stephanie sierra has the story. stephanie: as most of the bay area inches closer to lifting indoor mask mandates, the one county that never had one stands by it. >> we ask ourselves, why would we do that? >> he is the health officer for solano county. he said requiring masks for people in indoor environments did not make sense. reports in solano county of more than 10,000 cases of 100,000 people, the most of every other county. >> we have a lot of disease, higher rates than other counties, but it is not passing in indoor public spaces. >> given what we know, how can you be sure? >> we investigated every case and we do contact tracing. what we found was every case we would interview would say, i went to a party and three other people from the party are also sick. illnesses were occurring in family and social gatherings. >> he said the county has yet to receive any evidence of the virus passing in any indoor environments. how would you respond to some who say, isn't it better to be safe than sorry? >> that is a philos

in the sierra above thousand eight until tonight. wind gusts could reach 100 miles per hour. mike is joining us right now, tracking and all this morning. rain continuing to fall. >> especially in the east bay, where some of our heaviest commuters are heading out, just now pushing away. some heavy rain just fell. as you come out of of the heavy rain is falling. as you head back into more of the neighborhoods around camino, up toward blackhawk, a lot of heavy rain falling. same thing on highway four. it is about as dicey as it is going to get for the rest of the morning. our media concern continues to be this flood warning heading down towards south santa rosa. the flood warning goes on for another 49 minutes or so, up until 6:00. if you cannot see the road or if there is standing water, turn around, don't drown. i saw a lady that got stuck and lost her car, she said no one was there to tell her. that is what we are here to tell you this morning. if you don't know how deep it is, we still have about 31 hundredths of an inch of rain --

that is the system dropping in from the sierra nevada. look at the fire from the bay area. 30 to 50 mile-per-hour gusts. here is our wind advisory throughout the day, today. even in the valley, san mateo and san francisco. 52 in san ramon. we will get windier throughout the day. right now, 23 to 22 mile-per-hour gusts. we are gusting to 20 in oakland. 21 in san mateo. a windy day out there. it will be sunny and brisk. much cooler temperatures today. >> overnight, the usgs is reporting a magnitude 6.9 earthquake along the southern alaska peninsula. this struck after 2:00 a.m. our time. there are no reports of any injuries and no tsunami warnings have been issued. we will update you on this as we learn more information. >> pg&e is warning about power outages because of high fire danger. here is a look at the pg&e map, showing areas where electricity could be cut today. napa and solano counties could be the first to experience outages, as soon as right now. alameda and contra costa counties are expecting to lose power alone -- around 5:30 th

further west slopes of the sierra nevada, two inches of snow. this is impressive. lake level could see about two inches. certainly pretty hazardous conditions with slick roadways. as we get into the sierra nevada in particular, six inches expected around southlake. seven inches, tahoe city. donner could see eight inches through tomorrow. this is exciting news for the mountains. back home, looking at cloudy skies for most. clouds bending out throughout the afternoon in the east bay, but a much cooler day. we were well into the 80's yesterday. how about 71 in san jose? 62 in richmond. the seven day forecast, our level 1 system today. sunshine tomorrow, then another system on wednesday. cooking at scattered showers perhaps thursday and friday. next weekend it looks like we could see even more rain. liz: thank you. next, at 95 years old tony bennett has something new to croon about. how the performer is still liz: residents of the east bay are spreading halloween chair. yesterday volunteers gathered to paint pumpkins that will be donated to pediatric hospitals. the goa

it took the sierra snow and keeping the wind with us. we lost that rain but it was 56 miles per hour, mount diablo three miles an hour in the east foothills at 31 miles per hour. we will see the wind decrease through the afternoon but not until probably about rush-hour.t will be gusty throughout the coast. a little longer. as we look at surface wind, 22 to 28 miles per hour for the delta, livermore, elsewhere lighter, but not enough to lift that advisory. we have northerly winds coming down from the sacramento valley, lowering relative humidity and allowing for critical fire weather to continue. it mainly in the 50's due to the wind and all of that fire danger index coincides with the gusty it's wind. through 10:00, the wind will ramp up on the east side here of the foothills. i should say mount diablo into the valleys and right on through 3:00-4:00, still breezy to gusty. and the winds will be lightening later on. in terms of what the wind does, here we are at 20 to 30% relative humidity, not great. by 11:00, dentist 70% in fremont, the

several feet of snow in the sierra. it is just october. let's hope it keeps going. you see some fog along the coast trying to creep through. we will keep an eye on this. right now, pretty dry. we do have a light storm today with some scattered showers possible. sunny and mild starting tomorrow and some unsettled weather for the weekend. let's jump right into today's temperatures. 56 in san rafael. most of us right around 61-64 degrees. tonight, it will be milder than average, most of us in the 40's. a few low 50's around the bay. we will hang out around 50-56 degrees with a little less cloud cover off the south bay, a little more across the north bay. friday, 7:00 in the morning, increasing clams due to southerly onshore flow. as we head into the evening up in the north bay, some sprinkles will start. there is a chance we get sideswiped by a storm to the north that will bring us some light rain up until about noon on saturday. saturday afternoon, increasing sunshine. someday, increasing clouds. up to 6:00, and a lot of people start trick-or-treating. it would be dry

a faster moving storm will bring snow to the sierra. taking a look at rainfall amounts, a storm with a half inch or less and then a second storm and all of us could receive more than an inch of rain. storms right now are light on the storm impact scale. what it will do tomorrow with the low spinning off is bringing the onshore breeze and keeping the 70's out of the forecast. cooler through thursday. have a good weekend. jobina: for the first time in 20 years, bart is bringing back bathroom access at underground stations as part of an effort to get writers -- riders back on the trains. they will look much like the ones at the del norte station peered the first two are set to open in february of next year and in the process of being remodeled as a nightwing -- 19th street station. >> i cannot hide my excitement about this. it has taken years and years to get to this point. >> this won't be the end where people are visiting bart to see the restrooms, but we are doing the right thing. jobina: as shown in these photos, the sinks will be on t

stephanie sierra is digging into the data. stephanie: we have heard health officials highlight the importance of booster shots especially for seniors and those at high risk of covid-19. the problem in san francisco is that most are not getting them. >> only one in five of their seniors have gotten them. karina: the deputy -- stephanie: the deputy director of health says that these are people who are eligible meaning that anyone 65 and older at least six months out from their primary vaccination series. >> where would you expect the percentage to be? >> it is a good question, we would want it, especially as we go into the winter months, we once those percentages to be well above 50%. stephanie: san francisco has 100 vaccination sites across the city and county including health centers and hospital systems yet many of them saw little demand for a third dose over the past few weeks. >> i think it was at a steady low level, vaccines in general. stephanie: why do you think it is? >> a couple reasons, first of all it was only pfizer

the first storm is bringing rain andhe sierra. the next storm is going to slide down and it was the chance of wet weather. -- give us the chance of wet weather. still a chance of a light shower in our inland, east bay, and south bay neighborhoods. 3:00, guess what is happening? but you can look up and rest assured you will see the planes. tonight, a beautiful sunset with high clouds rolling in. 211:00, pretty quiet other than a few rogue showers possible across the coast. you can see rain coming ashore, marine county southward. the 8:00, it is pretty much gone, with a few leftover showers until 10:00. look at that sunshine tomorrow afternoon. how much to expect? up to a 10th of an inch is possible, which is healthy. it will not only settle the dust, it will we hydrate some of our plants. we desperately need that. the peninsula is not going to be in the weather watch where the rain is falling. but eastbound hills, valleys in the diablo range, monday and tuesday, high fire danger. enjoy the wonderful,, serene, pristine weekend. we h

have another system that looks to arrive, keeping us not only wet but bringing back some snow into the sierra nevada. this does look promising. things will change as we get towards the middle of the week for that system. as we get to the next seven days the forecast models are looking promising. highs today well above average. 80 and open today. widespread 80's from napa. 88 at livermore. upper 70's for san francisco. we will get the sea breeze late in the day. that will bring temperatures down, keeping it cooler than yesterday. we will heat up quickly. it is sunny, warm, dry. 70 of the coast. 80 around the bay. a level 1 system tomorrow with light rain. cool and breezy conditions on monday. a chance of showers late on tuesday. a level 1 system returns on tuesday. more rain by the end of next week. liz: thank you, lisa. a holiday shortage could affect your children. there is a shortage of santa's helpers. dustin dorsey explains how organizers of the christmas in the park are changing of santa visits to help with health and safety worries. >> two months until christmas, what time of year. stor

perhaps three feet for the peaks around the sierra nevada. wind gusts perhaps 100 miles per hour. look for low 60's half moon bay. the accuweather 7 day forecast, level 1 system today with light rain. overnight, heavy rain in the north bay saints south throughout the day. that rain slowly winding down monday. with all that rainfall, we have a level two tuesday. a lot of water on the roadways. the rest of the week is more typical. we should see 70's this time of year. this is what we are getting. we need it. hopefully, you are using today to prepare for what is to come. liz: thank you. , support a good cause and drink some beer at the same time. a local brewery is serving up drinks at this year's walk to i didn't have to shout out for help. because you didn't have another dvt. not today. one blood clot puts you at risk of having another, so we chose xarelto®, to help keep you protected. xarelto® is proven to treat and reduce the risk of dvt or pe blood clots from happening again. almost 98% of people did not have another dvt or pe. don't stop taking xarelto® without talking to y

investigators say the family were on a hike on a mountain trail in the sierra national forest. temperatures ranged between 107 and 109 that day. the bodies were found with just a single empty 85 ounce water container. >> this is an unfortunate and tragic event due to the weather. reggie: the deaths puzzled investigators for months. it was originally hazmat situation what investigators say it is still unclear if the family drank the water. the family was originally from san francisco. kumasi: lyft has released some startling numbers in its first-ever safety report. the company got about 4100 reports of sexual assault from 2017 to 2019. there were 10 reported deaths from physical assaults. lyft indicated riders 52%. 10% were initiated by third parties. lyft sayssssssssss no reported safety incidents. gas prices are soaring nationwide. nationally, the average price for a gallon of gas is $3.38, according to aaa. prices tend to be higher in the bay area. it is $4.76 a gallon on average in san francisco. abc news has some tips on how you can save and optimize your driving for better

julian: there is now enough snow on the ground in the sierra that at least one ski resort is opening up early. it will open friday and be open on weekends only for now before opening full-time on november 24. it recently changed its name because the old name was derogatory and offensive. the lift starts running at 9:00 friday morning. you can buy a ticket online in advance for about $120. mike: you wonder will be the first one. let's take a look at the seven day forecast. we have some real nice weather leading up to friday. it will be warmer than average by friday. then there is a wintry chance saturday and a better chance for winter weather, the moisture content will be higher monday. let's talk about what is going on in our neighborhoods. in the south bay, 49 in morgan hill. everyone else between 50 and 55. 57 and alameda and san francisco and napa. 53 in san pablo. pretty mild for late october. here is the way the south bay is shaping up. 73. we will be out of the 50's by 10:00 and out of the 60's by 2:00, hitting the low 70's for a couple hours. increasing sunshine. back into the

the system will brush the coast and perhaps friday the south bay and sierra nevada could see a chance of showers. unfortunately we remain dry, but behind a warm-up. current numbers near 60. the warmer locations this morning with the cool numbers and fog up in santa rosa. 52 there. 56 in los gatos. here's a look outside of san francisco, morning clouds and cooler today. tomorrow, and then even into friday wt bay we are well below average. 70's today out towards fairfield and antioch. low 70's tomorrow and friday looks to be the coolest day. here's a look at the wind, 20 to 30 miles an hour towards the afternoon. breezy in the inland valleys. thursday, we do it again temperature is five to 10 degrees below average. a cool day today, 67, san mateo. 66, fremont. 70, san jose with low 70's in livermore. jobina: hello, we are following an unfortunate situati ichp is r hit a pedestrian on northbound 680 at jackson avenue and they are diverting traffic right now and that is all the information we have. we will continue to follow that. heyward on sth80, that injuries. speeds around 70 miles an

daughter and their family dog hiked most of an eight and a half mile trail in triple digit heat in the sierra national forest in yosemite. all were found dead on the trail on august 16. the family had ties to the bay area. follow player, lightning strikes, suicide, and drugs have been ruled out. that drew speculation that the family might have all suffered heat stroke, or they were poisoned by toxic algae blooms in the water along the trail. we will set off a push alert when the press conference starts. you can watch it live on the abc 7 bay area news app on your phone, or stream it on tv. reggie: jobina, thank you. sonoma county has laid out plans to vaccinate children under 11 once the fda authorizes vaccines for that group. they want a quarter of three vaccinated by december 1. and by january, half. by february, they hope to get to 70%. meantime,, health officials are warning parents and children to take precautions over the holidays. they are encouraging mask-wearing and avoiding large crowds. kumasi: the demand for rapid quote -- rapid covid tests is expected to surge. the ceo of a testi

a winter weather advisory in the sierra until 9:00 a.m. so we are tracking snow showers. we get a good picture how much snow has fallen when the sun comes up stop grab your heavy jacket because we are starting in the 30's and the 40's. we are slowly warming only into the 50's and by the afternoon, it will feel like winter with temperatures only in the low to mid 60's. the storm system moved through early this morning is now pushing off to the east and we are tracking our next storm with a cold front. this one is moving in tuesday. tuesday morning, can quit -- completely quiet. we will find showers first arriving in the north bay in the evening and sliding south for the early morning hours wednesday. wednesday morning will likely will be a wet morning commute. let's look at the traffic. jobyna: i am crossing my fingers for the commute later this week because we are not used to that stuff we are starting with a live look in oakland showing 880 with headlights traveling south and traffic has been very light this morning. we are looking live in emeryville in the headlights ar

not a lot of snow except for in the peaks of the sierra. that is still good for our water. but it is not as good for skiing. as far as rainfall amounts, you can see anywhere from 1/10 of an inch to two thirds of an inch on monday. maybe even more than that as we head into wednesday and thursday. how about that? here is my 7-day forecast. hold onto the 70's today and tomorrow because even if it does not shower on you this weekend, it is going to be cooler in the 50's and 60's. the coolest they will be with the best chance of rain on monday. julian: thank you. students in oakland got a lesson in culture and history. they celebrated the day of the dead. students from new highland academy displayed their handcrafted offerings placed on an altar and they took part in a ceremonial walk. it is an opportunity for students to learn about the meaning of holiday diversity and their ancestors. >> there is a lot of speaking and listening that is involved beyond the writing and the reading and the art. the dance teacher did a dance with them so there are so many pieces that are involved