government says most of them have flown out, but not all, and tonight, wayne freedman tells us the complicated story of a two-year-old girl who remains there stuck behind red tape. wayne: the lines, the crowds, the human crush outside karzai airport in kabul. almost everyone here is trying to leave the country. they include the one-year-old girl you see here. she was born in the bay area and stuck there now, much of the frustrations of her family's stateside lawyer. >> this is one case, and i think it is indicative of so many cases of u.s. citizens who are there. it is not that they were on some vacation and did not get the memo we were going to leave the country. it's that they had to make such a difficult decision. do we leave family members it in order to get ourselves to safety? wayne: the complication, a two-year-old brother born in afghanistan. he is the only member of the family without a green card. in the united states, his aunt is worried about not only her loved ones, but showing her face in this interview for fear of the taliban's reprisal. she's worried the taliban might retaliate

wayne freedman explains what's going on. yne: they are the byproduct of this pandemic, testing stations have popped up, making it easier to track the advance of this latest covid surge. >> i was having some headaches. a friend may have it and i work around people all the time to so i think i might as well just get it. >> when brandon got tested at this site in nevada, he knew he could trust the results. that has not always been the case elsewhere. >> not properly social distancing, not answering questions about who they are, not disclosing their training. >> that is cindy ross describing this testing site that appeared in in fairfax on a public sidewalk about 10 days ago. the county closed it down yesterday. >> my doctor is in san francisco and i thought, ok, if i can get a free test across the street from my house, why not? >> cindy reported the nonprofit to marin county health and now the state has investigated -- is investigating. >>>> they set up in the town of fairfax on public ground. in order to do that, they knew to o

wayne freedman explains what's going on. e: they are the byproduct of this pandemic, testing stations have popped up, making it easier to track the advance of this latest covid surge. >> i was having some headaches. a friend may have it and i work around people all the time to so i think i might as well just get it. >> when brandon got tested at eva, he knehed ust the results. that has not always been the case elsewhere. >> not properly social distancing, not answering questions about who they are, not disclosing their training. >> that is cindy ross describing this testing site that appeared in in fairfax on a public sidewalk about 10 days ago. the county closed it down yesterday. >> my doctor is in san francisco and i thought, ok, if i can get a free test across the street from my house, why not? >> cindy reported the nonprofit to marin county health and now the state has investigated -- is investigating. >>>> they set up in the town of fairfax on public ground. in order to do that, they knew to obtain a certain level of pe

live in north beach, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. anchor: wayne, thank you so much. i just did mine too and just got my text to the link so there you go. the chase center has announced its requirements for going to warriors games or any other event that has more than 1000 people. anyone 12 years or older will need proof of vaccination. if they have an exemption they will need a negative covid tess within 72 hours of the events start time. san francisco's mandate could expand to outdoor events as mayor london breed ushered in a change for indoor activities. she suggested the city could do a vaccination requirement for large outdoor events, as well. the most immediate event that comes to mind is outside lands, which traditionally draws tens of thousands of people to golden gate park. san francisco giants games would also be impacted by mandate. anchor: gift show proof of vaccination. -- you have to show proof of vaccination. what exactly does that mean? michael finney is looking at that. do we need the little card? reporter: it's been a long time since you and i have b

in the north bay, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. dan: developing news in san francisco. . a container ship in the bay has been evacuated after more than a dozen crewmember got sick. san francisco fire department says 19 of 21 crewmembers on board the global stryker are experiencing flulike symptoms. the department has safely evacuated them off the ship. . they acted quickly, since coronavirus and the flu have similar symptoms. >> san francisco fire department immediately established our multi casualty incident protocols for this incident, which includes our covid-19 protocols. reporter: the -- dan: the crew was taken to peer 26 to be evaluated. six were questioned to go to the hospital for treatment. all 19 are experiencing mild symptoms. the health department will examine the ship. ama: technology that can detect your stress levels. dan: today area company helping with earlier detection of anxiety and depression. >> i'm sandy patel. cleaner, cooler air on the way ♪ unlock a summer of possibilities in a new chevy. expand your options...and your perspective. ♪ find new summ

wayne freedman spoke with firefighters on the efforts to keep the fire away from homes and south lakeke than we were today. about five miles. if the fire goes to the lake, it will come through here. you cannot see much. that is because of the smoke. the threat is a couple of miles away down the road. that is where we spent today.

wayne freedman has more on the risk of wildfires now that climate change may be impacting them.decades off warning, forecast by the intergovernmental panel on climate change are proving to be accurate. the bad news, that all of us are living with the consequences. >> almost everybody is seeing direct

abc7 enws reporter -- news reporter wayne freedman has the story. e: we never know how life can change in an instant until it happens. >> one moment i was living at my dream and another i was living out my worst nightmare. wayne: he is no longer the physical specimen he used to be in 2017. he broke his neck while playing rugby in the ncaa championship game. the doctors were anything but optimistic. he was a quadriplegic. >> they said your injury is bad. the reality is you will never walk again. you will never move your hands. we will do our best so you can do something like pick up a piece of pizza. wayne: it is a story we have told many times. robert turned the worst moment of his life into a reason for living, to inspire. >> i am 1574 days out of my injury and have nto given up -- not given up. wayne: two times robert has addressed graduating classes at berkeley. >> it gives me joy to say congratulations to the graduating class of 2020. wayne: but the pandemic made it impossible for him or anyone to walk for a diploma, until sunday, when the rest o

abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman has that story. wayne: we never really know how life can change in an instant until it happens. >> in one moment, i was living out my dream. another moment, i was living out my worst nightmare. wayne: the robert we see today is no longer the physical specimen used to be on may 6, 2017. that was the day he broke his neck while playing rugby in the ncaa championship game. the doctors were anything but optimistic he was a quadriplegic. >> they said, robert, your injury is bad. the reality is you are never going to walk again. you are never going to move your hands. we are going to do our best so you can do something like pick up a piece of pizza. wayne: it is a story we have told many times and robert has told even more as he has turned the worst moment of his life into a reason for living, to inspire. >> i am now 1574 days out of my injury and have not given up, have not taken a break on one of these days. wayne: two times now, he has addressed graduating classes at berkeley in commencements. >> it give

as wayne freedman found out, it may be another example of the prize pooches becoming victims of theirayne: t is bet.so for a >> did yasight? wayne: dr. heather burns spent the last day going door-to-door in her martinez neighborhood open for clues to the whereabouts of zeppelin, her 11 month old french bulldog who got loose last night. she suspects foul play. how do you know he was stolen? >> because my name and phone number are in large print on a large tag on his large collar. and no one has called and it has been almost when he for hours. wayne: she acquired zeppelin one her previous owners could not pay for him. after that the dog stole her heart. now she worries not only about losing zeppelin, but also about his welfare. >> apparently these pets are getting stolen. of course that is where my mind goes to. >> i didn't know what else to do. i screamed as loud as i could. wayne: this was one of the bay area's more notorious cases. sarah moorhouse said three men attacked her at gunpoint while walking her french bulldog on russian hill. the breed has almost become a commodity. french

wayne freedman, abc7 news. >>> san jose is the latest require city employees to be vaccinated. the mandate will be rolled out in two stages. in the first stage, employees will be required to show proof of vaccination or submit weekly negative test results. stage two will be a vaccination requirement for employees who do not have an exemption. the mandate is in line with recommendations from santa clara county health officials. >>> san francisco is requiring employees to be vaccinated. so as los angeles and long beach. san diego county has a mandate for public workers. many companies including google, facebook, uber and lyft are requiring people to be vaccinated before they come back to work. netflix is making vaccines mandatory for anyone involved in its productions in the u.s. if you have questions about covid-19 vaccines, you can ask the abc7 vaccine team at abc7news.com/vaccine. >>> now let's take a look outside. this is a live look from the camera atop the roof at our studios. it is kind of gloomy. skies did clear throughout the day. this morning there was enough rain to le

wayne freedman, abc 7. >> the winds will persist. looking behind you, it looks very smoky. maybe that is mixed in with the fog. what is the area like? reporter: i will tell you what the air is like. i have had this on most of the day. as soon as we go off the air, i will have it on again. it is horrible. it is worse air quality than what we saw in san francisco that day the sky turned black. particulate and matter everywhere. it gets in your eyes, your nose, it is in my throat. i'm getting a raspy sound already. we have several days to go. that answers your question. kristen: thanks. dan: terrible. firefighters are working around the clock to keep the fire from destroying more homes. you can see crews from the madison fire department setting backfires and dousing trees with water to slow the advancing flames. our battalion chief public information officer at the caldor fire. thank you for taking a few minutes. i appreciate it. what is the situation right now? >> the fire is currently thousand acres. 60% contained. in the high priority continues to be the northeastern end of

wayne freedman was there. >> reporter: the simple pleasure of visiting a winery.it is one version of paradise. >> i underestimated the pent-up demand. >> reporter: they make 65,000 cases per year. in this, a year like no otheno o >> following the wildfires and covid on top of that, it is a one-two punch and now throwing in drought. >> reporter: davies knows that and so does the entire community. today they wanted this man to see and understand their plight. >> the level of difficulty that an owner of a vineyard faces. >> reporter: tom vilsack came to the napa valley this afternoon for boots on the ground with congressman mike o area that automatically comes out with beautiful wine periods. it's important that he see here. >> reporter: the meeting took place within sight of the fire last year. they estimate $2 billion in losses from wildfires in 2020. not only grapes, but the entire ecosystem that includes jobs, materials, and tourism. at the drought with another layer of difficulties. the agriculture secretary understands these are not one- time disasters. they re

wayne freedman has more on the risk of wildfires now that climate change may be impacting them. wayne: after decades off warning, forecast by the intergovernmental panel on climate change are proving to be accurate. the bad news, that all of us are living with the consequences. >> almost everybody is seeing direct impacts that have already occurred. wayne: seeing those impacts strongly now. most recently in the dixie fire which continues to spread and to destroy at an alarming rate. >> the heat developed by the fire would create the moist air to rise up and create huge columns. wayne: steve souter brought back this photo after 13 days on the fire lines after a quarter-century of fighting fires, he had seen them grow more intense every year. >> the fires are moving much more rapidly than we have ever seen before. wayne: most experts see rising n temperatures and longer summers as inevitable with increased risks in areas like santa rosa. it is a classic wildland urban interface. the city just cleared this area, part of a community wildfire protection plan that provides nearby homes

wayne freedman is their life. >> what's the latest you are hearing? wayne: we are in unincorporated lake county right now, somewhere between lower lake and clear lake, and these are the remains of the cache creek mobile home park. we will show you the desolation and damage of everything that rolled through earlier this afternoon. burn homes as far as you can see. 360 degrees of burned homes. even across the street 100 yards away, more burn homes and burnt propane tanks, so when they say 25 or 30 homes burned, based on what we are seeing here, it may be worse. the cash prior -- the cache fire rolled through here. we spoke with one of the people who live in this mobile home park. he was on thehe had only the clt it was just like it was a flash flyer. i did not have any warning. had to get out. sally flames coming up behind my place. just loaded up my dogs and my family and got out of there. not much warning. none at all. >> how fast was it moving? >> moving very fast. they were about two to four feet high, the flames. gone, all gone up here. it is ash. i

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live in eastern contra costa county, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> thank you.lp. >>> now to the latest developments in the wild that are burning all across the west. flood something another problem in some areas. abc news reporter morgan norwood with the latest. >> reporter: the extreme weather out west intensifying as 90 large fires burn from california to oregon. the dixie fire growing by the minute torching 250,000ic ahe and 33% contained. residents told to evacuate. in gorman, airplanes attacking this blaze from above. and on the ground, lightning splitting the tree in half lighting it like a match stick. across the region, a dangerous heat wave hovering over several states. and in washington, triple digit temperatures as the smoke from the wild fires starts to set in. compounding the risks. >> it's kind of extra bad since there is the fire going on. and it's just a little harder to breath and deal with, but i am used to it since my life has been here. >> stermooons crting a masve flooding emergency from new mexico to montana. the highway, sweeping the truc

reporter: in san francisco, wayne freedman abc 7 news.: san francisco is opening a high-volume testing site due to the increase in covid cases, located at seventh and brandon streets in the south market neighborhood. new york city will require people to be vaccinated if going to a museum or cultural institution. the requirement also applies to workers there. the border patrol has said it has seized thousands of fake vaccination cards in memphis. the city is an international shipping pfizer and biontech have taken the preliminary step to ask for authorization of their covid-19 booster vaccine. the partners say they submitted phase i data to the fda to support the evaluation of a third dose. according to the companies, those who get a booster 8-9 months after their primary doses showed it boosted immune response, and higher antibody levels against the delta variant compared to those who got the original two doses only. larry: police say they charged a woman with a hate crime that occurred in oakland chinatown. recent robberies, assaults, an

reporter: in san francisco, wayne freedman abc 7 news. larry: the poor air quality is causing school closures in nevada the second day in a row. schools except for one in this county were closed. the county, which includes reno, issued a stage three air-quality advisory for the first time ever, saying everybody should stay inside. you can see exactly why with the smoke so thick. meteorologist sandhya patel joins us with more on the terrible air quality. sandhya: it is awful, you can't even breathe because it is so dense. let me show you why. as we look at the visible satellite picture, the smoke is aimed right at tahoe, just pouring into the region. air quality is hazardous right around the tahoe area and surrounding areas are unhealthy. as we look at the smoke forecast for that region, that think smoke will remain over that region over thursday and even beyond thursday. forecast models keeping it in that vicinity right on through monday of next week. i will be back with a local look at our air quality and our smoke forecast as well. ama:

. >> wayne freedman spoke with one former soldier who was injured there several years ago about his thoughtsand what is happening right now. >> first we have the conflict. now more than ever, we are beginning to hear from the still conflicted. >> i'm one of many. reporter: jordan stevenson drove from elk grove to a park in fairfield to talk. these one of 20,320 american soldiers who came home wounded from operation enduring freedom, also known as the war in afghanistan. the last few days have been tough for him. >> i think it is wrong, terrible to see what we are seeing. heartbreaking to see these people that trusted us to be there for them, see them chase down planes down the tarmac is heartbreaking. i have seen that evil up close, i know what it looks like. reporter: he did not serve in afghanistan for long, but more than long enough in 2011. >> i was there eight days. reporter: on the eighth night, a bullet from an ak-47 found him. as an heirloom, he keeps the helmet with the entrance and exit holes. >> the bullet hole

as wayne freedman found out, there remain questions about how this will be enforced. >> a long way from previous glory and possibly on the road to emptiness. that is a daily burden for places downstream. >> i am worried. i have to say. i am worried. quite this is the lowest the lake has been at the state in almost 70 years. they are struggling now that the state hasanded more cuts in their usage. >> this is the first time i have seen such a critical situation. >> the new orders are a matter of necessity. the state waterboard has some 1500 rights holders to stop taking water from the river. apparently, some of them have not. the problem is there is very little enforcement. >> is frustrating not for us but the state. >> they describe enforcement along the river that lies on the honor system. >> the only way to enforce at this point is for somebody to make a complaint. and then some but he comes out and investigates that complaint. >> at a time when restrictions would tighten the spigots even more. >> they are making it up as they go along. >> today, a new list of restrictions appeared alo

wayne freedman, abc 7. >> we certainly feel terribly for todd and all the other residents who wish them the best. >> there are some power outages in the clearlake area because of the fire but they have improved. you can see the orange and yellow sections. those areas are smaller than they were earlier. the purple sections indicated a power shut off where pg&e intentionally turned off the power to reduce the risk of firefighters -- wildfires. >> my pointed out that today's fire was different than usual. >>'s fire, the cash fire was very unique. what we have seen in the past is fires have started in more remote unincorporated regions and burned into communities. with the cash fire, the fire started in the community, the incorporated community of clearlake. because of the tinderbox conditions, the brush is so dry. because we had 20 or 30 mile-per-hour wind gusts, the fire spread incredibly quickly as you reporter had reported. -- your reporter, wayneeporter,e had reported. >> this is the largest freshwater lake in the state. the water level is low but there is still enough. >> it has plent

wayne freedman explains what is going on. wayne: they are the byproduct of this pandemic, testing stations. they make it easier to track the advance of the latest covid surge. >> i was having some headaches. >> i work around people also figured i may as well get it. wayne: when brandon got tested, he knew he could trust the results. that has not always been the case elsewhere. >> not properly socially distancing, not answering questions about who they are, not disclosing their training. wayne: that is cindy discussing this testing site that appeared 10 days ago. the county closed it yesterday. >> my doctor is in san francisco and i thought, if i can get a free test, why not? wayne: two failed tests later, cindy called and now the state is investigating. >> they set up in fairfax on public ground. to do that, they needed certain permissions or permit, none of which they had. wayne: community wellness did not return calls. they are a nonprofit. they have said they had conducted 200,000 tests across the country, but there is mone

in benicia, wayne freedman. larry: for people lost their homes after a fire broke out.irefighters arrived at the hillview avenue building within minutes after getting the call before 5:00. there is significant damage to the home. one patient was transported to a local hospital with a minor injury. >> they were able to make access click, but there was a lot of fire when they arrived. took a little bit of action time to get things under control. larry: firefighters are letting the house cool down before they go in. no word yet on what started the fire. now to a warning for parents. a grief stricken father reach out to us at abc 7 news, asking us to share his story with other parents after his daughter died over the weekend. the concord police department believes the 14-year-old's death may have been due to an accidental overdose. abc 7's news reporter melanie woodrow has the story. >> the 14-year-old loved dirt biking and her two siblings. he says he found his daughter's body in her bed saturday morning. >> i tell you it's really hard. the hardest part is taking her to be

wayne freedman spoke with one soldier injured there several years ago about his thoughts on the u.s. withdrawal and what is happening now. reporter: first, the conflict, now more than ever, we are beginning to hear from the still-conflicted. >> i am one of many. reporter: he drove to fairfield just to talk. on many american soldiers who came home wounded. the last few days have been tough for him. >> i think it is wrong and terrible to see the things we are saying. it is heartbreaking to see the people who trusted us to be there for them. to see them chasing an airplane down the tarp break -- tarmac is heartbreaking. i have seen that up close. reporter: he did not serve long, but long enough. >> i was on eight days. reporter: on the eighth night, a bullet from an ak-47 found him. he still keeps the met with the entrance on hold. >> feel it whole entry, political accident, just like -- bullet hole entry, bullet hole exited. just like that. reporter: he was injured so badly that he has to have his right leg amputated and replaced with a prosthetic so he could walk. in short, he has ear

wayne freedman more on the risk of wildfires and how climate may be impacting them. >> it is good newsd together. the good, after decades of warning forecast by the intergovernmental panel are proving to be very accurate. the bad, now we are all of it the consequence. >> almost everybody is seeing direct impacts of climate change that has already occurred on their own life. >> dr. chris field directs earth science studies. california has begun seeing the impacts strongly, most recently in the ravaging dixie fire which continues to spread and destroy at an alarming rate. >> each day, the feet developed by the fire, it creates huge columns. >> the santa rosa fire chief brought back this photo after 13 days on the fire lines. after a quarter-century fighting fires, he has seen them grown more intense. >> the fires have become much larger and are moving more rapidly than we have seen before. >> most experts see rising temperatures as inevitable with increased risk in areas like santa rosa. it's a classic wildland, urban interface. the city just cleared asart of a wildfire protection plan.

wayne freedman has that story. >> we never really know how life can change in an instant. until it happens. >> one moment, i was living out my dream. another, i was living out my worst nightmare. >> he is no longer visible the physical specimen he used to be. he broke his neck while playing rugby. the doctors were anything but optimistic. he was a quadriplegic. >> they said robert, your injury is bad. the reality is you're never going to walk again. you're never going to move your hands, and we are going to do our best so you can do something like pick up a piece of pizza. >> it is a story we have told many times and that robert has told even more as he has turned the worst moment of his life into a reason for living, to inspire. >> i am now 1574 days out of my injury and i have not given up, i have not taken a break. >> two times now, robert has addressed graduating classes at berkeley and virtual commencement. >> it gives me great joy to say congratulations to the gradually class of 2021 -- graduating class of 2021. the pandemic made it impossible for him or for anyone t

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reporter: in fairfield, wayne freedman. >> the scenes from afghanistan are terrifying, especially for family members in the u.s.. congressman eric swalwell has a table outside of his office to offer help. as amy hollyfield found out, people are flocking for information. reporter: the line started building early this morning and keeps growing. each person in line with a heartbreaking story of fear. >> their life is in danger. they are so scared for their life. >> we don't have sleeping, eating, nothing. they are just hiding somewhere. >> we left at 4:00 in the morning. we got there around 7:00 in the morning. couldn't find any way to rescue my family. reporter: he drove from sacramento to castro valley this morning to join the line of people outside u.s. representative eric swalwell's office to ask for any kind of help to get their families out of afghanistan. his parents, brother, and nephews are there. his brother worked as an engineer for the u.s. government. >> i have a lot of concern about my family. they work with the u.s. forces. their life is in danger. reporter: she hasn't hea