate while 39% say they are against it do it. carlson supports and indoor mask mandate i just think with the advent of delta and it being >> being a catchable that it's a good idea. i don't usually wear them outside. i don't really think it's necessary, but it's too hard to take it off and on. but i do right now i think it's still a good idea to whether inside. >> and the covid vaccine is widely available in san mateo county. you can get that at pharmacies health care providers and health care clinics here in san carlos, gayle ong kron 4 news earlier in the week. kron 4 1st told you about hundreds of bars and clubs here in the city. >> that committed to requiring proof of vaccination for anyone trying to enter indoors. well. it's happenin

doctor chin-hong says we could see county by county decide to follow eli's footsteps specifically for those with higher cases in lower vaccination rates like solano county, for example, meanwhile, san francisco's covid case rates in vaccinations have been some of the best as of tuesday. 83% of those eligible have received at least one dose of the vaccine and 76% of those eligible are fully vaccinated still forwardlooking data through this week. projects. case rates will rise to 73 cases per day. he sevenfold increase from mid-june. it's anybody's. >> guess whether not san francisco and other counties surrounding it well and not these mask mandates. again, if hospitalizations and deaths remain low, it will be more of an emotional response or maybe a call for people to get vaccinated. >> taylor kron 4 news. >> well, another big story that we're following beginning this fall all you see. students and staff are going to have to be fully vaccinated before returning to class. that's what they've decided come for. sarah stinson is live at cal this morning with the details. good morning, sara

to 58 cases in marin county, 13 cases on a month ago, there were 8 and in napa county today.5 cases compared

let's start with yolo county. that's the county that involves greater sacramento.folks they need to wear a mask indoors even if they are vaccinated because of the prevalence of the delta variant as well as rising covid cases. the health officer said the delta variant made up 60% of the positive samples, and they strongly recommended fully vaccinated people along with those 65 and older or immuno compromised wear mask indoors as a precautionary measure. this move follows a similar measure in another county, and so far we have not heard of any bay area counties making recommendations to wear masks indoors. we will look at cases in the bay area, that 7day average per 100,000 people has increased in alameda, contra costa and san francisco counties. and officials are trying to figure out what prompted an outbreak of covid in sonoma county. so far nine people of the 59 affected had to be hospitalized and of those nine six had been fully vaccinated. they are trying to figure out how it started and they are trying to contain it. in yolo county, folks being urged to wear ma

a county. it's definitely a bummer, i think it s kind of a necessity because of the new strain needs decisions have to be made at the local level if you have areas of low vaccination and high case rates, then i would say local policymakers might consider whether masking at that point would be something that would be helpful for their community until they scale up their vaccination rates. bay area counties now recommend everyone vaccinated or not, where a mask indoors, though it is not required. they and federal health officials agree the best defense against covid and the delta variant is to get a vaccine. the vaccines work. it's safe. it's free. it's readily available and it's never been more important. that mask mandate in l. a will take effect starting this weekend sunday morning. those restrictions will stay in place until covid-19 numbers improve. in oakland. i'm james torrez, ktvu fox. two news, a new study suggests that vaccinated people have stronger anti bodies to coronavirus than peop

county. it was just a gentle giant. >> and his mom him. they've they rising, right. he he came came from from a great family. it's just tragic that this happened to a kid like that was already or still says. >> dixon had a scholarship to western colorado university for football dixon graduated from el serino high school in 2019. it was the former quarterback of the football team williams says he also played basketball is really. >> devastated this community here he went the one that we knew was going to make come back and help these kids out right now. we just in morning. well, it's been a few days since dixon died. >> william says many questions still linger. he says dixon was on the trip with his girlfriend's family at the time. and later learned that dixon was shot and killed in the abdomen while inside his tent. what we do know is supposed to be someone came in his tent. >> wow. him his girlfriend was sleeping. just shot one and and it shot read all 3 us expressing what i talked to his no

vicki santa clara county. closing in on having 78% of its residents fully vaccinated and there's also significant progress report and getting the vaccine out to those neighborhoods, especially hard hit by the virus. let's take a look. >> like most other parts of the bay area. santa clara county is battling a surge of infection related to the covid-19 delta variant the 3 county own hospitals are seeing new cases almost exclusively related to unvaccinated people. but on the upside. officials here say that among counties with at least 1.5 million people santa clara county is the most fully vaccinated people in the entire country says seal luna rate. we're at. >> so close to 70% of fully vaccinated. people in this county is about 1.3 million and counting. 85 close to 85% of our residents are vaccinated with at least one dose doctor luna tributes. the high numbers too aggressive ongoing vaccination outreach efforts. >> significant progress has been made to vaccinate people in parts of the san jose and other communi

yeah, we're not too far from the butte county plumas county line.e fire right now. >> burning in plumas county were in pa because this is where we can bring our live broadcast when jump to the video in a second. but first i want to show you what we have in the background. you're looking basically at the collin county galia a paradise area. a little bit of haze in the air. other that air quality not too bad. of course, people in paradise and surrounding areas have had to see this giant plume of smoke from the dixie fire for over a week now and that is a pretty ominous and you feel for them. alright, let's going jump to the video will be talk about the numbers and exactly what is going on on those fire lines about a 197,000 acres have burned so far. according to cal far and keep in mind that is an update that came to us from this morning. so we expect that number to be well over 200,000 by the time we get another update in about an hour and 45 minutes or so. again, burning in plume us and butte counties. and as you guys just the fly fire. another sepa

doctor chin-hong says we could see county by county decide to follow eli's footsteps specifically for those with higher cases in lower vaccination rates like solano county, for example, meanwhile, san francisco's covid case rates in vaccinations have been some of the best as of tuesday. 83% of those eligible have received at least one dose of the vaccine and 76% of those eligible are fully vaccinated still forwardlooking data through this week. projects. case rates will rise to 73 cases per day. he sevenfold increase from mid-june. it's anybody's. >> guess whether not san francisco and other counties surrounding it well and not these mask mandates. again, if hospitalizations and deaths remain low, it will be more of an emotional response or maybe a call for people to get vaccinated. >> taylor kron 4 news ask one doctor. you get want to answer ask another one. watch this. yes, another when we get a different answer err on the side of caution is the is the advice from this doctor. >> most of the places i go to. i don't know if there are unvaccinated people and if there and actually peop

meanwhile, data in santa clara county shows an increase in testing county public health officials say they plan to expand the fairgrounds testing location to 7 days a week starting july 31st in contra, costa county public health officials say there are many appointments available for testing every day. >> and may make changes in the future. if demand changes other bay area counties have kept existing testing sites open. >> meantime, doctor rutherford says following health guidelines will help rule out breakthrough cases where masks if you're in indoor public spaces and 2, if you if you have a known exposure. get tested with 3 to 5 days after that explosion. >> doctor about the for dads. if you develop covid symptoms, you should get tested regardless of vaccination status in the newsroom. gayle ong kron 4 news. >> because of the delta variant. the cdc is acknowledging that it needs to change its strategies. the washington post obtained an internal document from the cdc warning that variant apparently causes more severe infections than earlier variants and can spread just as easily as c

they are responding to a neighboring county or additional county. i guess that's what i'm trying to get at. i kind of go back to my previous reference to what supervisor melgar saying about resources in our system. supervisor ronen, you have along with president walton and others done about major reform efforts and reducing our reliance on juvenile justice system. the thing that i worry about -- juvenile hall right? [indiscernible] >> we're not reducing intervention or changing them. >> supervisor safai: i get it. >> we're not reducing the footprint. we're taking resources from a jail to other types of interventions for that youth. >> supervisor safai: what community-based interventions that reduces the juvenile probation office and the staffing and all that. i guess i would ask, this seems like if this were to be the case and we were not transferring -- in the most extreme example, if we were not -- if we started not transferring juveniles back to their home county, we have a potential to be increasing the amount of work in our juvenile system, may

contra costa county started requiring face masks inside county courts. doctor anthony fauci says wearing masks indoors regardless of your vaccination status may provide an extra layer of protection. >> you might want to consider if you want to go the extra mile and safety even though you're vaccinated when you're indoors, particularly in crowded places you might want to consider wearing a mask. >> president biden's chief medical adviser made the comments and cnbc last night. fauci added that the delta variant is different than other variants and has an extraordinary capability of transmitting from person to person right now on kron 4 dot com. you can find the latest headlines on the delta variant travel advisories also mask guidelines and a vaccine tracker. just use your mobile device to scan the qr code on your screen and you'll get directed right there. >> kron 4. is your local election headquarters. and tonight we have another new exclusive inside california politics. emerson college poll. it shows of governor gavin newsom's recall were held today. he

according to the county. as of this week out of a 153 residents 59 people tested positive for covid-19. there are 26 other possible positive cases that are being reviewed right now. what makes the outbreak especially concerning is 28 of the confirmed cases were from people who are fully vaccinated and 31 confirmed cases were from unvaccinated people. >> so there have mission to pull back individual because of the circumstances. close quarters. older age group underlying conditions and many of them are asymptomatic. we don't have that data after the break but we have as well as a result. >> in people did end up in the hospital. one was in icu but has since recovered and is being discharged. those include 6 fully vaccinated. people. but they did have underlying health conditions as a wednesday. 5 patients remain hospitalized, state lawmakers today approved spending a historic amount of money to address california's homelessness and housing problems. >> kron four's ashley zavala explains the action taken today a

the sonoma county fair. the usual covid rules are in place like requiring visitors to wear masks at all times. if they are not vaccinated and at some of the pavilions, it is required for everybody and that fair runs until august 8th. >> we at midnight and waited outside 5.30 when finally let us come on to the property in park on the property. and only to find the sign after waiting for 5 and half hours that they're actually closed. thank you for calling. and they come by sea. you can't get that early. you can't go on their website. you can't get through the people are driving all the way out here for no reason. we're sitting out here and now they're not going walk ins at all and you can't make the payments with the point. >> frustrated would be travelers are overwhelming us passport offices. this is a look at the west. los angeles federal building where hundreds of passport applicants camped out overnight this week for same day appointments only to be told that walk ins are no longer being taken wait times f

act -- that maricopa county got? >> that would not be included in the budget, the cares act was passed long after our budget. >> i will yield back. thank you. >> mr. raskin is participating remotely, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you for calling this important hearing. mr. fontes, you talk about the security measures maricopa county had to undertake during the 2020 election, including bringing in a swat team where you were counting ballots in order to prevent the possibility of violence or turmoil in the event that the armed protesters outside the building got in. can you explain how the security situation and the threats he received affected your operations? >> the threats were not anticipated. they had a significant and severe impact on the staff. some impact included folks having to deal with circumstances beyond what happened at the time, the anxiety, it was difficult at some point, after the election once the threats and protests outside happened to make sure that election workers would come back

and plumas county. is now approaching i thousand acres. the dixie fire is burning in steep and inaccessible terrain. firefighters are making some progress. it is now 7% contained and it is burning away from populated areas. new minotaur evacuation orders remain in place for the high lakes and philbrook areas and plumas county. >>> the state's largest buyer has grown another 5000 acres. the beckwourth fire is also burning and plumas county and it is now more than 100,000 acres and 68% contained. this video from the santa maria fire department shows the strong wind howling as the fire rages nearby. you can keep track of all of these fires with our exclusive abc7 wildfire tracker . the interactive map shows you where the buyers are spreading and information on the firefight in real time. just visit www.abcnews7.com and click on the climate watch section. >>> two tourists attacked in a bay area parking garage. the story behind this video and abc7 just learned something like this has happened before. >>> you

, near feather river county. yesterday, the dixie fire merged with the fly fire and it continues to grow. more than 192,000 acres have burned. is a 21% containment. >>> talk about right place, right time, paramedics assigned to the dixie fire saved a boy's life. >> they heard the child's mom screen. paramedics discovered a 10-year- old boy who had no pulse and was partially in the pool. they gave him cpr and a few moments later, he sat up and cried. >> a sigh of relief. when kids cry, that is good, they have an airway. >> i do have kids, i have four. could be my kid. >> cal fire posted on twitter and it is getting a lot of comments with one person posting, quote, that is what superheroes look like. >>> other top stories your way, let's make a deal. the bipartisan infrastructure plan entering a critical week. >>> rental car craze, new warnings about shortages and price hikes, the things you need to know ahead of your final summer vacation. >>> youtube's search secrets. the problematic videos it is accused of point

costa county went from 17 to 68. it went from 0 hospitalizations to 6 in marin county and from 46 in napa county, san francisco went from 16 covid hospitalizations in june to 41 a month later. you can see the increases in san mateo, santa clara solano and sonoma counties. the rise in cases he's been largely attributed to the delta variant. now some businesses requiring some customers to prove they're fully vaccinated. one restaurant owner in oakland will be implementing a vaccine mandate starting next month. kron four's gayle ong has the story. there starting august second, those dining out at palmetto and the content, the restaurants in oakland will need to follow some new rules. we will not let anybody inside if they don't one of those 3 things. >> it's cool that nation card digital vaccination card, super easy to get. or or a negative test. co-owner matt reagan is taking extra precaution to keep his staff and customers safe after seeing an uptick in covid cases among the unvaccinated. >> in alameda and contra. cos

san mateo county is one of the 7 bay area counties. recommending mask, use indoors. >> according to a new poll conducted by inside califordia politics and emerson college californians are split on a potential statewide indoor mask mandate. we surveyed more than 1000 california voters this week, 49% said they would support such a mandate while 39% say they are against it do it. carlson supports and indoor mask mandate i just think with the advent of delta and it being >> being catchable that it's a good idea. i don't usually wear them outside. i don't really think it's necessary, but it's too hard to take it off and on. but i do right now i think it's still a good idea to wear them inside. >> and the covid vaccine is widely available in san mateo county. and you can get that at pharmacies health care providers and clinics live in san carlos gayle ong kron 4 news. joe, thank you so much. tonight, here are the latest covid-19 california wide. >> according to the california department of public health. there are now more than 3.7 million c

the county game _ also embracing the new era. the county game is _ also embracing the new era.uccessful and with a straight tradition and history over many years. i think we have to keep moving with the times as a cricket fraternity and there is a great space to captivate a younger audience and a new audience and may be converted a few of the older members to get on board as well. i think like i said just exciting times for cricket in general. the season isjust — times for cricket in general. the season is just 32 _ times for cricket in general. the season is just 32 days long south africa won the best in the women's game and won the real star signings of the 100th if you can. before the game, the crowd got to enjoy plenty of entertainment. they had a bmj and they had fishing, becky haro. he had pretty much everything you could throw at a cricket match and plenty of entertainment still to come i am told, the overall is an 80,000 fetid stadium. the record from wanting to stick cricket in this country and 6000. and organisers are hopeful that record will be meeting this evening.

only solano county has not change the stance.nty help department says that no rules are being changed yet us to whether or not people should wear a mask for indoor events. that is despite the number of covid-19 cases doubling since july 4. >>> urging people to think beyond themselves and get vaccinated. only 60% of eligible santa cruz county residents are vaccinated. there are 11 documented cases in the county and those with severe symptoms requiring hospitalization are unvaccinated. this is the best time to get vaccinated is right now. >> the longer we wait, the more time it has two mutate and puts the community at risk with a new strain that cannot be controlled without current vaccines. >>> young adults and latinx residents make up the lowest rates of vaccination in the county. >>> health and misinformation. senate democrats of introduced a bill that would strip companies like facebook and twitter of liability protection if they spread inaccurate information. the bill has no support from republicans. >>> many people planning a

the one county not making that move right now is solano.have a conversation about why. joining us is the solano county health officer. thanks for being with us. the other eight counties say they are recommending that people put on their mask even if they're vaccinated, but you are not. why is that? >> well, the simplest answer is that nothing has changed in what we know in this several weeks since cdc and state health department recommended no masks indoors for vaccinated people. so there's simply no reason to change the current recommendation because nothing has changed. >> well, we are seeing an uptick in cases in people that are not vaccinated, coming down with potentially some of them with the delta variant. and when the other eight county health officers came out and said they want people to mask up in order to protect the people that aren't vaccinated. isn't that a change? >> no, no. the vaccine shows good protection against covid. immune people don't spread covid. as for the increase in delta, it has been increasing across the countr

and plymouth county. there battling strong winds and terrain. at least 31 structures have been destroyed. the fire is 23% contained. >>> in san mateo county, police are searching for multiple people who apparently stole from a licensed pot farm in half moon bay on frenchman's creek. the thieves shot at but missed the caretaker who lives at the property. the suspect stole process marijuana and growing supplies before taking off in separate cars. $20,000 for a trash can. one bay area city decides that was not a good idea. the scaled-down plan. >>> and coming up next on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a new twist on the fight of a controversial school mural. the surprise decision. >>> and the 49ers holding the first practice at training camp with a coach. who is his starting jajason, did y you know gego cocould save y you hundreds on car i insurance a and a a whole lot t more? cocool. so what t are you wawaiting ? mcmckayla maroroney to get yourur frisbee o off the ro? i'll g get it. ♪ (upbebeat music

contra costa county is one of the 7 bay area counties recommending indoor mask-wearing noting the highly infectious delta variant is now the predominant strain in the county in downtown walnut creek this cafe north main street requires masks. the sign caught st briggs off-guard. let my mask in the car and i just to walk down the street. and then i saw that it said masks required side. >> we ordered online backing up my mask and picked up my down the street. most employees could be seen wearing masks inside this restaurant. the manager says masks are still optional health officials stress those who are fully vaccinated remain. well protected its just scary to think that you know, people are out there not being aware and there's people that are choosing not to be vaccinated and. there's a lot of divisiveness and opinions over that. i'm personally vaccinated. but my daughters tend she's not. so it's up to be really careful. the bay area health officers plan to revisit the mask recommendatiln in the coming weeks after monitoring covid-19 cases. >> and hospitalization data here in walnut cree

land from fayette county, franklin, and wayne counties. with a small population of around 700 people, union county is a community based on agriculture and farming. union county also attracts tens of thousands of visitors annually to visit the picturesque white water memorial state park and the beautiful brookville lake. congratulations to union county for its bicentennial anniversary. i wish you the best of luck for the next 200 years. madam speaker, i rise today in memory of my very dear friend, larry jackson. larry was an honest, hardworking hoosier who always put family first. he leaves behind his wonderful wife of 56 years, judy, and his five children and grandchildren. larry was a devoted member of the st. bartholomew catholic church and dedicated man of faith. my condolences and prayers go out to judy and the entire jackson families. god bless you. madam speaker, i rise today to recognize the outcome we were able to secure for indiana's sixth district regarding the o.m.b.-m.s.a. core population threshold. had a revised policy been ad

napa, marin, santa clara county is moderate. others are under the substantial county category. it's essentially a concern in contra costa county, health officials say the average daily number of people hospitalized with covid has grown 50% in the last 30 days. we look at what the county is doing and why the recall race may be muting the governor's message on the rising cases. >> the pandemic that is happening now is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. >> tom butt said he is worried about the spike in covid-19 cases in his county and he is taking a stand. >> i'm joining a ground swell of legislators and other leaders who are advocating for mandatory vaccinations. >> reporter: in california, 20 million people are fully vaccinated. contra costa county has good vaccination numbers butler county supervisor john joya saiy residents over 12 are vaccine mated. getting that last 20% is difficult. >> reporter: the state department of public health said during the week of july 7, there were 13 per 100,000 covid cases involving unvaccinated people in the state. compare that to the case ratity

sacramento is the third california county to reinstate a mask order after los angeles and yolo counties, a new mask mandate takes effect today in most of nevada, including las vegas. reno and lake tahoe people in 12 of the states 17 counties will need to wear masks in public indoor spaces, whether they're vaccinated or not, that does include casinos. coronavirus cases have spiked recently in nevada, where only 47% of eligible people are vaccinated. there's another coronavirus outbreak at the sonoma county jail. 31 inmates they're currently have covid-19. it's the second outbreak in less than six months. the sheriff's office says none of those inmates have symptom. the outbreak began last week among inmates who were recently booked into jail. they were placed in quarantine for two weeks. new at noon, pleasant in police had the alameda county sheriff's office will resume the search for a missing runner and pleasant in cruz had called off that search nearly two weeks ago. ktvu james torres joining us live this afternoon y they're starting to search back up again. james alex, typically once

this summerall 63 counties in the first district will host one county fair including h-h -- 4-h livestock shows and people coming together to celebrate their communities. they are special because each one is unique to that county. some county fairs rally volunteers to build barns for farmers in need. other fairs serve the world's famous root beer floats or host family fun nights where young and old participate in sack races and play horse shoes. they teach hard work, respect, and humility. they are emblematic of conservative values and where i learned them as a child. growing up i tended the county fair every year with my family. i still remember the excitement we all had with our hard work culminating in my siblings and i entering our 4-h projects for review. last weekend i found myself reliving the childhood excitement with my son at the riley county fair. at the riley fair, 4-h members had their market steers and purple ribbon show pigs. their faces show the county fair play as critical role. i met with the fair board. we toured the brand new livestock facility constructed by volunteer

contra costa county began requiring face masks inside county courthouses this past tuesday. >> rightn 4 dot com. you can go ahead and find the latest headlines on the delta variant travel advisories mask. i like just going to take your phone out scan that qr code on your screen right now because you don't want all of that information will take you to our website over at kron 4 dot com. >> still ahead, the olympics kick off today after opening ceremonies. look at that. a live look at tokyo, japan. we have more once we get back. in san francisco makes big investment and an effort to help people with mental health issues. we have the details on that after the break. plus another coyote sighting in the bay area. this time on the peninsula. we're going to tell you what neighborhood was rolling in. and skies are nice and clear. certainly clear than they have been the past few mornings as the phone looks great with 50's for yourh current temperatures. but 70's 80's 90's for most of us later today. >> a warmer start to the weekend in the past few days. your forecast is ahead. california, did

areas of county buildings. but many public and private company employees are in no rush to return to the office. >> their productivity is way up, so they've been able to work from home successfully, and we really want to push employers like the county in that direction. >> lynn, is it all in the numbers as to whether the county might rethink its back to the office directive? >> they are going to be looking very closely at one specific set of numbers. if they start seeing any crossover. in other words, if vaccinated people start getting infected with covid, that would set off alarm bells, and they would obviously then have to rethink their plan. but it doesn't look like we are there at this point, and let's hope that never happens. >> looking at those breakthrough cases, as they call it. all right, len. thanks so much. >>> a live look at oakland where the city is playing hardball on the a's new stadium. city council through in its own pitch for the new ballpark, but it might not be enough to keep the team rooted