and that is what has health officers here in napa county. very concerned. and that's why they're taking steps to try to cut down on the spread of delta did napa county is joined now the 7 other bay area counties. >> in issuing an indoor mask mandate. you got to wear a mask even if you're vaccinated any time you go inside starting at midnight. so it's in effect right now. kron 4. sarah stinson is live in napa county. sarah, how's it going? >> well. it's going. it's a bit of a transition and napa counties so here at a safeway where i'm seeing majority of people wearing their mask. you know, it's hard to remember to get this mask back on when you go to a place indoors because we have been doing it since about june. so we've been used to provide a 2 months now we've got to get back to putting it all and take a look at video. you can see they've already got the signs up on the door here at safeway. a little confusing is one sign says. >> only 4 nonvaccinated customs in the next to it says for all customers. so hopefully it's not too confusing for people by, as y

this loss deeply felt here in napa. the victims identified as mark henderson and napa native and retired public defender and jackie complement and accomplished nurse and educator. this is jackie. typical jackie during the pandemic nurse jackie com plain remembered by her boss at napa's meals on wheels program funny, happy, very dedicated to her job, and her profession's complained was a happy presence in this office and colleagues are stunned by news that a plane crash in alaska has taken their friend, 60 year old complex and her 69 year old partner, mark henderson, were killed along with three other tourists and the pilot. you just don't expect it. you never to hear the news was devastating. i mean, everybody is in the state of shock still complain and henderson. we're on a week long alaskan cruise on hall in america, the sightseeing flight crashed thursday, the day before they would have come home. so the nurses today this is their last day here compound ran a program called wellness on wheels, espey during the pandem

here's of wider view of the entire napa county. let's zoom into the actual city of napa or at least the central heart of the county where most of the population is and what this map indicate says over time from the beginning of the pandemic until now where we've seen the majority of cases, the darker the color, the higher the concentration, the city of napa. no surprise. that's where the population density is at its greatest. that's where we're seeing the most numbers. but what's been troubling is what's been happening recently in the month of may. there were about 270 new cases reported in the county of napa in june that dropped to 2.40 great news. that's the direction we wanted to go. however, in july. it jumped in fact, a jump by a lot. nearly 900 new cases reported in napa county and that's a dangerous trend. we're 6 days into the month of august and we're waiting to see where the numbers go. but the county now is not taking any more chances because of the recent spike that we saw last month. the county now has decided to join

estar todo el dÍa en el exterior y expuesto a las condiciones que este miÉrcoles no son ideales en napar humo de incendios activos se movilizÓ con los vientos, en napa, a esto, se le sumÓ la llegada de nuevo incendio. >>> el incendio que llamado como 40, 50 casas, hoy igual. nublado, esto se siente el clima bochornoso por lo mismo, poco humo. >>> rocÍo ha vivido 15 aÑos en napa y dice es la primera vez que el aire se pone tan mal. con el paso de las horas el cielo se puso naranja en napa, la autoridad de la salud pide a personas que se queden en interiores para protegerse de aire contaminado, se ve que la alertase mantiene y que el aire no es saludable para las personas en el exterior. especialmente para personas con problemas respiratorio, este incendio recuerda el horror vivido el aÑo pasado con otro incendio. >>> no se podÍa trabajar por el humo y compaÑeros que. >>> por ahora la advertencia del aire continÚa. >>> queremos que cuando haya orden de evacuaciÓn que viene de oficiales que sigan las ordenes, salga del Área. >>> libertad pedraza, noticiero telemundo 48. >>> hay que usar ma

but specifically napa. the city of napa is, as you just heard, because that's where all the tourists go. my friend recently just went down downtown at but she said it was packed with tourists from all over the counwry, pub leave in the world coming here to course. enjoy wine country. but now it's causing rising cases and the people who live here are the ones having to pay for it having to wear that mask going back inside the gym. the grocery store, the nail salon, you name it. so make sure you remember to grab that mask as you head out the door this morning. for now reporting live in napa county. sarah stinson back to sara. i know you have enough masks that you could start handing them out. >> they're very stylish. >> it. i should just hand them he's hoping going to need them anymore. but i you know, keep you and a guest like that. nancy pelosi of kron, like always with a fashionable mask for every occasion. all right. thank you very much, sara. >> also for your health this morning. that new strain. there i

i talk people here in napa county. one man who lives in solano county, which still doesn't have the mask mandate, but he's visiting in napa county. so he's wearing it. he said he's going to wear his mask no matter what. and let's listen now to lie. >> it changes every day. so, you know, i mean, mean, it is what it is. but i don't want to be i mean, i definitely want to close down. have on this is just. >> i don't >> i mean, i think if we'd be a little consider stop being so selfish it will, you know, make some headway. >> yeah. he's really doesn't want to go into another, you know, shut down. have to stay home and businesses like the ones behind me have to close their doors. so he said the best way to do it is to mask up, get on board and that we also we can all you know better each other and get this under control because we've done it once and our numbers looked good and now we just have to unfortunately do it again as these new variants pop up and get it under control. dr james. for now, we will looking all around s

but we've got to do it starting today in napa county. joining 7 other bay area counties in wearing that mask regardlets of vaccination status and you just heard this from james. this is due to a surge in covid-19 cases and hospitalizations. >> 75% of people who live in napa county are fully vaccinated. but there is still a growing concern and rise in hospitalizations threatening hospital capacity says the health officer here, the delta variant makes up majority of the covid cases in california right now. this variant is more contagious and it's spreading to not just the unvaccinated but the vaccinated as well. the cdc says the vaccines are preventing people from getting severe symptoms hospitalization or death local health officials believe the vaccine and masking up are the perfect pair to get these cases down. the mask mandate is also in place because health officials across the bay area are trying to make sure schools can fully reopen for in-person education this fall. but that can happen if cases are increasing in lockdown or more re

pero primero vamos hasta napa. >>> buenas noches. residentes de la zona me decÍan que su principal preocupaciÓn es que si siguen avanzando las llamas. >>> me despertÉ con mucho humo. >>> como trabajador del campo debe estar expuestos a las condiciones que no son las ideales en napa. el humo de los mÚltiples incendios forestales que estÁn activos en california se movilizÓ con los vientos. a napa se sumÓ el nuevo incendio (nombre en inglÉs). >>> un incendio que quemÓ como 48 casas hoy en (nombre en inglÉs)>>> hoy estuvo nublado. poco humo. >>> rocÍo viviÓ quince aÑos en napa y explica que es la primera vez que la condiciÓn del aire se pone tan mal. con el pasar de las hras las autoridades le piden a todas las personas que utilicen la mascarilla para mantenerse protegidos, el aire no es saludable para los que estÁn en el exterior. >>> sobre elmente para personas que estÁn trabajando afuera. >>> yo tuve que trabajar, de puro humo. >>> por la advertencia de aire continÚa hasta el jueves. >>> cuando te(inaudible). >>> libertad pedraza, tel

our highest threat continues to be in napa county.tunately, atlas peak is not reporting right now. mount diablo has a 45 mph gust right now. st. helena is in the mid-20's. it will get faster as they had through the day. about 92 in antioch. kumasi: we want to get to the latest in the wild fires burning in northern california. evacuation warnings are in effect for thousands of people living in the sierra foothills, particularly pollock pines. the caldor fire has tripled in size in a matter of hours yesterday, growing to nearly 23,000 acres. flames destroyed homes in grizzly flats as well as in elementary school, a church, and a post office. late last night, the eldorado national forest was ordered to close. the fire started on saturday about 40 miles southwest of lake tahoe. east of the caldor fire, the sky turned on apocalyptic orange. smoke drifted and it started raining ash and pine needles yesterday. reggie: that is a scary sight. and woman from fremont admitted to starting a fire in el dorado county. south lake tahoe, they 43-year

to the north of napa and to the east, that will be the zone of the biggest winds. at the lower elevations at the same time, it is only 10 to 25 miles per hour. the smoke, we have talked about the smoke. and it looks like it will be coming back here as we roll through tomorrow. you can see it in the east bay, south bay and the peninsula. it looks splik moderate air quality and potentially unhealthy for sensitive groups. tomorrow is the day where you may want to think about limiting your outdoor exposure. as this smoke continues to move in, it will be in the 80s. you can see sfr santa rosa, 70s near the bay. oakland at 73. and then right there at the coastline in the 60s. so at this point, i think we'll be with that smoke. not only for tomorrow but into thursday. and then there is a chance by friday and saturday, we could see the smoke beginning to mix out for us. we'll keep the temps in the 60s and through inland valleys. thankfully, as i've mentioned today, we are not in a heat wave. we'll continue to see the 80s inland as we roll through the next seven days. >> th

although in this case it may be a green lining, it is happening in napa county.a valley register reports county recycled water levels are reaching record levels in this drought, much coming from the napa sanitation waste water treatment plant which produces about 4,000 acre feet of recycled water each year. that goes into places like vineyards and golf courses. other cities doing the same thing include american canyon, calistoga and yountville. >> dealing with things like checking the water, air quality, a lot. >> the upcoming fire danger as well as kids are heading back to school and our temperatures have been pretty hot these past couple days. as you're heading out to work this morning we're starting out in oakland in the upper 50s. you can see the clouds and hazy conditions overhead and as we go into the lunch hour it will be in the mid 70s while we are going to see the temperatures in the inland east bay head towards the mid 90s, mostly 70s and 80s for our microclimates. we'll talk about air quality coming up. mike, how is it looking heading out in the south

vaccinated by august 23rd those who do not get the shot will have to be tested regularly for the virus and napa county's health officer joined 7 other bay area counties in issuing an indoor mask mandate. >> even if you are vaccinated, the ruling takes effect friday just after midnight. the in just about 2 hours from now with this latest mandate, solano counties. now the only county in the bay area where masks are not required indoors officials say these new restrictions are all being fueled by the surge in cases of the delta variant which health experts now say has evolved even further as viruses tend to do. >> delta. plus, was first detected in europe back in march. doctors say it is more transmissible than the original delta variant and it latches on to lung cells more easily. >> it's kind of like delta, but it's taken some super powers data which was this is from the south africa. and that's why it's by like delta. but the pluses, it increase. vision like the south africa albeit a variance. >> as of last week, 298 people in santa clara county had the delta variant 47 tested positive for is s

concerned about northern napa county and northern solano county. that's where i think we are going to have the greatest combination of gusty offshore winds, 20 to 30 mile an hour humidity levels, even overnight into early tomorrow morning, when usually we get a little more moisture in the atmosphere. that's really the spot we are going to have to watch. all these red shaded areas are going to have that elevated threat. look how widespread it is. if we don't see any fire starting in the immediate vicinity of the bay area, the ongoing fires elsewhere in the state are going to exhibit some erratic behavior as the winds are shifting and becoming gusty or. that threat continues well off to our east in nevada and utah, and if we don't have any fires start locally, we are still going to have smoky skies. i'll track that air quality forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >>> because of the fire danger, parts of the bay area could be in the dark tonight. high winds, drought conditions prompt for pg&e to turn off power now, an estimate of more than 6000 c

in napa county, people are dealing with the dark. >> booster shotsamericans. the recommendation expected as soon as today and what has changed since last week. >> and this. you are watching abc morning's live. >> before we get to all of that let's check in with mike for the forecast. mike: we could teach them h theh fight fires. that would be helpful. now we have something positive for them to do. a red flag warning until 3:00 unless you are around solano county and mendocino county until 8:00. critical fire conditions with the gusting wind and extraordinarily dry air and visitation -- and vegetation. 12% knoxville creek. the driest of the areas arriving now along with the winds. they haven't quite reached critical speeds yet, but we are getting there, 25 at st. helena's. outside of the higher elevations we need to be vigilant. it will be a little breezy and evidently hazy. temperatures near 70 in san francisco. 80 around the bay. even some low 90's in the east bay. we will talk how long these critical fire conditions will last and the cool weekend, coming up.

this happening in napa county. the napa valley register reports that recycled levels are reaching record highs in the drought. coming from the napa sanitation waste water treatment plant which produces about 4,000 acre feet of recycled water each year. places like the vineyards and the golf courses, the cities are doing the same thing, including american canyon, calistoga and yountville. a look at our forecast because we are putting the kids in the uniforms, maybe their brand new shoes. >> yeah. >> not my kids yet, but your kids. >> we got our kids going already. my kids shoes are already dirty. >> right. >> day one. >> jumped in the mud first day. you know. that's how it goes. >> right. >> and so, yeah, it's with one of those days where you have a lot to do and so as we're starting out this morning in santa rosa, we're in the mid 50s right now. nice, cool start to the day and it's going to be a little bit more breezy as we go into the afternoon and the temperatures warming up. for san francisco the first school da

in this place is alive and thriving in spite of the drought live in the napa valley. dan kerman kron 4 news. dan, thank you. republicans now blaming governor gavin newsome for the golden state's low water supply levels and dangerous wildfires. >> republicans claim that newsome has the power to fast-track approval of more water, storage projects and to move faster on thinning forests. fuels assemblyman james gallagher says that he is right now focusing too much on the field program to preserve fish and the delta. why are you managing it this way. >> wire to managing our forests. were you putting more invested in that this is the kind of policies that are leading. they are killing people. they're literally killing people. these policies. >> right now. the oroville dam is at its lowest levels ever recorded boaters and fishermen have witnessed the levels fall. nearly 250 feet below average. >> california farms have been hit very hard by severe drought with state regulators taking some drastic steps to restrict water. use the water resources control board voted yesterday t

are alameda contra, costa marin san francisco, san mateo, santa clara and sonoma counties solano and napa counties are not following suit. the order is in effect tonight at midnight as part of today's announcement health officials encourage people to limit indoor gatherings saying if you have a choice between indoor and outdoor activities choose to be outside kron four's. rob fladeboe has more. >> setting an early example for a new public health order requiring masks for virtually all indoor public settings or city and county buildings across santa clara county to take effect a minute after midnight on tuesday. the order mandates that masks be worn indoors in public places in santa clara as well as alameda contra. costa san mateo and sonoma counties in a virtual news conference. health officers reported new covid-19 cases surging. >> with hospitalizations, particularly among the unvaccinated. >> the number of patients in local hospitals due to covid have doubled in just the past 10 days and increased by more than 400% in the month of july. >> we know that indoor spaces are where most tran

napa cul de sac where the victims lived, basing people they touched so many people's lives in napa neighbors speak warmly of the couple and on their porch. people have left flowers, cards and cookies, a widow complained, raised two children here. both teachers overseas. jackie was the warmest person and. it's justice. so painful to have to god we go on the routes and kind of use our clinical judgment of how the seniors are doing the loss of complex and henderson leave friends and family grieving and the program she was so passionate about without its leader brightened everything up, made everything fun, but more importantly, what she did for our seniors was invaluable. the plane crashed into the side of a mountain. bad weather and poor visibility may have been factors and julie also among the victims, a mother and daughter from georgia, just such a sad story, deborah thank you, a travel blogger from santa clara is now fighting for her life in bali after a scooter accident. her family is now raising money to fly her back to the u. s according to a go fund me page 27 year old caitlin mccaffrey

you see that contra costa alameda moran, sonoma, napa and solano. we're seeing the highest level of community transmission of covid-19 and all those areas, santa clara and san mateo counties are in the second highest level down there. you see them in orange kron four's. rob fladeboe has the latest on the new mask guidance. >> setting an early example for a new public health order requiring masks for virtually all indoor public settings or city and county buildings across santa clara county to take effect a minute after midnight on tuesday. the order mandates that masks be worn indoors in public places in santa clara as well as alameda contra. costa san mateo and sonoma counties in a virtual news conference. health officers reported new covid-19 cases surging. >> with hospitalizations, particularly among the unvaccinated. >> the number of patients in local hospitals due to covid have doubled in just the past 10 days and increased by more than 400% in the month of july. >> we know that indoor spaces are where most transmission occurs and that's why we

en napa 15 millas por hora y vamos a seguir viendo condiciones ventosas.rior rÁfagas de viento en algunas zonas de 45 millas por hora. para las prÓximas horas esperamos el termÓmetro cerca de los 60 grados. paola: la mayor cantidad de afectados se ubican en napa, sonoma y solano. el servicio se restablecerÁ paulatinamente. visite la pÁgina que ve en pantalla para recibir actualizaciones y para saber si su vivienda estÁ incluida en las Áreas dÓnde se va a suspender el servicio de energÍa elÉctrica. aquÍ se combina la sequÍa y las altas temperaturas. los bomberos nos dieron recomendaciones para que usted pueda prepararse en casa. >> mÁs temprano estuvimos en la estaciÓn de bomberos de san josÉ. >> ellos estÁn preparados para atender cualquier emergencia de incendios y solicitan que en casa tambiÉn se mantengan preparados. >> que piensen que puede haber un incendio. pueden tener ropa, agua, sus medicamentos, un celular, identificaciÓn, tarjetas de crÉdito si tienen que salir o evacuarle su casa pronto. >> dentro de la casa estÁ listo para irse en caso de una

especially notice that right around atlas peak those northern portions of in the eastern portions of napa county where we are seeing our greatest winds, but we will be looking at breezy conditions holding especially in upper elevations into the afternoon. this is why we have red flag warnings in upper elevations of both the east and north bay menaul northern in eastern napa counties, intel 03:00pm today after which point we should see winds and these dry winds in particular calming enough that red flag warnings will expire but the transport will have already happened to bringing that smoke from our north on into the bay area. and that's our air quality does take a hit. 50's and 60's for current temperatures with alameda oakland concord and fairfield each right now at 60 degrees talking a lot more in your forecast still to come. but first on over to rain, we go still early. so hoping for all right. traffic still. yeah, john is still early. we do have accidents out there like this one. and in fremont northbound as scotts creek road. >> but as you can see, we're not seen any delays as a resu

vineyards continues to be one of the leading winemakers in napa valley. it all started with a vision of 2 german brothers, jacob and frederick parent or the wind industry was just getting established in the u.s. 1800. they came here knowing that they knew how to make wine and then they found the place but traveling the so there was not a big >> this now historic landmark became the first in many aspects of a booming wine industry like offering both cabernet and chardonnay wines each winning the major title of wine of the year. we're the first gravity flow winery. we're the first winery to build into the hillside and establish the caves where actually are winds hold where one of the first wire is to establish hospitality and actually opened up just a few yards down from bear injure and located along downtown's bustling main street is the safest. a modern day wine speak easy. we were written up as the most romantic table in the napa valley offering over 40 different ones from the local area with a history that is just as fascinating as its appeal. we don't

we're really focused on the eastern half of napa county, the northern half of solano county. that's where we'll see the gustiest winds and lowest humidity. that's the combination that prompts the red flag warning. the sustained winds north-northeast. offshore direction 30 to 40 miles per hour. gusts up to 50 miles per hourúl. combine that with humidity levels staying below 20%, that's very dry air to go along with dry vegetation we have in place. we're going to watch this carefully as we head through the rest of tonight. here's some good news, our fire weather tracker, every one of these circles is a different reporting station sending back information about wind speed and wind direction. zero of them are in red flag conditions right now. this is going to change as we head through the rest of tonight. we'll also talk about the smoke that's blowing into the bay area coming up. >> paul, thank you. >>> with multiple major wildfires burning right now, pg&e is not taking any chances. tonight pg&e is shutting off power for up to 10,000 bay area customers in napa, san francisco ma,

interviews rob roth went to napa county today to see how people are preparing for the possibility. of losing their power at this hardware store in this small napa county town of angwin, this isn't our first rodeo. many of those who hadn't brought backup power generators the past few years are buying them now that in other items they may need if pg and e actually does shut off power tuesday night into wednesday as part of the public safety power shut off wildfire protection program most of the time. i am the first things that go or flashlights and batteries and coolers an ice because more people are worried about not being in the dark the entire time. pg niece and 48 hour advance notice is sunday evening to residents in 16, northern california counties, including about 1800 customers in certain areas of napa, sonoma and solano counties that it may shut off power. the idea is to reduce the risk of wildfire from energized power lines. pgd neurologists are expecting winning us 2030 mph and an isolated wind gusts up to 50 mph and with low humidity levels. these are all criteria that pg

it begins to pop right there to the north, off to the east of napa. as we advance this into tomorrow morning you're going to start to see the wind really kind of drive down, especially right around the napa mountains and toward the east. that's where i do expect some of the strongest gusts in that 40-50 miles per hour range as you can see right there. at the same time tomorrow morning not as strong at the lower elevations. 10-25, as we talked about. it's one of those situations where they might cut off your power, but although wind is up in the higher elevations. we'll leave that up to pg&e, but as far as know right now, it's contained to the higher elevations. watch how the smoke starts to return as we roll through tomorrow. coming up we'll take a look at the top 20 largest california wildfires and the changes in our weather pattern. >>> as jeff just mentioned, the skies are about to change. the switch in the wind direction is about to bring a lot of smokey air back into the bay area. already smokey in some areas, and the bay area air quality managem

of vaccination status 75% of napa county residents are fully vaccinated right now.is a troubling spike in hospitalizations up that way. threatening hospital capacity. local health officials believe combining mask-wearing with the vaccination rates will help avoid future lockdowns and new restrictions. >> definitely want to close down. have on this is just. >> don't think public. >> so i mean, i think if we'd be a below considered stop being so selfish it will, you know, make some headway. >> meantime, the only bay area county not requiring people to wear masks indoors is solano county health officials there do not believe it's necessary at this point. happening today. the california republican party is expected to announce who it will endorse and the upcoming recall election of governor -pgavin newsome, the california rnc committee chair committeewoman harmeet dhillon urged the state gop on twitter not to endorse a candidate. she says doing so could discourage voters whose favorite candidate might get snubbed hurting the overall turnout. the republican candidates wh

this year's festival set to take place in napa. knicks has canceled all upcoming performances this year. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," you get a seltzer, another brand hopping on the trend. mountain dew's line of hard dews. >> can't wait to see that. happening now for you, people in the south bay seem to be listening to santa clara water district which declared a drought emergency back in june. the first three weeks of data showing less water use. homeowners are using about 9% less water, but the district is asking for a 15% reduction. it says if people cut irrigation by half, the county would easily reach its goal. outdoor water use accounts for about half of the county's water total. 4:55. we'll be right back. california, did you know our homes share power? but when we try to stay cool in a heat wave our supply is pushed to the limit. but you have the power to keep us up and running! “i do?” yup, we all do! with flex alerts. they notify us when to shift our energy use if our power supply is stretched. so from pre-cooling o

we're going to show you a winery in napa that has 150 years of history. also spared they've been canceling yet more flights will have the latest on the problems of long suffering passengers face and that's after the break. california! all of our homes share power. but heat waves can stretch our supply to its limits. flex alerts remind us when to use less energy from 4-9pm. so we can all stay up and running. sign up today. >> for your money tonight. many travelers booked on spirit airlines. they're still getting flights canceled. just today. the airline canceled another 350 flights and it was the 5th straight day of major cancellations. the problem being blamed on technical outage is staff shortages. american airlines had similar problems earlier this week. bottom line, if you are planning to travel, be sure to check with your airline before heading to the airport. 2 million dehumidifiers are being recalled for burn and fire risks are range of brands is included here. safety experts say the dehumidifiers can overheat. they can even catch fire. no injuries

here is napa valley as smoke rolled in. this was south of san jose and here is crystal springs reservoir in san mateo an hour or two before sun set. sports practices went on as planned wednesday afternoon. >> the coach said they were not going to do something that was strenuous. >> reporter: but there was a soccer practice across the field. >> my older daughter's practice did get canceled this afternoon. >> reporter: many noticed the change in air quality and some weren't bothered. >> i know it's there, not the same as normal. but it is not really bad. i can't say i am choking or my eyes or throat hurts. >> reporter: others are starting to get used to it even though they're concerned about what they're breathing in. >> it does seem this is becoming more of a common thing to see the air quality like this. >>> let's get you caught up on the latest coronavirus news. there is a new statewide rule for indoor events starting september 20 for any indoor gathering of more than 1,000, you will need to show proof of vaccination or ne

vineyards continues to be one of the leading winemakers in napa valley.it all started with a vision of 2 german brothers, jacob and frederick parent or the wind industry was just getting established in the u.s. 1800. they came here knowing that they knew how to make wine and then they found the place. but traveling the so there was not a big >> this now historic landmark became the first in many aspects of a booming wine industry like offering both cabernet and chardonnay wines each winning the major title of wine of the year. we're the first gravity flow winery. we're the first winery to build into the hillside and establish the caves that we could actually be wise old where one of the first wire is to establish hospitality and actually opened just a few yards down from bear injure and located along downtown's bustling main street is the safest. a modern day wine speak easy. we were written up as the most romantic table in the napa valley offering over 40 different ones from the local area with a history that is just as fascinating as its appeal. we don'

only 2 counties, napa and solano.far not not deciding to follow the lead of these counties and this new mandate is coming as much of the bay area. again, it really is seeing a new surge of covid cases and hospitalizations mask along with vaccines are seen as the best way to reduce the spread of covid-19 during the surge in cases connected to the highly contagious. delta variant kron four's. rob fladeboe live for us tonight in san jose with the very latest on the changes on the way. rob. >> well, that's right, jonathan and catherine, there are some a subtle differences in the health from one jurisdiction to the to the other, but they all have basically one thing in common and that is officials say you wear a mask pretty much anywhere indoors. here's more. >> setting. an early example for a new public health order requiring masks for virtually all indoor public settings. our city and county buildings across santa clara county to take effect a minute after midnight on tuesday. the order mandates that masks be worn indoor

. >> that includes napa, sonoma, solano, alameda counties. 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 w

within this area that's in the fire weather watch i'm really more concerned about northern napa county and northern solano county. that's where it looks like the overnight into early wednesday morning and where the gusty is twins are going to develop as well. sustained winds offshore from the north and northeast at 20 to 30 miles an hour at the higher elevations, some gusts up to 50 miles an hour and relative humidity levels remaining below 20%. even the early morning hours when usually the humidity recovers. the wind is not just going to elevate the fire threat it's also going to start directing more smoke towards the bay area. we'll take a look at the bay forecast in a few minutes. >>> the san francisco district attorney's office just filed 33 charges including hate crime allegations against a man for a string of crimes targeting chinese owned businesses. derek loretto is accused of traveling on a scooter and shattering the windows of 20 separate stores that are all primarily chinese owned businesses. surveillance video shows someone doing just that at dim sum corner and on grant and

in santa rosa. 68 in napa. -- 80 68 in napa.is view, but the buildup is increasing. gusty wind and low humidity is the pattern contribute into the red flag warning for high fire danger. we expect smoky skies for the next two days. here is that goes into effect from 11:00 for most of the bay area until 3:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon, but some counties, 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night the northbay mountains, east bay hills, the salon arranged. guess the 45 miles per hour. -- gusts to 45 miles per hour. fires may start and spread rapidly in the highest threat is for napa county. overnight, clear skies, apart from the haze and smoke. windy and low temperatures in the mid to upper 50's. upper 60's at the coast tomorrow. mid to upper 70's around the bait and upper 80's to low 90's inland. hazy skies will linger into thursday, but a cooling trend starting thursday through the weekend. high temperatures below average for this time of year, mid to upper 80's inland low 70's around the shoreline. a gradual but modest warm-up beginning early next w

the napa napa couple has been identified a 69 year old mark henderson and 60 year old jacqueline com a sightseeing flight while on vacation aboard a holland america cruise ship that departed from seattle on july 31st. the crash happened last thursday. officials say all six people on the plane were killed. the ntsb and federal aviation administration are now investigating governor newsom was in the east bay today where he helped caltrans crew remove debris from a long standing homeless encampment. the camp was along interstate 80 at university avenue in berkeley. outreach workers were also there to offer options for people to move out of their tents and into shelters or other housing. governor newsom says encampments are unacceptable. and that the state needs to develop a humane process for moving people and clearing camps while also creating more housing options. what you see here is unacceptable. you had a big fire here, and this is life safety risk to public health risk. there are quite literally hundreds and hundreds of rats running around. people should not letting conditions lik

ask your doctor about dovato-i did. ♪ standoff with police at a napa apartment complex sky.x was overhead this morning as officers surrounded the building on pueblo avenue. police say the man was armed with a knife and threatening his family members inside. they all managed to escape. but the man stayed inside and refused to leave. police tried to negotiate with him over a loudspeaker. about four hours later, officers reportedly fired less lethal rounds at the man, and he appeared to be okay as he was escorted to a waiting police vehicles anger today over plans to bring in the chp to help enforce traffic laws on streets in oakland. leading the fight is the family of a man who was shot and killed by chp officers last year. our crime reporter henry lee is here now with what they're saying, henry. well frank, they say bringing in more law enforcement only endangers the lives of citizens who might be pulled over and they point to this deadly shooting as an example of what potentially could happen. so we're here today to say no to chp in oakland. it was a clear message from the f

well, this year's festival is set to take place over labor day weekend in napa. nicks is also canceling other upcoming performances this year. >>> get a final check of the weather this wednesday morning. >> it's going to heat up quickly today. upper 90s today. slightly cooler tomorrow, but we will get more humidity tomorrow. and that continues into the weekend. san francisco natural ac still kicking up. it'll be at about 70 degrees today. >> i know i want to hang out. >> yeah, no kidding. [ laughter ] >> thanks for joining us. we'll see you tomorrow morning. >>> like you, i always want to know more about what's happening here in our home. so we created a newscast designed to get more answers so you know more about our community. join us weeknights at 7:00 for nbc bay area "news tonight." yeah, i mean the thing is, people like geico because it's just easy. bundling for example. you've got car insurance here. and home insurance here. why not... schuuuuzp.. put them together. save even more. some things are just better together, aren't they? like tea and crumpets. b

kron four's dan kerman in napa valley tonight with more. >> if you travel hills east of saint helena near lake hennessey. you'll find shappell a vineyard. they've been growing grapes here since the late 60's. and while they've seen drought before, it's never been this bad. >> we are very conscientious of every drop. a lot of that. we is and we're doing a better and the vines are seeming to handle it, which is interesting of using less water than refused in the past wednesday. us agriculture secretary tom vilsack in north bay. congressman mike thompson. >> visited the vineyard to hear firsthand about how they're managing with the drought. water is a big concern and. we're very, very efficient have how we use the water, but. >> i don't how you pull it out of thin air. >> sec says this is not an annual drought but a mega drought and the federal government has responsibility to find ways to help the sector of the agricultural industry. >> double whammy drought. on the one hand smoke damage on the other. we need to figure out ways in which we can create structures and systems and support

napa valley this weekend as performers take the stage starting friday. the three-day music festival and thousands of people coming to town some have their concerns going to be crazy to me crowded. >> as far as covid goes, i am a little bit concerned just because we're going to be late. so close together. i'm worried about numbers spiking and we're going to shut down upon entry. but iraq is requiring all guests to provide proof of vaccination or a negative covid test taken within the last 72 hours. >> of each day of the festival. local shannon anthony says the proof of vaccination still doesn't ease her mind, especially with the highly contagious delta variant, i've kind of thought this whole because in fact say that i'm okay and not going to her kids or someone you can get vaccinated. i can't give it to them. i could be carrying it. >> and that's frightening and everyone who comes in my shop could be carrying it. infectious disease. experts have concerns of their own stuck in a crowded with people. >> all around you, particularly yelling and screaming li

oakland y napa maÑana en la maÑana. media milla y se extiende la nubosidad.na: hay una nueva era en el fÚtbol internacional. lionel messi es el nuevo jugador del parÍs a echarme. el astro viajÓ a parÍs. su incorporaciÓn se hizo oficial con un vÍdeo y adelantaron que utilizarÁ el dorsal nÚmero 30. aún queda tiempo en el reloj. willingham se acerca peligroso al área, dispara... ¡goooooooooooooool! monumental anotación del delantero para abrir el marcador en el último minuto. ¡impresionante! mientras los jugadores se sigan deslizando para celebrar, tú puedes contar con geico para ahorrar dinero. en quince minutos podrías ahorrar 15% o más en tu seguro de auto. ...no solo para llevarse la copa, sino para pasar a la historia. paola: esta noche, por quÉ es importante que participe en el proceso de renuncia del gobernador. llegamos al final de "noticias univisiÓn 14". lo dejamos con el noticiero nacional. tenemos una cita a las 23.

las rÁfagas estarÁn entre las 16 hasta las 30 millas por hora en concorde y napa.rÁn entre los 55 y 57 grados. mientras, que durante los prÓximos dÍas ¿quÉ podemos esperar? todavÍa maÑana miÉrcoles altas temperaturas porque el cielo estarÁ mayormente despejado, pero incrementa la nubosidad y la humedad desde el jueves sobre todo, asÍ que planifique una semana variable, bastante calurosa, el jueves aumenta la nubosidad pero el tiempo seco predomina en nuestra regiÓn, continuamos. (informaciÓn en pantalla) ♪(mÚsica)♪ >>> en telemundo 48 somos primeros con la noticia, tenemos informaciÓn de Última hora desde san josÉ. ahÍ elementos de la policÍa responden a un antrincheramiento, estamos viendo imÁgenes en vivo de la escena en (nombre en inglÉs) en la ciudad de san josÉ. reportes preliminares indican que un hombre habrÍa salido presuntamente al balcÓn de una casa mostrando un arma que posteriormente disparÓ. la policÍa evacuÓ varias viviendas aledaÑas en la zona, es una noticia en desarrollo, y tendremos mÁs detalles conforme lleguen a nuestra sala de redacciÓn. >>> y

salvaron la vida de seis personas cerca de napas. muerde la mano de su entrenadora y luego la arrastra de inmediato hacia el agua. al ver esto, uno de los asistentes se lanzÓ sobre el animal, logrando que el animal la solara. crece la indrig naciÓn entre padres y maestros de la escuela primaria monte bello, porque los estudiantes no podrÁn comenzar las clases presenciales porque la escuela estÁ infectada de ratas. norma riveiro con mÁs detalles. >>> lo que muestra este video en que una rata salta en un momento y echa a correr en un salÓn de clases no es algo nuevo, la secrana pasada cuando los maestros entraron a la preparatoria los roedores habÍan invadido el edificio principal de estas escuelas. >>> (inaudible). >>> regresaron al edificio y miraron los deshechos de ratas, se comenzÓ a limpiar. y estos maestros no deben estar limpiando estas cosas. diversas fotos muestran la gravedad del problema. >>> las ratas viviendo en las caminatas, se esban comiendo todo. hay una clase donde la maestra tirÓ todo lo que tenÍa de su clase. >>> e

incendio a 22 millas por hora para napa. en san francisco en las 15 millas por hora.Ón seguirÁ con nosotros hasta el dÍa de maÑana. le tengo el pronÓstico completo mÁs adelante. paola: observe el humo de los incendios forestales en california. se espera que impacte al Área de la bahÍa debido a los fuertes vientos. desde esta noche el humo llega a nuestra zona y se expande hacia el sur. la compaÑÍa de electricidad anunciÓ que podrÍan registrarse apagones preventivos y miles de hogares. ramÓn adame nos cuenta quÉ recomiendan para los residentes. ramÓn: los fuertes vientos con rÁfagas de hasta 55 millas por hora se convierten en un potencial y peligroso riesgo de incendios pueden quedar miles de clientes sin energÍa elÉctrica. vamos a echar un vistazo dÓnde le muestro las zonas y condados afectados por los apagones preventivos. en sonoma son 140 clientes y se acaba de informar que en alameda y contra costa 334 personas. para saber quÉ condados estÁn afectados, visite la pÁgina que ve en pantalla para recibir actualizaciones y saber si dÓnde usted vive se interrumpirÁ el

in napa county. you're looking at about 2000 customers. customers. one house and in each house you can have anywhere between 3, 4 people. so you do the math with that. that's about 8,000 people right there in napa county, sonoma county about 240 customers and solano county right around 44. so the hope is that it doesn't happen. but they are giving people the warning. it necessarily mean that it will. but what they usually do is they give you a heads up and if it's really horrible, this could last through wednesday afternoon, possibly even longer because again, they don't want to start another wildfire which they have been on the hook for a couple of wild fires over the past several seasons. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. 34 is the time. and today governor newsom is going to be in santa cruz county marking one year since the czu lightning complex fire. >> and what happened then more than 85,000 acres burned in santa and san mateo counties and. >> 1500 structures were lost today the go

north bay mountains and then all of the eastern napa and northern solano counties.ds are tapering for most of the bay area at this time. we are going to see breezy conditions remaining dough those north bay upper elevations. one of the reasons we're a little bit cooler as that low pressure area. but as high pressure builds back in air. quality is likely to not be so good. hazy conditions for much of the rest of the week as smoke that's sitting aloft, gradually sinks into the bay. you can see a wild fires to the north and that smoke now is an opportunity to drift further southward direction. as of right now it's good to moderate air quality across the bay area. you can see portions of lake county tapping into the poor to very poor stuff, though. and some of this is going to try to work its way our direction at times today as for temperatures at 60's at the coast 70's along the bay 80's to 90's at our very warmest for our for this inland areas. tomorrow will be much like this hazy sunshine highs in the upper 80's mostly inland, 60's and 70's remain steady right along

this affects all bay area counties except for napa and solano.one else that starts today. >>> solano county is not implementing the mask mandate. does not believe an indoor mask mandate would help. >> this disease is clearly spreading during, through social events. people who are going to parties, barbecue, picnics. we're filling our tank with gas to fix a flat tire. >> it is not a mandate. >>> local businesses that have been requiring masks this whole time are hoping this mandate eases confrontations with unmasked customers. >> i'm worried about my health. >> are you really? >> yes. >> where's your has mat suit? >> this interaction started when two men not wearing masks walked into recycle books last week. an employee says they came into the store looking for a fight. she says they refused to put on a mask despite the store's signage and repeated requests from it workers. >> it's terrible. we're all so tired of it. like every worker has been dealing with this the entire pandemic. >> last night abc 7 news received a statement from the men. they s

in napa reaching 90 decision. very hot for the inland areas but we're still going to keep it cool near the coast. we're going to see the fog rolling back from the coast it so keeps the natural air conditioning in place for the coast and inner bay. we're going to have some more hot valley temperatures and then add in humidity. we'll talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. mike, what's happening now with that crash. >> overall, the roadways are pretty clear. here in san jose, still not clear. we still have only your fast lane open. the tow truck that was sitting here just a few seconds ago had a car loaded on to it. there's a deadly crash. a pedestrian was hit on 101. i don't know why that person was walking on the freeway at any time of day. that's for the investigation that will ensue but we're waiting for the coroner to arrive. they can clear that only one lane open, south 101 past mckee. if you're trying to get to 280 or 680 you can access just there you saw the closure that clears at that point by our

napa, solano and sonoma counties in napa county. you're looking at about 2000 customers and that is one house per customer in each house has about 4, 4, people. so you do the math. that's about 8,000 people in napa county and sonoma 244 households and then in solano about 44 altogether. add up all 18 counties. guys, we're looking at about a 150,000 people who could be in the dark by tonight. all the way into wednesday afternoon because of the conditions. keep in mind pg e will text you if they're going to do it that way. you know, exactly where to go, if you need your equipment to be left on. we're talking emergency medical equipment. they've been good about doing that. for the rest of the folks that happened to me, guys. a couple years ago and has swear it was the hottest day that i can possibly imagine. but even i have to admit it was the lesser of 2 evils pg that they have crews already out there doing work back to you. all right. let's hope that we're keeps the power on and they don't have actually shut off. thank you very much.

but, nearly 2,000 customers in napa, sonoma and solano counties could lose their power. with we have been monitoring the conditions, paul, it has to be a huge concern for the firecrews as well. >> with the row sources stretched thin by a number of fires in the state over all. more fire tarting but that is the concern any fire that does start would rapidly spread. the fire weather watch in effect for the north bay mount apes and the east bay hill goes into effect in the evening untiles on wednesday. within this we are concerned about the northern half of the northern half of the county. driest conditions, overnight and early morning hours below 20%, winds sustained. 20-30 miles off shore winds gusting up to 50 miles an hour and future cast showing the fire threat from 0-10. we tonight to be as low as possible and this is normal to see answers, this bull's-eye here in napa county and solano county where the fire threat will be elevated late tomorrow night into wednesday morning. even if we avoid any new fires getting started we will be concerned about air quality tracking