costa county. >> indoor masking remains optional. in contra costa county and contra costa health services says there are no plans to change that policy anytime seen there's a lot of covid-19 within our communities. still the current positive covid-19 case rate pales in comparison to what the county experienced in january right now, the 7 day average of new cases is 478 at the start of the year. that number was 2,832. >> but keep in mind, the current number is skewed. it isn't under county in terms of cases because there's so many how test county deputy health officer doctor. so fema korea says hospitalization data. >> is a better indicator of the severity of the virus and may be used as a metric to determine when the county could possibly re implementing indoor masking mandate currently at 77 in the hospital contra costa county and will look at the peak hospitalizations. >> at the last on the like we had 333 individuals in the hospital for covid. and so it is it is low in comparison to the other sp

you could book appointments on the county's website sec freevax.org in santa clara county dustin dorsey ab 7 news all right. let's get a check on the weather kristen. i decided to go for a walk today bad idea immediately turned back around went inside. i hope you had your 20 ounce water bottle with you at least and yeah, you know what it would have been best to walk in the morning online kristen, but definitely stay hydrated with plenty of water. it is been a scorcher here. let me show you a live picture from our golden gate bridge camera blue skies. there isn't much of a breeze and those temperatures soared into the triple digits. it's 106 right now in fairfield one of our hot 102 napa 101 in santa rosa concord livermore also in the triple digits. this might be a good place to get away and just jump into the ocean there santa cruz a beautiful view. people are enjoying upper 80, san francisco oakland, san jose 101 half moon bay 86 degrees. here's what brought us the heat. it's this area of high pressure and the offshore winds, but we're keeping an eye on this area of low pressure that i

this county has become a county of the haves and the have have nots.y candidacy represents bringing back the middle class. and this election was quite different from previous ones because of redistricting. the candidates are running in the new congressional district 15 that is shown in this map. congresswoman jackie speier, who is in washington, d. c tonight, talked with me and says, with so many critical issues such as gun violence, abortion and housing ahead. she is pledging to help. whoever wins the seat. i want to be there for him or whomever is selected by the voters to make sure that he has a quick start. um, and that he has a head start , so i will be there for my, um person who succeeds me in every way that i can't. and because this was an open primary. we now have two democrats trying to take that new congressional seat in this district. congresswoman spear says she doesn't anticipate that the changes in the district will affect the constitute constituents that much, but she says that it is very important that whoever does take that seat is so

this is. >> the fire in solano county, right near the yellow county line. >> they're calling it the wind where at least 100 acres have burned. yeah. and you can actually hear the wind in the microphone there. you can also see the smoke that is just blowing around that got to crews there on the scene trying to tamp this thing down and as a grant said, it is earlier. it was 30 acres and now it has grown to 100. hopefully they can wrestle this thing and and we have to worry about i was going to say where the evacuation orders are because they have issued. that's when 2 way and campo slain. >> this is just south of winters. but the town of winters, which is technically in yolo county. so it's right near the solano. >> yellow line. here's a map showing you that area where evacuation orders are in place. we'll continue to monitor the specifics related to warnings and but vicki, as you are saying, yeah, meteorologist rodriguez is here to talk about the conditions and how they can actually cause this thing to spread is pretty windy out there. very windy and not only that, but we're under a heat

we've called for a 6 alarm in san mateo county. what that means is we have resources from, you know, south san francisco all the way down to paul walker with the moment coming into this area and actually fighting this fire. we do have additional resources spread out to the county so that we do have coverage. should anything else breakout. there are still far stations covered, even though we have a pretty big impact on what is going on. there's also a large cal-fire resource order both for tonight and tomorrow. so we will have additional crews arrive tonight and tomorrow. and just note for people are traveling highway 2.80, is currently open at the moment. however, it was impacted by smoke and could be impacted by smoke. the chp is evaluating it there could be should the need some sort of closure diversion if smoke becomes dangerous in area? as your planner said, we just ask everybody here, evacuated to stay let the firefighters do their work. this is tight, narrow and a lot of properties intermixed with a lot of vegetation. so if w

compared that to neighboring contra costa county. the rates look similar, even though only one county required masks. but an infectious disease expert says this doesn't tell the whole story. >> so i don't think the proper question is does a mask mandate work or not work, it's how it's applied, how it's best utilized, and in what circumstances should it be utilized in. >> reporter: the doctor believes alameda county made a reasonable decision. >> frankly, without the other surrounding counties having the mandate, it diluted the effect the solo mandate would have. >> reporter: among fair goer there's a range of opinions about how the mask mandate went. >> i think it should continue personally. for the safety of otherings. >> i don't think it's a good idea, quite frankly. it's a pain. >> i think having a mask mandate during a surge is like the best course of action. >> reporter: the doctor says mask mandates are still an important tool and if we see a significant increase in covid hospitalizations, local leaders may turn to them again.

the old fire has been burning in napa county is now up to 85% containment. cal fire says 570 acres have burned so far since that fire first broke out on tuesday afternoon. crews are right now in the mop up stage. there is been no reported damage to any buildings. the cause of that fire is still under investigation. be taking a live look now outside. this is a look at the golden gate bridge in the north bay. looked like it was a little cloudy out there. very cloudy was pretty gloomy, all of all around. and that's a good thing when we see, you know, fires popping up already. it's good to get this break here. but rig as standing by with a check of your forecast in precept, pay their debt well, yeah. and not only was it cloudy today, but also noticeably muggy. in fact, we're tapping into some subtropical moisture from hawaii out in the pacific. and that's going to bring us some much needed rain for our north bay valleys. so let's take a look at napa out there right now. >> current conditions for firefighters battling the old fire. 67 degrees. 52% relative humidi

marin county is 78th.e change, the 2022 rankings incorporate new data on environmental >>> 75 games into the baseball season, and the a's have the worst record in the majors. >> and on the other side of the coin, the yankees have the best record. so tonight's game between two teams seemed a little unfair, but the a's went into the bronx and came in swinging. they scored five runs in the 3rd. they took a 5 to 1 lead. elvis andrus had a two-run blow. but they couldn't keep the yankees down. new york scored six times in the 7ths. the yankees go on to win 9 to 5. the a's difficult season rolls on. >>> the colorado avalanche returned to denver bringing home the coveted stanley cup. there it is the. they won last night in tampa. they won their third cup in franchise history. they hadn't won one since 2001. colorado will now celebrate the championship with their fans, which hasn't been easy this postseason. they're just the fourth team in nhl history to win all their playoff series on the >>> okay, before we go w

costa county.rate phillipe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> san jose city leaders have unveiled new housing for the homeless. these are being called emergency interim housing units. they've been under construction. we are getting a first look inside at the end result. serious harm for us. justin campbell is there live with more on how this housing is actually helping the community. just that. and that's right. mayor sam liccardo said today that this interim housing is meant to help families in people that have. >> on hard times. will let you get a look. you can see we'll have our photographer pan, but this community, if that people have fallen on hard times, the interim housing then moved into permanent housing. look at the video you can take see today. mayor liccardo toured the facility. >> each unit has basic amenities for bands inside a bathroom tv and air conditioning. the mayor says they are housing roughly 400 people here in the city and building more interim housing as we speak. >> but as a resul

costa county. they are keeping a close watch on the spread of covid-19. they're kron 4 sleep single checked in with them on what needs to happen before people are asked to mask up indoors. >> indoor masking remains optional. in contra costa county and contra costa health services says there are no plans to change that policy anytime there's a lot of covid-19 within our communities. still the current positive covid-19 case rate pales in comparison to what the county experienced in january right now, the 7 day average of new cases is 478 at the start of the year. that number was 2,832. >> but keep in mind, the current number is skewed. it isn't under county in terms of cases because they're tess county deputy health officer doctor. so fema korea says hospitalization data. >> is a better indicator of the severity of the virus and may be used as a metric to determine when the county could possibly re implementing indoor masking mandate currently at 77 in the hospital contra costa county and will look a

and we've also learned that bryn county contra costa county, san mateo and san francisco county all will reinstate their mask mandate. health officials tell us the masks are still strongly recommended, but they are not required. >> if you're with us live at 4.30, you heard president biden delivering remarks from the white house about gun violence in america. coming up, the heated debate lawmakers are having right now on capitol hill as they try to address the issue. >> and why the ceo of a major banking company is warning the country of an economic hurricane happening within the next few months. >> plus, a bay area police department is using virtual reality training to try to boost their response to active shooter situations. we'll take a closer look at that when we come back. i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow. lots of sunshine now around the bay area. but look what's swirling off the coastline. could we really be talking about some really be talking about some really be talking about some that was quick. and rewarding. i earn 3% cash back at drugstores with chase freedom unlimited. that

that's according to the sonoma county sheriff's office. the fire started burning yesterday afternoon at roller and con field roads. firefighters say that it to its grew to about 63 acres in size before it's fully contained. no word on what caused that fire just yet. police have released the identity of the person who died. a berkeley one is accused of starting 2 fires on a hillside in albany on sunday police arrested. 31 year-old megan strong yesterday for suspicion of arson. they say the first fire started sunday afternoon at the corner of washington in cleveland avenue is that's on albany hill. red cross from interstate 80. some time later, a second fire was reported on the west side of that hill. homes in the area had to evacuate. straw has now been booked into santa rita jail. happening today. the food and drug administration will have a meeting to discuss whether it's time now to offer new covid-19 booster shots this fall modified to better match the new variants. and this comes as moderna and pfizer have tested updated shots against

it isn't under county in terms of cases because they're test county deputy health officer doctor. so fema korea says hospitalization data. >> is a better indicator of the severity of the virus and may be used as a metric to determine when the county could possibly re implementing indoor masking mandate currently at 77 in the hospital contra costa county. and look at the peak hospitalizations. >> at the last on the const bike. we had 333 individuals in the hospital for covid. and so it is it is low in comparison to the other spikes that we've seen. health services says stay at home and isolate if you test positive regardless of your vaccination status and take advantage of test to treat sites, set up county wide. >> as of now, indoor masking is only recommended the centers for disease control and prevention classifies the current spread of the virus in contra costa county. as moderate phillipe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> in the south bay, a school library worker in san jose is charged with lewd acts with a minor. this is a photo of the suspect. uni u.s. brown. he worked as a librar

if you look at and a half pa county, you actually see a gray dot indicated right there in napa county. that is the smoke plume that has been produced by the old fire. already visible from space from the weather satellites floating overhead. no clouds. that is purely smoke we're seeing over napa county right now. it gives an idea of the size and intensity of the fire already that's only a few hours old. >> all right. so a note to our viewers. if you can safely do so, please send us your pictures and your video. make sure you do that within a sense of safety. first of all, you've got to get your family to safety, your animals if you're up in that area. if you have video or images, we will take them. we will continue to follow this story, which is not only happening in realtime, but it's a cautionary tail for all of the bay areas. we start to see water restriction. we start to see the temperatures come up. we start to see the dry tinder, making four fuel on the ground. we'll continue to be a landing spot for this breaking news. you're watching continuing coverage of this fire here at old

. >> that's a county commissioner, one of the republican county commissioners from otero county, new mexico, this week explaining that she knows in her heart that the election results from her county aren't legitimate, they can never be legitimate because there's voting machines. minutes later she and the three commission members vote the unanimously they won't certify the results of the primary election that happened this month in their county. if the votes are not certified because these county officials refuse to certify them, that raises the prospect that all the votes cast in that county just won't count, every vote in the county will just be thrown out, people in that county will effectively no longer have the right to vote. all because those three republicans know in their hearts the results must be wrong because they know the voting machines are secretly connected to the internet, and can be hacked by chinese italian satellite bill gates mark zuckerberg hugo chavez space lasers. you know. well, now new mexico secretary of state, the statewide official in charge of elections i

big change in just about an hour. 13 california counties, meantime, included five counties right here in the bay area are now considered by the cdc to have high levels of community transmission of covid-19. marin napa, santa clara, solano and sonoma counties are each reporting a weekly case rate above 200 per 100,000 residents. federal health officials recommend that people in those counties mask up in public indoor settings. san francisco and san mateo counties are also close to high status with an increase in cases and hospitalizations. we're gonna get him next game, no matter what. we're going to bounce back on sundays. no i'm disappointed . warriors fans file out of chase center tonight after the team lost to the belt. boston celtics 1 20 to 1. oh, eight. tonight was the first ever nba finals game there at chase center since it opened back in 2019. let the warriors as i mentioned could not get the win tonight. at home is amber lee joins us now live from chase center and amber fans, as we just heard, remain very hopeful. yes they are. but they also acknowledge that boston is a good

you can see the totals, marin county, over to napa county. a few areas standing out here especially on the coastal mountains. we could see more than .50 inch of rain coming down. north bay at times. by tomorrow morning, some of the showers could be closer to san jose. we'll talk about the timing for when the heaviest rain bands pass through and more on the warming trend around the corner next week and the forecast coming up in about 20 minutes. back to you. >> all over the place, rob. thank you. if you haven't already, download our free nbc bay area app. it will give you access to exclusive radars, see when that rain is going to be where you live. also get alerts minutes before the rain starts in your neighborhood.. >>> the other top story. the push for change is intensifying after several violent weeks in america. in buffalo, uvalde and most recently tulsa. people marched across the golden gate bridge remembering lives lost to violence. here is christy smith. >> reporter: jill doesn't usually join marches, but today she did after recent mass

and now the county is scrambling to find ways to pay for it. they proposed taking $5.4 million from the county's capital improvement fund and pursuing a $32.5illion gra fr fe. but there's no guarantee they'll get that. they were counting on measure l to pass. and if they're wondering what went wrong, they might talk to this person. >> all the trees are trimmed up, there's no branchs on the ground. >> reporter: his home was saved in 2017 by the efforts he'd put into hardening the property. he has 6,000 gallons of water stored in tanks with three water pumps and even fire hoses to battle any blaze. you'd think he'd be in favor of the tax, but he remains spectacle. >> i've had them up here before, and i talked to them about this area, and they say there's nothing they can do, so why throw money at it? if there's nothing they can do and they don't want to do it, then it's not going to happy. >> reporter: he says the measure was never fully explained to voters. and if they can't sell the idea to a guy as committed to fire prevention as this, they mi

the fire is burning in solano county is right near the yolo county line. officials are warning people they may be seeing smoke of the driving on 5, 0, 5, so once again, that fire burning 110 acres. 65 1% contained at last check. evacuation orders have been downgraded now to warnings only this affects residents on when to weigh and campos lane in winters. this map shows the evacuation warning area. it is north of vacaville and east of late >> but now the evacuation is voluntary. of course, this is a developing situation and we will continue to bring you updates as soon as additional information comes into our and some tense moments in san mateo county followed by a big sigh of relief. firefighters made significant progress as a tackle that edgewood fire in the county that took place over the last 24 hours. that fire broke out tuesday afternoon during now brutal temperatures in the bay area kron four's terisa reports. we're up here in the foothills and woodside right off of maple and you got to see this yourself. take a look behind me. you can see all of the

at the results in alameda county. pamela price has 40% of the vote. terry riley at 31%. let's who ultimately winds come alameda county will be getting their first black district attorney so it is an historic race in that respect. contra costa county, the incumbent is running against one opponent. this has been well-publicized in contra costa county. the incumbent has 57% of the vote. now to solano county, the incumbent is running against one opponent. 51% of the vote. liz: voters are deciding who will replace jackie spear who announced earlier this year that she would not be running for reelection. he is retiring from congress we have a heated congressional race in san mateo county. this is congressional district 15 and right now, 41% of voters have voted for kevin mullin's, someone who works for jackie speier for many years, endorsed by jackie spear, followed by david with 25% support right now. they will now move forward to compete in the general election in november. dan. dan: get updated election results throughou

chapman: in pennsylvania we have 67 counties in one consensus we have for most county commissioners is the need for additional robust funding to administer elections. an example, before 2020, a cost around $20 million to run an election statewide in pennsylvania. since then, that cost, at least the department has skyrocketed. we spent around $60 million on the department alone. that does not include county costs. we implemented mail-in voting -- voting in 2019. that increase the cost. they had to buy scanners, tabulator's, new equipment to fulfill that need. we have had over 6 million voters in pennsylvania who have used mail-in voting since it was passed in 2019. that need for both the federal government and also the state government to partner, to support our election something critical to support county election administrators and their needs. sen. klobuchar: but we know -- how about the threat against election workers? are you continuing to see that? sec. chapman: unfortunately we are. but it is a concern where taking seriously. we had a meeting with dhs and other federal partners

widespread rain through sonoma county. then it keeps going on again, off again, all night.ugh rain, we'll get a soaking, wetting rain into some of those drier forest fuels up there. this will at least extend farther into fire season, it will drag it out. so it will put it off for another couple of weeks. by july it will be like this never happened. but it is good news for the near term. in terms of the rest of our weekend, in terms of you getting rain, this is tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. that's when we might see the more likely opportunity for light showers to get to the golden gate and south. but there's really not going to be a lot of that. we'll look at that again in a lot more detail and talk about next week's heat in the complete first alert forecast. brian, over to you. >> thanks, darren. >>> the number of monkeypox cases has been rising in the u.s. cdc says there have been 25 possible cases reported in the united states. it could be spreading as major celebrations like pride are coming up. kpix 5's shawn chitnis has that story. >> reporter: monkeypox and covid-19 w

this includes the area around edgewood county park. the veterans memorial in redwood city has been set up as the reunion point that blue zone on the map, which includes kenyatta colleges, under in evacuation advisory, and people are being told to be ready to get out. alright chief meteorologist bill martin's with us now, and i mean, it's just dry out in those hills bill. it is and we talked about it yesterday, the day before. it's the hottest day that we've seen in a while where we see temperatures in 102 103 degree range in redwood city. right now, it's 98 degrees. 13% humidity, which is pretty light. the winds are slightly onshore kind of north northwest. but the story here is really just the low humidities high temperatures. unfortunately don't have wind as we talked about last night, right? these kinds of situations can really be exacerbated when you get the wind. right now, you can see that's a slight onshore flow, right. it's still got a lot of north, especially up here around napa turning around. you gotta low here in a high bui

a fire on the yolo county line. evacuation orders. they were issued. >> for a residence on when to weigh in. campo slain. >> this is in winters. situation is is it started about 10, 30 acres when we >> first began the newscast. it has grown to 100 acres and if you listen carefully, you can really hear those winds just blowing into the microphone. there. people are being evacuated from when to weigh in campus lane and those conditions are. well, it's hot, dry and windy. not a great combination for firefighters. they late june, but basically right in the middle of fire season. meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez is back. you combine the winds in the heat. >> it's rough out there. yeah. that's just a recipe for high fire danger. and that's exactly what we're seeing right now in solano county. ca hot temperatures certainly not helping flirting with triple digit heat right now at 98 degrees. let's take a look at the relative humidity because this is just a good indicator of how dry it is right now. 16% relative humidity. so a little to no mois

reporting in alameda county, shawn chitnis, kpix 5. >> we reached out the several other counties, many others. they told us they have no plans to bring back those mask mandates. but we are watching it. and for more on the covid response, you head over to kpix 5.com. >>> the white house is now giving a rough timeline of when we could see the first covid vaccines for children under 5. the biden administration says the vaccine could be ready as soon as june 21st. the fda's panel of advisers set to meet on june 14th and 15th to evaluate the pfizer and moderna shots for young kids. if those vaccines are approved, shipments to doctors offices could start soon off with the first shots possible by the following week. yesterday pfizer announced it's completed its application to the fda for emergency authorization. its trial found a three-dose regimen of the vaccine is 80% effective in the youngest age group. >>> a stanford frat certainty suing that university over what they call a draconian punishment after the overdose death of a student. here is the back story. january 2020, a 19-year-old und

several hours after sunset solano county will be the lone county. then that should remain after that as we go into tomorrow, back to these winds. now we're going to lose a lot of them going into tonight tomorrow morning. you know, pretty quiet. now. we'll have a little bit of fog trying to sneak in a bit. then in the afternoon we're going to drive back up again. don't forget that highs weakening a little bit. so the typical local winds will kick in that are on shore little bit out. the central valley to interesting enough. now, let's look at the big picture down the southeast here. it is bubbling up already. that's the monsoon that actually is going make its way into our viewing area. when we get to tomorrow night's let's go to waste ago. but it shows up in the models running forward here. little stray showers out to coast. but this is what we're focused on. so maybe for sunset in the south bay, mike, it some scattered clouds working in there. and the forecast temperatures for the south bay, a little bit to tweaked a bit downward because some of the

elected alameda county sheriff.006 has conceded. this comes after 25 year. alameda county sheriff's office veteran. yes, and yes, sanchez declared victory while there is on site have not been certified yet. here are the latest numbers with all precincts reporting. sanchez has more than 52% of the vote herds. 31%, something that holds their of their would be no need for a runoff today. kron four's dan kerman spoke with sanchez about her plans as alameda county's next top cop. >> it's a new day for alameda county use sanchez. a 25 year veteran of the alameda county sheriff's office who is overseeing the santa rita jail for the last 2 years has declared victory in a race for sheriff history. i want to be most known for is as the reformer who clean up the sheriff's office and delivered. >> on my promises and platform, sanchez says she will be a different sheriff than incumbent hearn who was first elected 16 years ago. with me at the helm, i will be president. i will be personally accessible to the communities that i can

we begin with that wildfire outside of sacramento in nevada county. i'm rob mayeda.k at these ferocious flames and a huge plume of smoke. evacuation warnings and advisories are in effect at this hour. firefighters feared this could be the start of a very long fire season. this fire has already burned hundreds of acres north of rast valley. a remote area with homes there. the hills are burning with zero containment. area fire departments are now on standby. nbc's cheryl heard has the latest. >> reporter: took just 10 minutes for this massive wildfire in nevada county to start burning out of control. >> our resources and teams are taking 10 or 12 minutes to find out how this has been influenced by dry conditions. >> reporter: the fire started around 2:00 p.m., just north of the south port of the river drainage. it all began when a stretcher caught fire and flames quickly spread the vegetation. >> he will be flying through the night. the terrain is really inhibited right now for this operation. >> reporter: during the day, residents drive desperately to put the fire out

bay alameda county district attorney nancy o'malley is retiring.will choose one of these 4 candidates to replace her. whoever wins will become the county's first-ever black district attorney. >> if no candidate wins more than 50% of the vote in the top, 2 candidates will have a runoff election in november in contra costa county, the incumbent district attorney diana becton is currently the only black da in the entire state. she is being challenged by her colleague, deputy district attorney mary knocks. knox has strong support from law enforcement. >> whereas becton has drawn criticism from some officials for prosecuting a former sheriff's deputy for an on duty fatal shooting. meanwhile, in the south bay, santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen is facing competition for the first time since he was elected more than a decade ago. he ran unopposed in 2014 2018 former deputy da daniel chong is currently suing rose in for retaliation. zhang claims he was fired for criticizing rosen in an op-ed. >> and the 3rd candidate, deputy public defender sa

county. a lot of fifties here. mid fifties or low fifties rohnert park is at 50 degrees mill valley. there are 48 1 observation and napa 55 sonoma 54 west wind west wind south wind west southwest wind. down towards sfo west. 20 expect us to pick up here. so the onshore breezes up early this morning, even all the way out to livermore, which has a west wind. eight mph so not crazy wendy or anything, but it's windy. is that system now it'll dig south. this low is going to dig south over the next couple of days and eventually end up pretty close to us still looks like some scattered showers to meet to the north and also to these for sure up in the sierra, maybe about northern sonoma county. napa county northwards, so if you have travel plans just keep an eye on things. it's moisture starved, but you'll get some buildups there this weekend here 60 seventies and that's it today and then temperatures continue to drop off the table friday into saturday starts to kick out sunday and better by monday.

that's san mateo county.eriff's sergeant david weidner in well me testing out a new simulator instead of just 1 to 2 screens. this next gen system has five surround sound. you step in here, you feel kind of vulnerable. it's a 300 degree environmenthere . stay with me with me. here we go, scenario and active shooter at a school. where is he? where is he? a man with a gun in the library and opened fire sergeant also took down two other shooters. man that's that's something else. you don't kill a witness palms. nice elevated pulse. yeah i got to sit down somewhere. no time to sit, though time to debrief. first shot was a miss. which this is a difficult shooting situations. there was a bad guy there there . there was a bad guy there. sheriff carlos bolanos says the system scenarios can be tweaked and tailor made to simulate all kinds of calls and not just active shooters. escalation, non escalation. compassionate communication skills and scenarios dealing with people experiencing a mental health crisis. you have

mateo counties and marin county, i think are all using the same app. but sonoma counties, not some of the other counties are not what is it? how does it work? because when we show that map and a master producers, you can put it up for us so we can see what we're talking about unless you actually live in that area. it's really hard just to see what you're talking about because it doesn't highlight the towns in the city limits of highlights the zones that are affected by evacuations. can you talk about how that works? people know what zone they're in and what they're supposed to do. >> but the great it will be incorporated zone. even just a couple years ago. and been running a campaign, know your zone. it's still not everybody knows there's oh number. but the idea was back. in 2017, we we weren't ready for fire. napa county and i argue a lot of places in california work ready yet. you know, you the strike teams and that in the in the control drawing maps and sharpie and then they were trying to convey these really sort of complicated geographic areas to

high risk compared to other counties even as we head south closer to the santa clara county. there are pockets yus based on the topography where it could be more of heat risk. san francisco already beat that record right there. 81 fair field getting all the way up to 100 degrees within the next couple howeurs. here is the reason why it's happening. we're dealing with huge ridge of low pressure building from the south. a very warm air mass buildings its way in. it's diving into the coastline and keeps us dry and warm throughout today. here is the nice news. i give you the bad news. here is the good news. note as we extend into sunday, that trough starts 's ad ss phing in from the north and it's going to change the weather completely. it's giving us windier conditions too. it's cooling off off significantly just in full-time for a whole bunch of events going on. we're bracing it today but by tomorrow, for our friends that 80s.going up to partly cloudy skies will return into the forecast too and if you're heading down to the san mateo fair, same exact trend. note how on saturday

it isn't under county in terms of cases because they're tess county deputy health officer doctor.hospitalization data. >> is a better indicator of the severity of the virus and may be used as a metric to determine when the county could possibly re implementing indoor masking mandate currently at 77 in the hospital contra costa county and look at the peak hospitalizations. >> at the last on the costs, like we had 333 individuals in the hospital for covid. and so it is it is low in comparison to the other spikes that we've seen. health services says stay at home and isolate if you test positive regardless of your vaccination status and take advantage of test to treat sites, set up county wide. >> as of now, indoor masking is only recommended the centers for disease control and prevention classifies the current spread of the virus in contra costa county. as moderate phillipe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> governor gavin newsom appears to have recovered from covid his office telling us the governor tested negative and is no longer in isolation. newsom tested positive for the virus about

it was the only bay area county to do so. two days later, as cases started to decline, the ruling was listed, now the question is, did it work? we pulled the state numbers for the cases per 100,000 people and compared that to neighboring contra costa county. the rates look similar, although only one county required masks. but an infectious disease expert says that this is a tell the whole story. >> i don't think the proper question is does a mask mandate work or not work, it is how it is applied. how it's best utilized and in what circumstances should be utilized in. >> reporter: amplify belief that they made a reasonable decision to reinstate their mandate. >> without the other surrounding counties having a mask mandate really diluted the effect that alameda county is so low mask mandate would have. >> reporter: among fairgoers, there is a range of opinions among how the mask mandate went. >> i think it should continue, personally for the safety of others. >> i don't think it is a good idea, quite frankly. it is a pain. >> i

here in contra costa county. the family of alexis, gabe has been searching for her for over 4 months. >> unfortunately, we now have learned that authorities believe that she was murdered and that her alleged killer is also dead on thursday. the oakland police department announced several developments in the search for alexis gabe who disappeared back in january. they say that after a lengthy investigation, her longtime boyfriend marshall curtis jones, has been charged with alexa, says murder. police say jones is the man seen in this surveillance video recorded near where alexis car was found after she disappeared. according to police, jones was staying with a friend in washington state when officers attempted to arrest him on wednesday. >> the federal task force and the detectives from the oakley police departments went to the residents were marshall jones was an attempted to serve the arrest warrant. for the sole purpose of taking him into custody. marshall jones responded by coming out the front door with a kni

solano county averages $6.34.ay area is the most expensive region in california, and therefore the nation. if you think gas prices are bad in your neighborhood, be glad you are filling up in mendocino. gas is selling for $9.60 a gallon for regular. plus and supreme costs more, $9.69 and nine dollars 90 -- $9.91. >> $9?. >> i think that is the most expensive gas in the history of the country. >> it is the only gas station in the area. liz: the station's owner said her prices are so high because even though she gets gas from chevron, she is independent and does not sell food or drink to help make ends meet. she addressed rising consumer costs and supply chain issues. >> people in your cities, in your towns are feeling the pinch. seeing higher prices from the pump to the grocery store. liz: the vice president assured the mayors that the by demonstration is doing everything it can to -- that the biden administration is lowering the cost of things that matter most. lisa: we have a break from the heat, a break from the

costa county. as moderate phillipe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> a new study from the national institutes of health says people with food, allergies seem to have a lower risk of covid infection. researchers looked at more than 4,000 people and they say the people with food allergies were only about half as likely to become infected. they're really not sure why but say those people do have antibodies in their blood linked to allergies. >> the bay area has identified its first probable case of monkeypox, a san francisco department of public health announced today the first probable case was identified in a city resident through testing at a state laboratory. officials say the person to travel to a location with an outbreak in cases. the resident is currently in isolation and in good condition. the individual also reported no close contacts in san francisco during the time period where they could have spread the infection to others. the city's health department is now waiting confirmation of the test re

mateo county board of supervisors, the same material county sheriff's office and the san bruno police department. and coming up at 10 30 will show you how another gun buyback event went in marin county. well. state lawmakers are now considering a bill that would increase the jail time for those convicted of carrying out violent crimes on california school campuses, churches, mosques or synagogues. those found guilty would get an additional 10 years added to their sentence. the proposed law is named after alicia naga of 15 year old who was stabbed to death at stagg high school in stockton. last month. tonight we know the name of the man, authorities say stabbed a doctor and two nurses in a southern california hospital. emergency ward gone somali has been arrested on three counts of attempted murder related to friday's attack. the 35 year old is being held on $3 million bail. the stabbings happened that encino hospital medical center in the san fernando valley shortly before four p.m. yesterday. the conditions of all three victims are set to be stable tonight. doctors suspect they're di

san mateo county making the top 100, ranking 36. santa clara county 39th, and marin county 78th.in, it's the entire country, so a lot of competition here. due to climate change, the 2020 rankings include data on environmental health, education, economy, and public safety. >>> up next, the bay area deciding what to do about the future of outdoor dining. >>> and lester holt preparing for nightly news. this? this is supersonic wifi from xfinity. it's fast. like, ready-for- major-gig-speeds fast. like riding-a-cheetah fast. isn't that right, girl? whoa! it can connect hundreds of devices at once. [ in unison ] that's powerful. couldn't have said it better myself. and with three times the bandwidth, the gaming never has to end. slaying is our business. and business is good. unbeatable internet from xfinity. made to do anything so you can do anything. living with metastatic breast cancer means being relentless. because every day matters. and having more of them is possible with verzenio. the only one of its kind proven to help you live significantly longer when taken with fulvestrant,

and lake county farther into the 80s. the fire danger starts off near zero tomorrow morning with the cool temperatures allowing humidity levels to climb. here is the good news. while the fire danger tomorrow afternoon isn't going to be zero, it's a summertime afternoon. it is going to be limited. the top numbers we're seeing around a 3 or a 4. that's a couple of notches better than we were even earlier this week. certainly better than last week when temperatures were reaching the triple-digits inland. the inland cooling trend continues as we head into the weekend. even the lower half of the 70s for highs in san jose by saturday and sunday. temperatures also continue cooling off for inland parts of the east bay and the north bay. slight warm-up for monday. but fourth of july below average temperatures before a slow return to near normal levels by the middle of next week. we'll take a look at the hour-by-hour temperature foss tomorrow coming up at 5:30. >> thanks, paul. >>> up next, it's hard for many of us to imagine life

also making history in sonoma county.e'll talk live with the man police to become the next, sheriff. (music throughout) outy election yesterday was historically low with the outcomes, though deciding who runs in big races in november. throughout the state voters chose candidates for governor, attorney general and locally, san jose mayor sen. francisco by now, you've heard has recalled the district attorney and an alameda county. both the d a. and the sheriff's races are poised for november run offs, while sonoma county is on the verge of having its first african american sheriff. here are the latest results showing eddie ingram with 50% of the vote. carl tannenbaum is in second at 27% joining us live this afternoon is the leading candidate eddie ingram. thank you so much for being here. are you surprised at all at the level of support you received there on election day? no it's been really great going throughout the campaign since last september. i received a lot of support all the way throughout the county, not only for

sonoma counties. pride month festivities got underway, though last night with plenty of food music, little dancing, too. i just got off work. i went and had a few beers over networks and i came over here and just start dancing, having a good time. and there is some big news for car racing fans this year. organizers of today's parade say they are welcoming. nascar is part of the event for the very first time. i think that for maybe lgbt folks who are race car fans to be like, whoa, my two worlds colliding, you know, because i think that a lot of times we learned to kind of compartmentalize our different worlds, so it's always fun. to see them collides. nascar is just one of more than 70 organizations taking part in this year's pride parade in the north bay. it begins at 11 o'clock this morning, jeopardy champion amy schneider will serve as the first transgender grand marshal for today's sonoma county pride parade. the oakland software engineer became one of the most successful contestants ever on the p

, napa county, mendocino and lake county. trucking on saturday and sunday 26 degrees. for a low with a quarter inch to third. being forecast doesn't mean it'll happen, but i would keep an eye on things if you're going to the mountains, northern sacramento valley or also areas farther north. really cold some of the air aloft a couple of days ago in the seventies. now we're in the upper thirties. this may be a record for june 17th the freezing level over oakland. diablo's 38 degrees and temps are dropping. mountain tamil pious is 43. mount st alina is 37 degrees that is really cold for this time of year. wendy and cooler, gusty winds up to 45 cordelia's had gusts of 43 north bay. clouds clouds over us now, but classically building up from the parent low as they begins to move in napa pleasant in mountain view and last goddess. those arrows are all down. 70 70 68 70. that might be a soft 70 believe me may not last long. fifties on the temps here for almost everybody, uh, temperatures to the cloud cover and the wind probably won'

>> yes, so that was lancaster county. with one county. it was a vendor issue with this printing the bar code. so, at about 7 am when the county started recanvas-ing, they discovered this error that the scanner was not reading the bar code. so that is why they're hand marking the ballot. if we had ample pre canvas time, like florida, that would've definitely been called early. >> right. and on the paper issue, we don't want this to become the new, or next baby formula issue. when you have elections on election day, you need to be prepared for them. and i think we are both, and this committee is very interested in that. thank you chairman. >> okay. next up, senator warner online, and senator cruz and senator pendulum. senator warner. >> thank, you madam chairman. and on to say the outside, i think we all were little concerned with some of the folks who have been elected in irish who have been -- around the country. so as we saw this week, i do think that i've been working on a bipartisan basis and i know that -- has done some great work on

san mateo counties racy for more planned parenthood patients.roe v wade is overturned by the high court. other news now, it has been 500 days since an 84 year-old asian american man died after he was pushed to the ground in san francisco is family another aap i community members gathered in the city today for a rally kron four's rob nesbitt reports on their calls for justice for all victims of anti asian hate crimes. >> these chance were called out on the steps outside the hall of justice in san francisco, calling for justice in the case of each of town of the 84 year-old died in january of last year after he was pushed to the ground in the end of this the neighborhood and he did nothing wrong. he did not provoke anyone. >> what happened to him was just the rally was held on bryant street ahead of a preliminary hearing for the suspect charged in the case. 20 year-old antwon watson, amy retama park the join the calls for justice for her father tuesday morning. issue number. you be said to be treated equally. >> that is that the probe is up to him