Regardless of whos doing it. Stern words from the states chief Elections Official after unofficial ballot boxes began popping up across the state. Well, cease and desist that is the message sent to the California Republican party after it admitted putting out unofficial ballot boxes around the state. Their position, its legal. State officials disagree calling the ballot boxes illegal and a disturbance to voters. Let me be clear unofficial unauthorized ballot drop boxes are not permitted by state law. Thats the message from california secretary of state alex pudella who is calling on California RepublicanParty Leaders to stop their operation of unofficial ballots boxes mooch he issuing a cease and desist order after republican officials confirmed theyre operating those boxes in three counties. But a states person for the gop insys theyre perfectly legal citing a ballot collection bill that became law 4 years ago. And the more opportunities we give people to turn in their ballots and cast vote. State leaders who are mostly democrats say drop boxes must be approved by the county and state to ensure theyre safe. I spoke with voters in San Francisco who were shocked but not surprised by the idea of someone setting up their own boxes to collect ballots which could affect election results. We see it in broad daylight. Some will be fooled but you cant fool us all the time. Reporter attorney general Javier Becerra is also weighing in on this matter saying that those involved with these unapproved ballot boxes could be subject to prosecution. In San Francisco, pete suratos, nbc bay area news. Thank you, pete. President trump is back in august tonight after his First Campaign rally since being diagnosed with covid19. Earlier the president s doctor said mr. Trump tested positive consecutive days but didnt give specific days. There was minimal social distancing. People standing behind the president wore masks but those in front of the crowd did not. He also promised to make the medication he was given available nationwide. Democratic nominee joe biden also on the campaign trail today. He had two stops in ohio, a state President Trump won in 2016. Biden who wore a mask continued to attack what he called the president s reckless personal conduct since being diagnosed with covid19. Now we invite you to join us tomorrow for a special decision 2020 california vote show. Were going to cover everything from how to vote to the safety of your mailin ballot to what those propositions mean. You can watch tomorrow at 7 00 right after the nbc bayair news at 6 00. The statue was torn down tonight after a demonstration calling for its removal. You can see whats left there is just the pedestal covered with graffiti. The statue sits outside the mission in san rafael. He established californias Mission System which historians say led to a system of oppression for many statue is g. Hundreds of protesters also marched in San Francisco for a man shot and killed by police over the weekend. They gathered near the sight of the shooting. They then march today the tenderloin where officers were standing outside the police station. Police say they responded saturday to an attempted carjacking at knife point. Officers opened fire while trying to detain that man. They said they did find that man and the shooting was captured on body camera footage. Also knew at 11 00 an ecplosion in a south bay neighborhood. Tonight the bomb squad is investigating. A portion is closed and could be days before its reopened. Investigators say a man was seriously hurt but theyre not saying exactly what caused that blast. Well, it has been certainly a much needed break, but its about to end. Heat and wind in the forecast. Fire weather watch goes into effect in less than 48 hours. Lets bring in chief meteorologist jeff ranieri, and were talking about some dangerous conditions ahead with very hot temperatures. Certainly the fire weather watches really zoned in here on the northeast and south bay. Higher elevations were looking at 1,000 feet and above. For some of those stronger gusts all those areas in orange are locations under this fire weather watch. So highest risk, again, 1,000 feet and above. Where im look at these wind gusts out of the northeast 30 to 50 miles per hour. On and off gusts with a sustained wind 10 to 20. That wind will be very dry and bring it down to about 10 for some of the high location. My wind forecast by tomorrow night at 11 00 p. M. Its not that gusty. But watch how it begins to build in from the central valley. That orange to red color here, 30 to 40 mile per hour gusts that we do think once we hit wednesday night will begin to move across the north bay. Ill take you through this hour by hour outlook. More power safety shutoffs are possible by this weekend because of that wind jeffs been talk about. In the past weve seen strong winds can knock down power lines and trigger wildfires. Lets show you a map. These are the areas pg e is concerned about this weekend and starting wednesday. Zone 3 and 4. Thats the north bay mountains, east bay near mt. Dilabo. The Oakland Hills and santa cruz mountains. A covid19 vaccine trial has been put on hold. A few weeks into the final stage Johnson Johnson has paused its clinical trial. It turns out one of the people participating in the trial is sick. At this point its unclear if the person received the experimental vaccine or if that person was given the placebo. The company says the patient is being evaluated by an independent organization to determine if the sickness is connected to the vaccine. So will they get the orange light . Several counties in the bay area are anxious tonight hoping to move to a less restrictive state covid tier. This could happen tomorrow. Santa clara county is banking on moving from red to orange which would bring a return of Indoor Dining. So will it happen . Nbc bay areas ian cole fills us in. Reporter at johns of willow glen its almost time to welcome guests back inside for the first time in more than 200 days. A lot of customers theyve been waiting. Theyre waiting for that. Reporter the coowner renovated his restaurant during the pandemic and the business will hire back staff, too. Regulars say its time to loosen restrictions since the county has such low covid rates. I think were done with the lock up. A little cabin fever this is going to be refreshing. Reporter if Santa Clara County moves to the orange tier tomorrow it will allow Indoor Dining at 25 capacity which it could have already approved in the red tier but decided to wait longer than the state requires to be safe. But theyre skeptical after so much change. Maria says theres been a couple of times when theyre not all on the same page, saying that we can reopen and all of a sudden were told we cant reopen. When it is official museums and zoos could also resume operations at 50 capacity. Places of worship, movie theaters and even gyms up to 25 . We expect to find out tomorrow because the state announces which counties move tiers every tuesday. The changes would go into effect wednesday. In san jose, ian cole, nbc bay area news. Thank you, ian. Governor newsom says statewide covid hospitalizations are down 8 over the past 2 weeks. And the states positivity rate, the per tested who have the virus is holding thats about half of what it was just a few weeks ago. So with that in mind will it be a trick or a treat . Tomorrow the state will release guidelines on how to safely celebrate halloween this year. And while the costumes yes are still a go some fallen victim to the pandemic. Lots of confusion tonight among parents what they should and shouldnt let their kids do this halloween. Reporter halloween and just 2 weeks way and as you can see some people go all out while others are a little confused on what they can and cannot do during covid. They say this place is haunted. I really dont know how many people are going to get dressed up and come out. Reporter even with all the uncertainty he says hes ready for halloween. Were going to have masks on and do all that. Were not going to try to put tape out to make people stay 6 feet away. We figure people have a Little Common sense. Reporter his personal guidelines are in place before the Governors Health and Human Services secretary makes it clear how the state should handle halloween safely this year. Many counties already have their own local guidance for gatherings. Reporter tonight sonoma is joining other bay area counties by releasing its own halloween guidelines. Doortodoor trick or treating is discouraged. Or the activities are banned like carnivals, festivals and indoor haunted houses. I kind of just want it be like normal and i want to go out and trick or treat. The pandemic is pulling a damper on halloween fun for kids, and waiting on what the state wants families to do this year is confusing for some parents. Theres no rule books for this stuff. Theres not lot of precedent or no one we can talk to from spanish flu days i guess so were trying to figure it out as i go. All right, lets give you a live look at capitol hill tonight where in just a few hours the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett continues. During her Opening Statement today she if shes confirmed shell decide cases on the law not on her personal beliefs. The policy decisions and value decisions of government must be made by the political branches elected by an accountable and accountable to the people. Ranking member senator Diane Feinstein recalled republicans refusal in 2016 to confirm president obamas Supreme Court nominee merritt garland. Also noted barretts criticism of the Affordable Care act and says she plans to press her on that tomorrow. Ahead, renting out a room in her home became a battle. We investigate how a local pandemic policy sent one bay area family packing because they feared for their safety. Plus a the troubling find in a ballot drop box in the east bay as election day approaches. And ill have more in our incoming fire danger in less than 5 minutes. When was the last time your property tax bill went down . What . Never. Are you kidding me . For years, the residential burden has gone up. While the corporate burden has gone down. Prop 15 reverses that. It closes corporate loopholes and invests in schools, small business, and firefighters. And when the big corporations pay more, your tax bill goes down. Thats right. A savings of a hundred twentyone dollars a year for the average home. Give homeowners a break. Vote yes on 15. A single mother in san mateo trying to pay her mortgage rents out a room. That led to she and her children practically becoming homeless. They were held hostage in their own house they say by a representer they couldnt get rid of. Sheriff Officials Say its a growing problem during the pandemic. Investigative reporter Candice Wynne looked into how this could happen. Reporter on the steps of San Mateo Superior Court were catching up with a woman involved with a messy dispute with this family. Weve been trying to schedule an interview with you now for two. Rewind to one year ago. Was fin at uc berkeley when his mother needed help with the mortgage. She rented out a room to jang and everyone including alices little sister lived under the same roof, but the relationship fell apart. Incident reports show Police Responded to their home 31 times in the last 13 months. The restraining order says not to go close to them. Okay. Reporter here police are talking to jang after the family reported her violating their restraining order. I dont want to see you go to jail. Reporter inside the home one report alleges jiang ran the water in the bathroom for hours. You see the mother here in a crawlspace trying to scoop out the water with a bucket and bowl. The water caused tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage the family says. Alex says they served jiang a 30 day notice to leave but she threatened them. I remember her saying to my mother she can stay here forever. Reporter this past year has been traumatizing for his family, alex says. They asked police for help but were told its a civil issue. So they filed for an eviction and had a trial set. Then covid hit bringing their case and others to a halt. A lot of times were putting a bandaid on it. Reporter San Mateo Police didnt want to comment and san mateo sheriff officials declined an interview saying theyre adhering to the law. So we reached out to the Alameda County sheriff sergeant to find out how often this is happening. I would imagine theres probably hundreds of these scenarios. Law enforcement doesnt really want to touch some of these civil housing issues. Reporter the family may have been able to avoid a lengthy eviction process according to california civil code since theyre renting out a room in their own house, but the family didnt know that, police didnt suggest it. Thain they got squeezed by the pandemic when courts delayed eviction cases. Unlike most courts in the bay area San Mateo County did not make an exception for cases with health and safety concerns. Our order doesnt specifically deal with health and safety exceptions. Reporter neal is San Mateo Countys Court Executive officer. Our regular practice in San Mateo County if you have an emergency you need to be dealt with you can always bring it to the ex parte process. Why not have the health and safety exemption within the order itself . If we had to do this for another several months its probable we would rewrite the order. You know, since the pandemic is new to everybody, we could always stand to improve. Reporter for 2 weeks our team reached out to jiang. Over the phone she told us the family is lying and they harassed her. We repeatedly asked her for on camera interview and never heard back. Thats where we return to the steps of the San Mateo Superior Court. Weve been trying to schedule an interview with you for two weeks now, but we never got a response. Can you talk now . The family has some serious allegations against you, and we just want to get your side of the story. As day turns tonight when alex should be celebrating his graduation from cal, he heads to his car parked 2 miles away from his familys home. This is where he sleeps now. His mother and sister rent a room across the street. It only fits two. The family has been forced out of their own house they say fearing for their Mental Health and safety. Sometimes i have nightmares and i have to wake up. Its very annoying. Its just scary. Reporter San Mateo Countys moratorium on eviction cases has ended, but the family says the damage has been done financially. They could lose their home. Candi candice. Late today the family told us the renters moved out of their house just before a hearing. Now, if you have a story for candice and anyone else in the Investigative Unit call 888996tips or visit our website. Lets bring in jeff ranieri one more time. Weve been talking about wind and temperatures were going to see and kind of flipping back to that summer temperatures once again. So tomorrow i dont think were really going to have any problems with wind. Itll be comfortable. So anything you have to do tomorrow morning youre going to be good to go. Lots of upper 50s and low 60s from the trivalley right back into the south bay. Also starting off with 60 in the east bay, some isolated fog for San Francisco, and 56 and a few clouds in the north bay at 59. Now, temperatures will begin to warm up tomorrow. About a 3 to 6 degree increase. Youre going to notice it with a few spots moving up into the 90s. Not at uncomfortable heat levels just yet, but you go close door the bay a bit of breeze off the water will keep us at 86 here in downtown san jose. We do have those 90s creeping back in over inland contra costa, alameda counselees from concord, over to livermore and back over to pleasanton. My forecast for the peninsula no 90s just yet, but i think well get up to 85 in palo alto. I have the mission up to 79 degrees. And right across the north bay we are at 88 in sonoma, 89 napa and 82 in mill valley. Now, tomorrow temperatures go up as i said but not very windy. Were going to save that wind at this point for wednesday into friday. So thats the fire weather watch. You can see the time line on my banner. Also notice this orange color here. Those are all the locations under the fire weather watch, specifically 1,000 feet and above in the mountains were going to see these higher gusts. 30 to 50 miles per hour. Theyll be on and off and a stdy wi wind at 10 to 20. I want today key in on the zone with the strongest. And youll see about 10 30 wednesday night well get that wind building in from the north. And you can see this red to magenta color here, those are 30 to 50 mile per hour gusts build in from the central valley. And i think wednesday night to thursday morning well be in the zone of that strongest wind. As that wind arrives its the opposite of a cool ocean breeze. San francisco 80s wednesday, thursday and friday. And back to cooler 60s by monday, and inland valleys 90s over the next several days, weve got to get through this and then does like some cooler trending ahead. Happening now, apple has its big Virtual Event tomorrow. It is expected to introduce the latest iphone. The iphone 12 bill have faster processing chips and 5g wireless technology. The company has other products to showoff also like new headphones and an iphone mini. Well be right back. Well, an embarrassing situation for Contra Costa CountyElection Officials after a danville drop box was found overstuffed with ballots sunday morning. It was also unlocked with about a hundred ballots inside. The woman who initially found it overfilled shared a video of a crew aechlt yg the box. She said they were there within her min of her calling and she said she wasnt shocked to find it so full. I was delighted they were on top of even though there was a break down in the volume. As for the unlocked box the deputy of registrar of voters says he doesnt believe any ballots were stolen or lost but admits he did forget to lock the box after picking up the ballots which they admit is mistake. A pair of stanford professors won the nobel prize for economics today. They were awarded the prize for their work including options. Not only do the two Work Together the professors are also neighbors. The day began with milligram walking across the street at 2 00 in the morning, ringing wilsons doorbell to tell him they had won the nobel prize. The as could be losing their leader to another sport. Were going to tell you how coming up next. Woman 1 get your votebymail ballot . Woman 2 you can stay healthy and fill it out from the safety of home. Surfer or you can fill it out anywhere. Man 1 its easy to mail it back. You dont even need a stamp. Man 2 or you can use an official drop box. Woman 3 you can even drop it off at the polls. Man 3 then, track it to confirm your county got it. See . They got it woman 4 mail ballots are the simple, safe, and secure way to ensure that your vote is counted. After revolutionizing the way teams are built in Major League Baseball it appears billie beams time leading the as is over. The as executive Vice President is leaving the team to work in european soccer. Beane reportedly partnered the Boston Red Sox owner to own the red sox team. He first joined the as front office in 1990 and if you remember was played by brad pitt in the movie money ball. A mural of the lakers an artist started earlier this year has been finally completed. It features the entire team with theilate kobe bryant above them holding the trophy. The title of the mural is leave a legacy. Some sad news for the baseball world. Hall of famer and bay area native joe morgan has died. He passed away yesterday after suffering from a nerve condition. Morgan won two mvp awards while leading the Cincinnati Reds to back to back World Championships in the mid70s. And at the end of his career he played two seasons with the giants and one with the arks. Morgan was 77. Were back. Give you my world how can i, when you wont take it from me you can go your own way go your own way your wireless. Your rules. Only with xfinity mobile. Taking california for a ride. Companies like uber, lyft, doordash. Breaking state employment laws for years. Now these multibilliondollar companies wrote deceptive prop 22 to buy themselves a new law. To deny drivers the rights they deserve. No sick leave. No workers comp. No unemployment benefits. Vote no on the deceptive uber, lyft, doordash prop 22. One ride california doesnt want to take. Doordash prop 22. Proposition 16 takes some women make as little as 42 of what a man makes. Voting yes on prop 16 helps us fix that. 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