Side on happy even angry he got to figure kron fours Maureen Kelly found barricades going up in the city as Business Owners say theyre worried some of this anger could turned to destruction morning. Thats right im here on Market Street right now at new montgomery and behind me you can see a long line of businesses here. Their doors and windows covered up with plywood. Now this is all in case, theres trouble on Election Night. No matter which side wins or loses and this is not the only place i saw precautionary plywood being put up. The sounds of hammers and saws could be heard in many spots in downtown San Francisco as construction workers and security guards put up sheets of plywood over a plate glass windows and doors this some barricades protecting the glass from potential riots that they think that might elections. Disease this plan to gas a pretty expensive lot to put it is to build into destructive behavior. You dont really know whos going to win, but people are crazy right now there things going on the world the world basic lake so theres going to safe and protect their the manager of one business that was boarded up. Says shes frustrated about putting plywood over her display windows since they were just getting momentum after reopening. She understands why its happening but she wishes it didnt have to be this way i mixed feelings, i wish that we didnt have to do that but with everything going on high realize again its i wish we did and i wish we lived in a place where we could just and feel good about our decision and the process and and realize that. Whether the outcome is one thing or the other were all in this together. The citys Police Department is also gearing up for potential unrest on our Election Night. They say they have canceled discretionary time all 4 officers. They are also adding staff that evening. Just in case they have to respond to what theyre calling spontaneous. Reporting from San Francisco. Im Maureen Kelly kron 4 news. And it is not just San Francisco getting ready for the possibility of riots in southern california. Rodeo drive in Beverly Hills will be closed to cars and pedestrian traffic on election day and the day after to try to keep the peace. The move comes as city hall is encouraging some businesses down there to board up their high end stores. City shopping become places of protest since the death of george floyd this summer a black man at the hands of minneapolis police. Kron 4 is your election headquarters tonight people in Alameda County have several options for voting in person in between now and election day and today, a major sporting venue was added to that list of locations kron fours Haaziq Madyun shows us where it is. The oakland Alameda County coliseum accessible voting location will be open to Alameda County residents starting this saturday october 31st to election day november, 3rd voters choosing this location will be able to register and vote in person in the oakland arena. Both curbside for vehicles or place completed ballot ballots at drop boxes Alameda County registrar of voters, tim dupuis has information on other voting options throughout the county they can use one of the 66 drop boxes that we dont stall throughout the county. So at 66 drop boxes. And then starting this we have 100 accessible hole locations that are opening up the 4 days leading up to the election the oakland as will be covering the 30,000 cost for use of the Coliseum Team president dave kabel talked about why it is important to all of the sporting venue for those voting in this election during the covid19 pandemic its a great opportunity to give our community a chance to exercise their right to vote and to do it in a safe way especially during the global and think this is something a stir in a new era of voting and probably will be something we have every 2 years which would be a great change and you dont have to be an oakland resident to vote at the coliseum starting saturday at the coliseum sabal voting location will follow cdc and Public Health guidelines regarding social distancing and the wearing a mask mass will be provided for any voter who needs one the coliseum will be open for voting from 09 00am to 05 00pm starting this saturday october tuesday november, 2nd. And from 07 00am to 08 00pm on the day of the election has made you kron 4 news. And here kron 4 weve been asking you to send in your election questions if you have them and there are a few common ones weve received including this one from Sarah Jackson she writes my son goes to college in los angeles, but votes in Contra Costa County can he dropped his Contra Costa County ballot. And l a ballot box. Well Election Officials say it is possible. Not recommended it would fergal that e mail it in and like i said if its postmarked by election day it can take up to you know 17 days to get counties, california counties they do receive ballots for other counties and we certainly do you deliver them 2 of the other counties, but i think the best thing to do would be to simply mail it in from l a. Whether you drop your ballot off in your county or another county in the state youre urged to remember to do so before the polls close at 08 00pm on november, 3rd. Now to the pandemic in tonight Public Health officials in Alameda County have given the middle and high schools, the okay to reopen for in Person Instruction starting the week of november 9th if safety plans are in place. Yeah kind a big deal. Despite the okay dont look for these schools to be opening their doors any time soon. Kron fours dan kerman live for us in berkeley to explain dan. Well lot of work asked to go into place you have to make an agreement with teachers youve got to get all the safety protocol in place got to figure out how youre going to schedule all of these middle School Students as well as all of these high School Students its going to take some time with the holidays coming up and Everything Else it would not be out of the realm of possibilities that this might not happen before the end of the year. High schools across Alameda County been empty since covid19 caused Health Officials to shut down in person learning. Now theyve given middle and high schools with safety plans the okay to reopen their doors as early as november 9th, but at least for Public Schools that likely wont happen for some time. There are a number of considerations for larger districts for our public many conditions that need to be met to ensure we have all the safety protocols in place and it takes School Districts longer to do that he takes them longer to marshal those resources. It takes longer to engage their communities to figure out exactly how this is going to work part of the work that needs to be done is reaching an agreement with individual teachers unions. I dont think theres a teacher in the state of california does not want to be back in school but double and Teachers Association president robby crites as before walking in the door. Teachers will need to make sure the environment will be safe for both teachers and students alike. When youre talking about 6 feet apart in every classroom do we have 60 the space when youre talking about ppe or sanitation or ventilation is all of that in place there will also be issues with logistics and scheduling. Well elementary School Students stay with the same teacher all day. Middle and high School Students typically change classes throughout the day that will also have to be addressed. Let me give you some idea of the length of time this will take as you remember on october first Elementary Schools were given the okay to reopen on october 13th. Well now its the 28th and so far 58 Elementary Schools, only 58 in the county of alameda have opened only one of those is a Public School and thats a Public School that only has 50 children that gives you some idea of how complicated it is for Public Schools at the elementary level not withstanding what its going to be like for those at the secondary level live in berkeley Dan Kerman Kron 4 news. This is supervisors have unanimously approved a new ordinance to provide funding for landlords whose tenants have been unable to pay rent because of the pandemic according to supervisor dean preston. Hes the author of the San Francisco landlords have lost as much as 32 Million Dollars monthly in unpaid rent is tenants continue to face financial hardships under this ordinance owners with properties that have 10 or fewer league units and voluntarily waive the debt obligation from tenants who are impacted by covid19 could receive between 5065 of the rent owed this funding, however is contingent on the passage of cities proposition. I during next weeks elections. Right time to talk weather now pretty nice night out here in San Francisco, not as may be Crystal Clear as it could be though no complaints krogers chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow joins us with that what we can expect looking like a nice evening out there we have some some small action from fires in the Sierra Nevada that has been blowback in the bay area. So you may have noticed outside yeah just come that little 80s in your skies tonight out there but otherwise were looking at a very nice night ahead, its going to be a little chilly in spots get those extra blankets out. But the air quality start to suffer a little bit you see the areas in yellow there inside the bay certainly that is going bring up some moderate amounts of pollutants in those nice in the San Francisco and also along much of the coastline winds. It is the good news. We havent had much in the way of winds say really calming down after we had that. Ferocious outbreak of strong gusty winds. So that is some good news. Head out the door this evening got a lot of sunshine coming your way in the first part of the evening a little hazy. In in the evening hours, mostly clear temperatures cooling off in the 60s by 08 00pm and then overnight it will get chilly in spots overnight lows could be dropping off in the 40s. Highs tomorrow should be very nice again plan on some 70 some low 80s while inland some 60s along the coastline next couple days though were going to notice some changes coming our way into the halloween weekend well talk more about that in a few minutes. Thanks lawrence now to our wildfire coverage mention some smoke is here in the bay from fires but down in southern california. They have a couple going the silverado fire weve been talking about that is in Orange County burning. Near irvine, it is now charred more than 13,000 acres in little look at the shot here from the freeway. This thing is raging. It is 25 contained though 5 firefighters have been injured battling it 2 of them. Critically more than 70,000 homes in the irvine area remain under evacuation orders this evening. Also in Orange County, the blue ridge fire burning in yorba linda has scorched more than 14,000 acres now is containment is up to 16 as you can see some homeowners here trying to keep their places safe at least 10 homes have already been damaged in 2500 homes are still under evacuation orders. The fbi is now involved in a possible east bay hate crime but we know about a swastika spray painted on the familys home in lafayette. And no more slow streets on weekends in danville why the city council says its becoming too dangerous. And pig problems in the south bay look at them go. Now the city of san jose is now trying to deal with all that damage. Now to the south bay where up golf courses so far losing its battle with feral pigs take said these destructive hogs are causing thousands of dollars in damage. And now as we see our rob fladeboe hang on robbie on a steep i guess theyre thinking of havent people with bows and arrows go after these pigs, but no dice. Know dice grad is quite a story, im here at the Coyote Creek Golf Club in a far south san jose. Where these a feral pigs are being compared to row tailors fourlegged robot killers with tusks and they can dig deep, this is some of their handiwork here you see this all over the golf course here. The the plan here was take these pigs out not with the not with guns but maybe with a bow and arrows a crossbow what have you other archery equipment but the city says nothing doing there thats too risky. Lets take a closer look. You are looking at a sample of the damage done by some 2 dozen feral pigs that are paying nightly visits to the coyote creek golf course here in south san jose. They are coming out of the surrounding wild lands in routing up the rough and fairways in search of grabs in the soil says general manager mike fish use like you took a rotor tiller. The redditor wrote attorney hillar for your front lawn and you. Roeder told your front lawn thats what our golf course looks like when these picks are done its not a new problem, but the wily nocturnal pigs and grown wise to trap some fences. We need to send the herd says San Jose City councilman johnny say they have very little natural predators and meet their prolific breeders and they have big litters you know so they can multiply quite quickly since the shooting firearms is illegal inside city limits cameras and others proposed hiring an archer to kill the pigs but that too has been rejected. The city says its too risky with highway one o one nearby and wounded pig is a dangerous pig meanwhile, the damage is adding up. We probably spend just in labor replacements odd seed turf repair. Id say probably could be 50,000 a month these pigs are not just heart causing harm to that you know the city. Grasses and laws in you know and that golf courses theyre actually destroying Wildlife Habitat for you know the native species as well cameras would like to see the county reinstated discontinued program that had some success sitting there heard several years. Most of trying coyote creek is not trapped a single pigs so far we could get hunt them in the in the traditional form. We would have this big problem settled probably in a week. But theres nothing we can do. So we just got to sit back and let them damage or golf course in their prime repair the next day. So its back to the drawing board here at the golf course, im told though once the oak trees around here drop their then the pigs thats a traditional food for the pigs and then theyll probably leave the golf course alone, the good news, though if there is any is that they usually come around at night. So so they have not been bothering any of the golfers here live in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news all right bring on courts. Thank you rob now to the east bay where the fbi is involved in a possible hate crime investigation. A lafayette family discovered this swastika here it was spray painted on their home. You also see the word. Trump part of it there kron 4 sleet all reports now it appears the family was targeted based on politics. A lafayette familys home defaced with graffiti now boarded up the victim sharing a photo of the vandalism on social media. A swastika and the word trump found spraypainted on their garage door. The discovery reported to the Police Department tuesday morning. Its just sad that this is happening Rosa Cardenas and her husband mike mentally live nearby both believe the vandalism was politically motivated the victims are overt about their support for the black lives matter movement. Those fears and flags touting former Vice President joe biden and his running mate senator Kamala Harris to win the president ial election are also visible on the property in fact i i actually had a biden harris sign. And i got it it was stolen from my its not too far from their mayor Mike Anderson issued a statement about the graffiti saying quote. There is no place for hate in lafayette. This is an inclusive and diverse city where everyone is welcome. He goes on to say this act will not be overlooked. And will be vigorously prosecuted makes me glad to hear that im really looking into it and people are taking it seriously sherry bashen sullivan works nearby and lives in orinda she says vandals extra swastika on her front door in the past. She feels for the victims the pan and it would be anything. Last time. I absolutely horrifying the victims are encouraging people to denounce hate by voting the lafayette Police Department says it has reached out to the fbi for help with its investigation. In lafayette fleet of all kron 4 news. Also in the east bay than male will stop shutting down streets on weekends Effective Immediately after the city says that people and businesses have been repeatedly violating mask and social distancing rules on tuesday. The Danville Town Council announced the cancellation of the closures of hearts avenue between diablo road prospect avenue city council Officials Say the police in town staff of seen quote gross violations of and gotten complaints about a lack of social distancing and maskwearing among visitors as well as alcohol being served separately from meals and live amplified music. Its all not allowed. Well beautiful weather for al fresco dining out there you know its october 28th hard to believe almost hollowing crazy and then of course is were talking about the election. All of it, but pointed out conference chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow joins us now with a look ahead carl florence, yeah, guys gorgeous weather out there right now in hey heres a nice place in go relax right now how about a little about the Half Moon Bay right there on the coastline looking good up toward the beaches see nice clear skies. It is going to stay that way all night long this is that wonderful time of year, especially near the coastline where most that fog starts to go away you can see just a beautiful shot out there clear skies calm waters at this time. Yeah looking like a nice evening ahead up for the Golden Gate Bridge got clear skies to no fog to although that may begin to factor in as we head in toward friday in the first Party Weekend which is halloween temperature wise were still looking at 70 in palo up to 76 in san jose 74 degrees in hayward 75 degrees in very nice temperatures all around the bay area little cooler but nice in the San Francisco still 70 degrees so very pleasant weather outside. Looks like were going to see a nice stretch years weve got some dry with a little lazy will be chilly inland overnight tonight but otherwise, mostly sunny skies and above normal temperatures. I think by tomorrow afternoon again were talking about numbers, 70 some low 80s outside very nice in and around the bay go outside and enjoy your lunch temperatures very comfortably in the mid 70s and upper 60s in the San Francisco over the next couple days. Yeah, its fall weve got temperatures still on the warm side numbers running up the 80s inland youve got some 70s inside the bay along the coast line temperatures up in the 60s and the 70s and halloween looks nice and safe. No rain to speak of whatever you want to do you gotta stay inside do it. Everyone do little trick or treating yeah should be very neat too much. Candy thats a good idea for thanks for all right. So today a deadly hit and run in San Francisco leads to a speed limit change well tell you where thats happening after the bre San Francisco supervisor dean preston is announcing speed limit changes. Theyre coming to the intersection of gary boulevard and goff street these changes came after a car hit and killed a person in august in that intersection as a result, portions of geary from laguna to golf and then steiner to scott and also baker to Saint Josephs will have their speed limits reduced from 35 miles an hour to 25 miles per hour. And some sad news tonight cecilia chang, a trailblazing pioneer know america has died chang whose son philip cofounded the National Restaurant chain pf changs arrived in San Francisco from china back in the 1950s to help out some friends open of a new restaurant will those friends ended up bailing out but chang you know did it all in a row. That is how and run which is an iconic San Francisco restaurant on polk street was born the cause of her death is unknown. She was 100 years old. Quite a life and legacy. Coming up next trouble on wall street here because of the pandemic in part how that is impacting. Everybodys money tonight. Plus another night of civil unrest in philadelphia and a few minutes we will hear from Walter Wallace is children. You have to hear his kids speaking to cameras tonight after they lost their father plus less than a week to go now until Election Night kron 4 is your headquarters is election season just friendly reminder that we are now less than a week away from this big election just now 6 days until november, 3rd believe it or not voting this year has really changed drastically, partly because of the pandemic and partly because california is