ryan curry is live with the details on the distribution efforts. ryan: many other counties are working to open clinics as well after a really slow start. now people will have a better chance of getting the vaccine. that clinic opens today at 8:00 this morning. high risk people will be allowed appointments. there are a limited amount of vaccines for drop ins. they have allocated 4000 doses. similar efforts are being done in south bay. santa clara hopes to have a clinic open soon. they hope to have clinics open in order to have hundreds more. >> we are hoping to get a lot more vaccines even for some people who have not gotten in contact with someone who have had monkey pox. ryan: we should also note, in san francisco, there are a number of places you can get vaccines by appointment including kaiser permanente. ryan curry, abc 7 news. reggie: the omicron ba.5 sub barria -- variant accounts for 80% of the new cases. broadway has expanded is optional mask policy until august. they are encouraged but not required to wear masks during performances. with l.

ryan curry is live at the airport with more on the trouble. ryan: good morning. it is already a busy morning at sfo as we expected to be on friday right before the fourth of july. this could be one of the busiest travel weekends since before the pandemic. it is tough to speculate the exact numbers but we have seen numbers rising through june and now we are approaching july. it could be a potentially busy weekend. already causing delays. according to travel experts they are advising people to roll with some of the expected cancellations and delays that could be expected. staffing shortages and other problems have caused these issues to be problems for months. with the issues and travel they could be amplified. passengers say airlines are notifying them to arrive well in advance of their flight, sometimes hours early just in case of cancellations or delays. the good news is ff -- sfo has lower cancellation rates compared to the national average but it could be a tough weekend for many. >> if anything goes wrong like a thunderstorm, it is a domino effect and ends up

ryan curry is live with more on the motto fever. ryan: it's a fever, that's for sure. we did not win as an abc 7 morning team, but that gives us an opportunity to play again on friday. we are now talking about a very large jackpot, over $1 billion. california lottery did tell me that this was expected. when i spoke to them yesterday, they told me that last night's drawing that did not have a winner with make the prize -- would make the prize over $1 billion. we are still a little bit a ways away from the $1 billion prize in 2018, but we are getting closer to it. there is a chance that this current jackpot could rise before friday. sales are what drive the jackpot, and there could be more sales with the prize that big. >> the states and jurisdictions come together on the day of a draw and look at the sales and how it is doing. growing sales are what supports the jackpot. ryan: now, the jackpot also rises with more people buying, which makes the odds of winning much harder. you're more likely to be struck by lightning among other things, but the message from california l

ryan curry is at the airport with more on the troubles. ryan: good morning. we could be expecting one of the busiest travel weekends in a couple of years. it is hard to speculate the exact numbers but we are already seeing some delays and we have already been seeing over the last few weeks and months travel numbers slowly trickling backup. tsa reporting numbers back up to where they were. this could be a very busy weekend here at sfo. g experts, they are telling passengers to expect cancellations and travel delays, staffing shortages and other problems. with the increase in travel this weekend, they could be amplified. passengers say airlines are notifying them well in advance of their flight in case of any delays or cancellations. sfo has lower cancellation rates than the national average but it could be a tough weekend for many. >> if anything goes wrong like a thunderstorm, it is a domino effect and it ends up being chaos. >> i have been warned by my family that there have been delays this past week and because of the holiday weekend, i wanted to make sure

we're live in san francisco ryan curry abc 7 news. it's really getting ridiculous ryan.the countries leading clinical labs is now testing for monkeypox quest diagnostics says, it has developed a pcr test that will detect a monkey pox virus dna and it's now available across the country the company expects. able to test up to 60,000 people a week by the end of the month. last month the department of health and human services announced five companies would soon begin offering the testing the cdc has confirmed more than a thousand cases nationwide. yeah, that's our shaking up bay area companies and other us cities are stepping up. a new study from real estate brokerage cbre finds people are moving from the bay area to places like toronto, seattle and austin, texas while the number of remote job listings is skyrocketing. it comes as several bay area tech companies have announced layoffs with many concerned about a possible recession san francisco-based tonal a peloton competitor has announced its laying off 35% of its workforce of 750 750 people tesla says and expiring hat sa

ryan curry is live in san francisco with the latest. ryan: just astonishing wait times for these people trying their best to get doses of this vaccine right now. it is just hard to come by. there are not many places offering vaccine doses, and if you find one your odds of waiting in a long line are high. that is the case across the bay area. supply is very low, but demand is so incredibly high. that is the case for almost any city here in the bay area, trying to combat this high demand right now. abc 7 spoke with people in berkeley yesterday trying to get a vaccine, and one person -- you mentioned it -- waiting in line for nine hours. the catch at that berkeley site, people who paid memberships got priority. it is a strange situation. we are talking about a vaccine in very short supply. here at sf general they claim to only have about 50 doses left. they are trying to get more supply from the federal government. it is a tough time to find one right now, which is why those in berkeley say they are confused about what was going on yesterda

ryan curry is live in fremont with more. ryan: good morning. someone's life could definitely be changed for the better if they win this whopping $660 million jackpot for that drawing later on this evening. the only questions we have is will that winter be happening tonight and will that winner be in the bay area? it is practically impossible to predict something like that, but we are eagerly awaiting to see who the winner will be. the jackpot has not been this high since april 15, which led to the jackpot getting higher and higher because no one has won it. back then we had 27 consecutive drawings and no winner. it started at 20 millions and now it all the way to this. the highest we have seen since then is 1.5 billion in 2018. this one is much lower than that but we are talking about a very large amount of money that would be nice for everyone who wins it. make sure you have your tickets handy. it will be a good drawing and a good prize. even after taxes, that is around $370 million. a lot of money a lot of people could do anything with if you

ryan curry live in the east bay this morning. hi, ryan. ryan: good morning. 1.1 billion dollars, enough money that can certainly change a le, i are lucky people. maybe even lucky enough to get your very own dream car. we have been out at the luxury walnut creek dealer tori my future car if i win this thing. this is a lamborghini. check this out. this is a used car, by the way, and it costs $600,000. so give that in perspective but if you do win $1.1 billion in a lottery? are you -- lottery jackpot, that all of a sudden is in your budget. the california lottery projected something like this to happen after nobody went away with that tuesday jackpot. they said it would most likely rise to something over $1 billion and i was -- that is what we were seeing. this is not the high to that whopping $1.5 billion jackpot from 2018 but we are certainly getting closer. either we see a winner tonight or we will then talk about this jackpot getting towards record territory. regardless of the facts, people in the bay area are ready to press their luck. >

ryan curry is live. ryan: the supervisor said the city is frustrated by what he says is a lack of response from washington but adds that some progress is being made to distribute vaccines nationwide. there will be a meeting with city leaders to address this issue. mayor linda breed sent a request for 100,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine and the city has received just over 7000. zuckerberg general ran out of shots in four hours and stopped taking patients shortly after they opened. supervisor -- the supervisor is demanding more action be done. >> they have set as a goal still completely unacceptable, but moving in the right direction 3.5 million doses by the middle of next year. again, that's not enough. we have a public health need now. ryan: the demand is certainly there. the meeting will begin at 10:00, the government oversight and audit committee doing the hearing. they are asking for more collaboration with state leaders. supply has not met the demand so far, many waiting in line at s.f. general for

this morning a strike team where ryan curry is right now. what do you know? ryan: that team left just under an hour ago, about five trucks gathered at the home depot in pleasanton from alameda county now making their way towards the oak fire. their hope is to get a handle on the fire that spread so rapidly over the weekend and they are there to help the crews fight and hopefully get a good control on what is burning so rapidly. this strike team already up over the weekend. they help to save a burning home saturday afternoon. now more than 6000 people have been forced to evacuate as a result of this fire will stop crews are working around-the-clock both on the ground and in the air. the fire burning so bright, some shots showing it burning extraordinarily bright. both calfire and alameda county says the fuel is causing it to spread so fast. >> they arrived right around daybreak -- ryan: alameda county fire told us the other team arrived late at that morning to help begin assisting the crews that were currently on scene. they are going to offer as much help as t

pleasanton, ryan curry, abc 7 news. julian: zuckerberg sf general vaccine clinic will be opening in about 90 minutes from now and they tell abc 7 news that they will be open every day this week , but that they have limited doses for walk-ins and appointments as public health officials struggle to vaccinate, california lawmakers are meeting with federal counterparts to get more information. the state senator scott winter is concerned monkeypox could become an academic or end and make, rather. emergency funding for the state to provide resources to local counties. >> federal partners will be able to provide vaccinations with a much greater sense of urgency. julian: currently there is only one lab that manufactures the monkeypox vaccine in the world and weaver says they have agreed to license it and it is up to the biden administration to pressure u.s. manufacturers to step up. we have everything you need to know about monkeypox, vaccines and treatment. had to our website, abc7news.com , for the latest. kumasi: president b

ryan curry is live with more on lottery fever. ryan: good morning, eve -- even we did not win as a team yesterday, but that just means we have an opportunity like everyone else to win more money when that comes on friday when the drawing happens. you mentioned over $1 billion, one of the highest prizes that we have seen. california will lottery did project this to happen when i spoke to them yesterday. they said most likely if last night's drawing did not lead to a winner the prize would rest over $1 billion, the second highest in the competition's history. we are 500 million short of the $1.5 billion prize but we can say we are getting closer. there is a chance that it could keep rising before friday as well. california lottery says sales is what drives the jackpot up and there could be plenty more sales with a prize that big. >> those states and jurisdictions come together and look at the sales and how it is doing and growing sales are really what supports the jackpot. ryan: they also mentioned jackpot rises more with people buyi

ryan curry is live in fremont. ryan: good morning.s is one of the largest mega millions we have seen in recent years. the third largest in particular we have seen in history. the number is right over there. $660 million. could that winner be seen tonight and could they be in the bay area? we will have to wait and find out. megamillion has been higher in the past. 2018, it went up to $1.5 billion. you would still be walking away with several million dollars if you win it. you could choose to have the 30 annual payments from the lottery, or you could take the full cash option. that is what most people do. the payout would be around $370 million after taxes. this jackpot started at $20 million. we have not seen a winner since then and therefore the prize cap getting higher and higher. now we are at this number, $660 million. the reason we chose this location in fremont is this particular store had a winner in 2012. that winner did not know they won until a month later. if you do have a ticket, check it. if you did win, check it again, ca

ryan curry is in the newsroom. etings designed to answer questions and figure out how to respond better to the demand for the monkeypox vaccine. the first is a zoom town hall from 4:00 to 5:00 and the second is in person at the lgbtq committee center in san jose. santa clara county hosted their first monkeypox mask -- monkeypox vaccination clinic yesterday. there are specific criteria for those eligible to receive the shot, including physical contact with somebody confirmed to have monkeypox. the committee wants to know where and when they can get vaccinated. >> a friend of mine had a case of monkeypox and he was kind enough to share about his experience on facebook and shared a link to the county vaccination arm. ryan: recently, santa clara county received over 800 doses of vaccines. the health department also says the goal tonight is not just about vaccines. they are also going over ways to raise awareness and limit spread of the virus. the first meeting on zoom starting at 4:00 and then that in person meeting sta

in fremont, ryan curry, abc 7.en is on a call with china's president, xi jinping, as tensions escalate between the countries. here is video of a previous meeting. the phone call about an hour ago. ties between the u.s. and china have to tear it into their lowest point in decades, with a potential trip to taiwan by house speaker nancy pelosi. it has led to warnings from beijing and a concerted effort by the biden administration to prevent tensions from spiraling into conflict. president biden's aids hope maintaining a personal connection could prevent a missed isolation that could lead to confrontation. kumasi: the u.s. is proposing a prisoner swap with russia to bring home americans brittney griner and paul whelan. the russians have not agreed at this point to the deal. the latest from washington. >> rush is considering what the white house cause a substantial proposal to secure the release of american detainees brittney griner and paul whelan. the u.s. is proposing trading on infamous russian arms dealer to bring

ryan curry joins us from fremont.ustine days ago -- just 10 days ago we saw this mask mandate expire but now we are discussing the possibility of it coming back in place. many experts have suggested the covid surge has peaked, but we know how transmissible these omicron subvariant's are. the meeting will happen at around 8:00 this evening. if it happens, the mandate could go into effect tomorrow. it could last until october unless the board decides to extend it. in any paid area once you pass the gates, you'll be required to wear a mask. bart does say that their trains do a strong job circulating the air, replaced on the trains every 30 seconds. right now, masks are only strongly recommended if you are on board. you don't have to wear them, but if this passes tonight, it will become a requirement. you will need to wear a mask in those paid areas if this passes. the meeting scheduled to happen again around 8:00 this evening. kumasi: the u.s. is proposing a prisoner swap with russia to bring home americans brittney grin

ryan curry is live in the east bay and are you going to buy more tickets? ryan: probably later on, definitely. we are talking about $1.1 billion, i do not want to pass up the opportunity to win that kind of money. of course i will buy some more tickets but i do not know when. my biggest question is what would you do with that kind of money? that is a lot of money we are talking about. for me, i might indulge a little bit. who knows what i might end up doing with that amount of money. but a dream car certainly would be on the table. speaking with california lottery all week, this has been a possibility. they projected this to go over $1.1 billion. they said most likely if we did not get a winner on tuesday's drawing that this is a scenario we see for friday night. we are not close to that record $1.5 billion jackpot, we are certainly getting closer. either we will see a winner tonight, or we will continue to talk about this as the jackpot continues to rise over and over, intentionally hitting record territory. regardless, me and other bay area residents are r

ryan curry is live to explain that. ryan: good morning. the dream work in that case as cliche as it sounds and that is what they are trying to do. this is such a large sum of money, enough to easily change someone's life. the question we have is that -- is that while the winner be tonight and somewhere in the bay area? it is happened before and now we are trying to see if that is going to happen again this year. you mentioned the jackpot, $810 million, we did not get a winner on friday and that jackpot has gone up. it is one of the largest in the game's history and it does not beat the $1.5 billion from a few years ago but still a lot of money, even after taxes that is $400 million. let us talk about raising cane's and they are doing something pretty unique. the founder bought 50,000 tickets, one for each crewmember. that does out -- that comes out to $16,000 if they win. that is not an $800 million prize if you end up winning it or 400 million tax -- $400 million after taxes. that is a genuine one thing to do, if they end up winning since

jewish museum in san francisco abc7 news reporter ryan curry has the story of using puppetry to resistzis during world war two. on display right when you walk in is a piece of history dating back to the holocaust. rick osnowis or oz donated family puppets from the 1930s. one of them is a satirical puppet mocking adolf hitler. they had crafted a marionette of adolf hitler prior to world war two as a form of creative resistance museum curator. heidi rabin says the puppet is a key point of history and wants it to resemble how the family used creativity to rebel against the fascist takeover in germany, really incredible story of a fleeing europe during world war 2. frank's family actually had to bury this in their backyard in bel. while the germans were invading because they had to flee it wasn't until years later. they were able to go back and then rediscover it that was still buried in their backyard. it was actually frank's mother's mother who advised them to bury it. she was very worried about the possibility of them being caught with a likeness of adolf hitler the museum opens thursda

live at sfo, ryan curry, abc 7 news.an suspected of stealing items from a store at the stanford shopping center. police say when they got to lulu lemon, they arrested four people for theft, range in age from 16 to 22. officers recovered 300 total items valued at more than $38,000. police are still looking for a fifth man. you can see him here in this surveillance. if you see him, you're asked to contact palo alto police. you might remember this viral video from last june. a man who was arrested and sentenced to 16 months in prison and then recently released. well, he's just been arrested again, accused of doing the exact same thing. john romero was arrested for shoplifting at a san francisco cvs this time. police say he's stolen up to $15,000 worth of merchandise from that store alone. watch as employees shows you what police say romero was trying to take when he got arrested. >> all of this. >> in one day? >> yes. >> how many times has he come? >> two or three times day. i've seen him in here twice and i hard he comes i

we are in pittsburgh, ryan curry, abc7news. >> meteorologist mike is here now looking at the air quality. if you could see the air behind you that is not a good thing. >> you know what's going on with the fire is a subsurface fire which means it's burning underneath the surface of the ground that's what i understand is burning. this area at this time of year is hot, dry, and windy all the time. it is windy and he will see how hot it will be upper 80's and mid 90's and upper 90's over the weekend. winds of the west up to 13 miles per hour but they do not calm down this time of year through the delta. they could tonight. emitted he levels will rise 82%. 87% and then they drop down. there is not a lot of smoke and produced by this, most of our reporting stations are green or yellow around their, but this is the way purple air look at it earlier this morning. local licensors showed unhealthy air it got trapped under the inversion the inversion has broken by the heat of the day and air quality is better now. >> think you. out dangers. climate change -- drought dangers climate change and the i

ryan curry has a look at the excitement. i have bought.kets hopefully through medlin is hoping to have her life change. she went to the quick and convenient market in fremont a store with a previous winner to see if she can beat the odds and walk away with one of the largest jackpots in the game's history. hopefully. oh my luck is on my way the mega millions jackpot sits at 660 million the third largest in the game's history according to the california lottery. no one has one since april, which means that jackpot continued to rise in rolling. three months and tonight 660 million dollars is up for grants. the odds certainly are not in anyone's favor one in 302 million, but if you do pull off the almost miracle win, they recommend you put that ticket somewhere safe asap you wake up tomorrow and see the coverage and realize it's you who won the first thing you should do is put your ticket in the safest spot you have maybe a safe in your house medalist says if she wins she would use it for practical reasons, but then might think of some luxury

ryan curry is live with a local effort to get people vaccinated.orter: they are stepping up efforts to get vaccinated. more doses are starting to arrive. we opening a clinic to get more people vaccinated. they have expanded eligibility requirements. high risk people will be given appointments and be given a limited number of appointments. they have allocated 4000 doses of the vaccine. they aim to open clinics soon. they are holding a forum with community leaders to help roll out. >> it is a big deal. we can have a community forum, but i can tell you right now that the first question will be, when can we get the vaccine? reporter: that is the main question. not many places have doses. at the very least, the bay area is in a better place now compared to last week. when the clinics are open, they hope to vaccinate 200 people. reggie: getting answers. the city is petitioning the government for more monkeypox vaccine. >> we need help and we needed now. with our high population, it is truly important that places like san francisco get more attention, mor

ryan curry is live in walnut creek with more on this. reporter: good morning. a very large sum of money we are talking here, over $800 mli. th prize of for grabs for people. possibly as early as tonight if somebody gets that winner. i sent this jackpot would go up if no one got a winner and that is exactly what has this is thee have seen in the history of this game. not the highest we have ever seen, that was $1.5 billion. not quite there yet but we are talking about a large sum of money for anybody who grabs that tonight. if you win, you have a couple of options. you either have them pay you out for dirty annual payments or you can take cash option which is when they give you the lump sum. that is what most people end up doing. if you do that, you're looking around payment of $470 million. you can feel the anticipation starting to build. as that price is higher, more people will be playing. >> the lady said the pot was over $800 million so i decided to buy a quicklink. maybe i am lucky. luckiest guy in inglewood today. ryan: luckiest guy in the world if he end

ryan curry looks at how you can spend those winnings.porter: the luxury collection could be an option. any sports cars from lamborghinis, clarence, for rory's, or classier options like a convertible bentley. cars many of us dream of driving fit in a billion-dollar budget. >> we are in this bubble where we forget, how special these cars are. we need to remember, it is exciting. reporter: like this, a pair of four gts the cost 1.3 million each. a perfect fit for a lottery winner. >> it is a different type of ownership lifestyle. reporter: a nice card doesn't have to be in option. a nice home could be. this 6300 square-foot home has it all, a dream kitchen, a closet the size of a bedroom and an enormous backyard with two cabana, one which has a pizza oven. who wouldn't want one? it is listed by danny green real estate. they said, this is one of the most expensive listings that nearly $10 million. it has a luxury gain room with a special wine cellar. dan: a lot of ways to spend that money. karina: that wine cellar. dan: what you think? what

ryan curry has a look at the lottery fever hitting the bay area. >> $830 million. it is not the highest we have seen in mega millions but it is a lot of money. >> i participate more as it goes up. kelly was one of many who went to her local liquor store hoping her ticket is the lucky winner. >> i am feeling it for tonight. should be good. >> no one has won since april which means the jack pot has kept rising. the odds are one in 302 million. you are more likely to be struck by lightning. california lottery says more people are playing which means a higher jack pot and tougher odds. >> all of those states and jurisdictions come together on the day of the drawl and look at the sales and how it is doing. growing cells is what supports the jack pot. >> a player can choose to get 30 annual payments or one cash sum. california lottery says the state does not tax the money about the federal government can, a lot of >> the local governments take >> -- so it is only text federally. >> after taxes, the prize money is still several hundred million dollars. money people say it

ryan curry has more on the air quality advisory. >> the morning fog burning off in the east bay revealing the start of a hazy day for the bay area. those hazy skies are caused by smoke from the oak fire. >> we have an air quality advisory in effect through wednesday because we expect some of the smoke to drift into the bay area. >> air quality is expected to remain good to moderate but there will be smoke in the skies from the fire. that air quality advisor is up through wednesday but the district could extend it if more smoke arrives in the region. >> conditions could change quickly. we will be closely monitoring smoke from this fire and other fires, we will closely be monitoring quality in the bay area. >> it is the end of july in the air district says we could start seeing more hazy skies, especially if more fires break out or the current ones keep earning. >> we are preparing for what could be a very challenging wildfire season. >> the fuel-burning is what is causing these fires to burn as fast and hot as they are. the bay area air quality management district says this smoke is not ha

ryan, people out trying new things going state will play san antonio on sundays. run tonight that set up to tahoe to edgewood for around one of the american century championship. steph curry fresh off his 4th nba championship and speaking of staff, check out this incredible drive. 97 yards out. the back spin. and here we go. he has an eagle. and it's time to party in your pink t-shirt saying, look, fabulous staffers height to get some love from seth, his brother and his dad. dell. >> and he's having a good time and ends up signing a football for fan and watch the throw a perfect spiral to the crowd. and they are loving curry finished the round one tied for 10th tees with washington capitals forward tj oshie remains at the top in first place around to see that is on saturday. finally to the wilton men's finals semifinals, rather, novak djokovich taking on camera. nori. it's kind of a trick shot from the joker. an incredible half-volley slo-mo. you can see the athleticism for the save. spreads it out there. now we're at match point the joker serve. it's just too much for nor rain that will do it. little kids from fans and he advances to the finals he's going to mix it up wi