going from county to county. merced, the san joaquin valley, different demographically from other counties. let's look. trump got 43.5%, recall is 48%. probably target here is about 60, maybe 59% or 60%. recall is better than trump did here. more support than other counties but it's got to dramatically outperform to have a chance. only outperforming him four points in mail-in votes. looking if anything else comes up here. question coming in, were we going to see anything in early returns that suggested polling heading up before election day or exit polling tonight, suggested those numbers were off? because they had newsom double digits ahead in this thing. nothing in nest counties i've shown so far suggest that polling or exit polling was off in this. >> steve, let me ask you about our process. you can stare at the board if you want, it's not impolite. we're all looking at same counties you are. our decision desk with whom you and i are not allowed communication or conversation because they have to be able to cru

there ventura county. we go to los angeles county. we can come to riverside county. this is the fourth largest county in the state. if you're trying to upset the apple cart, trying to change the last 20 years of politics in california, this could be competitive. so you see it is closer you go back to 2018, it was almost tied, right? the republican candidate won riverside county in 2018. won it narrowly but won. now we go forward to now and you look at it now. the keep newsom forces are ahead. we have to count more. if you semithe theory that republicans vote on election day, these numbers might change. that's relatively close but it is not good enough. this cannot be close. for yes to win, that can't be close. >> another place where republicans were hoping to do well. san bernardino county. how is it looking there? >> san bernardino. i have to hunt for that one. you got me there. one more up. again, 58% here. and again, this is the fifth largest. we can go from 1 to 10. and then the other 58. san bernardino, 58% right now. you go back to the governor's race. keep gav

this is la county and you mentioned orange county, traditionally more of a red county has had more purple recently orange county. it was basically a tie in 2018 between john and governor newsom. but you see it a pretty overwhelming majority here with 60% of the vote. counted voting no, they do not want governor newsom recalled san diego county. again. no. a pretty good margin here about 20 percentage points. but you head inland a little bit. and here we have riverside county which voted for john in 2018, get a bit surprising. you might say the majority and this is the one of the closer areas. but the majority in riverside county pretty conservative area saying they do not want governor newsome recalled. so we'll keep a close eye on riverside. you know, you still 43% or so of the vote to be counted. so the story is not over and then san bernardino county. this is another one of those inland counties. they did vote for biden, but it was our by they did vote for knew somebody was close with john in 2018. so that is where things stand here about half the vote counted in san bernardino county.

terms of lowndes county history, of racial justice, i think it's timely that the story, lowndes county at one point because of -- during the voting rights movement which was also -- lowndes county organized lowndes county freedom organization, these are former sharecroppers who were kicked off property when the richest to vote. the lowndes county freedom organization took it as an inning of the black panther and people associate with the black panther party in oakland but actually start in lowndes county. all of these, i think lowndes county became the perfect place for this to emanate from simply because of what happened prior to 2020. but 2020 has shown us all of these disparities and does magnify did in such a way with covid that it can no longer be ignored, and to think the book made that a different reception had it not been for george floyd murder which never should've happened or what happened to breonna taylor, never should've happened and likewise covid should not affect this impact on the communities that are most vulnerable. but in that puts us in a position where we have to

it's a very rural county.t has six small towns, the largest being the town of fort deposit which is in the southern part of lowndes county. the major interstate highway that goes through this is i-65, going north and south, as you go into mobile or to the gulf, you will probably go through lowndes county, if you are on 65. the other famous road that most people know about is the selma to montgomery route which most of which goes through lowndes county. in addition, lowndes county's history is very much tied to slavery. i'm associated with the equal justice initiative. eji has recorded racial lynchings in lowndes county, at least nine. there were probably even more, most of which were probably not documented, but montgomery at the end of -- when they ended the international slave trade, montgomery became one of the hubs for the domestic slave trade, and people would be brought in by rail or by river to montgomery and then auctioned off at the square, and a lot of those people, which i'm descendants of ended up

>> guest: lowndes county is located between selma and montgomery. it's about 714 square miles and has six small towns, the largest being in the southern part of lowndes county. a major interstate highway that goes through there, interstate 65 going north and south you probably go through if you are on 65. the other famous is the selma to montgomery march that goes through lowndes county and in addition, it's very much tied to slavery and has recorded racial lynching in lowndes county. there's probably even more that are not documented. but montgomery at the end when they ended the international slave trade it became one of the domestic slave trade and people would be brought in by rail or river to montgomery and then auction off at the square. a lot of those people, which i'm descendents of ended up in lowndes county and the interesting part about this history is that i'm learning more recently i'm starting to hear from people to descended that have reached out as well and i believe the history of the region makes it so compelling and the story more

county. major interstate highway through the, interstate 65 north and south difficult, you'd probably go through that county. if you're on 65, the other famous one people most know about is the march that goes through lowndes county. in addition, lowndes county is tied to slavery. i've associated with the newport justice initiative and it's recorded racial in mount county, at least nine. there are probably even more, most of which are probably not documented but montgomery is when they entered the international slave trade from montgomery became a hub of the domestic slave trade. people would be brought in by rail or river to montgomery and a lot of those people which i am descended soft, ended up in lowndes county. the interesting part about this history is that i'm learning more recently starting to hear from some people who are actually descended from the slave owners who have reached out as well. i believe the history of the region makes it so compelling and this dory even more compelling

if you're in the six counties .f you are not in the six counties, we have a website set up nj.gov/ida, hopefully that is a landing place for folks to go. so thank you for everything. we are in somerset county and we are honored to have the commissioner director with us. an outstanding leader. there are a few words from one person. >> thank you, mr. president, and thank you governor, and welcome to all of you to somerset county's emergency operations center. in thank you for visiting to see the catastrophic damage that ida brought first-hand. we all greatly appreciate your commitment to our recovery and especially for our inclusion in fema's major disaster declaration. so again, thank you for that. now as you tour today, you will see the heart, spirit, and resilience of the people of somerset county. you will see the devastation that ida brought. but nevertheless, we will continue to build a stronger community. hurricane ida is our fourth , understand, our fourth storm of the 100 year storm in just over two decades.

riverside county orange county, san diego county, those counties that were deep red are deep red anymore. i mean, the state changing a lot. you still have plenty of red pockets in the more remote parts of the state. but this is a sea change. this is a big changes going on in california. of course, >> well, just because a lot of these people may be in the back of their minds are thinking i'm going to vote for governor in 15 months. so. is it worth going that right now. all right. yeah. all right. >> of course we're keeping an eye on when larry elder is going to come out to speak. so will be going to him once he does speak. but we also want to check in on a watch party right here in san francisco at manning's. yeah, that vicki liviakis is standing by for us in the city with more on what's happening there. the kids. >> well, i yeah. this is a happening place. guys were here at manny's out in front just because it is so loud and so crowded the eye governor lynn, you can like is just spoke and basically let me lift a line from her. she said california is having a good night. i'm here with chr

74% said no to the recall solano county now solano county was the one local county that i guess had the most yes votes. but even so, the majority, 67% said no to the recall napa county. 70% no to the recall sonoma county. 78% no to the recall and marin county almost 85% of the voters there said they want to keep the governor in office, at least for right panic and we'll zoom down to southern california where we've been talking about how this was largely not decided, but certainly solidified and this is where it became apparent that there is no path for any other candidate. the governor going to remain most populous county in the state. la county almost 74% of the voters wanted to keep newsom. we go just south of that to orange county. and this is an interesting outcome here because in orange county was virtually tied in 2018 with and newsom. but here you see 53% compared to 46% wanted to keep newsom in office in a riverside county here. john beat newsome in 2018 in riverside county. but still 54% of the folks there said no to the recall effort and then nearby san bernardino county j

county. the major interstate highway that goes through their interstate 55 going north and south that goes through mobile and the other famous roads that most people know about was the marching route which mostly goes the lowndes county. in addition to lowndes county history is very much tied to and the equal justice initiative and ebi has recorded racial lynchings in lowndes county, at least nine and they are probably even more that weren't documented that montgomery became one of the hubs of the domestic trade and people would be brought in by rail or by river to montgomery and then auctioned off at the square and a lot of those people ended up in lowndes county. the interesting part about this history is i'm learning more recently than starting t. hear from people that were dissented from owners who have reached out as well and i believe the issue of the region makes it so compelling right now. >> you mentioned earlier about the importance of the year 2020 and how the events of 21 he serve

i'm from lowndes county. i had the opportunity to lift other places and when i went back and saw things had not changed that much and i still have relationships i still have. relationships i've had since a child that pretty much gave me the information that i needed to connect with my activism. to try to bring about change. because in lowndes county i learned how to listen and listening is a very very key part to activism. a lot of people don't listen and they go in with what they think are the answers and talk to the local folks or spend that kind of time 80 to be able to understand the dynamics of what's really going on. instead of what they've been told by politicians who may write a narrative that's more glowing and really is sort of present. so that our that brought me back there and got me connected with the fight. the fight for sanitation justice, just massively evolve. i could not have predicted that. i did not predict that. i didn't think i would be dealing with waste in particular. i never thought t

so far the 9 bay area counties have not made any changes, but health officials in some counties near bay area are considering doing so. santa cruz county did just that today. thank you for being with us on kron. 4 news at 5. i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis case. rates are improving. >> and vaccination rates are high. and that's why santa cruz county lifted its mask mandate. but where do we stand everywhere in the bay area. kron four's, dan kerman joins us now live with some details on that. dan. >> well, most of the bay area counties have put in their mask mandate. they said it be up to the health officer to determine just when they were going to drop that indoor mask mandate and santa cruz. they did it a little bit differently. they based it tied to a cdc tracker on community transmission. what happened in santa cruz county was over the last 2 days. that number of community transmission drop to the yellow tier and that is why they lifted the mask mandate. there. >> authorities across the bay area have required everyone regardless of vaccination status to mask when in indoor p

the biggest drop in our largest bay area county, santa clara county. fewer hispanic, latino people in 2020 compared to 2010. this community still makes one in four people in the county. it's also our most populated county in the bay. the number of people identifying as either hispanic or latino and asian grew in the majority of bay area counties. the number of black-and-white residents declined in virtually all bay area counties. experts predict we could see a continuation of these racial and ethnic trends in the bay area and across the state by the time the next census rolls around in 2030. abc 7 news. dan: let's turn our attention to the weather forecast. ama: ceja patel is here with the latest. sandhya: the weather is looking good. on the hazy side. the camera is oakland is barely visible because of all the haze. the air district issued an air quality advisory for tomorrow for wildfire smoke. moderate air quality the next four days. here's a look at the air quality now. most of you are in the good to moderate range. this theme will carry over into t

the largest county in the state of texas is harris county, it's home to houston.l that houston chronicle she was surprised by the announcement. saying she had spoken with staff from the secretary of state's office just hours earlier and nobody mentioned anything about this. nevertheless, today, the chief executive of harris county just lina hidalgo had this response to the. news county jus>> yesterday, presided trump urged governor abbott to investigate the texas election results. and within hours, an investigation was announced. in pennsylvania and wisconsin, politicians who've lost all decency are pursuing similar all its. texans are smarter than this. sling politics with the integrity of election integrity of our democracy. every time you time we cry wolf, every time you yell fraud, every time you run a phony audit, you are tearing down our democracy brick-by-brick, and i'm speaking to every person who is playing a part in this. this does not you deserve to be treated as a serious matter, or the serious audit. it is an irresponsible political trick. it is a sha

orange county, san diego county. here we go. this is los angeles county, the most populous county in the state. 73%. said no to the recall just south orange county. this was neck and neck in 2018 when and newsom went head to head. it was 0.3% in favor of newsome. so basically a dead heat. but here you see a pretty convincing no vote in orange and then. >> that's orange county as well here. san diego county. 60% said no. and then the inland empire which, you know, riverside county went for john that they had a majority of voters who supported john in 2018, but here the majority voting get not. everybody's reporting here. 57%, but nothing is going to change the outcome here. when you talk big picture that and the other county of interest. you know, very the high population and san bernardino. it was close with and newsom in 2018. but here, you know, you have a substantial, a majority of voters that said no to the recall that that's really where where this was was. one. you talk about the bay area, all the millions peop

if you're in the six counties with the disaster declaration. if you're not in those six, we have nj. gov/ida, hopefully that is a landing place for folks to go. thank you for everything. we are in somerset county and we are honored to have the commissioner director with us. >> thank you, mr. president, governor, welcome to all of you to somerset county's emergency operations center. thank you for visiting to see the catastrophic damage that hurricane ida brought. we all greatly appreciate your commitment to our recovery and especially for our inclusion in fema's major disaster declaration. as you tour today, you will see the resilience of the people of somerset county. you will see the devastation. that ida brought. we will continue to build a better and stronger community. hurricane ida is our fourth storm in just over two decades. as you mentioned, mr. president, it's only going to get worse. this historic storm has hit us particularly hard. in somerset county, it is not just a deluge of water but a deluge of emergencies. our own 911 communic

considered dane county wisconsin, dane county is the second most popular county.re than 50 points in 2020. and right now i'd like you to use your imagination for a second, pretend that you are the county clerk in dane county wisconsin. you are in charge of safely administrating elections in that county. with that said republicans in your state are now joining up one of the fake arizona-style ninja audits. and with that in mind, imagine you the dean county clerk, this just got this email. the email says please see the attach preservation. notice regards, michael j. special counsel assemblyman, this is michael gableman. he is a former judge in wisconsin, republicans in the state assembly picked him to run the arizona-style audit. after he spoke in november at a stop the steal rally. alleging that the election had been stolen from donald trump. with this email appears to look, like is an email from the guy writing a wisconsin audit, to preserve records. this is the pdf that was attached to that email, the header says that the letters from the office of the special co

pretend you're the county clerk in dane county, wisconsin. you are in charge of safely and accurately leading elections in that county. that said republicans in your state are now ginning up one of these fake arizona-style ninja audits. and with that in mind imagine you the dane county clerk just got this e-mail with no warning. the e-mail says please see the attached preservation notice, regards michael j. gableman, special councilman, wisconsin assembly. this is michael gableman, a former judge in wisconsin. republicans in the state assembly picked him to run their arizona-style audit after he spoke in november at a stop the steal rally alleging the election had been stolen from donald trump. what this e-mail appears to look like is an e-mail from the guy running the wisconsin audit asking the dane county clerk to preserve records. this is the pdf that was attached to that e-mail. the letter says the header is from the office of special council and the wisconsin state assembly, and looks like they're screen capped off the web, maybe. they d

not only the santa cruz county but several other bay area counties. the problem is by wednesday afternoon all those yellow counties including santa cruz were back in orange, meaning there was substantial community transmission. but santa cruz county will not put the mandate back in place. in a statement. officials say there is no provision in the order to reinstate face covering requirements. should the numbers subsequently change. we expect the numbers will move into moderate yellow territory again. shortly. infectious disease. experts think most counties in the bay area will be moving to the cdc's yellow or moderate community transmission tier within weeks. >> hospitalizations are down. people are breathing a little bit easier in terms of where we're looking to go as a region and overall nationally. the cdc projects that we're going even look better in 2 weeks, which is decrease in hospitalizations by half as the country's experts say, if counties can maintain that moderate level of community transmission for a period of time. >> there should be no

kristen: san mateo, lucky for you, is a highly vaccinated county. i think 94% of those people eligible have been vaccinated, one of the highest in the state. are you seeing a direct relationship between the vaccination rate and a spittle as asians as deaths? curtis: -- and and deaths? curtis: people who are getting vaccinated are still getting infected, but fortunately, they are not getting hospitalized at great rates. what we are seeing in san mateo county and across the state, those people who are unvaccinated have a 15 times more likely to die and about 10 times more likely to be hospitalized. and about five times more likely to transmit the disease to somebody else. so, the vaccine is still very protective at an individual level to protect yourself, and it is quite effective in terms of preventing infections to other people. kristen: even though it is very effective against the most serious illness, isn't it true that you have evidence even in san mateo county of more breakthroughs with delta. a higher percentage of infections now appearing amon

dion: the health officer of santa clara county says boosters are available at five county run vaccinationites. you need to make an appointment at both sites. dr. cody says people who are eligible should get their boosters right now because there may be high demand in the coming weeks, when the fda is expected to authorize vaccines for children ages five to 11. dan: the warriors played their first preseason game one week tonight. today was media day and a big focus was on andrew wiggins, who has been denied a religious exemption. curious, he took questions, but he did not give a lot of answers. >> we are exactly right. he spoke about 15 minutes and answered every question, but he kept a lot of things private and reiterated that point over and over. last year all the covid protocols, you are not allowed anywhere near the players. the vaccination of forward andrew wiggins was the overall storyline today. we will take a look at video of media day. last week the nba denied wiggins a request for a religious exemption from the vaccination, meaning as of now, he will be unable to play home games

a county commissioner, a county supervisor tells "the east bay times" that the county health director is considering making this recommendation for the students. it would then be up for the local school boards to adopt and implement that recommendation. yes, contra costa county would be the first county in the bay area to make such a recommendation. now two of the bay area's largest school districts are already considering a vaccine mandate for students 12 and up. west contra costa unified is still coming the issue but has not set a date to vote on it. oakland unified which is in alameda county, tells us they could bring it up for a vote as soon as next week. >> what's going to happen to our students who don't want to get vaccines. >> in terms of implementation, timeline, what exemptions, those are what i want to hear from my colleagues. it is just a proposal this point. >> staff and teachers would have to be fully vaccinated. the consequences for not getting vaccinated, that issue still being discussed. starting next wednesday back in contra costa county, this county will require pro

largest bay area county.e were almost 2% fewer hispanic latino people in 2010, but this community still makes one is and four people in the county. it is also our most populated county in the bay. across the board, the number of people identifying as either hispanic or latino and asian group in the majority of bay area counties well the number of black-and-white residents declined in virtually all bay area counties. experts predict we could see a continuation of these trends in the bay area and across the state by the time the next census rolls around in 2030. >> in honor of hispanic heritage month, we have compiled a list of organizations working to support the hispanic, latino, and latinx communities. you can find it at abc7news.com. >> let's turn our attention to the cooling forecast. >> may be that four letter word? >> let's look at cooling. we have a nice onshore breeze. we have 30 mile-per-hour winds right now. about 15 to 20 mile-per-hour surface winds in many other locations. although we had high temp

i mean, the fire yesterday went in to even nevada county where we were saying we're not nevada county, rather nevada where we were and that is why a lot of people had to evacuate their people in genoa and all sorts of towns had to evacuate. you never know where the fire's going, especially with those intense winds. hopefully today we have a little bit of a break from the winds, at least we do right now, but we'll have to see. let's hear now from cal fire about the conditions they face yesterday. >> with those winds as ran through the forest to create what's called a active crown fire run where the fire actually goes from treetop to treetop when it does that, those amber cast that it throws out are going over a mile and distance. so that's what's propagating the spread of the fire right now is that long range. down when spotting of that amber cast. >> very, very concerning when that happens. and they've been facing that for a week now. now you can see that happening from echo summit and hopefully they can get a handle on it, though, because, of course, even though we've driven through

in pike county, leading the way with approximately 10,000 of those 37,000 outages in pike county.kinson also, primarily in rural areas with power outages as well. this is down from a number of 136,000 at the peak. again, many heroes in these large disasters. our line men and women are at the very top of those because they are the ones that get out in the storms and actually get power back restored and given the heat advisories we are having and the 100 degree plus temperatures, getting power back come to homes to get air-conditioning back on is important. we are seeing that all petroleum facilities are back online. which basically means that the chevron facilities at pascagoula and in collins are back functioning. we are seeing significant increases in our neighbors to the west. our friends from louisiana coming over and getting gasoline which is causing some excess traffic on the coast and also longer lines for fuel along the coastline. thank courage everyone to be patient. that is something we're going to continue to deal with. with our ports, both pascagoula and gulfport are ba

in two big democrat counties, milwaukee and dane county, wisconsin where madison is. they paid for it. they hate paying for anything. but they were sure this would be money well aspen. they were sure they won. it was worth it. plunk down the millions. sure it was it would over urn it the results in wisconsin. that was an own goal? what was the results of them paying the money and paying for the recount? quote after the completion of the recount in wisconsin's milwaukee areky county and dane county there was little change in the hundreds of thousands of ballots kavrt in the jurisdictions. in the end joe biden's lead over trump in the state grew by 87 votes. own goal. they forked out, paid all that money because they knew it would prove that donald trump actually won wisconsin. when what it really actually proved was that trump lost wisconsin by even more than they had thought. own goal in wisconsin. then there was michigan. trump lost by a lot in michigan. but that didn't stop him from once again complaining loud le he must have one within won michigan there must have

contra costa county's clerk says 52% of the county's voters turned their ballots in early, but turnout does appear to be about 10% lower than last year's presidential election. new at noon, a new effort in san francisco to support small businesses and acted by vandalism during the pandemic. mayor london breed joined a number of other city leaders and community members this morning at a business in the sunset district to announce this new effort. it will include a vandalism relief fund. it will provide up to $2000 to repair damage reported to police or the city's 311 system. we had to stand by our small businesses. we have to provide the relief and the support that they need. because it's not just about the business owner and their livelihood. it's also their employees who are supporting families themselves. it's a big deal. mayor breed, said 500. small businesses in the city will benefit from this new program. the ntsb is now investigating the death of a woman at a bart station in san francisco. this happened at the powell street, bart station, 3 20 monday afternoon 41 year old amy ada

republicans but not always has the demographics changed in orange county, jake. >> orange county could be key to results. let's go to pamela brown tracking the ballots. pamela, what are you looking for tonight? >> jake, the big question in the california recall election is who is going to vote? the democrats who out number republicans 2-1 will turn out to keep governor gavin newsom in office for the remainder of his first term. keep in mind all active registered voters in california receive the ballots in the mail and all counties kept one or more early voting locations open at least since last saturday. so as of monday, more than 9.1 million californians had cast their ballots but look at this comparison right here. that is about 3 million less than the number of preelection votes cast just before the 2020 presidential election. what is the voter breakdown so far? >> majority democrats are more likely to vote by mail. and look at this breakdown. nearly identical to the breakdown of preelection day voters just before the november 2020 presidential election. jake? >> all right. pamela,

dane county is wisconsin's second most populous county, that's your medicine. is joe biden won by more than 50 points, in 2020, in right now i'd like you to use your imagination for a second. pretend that you are the county clerk and dane county wisconsin, you are in charge of safely and in mid string elections in that county. that said, republicans in your state are now jim-ing up one of these fake arizona-style ninja audits. in with that, in mind, imagine you the dane county clerk just got this email. over the chance no warning. the email says, please see the attach preservation notice, regards, special counsel, wisconsin assembly. this is michael gableman, he's a former judge in wisconsin, the republicans in the state assembly picked him to run the arizona-style audit, after he spoke in november at a stop to steal rally, alleging that the election had been stolen from donald trump. what this email appears to look like is an email from the guy running the risk ounce and audit, asking the clerk to preserve records, this is the pdf that was attached to that ema

marine county into san francisco is now open. yeah. but traffic is getting by the scene at a trickle. in fact, here's another perspective. it's the left towtr, the south tower that. >> golden gate bridge. you want to watch. that's where the protest is occurring in the northbound lanes. southbound traffic. yes. is open, but it's slow down quite a bit as people are compost coming to a full stop as they look over to see what's happening on that side and then continue on their way. and that's why we're only seeing a handful of headlights every now and then actually get to the toll plaza with the rest of the span. absolutely jammed all the way back in the marin county. that's the commute direction. but of course it's even worse on the northbound side here. traffic has moved at all as folks are just sitting in a parking lot of cars trying to get from san francisco up to marin county do not join them. so if you want to go northbound from san francisco into marion county. >> rain is watching the maps. she has suggested that you take the long w

. 98% of latinos in the county are vaccinated.n san francisco, abc 7 news. ama: effective immedia francisco international airport will require covid vaccinations for all employees, vendors, and contractors. johnson & johnson says to shots of its vaccine increase protection against covid-19 to 94% efficacy. that's according to new data from the company. a sea to sea advisory committee will meet tomorrow over whether to make further fight -- recommendations on who should get a third pfizer shot. dan: a day after open reported its 100th homicide of the year, the city council approved an additional police academy. it will eventually mean more officers on the street. it takes 18 months to complete the training and won't start until next year. council members were divided on this issue. >> we continue to hear and live amongst the weight of too many lives being lost, calls going unanswered. >> gun violence is not the problem. it's the violence that people experience every day living in neighborhoods that are not taken care of, that are n

bl officials, county commissioner, they come to you first. they want to know what is going on and what you do to help them. in some cases even with search-and-rescue, you have -- the one thing i will say, and i want to thank my fema director, she has done one thing, we have had a great fema director in the past as well, when you get local, state and federal working together, it is more than three times -- it's 10 times what it would be. what we witnessed was profound. homes destroyed, gas leaks, and for structure rail system. my thoughts are with all of the families affected by the storm. are there still two people missing? four people still missing. i want to thank the brave first responders. they have exemplified the courage both in new jersey and new york. i'm here to see firsthand what the damages. -- damage is. fema is i hope as responsive as we intended them to be. personnel includes search and rescue teams, 16 individuals. 20 people to support the response operations. when we spoke to the governor, asked for a major disaster declaratio

however, solano county health administrator. doctor j lee richards says the decrease can't be because of an indoor mask mandate because solano county doesn't have one. he says it may be more a reflection of an increase in people getting vaccinated over the past couple of weeks we've actually had quite a few people get >> because the date that the fact we didn't want to mandate to them showed that the vaccine's effectiveness. and so that that help them get pastor has done people who are changing their behaviors as we're moving from summer into fall. unfortunately with the labor day weekend having just passed. we may see another bump because of that. but both health officials agree that wearing a mask is a proven method to limit the spread of covid-19. >> they definitely help for unvaccinated people everywhere you know, vaccination and masking are really both required to keep it in check of the stage. >> haaziq madyun kron 4 news. a new covid protocol is in place for the oakland unified school district. all oakland unified staff a

in somerset county, it is not just water, what emergencies. our own 911 communication center talking over 13,000 calls that night, 5000 911. 520 air and water rescues where people were rescued from their vehicles or homes. 170 fire alarms. eight explosions. countless automobile accidents and injuries. as we all can attest to and agree to, his first responders risk their own safety to save the lives of residents of the state of new jersey. i would be revested by the not think our department of public works. rescuing people, out there cleaning the debris, making sure the roadways were safe. [indiscernible] they raised 750 bridges alone. yet, they were there to make sure they were doing all they could to make sure people were safe. sadly, six somerset residents lost their lives to the floodwaters. we must continue to help families and loved ones in our prayers and hearts, but again, because of the devastation, we know that we cannot forget that we must endure, as we have thousands of people that are continuing to seek shelter. our collective miss

every bay area county except solano county has an indoor mask mandate in is it having an effect in reducing covid cases around the bay area. kron four's haaziq madyun talk with a pair of health officers to find out if there's a link. >> it has been a few weeks in several counties here in the bay area issued mask mandates and some indoor settings. the question is, is there a direct connection to a decrease in covid-19 cases during that time frame contra, costa health services officer doctor chris farnitano so it's always hard to tie one particular intervention to a change like this. so our county, we had about 230 patients with covid in local area hospitals a couple weeks ago and now we're down about a 190. so that's pretty significant decrease. >> taking a quick look at a pair of covid-19 deaths boards in neighboring alameda and santa clara counties starting august 3rd with the mask mandate took effect. you see a consistent pattern of cases rising through mid august and a gradual decline as the month is there has also been a decrease in covid-19 cases in solano county insulin of the disease

mainly around napa county, sonoma county border.cern is any fires that develop will quickly spread. the storm track around this time of year well to the north in the pacific northwest. climate prediction center has predicted a la niÑa to continue. 70% to 80% chance. the accuweather forecast is for dryer and warmer conditions for the bay area, southern california. winter rain percent. 50% to 70%. not looking promising for the bay area. less in southern california. we have chances of rain next week. october 7, possibility of wet weather into october 8 and ninth. let's hope it holds. a lovely view tonight. gusting in the hills. elevated fire danger in the north bay. warmer weather through the weekend. temperatures in the 40's to the 60's tomorrow morning. 40's around the north bay valleys. parts of the coast, inland areas around the 50's with clear skies. in the afternoon, 74 in san francisco. 79 in oakland. 89 in concord. 86 in san rafael. thunderosa. 19 in cloverdale -- 90 in cloverdale. gusty conditions in the hills with the fire da

clerks up and down the state, county clerks. this is a county clerk positive. it's done at the county level and it goes up to the state for a final count. we'll have this thing i think wrapped up pretty quickly. they can do whatever lawsuits they like, but the truth is it's not going to be a close election. the people of california know how to vote by mail, we've been doing it now for the last few cycles. this is a vote by mail election for the most part. we'll know the winner very quickly. and we're going to move on and get back to governing and supporting the governor in his actions to fight the pandemic. >> coronavirus has been a huge issue in this race, governor newsom has been gaining some ground because of his handling of the delta variant. but it also has contributed to the recall in the first place. i know this is personal to you because you lost your mother and grandmother to the virus. >> the governor has focused on sci science. we reopened schools safely. kids are able to wear masks. we have vaccine mandates working in california, in long beach, in o

whether that was a red collapse in george county or the flooding or the tornado in pearl river county, your dedication and commitment is well received and appreciated by everybody. mississippi avoided the worst of ida, the federal family was here ready to respond and so were the state and local officials as needed. under president biden's predisaster emergency declaration for mississippi, we have been providing federal support to the state for emergency protective measures including direct federal assistance for all 82 mississippi counties. we have been working very closely with fema and our federal partners and pre-positioned lifesaving search-and-rescue asset, ambulances and temporary power restoration teams in mississippi county. we are moving to ambulance strike teams into harrison county and we have additional ambulances that have repositioned at the fairgrounds in jackson, ready to support as needed. we also have the u.s. army corps of engineers power team. these resources we worked very hard to put in place prior to the landfall and we will continue to support any response effo

marin county is next, no, 85% of the vote.s like that, that is really leading the no effort. tonight, it really delivered for him. ama: thank you so much. we do have a complete recall coverage on our website. you can see election results and more at abc7news.com. dan: new details tonight on the woman killed by a bart train in san francisco as we continue. we are learning how she was pulled onto the track. >> another bare area county set to adopt an indoor vaccine mandate, but not all businesses are on board with it. that story coming up. ama: first, a look at coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live. >> let's do this together as a family tonight. >> i have 11 laker rings, a world series ring, and a wnba ring. >> have you ever put any of them on your toes? [laughter] ♪ man, look at that internet that doesn't miss a beat. that's cute, but my internet streams to my ride. ok chill, cause mine's so fast no one can catch me. sweet, but my internet gives me unlimited wireless with 5g. that's because you all have xfinity. whoa! internet

in santa cruz county. several agencies are joining the sheriff's department in the search for a missing swimmer. 17 year old cash bright went missing at laguna state beach yesterday. cash was body surfing in the area was last seen wearing black swim trunks. crews from state park, chp, santa cruz fire and cal fire are all helping in this search, which resumed this morning now to florida, where police have returned to a nature preserve as they continue looking for the fiancee of gabby petito. this comes as new details are emerging about a search warrant executed last week on a hard drive. jonathan siri brings us up to date. the search for brian laundry continues in north port florida police are returning to the carlton reserve, where he reportedly visited a week ago to hike yesterday, fbi agents raided the laundry home, removing several boxes and towing away a ford mustang convertible. authorities hoping this information can lead them to brian. you're going to be doing a deep dive into social history they're

>> reporter: the county has a goal of vaccinating 80% of every community within san mateo county. while there are some coastal cities that are already well above that 80% marker, there are still a few that are lagging behind. along its coastline, san mateo county health leaders are on a mission to improve vaccination rates. >> folks who live on the coast are fairly independent. they don't live in these very congested communities. >> reporter: county data shows around 66% of people in el granada have received at least one dose so far. just up highway wind in my speech, about 53% of people have received a dose. that is much lower than most cities in san mateo county, which boasts an overall vaccination rate of about 93%. the county is working with several community like a nonprofit in el granada, to improve outreach. >> we have the ability to offer an element of trust to our community members. >> reporter: a big component of that, or pop up clinics to improve accessibility. we want to host one every friday afternoon. we wherwe want to eliminate all of the barriers. >> i got my two s

it's hard to read the tea leaves, other than when you look by county by county. the bluer counties are turning out, but other bluer counties really aren't yet. gavin newsom has a lot of money in the bank. he's been spending it, working it the last few weeks, but he's got a lot of work to do to turn those registered voters into likely voters. >> melissa colorado was talking about what was said in sacramento. the president outlining his $3.5 trillion spending bill, noah, what's the national implications? why here, why now? >> the one thing people don't want to talk about is dianne feinstein at 88 years old is not up until 2024. if she doesn't finish that term, the governor of california will get to replace her, and democrats would be zero seat advantage in the senate cannot afford to have a republican naming a republican senator, that of course would basically hand mitch mcconnell the senate right back if it were to happen before 2022. there's a lot nationally on the line. the whole biden agenda could be riding on the election tomorrow. >> if he loses in this recal

. >> let's break down the results for you county by county. first up alameda. you can see voters said yes or no to the recall. >> and let's check contra costa with a 73% vote for no. only 27% voting yes. >> in sonoma, 22% said yes, 78% said no. >> and let's take a look at the results in napa this morning. 71% voting no. mean whiled% voting yes. >> and in solano let's take a look here. 84% saying no. we have team coverage all morning long for you. >> kit kicks it you've live in san jose. > >> good morning it. was a long night for the workers. we are starting to see them arrive bright and early for another day of ballot counting today. just starting to come alive as the sun is coming up here. santa clara tubbing out to be a democratic strong hold. it showed in the latest results posted just before is 1:00 p.m. last night. here we go with the latest count numbers. recall no vote leading 76% to 24%. that's with all precincts reporting in the south bay. it trends about 10 points higher than the state. voter turn out way down at 48%. less than half of the county's mi

mostly low to mid 70s for the nrth bay but warmer into the 80s for inland mendocino county and lake county. temperatures staying study near the bay, friday, saturday, sunday, more of a cooldown inland, we are putting that rain shower on the forecast for sunday before the temperatures warm up through the first half of next week. temperatures back into the low 90s for inland parts of the east bay and even around 70 degrees by tuesday along the coast. offshore wind return. right now, focusing on the chance of light rain even though it is only a 50/50 chance. >> thanks. >>> speaking of air quality, how i knew bay area program is offering drivers cash to ditch their old cars. >>> plus, the san francisco business owners who can now apply for aid as they battled the city's epidemic of vandalism. >>> a live look now to our bay area bridges where drivers and older vehicles may be interested in a new car buyback program. the bay area air quality management district is offering $1200 in exchange for some of the oldest and worst polluting cars. the models must be from 1997 or older, still drivable, an

this map shows the vaccination rate broken down by county by county. on the other end of the spectrum, marin and san mateo county have the highest rates of people getting vaccinated. >> new this morning, two families are displaced because of an early morning fire. it happens before 2:30 this morning. contra costa tells us the fire started near a mobile home and spreads to two homes and burned a few cars and embers jumped to a home down the street. thankfully crews were able to extinguish it quickly. >>> one person is recovering in the hospital after being rescued from this apartment fire in san francisco. it happens just before 11:00 last night in the mission district. you can see those flames erupting out the window. firefighters rescued one frern that burning apartment. seven people are in total are displaced. no word on how that fire started. >>> now to the mysterious of a bay area man gunned down in a central oregon resort town one week ago. his shooting led to call for justice there and people people want answers. thom jensen was there. >> reporte

explore them on the interesting interactive map that shows statewide county by county results.area.com/recall. >>> about two hours from now, in san jose, testimony will resume in the elizabeth holmes criminal fraud trial. in the first full day of testimony yesterday a whistleblower talked about being star struck by holmes and her failed blood testing technology. the former financial controller explained how theranos managed to lose hundreds of millions of dollars as holmes continued to paint a rosy picture to try to gain more investors. >>> as more students return to classrooms in person, covid cases among children are also on the rise. in the last two weeks nearly a half million children nationwide tested positive. the american academy of pediatrics says it's 2.5 times the number in early july. as of last week more than 4 million cases among children in california. >>> america's top doctor is doubling down on the covid vaccine being available soon for children under 12. dr. anthony fauci that fda may have data in place to approve the pfizer vaccine by this fall. he hinted at l

county health officials say the goal is to have 75% of the county's elementary aged children vaccinated by winter break. there's been a lot of pushback on the white house plan to require vaccinations for employees working for larger companies. but today, president biden defended it, saying it's the best way to get workers back on the job. fox news david lee miller with more tonight from new york. opponents of vaccine mandates, got two wins in court on tuesday. judges in new york putting temporary holds on mandates for medical workers statewide and public school employees in the city, but other vaccine mandates remain in effect, and president biden is defending his decision to enact nationwide vaccination requirements for businesses with more than 100. people claiming mandates will help promote economic growth. and accelerate the path out of the pandemic vaccinations mean fewer infections, hospitalizations and death and turn. it means a stronger economy, but it isn't doing much to alleviate hesitancy. among vaccine skeptics, the u. s is now averaging a little less than 800,000 shots per

by county results. go to nbcbayarea.com/recall. >>> a few hours from now, in san jose, testimony resumes in the elizabeth holmes criminal fraud trial. in the first full day of testimony yesterday, a whistleblower talked about being star struck by founder and ceo holmes and her failed blood testing technology. also the former financial controller explained how theranos managed to lose hundreds of millions of dollars as holmes continue to paint a rosy picture to try to gain more investors. >>> stay with nbc bay area for continuing coverage of the elizabeth holmes trial and we'll walk you through every step of the way with team coverage and analysis. we're following the very latest both on air and online at nbcbayarea.com. >>> as more students return to the classroom covid cases among children are rising. in the last two weeks, nearly half a million children nationwide tested positive. as of last week there were 4 million cases among children in california. >>> america's top doctor doubling down on the cov

santa clara county is one of the bigger counties in california. they have a little bit more than a million registered voters and heading into yesterday. guys, they've already retaliate about 450,000 votes. >> the majority of them mail in ballots as recall elections tend to be predominantly mail in ballots. so there's no drama. now, we do know that the governor won by 30% margin. whether that shrinks that grows that's still up in the air, not just because of santa clara county. but all the other counties in california still counting this morning. and this face it. a lot of people are suspect of the system. larry elder even said there could be voter fraud. so now that the system itself possibly could be on trial to the public. we got a chance to talk to the registrar of voters in santa clara county. the leader of this particular agency. she says they will be transparent. >> we have so many security features processes steps involved, even going back before someone votes before we even conduct the elections, we test every single piece of voting machin