in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> now to the pandemic, another bay area city might be asking people to mask up. last week we told you how benicia moved forward with its own mask mandate because solano county doesn't have one. vallejo, the largest in solano county, is interesting doing the same thing. vallejo will have a special meeting tuesday to discuss that potential mandate. stanford is ramping up its covid testing requirements. the university announced beginning september 20th weekly testing will be required for faculty, staff and students regardless of vaccination status. unvaccinated members of the university must have twice a week. stanford will provide the tests for free at several locations across campus. >>> happening today pg&e will begin inspecting gas pipelines in east san jose. crews will test pipe under king and story roads. that intersection will shut down every night sunday through thursday from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. the inspections will last through november. pg&e says to call them if you notice any issues with your gas service. >>> in 2017, rober

marianne favro is in los gatos with a closer look at the numbers and information about the long-hauler symptoms some kids are seeing even with relatively minor cases of covid. >> reporter: hundreds of kids will return to blossom hill elementary and will be required to wear a mask indoors. pediatricians we talked to today say that's critical in keeping kids from getting and spreading the delta variant of covid. at lou seal packard hospital, doctors are seeing a number of kids with covid. >> we're seeing an increasing number of children hospitalized in recent weeks. >> reporter: the professor says a majority of kids hospitalized with covid have the delta variant. >> we do know that it's far more transmissible than the other variants we have experienced to date. so, you know, perhaps a thousand fold higher in terms of viral load. so we do anticipate that transmission will be much more, much greater. >> reporter: across the nation, the number of kids getting covid is increasing. according to the american academy of pediatrics, 16 states, including california have a total of more than 100,0

marianne favro is joining us now. this is a heated debate going on in san jose but it is happening across the country. >> reporter: that meeting was shun for more than an hour after a group of people entered the city chambers without wearing a mask which violates a local health ordinate. >> i want to give everyone a chance to get their mask so they can put it on. >> we are not going to have any outburst of anyone speaking out of turn. >> reporter: the mayor's proposal to require people to show proof if they are attending events of 50 or more people at city owned venues such as sap center and the performing arts center. outside city hall, more than 100 people gathered with signs to demonstrate against vaccine mandates and requiring proof of a vaccine. >> i think it is unconstitutional that we are going to discriminate against people who chosen not to be vaccinated for whatever reasons, whether it is medical or religious or personal. >> reporter: after more than an hour, the meeting restarted and the protesters who did

here's "today in the bay's" marianne favro. >> reporter: after the cache fire record through lake county at this all that's left of rodney gehlen's motor home. >> roared right through. >> reporter: the second time in ha days fire destroyed his home. he was living in the rv after his clearlake home burned last month. as flames closed in on rodney's rv he scrambled to gather his three dogs, tying each one up so he could focus on one at a time. the wind driven fire was moving too fast. rodney says police showed up and ordered him to escape with them. and he couldn't go back to get his dogs. he returned to the area that same night to find one of his dogs, but feared the other two had died. days later animal control officer emily crumb checked the property. >> we were about to leave and i looked open and happened to see this dog laying on its side on the -- right underneath the trailer hitch and i thought it was dead. >> reporter: she walked closer to the limp dog. >> i walked over to it and started blinking and wagging its tail and moving its head around and i was like oh, my gosh, it's aliv

nbc bay area's marianne favro live at levi's stadium in santa clara with a look. marianne? >> reporter: well, the season opener is a sellout. more than 68,000 people are pouring in here to levi's stadium right now. look at this sea of red and gold. tons and tons of people. and let me tell you, terry, boy are these fans excited. it's been 574 days since the niners last played before fans here. so people are thrilled to get back to tailgating. more than 68,000 fans are expected to fill up levi's stadium. and when they do, they will be required to wear a mask indoors, such as in the rest rooms and clubs and suites. but they can take off their masks when they're outdoors. george garcia is fired up and says it's a small price to pay to see the niners play in person. >> oh, i'm so excited. i live here in santa clara, but i am excited to be back here. and to support my team. >> while tailgating is allowed, one thing you won't see at today's game is people arriving on light rail. that's because the santa clara valley transportation authority has shut down light rail service since a

marianne favro show us how we are helping these people. >> reporter: many of those received emergency immigrant visas for helping u.s. forces are headed to the bay area. director of the international rescue community in oakland says some families are already here and trying to settle in. >> over the past three weeks, oakland alone resettled 34 individuals and the arrival numbers are growing. >> reporter: her agency is responding. >> we have a resettlement program specifically geared to help families once they arrive to provide airport pick up and housing and enrolling their children in school and getting them set up with medical appointments. >> reporter: jewish families and community services are also assisting afghan with special immigrant visas and expecting 50 to arrive in the next few weeks. >> to leave your house and home in this chaos situation, while you are leaving most of your family members, it is difficult. >> reporter: both agencies are looking for help from the public specifically cash donations and household items. here in the pricey bay area, the biggest need is housin

in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> again, the recall election, september 14th. we've put together a voting guide that has all the answers to your questions. go to nbcbayarea.com/recall. >>> up next, reducing the threat of wildfires. the new steps pg&e is taking, specifically here in the bay area. >>> n95 masks only work properly if you wear them and care for them properly. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we'll show you how, next. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. just a little bit of fog tomorrow and patchy drizzle at the coastline. the big items, the heat and potential return of smoke. i'll detail that for you coming up in about seven minutes. california! during a flex alert, let's keep our power up and running. set ac cooler and use big appliances before 4pm. then from 4-9pm reduce use and take it easy on our energy. sign up today. >>> a bay area legend has died. harry denton, who was a pillar of san francisco's social scene has passed away. he owned bars and nightclubs over the years, and his starlight room atop the sir francis drake hotel. he

reporting live at san jose city hall, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> marianne, thank you. another legal setback for the family of kate steinle. her parents are looking to hold the government responsible for her death on a pier. a federal appeals court ruling 3-0, upholding a federal magistrate's dismissal of a lawsuit against the federal government by steinle's parenting. the 32-year-old was struck bay stray bullet as she walked on pier 14 with her father. an undocumented immigrant had found a gun that should have been locked up by its owner, a park ranger. he was acquitted of murder and assault charges after arguing he did not mean for that gun to go off when he picked it up. >>> saying it is still grieving as an organization, vta also says it is coming back. hiring new workers, and it's about to test its light rail trains that have been out of service since ten people were killed in a mass shooting tragedy. scott budman has an update on how vta is about to get those trains back on. >> reporter: yeah, there is some progress being made. vta says it will begin testing its t

. >> "today in the bay's" marianne favro has the latest on people who managed to make it out of the chaos safely. >> reporter: hundreds of afghans trying to flee on u.s. jets in kabul. some clinging to a plane as it takes off. more than 7,000 miles away at the maiwand market in little kabul, this man who has relatives in afghanistan, says the images are a vivid reminder of the sense of desperation following the taliban takeover. >> people are clinging to the plane that tells you they're scared and want to get out of there. >> reporter: his customers in fremont have been talking about the takeover all day and many share his view, america did not do enough to prevent it. >> when push comes to shove they get up and pack and leave, you know. all these people clinging to the plane helped americans. >> reporter: his sister is in kabul where she's facing taliban home searches. >> taliban searching all the houses, search for the people working with the military or working with the government. >> reporter: he says his nieces can no longer attend college. >> they're crying and say we go to college

nbc's marianne favro has more. >> reporter: in calistoga gas pumps are shut down and homes in the dark after pg&e shut off power to nearly 7,000 customers in napa county to try to prevent fires. genevieve welsh is relying on a generator to get her family through the planned shutoff. pg&e says high winds elevated the fire risk prompting the company to cut off power to 51,000 customers across the state. >> by turning off our power lines in areas that are getting hit with very powerful winds and very powerful gusts of wind, during these dry drought ridden times, that can really prevent a wildfire from starting. >> reporter: here in the bay area the shutoffs are impacting areas of napa, solano, sonoma, contra costa and alameda counties. and customers in the dark may have to wait more than 24 hours before the lights go back on. that's because pg&e must first wait for winds to die down and inspect lines before power can be restored. in addition, the same winds prompting the power shutoffs will create another challenge blowing smoke into the bay area. >> the first thing is, if the temperature

marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> experts are weighing in on the future of afghanistan tonight. a fellow at the center of stanford spoke to the possibility of terrorist groups reorganizing back in power. >> i think it is electrifying, seeing everyone in the middle east and south africa, they're taking notes. they are saying that it is -- obviously, more adversities can taken down as well. al-qaeda could expect plotting against if united states is likely to search in the months and years to come. >> the u.s. has a long history of involvement in afghanistan, this year marks 20 years as troops invaded the country of october of 2001. u.s. and british troops began operation in. two months after that. military resources have been the attention. that's when the u.s. invaded iraq. fast forward to december of 2009, president obama announced the deployment of 30,000 more troops. that's on top of the 68,000 that's already studied there. the surge taking more territory. >> two years later, president obama announced troops draw down. in 2014, the obama administration announced to plan for fu

marianne favro has reaction from fans. >> reporter: 574 days, that's how long it's been since niner fans watched a game here at levi stadium. >> last time i was is why george garcia is fired up to be back tailgating as a sea of fans wearing scarlet and gold headed to the game, they were greeted with noticeable changes. new quarterback trey lance and new covid protocols. fans are required to wear a mask indoors including in rest rooms and suites but they're optional outdoors. nancy wilson admits she has some concerns. >> areas walking through where all of the food courts are, it was packed. you had people standing in these long mazed lines waiting for food. >> reporter: fans are not required to be vaccinated or get a covid test to attend the game. >> the covid part of it did cross my mind several times. i have a 4-year-old with me. she's obviously not vaccinated and that crossed my mind. we had to make a decision about whether or not we wanted to come and we're rolling the dice i guess. it's scary, i'm not going to lie, but we're here and we had a good time. >> reporter: another change, t

. >> reporter: in campbell, mayor marianne favro. >> download our app to stay up to speed on all the covid-19 guidance and headlines. >>> it's been three weeks since taylor cry check was last seen. law enforcement resumed the search after calling it off because gps data showed particular areas that could be worth a search. ultimately, crews did not find anything. but family members remain hopeful. >> the support we have received so much has made us feel less lonely, it's incredibly difficult time. >> we miss our son and so incredibly, he's a delightful person. he has such spirit, such love emanates from him. he is just a big hole that we need to have back. >> more than a hundred people helped in the search today. >>> a fast-moving fire kept firefighters busy today through the alta mont pass. two lanes of 580 had to be closed. in all, 30 acres burned. >>> a vallejo mother continues to fight for justice after her son's killing. the family gathered to celebrate what would have been his 26th birthday. stacy was delivering food in mid june when some sort of altercation happened with men i

reporting live in santa clara, marianne favro. back to you, terry. >> all right, marianne. a 574-day wait, wow. it's over now. thanks a lot. >>> caltrain is boosting its service. at the end of this month it will increase service to the highest level it's ever been. caltrain says it will discount all fares except go passes bid 50% during september. during peak commuting hours, there will be four trains per hour. weekend service will be the same, with two additional round trips added to the morning and the late evening. caltrain says weekday ridership is exceeding pre-pandemic levels, up 40% on the weekends. >>> coming up, hopeful news from the fire lines. what we're learning about a popular camp for bay area kids shut down by the northern california fires. now we're finding out when it might reopen. >>> plus escaping alcatraz. the annual event makes a come back. what's different this year? >>> we're watching sea breeze helping out our air quality. by this time tomorrow, a stronger sea breeze leading to cooling changes in our seven-day forecast. a closer look when we come rig

marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> well, the paralympics haven't even started, but already a staffer of those games has tested positive for covid. the games get under way in two weeks in tokyo. the patient is a man in his 30s with a team from the western african country, ghana. nine other team members were said to be in contact with him sunday. they're staying in individual hotel rooms. meantime, more good-byes from olympians who just competed. a large crowd poured into tokyo's airport yesterday, japan did take extra measures for their safety, finishing all baggage check-ins at the olympic village instead to avoid congestion. >>> some vta workers are still not ready to return to work following last may's deadly shooting, how some feel pressured to do so and how the vta is responding. >>> you can fight a mistaken medical bill and win. we'll he show you how, next. >>> and i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. hot weather today. look at brentwood. starting with 60s, but by the afternoon tomorrow, more upper 90s. we'll take a look at what's ahead, humidity, monsoonal moisture in about te

marianne favro has that angle. >> these covid vaccines waiting for the arms of many people who are hesitant to get a shot like now. people like juan carlos cortez who admits he waited for months to see if others reported adverse reactions, and now he feels confident about getting the vaccine. >> i think it's important for me and my family. >> a few miles away at the food max parking lot in san jose, more than 200 people received shots, and some say climbing cases of the delta variant prompted them to get the vaccine. a jump of nearly 200 cases from the previous week here. and this lady was hospitalized with the variant in india. >> it was awful. yeah, i was in the hospital. i didn't need any oxygen, but i was on, like, heavy medication and stuff. >> because she had covid, she says doctors told her she would have to wait 90 days before getting a vaccine. >> i just cannot wait to get vaccinated. >> we have all the information to move you forward and keep you updated even when we are not on the air. be sure and download our nbc bay area app to get the latest headlines sent straight to your pho

here's marianne favro. >> reporter: this is all that's left of rodney's motor home. >> just roared right now. he said it's the second time in 45 days fire destroyed his home. he was living in the rv after his clear lake home burned late last month. as flames closed in, he said he scrambled to gather his three dogs, tieing each one so he could focus on one at a time. but the wind driven fire was moving too fast. police showed up and ordered him to escape with them and he couldn't go back to get his dogs. he returned to the area that same night to find one of his dogs. but feared the other two had died. days later, animal control officer emily checked the property. >> we were about to leave, and i just looked over and i happened to see this dog laying on his side on -- right underneath the trailer hinge. and i thought it was dead. >> so she walked close tore the limp dog. >> and i walked over to it and i saw a wagging tail and turning his head around. and i was like, oh, my gosh. it's alive. >> reporter: sammy was not burned, just coated with specs of flame retardant. an hour later, she fo

marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> okay, marianne, thank you so much. >>> pfizer getting full approval from the fda means several barriers could be removed for vaccine skeptics. a new poll by the kaiser family foundation found that three in ten unvaccinated people, roughly 31%, say they would be more likely to get the shot if the fda gave it full approval. the move could also provide justification for employee-mandated vaccinations. and let's take a look at how our numbers are trending. the good news, california's positivity rate is going down. today, the state reported the positivity rate is at 5.4%. just 20 days ago, it was at 6.9%. the state hospitalization rate is climbing, though. check out this graph. hospitalizations have been steadily rising all month. right now, close to 8,500 people are in the hospital with covid-19. #. >>> and please download our nbc bay area app. we are following the latest updates on covid protocol and vaccine mandates. we have what you need to move you forward and keep you in the know, even when we are not on the air. >>> okay. well, take a look at this b

marianne favro has reaction from businesses in the south bay. >> reporter: so far the vaccines americans have received have only been granted emergency use approval by the fda. but today, the u.s. government's top infectious disease expert is hopeful the fda will soon grant full approval. >> i hope it will be within the next few weeks. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci predicts if the fda grants full approval of existing covid vaccines, you can soon expect to see private companies issue vaccine mandates for employees. >> if that's the case, you're going to see the empowerment of local enterprises giving mandates that could be colleges, universities, places of business, a whole variety. i strongly support that. >> reporter: the owner of la pizzeria restaurant in campbell has already done, requiring her more than 20 employees to be vaccinated. >> it's good for the staff, the client, the customer that is safe. my staff has already been vaccinated since april, all of them. even though it's not mandatory. >> reporter: she says so far only one employee has had an issue with the request. as the de