kristen: i'm kristen sze. you are watching "getting answers" live on abc seven and wherever you stream. we ask experts your questions to get answers for you in real time. we are talking with the director of homeroom, a new documentary spotlighting a graduating class at oakland high school. it follows their journey through the pandemic in their efforts to remove police from school campuses. first, new covid-19 developments. the biggest happened during our midday live show today. governor newsom announced california will e achehool stafd or face weekly testing. abc seven news special correspondent joins us now. hello, dr. patel. >> hello, kristen sze. how are you? kristen: it is great to see you. a lot of big developments today. i've put on my thinking cap. you can't see it but it's there. folks are watching this on facebook live, please put on your thinking caps because we will start with two truths and ally. >> that is how we start. we have a brilliant audience. you may need their help. round one, tell me whim

i'm kristen sze and you're watching "getting answers" live on abc7, hulu live and wherever you stream. we're asking experts your questions everyday at 3:00 to get answers for you in realtime. today by have an update from a special guest, meteorologist in philadelphia, adam joseph. his kids caught covid after an unvaccinated person came to stay with him. turns out adam got infected as well. >>> first, kids are going back to school in person all this month just as the delta variant is driveing up a new surge. 72,000 new infections in kids were reported in the u.s. last week. that's almost double from the week before. now the situation is less alarming here in the bay area because vaccination rates are high. still, we've had local outbreaks. in the brentwood union school district, 13 elementary school students were infected and 55 others had to quarantine as a result so. naturally parents have questions and concerns about returning to school shavely. so, joining to us talk about this important topic california school superintendent tony thurman. tony, so great to see you. i wanted to giv

kristen: i'm kristen sze. you are watching getting answers. we ask experts your questions every day to get answers in real-time. today we will talk to an epidemiologist who went viral for her tweets explaining through simple math how delta has changed many things, including the percentage of people we need to vaccinate. we said math, but unlike barbie, we think math is fun and important. the president of navajo nation will join us to talk about how native americans went from having some of the highest covid mortality rates to having the highest vaccination rates in the u.s., a success story that maybe we can all draw from. a major headline, san francisco has become the first city to net -- to mandate vaccines for anyone entering high-risk indoor settings like restaurants, gyms, for customers and employees. joining us to talk about this is the department medicine chair for ucsf. >> good to be here. kristen: this is another first for san francisco, the first city to ban large gatherings. do you think this is necessary or unnecessary at this poin

. >>> hi, they are, i am kristen sze. we are getting answers live on abc7. we ask experts your questions every day at 3:00 to get answers for you in real time. we will speak with the chief of emergency medicine at second medical center. but first, more on the masks. h bay area public health officers issued a new indoor mask mandate today. even for vaccinated people. this starts at midnight. that includes a city of berkeley and the 7 following counties. alameda, contra costa, marin, san francisco, semi-san mateo, and sonoma. thank you so much for making the time for >> thank you for having me. >> this mandate begins at midnight tonight. when we wake up tomorrow, things will be different. so, where will we need to where masks starting tomorrow? i work, at school, shopping? it's only been about 7 weeks, but refresh our memories. >> it will be and any indoor public setting. that would be at your work if it is indoors. even if you are in a cubicle environment. it would be in any retail indoor malls. hair salons. any indoor setting. that includes government office

. >> i'm kristen sze. you are watching getting answers live on abc 7, who live and wherever you stream. we asked experts your questions everyday to get answers for you in real time. we will talk with infectious disease specialist dr. monica gandhi about the latest covid-19 headlines. we will talk to the dropout podcast host rebecca jarvis about new episodes focused on their nose founder elizabeth holmes. jury selection and her trial started today. she just dropped a neighbor -- a major bombshell. caldor fire advancing toward lake tahoe which has been under mandatory evacuation order since yesterday. uaurned mo omes. it is only 16% contain and is,0. joining us is drew tuma. things could not have been worse. how are things now? drew: let's take you to the perimeter. we are watching this area between myers and christmas valley very closely. the perimeter of the caldor fire is outlined in red. here is echo senate. -- echo summit. what we watched over the past 24 hours were these winds that send the flames over

. >>> hi, there, i am kristen sze. we are watching answers. we ask experts your questions every day at 3:00 to answers for you in real time. today we will speak with state senator scott weiner who is angry that they're not requiring vaccines for staff and students. so we will hear what the lawmaker has to say. but first, delta danger as covid continues the search. lots of new headlines on the vaccine as well. let's bring in dr. alok patel. let's test our knowledge and make sure that we understand the major moments. let's start with two truths and a live. so folks, if you have your live stream up on the abc7 facebook page, post your answers here. ready to roll. >> you are pretty good at this. we will see today how this one pans out. tell me which one of these is not true. is it among people who had covid-19, those who did not get vaccinated are two times more likely to be ransacked it. this is in comparison to those who had covid and vaccinated. even with the delta search, children team cases have held stevie at about a 50,000 per week. >>> and

kristen: and i am kristen sze. you are watching abc 7 at 4:00. larry: will begin in afghanistan. kabul, the capital city. at the airport, thousands desperately trying to flee the country. kristen: abc news reporter iq has the latest on the following afghanistan. ike: today, images emerging from kabul. this video of afghans swarming a u.s. military plane leaving the airport. long lines filled with people trying to leave the country. helicopters flying away. the throng of people can be seen from satellite images. ian hamel on the ground in kabul. >> behind them, the sound of gunfire. [screaming]. ike: the united nations holding an emergency session to deal with afghanistan, and president biden coming back to the white house from camp david to address the nation. pres. biden: the truth is this did unfold more quickly than we anticipated. so, what has happened? afghanistan political leaders gave up and fled the country. that afghan military collapsed. sometime without even trying to fight. ike: u.n. secretary general antonio guterres telling the

. >>> hi there, i am kristen sze. you are watching getting answers live on abc7. we ask expert your questions every day at 3:00 to get answers in real time. we are bring back mask expert who advocated for masking long before the cdc recommended that. that is because mask mandates are back in the bay area and schools. many viewers have questions about effectiveness, double masking, and making your more effective. >>> and 'rtain opening schools and the push to mandate. and another busy day surrounding covid-19 with variant's booster changes a more. let's bring in the professor at standard siegel. >> thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. >> let's start with the world health organization. it appears to have responded to news that folks heard here on abc7 getting answers this week that san francisco generals allowing people who got the johnson & johnson shot to get a supplemental pfizer or moderna shot. the w.h.o. is asking wealthy nations to hold off on until 10% of every country can be vaccinated. do you agree with that? >> from the standpoint of hea

. >> and i am kristen sze.bc7, hulu live, and wherever you stream. >> the dixie fire is on the verge of becoming the second largest wildfire in california state history. >> and firefighters trying to get a handle on the river firefe or preparing for a long weekend, with wind picking up. the governor issued a state of emergency for nevada and plumas county's. >> reporter: images of devastation. the fire tore through, reducing building after building at home after home to rebel. >> we stood outside yesterday and watched the trees go up. >> reporter: the dixie fire has exploded in size and is the third largest in california history. as eerie as the pictures are, no one has been hurt or killed in the flames. many people got out just in time before the fire closed in on their homes. >> ice i came outside and saw the smoke and said john, we need to shut down. he went to get our cat and

. >> and i am kristen sze.ews at 4:00 here on abc7, hulu live, and wherever you stream. >> july 10 he did not return from a run and his body was found yesterday a mile from his planned route. >> leslie brinkley spoke with the family today. >> we lost a son, but we gained a huge family. i feel so close to so many of these people. >> and they provided just unbelievable support for us. >> reporter: the family thanked volunteers and search and rescue personnel who swarmed pleasanton regional park for three weeks, searching for philip kreycik, who vanished july 10 while out for a run during a heat wave. >> it is so easy for something to go wrong. >> the moment he went out, it was not particularly dangerous. it did get warm in the afternoon. but one instance led him down the wrong path. >> reporter: what appears to be kreycik's body was found in dense brush on a ridge top on august 3. are you hopeful that the biometric watch he was wearing might give you more information on what happened to him that day?

calvin's father told kristen sze that it feels like authorities abandoned his family. >> i feel likegive up my son's park service. if like they should've helped. we need help. this is five years and we have nothing. >> there is a $110,000 reward. the family will hold a candlelight vigil tomorrow night at saint gregory's in san mateo. >>> minutes ago we learned a state of emergency has been declared in three california counties because of wildfires. more than a dozen fires are burning in california right now. the largest is the dixie fire. smoke from that fire is visible from the air. take a look. this picture was taken by a passenger on a flight out of sfo. you can see all the smoke and the difference distance. tonight, survivors are stranded from their homes and anxiously waiting to hear if their neighbors made it out safely. the fire burned down the town of greenville in the past day. dozens of evacuees have been taken to the spring of hope church for refuge. that is where a reporter from our sister station joins us live. >> reporter: listen, many of these folks that had to lose th