Nbc bay area news. Thank you, scott. We are now just four days away from election day, and that means both President Trump and his challenger, joe biden, have less than 100 hours to campaign. Both are spending that time battling for votes across the midwest. The contrast striking between the two campaigns as they stump in a region where the accelerating covid19 pandemic is dealing its sharpest blow. President trump continues with packed rallies. Joe bidens fans stay in their cars. Honk if you want america to be united again. Were doing better now than we ever did. Theres more enthusiasm. The crowds the crowds are much bigger. Nationwide, covid cases have now crossed the 9 million mark with a record 90,000 reported cases just yesterday. That breaks down to one new case every single second. Well, days ahead of election day, businesses are preparing for the possibility of protests or demonstrations with some even boarding up their windows. Christie smith is live in union square with more on the preparations going on at this hour. Christie. Reporter you know, you drive around store areas and even into the financial district, and what youll find is some businesses actually boarding up their windows. Police say there are no known threats to the city or polling places, but people are taking steps to prepare. I notice all the boards going up once again, and i said, oh boy, here we go again. Reporter in San Francisco near market street, the sound of hammers and boards going up on the windows of businesses and storefronts. I attribute it to the election coming up and the results. Its its frightening, you know . Whether you no matter what your preference is, were america. Weve seen some destruction already in the city and, you know, its expensive to replace these windows. In anticipation of the elections. Reporter at gambinos, they dont expect any problems after the election no matter the outcome. But at their other location, there are changes under way. Weve been working with our Property Management company to, like, make sure that were protecting our business as much as we can. Reporter San Francisco police say additional officers will be working and can respond to any spontaneous events that occur. Theyve canceled discretionary days off for officers, and while they say there are no known threats, theyre in contact with state and federal partners. Weve been monitoring from all our information sites that were receiving from, and we dont have any information coming in to show that theres any new violence or activities. Reporter sid patel is fbi San Francisco assistant special agent in charge. He says close collaboration is under way and a command post. It is something we do at every election. However, theres a bit more uniqueness with this particular election because we have covid. Weve had certain amount of unrest throughout the country, throughout the preceding months. Reporter and were back here live, and according to the Union Square Business improvement district, its possible up to 75 of their stores could be boarded up by election night. They also say that and im paraphrasing that given the heightened attention and emotion around the election, businesses are kind of doing this out of an abundance of caution because of the potential for unrest or protests across the political spectrum. They also say given the events of this past spring and summer, its not an unprecedented precaution. Reporting live in San Francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. Thank you, christie. California is getting out to vote. The secretary of States Office says more than 22 Million People are registered to vote this election. Thats 88 of the number of californians who are eligible to vote. Its also about 2. 5 million more people registered than the last president ial election back in 2016. Were also seeing a Record Number of people voting early. Check out this line we saw earlier today at a Voting Center in brentwood. We talked to a woman who was in line for 45 minutes and she was only halfway there. The Contra Costa CountyRegistrars Office says a little more than half of all registered voters in that county have already voted by mail or in person. This Election Year sports fans can combine voting with their love of the game. As of tomorrow, the warriors blue and gold will be more red, white, and blue at the former practice facility in oakland. Today workers finished setting up voting stations and drop boxes for Alameda County voters. Like other local sports venues, it will be open to voters tomorrow through tuesday. Oakland coliseum, theres curbside dropoff or inperson voting. At levis stadium in the south bay, same thing. The sharks have set up a drop box outside the sap center in san jose, and thrive city outside the chase center has a ballot dropoff location for San Francisco voters. Now, it is the home of the 2020 world series champions, but Dodger Stadium will now be turned into a Voting Center for people in l. A. As well. Governor newsom toured the stadium today, even met with a 96yearold former poll worker who cast her ballot today. Early voting, by the way, at Dodger Stadium started today, and it will run until monday. If you have questions about the election, of course were here to help you. Whats on the ballot . How do you make youre your ballot stays secure . Its all on our website in a special section. Head to nbcbayarea. Com electionguide. Violence rocked a san mateo neighborhood this morning, and the killer is still on the run tonight. This is the view from nbc bay areas sky ranger. It happened just after 9 00 this morning on eleanor drive, which is near the 101 92 interchange. Neighbors say they heard three or four gunshots and when police arrived, a 30yearold man was slumped in his car and died at the scene. Investigators are looking at Surveillance Video from neighbors to help identify a possible suspect or getaway car. Police believe the victim was targeted and this is not a random attack. Actress Lori Loughlin is serving her time here in the bay area. She reported to the Federal Correctional Institution in dublin today after pleading guilty to the College Admissions scandal. She and her husband paid half a Million Dollars to get their two daughters into usc. This prison is actually where Actress Felicity Huffman also served her sentence last year for the same scandal. Loughlin is serving a twomonth sentence and will have to follow all the same rules as the other inmates, like a 5 00 a. M. Wakeup call, a uniform of khaki pants and a brown tshirt, and no visitors because of covid. Well, halloween is definitely going to look a lot different this year obviously because of covid19, the pandemic. But thats not stopping a lot of families from figuring out another way to celebrate. Nbc bay areas Jodi Hernandez tells us more from Contra Costa County. Reporter im walking through an outdoor openair haunted house, one of the many creative ways folks have come up with to get their halloween scare while staying safe. Its become martinezs most Popular Halloween attraction. The page family normally throws a Big Halloween Party here. But because of the pandemic, the party is off, and instead the pages are welcoming the public to walk through their halloween haunt a family at a time. Everybodys been social distanced, wearing masks, and really happy to bring the kids. The kids come back nightly, so its been really fun. Reporter and take a look at their covidsafe candy chute. 16yearold braden got the idea online and constructed it. In fact, hes the mastermind behind the entire display. Halloweens his favorite holiday. Im hoping people can still enjoy this and be safe, you know, and kind of keep the halloween spirit alive. [ scream ] reporter for those who would rather not walk through a haunted house, the brentwood auto spot is offering another alternative. After 5 00 p. M. , the place transforms into a spooky scene, a drivethrough haunted house. Nobody gets close to you, and youre driving in, so youre inside and in safety because its your own vehicle. Reporter this is another contraption somebody has come up with to avoid having to put your hand in the candy bowl. Others are opting to sit out, stay home, and check out a scary movie. Whatever it takes to stay and feel safe. In Contra Costa County, im Jodi Hernandez, nbc bay area news. Im raj mathai. Dr. Anthony fauci in the bay area today. A revelation, a candid comment about his personal life, and a promise about a future vaccine, about the safety of one. Well see you just next in a minute. Plus the lemur stolen then returned to the San Francisco zoo gets his own celebration today. The special guest who made an appearance. And im chief meteorologist jeff ranieri tracking that weekend weather and what the window of opportunity is like here for some colder temperatures and rainfall. Well get you all ready to go coming up in about eight minutes. When we welcome our west coast viewers, more evidence of Russian Hackers trying to mess with the u. S. Election. Well look at efforts to defend against them. Also with covid in mind, well share some important tips on how to safely vote in person when we see you back here tonight. As a nurse, ive faced the fear of being stretched too thin to do my job right. And its not Just Health Care workers. Our teachers and school staff are going the extra mile for our kids. Our firefighters are taking on unthinkable missions to keep us safe. How can we keep giving billions in tax breaks to rich corporations when our communities need that money . Prop 15 closes corporate loopholes and invests in our schools, health care, and public safety. Help us do our jobs. Vote yes on 15. The most famous doctor in the country made an appearance in the bay area today virtually. Dr. Anthony fauci gave us his assessment on how were dealing with the coronavirus and a promise about a future vaccine. Lets bring in our own raj mathai. Raj, dr. Fauci very candid today. Reporter it was pretty interesting. Janelle, this is his new reality. You know that President Trump has stopped giving those regular coronavirus briefings at the white house. So now dr. Fauci is just taking his message directly to the american people. By the way, all of this has become so politicized. We should note dr. Fauci has served six president s now, democrats and republicans, and he says he has no plans of slowing down in the near future. Now, today he met with bay area leaders, and he said a vaccine he promised a vaccine will be free of any political manipulation. Career scientists of the fda will look at the data and another independent Advisory Committee called the verpac committee, will look at the data and advise the fda as to whether to grant this either emergency use authorization or an actual licensure. I will see it, and all of my scientific colleagues will see it. So if anybody tries to do an end run about getting something approved before its ready for the american public, that wont happen. I can promise you that. Pretty bold and pretty firm from dr. Fauci. This was part of a forum hosted by the bay area council. It was moderated by Santa Clara CountyHealth Officer dr. Sara cody. Dr. Fauci said hes still unsure when a vaccine will be ready, but he does see a likely scenario where multiple vaccines could be released over the next year. He also believes new treatments for covid19 could be announced in the next few months. It wasnt all just business talk and medical talk here. Dr. Fauci was asked about his personal life and what he recommends for selfcare during the pandemic. I dont think i should be an example of how one should be taking care of themselves in this because im in a very unusual position in that im running the institute thats responsible for the development of the vaccines and the therapies at the same time as being a member of the White House Coronavirus task force. So i have to say i havent gotten a day off since january, which is not a healthy thing. Literally i have not had a day off since january, and the hours are really grueling. But its one of those things that i just say and i dont mean this in a heroic way. It just is what it is. No day off since january and probably not a day off until this next january as well. He also praised dr. Sara cody of Santa Clara County of her response to guiding the county and really the bay area, setting the tone during this pandemic, and specifically about sending kids back to school, back on campus in a staggered basis right now. So pretty interesting to hear dr. Fauci speaking with all the bay area leaders. Jessica and janelle, back to you. Great to get that info, thanks, raj. Bon voyage, cruise ships could be back in business within the next few months. The cdc is lifting its nosail order. Cruise ships have been stuck at the dock for nearly eight months. A condition the sail order takes effect sunday. Cruise lines will have to prove their covid19 protocols are effective before theyre allowed to welcome back passengers. Ships will also have to warn people in advance of the high risk of contracting covid19 onboard. A followup now to a story we first brought you last night at 11 00, these mysterious fires broke out along nobody 101 at tu will, ly in san jose. The fires were burning in at least three vaults or underground cement rooms that contain various utilities. Today we learned the vaults are on caltrans property. Now crews are using a robotic camera to look in the pipes to try and figure out what went wrong. Plumes of smoke could be seen in the skies in the east bay. This is near 880 in oakland near the coliseum. A brush fire sparked there this afternoon. Luckily crews were able to put it out quickly. The San Francisco zpoo had a special reason to celebrate world lemur today. One of their lemurs, maki, who was kidnapped, is back in his hab at that time. Hes settling in with his best friend, a female named london, named for mayor london breed, who was also on hand today to thank daly city boy james trin. He was the one who spotted the missing lemur at his preschool. That prompting the nations first and only lemur recovery operation. I wanted to give you a very special certificate of honor from the city thanking you for helping to rescue maki. [ applause ] and, james, i mean he recognized the lemur. Hes only 5 years old. Its just phenomenal. Barry lippmans family created the zoos outdoor lemur exhibit, and lippman announced today that a new donation will now quadruple its size. So good to see maki back home. I cant look at him without saying it. I want to move it, move it. I want to move it. I still havent seen that film. Madagascar. I have to see that movie with my daughter. Its so good. Jeff, lets get a halloween forecast. People are still dressing up even though many are not trickortreating. Whats the weather going to be like . Its going to cooperate with everyone this weekend after what we went through last weekend with our extreme fire danger. Were kind of putting it on Cruise Control the next two days, and, boy, could we all use it with Everything Else going on. Lets bring you outside to our live highdefinition Sky Camera Network here from this weather underground. Our live view in alamo. You can see all of those blue skies right now, so very, very spectacular out there this afternoon. Now, im calling it great weekend weather ahead as we move through tomorrow morning, some chilly 40s are back. As we move through the day, its going to stay sunny and comfortable. Now, there is a fire in Central California that could bring us a little bit of haze, but overall our air quality will stay moderate. Lets bring you into that morning forecast. Youll see as we start off no issues here at all. Mostly sunny skies. 49 in the trivalley. Peninsula at 50. Also some cool 40s to low 50s for the east bay, San Francisco, and the north bay. But what about specifically halloween . We know were all doing these athome kind of celebrations within your family bubble. You still want to kind of have fun with the kids or with yourself here. Temperatures will be in the 70s for the most part tomorrow. Sunny skies. But if youre at the coast or San Francisco, well have some 60s to low 70s. Looks really good as we move through tomorrow. Temperatures overall in my microclimate forecast are going to warm up a degree or two but doesnt get hot. We still stay in that comfortable range. Down here to gilroy, 85 degrees. San jose, 81. More of those 80s right over to the east bay. 82 in walnut creek. 81 in livermore. Closer to the bay and peninsula, we have 70s coming back. 78 in palo alto. 75 in san mateo. Well bring you to San Francisco. Relatively light winds, sunny skies, and 70 in downtown. 65 for the outer sunset. And right here through the north bay, 80 in santa rosa and 79 in novato. Then over to napa, 81 degrees. So we have High Pressure right now. Thats keeping it warm and relatively calm and unfortunately its keeping that rain track way off to the north. But we are still looking at this window of opportunity for maybe some rain chances to move into california. November 7th through the 14th, wed likely see this colder storm drop down, and its still fuzzy on how much or if we would exactly get rainfall. But it looks good for that window to get this storm system close. And thats better than what weve seen lately in the forecast. Otherwise on my sevenday forecast, we have 60s to low 70s in San Francisco this weekend. And by election day on tuesday, we are at 70. And right here across the inland valleys, low 80s this weekend. 80 on election day. Then by next friday, look at that. Its down to 69 degrees with that changing pattern i talked about. So that will also be certainly some good relief. Okay. Jessica and janelle, i checked out halloween. Not only is it 2020 and halloweens coming this weekend before election, and we have the time change on sunday. But on halloween, we have a full moon. Yes. It usually happens every 18 to 19 years. The next one is in 2039. So a little extra spooky for us with a full moon on halloween. Im going to do the math while were on the commercial break and figure out if im going to be alive by them. Of course you will be. Thanks, jeff. Coming up, actress salma hayek sends a thankyou message to the firefighters who saved her napa vineyard. Were going to share it with you next. Ahead for us, more evidence of Russian Hackers trying to mess with the u. S. Election. Well look at efforts to defend against them. Also with covid in mind, well share some important tips on how to safely vote in person when we see you back here tonight. Ation and every family deserves to live in a safe, healthy community. Thats why i support prop. 15. Vote yes. Schools and communities first is responsible for the contents of this ad. Traffic and air pollution will be even worse after the pandemic. Thats why we support measure rr to keep caltrain running. Which is at risk of shutdown because of the crisis. To keep millions of cars off our roads, to reduce air pollution and fight climate change. And measure rr helps essential workers like me get to work and keep our communities healthy. Relieve traffic. Reduce pollution. Rescue caltrain. [all] yes on measure rr. Official ballot drop box near need to fiyou . He closest just visit vote. Ca. Gov to find your nearest location. Then drop off your ballot. Your vote will be secure and counted. There are other ways to vote too. Just return your votebymail ballot at your voting location or mail it back. Or you can vote safely inperson during early voting or on election day. Vote the way youre most comfortable but vote by 8pm on november 3rd. Uber and lyft are like every big guy ive ever brought down. Prop 22 doesnt help their drivers it denies them benefits. 22 doesnt help women. It actually weakens Sexual Harassment laws, which are meant to protect them. Uber and lyft arent even required to investigate Sexual Harassment claims. I agree with the la times no on 22. Uber and lyft want all the power. So, show them the real power is you. Vote no on prop 22. Is you. Whosgovernor gavin newsom. The governor says prop 15 is, fair, phasedin, and long overdue reform, that will exempt Small Businesses and Residential Property owners. Join Governor Newsom. Vote yes on 15. A new laboratory is coming online to ramp up californias covid19 testing. Today Governor Newsom toured the new lab in valencia north of los angeles. It promises to dramatically increase the states Testing Capacity and reduce turnaround time for results all while creating hundreds of jobs. Governor newsom says this lab will set california apart from the rest of the country. Its roughly double our Testing Capacity. Well get us stability to do over 300,000plus tests every single day. No state in the country able to do something at that scale. Coming up tonight on nightly news, youll hear more from Governor Newsom about how this lab will tackle the states mounting covid tests. A shoutout from salma hayek to bay area First Responders. In an instagram post, the actress thanked firefighters for saving her and her husbands napa valley vineyard from the glass fire. Highek also posted a selfie taken at that vineyard. She says shes grateful for all the First Responders who came to the rescue of people, pets and property. She also gave a shoutout to the specific strike team and engine crews who protected her familys vineyard. Good for them. Our favorite Mountain Lion cub, captain cal, reaches a new milestone in his recovery after being rescued from a wildfire. Of course hes so cute, were going to show him to you. Its game day live here at bill and julies house. A fanfavorite venue ever since they got gigspeed internet. Xfinity gives them the ultimate home field advantage. Its their 12th man. Protector. Hey, amy . 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Thats not true were all going to pay. 11 billion in new property taxes will get passed on to Small Businesses and farms. Theyll raise prices. Higher gas, health care, food. Even day care. We cant make ends meet now. Families cant afford 15. No on prop 15. Tonight at 6 00, fighting back. A San Jose Church getting sued by Santa Clara County for holding in person services. That story and more tonight at 6 00. Finally tonight, that Mountain Lion cub that survived the zogg fire near redding reached another milestone today. You may remember captain cal. Today the cub got a chance to meet two other orphaned Mountain Lion cubs. The zoo says cal is very playful, seems comforted by the presence of those two other cubs. Vets say his bandages are holding up well. He still has them after weeks in recovery, and theyre holding up well as theyre playing with each other all in the same area. They were separated, remember, through a glass. Exactly. Then they got reunited today. They could be his two sisters or his two girlfriends, we dont know. Either way its a win win. Well see you at 6 00. Tonight, the final countdown, four days until the election donald trump and joe biden barnstorming the midwest where the coronavirus is raging. Dueling rallies in the same battlegrounds. Their closing messages on the pandemic. The president calling out a fox news host in the crowd for wearing a mask biden vowing to shut the virus down in texas record early voting already surpassing its entire 2016 turnout and in battleground ohio we ask voters were the promises of 2016 kept. The u. S. Surging to new covid records 90,000 cases in a single day a new infection every second