Whatever you call it, critics are calling it a betrayal. I think that taxpayers will be upset with this idea. Reporter San Jose City councilman john mccain is says what the bta is proposing is a bait and switch, a betrayal of the spirit, if not the letter. We told taxpayers would improve the roads and driving conditions. This will just be a broken promise in the future. Reporter in 2016, voters in supported this measure, projecting to generate more than 3. 6 billion over 30 years. The money was earmarked for transportation projects, with 25 a hard cap on b. A. R. T. Construction. What is the best use of the sales tax . Is there timing to do that, based on project delivery . The very beginning of that exercise. Reporter last week, vta floated the controversial idea, what if the shared the tax revenue generated over the next decade at 75 to build b. A. R. T. , the likely spins of other transportation projects . We have got to say that this it was one thing i think we should follow through with the promise and do that. People are expecting one thing to change. If that doesnt change, they are talking about changing something is before the change was already promised. It is kind of like having to depend on that to do believe on it. Reporter bta can only spend 25 of the more than 6 billion generated by measure b for b. A. R. T. He wants to spend most of it in the next decade during construction. Over 30 years, the Transit Agency says, the math still adds up. For the beginning of this plan, if you put this amount of funding for the b. A. R. T. Project , how do you allocate funds to the other programs, and where and when . Devon, how much money would be left for the other programs if they did this . Reporter well, bta says, they will get some new projection for sales tax revenues, probably going to be down because of the pandemic. They say, if they do this plan, that is a big if because of all the pushback theyre getting, you probably only leave about 50 million annually for other projects. Devin fehely, live for us. Thank you, devon. Cosco, running into a wall of opposition and another east bay unity this evening. This time, it is against a proposed 32 pump gas station on fostoria way and san ramon. That is across the street from the existing dando cosco. A group called safer san ramon claims it will bring traffic, noise, pollution and the potential for environment of damage. The san ramon planning commission, set to discuss that at the meeting tonight. Cosco has been battling a similar Citizens Group in pleasanton for four years over a store in a gas station was to build near the 58680 interchange. Just this past friday, he just denied a petition to stop the project, based on a claim that the by mentally preparation was inadequate. The saga may not be over yet, the group has 60 days to appeal. Contra costa county Health Officials want you to get tested ahead of the thanks giving holiday. A short event held today in concord, to help families get tested ahead of the holiday and ensure a safer gathering. County Health Officials still have a stern warning for those getting together with others this thanksgiving. Testing right now only tells you your covid status right now. It doesnt tell you your covid status seven, eight days from now. That is why testing is not a cureall. The best thing is that together in person. That is the safest thing. State of california still has a travel advisory for any nonessential travel, and asks anyone who leaves the state or country to quarantine for at least two weeks. As if covid19 isnt scary enough, a Second PublicHealth Crisis is emerging, a massive drop in cancer screenings. Kpix 5s kenny choi discovered in original report, already having dire consequences for patients. Reporter about a year ago, rich waymire. The news, doctors found a tiny nodule on his lawn, urging them to follow up in a few months. Christmas came, and after christmas, the pandemic hit. Them, the whole scared of that. Reporter nick is richards son, immunocompromised do to a kidney transplant. When covid had, they sheltered in place. Doctors talked about this because of the pandemic. Reporter in august, richard coughed up blood and thought he had covid. Hospital doctors discovered stage four lung cancer. Because of that really, because of the fear, because of the unknown. Reporter he died a month later. Several patients i can think of who have had this same scenario play out, which is very, very concerning. Reporter dr. Sorene made off at ucsf. He says, because of the pandemic, haitians have put off screaming at a terrible cost. Cancers that would have otherwise been very, very manageable and curable go on to become, you know, metastatic, noncurable, even fatal. During spring, covid19 shut down much of the nation musky healthcare system. Clinics closed and patient sheltered in place a mac look at your area. Reporter medical dr. Denis voigt told works for United Health group at a large healthcare company, one of the largest in the world. Her team scours for any signs of brewing trouble, to prevent or intercept disease during this pandemic. They have detected an alarming trend with cancer. Sure enough, they are seeing patients at later stages. Reporter in the later stages of 2020, cancer screenings in california plummeted by the second week of april, mammograms and colorectal answer screenings for people with no symptoms dropped more than 90 . No screening means less opportunity for early diagnosis. In fact, claims submitted for breast, colorectal and Cervical Cancer diagnoses actually dropped by about 50 . These astigmatic people, we dont know if and when that will rear its ugly head, as it relates to more cancers and more advanced cancers. As a treating physician, having to treat women with advanced stage rest cancer break my heart. Dr. Atticus sortie, a Breast Cancer survivor and specialist with health. If we can get the women in for early health, i would be thrilled. Reporter as for the rise in the drop of routine cancer screenings, an estimate of 12 Million People not only scared of covid, they also lost their jobs. At that point, it gets to am i going to pay my rent this month or get a colonoscopy . Cancer doesnt shelter in place. Reporter dr. David chaplains, chief of thoracic surgery at ucsf. He says, this pandemic is not going away anytime soon but patients should not socially distanced themselves from routine cancer screenings. We cannot just grind everything to a halt and be paralyzed by fear. Reporter Charlie Harrington did not delay. In early september, he noticed strange symptoms and went to see his doctor. A screening revealed cancer, probably scheduling surgery and revealed an earlierstage disease. Because i was paying attention to symptoms, that led me to go in and ask questions about it, which led to the colonoscopy. That then led to the surgery. Which then, my cancer before it spread. Reporter asked for nick, he has lost his dad, but he doesnt intend to lose anything else. For me, it is just by making smart choices, doing the things i know i need to do for my health, and being brave. Reporter the number of cancer screenings has gone back up, but not enough to make up for all the missed ones earlier this year. In greenberg, kenny choi, kpix 5. United health are starting a pilot program. It is sending out home testing kits for colon cancer to 15,000 customers to see if that will help catch the disease earlier. Coming up, a warning from californias teachers. Why they want schools to think twice about the reopening plans. And how amazon is trying to be your gotwo source for prescriptions. Coming up, new at 6 00. The county is maxing out the capacity at the newest covid testing site. Why they say that is not a reason to get to get a distinctive and christmas. Not an excuse to push the boundaries. Plus, a nearly century of an old mobile diner in the bay area. It is in trouble, but the owners are did you know that geicos whole 15 minutes thing. That came from me. Really. My first idea was in one quarter of an hour, your savings will tower. Over you. Figuratively speaking. But thats not catchy, is it . Thats not going to swim about in your brain. So i thought, what about. 15 minutes. 15 percent. Serendipity. 15 minutes could save you 15 or more on car insurance. Covid shining a light on the American Health care system. Now, a new stanfordled study adds more evidence. In the first six mins of the pandemic, researchers found more than half of all covid related deaths in hospitals were men blacks and hispanics. These patients were significantly younger than white patients. How to help them avoid getting hospitalized in the first place. Making sure that our center workers, which we know, minority populations are overrepresented in this force, have proper protected agreement, are able to take sick leave when necessary, have a place to safely self isolate so they dont expose family members. Once in the hospital, but patients were less likely to be given an important antiviral known as remdesivir. They were also more likely to be put on a ventilator. This evening, the States Federation of teachers is calling on School Districts to return to or stay in distance learning. After a surge in covid cases in the majority of californias population moved in the most restrictive purple tier, cft urges districts to immediately halt plans for reopening classrooms before the end of the year. They released this statement, saying, quote, and prioritizes the safety of our students and will lead to a smoother and more Successful Transition to distanced learning. Coming up, a change nearly a century in the making. Meet the woman who is making history in the chp. And looking live outside, semper cisco, getting a bit of a break in the showers right well, amazon is the gotwo for a lot of things. Now, even prescriptions. Starting today, the ecommerce giant is kicking off an online pharmacy. Consumers can order inhalers, insulin and some prescription drugs. Shoppers will have to set up a profile and have doctors send prescriptions at amazon. The company says, it will not ship medications that can be abused. History was made for the california Highway Patrol today. The first female chp commissioner was just sworn in. Amanda ray will now lead the largest state Law Enforcement agency in the country. She started her chp career back in 1990. Eventually, she became Deputy Commissioner in february of this year. She was appointed to the commissioner role last month, after the retirement of commissioner lauren staley. Well, hagan is standing by. We have been waiting to hear the update on where the rain is right now. Paul . Widespread rain continues to move through much of the bay area. Throughout the day, pushing further east. There is more to come though as we see lingering showers tomorrow. Meanwhile, a cold front pushed rain through today. Part of the system is still offshore and has to make its way onto the shore first. Then, things are going to dry out. That is going to happen by thursday. The dryer stretch of weather for thursday, likely, lasting through the week and early into the week. How much are never picked up . Up to details for you with exactly. 1 for canfield. Approaching a half french total rainfall with a third of an inch in castro valley. 2 10 of an inch of rain in san francisco. Over a 10th of an inch in fremont. It depends on geography, whether you are in the shadow of one of the higher peaks that tends to squeeze out the rain on the other side of the mountain. That is through the santa clara valley, finding itself there right now. In the radar right now, san jose, you will pick up on this, too. A closer look we see now in marin county with the bulk of this coming to the main valley over contra costa county, zooming into the city, we see a tapering trend for the moment. Things are going to try out for a little while with those rain chances gone back up as we head later to this evening. Tonight, then again tomorrow. Take a look at ourbyour rain chances in a second. East bay, still getting light offandon showers with the biggest rain in the diablo area. San jose, barely a trace. A couple one hundredths of an inch of rain because of the water squeezed out over the san jose mountains. Zooming out into motion, this inch of rain, sliding greatly to the east. More scattered showers, the kind of activity that will. The radar is on and off throughout the next hours or so. Shows the futurecast pushing rain through the area for the next region, towards the east. Throughout the day tomorrow, santa rosa, light today. Union, in on the action earlier. You will see the best chance overall. Not a guarantee of rain, but a very good chance by midmorning. Rain chances taper off in the north bay as we head into mid band afternoon. For the city, looks like the best tens will be for midmorning around lunchtime. Again, by this time tomorrow, the rain chances really are going to be fading off the map. For concorde, further in that, rain chances are not going to be quite as high, but just briefly. Around lunchtime, the best chance of showers will be waiting a little bit longer for the south bay. San jose, again, you have the lowest rain chances on the map but hey, 20 to 30 is not a 0 . We will watch the showers as we head through the day on wednesday. High averages today, managing to warm up decently, considering the rain that is now in san jose. Good news there, and the santa clara valley. Upper 70s and upper 60s in napa for the rain in san jose with low 60s in san francisco. Most of us now have dropped down into the 50s. Still holding onto around 60 in oakland, hayward and san jose. Temperatures are in the 50s now and not going to change a whole lot for the rest of the night. Most of us, in the low to mid 50s. The cloud cover and overhead, holding some of the lingering warmth near ground level as we go through tonight. With the clouds overhead for most of the day tomorrow, we still cant warm up a whole lot. Low to mid 60s across the board. Cooler spots, staying in the upper 50s for highs tomorrow. These numbers are very close to what is normal for this time of year. We are going to see some sunshine back into the clouds by tomorrow afternoon. Shower chances began to dwindle but a dry stretch of weather begins thursday through at least tuesday of next week. Temperatures will be warmest on saturday, but not by a lot. Warmer half of the weekend saturday is also the sign year under sunnier half of the weekend with an abbreviated week next week as we get closer and closer to thanks giving. An updated look at those rainfall amounts in just a few minutes. In a vitiate it, paul, thanks. The pandemic has put a lot of our bay Area Neighbors and some tight situations. As we head into the holidays, you can help. Our food for bay area families drive is on. Lets check back in with sharon chin live at Whole Foods Market in santa clara for us. Sharon . Reporter yeah, that is right. Half 1 Million People are getting food every month from Second Harvest of silicon valley. Thankfully, there are a lot of generous people around here, including with one company, of santa clara and heather of hello quarters for today. Thank you for joining us, what kind of donation are you guys looking at this time . The covid19 pandemic has has a detrimental impact on so many people in our community, including those who are struggling before hand, like our student population. In shang, we put students first in everything we do, including supporting them with additional things therefrom with outside of the classroom, like food security. Research shows us, since the pandemic, 30 of students are now skipping meals at least once a week. 60 of student parents are reporting that their food insecure. One in four College Students are seriously considering dropping out of school because of the Financial Impact of this global pandemic. We are thrilled to part of the Second Harvest of Sudden Valley to support them in their efforts to ensure that every student, regardless of the demographics, and all of the families have access to healthy and nutritious meals. We are absolutely honored today. 2 of them with this check. Okay, excellent. Lovely, from Second Harvest, going to make a big difference, isnt it . Absolutely. We are so grateful to get this check for every dollar donated. We can provide enough food for two healthy meals, just like heather said. It is really critical, especially this time of year. This will help ensure everybody in our community has the nutritious food they need this holiday season. Excellent. The check. Org impact fund and all of our employees, we hope to increase this amount by the end of this week. Reporter excellent, thank you so much. If you are encouraged to give, you can go to kpix. Com give. You can get either financially or volunteer , there are many ways to give. Unbelievable, over 400,000. That is going to help a tremendous people. Sharon chin, live in santa clara for us. Thank you, sharon. Nuances 00, a rush to get tested before the holidays. Bay area Health Officials want tonight, it is not a failed safe plan to protect her family. Plus, a nearly centuryyear old shop in the bay area, hanging on by the fingertips. How far the owners are willing to go to keep it afloat. And bay area representing, in a big way, as a part of the u. S. Womens soccer team. Still had here at 5 00, thousands of little baby salmon, swimming in need better sleep . Try natures bounty sleep 3 a unique tri layer supplement, that calms you helps you fall a sleep faster and stay a sleep longer. Great sleep comes naturally with sleep 3 only from natures bounty there is a new mission to repopulate california with coho salmon. Back in the 1940s, the state had nearly half 1 million of the endangered fish. Now, it is 1 of that. It could soon double. Kpix 5s don ford on the journey that begins in pescadero pre. Not many seminar pescadero creek, north of san would, for years. Today, that will change. Thousands of baby coho salmon arrived by fourwheeldrive truck, getting as close as they can to pescadero creek, where a small farming of folks started on arming a special area of backpacks and heading down to the stream. Go out reporter this project, in the works for years with ranchers, farmers and all manner of public agencies finally getting on the same page at major portions of the creek to be once restored. Once released, baby salmon quickly swim to hiding places. They will spend this winter in the creek they will go out to the ocean next spring. Theyll spend about a year and a half out there and hopefully, they will return back to pescadero. They will be bigger then. Reporter 10,000 baby coho, place in different spots. Supplied by the montereys salmon trout project, sponsored by the San Mateo Council resource team. We removed a dam and did other things to ensure that fish had access to an additional 62 miles of habitat upstream. 62 miles . Yeah 62 miles. A large creek. Reporter however, scientists here estimate that of the 10,000 baby salmon in place today, only 2 , just 200 may survive and return to respond. Lots of assault to these fish, whether its from timber harvest or water withdrawals or National Disasters like fire. These populations have been through a lot. Reporter at the pescadero freak, don ford, kpix 5. New at 6 00, rainy season , to a slow start. Wet weather around the bay area. Tracking what areas get the most right now. Bay area Health Officials, trying to save covid tests for those who need it the most. What they want lower on the testing list. And sfo is trying to assure people this is the safeway, flying, despite the pandemic. The air workers were not so sure. Good evening, im ken. Im elizabeth. Much recommended run the bay area. A look at san jose right now, on a camera lens right there. A live look at the golden break bridge here, a break in the rain as people make their home today. Later today, a soggy scene in alameda. People there, getting used to the rain again. Earlier, and the south bay, blustery winds before rain swept through. Chief meteorologist paul heggen, the heaviest showers up and coming down. In the right now for the heaviest rain. We can see offandon showers throughout the next 24 hours. If you have not picked up much in the way of measurable rain just yet in your yard, there is still opportunity for that to happen is we had through the next day or so. Looking at the shower activity, making its way farther and farther in the right now, zooming in for a closer look. A few more showers taking place in the north end of marin county, sonoma county, seeing light activity. This is not anything that will cause any difficulty, just deep puddles here and there. Rain right now in the city, taking a bit of a break. This will be temporary and off andon through the rest of tonight. Rain in the east bay, making its way farther and farther inland towards the trivalley and plenty of rain for most of contra costa and alameda counties right now. Think of another radar around the san jose area with a few drops on the camera lens. A challenge to get rain actually in need to san jose. So much of it gets squeezed out into the santa cruz mountains. Again, more questions heading in