you can t get through. the regular customer service line 8:00 to noon, forget it. reporter: michael hurley has been waiting since june. no faith in the system, none at all. reporter: the e.d.d. blocked benefits saying they needed to prove they are who they say they are, like thousands of others they mailed in paper documents verifying their identity and then heard nothing back. i think i m now in another reporter: kim was told to wait eight weeks. i was upset. because how would it be eight weeks to find my identity? i sent why eight weeks? reporter: the e.d.d. required thousands of workers to verify their identities as it tries to weed out rampant fraud. but the governor s task force found scammers still got paid while honest workers were blocked from benefits. during a two-week reset, the e.d.d. will install new technology that automatically verifies an k57pplicaapplicant identity and speed up new claims even as it doesn t address the old ones. good aftern
a speech ro speech roateep ro. so it s a tough fight in there. a fight evolving situation. as far as the evacuees are concerned, they re getting out of here. they re going to the cross walk community church in napa. they are getting information there. so this fire continues to burn, sparked by lightning. we re hoping we don t get wind, and cal fire, as of now, is still saying zero containment. we re hoping that changes sometime soon. from napa county, wayne freedman, abc7 news. wayne, let me ask you about the evacuees for a minute. better safe than sorry. anyone decided not to evacuate? reporter: dan, i m sorry for the three-second delay, but that has to do with where we re at in our signal. yes, there are people in there who have stayed. most of them have left. if you go through the area and look at the gates, there are these tags, they say evacuate. we saw chp going in there, knocking on doors, making sure people were gone. i saw two people who stayed behind. the own
her first appearance as joe biden s running mate. why this event and her comments are unique. also, you might be asked to sign up for the brand new covid vaccine. that s about to be tested in the bay area. but first, we re following breaking news in southern california. take a look, a fast-moving wildfire. flames have scorched at least 10,000 acres in the lake hughes area. these are live pictures from our nbc chopper in l.a. county. you can see the intense orange glow down below. this is happening north of santa clarita in the recreation area, which is on federal land. this fast-moving fire about 100 homes have beenuated. we ll also be watching our own fire tadanger as we have a hot weekend ahead. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri will talk about the fire danger here in a few minutes. a lot of people in the bay area watching kamala harris with a sense of pride and community, but this is not a walk down memory lane. it is a charge right into the future. it s shaping up
after nearly two decades. coming up, the execution just carried out as a result. the third hour of today in the bay continues right now. a very good morning to you and thanks so much for joining us. i m laura garcia. and i m marcus washington. mike, keeping an eye on the commute for thus morning. meteorologist kari hall keeping track of the forecast. let s get to the forecast this morning. kari, how are we starting out? beautiful sunrise as we take a look outside in san jose. it feels nice outside. we re in for a comfortable day. mid to upper 50s and trending more into the low 80s by early in the afternoon. we re still going to be above where our normal high temperature should be for the middle of july and some of our inland temperatures will reach into the upper 80s in the east bay and upper 90s in ukiah as well as clear lake. now we re going to talk about our range in temperatures and what s ahead for the rest of the week coming up. mike, what are the issues drivers
recent civil unrest that we saw in the streets of downtown san jose last month. or the covid-19 pandemic. we also heard from the mayor of san jose, who said back here live. the chief says he will stay on in his current role through december, which is when he expects his replacement to be named. i m chris nguyen, abc7 news. okay, chris, thank you very much. now to our efforts to build a better bay area. education is a very important part of that and one oh of the topics we ll focus on tonight. is the start of school is coming up quick. two weeks for san francisco. the bay area s biggest school district. in the capital of silicon valley, thousands of low income students and families will soon have free access to the internet. it s part of an innovative partnership being launched between san jose and at&t. chris nguyen filed this story earlier. reporter: in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, bridging the digital divide is now more important than ever. we have h