it's not hyperbole to say american democracy is under attack, including here in san luis obispo county. it's an attack with all our energy. we lost a defender in tommy gong. you know what happened in the 2020 election in san luis obispo county under tommy gong 's leadership? joe biden won by a lock. he won by more than 25,000 votes in that county. but regardless of who won the election in that county, under tommy gong's leadership, administering the election as an experienced totally nonpartisan expert in the field, you want to know what happened in san luis obispo county? yes, joe biden won. but the county also broke its all-time voter turnout record. literally, their turner turnout was over 80%. that is astonishing. it's great. and tommy gong is the as the local elections chief, he's part of. that he said when your an election administration. what are you going to be? touting the high number of to voter turnout. vote by mail voters. you're not gonna say oh, these are the people i disenfranchise from voting. these are the people i preventing you from voting. that does it go on record.

some of the people who have recently inserted themselves in local san luis obispo county politics have made that mistake, thus marking themselves as outsiders. but a few weeks ago, couple weeks ago here, on the show, we reported on a sort of troubling situation. in san luis county. the county supervisors were holding their regular meeting they opened the phones to public comment. and what they got was hours and hours of public comment. hours and hours of callers. some of whom, didn't even really seem to know what county they were calling into. who, nevertheless, wanted to talk about the 2020 election in the county. they, specifically, wanted to talk about the election results and their suspicions about the county's chief-election official. a man named tommy gong. >> from the evidence i have seen, i believe this machine was used to alter the vote counting in this county. and we need an independent-forensic audit to verify its accuracy. tommy gong is using every excuse available to prevent an audit, giving his assurance that the count was 100% accurate. >> i have lost confidence in our e

mendocino county just to the east of south lake tahoe in the sierra and also to our south in san luis obispo counties but fortunately for us not tracking any record breaking heat or triple digit heat for that matter still going to notice the warm-up, bring a small temperatures along the coast and hot inland valley heat. let's take a live look outside san francisco international airport. we can thank or june gloom for that going to keep our temperatures relatively on the mild side instead of dangerously hot like we were last weekend radar for tracking some low clouds and fog trying to make its way along the coast and east bay shoreline. but we're going to notice less of a marine layer tonight than what we saw last night throughout most of today still going to see some patchy scattered coastal drizzle even extending into the east bay shoreline. but overall quick clearing by around mid morning on saturday and then we're going to notice warmer temperatures on account of that extra sunshine by saturday afternoon when tracker for tracking relatively calm winds concord and fairfield inn. the east bay and no

a as well as santa barbara county and stretching up towards san luis obispo county. for us, not just yet, and the winds although they are on shore, it's a very localized sea breeze and for most, especially inland, not feeling any help from that as well. so it's going to take another day or so before the sea breeze becomes a little bit stronger. the fog and marine layer deepens and moves in a little bit closer to where we live as far as air quality garcia touched on this in the last block. it is a spare the air day most of the bay north bay, down along the central bay and south bay will be moderate for today, but unhealthy for sensitive groups for the inner east bay as well as the santa clara valley. so if you do have respiratory issues, the suffer from asthma. could be an added irritation. in addition to the heat, all right, let's get to the numbers here. we've got 99 degrees reported right now in fairfield and brentwood, upper nineties over areas of walnut creek livermore at 98 1 of the places that may break a record today into the north bay. not too bad. 84 napa lo

first 15 winners are from, including one in alameda county, 2 in san francisco, and three in santa clara county. there are winners in san luis obispo vacs to win the event and joins us with more. >> reporter: this is quite an ordeal. unlike a traditional traditionar we are dealing with a health issue. we don't know the names of the winners from today. the cash incentive does have medical experts and the general public wondering, if this is an effective way to get vaccinated. >> reporter: complete with a backdrop, the lottery announcement felt a little like a 70s game show, except governor gavin newsom drew the winners. >> we will start with number 18. >> reporter: up for grabs, the baxter win program, 15 winners across california, so far, million people are eligible. whoever received one dose, the state is hoping to increase the numbers as we approach the june 15th reopening date. >> we are seeing vaccine seeing improve across the country, but we recognize we have more work to do. >> reporter: due to privacy, no names were released, just the counties of residence. the bay area had six winners. >>

san luis obispo. it's got an historic, 18th-century mission. it is a lovely place. if you -- if you visit, you should know that locals call the countye. some of the people who have recently ins

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