Right now, on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn Bay Area Special coverage of campaign 2020 and impressive numbers on bay area voter turn out. What it could mean for results on election night. How San Francisco is getting ready for the outcome of the election. And any potential unrest in the streets. And falling short, the polls show prop 16 to restore affirmative action is losing traction among californians. California was one of the first states to ban affirmative action in 1996. As kpix 5s kip doe reports. Lets talk about prop 16. A new poll out from uc berkeley shows prop 16 trailing by double digits. Store the race sheeting up for prop 16. It would reinstate affirmative action in college admissions, Government Employment and contracts. Released by the institute of governmental studies shows prop 16 no votes leading 39 to 38 . Would you go so far as to say prop 16 has one foot in the grave. Those are your words. I wouldnt necessarily say it that way. But its chances are not great. Mark is the trek tore of polling and found voters with no Party Preference or other parties strongly opposed prop 16 by 20 to 30 points. Both of those groups are not on the extremes. And how those people in the middle view things usually is a good indicator. Proposition 16 takes on discrimination. The yes on prop 16 Campaign Launched an aggressive push, including this ad, nighttime clips of tiki torch carrying marchers. When i first saw the ad, i thought it was very, very disturbing. Rowena wrote a piece titled no truth in advertising about the ad and says prop 16 would hurt the asian community. Theyre over represented in some of americas colleges so i think what young Asian Americans will lose slots even though they had worked hard. Theyve got great test scores and did a lot of community activity. They would eventually lose out. You stand by the use of the tiki torch video. Walter wilson with the yes on prop 16 Campaign Says these photos were taken in pasadena the weekend of october 3rd. They have trump banners. Im talking about those communities who have the audacity to try to say we dont deserve, black people particularly, who have 400 years of slavery and oppression in this country, we dont deserve the opportunity to try to have a level Playing Field because of that. Talk to me about that. You want to have a conversation about race, lets have a conversation about race. Lets talk about whats happening to black people in california. Helping you vote smart this election, diva proto joins us now. What percent of registered voters have cast their ballots and how does that compare to 2016. We just hit 50 today in terms of voter turn out. So were very excited about that. Previously in 2016 i think we had about 28 at this point in time. Wow so all ready 50 . A lot of people interested in this election. In case voters missed the deadline to request a mailin ballot. Can one still be requested. Or what are the options . Tonight at 5 00 was the deadline for a mail ballot. But you can still vote in person at any of our inperson voting locations. A lot of us very anxious for election night. What that will look like with mailin ballots and results coming in. When you report on the numbers, what will we get on your first report . Is there going to be a cut off to get your ballot to be included in those numbers . Were saying you should have your ballots in at the latest by thursday. Because it will take time to do signature checking and on saturday, were going to pivot to supporting inperson voting locations. So the first results that we post at 8 00 p. M. , that will be the early voting and the vote by maims that we have gotten in, signature checked and scanned into the system. With 50 of the voter turn out all ready by this date, thats going to be a lot of numbers very quickly at 8 00. Youre holding poll worker training today, how are you preparing to open more voting centers, is that going to be different obviously because of covid . Were actually having fewer locations, but theyre open for longer this year. And were using different equipment. So we did some Online Training and then were also doing in person training so poll workers can get their hands on the equipment and test it out. And how many people are you expecting to come out with so many voting by mail . Are you expecting those long lines . Or maybe not . I hope not. I have no idea at this point. Well see closer to the day what our turn out is. Sounds like youre prepared. Thank you so much. One week from the election day. Thank you for joining me this evening. People across the country preparing for the outcome of the election. Including San Francisco. Today, the mayor remained tight lipped about the plan but says the city is ready. We are aware that in a major city like San Francisco, sadly, depending on which way the election goes, it could lead to a bit of civil unrest and we definitely will be prepared for that. The focus is to keep people safe. Joe biden could win california with the largest margin ever for a democratic president ial candidate in state his ri. From a poll from biden is leading President Trump 65 to 29 . The 30 point margin Hillary Clinton had against trump in 2016. A republican has not carried california in a president ial contest since george h. W. Bush in 1988. Kpix 5 is helping you vote smart this election with tools on air our new app and stream on kpix. Com. A grocery chain accused of price gouging during the pandemic. How its bumping up the price of Hand Sanitizer. A stunning moment when a man disappears into a sidewalk. Bay area registrars opening up their process to us. We go behind the scenes a week before the election. Plus gun sales have surged since the start of the pandemic. With a surprising number of first time gun owners. We break down the numbers. Kpix 5 news at 6 00 with 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. 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. It provides property tax fairness for disabled homeowners like cynde, stuck living with a broken elevator. Nineteen helps wildfire victims, like ellie, one of 24,000 whove lost their homes to fire. And seniors like pam who need to move closer to family or medical care, without a tax penalty. Prop 19 limits taxes on our most vulnerable. Yes on 19. New video just in of a freak accident in new york city caught on camera, Surveillance Video shows a man walking to the bus stop and as hes waiting, he takes a step forward and all of a sudden, he disappears into the sidewalk. Police say a layer of sidewalk concrete gave out which caused the 33yearold victim to fall down a 12 to 15foot hole. That man is still recovering from his injuries at the hospital. Safeway will pay 140,000 as part of a price gouging settlement involving Hand Sanitizer during the pandemic the Consumer Protection investigation found safeway sold 90,000 units of Hand Sanitizer above the legally allowed price in alameda and contra costa counties. That followed the executive order related to price gouging during a state of emergency. Safeway corrected the prices as soon as it was brought to its attention. We have reached out to safeway for a statement, we havent heard back. A new report shows as much as 32 million a month in rent has gone unpaid in San Francisco during the pandemic. The report comes from the budget analysts office, because of limited data the estimates cover a wide range they show unpaid rent between april and september. Ranges from 13. 6 million to 33. 7 million per month. The low end estimate assumes more than 13,000 renter households filed for unemployment while the high end estimate assumes that more than double that number filed. The board of supervisors is considering a bill to create a fund to provide revenue to landlords who forgive back rent, the money depends on the passage of proposition i which would increase the tax on the sale of properties valued at 10 million or more. A major bay area theater chain welcoming back movie goers this week. But one big natures bounty unleashes something exciting. Say hello to a drugfree way to ease stress. Stress comfort, a gummie supplement with lemon balm plus saffron to naturally boost your mood. Stress comfort from natures bounty San Francisco going where no bay area county has gone yet. Its the first in the region to move into the states yellow tier. Emily turner with a new round of reopenings the day. Reporter its a new day in San Francisco. The only county in the bay area to be moving into the yellow tier. And that means there are more businesses allowed to open their doors and eventual ri more people allowed to walk through them. Planet granite is up and at em. Allowing the rock climbing gym to welcome back climbers at 20 capacity. Its like an emotional roller coaster. Im happy to make phone callings and have team members come back and have the Community Back climbing. Rock climbing gyms are one element of reopening. Nonessential offices can reopen with limited capacity, Indoor Personal Services like waxing and skin treatments can resume and colleges and universities can increase outdoor capacity and request to hold indoor classes no longer than two hours, its a move towards normal that San Franciscoans say is a welcome change. Its great we can get in and do the activities we want to do without scheduling ahead but we can be more spontaneous knowing San Francisco has declining rates. Indoor pools and bowling alleys can reopen with safety protocols. Restaurants can increase capacity from 25 to 50 . As well as places of worship, theaters, museums, aquariums. Thats if the covid case count remains low. Thats why planet granite is doing as much as they can to keep it that way. Hopefully the cases trend in the right direction and were able to continue on like this. Just because we are in the yellow tier doesnt mean we get to stay there. Wash your hands, wear your masks, please, our businesses depend on it. If Everything Else holds starting the middle of next month, even bars that dont serve food will be allowed to open up outdoors in San Francisco, emily turner, kpix 5. To stay up to date with reopenings across the bay area, collect out kpix. Com. Movie theaters will reopen friday in parts of the bay area. Ten theaters will welcome back movie goers in alameda, santa clara, and San Francisco counties, patrons can expect to see changing of course. Employees required to wear masks and gloves. In San Francisco, you wont see open concession stands. Were excited about it. Its been a long time coming. Its been seven months weve been closed. Were excited about getting people back to work. About offering movies to the public. There are signs posted throughout the theater reminding people of the health order. 85 of theaters have reopened nationwide. Tahoe ski resorts cant wait for the season to begin. Some firing up the snow machines, heavenly ski resort started making fresh snow this weekend. Welcoming guests by november 20th. On the storm watch, Tropical Storm zeta is heading toward the u. S. Gulf coast after slamming into the yukotan peninsula. Its expected to become a hurricane again and make landfall wednesday evening south of new orleans. People there are getting ready by filling up sandbags to protect their homes, zeta would be the fifth named storm to hit louisiana so far this year. Such a difference from what were experiencing here. We could use a bit of rain. But obviously thoughts are with folks in louisiana who have done this time and time again. Much like weve experienced Power Outages and dry conditions. Everybody is stuck in whatever weather pattern weve been in since midaugust. Tropical storm zeta the fifth named storm to hit louisiana. A likelihood at this point tomorrow. This is the eleventh named storm to hit the United States in the 2020 atlantic hurricane season. Its a Tropical Storm now because it weakened as it moved over the yukotan peninsula over the last 24 hours. But the last few frames of the satellite loop shows the storm getting more organized. More red showing up indicates colder cloud tops. This thing is ramping back up. Its going to become a hurricane once again. Lets switch over to the path of zeta. 69 Miles Per Hour sustained winds. It will become a hurricane later on this evening. Likely to still be a category 1 hurricane as it approaches the louisiana coast by wednesday afternoon. Making landfall to the south of new orleans wednesday evening as the sun is going down in that part of the u. S. And making its way inland and weakening dramatically. But its likely to bring excessive rain through the southeast and eventually up into the appalachians as well. Around here, weve been in the dry weather pattern for the past several months. No exception today, temperatures got a little warm santa rosa up to 87 degrees after you started in the low 40s this morning. You warmed up by 45 degrees today. Hayward, 82 for a high, mostly 71s. Just below 81 degrees in san jose. 75 in San Francisco. 7 degrees above normal for this time of the year. Halfmoon bay, 71 degrees. Temperatures in similar territory tomorrow. Right now, 70s. Some 60s on the map around Half Moon Bay and palo alto. Downtown, the temperature is 73 degrees. The usual 4 or 5degree difference we see this time of the day at this time of the year. The winds have died down. Offshore wind farther inland. But not as strong as the winds weve been tracking the past couple days, on shore winds return to the forecast. But its going to be a slow process. Temperatures running above normal for the next few days, temperatures tonight dropping into the 40s across the bay area. Which isnt that far below average. Maybe 2 or 3 degrees below normal for the coolest spots on the map. Dry air in place cools off very efficiently. It heats up efficiently. Were going to see a big time warm up across the bay area on wednesday. Temperatures in the lower half of the 50s in the city. Warming up to above 70 degrees tomorrow afternoon. Maybe not quite as warm as today thanks to a on nor wind kicking in. Winds around 5 to 10 Miles Per Hour. Not breezy by bay area standards. San jose, upper 70s for high temperatures. Starting off around 50 degrees. A cool start in santa rosa. A big warm up, 80 degrees during the afternoon, plenty of sunshine and light winds, still occasionally, that offshore direction, not as gusty, that helps as dry conditions continue, right up to 80 degrees for the east bay as well. Concord to 80. Other temperatures, maybe a little bit above 80 degrees the farther inland you go. Low 80s in fairfield. A mix of 70s. And 80s on the map. Mid 60s on the coast. We retreat a bit on friday. Cloud cover sneaking in. A stronger on shore breeze. Then we warm back up as we head through halloween weekend. Dont forget to set the clocks back saturday night. A bonus hour of sleep as Daylight Saving time comes to an end. Turions the warm side to start off in november. Low to mid 80s sunday and monday for inland parts of the bay area, 70s around the bay itself. Dry weather continues. Were not out of the woods in terms of the fire danger. Well check out this evenings relative humidity levels and how low those are still coming up at 6 00. Were a week away from election day. And bay area county has 50 of votes in. Plus Community Groups are raising concerns about the persistently high numbers of covid19 cases among the Latino Community here in san jose. What they want done now. The surprising response from the county. People in the bay area arming up and who is behind these surging sales is surprising. 25,000 baseball cards all going to a new home. How one man found a special use. A great example of how were Better Together. A donation for a little girl who lost everything in recent fires, were talking baseball cards and lots of them. A san jose man donated about 25,000 cards to cal fire earlier today. Hear the story of a young girl named reese. A serious baseball fan, lost all her cards during the creek fire near fresno. He was so moved he decided his collection belonged in a different home. For me, this was really a no brainer. I just want to do it. And so i contacted the station. They got right back with me. Theyve been wonderful spurring this whole thing on. And shes going to get her baseball cards at the end of this week. And i can not wait to see the smile on her face when i get the pictures. Kevin, thats the joy of giving. Since reese probably wont need all 25,000. The rest of the cards will be handed out to other kids and baseball fans who lost their belongings for more positive stories like this, check out our Better Together page, go to kpix. Com together. And now at 6 00, surging gun sales and is surprise is who is buying them up. We are breaking down the numbers. Plus taking a direct hit from covid19, this evening, the Latino Community calling on bay area leaders to do more. They have been verified opened up prepped for counted and ready for the scanning machines. Thoughts from voters here as we hit the final week. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. And im ken bastida. A week away from that big election. Tonight we all ready have some surprising numbers. Kpix 5s Wilson Walker on one county that all ready has about 50 of its votes in. Wilson . Yeah, a lot of the region closing in on that landmark. Weve been following the earliest of ballots here in contra costa county. We showed you the scanning of the signatured. We showed you them getting opened up and ready for counting. Today the ballots hit the machines. So were scanning, were not tabulating. And we will be doing this everyday between now and tuesday. The highspeed scanning machines are up and running in martinez. And they wont stop until election day. Fivepage ballots from about half of contra costa countys registered voters are all ready here. Right now we are over 48 and i expect by 10 00 tomorrow morning, we will hit that half way point, 50 . Well inch up probably around 45 by the end of today, we started scanning as well. We scanned about 500,000 ballot cards so far. Other bay area counties like alameda are on a similar pace as voters continue to show up early in large numbers. I decided to come