Reforms happening. Reporter in san jose that reform is taking shape as measure g. What is critical about this is the expansion of the independent please auditors is possibility over all Police Involved shootings, and uses a force that resulted in serious injury. Reporter it would make a change to the city charter to allow for expanding the powers of the independent Police Auditor if approved the city council would then have to decide exactly what those powers are. The mayor wants to give the office full investigative authority. As i propose a couple of months ago, to move investigations out of the Police Department and into the independent Police Auditors office, after the death of george boyd, there is a broad recognition, that a major city Police Departments, greater ability, greater transparency. They will be the first to say this. In fact the San Jose Police union said it is in favor of measure g but is wary of and i please bias in the office. Reasonable oversight over the Police Department by a true independent Police Auditor is something that they support. Those efforts have either died at the city Council Level or the auditors moved on before any changes could be made. This is the first time voters will be allowed to weigh in and if approved, would represent the first significant changes to the office, since it was formed in 1993. In san jose, len ramirez, kpix5. Supporters rally today in San Francisco to protest President Trump and the corporations. They said corporations are using tax loopholes to avoid paying their fair share. Teachers, nurses and other essential workers gathered out by the building that is co owned by the president. A yes vote on top 15 woodman property taxes on most commercial Properties Worth more than 3 million would go up. Is providing funding to local governments and schools. Supporters say it will reclaim 12 billion every year. We have seen huge corporations in San Francisco and in california get wealthy, that is why is the fifth largest economy but that money needs to go to the needs and those are the children. Opponents say it is a 12. 5 billion property tax increase that raises the cost of living and makes everything we buy more expensive. At about 22, i guess both would mean apps based rideshare into the Delivery Company drivers would remain independent contractors but opponents say 80 of drivers are people of color and have no benefits or protections. They are taking advantage of. We should not allow corporations to buy labor laws. For the benefit of themselves. When they continuously exploit their workers. We are up for a fight, up and down this ballot measure in november. For economic justice, and i have every hope that we will defeat proposition 22. Mothers against drunk driving in favor of prop 22, they think that more rideshare drivers, fewer drunk drivers. Today we are announcing that mothers against drunk driving is formally endorsing proposition 22 because it will save lives. It is that simple, it will reduce crashes, injuries, and thats. Rideshare company say that a no vote for proctoring to could mean more expensive rides, longer wait times, and right could even disappear in your area. They sent us a statement saying drivers have consistently said that they want to remain independent contract others instead of becoming employees by a 41 margin. That is what their fund to provide drives independence plus benefits with prop 22. We heard from Supreme Court nominee during the first day of hearings on capitol hill. San Jose State UniversityPolitical Science professor and political strategist on has worked on several sprinkler nominations and she joins us now. Thank you so much for joining us. Lets begin with the statements from senators Kamala Harris is that a potential civil majority on the high court could be disastrous if the Affordable Care act is repealed. Can you provide some insight into that . I can. She gave a long list of issues and cases that are really in the queue to come before the Supreme Court soon. And because the court has been 54, has been split about 504, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg was in the progressive camp, switching that seat to someone like amy coney barrett, who is very well known to be conservative on a number of issues, could tilt the balance of the court for a whole generation to come, so that was the essence of her argument. So given of the hearing started today, how unusual is it that the Senate Judiciary committee has already scheduled a vote to approve judge barrett on thursday . Its a little unusual, typically the people who are working on the confirmation process have a sense of when the vote will be but making it explicit and nailing down a date is unusual but of course these are unusual times, taking a boat like this just days before a president ial election when the white house and the senate are potentially up for a flip. That means that maybe the Supreme Court could be, too, so that is a lot at stake in the next few days. A lot can happen the next two days because it is 2020 after all. Lets talk about the idea of adding more justices to the Supreme Court. It has been talked about for years now but how realistic is that now and is at the right thing to do to balance out the court potentially . My view of that is that it is an idea worth discussing better not see it as imminent politically. I i think it is quite right before any kind of real action. The progressive activist point out that this seat, the Ruth Bader Ginsburg seat, is being rushed to be filled, just days before the election. And they point out further that four years ago, there is a seat that should have gone to merrick garland, president obamas nominee for a vacancy, that was held open for the next election for over a year in President Trump to fill it, so it is the contention that there are two seats that were effectively stolen that are not legitimately theres and that the best way to move forward in the longterm is by with a wood call rebalancing the court, adding additional seats rather than justices of that is the background and explanation for why they favorite that approach. Coming up, a fight to save more than 100 trees in northern california, going to new heights. I am don ford in Sonoma County where number where one neighborhood has not had wonderful weeks and may not get it for weeks. Ill have that story, coming up. Coming up new at six, safety concerns over Outdoor Dining now going beyond covid. How cities and restaurants plan to keep diners from being bowling pins for cars after an accident over the weekend. Unofficial ballot boxes are popping up in some parts of the state. We will explain what to proposition 16 takes on discrimination. Some women make as little as 42 of what a man makes. Voting yes on prop 16 helps us fix that. Its supported by leaders like Kamala Harris and opposed by those who have always opposed equality. We either fall from grace or we rise. Together. Proposition 16 provides equal opportunities, levelling the Playing Field for all of us. Vote yes on prop 16. When you take a it all begins to unravel. Ann ravels no reformer, shes backed by big corporations whove poured hundreds of thousands into her campaign. And she opposes ballot measures to make the economy more fair for working people. Only dave cortese is endorsed by the California Democratic party. Hes helping us battle the pandemic with a sciencebased approach. And expanding Health Services and child care to those in need. For state senate, Democrat Dave cortese. Im voting yes on prop 19. Nineteen limits taxes on seniors. It limits property tax on people like me. Nineteen limits taxes on wildfire victims. It says so right here. If 19 passes, seniors can move closer to family or medical care. I looked at moving but i cant afford the taxes. Will you help californias most vulnerable . Vote yes on prop 19. To wear a mask out in public around other people. Sure itll keep you healthy. But more importantly, i wont have to see your happy smiling face. Ugh. And if you dont want to wear a mask, ive just got one thing to tell you. Scram, go away. Ugh. Caring for each other because we are all in this together. So wear a mask and have a rotten day, will ya . Ugh. After weeks of protest, the court ruling now allows pg e to move forward with cutting down hundreds of trees in nevada city. Rosa perlman has how far some are going to stop it. Reporter limb by limb, there cutting down up to 263 trees near nevada city to lower the fire danger. The work continuing after a court cleared the utility to move forward. Im staying in the street until pg e goes away. Reporter another group called save Nevada County trees which sued the city, pg e, and contractor, is climbing the trees in the risking arrest to save 16 of them. The that the cutting down, some are a necessity but some of them are not. Reporter they sit in a 100 yearold ponderosa tree. As former mayor also part of the activist group takes the fight on the ground. The impact of what it is doing to our towns is going to be longlasting. If they can do that in the street and the cemetery, they can do it anywhere in this community. They say it will shorten the length of power safety shutoffs. Is working with local officials and lawn forstmann to make sure the work can be done. A story that might make you say 0 my court. Look at the winner of Half Moon Bays pumpkin way off. The unfair money bail system. He, accused of rape. While he, accused of stealing 5. The stanford rapist could afford bail; got out the same day. The Senior Citizen could not; forced to wait in jail nearly a year. Voting yes on prop 25 ends this failed system, replacing it with one based on public safety. Because the size of your wallet shouldnt determine whether or not youre in jail. Vote yes on prop 25 to end money bail. 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. When was the last time your property tawhat . L went down . 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. The fourth edition of pumpkin weighing in at Half Moon Bay is happening virtually this time around. That means just growers are on site without the normal the crowds. Emily turner shows us how everyone is trying to adapt. During the pandemic, the pumpkin festival in Half Moon Bay is no more. At least for this year. The way in lives on. Just in a very different way. Have to go feed my tompkins, if it is a very person i do. Like no big crowds can just big pumpkins and their growers. Thanks to the coronavirus the Half Moon Bay festival was canceled and the way enclosed to the public. We cannot guarantee a safe environment, because theres hundreds of thousands of people that come. Reporter hundred of thousands of dollars, local nonprofits will not make, selling concessions because of the Festival Committee started the pumpkin power project. To raise funding for them instead. He was going to be the 50th anniversary and we had a lot of special things plant. We all named it tiger king because of 2020. It has orange and white stripes. It just, it was a hit. The twotime champions is record high temperatures and wildfire are to blame. All the smoke and all the ash, kind of hard. You never know if it is affecting the growth of the pumpkin. But cinderella still place in the top 10. Happy ending to what has been a rough year so far. In Half Moon Bay, emily turner, kpix5. The final results are in and the 35 hour dr. To minnesota paid off. He won the grand prize for his pumpkin weighing in at 2350 pounds and at seven dollars a pound more than 16,000. The huge observation will finally begin to turn next week. 150 foot tall wheel was brought to celebrate the parts 150th anniversary. It was kept offlimits because of the pandemic. Is equipped with 36 gondolas, that can hold up to six people each and carry them nearly 15 stories over the park or views of the ocean. An opportunity for people to get together and share an experience, that is been all to missing from our last several months here in San Francisco, so i think this is something to celebrate. Over 90 precautions will be in place, and gondolas will not be filled capacity in order to allow for spacing. If you plan to ride will need a reservation as well, this guy star wheel will welcome guests support starting october 21. A couple plan to get married on labor day, and the bride wanted her grandma to be there of course for the big day but covid canceled their plans but they brought the wedding to grandma. The wedding is supposed have a big guest list, and an orange county, given the pandemic the couple asked to hold their wedding outside grandmas nursing home in fullerton, while as you see the facility worked with the family to make it happen. They organized a social distancing ceremony with a limited guest list. Have done such a lovely job here. I really am pleased. Just so special that she gets to be here today. It really is. Special all the way around, they say they can only invite just a few of those guest. The grooms brother stepped in as the officiant. Darren rizzi with a look at the weather. General heat up again. It started already. You might not have noticed today, because with the numbers, where they were, it is a lot like what we have been doing for the past couple of weeks. We were well above average for daytime highs. In fact this is where we ended up. 88 today in concord, 87 in livermore, 85 in san jose. No real complaints. This was a nice day, kind of warm but the airquality was good, and it should be staying that way. This barrier has been allowed to expire. We are not having to spare the air. He we looking at this from a bigger view. Because the highresolution satellite, probably stands out to you right away. If not have pretty we look over here the bay area, that is great. It has been going for six weeks, little more but today the wind really started to pick up here and thankfully, at least as far as air quality, that are getting blown the other way. The wind direction will change, and we could start pulling in some of that smoke or maybe even some smoke from fires burning to the north. Part of that change in wind, part of the reason why we we talk about a red flag warning for the second half of this week. If you look at the long range forecast and temperatures committee for the shade of red the higher the degree of confidence, and temptress listing above average and you will see that in the seven day forecast in one can speak of look at the big picture, huge areas highpressure out here come the closest nothing migrates as the stronger the winter going to get, it starts to come our way by wednesday, look what happened here at home. The brighter the color, stronger the wind, and there is the offshore wind event. And that is known to pick up for wednesday and thursday. Specifically wednesday night, into thursday morning, will be the wendys timeframe for this and that is where we start to get into our five weather concerns. Overnight lows back into the mid and upper 50s, daytime highs tomorrow, started this warming trend come in the low 90s again inland. Mid 80s for much of the bay in the sevenday forecast, it gets a lot hotter than that, per 90s, thursday and friday will be the peak of the heat. Good news, by the weekend, we will start to call the numbers back down again. More on this coming up later. Back over to you. Elderly tenants were at risk of being homeless and foster city. Now, taxpayers will help pay the rent to keep them house. City Council Voted to pay the owner up to 400,000 to keep these elderly tenants from being displaced. The city will be putting the money and, so our judgment we are invested in making sure they are taking care of. It was a tremendous relief. It is a rare use of taxpayer money. Susie has the full story tonight at 11. On project home. Focus ballot boxes found around the state. Tonight, the California Republican party acknowledging owning unofficial ones. So how can you make sure your vote gets counted . Plus. Juliette goodrich, where some say this feels like a ghost town. Even the Visitor Center in give shot temporarily closed. How businesses are trying to survive, and thrive during this time. Cracks and confusion appearing for hawaii travelers, how one negative covid test is not enough to keep you from being quarantined. And what the neighborhood without water for weeks, 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. Apart from wildfires, residents in santa rosa now dealing with another crisis. Don ford tells us it could be weeks before people have access to safe drinking water. This neighborhood was surrounded by fire and yet it did not burn. However now, it may not have water for weeks. The flames were coming over the region the group of men led by a retired cal fire firefighter saved more than 35 homes in this private neighborhood until a full strike team arrives to take over. With they cannot say was the water well pump and holding tank at the top of the home. No Running Water in any of those homes. We are relying on the red cross to bring them. One of the Good Neighbors also brought in some water tanks. They are rentals in the same company. They told me by phone that they were doing the best they can but it is complicated. Moon valley has been working diligently with the resources board. The city of santa rosa, pg e, and the well Service Company to restore Water Service to our unit so tenants can return. Folks are not waiting. Many have no other place to go. They are getting by best as you can. With highpower. Suddenly in the middle of our interview, a large truck 3400 suddenly in the middle of our interview, a large truck 30 400,000 gallons of water headed up the street. The water is not for drinking, its are flushing lines that need testing before drinking. If one comes out at all, it is not safe, even if boiled. Everybodys really frustrated. To be evacuated for 10 days, and have no water. Maybe two more weeks we go into lower water. New at six, new details on a scary crash, where a car plowed into some selfpay diners. They have learned that restaurants may not have been following the rules. They doing what they can. It definitely is not the foot trap we normally see, though. Businesses around jacquelines where trying to hold on. Why better days may be ahead if they can outlast covid. Unofficial ballot boxes are popping up in some of the state. We explain what to do to make sure your vote is counted. Our top stories, california gop admitting to installing unofficial ballot drop boxes. Good evening. I was with cook. Katie nielsen on what the republicans are up to. Join Us Government official dropbox at castro valleys library. Just a few hours ago concerned terry of state and the atty. Gen. Held a press conference saying theyve issued a cease and desist order. Tenant to remove those unofficial ballot boxes. That official box is one of 66 across the county and Election Officials say it is the only one they can guarantee is secure. The reports were hearing are disturbing. It is illegal, more that is illegal, it is irresponsible to tamper with a citizens vote. The state atty. Gen. And the secretary of state that this afternoon, in no uncertain terms, the unofficial ballot boxes that popped up are illegal. Especially because some of the drop boxes say they are official. Misleading voters is wrong. Regardless of who is doing it. Parties and campaigns can engage and get out the