but really it parts sonoma and napa county. that's where expecting some of the strongest gust maybe 40. >> the 55 mile per hour gusts there and sometimes under these conditions get even stronger winds. so fire conditions are right. things are very dry and watch for those winds to pick up now we've seen that on shore breeze but begin to see a bit of a change. now things begin to settle down. that's usually a sign that things are about to change in the wind pattern or model starting to pick up on that to all of a sudden you start to see those wind leros start to trend a little southward and you see that the areas shaded in the purple and the orange and the red that starts to move into the bay area as we head in toward late tonight, early tomorrow morning. those are gusty winds some of the gusts over the mountain top, especially poor in possibly 40 plus mile an hour wind. you can see the purple there in our scale as you head toward tomorrow morning. those winds really get going and then throughout the morning hours tomorrow you're

it has gotten so bad here in sonoma county. the lawmakers in this particular county, they will get together and they will discuss whether or not this policy for the firefighters and the police officers will be spread to all the other county workers about 4500 of them in sonoma county that they, too. we'll have to show that they are vaccinated or be tested weekly for covid-19. so lots going on. they are seeing a spike in cases not just here, of course, but all across the country and they want to get on top of this. it's not happening immediately. they're still several weeks away on a personal note, i've talked to a lot of firefighters. i have yet to run across one firefighter who is not vaccinated. but of course they're not taking any chances. so this is a policy across the board. back to you. good enough. all right. thank you very much. well, and what about the schools as more districts begin requiring proof of vaccinations for teachers and staff san francisco. unified says. >> it will not follow that trend. the move follows mo

i am and then antonio one have lived in sonoma county for 28 years. they say the power shut offs and fires become worse and more frequent each year with severe drought and fires starting earlier this year. they're concerned about the days and months to come as we get closer to fire season. it's a fear that we live with every day. a whole world for we have to make sure that we. >> are ready to leave. >> at the, you know, drop of a pan. >> and we're very aware of our surroundings. much more so than we ever have been and our property that we live on is very, very dry. the power shut offs come after the national weather service. >> issued a red-flag warning for the interior north bay mountains tuesday night through wednesday afternoon. so the county supervisor susan gorin says the impact a sonoma county will be limited compared to some of the other 18 counties included in this psps but says her concerns of a fire starting are always there. and of course, every time we have a power shut down. >> or the threat of a wildfire. it was all of our fire including

it is so impoctant in sonoma county. james and darya that on august 17th the lawmakers in this county, they will get together and discuss whether or not to apply this policy to all the county workers in sonoma county. we're talking about 4500 employees altogether because obviously the delta variant is not going anywhere. i'm afraid to knock the door of the fire department because i'm sure they are sleeping in between emergency calls. but if they happen to come out, i will get their reaction so far among my firefighter friends, all of them are vaccinated. so i don't anticipate a problem. but in sonoma county, they don't have a choice come september 1st either get vaccinated. our proved that you don't have covid-19 on a weekly basis. back to you. all right. thank you very much. well, and what about the kids. that's another big story. we continue to follow as more school districts begin requiring proof of vaccinations. >> for teachers and staff san francisco unified is not doing exactly that. kron four's. dan thorn takes a

sonoma is one of seven counties that has a transmission rate as well as san mateo. reporter bernard cornell explains how how fears over the new strain may be convincing some to get vaccinated now. >> it is extra stress. >> lisa is expecting her first baby in a matter of weeks. she decided to get vaccinated at the santa rosa clinic after family begged her to. >> with the new variant it is scary. my family has emotional issues knowing i am >> this clinic near the sonoma fair grounds has soon a rise in shots. fears about the delta variant providing incentive. >> 18 to 30-year-olds have come in to get vaccinated. >> 70% of sonoma people are vaccinated but there is 1400 new covid infections, the most since early march. >> this delta variant is changed that narrative and now we are having to be aggressive and be realistic and this is a much nasier component. >> hospital ers are filled with covid-19 patients and health care workers bracing for the surge. it means indoor mask mandate is any day for most bay area counties. >>> we are definitely close to a mandate of wearing

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sonoma county north of san francisco where wine vineyards. the landscape and tourism is a billion-dollar industry, wildfires are part of daily life. stephanie sy is back with how it affects certain groups worse than others, part of our race matters series. >> the tubbs fire in 2017. the kincade in 2019 and last year's glass fire, which forced tens of thousands of evacuations in the midst of the pandemic. worsening wildfires in california's wine country seem to burn houses and hovels indiscriminately. but advocates say the workers who toil in fields to produce some of the country's most expensive wines in the shadow of multimillion dollar homes risk losing much more. >> as humans, we deserve to be treated as equals. >> maria salinas was a farmworker in sonoma county for years. now, she advocates for the thousands of indigenous mexican and central american people living in the region -- populations who may find themselves especially vulnerable during wildfire season. for example, they may not understand emergency alerts and evacuation orders. >

in sonoma county. our case rate for unvaccinated individuals is nearly six times higher than it is for our vaccinated population, even though are vaccinated population is far greater. meanwhile 86% of the covid patients in our hospitals are unvaccinated individuals and 100% of covid patients in our intensive care units are people who had the opportunity. to be vaccinated but chose not to. this is really tragic, given the widespread availability of the vaccines throughout the bay area, so if you have not yet received the vaccine now is the time to do it. it's needed now more than ever. vaccination will protect you, your family and your community. that said, it's important that this mask mandate be for vaccinated as well as unvaccinated individuals, because we're facing a much more aggressive and contagious opponent right now. known as a delta variant. it is now widespread in our communities, making up close to 95% of the cases. this is not the same virus that we were combating last year, even a few mont

only an extremely small number of customers in napa, solano and sonoma could be impacted.lity is concerned that the winds forecast for tomorrow could knock down power lines and start wildfires in what has been extremely dry vegetation because of the drought we're experiencing. you'll recall one year ago today, it was the start of the lightning complex fire that burned through the east and south bay. up until this point last year only 300,000 acres had burned through the state. by the end of the year the number sky rocketed to 4.25 million acres. the lightning complex fire was responsible for almost 4,000 acres here in aim alameda, contra costa and areas into the central valley. rob mayeda reminded us of a radar loop a year ago that he posted on twitter that shows the hundreds of lightning strikes throughout the bay area one year ago today that started 900 fires in our region. these fires were between august 16th and august 18th of last year. the lightning complex is the fourth largest wildfire in our state's modern history. reporting live here in dublin, bob redell, "today

e napa and sonoma valley's. >> kpix 5's john ramos reports on one producer who has literally run dry. >> reporter: it's been said that wine is like bottled poetry, but these days, with this drought, it's beginning to feel more like a greek tragedy. chris lofton spends so much time in his glenallen vineyard that he can spot the slightest changes in his grapevines, and the news isn't good. >> at 3:00 in the afternoon, with the sun over my shoulder, i can see the back of the leaf. the leaf is turning away from the afternoon sun to minimize water loss. >> reporter: vineyards across this famous winegrowing region are beginning to show signs of stress from lack of water. the fruit is smaller, and so are the leaf canopies. logston is purposely irrigating less, to try to train his serac vines to push down deeper roots. he still has water but he'll have less wind to sell this year because of what's happening at another vineyard, clear over in petaluma. >> we have no water. that's really the simplest thing. >> reporter: susan cold is the matriarch of griffins layer vineyard. it produces some of

for two weeks, clinics have been an overdrive with about 55% of sonoma counties. eligible students vaccinated. the goal is to reach 70 before school starts, and i don't know if we're going to reach that goal. it was quite a lofty goal, but we're trying real hard to get their 12 year old olivia hate needles. mm hmm. kong hei fat choi for but said it was worth it. it was getting serious. i'm like people are dying and just seeing families being sad that they lost someone over this disease. what will happen if there is an outbreak at a school or parents have questions many of them fielded at this briefing tonight. they were told 12 to 15 year olds are the fastest growing vaccination group. and although the latin next community lags, it's closing the gap if we have one or two cases in a classroom, we don't necessarily close the entire classroom down. we definitely do not close the entire school down, unlike neighbouring marin county schools, sonoma will not require teachers to either be vaccinated or regularly tested, instead relying on indoor masking for everyone and

they came up with five demands to mitigate the impacts of the disasters on low-wage workers in sonomangual messaging, disaster insurance, community safety observers, premium hazard pay, and clean bathrooms and water. but karissa kruse, president of the sonoma county winegrowers, says there are adequate protections for workers, and the fires also put growers in a difficult spot. >> when you talk about actual harvest, if our growers don't harvest a grape it's not that they are missing a couple of weeks or they didn't get to work as a farmer. it's that they get zero income. zero. >> sy: one estimate shows wine companies suffered losses as high as $3.7 billion during st year's wildfire season. >> the farmers can get through a few years of dealing with the financial impact. and then they lose the ranch. and at some point there is that breaking point that, you know, really impacts agriculture and potentially makes our family farming community, not be a family farming community. >> sy: but whether it's the growers or government, anabel garcia wants to see more resources put toward workers sa

again we're at 7th here in sonoma. it's a high volume appointment only location that will offer 500 tests each day, seven days a week beginning today. the location is drive-through or walkup and the results after you are tested are available 24 to 48 hours after you receive the test. the san francisco mayor's office tells nbc bay area the number of covid cases has risen to 230 a day and the goal is to meet the demand of folks wanting to get tested as well as help those who need a test to return to work or school. and this site opens as the white house covid-19 team will make a case for booster shots eight months after folks receive either the pfizer or moderna vaccine. with the fda approval those shots could be available as soon as september. and i did do some digging before the shot and there were a couple of openings for covid testing here at the seventh and brandon location and there aren't any today or tomorrow. there were a couple on august 20th. the website indicated they will be making more slots available after

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to be seen from from parts of the east bay and the north bay and particularly visible in the napa sonoma and solano solano counties. now the smoke is expected to say stay up high above us. and that and that part of the airspace. but and and should not pose any health risk to the bay area. but air district officials. we'll be monitoring the air quality throughout the region. and i did check the air quality index and it is expected at least here in the napa area to be moderate. so if you do smell smoke or you can see that if it's possible they're they're telling you that you should stay inside back to you guys. all right. thank you very >> the berkeley fire department is trying to be proactive this season now recommending people who live in the hills. >> get out of their homes during extreme fire weather before an actual fire breaks out kron four's maureen kelly has a look. >> during the 1991 oakland berkeley hills fire. some people were forced to flee on foot as the fire raged around them. and that's something the berkeley fire department does not want to see repeated the roads in the hil

sonoma county health officials ordered all emergency workers to be fully vaccinated or get tested everyk. kate larson is a part of the abc7 news vaccination team and explains the new order. >> reporter: like the rest of the country, sonoma county is facing a fourth covid surge. the orange and blue lines show the unvaccined are testing positive at four and a halftimes the rate of vaccinated people. >> this isn't the same opponent that we were fighting in 2020. the delta variant is highly contagious. >> reporter: with that, sonoma county expanded a california health order to include emergency. knell. in four weeks, by september 1st, all fire, law enforcement, emergency medical worker, and staph at disaster shelters, must be fully vaccinated or submit to weekly covid testing. right now we are just at the beginning of what could be another very long fire season in addition to covid. >> keeping residents healthy inside the city limits is important so make sure firefig going out to large fire scales with camp. >> we've had 14 personnel at the dixie fire for the past few weeks. it's a huge cam

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sonoma county have seen high transmission rates. the other counties, san mateo, and santa clara have substantial transmission. how fears over the new strain may be convincing some people to be vaccinated now. >> it has added a lot of extra stress. >> reporter: she is expecting her first baby in a matter of weeks. she decided to get vaccinated after family members begged her. spoke with the new variant out, it is scary. my dad has been having emotional issues knowing i'm not vaccinated. >> reporter: this clinic has seen a rise in people looking for shots. 200 were given since last wednesday. fears are providing possible incentive. >> a lot of 18 to 30-year-olds have come and. >> reporter: about 70% of sonoma county people are vaccinated. >> this delta variant has changed the narrative and now we have to be aggressive and be realistic that this is a much nastier opponent. >> reporter: hospital er's are filled with patience. it means a mask mandate is likely any day for most counties. >> we are close to a mandate of wearing a mask. i k

the delta variant kron four's will tran has details from sonoma county. >> starting on september.refighters in sonoma county the police officers ems and people who work at disaster zones, disaster centers. they will have to be vaccinated or they will be tested weekly because they don't want another type of fire. they handle wildfires. it's another fire that they're worried about and we're talking about the delta variant, which is why they're implementing this for the firefighters. they sleeping closed very cramped quarters and before they take care of us. the county wants them to take care of themselves and each other, which is why they're doing this. they are thinking about this so seriously as far as slowing down covid-19, the delta variant that they are going to meet on august 17th and they could possibly decide at that particular time to implement this for all county workers in sonoma county. we're talking 4500 workers in this particular county that will have to prove that they are vaccinated or undergo weekly tests to make sure that they're not walking around with a delta var

thank you for the update, sir. >> will tran in sonoma where in a few now.firefighters and other first responders they will have to follow strict covid-19 rules. i'll explain coming up in a live report. >> 8.29, right now i won't sound so up. i was thinking, hey, it's thursday. but look at the bridge. it is little breezy little grey and little foggy. john, you know, it's fun know when you punch through to the sunshine. is there sunshine of them are in a few high enough he would hope that there's really mom and this idea in even in nevada right. and that's usually get that robin yeah, it's with much today. this low cloud cover is pretty intrusive all across the bay area. definitely a little right along the coastline like at the golden gate bridge. but also at the bay bridge this morning. look at your view. the embarcadero. >> early fairing much better just yet. we are going to be looking at good visibility this morning, which is a bit of good news, but that low grades pretty persistent. it's one of the reasons that today is actually notably way cooler than an

but again, pgd talking about cutting power right up in the sonoma county area, and, you know, we know they do it. and let me tell you something. they're gonna do it any time the wind gets even close, and that's where we are right now the winds close. i don't think it's definitely a red for like event, but it is now because the way the climate is and where we've come over these years now, with 3 to 2 years of drought, and, um, you know, and just the fire concerns we have. so there's the five day forecast. i will see you back here tomorrow night. all right, bill. thank you. vehicles are back on san francisco's great highway today for the first time in more than a year, the roadway was shut down in the early days of the pandemic to give people more space for recreation while social distancing. it became a popular area as well to walk and ride their bikes, but it will now be open for vehicle traffic from six am on mondays until noon on fridays, then on weekends, only bikes and people walking will be allowed back on the road. coming up after the break the giants kris bryant hits two home r

sonoma county health officials ordered all emergency workers to be fully vaccinated or get tested every week. kate larson is a part of the abc7 news vaccination team and explains the new order. >> reporter: like the rest of the country, sonoma county is facing a fourth covid surge. the orange and blue lines show the unvaccined are testing positive at four and a halftimes the rate of vaccinated people. >> this isn't the same opponent that we were fighting in 2020. the delta variant is highly contagious. >> reporter: with that, sonoma county expanded a california health order to include emergency. knell. in four weeks, by september 1st, all fire, law enforcement, emergency medical worker, and staph at disaster shelters, must be fully vaccinated or submit to weekly covid testing. right now we are just at the beginning of what could be another very long fire season in addition to covid. >> keeping residents healthy inside the city limits is important so make sure we our full firefighting staff available. >> reporter: firefighting are going out to large fire scales with camp. >> we've had 14

yenty: esperamos viento en napa, sonoma, alameda, tambiÉn santa clara y se extiende hasta las 15:00deana miÉrcoles. tenemos humedad muy bajaa travÉs de nuestra Área de cobertura. santa rosa con 32% y esta baja humedad con rÁfagas de viento aumentarÁn el riesgo por incendio . incendio a 22 millas por hora para napa. en san francisco en las 15 millas por hora. este patrÓn 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

sonoma county stats share tonight's show 71. people are hospitalized and there have been 22 deaths in the past two months. and julie that covid is spreading at five times the rate among the unvaccinated deborah villalon reporting live for us tonight in the north bay, deb, thank you and new at 10. tonight all teachers and school staff in california will now be required to get vaccinated or be tested regularly. politico reports that governor newsom is expected to make that announcement tomorrow under the policy, school employees would have to show proof of vaccination to their districts. california would be the first state to require wire teachers get vaccinated and today san francisco and oakland unified school districts announced similar plans for their teachers. both mandates take effect september 7th and if staff are not vaccinated, they have the option to get tested weekly. oh usd, says 92% of its staff is vaccinated a summer camp at temple sinai in oakland has been shut down after kids and staff tested positive for the coron

there's sonoma state university and david. thanks so much for joining us the recall election coming up in just a matter of a few weeks, we know that there are political consequences to everything that governor newsom says everything. he does. so does this decision today help or hurt him? well look, it's hard not to see today's developments or recent developments through the lens of the recall election. obviously an election coming up in less than 40 days for a governor who is a rising star in the democratic party and in a recall election that really has national implications for democrats. this development today is an important critical component for the governor. setting forth his strategy about talking about labor and the power of sea to the california teachers association. on the other hand, the voters you're trying to convince are not going to be those voters with larry elder or what john cox are on the republican side on the yes side of the question one for the recall. it's really the nonpartisan voters. the independent v

napa solano and sonoma counties. and here's a closer look at the numbers. napa county, the shut offs could impact more than 1800 customers in sonoma county that numbers just over 100 and in solano county about 71 customers they say could be affected. the national weather service is issuing a fire weather. watch to the critical conditions expected in the north bay mountains in the east bay hills. the advisory again goes into effect tomorrow night at 11 o'clock. it will and early wednesday at 11:00am with the most concerns focused on the north bay mountain region. wind gusts are expected to reach between 3040 miles per hour, though they could reach more than 50 miles per hour. in higher elevations. some models are indicating these winds could also spread into the hills of sonoma county. >> all right. let's take a live look outside right from our mount tam cam overlooking a san francisco bay. >> chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here. this has to, you know, get everybody worried, especially if you're in that zone. we've been kind of waiting for this to st

worse, 95% of all the abalone in sonoma county are dead. we will never dive there again. man 4: it's... it's beyond words just how bad it's gotten. [water bubbling] aquilino: so here's an abalone. it's got--you know, it just looks like a garden snail in these respiratory waters here. this is number 037. abalone are basically just like a big suction cup with an adorable face. we are now in the white abalone captive breeding lab. this is a really exciting place where we try to make the babies, the baby white abalone that will be the animals that go out in the wild and help save the species. so these guys in these troughs were just booted out of the nursery over there behind you because that's where we're going to send all the new animals that we produce this year, and these are all the ones that we produced in 2018, in all--this whole rack. and i can pull up a really tiny one and put it on my finger. swezey: and these guys are all the same age, right? aquilino: they're all the same age, so it's really amazing the size variation that we see in these animals. there's a lot of

costa san mateo and sonoma counties in a virtual news conference.lth 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're basing masking requirement on an indoor space. face protect you and those around you, the bay area order follows others from the state last week recommending all residents wear a mask indoors. even those who are vaccinated. >> the idea here is to help businesses stay open and provide extra protection for schools, many of which are set to resume indoor classes in the coming weeks. we want to try to protect our children as much as possible. >> and one of the best ways you can do that is to wear a with children around. and so that's why time you're indoor space with anyone who you don't live with it. you really i think it's important for you to wear

sonoma county, teachers and administrators.to show their proof of vaccination by september 24th. that's 3 weeks earlier than the state deadline, which is october 15th now someone does not get the vaccine, then they will need to be tested once a week for the virus, the county health officer said it was important to move up the deadline because of the rising covid cases in sonoma county. county officials say that since schools opened earlier this month. there have been 38 cases of covid-19 that have been identified among 32 students and 6 staff members meanwhile on the peninsula, the san mateo foster city school district is dealing with a cluster of covid cases between august 16th in august 22nd. >> there were 14 students who tested positive. there was also one teacher who is positive. you can see how many cases popped up in each school there on your screen. most having just one or 2 cases. however, there were some schools that had clusters. one 8th grader at bowditch. middle school says this makes him want to switch back to onli

alameda contra costa marin. >> san francisco, san mateo, santa clara and sonoma on everybody regardless of vaccination status will be required to wear a mask in indoor public settings in a virtual news conference. health officers reported a surge in cases and hospitalizations as the costs. >> 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're basing of masking requirements on an indoor space. face protect you and those around you. >> the bay area order does follow an order from the state that was last week which recommended that all residents wear a mask indoors. even if you're vaccinated, the idea in part to help businesses stay open to provide extra protection for schools and a lot of those schools, of course, set to resume indoor classes in coming weeks. solano and napa counties. they've decided not to put a mask mandate in place at least right now. health officials. meantime, also encouraging people to l

in that sense it is hard to argue against williams-sonoma. i would just be cautious on consumer discretionary names going forward. i would own it but i would underweight it. charles: okay. i have less than a minute to go. jim what is your target for the rest of the year, higher or lower? >> i am still bullish. i still think the fed -- talking about taper is different than actually tapering. i say 4600 by the end of the year. historically this strong coming through august the market finishes pretty well. charles: right. i read kenny was 4500. i do want to real quick say i heard the spatula has been thrown down. it is jim versus kenny. i will be deciding who -- >> anytime i want you, polcari. [both talking at once] >> i will get you both down. charles: by the way, keith posts amazing pictures of food. he might be a ringer. >> have this cooked in the restaurant, that's all. >> there you go. we got a date. we got a date. folks for the, we got to go back to of course what is happening in afghanistan. we've got fox's greg palkot with us now. greg,

marin at 10 icu beds, sonoma and san mateo in the teens.maining counties in the bay area have plenty of icu beds available. >> in the bay area, we're kind of like not like the winter surge, but the beds are filling up and we're not sure where it's going. >> reporter: dr. peter chin-hong with ucsf expects infections to peak at the end of this month with hospitalizations hitting their peak a couple weeks later in the middle of september. some hospitals are preparing for this possible surge by halting elective surgery and switching over their regular rooms to icu rooms here in contra costa county where i'm at, the nursing staff in many places are already stretched thin. reporting live here in san ramon, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> all right. thank you. >>> more details this morning, the cdc advisors are expected to meet friday to discuss the safety of covid-19 vaccine booster shots. they're considering whether to authorize booster for certain vulnerable groups. the cdc says more than 1 million americans have already gotten a third vacci

. >> 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

are in sonoma county, including qatari rohnert park unified santa rosa city schools and sonoma valley, unified others in solano county, vacaville unified in vallejo city unified aren't tracking and in alameda county, berkeley and hayward unified said they were only reviewing vaccination information when necessary. now since we started this survey one week ago, two of the bay area's biggest districts. change their policy. san francisco unified had to wait and see approach and so did oakland unified, both announced late yesterday, vaccines or testing would be required ahead of the governor's announcement. we're putting all this data we've gathered from bay area school districts over on our website ktvu dot com live in the studio brooks jarocz ktvu fox two news, stanford university says it will require weekly covid tests for students, regardless of their vaccination status when the fall quarter begins next. week. all students are required to be vaccinated, but university officials say in order to keep the campus safe and monitor the prevalence of the virus, it will still require students

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're basing masking requirements on an indoor space. face protect you and those around you, the bay area order follows others from the state last week recommending all residents wear a mask indoors. even those who are vaccinated. >> the idea here is to help businesses stay open and provide extra protection for schools, many of which are set to resume indoor classes in the coming weeks. we want to try to protect our children as much as possible. >> and one of the best ways you can do that is to wear a with children around. and so that's why time you're in interest indoor space with anyone who you don't live with it. you really i think it's impor

we're joined by political science professor at sonoma state university. mcewen, david always great to have you on appreciate your time, so it really looks as though the clock is ticking here. the senate planning a month long recess starting next week, so what needs to happen for lawmakers to come to an agreement on amendments to this infrastructure bill and then get it passed within that time frame? all right. there are a couple of things one is you have to pay attention to how hard progressives are going to push on this bill. progressives don't want to embarrass president biden. they don't want to embarrass the bide administration on this particular bill that sets up a bigger fight for that $3.5 trillion package that lauren talked about on the lead in. in addition to that, you have to pay attention to the schedule very closely. mike enzi, the former wyoming senator who passed away just last week, his funeral's on friday that may carry forward some of the senators into the weekend. chuck schumer may not get all the votes that he needs this week per the am

top out at 92 in sonoma and 82 in napa and low hundreds. ukiah 105. minnesota still feeling the heat. look at san jose's numbers. see how they go gradually lower as we get into the middle part of the week weather that shut even more when you look at the microclimate in the upper 90s today. back into the low 90s for much of the rest of the week and the northbay valleys will go from 97 today back down into the mid- 80s as we get into the main part of the week. >> when i see triple digits, but i am always surprised by how much hotter it is inland than at the coast. >> and this last seven days, the pager you see that the most, highs in the 60s and hang in if you are inland. it is today and tomorrow the are the peak and then it does get better by tuesday. >>> animals driven from their habitats by the dixie fire and other wildfires, many injured are now being nursed back to health. rachel wolf explained. >> he is a baby. he is only about 16 pounds. about the size of a big fat house get people met go country wildlife rescue is taking care of this little guy

prevenir incendios en este año pueden pasar mañana algunos de los condados que serán afectados son sonomaa notificación desde ayer a las 9:00 de la noche. alejandro corrió a alistar su generador. Él es uno de los 30,000 clientes que recibió una advertencia con 48 horas de que mañana martes el servicio eléctrico puede ser desconectado. como medida preventiva contra incendios >>> los afectados estarían en 16 condados que incluyan en el año de la bahía a sonoma, con 1800 clientes, la compañía explicó que montaría un sistema que ha elevado el riesgo lo que incluye fuertes vientos. >>> subrayó que en este año están teniendo en cuenta la presencia de árboles, como un factor que incide en ordenar los cortes de energía, a alejandro le preocupa perder la comida pero no solo eso. >>> además en el dinero extra de gasolina para los generadores. aunque dependiendo de las condiciones sería la extensión del apagón, le piden a la gente prepararse para 2 a 3 días sin servicio. >>> según (nombre extranjero) una vez que verifique que este es seguro, lo harán en 24 horas. desde el norte del condado. telemund

. >> sonoma county is requiring students to wear masks in doors. while a personid-19 not iniall others who had contact could return immediately, so long as they were masked when the contact occurred don't have covid symptoms and agree to testing. local health officers make recommendations regarding school shutting down. >> if it is being transmitted from a school site, the health department would look at it cautiously. schools will still operate. >> hayward says that it has plans to -- should they be needed. >> abc seven's ev a better bay area. lois peÑa is part off and brings expert exiles -- advice. luz: reported among children, yet the data is clear that the majority of children do not experience severe disease. has many as 35,000 students are going back to in person class in oakland. we had a frank conversation with the director of pediatric medicine. >> it is inevitable. >> transmission of covid-19 depends on local transmission rates. >> what is your suggested scenario? >> the first is to get every eligible person vaccinated which includes chi

sonoma y la universidad de ber clieu. para las personas vacunadas y las personas novak nadas cuando estÉn en el interior de lugares pÚblicos. pero quÉ opinan los clientes. >>> no, no me molesta. aunque estÉ vacunada o no. creo que sÍ, que podrÍa seguir con mÁscara. >>> hay gente que no estÁ vacunada. >>> ana sigue cargando su mascarilla con ella y en interiores en lugares como supermercados y tiendas. una de las tiendas es la de guadalupe. >>> me siento mÁs segura para las personas que estÁn aquÍ trabajando con nosotros. >>> y no hemos dejado de usarla. >>> esperemos que los clientes, se entiendan. que es algo del condado. >>> ella dice que sÍ han tenido clientes que reaccionan de manera negativa, al decir que deben ponerse la mascarilla se siguen recuperando de las pÉrdidas econÓmicas causadas por la pandemia. como la mayorÍa de negocios locales. >>> esta medida se toma por el aumento de casos de covid 19 y la variante delta. y tambiÉn porque justamente en los Últimos dÍas. este aumento de personas hospitalizadas son las

last night sonoma county expanded the california health order. four weeks all fire, law enforcement, emergency medical workers and staff at disaster shelters have to be fully vaccinated or get a test every week. >> keeping the work force healthy in the city limits is very important to make sure we have our full effect available. >> part of protecting our community is making sure that we aren't transmitting a virus that can be very severe. >> santa rosa fire says 65 to 70% of their staff is vaccinated. santa rosa police says 75 to 80% of their employees have gotten the shots. >>> jobina is at the live desk with what the bay area is doing to prepare. >> every county is working on expanding covid-19 testing capacity adding more pop up clinics and negotiating with labs to open new sites. sonoma county has seen demand for covid tests go up from 1000 tests per week to 10,000 tests per week. it's partnering with four healthcare providers for faster service. >> we're talking to our laboratory about going back to weekend staffing and running tests on the

napa, sonoma and solano counties could lose power as part of the public safety shutoff.ong winds and dry conditions as jeff has been outlining are what could trigger the shutoffs. roughly 40,000 customers are at risk. most of them are in butte and shasta counties. however, a small number are in napa, solano and sonoma counties. >> 20-50 miles per hour. for a lot of elevations we're going to be able to get through this okay. the mountains will get the wind kicking up. let's go ahead and bring you a look outside, and the air quality was excellent compared to yesterday, where it was hard to be outside for a couple minutes. really felt it in your lungs if were you out there for a couple hours. can you see the fremont camera showing some of the blue sky. sure there's haze, but the air is healthy tonight. good air quality for us. fog near the coast and bay, and we are tracking wind and more smoke. let's get you to the wind and smoke. the storm system is just off to the north. the way it's positioned will help kick off the wind and drive more smoke toward the bay area. as we ju

sonoma county has 73, most in the bay area right there.lara county has 46. >>> good news to know with fire season starting earlier and earlier. we're in the thick of it right now, kari. >> yeah. those weather stations are critical because a lot of times you have wind in the mountains, but we don't feel it in the valleys where all the weather stations are. it's just like okay, we need those weather stations where the weather i work this morning here's a live camera, a live look at 580 in dublin. i guess it's about time to get up and out the door. we're going to see the temperatures in the mid right now. maybe even turning on the heat in the car up you until later this afternoon. you can turn that off and enjoy some pleasant temperatures. headed towards the low 80s for our warmest spots in the inland valleys, near the coast low 60s for highs today. we'll talk about changes ahead. mike, you're seeing a highway closure. >> going on still in the south bay. folks coming in through gilroy westbound 152 stillas been sinc morning. cooking oil after

everyone in between in the 70's, really lucky ones benicia in sonoma at 76 degrees. really nice afternoon. same number for petaluma nevado and sandra fell. here's a look ahead in our next 7 days. today and tomorrow. looking good. we've got the nice air quality. we've got the comfortable temperatures thursday getting warmer. it's starting to notice some more haze and by friday and saturday, we're settling into temperatures that are very hottest right around 100 degrees. reyna something you that so no major issues along barred. if you're taking that. so that's the good news. >> tracking one. oh, one traffic along the air heading towards middle park about 28 minutes. no major delays along 2 8085 or 82. let's get a look at the bay bridge down to under 12 minutes of things are looking nice. they're traveling to that fremont street exit under 12 for the richmond sandra fell number. we start with the hot spot there at this hour at about 44 minutes. so things look nice and traveling along highway for just 15 minutes as you're traveling towards co [ sfx: ding ding ding ] [ ph

but you want to do it in style will go to sonoma county for ad lamping getaway. plus, outrage at a middle school in the east bay after a teacher tested positive for covid parents say their children were treated unfairly depending on their vaccination status. the parents looking into legal action that story's next. lifornia! 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. coronavirus coverage and parents of the danville middle school are upset that school officials separated their children. >> after a teacher tested positive for covid-19 parents of charlotte would middle school say they were notified monday that a fully vaccinated teacher had the virus students return to class the next day, but only the students who were vaccinated. they say were allowed to stay on campus the rest were sent home. one parent says her 12 year-old daughter who is not vaccinated, was upset about being called out to the front of the school over

. >> well here in sonoma county, 5 suspects are in custody for allegedly robbing an ulta beauty store on monday evening and they are each facing multiple charges. the petaluma police department responded to the store around 06:37pm on monday. reports of grand theft in progress when they arrived on the scene, they found a group of suspects fleeing the area in an acura sedan. the suspect apparently stolen over $10,000 worth of merchandise an officer attempted to pull over the vehicle and then fled. there was a brief chase and a short time later that vehicle with those suspects was found crashed near lake highway and south mcdowell at least 2 of the suspects attempted to flee the area on foot. but all 5 were eventually taken in to custody. they're facing charges of commercial burglary conspiracy and obstruction of an officer. now the suspects were taken into custody were 23 year-old. linda ford 27 year-old kenneth temple. 22 year-old anthony sterling. 22 year-old, mariah senegal and 28 year-old. richard branson. now the petaluma police department says they're aware that the ulta store he

covid patients in hospitals, solano has only eight icu beds with 15 covid patients, marin at 10, sonoma and san mateo they're in the teens. as you can see on your tv screen the remaining counties have plenty of icu beds available. >> in the bay area, we're kind of like not like the [ inaudible ] but the beds are filling up and we're not really sure where it's going. >> reporter: dr. peter chin-hong of ucsf expects infections to peak at the end of this month with hospitalizations hitting their peak a couple weeks later in the middle of september. some hospitals are preparing for a possible surge by halting elective surgery and switching over regular rooms to icu rooms. here in contra costa county, the nursing staff in many places is already stretched thin. reporting live here in san ramon, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> really concerning. thank you, bob. >>> now we're learning this morning women who get covid-19 while pregnant have a higher risk of having a preterm birth. that's according to a ucsf study. the study found mothers infected with covid during their pregnant were 60% more

santa rosa, 85. 79 from much of those valleys through sonoma county.emperatures will warm-up into the mid-90s today in mendocino. we will pretty much told this line all the way through the remainder of the seven days. looking at our microclimates, we will be back into the mid- 90s. we will keep it more like mid- 80s for the valleys up in the northbay through sonoma county and napa county. >> we did not get most of the smoke from those fires and what we got will be pushed out. >> thankfully. down here in the lower levels it is that time of year where we've got a strong onshore flow and that is really saving us. by september and october, it will likely be a different story. >>> 99-year-old edith gained a title after doing a 150 pound that lift. she began lifting at her local gymnasium when she was 91. she says she has always like to stay active. >> i was getting ready to go back to lifting my body and controlling my balance. i am expecting that in november i will have another trophy with a whole bunch of applause. i will take it from there. >> she looks