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Mrs. Trump warmed up the large crowd for President Donald Trump outside Raymond James stadium she used her time in the spotlight to echo her husbands push to downplay the coronavirus pandemic which has killed 228,000 americans. Everybody seemed day. To move this country forward. President trump took the stage celebrating a new federal estimate that the economy grew at a stunning 33. 1 to an annual rate in the July September quarter. We are doing great to see the number today, 33. 1 g d p. Now to Broward County which includes Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale rather where president ial candidate, joe biden appeared for a drive in raleigh. Broward is the blue is county in florida and home to a sizable population of black voters biden used his moment on stage today to slam the president on racial issues. You have to vote got the ball because while donald trump fails to contend white supremacy. We could deliver on racial justice. Donald trump. Players access and systemic racism as a problem. I wont even say black lives matter. I know what clive do matter and later in the week biden has to 3 more states trump won in 2016 iowa, wisconsin and then michigan, where hell hold a joint saturday rally with former president barack obama. Kron 4 is your local election headquarters and in the east bay tonight officials are investigating after some ballots went missing. Officials with the Contra Costa County Elections Office say dozens of ballots place in a drop box at Richmond City hall have not been found the missing ballots have raised some concerns about mail in voting. Fours dan thorn is enrichment tonight with the story. Election Officials Say theyre trying their best to find these ballots but have so far come up empty handed. Theyre also trying to figure out how this happened and what they can do to keep it from happening again from this election dropbox in richmond, dozens of ballots have gone missing, voters using the drop box on october 12th, some ballots were received while others were not now its unclear what happened to those missing ballots stuff always happens and this is a thing that we dont know exactly what happened yet. Scott caught a pass sick. The assistant registrar of voters in Contra Costa County says they were made aware of the missing ballots through complaints on social media. The office worked quickly to correct the problem but do not believe the box nor the ballots were tampered with weve eliminated a few possibilities to include a malicious act activity and theres no of that happening at all couldnt pass 6 as for 2 person teams collect the ballots from the countys 37 dropboxs twice a day. He understands that in todays Political Climate there have been attempts to undermine the cdedibility of mail in voting, but assures voters theres no reason for concern. The city of richmond echoed those thoughts in a statement reading in part quote the county Elections Division is aware of the information regarding ballot theft reported on social media and have no reason to believe it is true, however they take these reports seriously ways on how to keep the boxes and ballots safe are right now being considered but caught a pass 6 says of the 150,000 plus ballots received so far. This was the first time there was trouble. I really think this is a Success Story and do our part to the fact that the voters. Voted early and theyre very contentious attract about all the way through. So. Those voters that have had their balance misplaced have been given new ballots and the option to vote again. Cota past 6 as the 2 votes from one person will not be accepted by the system. Reporting enrichment dan thorn kron 4 news in the south bay levi stadium is one of many places voters can cast their ballots for the president ial elections early in person voting there begins on halloween october 31st through election day november, 3rd the hours there are 09 00am to 05 00pm while election day hours are 07 00am to 08 00pm. It is one of 100 Voting Centers throughout Santa Clara County parking is free at the Great America parking lot the city of orlando has activated its Emergency Operations center in anticipation of any electionrelated civil unrest. City Officials Say there is no immediate threat that they are aware of they still want to be prepared. That means there will be more First Responders on duty, including firefighters and Police Officers on election day. Governor Gavin Newsome voted today in person in sacramento, he and his wife cast their ballots at the Golden One Center home with the sacramento kings, the governor praised the number of ballots that have been sent in so far. Brianna taylor noble you may remember her after she caught the nations attention this year when she led a group of peaceful black lives matter protesters while on horseback in oakland. Well she was back on the saddle today she was calling on people to vote early in Alameda County there. She is noble was with her horse dapper dan and she was followed by 2 other equestrians a group of supporters on bikes and people on foot also trailed them. After she dropped off her ballot noble stuck. The i voted sticker on dapper dan and the to pose for photographs on the steps of an Alameda County courthouse. If you have any problems casting your ballot. Let us know and we will investigate you can email us at voting problems at kron 4 dot com. Starting monday, San Francisco will begin moving more than 500 less people out of the motels theyve been staying in during the pandemic 7 hotels are anticipated to close in this first phase of rehousing the homeless. But theres still no clear plan on where they will live next on force Taylor Bisacky has been following this story she joins us live now in the newsroom with more on what we know tonight, taylor. Well were talking about the most vulnerable homeless people. Who are proud to stand these hotel rooms to shelter in place during the pandemic now but starting next week the department of homelessness and Supportive Housing says case managers will meet with these people to determine future housing options. This is a 4 phase plan that will close at least 25 sites and the end of june. In its first phase or relocating the homeless. San francisco will start moving more than 500 people out of hotel rooms on monday. The department of homelessness and Supportive Housing says this is part of the first phase where they will close 7 hotels in transition people into other housing options. However, advocacy groups like the coalition on homelessness have concerns after seeing no clear cut plan on where people are going next concerns and troubled nations around the ability of the city to transition that many folks into permanent Supportive Housing. Are fully supportive of that we would love to see that come to fruition but like i said i think were very apprehensive because we havent really there seen that plan the plan hasnt been made transparent to us or the board of supervisors who have tried to hold a hearing on this topic for some time about 2400 of the citys most vulnerable Homeless Population are currently sheltering in place in those hotels supervisor matt haney represents neighborhoods like the tenderloin and soma where many of those homeless once were and some still are he fears that some people may end up back on the streets as hotels close. Theres still far too many large encampments in south of market in parts of San Francisco, where when i tell the Department Says. Were still in in a crisis here youve got to get these people inside. They tell me that they dont have enough. Placements enough places for these people to go. So im a little confused as to why they think its a good idea to close down these hotels and awe we still need the hotels is placements and we need to make sure that people were in those hotels dont end up right back on the street. The Department Says. People will be rehoused through programs like rapid rehousing permanent Supportive Housing and homeward bound which provides bus tickets back to family and friends. However, no more details were given because the program is temporary and has high costs. The department is slowly closing at least 25 sites by the end of june. And the Department Says its already connected some people to a local rent Subsidy Program ken to east bay hills. Thank you very much in the east bay Oakland Police are investigating a homicide after finding a man dead in the east bay hills. He was found just after 9 oclock this morning on grizzly peak boulevard. The road was closed for hours as investigators combed the area for evidence kron fours gayle ong has the story. Grizzly peak boulevard is back open investigators are looking into the circumstances surrounding this mans death. Its a well known spot in the east bay to catch sunsets and stunning views but on thursday grizzly peak in the Berkeley Hills was a crime scene an apparent shooting classified as a homicide around 09 10am Oakland Police responded to a report of a body found on the 2400 block of grizzly peak boulevard when Police Arrived they found the man suffering from a traumatic condition and was pronounced dead at the scene U C Berkeley Police tweeted this alert at 09 48am about Police Activity notifying people to avoid the area, good to leave the area and go home burglary resident, jenny ph and her daughter pearl were hiking nearby because hearing the helicopters going overhead with yeah ok whats going on some things going on. And then we just noticed that there was a crime scene up the hill other hikers told me off camera they consider this trail safe grizzly peak boulevard was closed off for hours and reopened just after one 15 in the afternoon. So far there are no arrest anyone with information on this crime is asked to call Oakland Police the name of the victim is not being released at this time reporting from the Berkeley Hills gayle ong kron 4 news. Alameda city leaders are seen a dramatic spike in gun violence and police say they are working to get a handle on it tonight. Alameda police say 14 shootings have been reported since june first robberies also have increased more than 5 and a half percent. The police chief says he believes there is a direct correlation to the pandemic so far jail sentences have been shortened and inmates are being allowed back on the streets because of the Ongoing Health emergency. Were watching whats happening with more folks not being in jail when theyre arrested because of covid people being released because of covid criminal Justice Reform is just so many factors were taking a look at. So far none of this years shootings has turned deadly the Police Department has also made arrest in 5 of the cases in oakland, a man was arrested after a traffic stop turned in turned up a large amount of drugs cash and a loaded gun. This happened at 7th and potter Streets Police say the suspect who they are not identifying at this time was driving on a suspended license and had several bottles of from at the scene as well as more than a 1000 cash. He was arrested on several different charges. Bay where Sonoma City Councilmember and former mayor david cook has been arrested on child molestation charges the alleged assault was reported on monday cook was arrested tuesday night and released on bail wednesday morning cook has served on the Sonoma City Council since 2012 and air in 2015. Current mayor logan harvey sent kron 4 a statement about cooks arrest that reads quote crimes of this nature are disturbing it is the primary duty of all communities to protect children due to the overwhelmingly sensitive nature of the investigation i ask everyone to show compassion for the victim and the families involved in this case and respect their privacy as due process plays out matthew may hood the president and ceo of the Silicon Valley organization has resigned. After a racist image was posted to the organizations website. The image showed black people some holding sticks with a big cloud of smoke on the street text above the mess, the image said quote do you really want to sign on this. In a statement, the s f o s a video rather said it was horrified by the image in announcing his resignation may had said he had no knowledge of the image but he is ultimately responsible for whoever posted it. In the north bay, the city of sandra fell is facing a lawsuit over claims that Police Wrongfully detained a black male man back in august. The suit alleges that karl bracy a 21 year veteran of the u. S. Postal service was on his way home still in his uniform when he was pulled over by police and ordered out of the car at gunpoint by police. The officers say they believe the brace he was the suspect in a carjacking and had him detained in handcuffs for several minutes before he was allowed to leave the sand with al Police Department has defended the officers decision bracey has since taken a leave from his job and says he is now under psychiatric care. Time now to check our weather around the bay area our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow has the details all the way through the weekend large certainly another nice day today lot of sunshine around the bay area be enjoying it. And this weekend. Weve got some changes too in fact usually we start to talk about rain at this time of year not all about the sunshine and just how warm its going to be tonight though we are starting to see some changes in the atmosphere a little fog beginning to move it along the coastline. Some of that is going to push inside the bay. I think its going to be some of the ethic kind of ghostly fog out theyre perfect for this time of year up toward the Golden Gate Bridge right now it is mostly clear at this hour in a little bit later on well see some of that fog beginning to move on through but otherwise not a bad night. One thing weve we have that hes in the atmosphere today again from the creek fire burning in the sierra nevada, some that smoke working its way back into the bay so youve got a lot of areas in yellow there thats moderate amounts of pollutants youve got green and i fresh air in a San Francisco also in the santa cruz. Thats a bill with moderate amounts of pollutants in the san jose in the south bay. All right up there right now we are looking at just a couple of patches of fog trying to creep in along the coastline see that to the north there otherwise so far mostly clear. Now mitt today it was a nice day out there we have some very nice temperatures in 74 degrees in San Francisco that a very nice for this time of year 78 degrees in oakland 78 also in san jose and live more 79 and gawker and 81 degrees in santa rosa. Numbers outside beginning to cool off in spots in the 40s and a Half Moon Bay but still 50s in the hayward 16 alameda 50 degrees in san mateo 57 degrees in the napa valley, 52 degrees in petaluma were going to some change as we head not too distant future. Well see some changes coming our way for the weekend High Pressure can actually strengthen a little bit. We may start to talk about some offshore winds now really strong yet but certainly enough to bring us some nice weather a little hazy out there tonight the mostly sunny just slightly cooler tomorrow and this weekend High Pressure builds overhead again. We start to talk about a week off shore when i think as we get into early next week. It will be enough to warm me up, but that ridge as we head into tomorrow, looking very nice and mild temperatures out there what we need though is some rain. So here we go a long range forecast into the weekend. Were looking good High Pressure over head keeping you dry as we get in this next week though, yeah were going to front headed toward the bay area as we head toward the middle of week but to get a shredder to part by that ridge of High Pressure. Then it starts to look a whole lot more promising by the following weekend again this is a long way forecast is that following weekend as we have the weekend the 7th and the 8th of november, slight chance we could be talking about some showers but for now were talking about the sunshine and its going to be a beautiful friday around the bay area tomorrow plan a lot of those temperatures running up in the 70s inside the bay and some mid to upper 70s, the valley 60s, very nice and dry at the coast enjoy all right, thank for 4 hours coverage, the United States is now averaging more than 74,000 new covid19 cases. Every day 41 states are reporting at least 10 more cases compared to the week before Health Experts say those numbers are likely to get worse, however, according to researchers at n y u the death rate from covid19 is actually going down likely because of better treatments and because the average age of those infected. Is dropping. Doctor Anthony Fauci the nations top Infectious Disease experts said that the numbers of us covid cases are stunning with infection rates rising in multiple parts of the country and hospitals in some areas being overwhelmed with patients during an interview yesterday doctor fauci says the country needs a mask mandate to combat the coronavirus. Now it is very urgent and thats the reason why i have been urgently saying every single day that weve got to do things that have not been done uniformly and consistently throughout the country. The numbers that you put up our stunning. This is going to get worse because were going more into a cold this season as we get through the fall and into the winter with the Holiday Season going weve got to do something different. Doctor fauci added if the federal government does not make the decision on a National Level he hopes governors and mayors would implement mask mandates. Locally. The race for a covid19 vaccine is also heating up but Health Experts say dont expect to get one any time soon after earlier suggesting that a vaccine could be ready by election day the president is now telling followers at his rallies that it is just around the corner. Kron fours dan kerman talk to bay area doctors for vaccine reality check. Many of our greatest companies and labs are coming out very quickly with the vaccines are doing great very shortly the president s initial suggestion that a covid19 vaccine could be ready by election day has now morphed into its coming very soon but during an online chat thursday doctor Anthony Fauci the nations top Infectious Disease experts said in fact we wont know until december at the earliest if theres a safe and effective vaccine, a question you asked a moment ago. Is when might we feel we can have doses ready and i said the end of december the beginning of january. Fauci says those doses would be for those most at risk including Health Care Workers and seniors and would come from one of several companies now working on different vaccines. But Infectious Disease specialist at ucsf believe that december january time line may be too overly optimistic. I really dont think we will have. A vaccine. So ready for distribution to the highest share priority until spring of 2021. Ucsf Infectious Disease specialist doctor, peter, chinhong so spring is a more realistic timeline for a high risk populations. Given trial delays reviews of those trials and the complications involved in distributing a vaccine to such a Large Population for delays a good thing. It means that people taking safety seriously theyre listening to the anxieties of the american population. That spring timeline is focusing on those who are high risk Health Care Workers and seniors, what about distribution for the rest of us. Experts here ucsf say that likely wouldnt happen until sometime in the summer or fall. At Ucsf Dan Kerman Kron 4 news. In Solano County a hospital patient has been diagnosed with both the flu and the coronavirus the county Health Department is calling it a co infection at this point officials are not releasing any information on the patient except to say they are under the age of 65 Health Officials have been warning of a quote twin demick since the flu season started and because the 2 illnesses do share similar symptoms people who think they just have the flu may need to get tested for covid19 as well. Scary scene coming up a plane plummets to the ground in a fiery crash, the search for answers in this investigation plus a lakers fan loses ahead after a fireworks accident how lapd jumped into action. Plus lgbtq politicians are breaking barriers. How many elected officials are now in Us Government. A lakers fan blew off his hand during a fireworks accident while he was celebrating the teams nba championship dramatic video showing an lapd officer with medical training rushing to his aid according to the Department Officer Christopher Gonzalez stumbled upon a man while he was actually trying to defuse tensions between the laker fans and Police Officers lapd posted this video and you can tell it was pretty dramatic describing officer gonzalez as a combat veteran turned guardian angel. In south los vegas an Investigation Underway after at least 2 people died in this Small Plane Crash this happened this morning cell phone video from the scene shows fire engulfing the aircraft immediately after the crash. The federal administrate Aviation Administration says a twin engine cessna 3. 10 had taken off from North Las Vegas airport. Officials say the plane was on its way to san diego when it crashed into a Home Construction site. One witness says he knew there was a problem with that plane before it went down. Started to angle towards us and then i seen the the door to the cabin, the open look like you want to jump out. And sustain their place in to come towards us he close the door and turn to the other way and thats when an golden and hit that was almost them out. 15200 feet from it. Several neighbors jolt to the area to see what was going on all say it was too late. Its not clear what may have caused the crash. The investigation is ongoing. Coming up next as protests continue in philadelphia for a 3rd night, the family of Walter Wallace junior is speaking out what theyre demanding from Law Enforcement tonight plus millions of californians are making sure their votes are counted a Record Number of ballots already returned just 5 days ahead of the election, how officials are working overtime. Make sure the election is safe and secure and a new school bearing the name of Michelle Obama held its grand woman after covid, my hours got cut. So we cant pay our bills. And now our Family Budget is gonna be hit hard with prop 15. The yes on 15 ads say it only raises taxes on big corporations. 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. 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. Properly frame and did not have the i was to effectuate their job. They didnt at. A lawyer for the family of a philadelphia man shot by police has called for more training specifically on keeping people alive. His comments come on the 3rd day of violent protests in West Philadelphia on the gove and brings us the latest on the investigation regarding the shooting and the calls for justice from walter while this is family. You will not see a man with the knife lunging at anyone. That would qualify as a reason to assassinate him front of his fact that you will not see. Its been 3 nights of protests looting and violence in West Philadelphia last night police began arresting people who refused to disperse in spite of a citywide curfew. A ban loaded with explosives found right in the middle of the city during the unrest teams have been blowing up a t ms across philadelphia unfortunately during the past week. The city has gone backwards. With rioting and looting that began in west philly and spread other parts of the city. Were calling on the city leadership to release the facts of this case, its not hard. I think what you have support your officers back your officers and lets get a handle on the it was this monday afternoon encounter that touched it off officers responding to a 911 call found 27 yearold Walter Wallace junior brandishing a knife. He chased them with it ignored demands to drop it before he was shot and killed the circumstances under investigation by the citys dia well as his family says they do not want the officers charged with murder. However. Everybody be accountable for what he did do something wrong. The human life. We loss. Usdas date. That was tom the govan reporting for us tonight since monday there have been a total of 212 arrests during the protests, 57 officers have been injured since the unrest. Only one officer remains hospitalized tonight and the family says the funeral will be held for wallace on november 7th. Turning now to the south bay San Jose City leaders partner with the community to raise these black lives ban matter. Banners at city hall today, mayor sam liccardo was joined by members of the Community Organization called you pipe all to celebrate the unveiling the city hopes the banners will be seen as a symbol of Civic Engagement and as a way to acknowledge all of the i portant work that still needs to be done there are now 5 days away from the november, 3rd election kron 4 is your local election headquarters this election season. And making sure this election is safe and secure is the top priority for the california secretary of states office. Our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala talked with secretary of state alex padilla about which security measures will be in place. Nearly 9 Million People already have their ballots in secretary of state alex by the u. S. Has his office and county Elections Officials across the state are taking steps to ensure voters are safe and ballots are protected by says so far in early voting. There havent been any incidents of voter harassment or intimidation at the polls his office last month sent an unprecedented memo to county Elections Officials rehashing voter intimidation laws and consequences as discussions ramp up on poll watchers folks there to observe can not in any way. Interfere with the administration of elections is trying cross the line try to harass or intimidate somebody was trying to exercise their right to election supervisors are trained to make sure that the election goes smoothly. Havent been trained on how to de escalate maybe some tense situation that there are questions still will Law Enforcement be involved here or you may be leaving it up to poll workers Law Enforcement standby should they be necessary. But that is never that the first step in responding to an incident every into the middle bit different so you know up to minute it in the bud was about 40 of ballots already returned by says county Elections Officials are working to keep those secure all these ballots are maintained in high security areas, you know only official people have access to these types of rooms. Multiple types of locks, it cetera Elections Officials have just days left to keep the safeguards in place before the counting begins in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. While President Donald Trump and former Vice President joe biden dominate the 2020 election headlines in their race. Theres a different kind of history being made yeah the number of openly lgbtq elected officials of the United States has more than doubled in the past 4 years and those ranks could grow all thanks to a record field of lgbtq candidates. This year new data show there are 843 openly lgbtq elected officials across all levels of Us Government right now and that is up from 417 in june of 2016 the data released today by the Lgbtq Victory Institute out of america meantime lets show you whats going on in california. It leads the nation in the number of lgbtq elected officials according to the data there are 127 elected officials in california who identify as lgbtq in the east bay students and staff held a virtual Ribbon Cutting ceremony for the grand opening of the Michelle Obama Elementary School in richmond. Well force has ready on brings us a look. I these Elementary School protests a painting in a virtual Ribbon Cutting ceremony for the grand opening of the Michelle Obama School Enrichment the site was formerly the location of the Woodrow Wilson Elementary School buildings were unsafe and falling apart. A new school is see from the fear and little over 6 years ago the innovative rebuild project began march 21st Century School design features a multitude indoor and outdoor spaces, the School Principal cloudy of the lead as explains how it works like civil design and the School Environment allows grade levels to share in earnings. Were all adults in students Learn Together and teachers can close up. All the doors and being very traditional spaces with their 30 students they can open it up they can teach a 100 kids at the time they can move and overhear 90 over there once the bill was underway. We realize. Part of taking ownership in this new school was having the opportunity to name or steps. We wanted to choose a name that resonated with who we were as a community when the search for david did the west Contra Costa Unified School district chills, Michelle Obama for multiple reasons including her growing up on the south side of chicago in the community similar to richmond from there she would go on to graduate from princeton university, shes also a graduate of harvard law school. Later she joined the Chicago Law Firm Sidley Austin where she would ultimately meet her husband did the rest is history meaningful support to keep students and teachers safety Michelle Obama school has 2 floors a multipurpose room a Community Room a spacious playground and a green garden has it made you kron 4 news. Coming up a strong message from San Franciscos city leaders for this upcoming halloween urging people not to undo the progress made during the pandemic theyre wanting is next and the weather has been so nice lately but could we be in for little trick. And this little halloween forecast well talk about it next and his forces earthquakes are covid free and making a run to the playoffs. Jason has their story coming up. The mls regular season is almost over and the quakes are in the midst of a playoff run the lead was among the first professional sports leagues to resume play in the u. S. In san jose has managed to stay covid free thanks thankfully. Kron 4 Sports Reporter carley mills talked with players about the bizarre season, completing for an mls cup. The sights and sounds that earthquake stadium much different i was screaming all tries and north americas largest outdoor boss. Its an to use lost a little bit from sort thing missing them and were hoping they come back soon the only outside voices, the haunting of driveup fans watching from their the San Jose Earthquakes are in the final stretch of a strange season. Bma last first resumed in july for the mls is back tournament held in orlando bubble. Teams then returned home to begin regular season play with strict protocols. So far the quakes have remained covid free we talked as a team wanted to. Not. The one of the scenes to add to cancel anything and so we took it upon ourselves to this psa from can take all the right measurements star midfielder and u. S. National team player jackson yearold says the team is coming together under secondyear coach might the u. S. All made that. And not only on the field we enjoy other, but off the field you know the Coaching Staff and the group you know really chosen a time and you know keeping the friendship and the bond going as much as possible you know believes that fund is translating to onfield success the quake speak well, salt lake to nothing last night up next are lfc in the Seattle Sounders in their final 2 games. Western conference playoff spot on the line well assess the right to use these games we have to go into the final. So this is the time to make the make on this effort and hard work worthwhile island great reporting kylen and we will keep you updated on the quake season as it progresses now a surprise higher in baseball, the Chicago White sox has hired 76 yearold Tony La Russa as their new manager there he goes right there. If you havent seen in a while thats right but hes been out for a while and hes 76 years old la russa will be the oldest manager in the majors by 5 years the astros dusty by 5 years the astros dusty baker is 71, hes the second 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. Vote yes on prop 25 woman after covid, my hours got so we cant pay our bills. And now our Family Budget is gonna be hit hard with prop 15. The yes on 15 ads say it only raises taxes on big corporations. 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. On the peninsula popular hiking trails in south San Francisco are still closed after that for alarm fire that broke out almost 2 weeks ago. You may recall back on october 16th, the wildfire raced across sign hill burning part of the famous south San Francisco Industrial City sign fortunately only caused minor damage. But the city says the trails need repairs and until thats done. The area will remain closed off theres no estimate as to when the work will be finished. 2 teenagers confessed to starting that fire. A new warning against halloween parties in San Francisco, the castro as you likely know is normally a magnet for gatherings on halloween on really was considered a high holiday in the city, but. Not this year and you a lot of fun officials are worried about a rise in covid cases and dont want to see the city back sliding out of the yellow tear kron fours Maureen Kelly talked to the mayor about her concerns. It seemed like it was going to be an epic halloween this year, its on a saturday. Theres a full moon here in a city where people love to dress up and have fun but now we have the specter of coronavirus looming over us and the citys mayor is concerned that people are going to think just because were in the yellow tier we can get a little loose, but she says thats not the case. Were in the yellow here now, but that could change at a moments notice. The mayor visited businesses today out the excelsior some with their halloween decorations up but was scaring the mayors that were starting to see a spike shes concerned about the rise in hospitalizations and the number of new cases so what im concerned about right now is that as we go into the whole halloween weekend and people may feel good San Franciscos in a good place but were not and its going to put us in a situation where we may have to make some adjustments and. As much as halloween is like my favorite holiday ever to celebrate even i have to take a step back from what i traditionally would want to do to do what is in the best interest of the people of the city because if wed all and were talking about future holidays where we wont be able to celebrate in the ways that we enjoy the supervisor of the Castro District is also warning people not to come here and party like in years past and that suits. Those we talked to in the neighborhood. Just find the castor is a really fun place. I love living here, but im all about safety first so personally im going to be staying home this year and im glad theyre encouraging people to stay home. I hope other people listen to what theyre saying the city says go ahead and decorate your house theyre encouraging people to still dress up in costumes but theyre discouraging of course large gatherings and theyre also discouraging trick or treating. Now the citys public Health Department does have a list on their website of ideas on how to still have fun on the holiday. But also stay safe during the pandemic you can find a link on our website kron 4 dot com. Maureen kelly kron 4 news. So whats weather going to be like on halloween, lets check in with lawrence he has a halloween forecast that even though we have to social distance and be careful we still want to know how to hang out. Yeah you got to be careful. Thats for sure you know some folks are still going to head out so yeah, it looks like the weather. Its going to work out very nothing too spooky except theres going to be some fog might be a little spooky as you approach the coastline on halloween night otherwise. Yeah, it really should be a treat of a night it will be a little cool if youre stepping outside bundle up those numbers dropping off in the 50s and theres that ghostly see fog likely to move in late in the evening, so watch out for that, but sometimes the year you can sometimes you can see actually some rain moving in at this time of year, but doesnt look like thats going to happen for this halloween, its beautiful out there tonight skies, mostly clear little haze, theres still a little smoke in the atmosphere, no clouds to ship thats likely going to change well see some of that fog begin to move in along the coastline overnight tonight. I think its going to fairly dan special on the coast line and just inside the bay tomorrow morning just after 08 00am youll see plenty of that fog and then that gives way to sunshine and what looks like some pretty nice weather ahead here in fact were going to keep things dry for quite a bit but yeah around the bay area on a friday, not bad at all youre talking 60s. Some possibly in the parts of San Francisco 50s in the sunset with some that patchy fog do plan on some of the coastal clouds tomorrow to keep those numbers down mainly in the 60s in the 50s out toward the beaches as get over the hill though run those numbers up just a little bit with a little more sunshine and little haze from the fire outside. And as you work your way inside the bis those temperatures running up the 60s and the 70s in the south bay looking at 76 degrees in san jose. Want to stay warm inland in the upper 70s in the tri valley and then you see a lot of 70s inside the bay into places like oakland and berkeley and 74 degrees in hercules edge, a little further north those temperatures staying warm and even along the coastline you can see some patchy fog that you list a little way from the coast. A lot of sunshine coming your way so next few days, weve got a lot of sunshine through the weekend temperatures actually going to warm up a bit going to keep you dry over the next 7 70s and 80s even inside the bay next week and temperatures getting near 6070 degrees even up toward the coastline. Thank you laura well some good news out of Southern California firefighters in Orange County are gaining ground in 2 big wildfires burning there the silverado fire burning in the hills just east of irvine has scorched more than 13,000 acres. It is now 51 contained. Some 90,000 residents who had been evacuated earlier in the week have now been allowed to return home, no homes were lost in this fire, but 2 firefighters remain in the hospital after suffering secondand thirddegree burns. The cause of this fire is still under investigation. And evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted for the nearby blue ridge fire is burning in the mountains between yorba linda and chino hills that fire has consumed more than 14,330 acres. It is 39 contained however full containment is not expected for a couple of weeks one structure was destroyed 7 others damaged calmer winds are helping the fire crews in both the blue ridge and silverado fires gain some ground against the flames families could be a miracle check out this video and mind boggling site captured alaska with some boaters recorded looks like a moose running on top of the water police have dubbed this moose the jesus moose. A woman who took the video says the water actually is only about 5 inches deep she and some companions were riding a jet boat that can operate in very shallow water. She says though was amazing to watch this moose run. On top of the water, a miracle. Now take a look at this some frightening video of a Home Invasion it was captured on security cameras in south florida, 2 armed men ambushed a woman just as she was getting into her car they forced her back inside the house. Then they tied her up the 2 men eventually took about 2700 in cash and belongings. A 3rd suspect a woman is later seen coming up to the house wiping the door down and then returning to a waiting getaway car. So far no arrests have been made the victim was not seriously injured. Coming up next the candy coma set in for some pups but not literally weve got to check out how their new costumes are costumes that humans ca as q picture. Halloween candy coma. Well this costume of these costumes worn by this group of dogs perfectly captures the post halloween feeling of overindulging in trick or treating treats and a schwab the owner shared this video on social media of her dogs wearing cardigans and sweats as they lie on the sofa covered with junk food wrappers and even though the dogs look like they have overdone it on the candy their owner clarifies that quote no dogs were actually given any candy but they sure do pose like they did yeah dont give dont talk about especially all right the pandemic is expected to drive more people to shop online. This Holiday Season, but how safe are your account so florida Joann Merrigan has new information that could save your personal information and germany from being at risk. We know its not even halloween yet, but many are already making holiday purchases online 7 in 10 shoppers plan to shop online this Holiday Season to avoid crowds. But not everyone may be sinking of safety when they look for that bargain and we use the same passwords for everything and we dont change and frequently enough tom stephens from the Better Business bureau says be careful. A new survey says 91 of adults are putting their personal data at risk many reusing online passwords or saving those passwords on a shopping website. I would discourage setting up an account quite frankly i would try to always shop is aghast that means you have to enter your information every time. But it may just not being saved in that merges system he says if your information is and saved it cant be stolen if the merchants website is hacked. About a 3rd of shoppers also say they say their credit card information on the shopping site. Steven says bad idea thats kind of dangerous because that means is payable anybody who gets into that system he suggests using a Payment System like pay pal, i use a lot by shopping online is that means you dont give the purchase your credit card number he also reminds us a basic Online Safety if youre out of the coffee shop dont you use public wifi in other words if you need to suffer the coffee shop set up your hot spot on your phone or Something Like that. There you go good advice. I was just joe and american reporting for us tonight that does it for kron 4 news at 9, but we will be back at the top of the hour with 5 days until the election will show you whats being done to keep your the ballot boxes as after dozens went missing in the east bay and almost a year after 5 people were killed at a Halloween Party in orinda going to show you how the victims are being remembered those stories and more coming up kron 4 news at 10. From the bay areas local news stations. 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