Cristina . Well, Business Owners have dealt with protests in the past, and they are doing what they feel is necessary during this heated election. Reporter prepping for a hurricane. Stores . N downtown walnut creek or boarding up for the possibility a political storm that could leave civil unrest in its aftermath are. The city and the Police Department are monitoring any potential unrest via social media. Reporter Kathy Hemingway with an association of restaurants and shops said that stores are making the individual decisions to taking precautions. Walnut creek police are planning for the possibility of protest, even though there are no Credible Threats of such activities here or in other cities. We thought well just go ahead and board it, and hopefully nothing will happen, but we thought might as well just do it just in case, because its been just a crazy year, as we all though. Reporter the owners spent 400 on plywood, a small price compared to any potential damage to their neighborhood and they wanted to keep things late. It was tom, my husbands idea, like lets paint it and make it fun. When you think of. Lafayette, you think of the reservoir. Reporter as Stores Across the bay area bounce back from covid, they are trying to avoid any more losses. From San Francisco to oakland. The Safety Measures are consigned. This is going to be a contentious election. No one feels safe anymore when trying to pick the future of our country. Reporter but despite the appearance, dont let the boarded up store fronts fool you. We are absolutely open for business, and would love to have people come to walnut creek. Ive learned Neiman Marcus and nordstrom will be closing all storms early at 5 00 p. M. Tuesday. Neiman marcus said it is a safety precaution, and nordstroms said it is to allow employees to make it to the polls. I am 62 years old. Never in my life have i seeing some like this. Lets just hope it stays peaceful tomorrow. Cristina rendon, thank you. A federal judge in texas threw out a lawsuit filed by republicans to try to invalidate nearly 127,000 ballots in houston. Conservative activists said the votes should be thrown out because they were cast at drive through Polling Centers set up during the pandemic. She june said the opponents did not have standing to bring the lawsuit. The Texas Supreme Court rejected a similar challenge over the weekend. A record 1. 4 million early votes have already been cast in harris county. Pollsters are showing very close races in the swing states. In pennsylvania, biden is up by 3 point. Inspect wisconsin, bidens lead is more than 6 points. Florida there, biden is up by two points. Biden has a threepoint edge in nevada, and just a half a point in arizona. President trump and joe biden made their final push today. The president s schedule included stops in four swing states. Biden is focusing his efforts in the crucial state of pennsylvania. Lauren blanchard is in washington tonight now with the latest on the campaign. Lauren . Reporter hi, frank. Well, President Trump just wrapped up his third rally of the day. He still has two more tonight. Hes on that way to that fourth one, and then back to michigan for his 5th one. Meanwhile, former Vice President joe biden, he had some star power out on the campaign trail. Hell be campaigning with lady gaga tonight. Folks, ohio, one more day reporter no longer days away, now just hours, the 2020 election is almost here. We are going to win this state, and we are going to win four more years in our great White House Reporter the president ial candidates and their running mates have grilling schedules on their final full day of campaigning. President Trump Holding five rallies in four states, and former Vice President joe biden is focusing on ohio and pennsylvania. Tomorrow we have an opportunity to put an end to a presidency that has divided this nation. Tomorrow we can put an end to a president who has failed to protect this nation. Reporter a real clear politics average of National Polls has bind leading trump by 6. 5 . His lead has narrowed over the last month. Theyre the phoniest polls. They were almost as bad four year guys. Reporter knits say there are a handful of states to watch for and an indication of who will win the white house, including pennsylvania and florida. Trump can lose the sunbelt, but to win the presidency, he needs to hold all of this sun bette, as well as pick off pennsylvania or a michigan up north. Reporter but they say also keep an eye on states that the candidates have been trying to flip. If georgia goes blue, i think thats the final nail in the coffin. Reporter and businesses and cities across the u. S. Are boarding up, in case there is civil unrest. You can see just an example of what were seeing here in washington. Analysts are telling people you have to be patient. It is most likely we are not going to have a clear winner tomorrow night. It could take days, even weeks, frank, because before they are able to give americans a final result. Do we know joe biden and President Trump will be tomorrow . The campaigns have been pretty tight lipped of where the candidates are going to be. We dont have as much on the record. We know at some point the former Vice President will be speaking in delaware sometime tomorrow night. Meanwhile, the president is going to be at the white house, where hell be hosting his party. If you remember, he had a little bit of a disagreement, he and his campaign with the mayor of d. C. She not letting the hotels have any of these big public gatherings. He wanted to use his d. C. Hotel. That up not being able to happen, so instead he has moved it home to the white house. Lauren, thank you. In the south bay, Election Officials are preparing for a very busy day tomorrow. Maureen naylor joins us now with the records already broken in this election, and she talked with some first time voters today, as well. Maureen . Julie, first time voters range from teenagers to new u. S. Citizens and south bay Election Officials have already set a record when it comes to voter registration, and say they are on track to see record turnout, as well. On the day before election day. Your vote counts. Youred in needs to be right hand. Whatever it is. Reporter south bay residents were casting ballots early in san jose, including many first time voters. With this simple action, siblings and san jose state students savannah cast crow and overrest voted in their first election. Ive always been very patriot pick and proud of my country, and to do that for the first time means a whole lot for me. I feel like im doing my part in democracy, you know, being active and doing my part. Reporter santa clara is processing the hundreds of thousands of ballots already returned, but the tally wont be released until 8 00 p. M. Election night. The south bay has already broken a record with more than 1 million voters registered for the first time, and turnout is expected to break new ground, as well. More than 617,000 south bay voters have already voted this election as of sunday. The last president ial election had 724,000 voters total. Election Officials Say they are on track to beat the record turnout seen in 2008. The Elections Office said this span one of many newly sworn in citizens that came into the Registrars Office to register and vote right after two swearing in ceremonies last week, adding anyone who is not registered can still register and vote. So if you come to our office or go to one of the 100 vote centers, as long as youre in line by 8 00, you will get to vote on election day. And that Registrars Office expected long lines tomorrow. She says, though, even if it takes until 1 00 in the morning, people can still register and voting, as long as theyre in line before 8 00 p. M. And if you still have one of these, you have to make sure your vote by mail ballot is posted by tomorrow, and dont forget to sign it on the back. Our coverage on Election Night starts tomorrow afternoon at 4 00, and we will be bringing you the latest election returns all evening long, all the way through 11 30 with results and analysis. You can find results to your local election on ktvu. Com. The number of polling places in one bear in mind community has been drastically reduced. Coming up, how volunteers are helping voters get to where they need to go to cast their ballots. And well have details on key changes San Mateo County is making for those visiting friends and loved ones at care homes. Also, howresearchers are looking for volume on tears as they participate in a vaccine trial. And well let you know if there is a chance for some clouds and maybe even a little bit of rain. Well see you back here. [ whispering ] whats this . Oh, are we kicking karly out . We live with at t. It was a lapse in judgment. At t, we called this house meeting because you advertise gigspeed internet, but we cant sign up for that here. Yeah, but im just like warming up to those speeds. Youve lived here two years. The personal attacks arent helping, karly. Dont you have like a hot pilates class to get to or something . [ muffled scream ] stop living with at t. Xfinity can deliver gig to the most homes. Asof being stretched too thinar to do my job right. And its not Just Health Care workers. Our teachers and school staff are going the extra mile for our kids. Our firefighters are taking on unthinkable missions to keep us safe. How can we keep giving billions in tax breaks to rich corporations when our communities need that money . Prop 15 closes corporate loopholes and invests in our schools, health care, and public safety. Help us do our jobs. Vote yes on 15. Traffic and air pollution will be even worse after the pandemic. Thats why we support measure rr to keep caltrain running. Which is at risk of shutdown because of the crisis. To keep millions of cars off our roads, to reduce air pollution and fight climate change. And measure rr helps essential workers like me get to work and keep our communities healthy. Relieve traffic. Reduce pollution. Rescue caltrain. [all] yes on measure rr. Public Health Officials think that the coronavirus surge is going to get even worse with Holiday Shopping and gathers a big driver during the winter months. Reporter the new coronavirus surge is ramping up quickly. The numbers in for october, and theyre not good. Only four states reporting fewer infections than september. Overall, cases spiked more than 57 . Significantly outpacing testing, which was up about 16 , and deaths are also surging, lith illinois and massachusetts becoming the 6th and 7th states to report more than 10,000 covid fatalities. Now they are worried that cases can skyrocket. Were starting to wonder if this is going to be more of a sustained lower level surge. Reporter despite the risk, President Trump is still making a big push for cities and states to reopen as quickly as possible, and the Administration Says they have established protocols to make sure its safe. We know how to handle covid 19 now. We know who it affection. But americans have lost their jobs. Theyre way of life. Their wages. Were finally coming back. Reporter but the cdc is urging caution. A new report shows Coronavirus Spread within households is more common than we thought and from there spreads to the community. Democrats heavily criticizing the white house over what they say is the lack of a unified plan to contain the outbreak. Its almost incompressible that here in america this would happen. And and the cdc is now recommending that families wear masks in shared spaces at home to lower the risk of spreading the virus. In atlanta, charles watson, fox news. New numbers released today show that the 14day Positivity Rate in california is now 3. 2 . The state has seen more than 930,000 cases since the pandemic began, with almost 4100 new cases yesterday. More than 17,000 people with the coronavirus have died in our state, including 5 deaths report in the last 24 hours. Santa clara county has reached a milestone when it comes to coronavirus testing. They have now surpassed 1 million tests conducted since the start of pandemic. We doing now 7,000 to 8,000 tests a day. Its been a Community Wide effort. No one individual or facility has done it all themselves. The county system, however, has done the bulk of the testing in our community. Santa clara county providing provides, rather, test at sites in san jose, melania, palo alto, and gilroy. Private providers, clinics, and the state also do testing in the county. Indoor visits may take place as outdoor visits are not feasible due to bad air quality or health conversations. Resident cans now also take part in Group Activities and communal dining. 1,000 bay area volunteers could represent the leading edge in the race to create a coronavirus vaccine. Jesse gary tells Us Stanford University is using the group as part of a final stage trial on a potential vaccine. Walter, wearing orange, the first of 1,000 local people who were signing town subjects in stanfords covid19 trials. Vaccines are going to be probably the best way moving forward, and then i have the possibility to kind of contribute to this effort of developing a vaccine. Its going to be kind of a small effort on my part, to try to do what i can for a number of other people. Reporter stanford represents one of 180 global sites testing a new covid19 vaccine developed by johnson johnson. The 23yearold is a recent College Graduate graduate who does in person tutoring. You need to be able to show that it improves the condition youre studying. So for wishes looking to see that it reduces the number of coronavirus infections. A total of 60,000 subjects across the globe will be indiana vehicled with either a placebo or a vaccine. So the body will produce the spike protein, and then the body will make immune responses to spike protein. Reporter test subjects will be studied for two years to judge effectiveness. What they want to see if the case of the placebo has more people get infected that people on the vaccine. And they have to wait long enough for that different infection rates to be statistically significant. Walter said he feels fine since being injected, and is glad he can do his part to help find a cure for covid19. Its not so much about a me, but hopefully my story or my experience can encourage others to go out there and try to engage in this process, or, you know, just generally were all trying to play our part. Stanford researchers hope 0 to have all 1,000 people by the end of this year, and if all goes well, the fda could give final approval for widespread use of this experimental vaccine four months after that. In san jose, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. A then layer of smog blanketed parts of the bay area today. Many locations reported moderate level of the air pollution. The conditions can be unhealthy for sensitive groups and those with respiratory conditions. Air quality Officials Say the smoky air was likely a result of residents burninged into not from wildfires up in the sierra. The air quality did not trigger a spare the air alert. Chief meteorologist bill martin joins us now with a look at the weather. Bill . Yeah, thats interesting. I would suspect theres a certain amount of air quality issue from the fires in the Central Valley in the east, coming up from the glass fire. I do expect there is some local burning, but we dont see a lot of wood burning in the bay area anymore. So as we look at the air quality, im just questioning that. As i look at the air quality, those yellows, thats not wood burning. San francisco not wood burning, i dont think, and we too region is onshore flow. Earlier today we winds are going like this, so the smoke was coming out of the Central Valley from some of the fires, and youll see that. Im going to pop in a live camera, and youll see the red in the atmosphere. Thats smoke, and its kind of offshore a little bit, represents air quality, less than what we would like. Yesterday was a little bit like this, as well, with kind of hazy, smoky skies. Its been like that for a few days. Again, unprecedented amount of burning in the bay area, and i just think that smoke, especially around bakersfield and fresno has just been lingering, and just a little bit of east wind brings it our way. Okay. So there is the system now. And remember when i said hard to remember everything i say, huh . [ laughter ] but a ridge of High Pressure here, and how this stuff starts to road and cut away at it, and thats what is happening. This area out here, thats a terrible drawing, but this area out here is going to slip in as we go through the week. We will see a cooldown, which is cool, because that sort of our greatly helps with our concerns for fire, albeit no rain, but the fuel moistures will come up a little bit, in the rh, the humidity will come up a little bit. Temperatures today generally like they were yesterday. As a matter of fact, theres currents, and then here is the departure from yesterday. So its been a good pattern this week. Im real happy with this pattern. I would like to see real rain, but we do have a pattern here that is manageable from a cal fire standpoint, and thats one of most important things right now. Were going to see some wind out of the northwest, after that system passes through early next week, but its a northwest wind, which is not the same thing as a northeast wind. Well talk about that more later, but just know tomorrow, just live today. Ill see you back here. All right, bill, thank you. Coming up, throwing out a lifeline, the new ordinance saying helping Small Businesses in San Francisco struggling to stay afloat. Traffic and air pollution will be even worse after the pandemic. Thats why we support measure rr to keep caltrain running. Which is at risk of shutdown because of the crisis. To keep millions of cars off our roads, to reduce air pollution and fight climate change. And measure rr helps essential workers like me get to work and keep our communities healthy. Relieve traffic. Reduce pollution. Rescue caltrain. [all] yes on measure rr. 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. 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. Just advertise Amy Coney Barrett heard arguments at the u. S. Supreme court today for the first time. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the court heard cases by phone. Chief Justice John Roberts welcomed barrett publicly to her new role with a traditionling greeting and wished her a long career in their common calling. San francisco supervisors aaron paskin and dean preston wrote a measure being bird the citys land use committee. The ordinance will extend the moratorium on commercial evictions until march of next year, or even longer if its extended by the governor, and will create terms for a rent repayment plan that will extend for up to two years. The advocacy that sir he spoke of, from japan town leaders and chinatown leader, has been led to where we are today, and will save hundreds if not thousands of Small Businesses around San Francisco from eviction and closure. The supervisors say that the measure will protect businesses that employ between 10 to 100 workers. Cruise ships are sailing out of u. S. Parts again, but with restrictions, the cdcs new condition sailing order for cruise ships took effect yesterday. The ships have been docked for nearly 8 months because of the pandemic. Now cruise lines have to prove to the cdc they have protocols in place to keep passengers safe and healthy. Travel Officials Say this is a big win for cruise lines. On wall street, stocks closed higher, after more Companies Reported higher than expected profits for the summer, and there was also better than expected data across asia. The nasdaq was up 46 and the s p finished the day up 40. Finding your polling place may be a bit more complicated this year. Coming up, the effort to help a community that is seeing a large drop in places to vote. You had the n word being used a lot. People telling people to go get an education. Also ahead, claims of intimidation and harassment following a tense confrontation in the north bay at a trump rally. And and coming up, how sacred heart is changing the way they plan to give out food this year. As a nurse, ive faced the fear of being stretched too thin to do my job right. And its not Just Health Care workers. Our teachers and school staff are going the extra mile for our kids. Our firefighters are taking on unthinkable missions to keep us safe. How can we keep giving billions in tax breaks to rich corporations when our communities need that money . Prop 15 closes corporate loopholes and invests in our schools, health care, and public safety. Help us do our jobs. Vote yes on 15. Concern for voters, now youll need to check in your traditional voting place is still open. Tom vacar is how now with how voters are being helped in Alameda County. Reporter its a situation that just has to be dealt with and only one day to deal with it, and that is to know exactly where you go to vote in person or at least drop your ballot off. I usually vote at a polling place near my house, which is closed. Reporter michael is one of many people today who developed their ballot to a voting box outside the Alameda County courthouse in oakland. Some voters dropped off their lastminute ballots here after finding out that their regular polling place was closed. I went online, and looked at all the open polling places, and it wasnt on that list. Reporter this is the first year for a new kind of voting in the county. Ann daniels of indivisible east bay said that some voters will go to their traditional polling places only to find them closed. If people wind up in the wrong place and dont have the where with all to get to another polling location, think thats a disgrace. Reporter . Reporter they have applied flavors at many of the places that are or will be closed. Weve created flyer that say this polling location is closed, but here is where you can vote, and its got a map of all of the open locations, and a list of all of the open location. Reporter to make it safer for voters, under governors order and californias voter choice act law, Alameda County changed from one day only in person voting at 700 polling places to four days of voting at 100 locations. That is on top of mailin, drop box, drivein drop stops and in person options. Weve been averaging about 30,000 votes that we received a day recently. So we are equipped to handle a surge if we see that on tuesday. Reporter at the moment, 60 of ali voters have already cast their ballots. The highest turn out ever here was 78 for president obamas first and second terms. It remains to be seen if there is a rush on the polls election day. . So if there is any build upof voters in one place, they have certainly a number of other choices to go to to try and find some shorter lines. Reporter . Reporter many voters see this election as one of the nations most critical. Its probably more important than its ever been any flex election in my time, and i have some gray hair going on here. Reporter uber and lyft are offering discounted oneway fares to voting centers, with details you can find on our website. Since world war i, 630,000 americans have died for your right to vote. Dont squander it. Tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. All right, tom, thank you. Some say it was merely a show of support for President Trump, but the Africanamerican Community in marin city is calling it an attempt at intimidation. One event, two different versions. Rob roth has this story. Reporter people in this caravan say it was merely a celebration of their support of president donald trump, police, and the military, but many residents of heavily African American marin city are calling it something feet completely different. People are shook up. It was an invasion. If anybody was oh fendered in that town, im truly sorry, that was not our intent. Reporter but in marin city, many are saying they dont believe that. Some say that many powell interested the Gateway Shopping Center and some yelled black lives dont matter, longtime resident paul austin was there. You had the n word being used a lot. People telling people to go get an education. And where it was even more insulting is that all of the people that came with the trumpsters, they didnt have their masks on. Reporter they stop thats Shopping Center they said to pick up snacks, and say they were the ones intimidated. Stays yip evans was in a truck with her teenage daughter and took video of someone throwing eggs at their windshield. Its meant to be a positive uplifting event. Were not trying to change anybodys mind. Reporter she also denies anyone in her group using the n word and that africanamericans and his pan ins were part of the caravan. So why would we travel with these people and then start calling people the n word with our friend american friends right there with us. Thats ridiculous. This was not a peaceful process. This was to intimidate. This follows an event in texas where Trump Supporters surrounded a biden bus. Ratcheting up the campaigning from 2016, where we saw a lot of ruckus rallies, four years later were at the point where were looking at roadways and freeways in 2020 being the new site of a lot of these tension. Reporter authorities in marin made no arrests and no one was injured. After about an hour, the caravan left town. Election observers said many areas in the u. S. Are at more near their total votes cast from four years ago, exceeding the 2016 title in hawaii and texas, and several states are over 90 , including the swing states of north carolina, georgia, and florida. In all, analysts say more than 94 million ballots have already been returned. Thats more than 68 of the total votes in 2016en and a reminder, we have much more on the election tomorrow on our website. Youll find a breakdown of state propositions, a live blog with the latest developments, and also how to track your ballot. Just go to ktvu slash election. A woman was seriously injured in Contra Costa County after falling into an empty swimming pool. It happened last night at a home on cale court. The employee fell 10 feast into that poole while working on the pool. She was airlifted to a Medical Center in wall put creek. Officials say the suffered international injuries. Sacred heart in san jose is getting an early start to the make sure they have measures in place for covid19. They will use 12,000 volunteers to deliver box holiday food and gift cards to buy us to for more than 6,000 children. Sacred heart said their program is especially important this year. Covid19 has impacted low income essential workers and people of color more than others. It is not just about losing something getting sick, it is about the fear of getting snick highrisk jobs, to worry aburst how kids will access high quality education, and the stress of wondering how to pay the rent. Reporter sacred heart is changing the way it gives away toys this year because of covid 19. Instead of its toy box Program Starting today, people can register for toys and gift cards. Were following breaking news in San Francisco. The Fire Department said that a firefighter has suffered critical injuries. Crews responded to a fire in a highrise at market and spear at about 3 30 this afternoon. As the incident was wrapping up, a hose line hit a firefighter and knocked him down. The firefighter hit his head and was knocked out. He was taken to San Francisco general in critical condition. We do have a crew on the scene, and well have more for you coming up on our 6 00 newscast. Its down to just a handful of candidates. Details on the search for a new police chief in the city of oakland, and how two of the finalists are related. And new details on how San Francisco leaders will transition hundreds of Homeless People out of the citys hotels. And its horrible news for the San Francisco 49ers. Still ahead, what we know about Jimmy Garoppolo and George Kittles injuries, and how long they may be out. It could be a while. Need to find the closest official ballot drop box near you . 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. 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. A family, or rather a fight is underway in oakland to keep a family from being kicked out of their home. The family of five live in a home on block dale avenue in oakland. A group of interfaith, civil rights and housing advocates have come to the family defense. They say they are facing eviction in the middle of this pandemic due to a predatory foreclosure. The homeowner claims this is a case of systemic racism. He says he received a predatory loan from an llc that he tried his best to make payments. So thankful, you know, the experience i had, and i believe that is what most people are going to in oakland. I tried everything possible. Whatever they asked me to do, i did that. But they still went ahead and foreclosed on me. California has a temporary covid19 moratorium on evictions, but the family does not qualify because this is a foreclosure related eviction, and homeowners do not have tenant rights. San francisco has housed more than 2,000 people in hotels during the coronavirus pandemic, but now that program is winding down. Christien kafton tells us the city said they plan on placing all of those people in permanent housing, but some are expressing doubts that that can happen. Reporter San Franciscos shelt h shelterinplace program is currently housing 2,359 of the citys most vulnerable and unhoused individuals in hotels scattered throughout the city, but now with dwindling funding, San Francisco leaders are looking at winding the program down. The department of homelessness and Supportive Housing is saying the goal is to move all of those in hotels into permanent housing, not another temporary option. To be clear up front, and i want to say this again, we have never said it is our intention or goal to move covid vulnerable individuals, that is not part of this rehabbing plan, but we understand this message has become merchandiseyed and many are confused. Reporter it was just meant to be a stop gap measure. City leaders said they have to move people out of hotels because federal and state funds will likely not extend the program. Homes coordinator Board Members say they are concerned there wont be enough permanent housing fast enough. So theyve got 2,359 people in hotels. Theyre saying right now that only 348 ii going to qualify for housing. So we dont know what is going to happen to the rest of them, and they really theyre very fragile and need to go into permanent housing. Reporter as for a timeline, the city is already beginning the process of trying to transition those living in hotel into housing. The city has a fourphased plan that is set to have all 2400 of those sheltering in hotels out of those hotels and hopefully into permanent house big june. Christien kafton, ktvu fox 2 news. Coming up, we wont be seeing much of the 49ers Jimmy Garoppolo or George Kittle on the field. The injuries that will likely have them sidelined for weeks. Plus the ruling today from the British Court on a libel suit involving Actor Johnny Depp and actress amber heard. And well track the weather when we come back after the break. Ill have the fiveday forecast. Asof being stretched too thinar to do my job right. And its not Just Health Care workers. Our teachers and school staff are going the extra mile for our kids. Our firefighters are taking on unthinkable missions to keep us safe. How can we keep giving billions in tax breaks to rich corporations when our communities need that money . Prop 15 closes corporate loopholes and invests in our schools, health care, and public safety. Help us do our jobs. Vote yes on 15. The 49ers play the Green Bay Packers on thursday night football, but theyll be without Jimmy Garoppolo and George Kittle. Theyll both be sidelined for quite a while. According to espn, garoppolo is expected to miss at least six weeks after aggravating a high ankle sprain during their loss to the seahawks, and george kit really be out 8 weeks with a broken bone in his foot, essentiallily meaning hell miss the rest of the season unless the 49ers make the play offs. The chinese new years parade scheduled for friday has been canceled because of the pandemic. The Chinese Chamber of commerce said there is too much uncertainty because of the virus to plan and invest in the event. It affects thousands who participate in the parade and businesses who rely on the big crowds. The parade usually brings about a Million People into chai chinatown each year. Its very difficult for us. We have been doing this parade for more than 70 years, never stop. The parade will instead have a small virtual presence next february with a severely down scaled program. Ktvu remains the broadcast parent, and were planning an evening news special in february to help ring in the year of the ox. Actor johnny depp lost his highstakes libel case today against the sun british tabloid newspaper for labeling him a wife beater. A british judge said he believed the arkansas err had abused his exwife amber heard to such an extent that she frequently feared for her life. Depps lawyer said it would be ridiculous in the actor didnt appeal the decision. The courts decision against depp was widely guide campaigners against domestic boost abuse. Britains Prince William reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus back in april and kept his diagnosis secret because he did want to alarm the nation. According to the bbc, he was treated by palace doctors and isolated at the family home. Prince williams diagnosis came shortly after his father, prince charles, and boris johnson, also tested positive for the virus. Hurricane eta has rapidly intensified and is now a major category 4 hurricane nearing landfall in Central America. According to the National Hurricane center, eta has maximum sustained winds of 120 miles an hour. It will make landfall early tomorrow, and is expected to bring lifethreatening storm surge and strong winds to nicaragua and honduras. Parts of Central America could receive nearly three feet of rain. Eta is the 28th named storm of this hurricane season. It has been a really busy hurricane season, tropical storm, typhoon, cyclones. Theres been a lot of those. Outside we go, and we do have some air quality stuff today. Thats clearly smoke in the atmosphere, as the sunset was kind of red out there. There is a little patchy coastal fog as well, but the smoke kind of you know, if it wasnt horrible, but its just enough, and especially if youre i dont have asthma, but i think if you have asthma, and Something Like that, those respiratory issues, or elderly, or getting over something, a cold or something, it can be really hard on you, so i think tomorrow will be similar to what we had today. The atmospherics are changing. Out here in the pacific is all of this going on, and thats enough, i think, to kind of push this ring out, as we go into the next middle end of this week. And so we have kind of a big pattern shift, which is super typical for this time of year, which is exactly what you would expect. So that will be nice, and the best thing is it will drop temperatures down a few degrees. It will also increase relative humidity. So that will be great, and that which helps with the fires so much. Current temperatures running about where they were last night, and then this was the longrange model. Watch here, see how it just pushes down through. Thats good. So what thats a longrange model, and i just rolled it all the way through a bunch of days. Were all the way to next tuesday. I was really trying to point out see how everything has shifted south . And thats a really good din days for upcoming rain that might end our fire season. Its a longrange forecast, have to take it with a grain of salt, but it is encouraging. These overnight lows tonight will be chilly. It says 41 in santa rosa. But youll get your 36, 27 out at forestville. It gets cold there. It just sits in that little bowl in there on just north, and south of guerneville, and they get cold. Coastal fog for tomorrow 0 kind of like today, kind of playing tag with the coast, and then forecast highs tomorrow, 60s and 70s with a couple of low 0s. So it will be slightly cooler tomorrow. These forecast highs for close to where you live, again its that you know, if i say lets say for instance i say 77 in redwood see, if you go 79 or 76, right . Youre not going to nail it every time, but thats a general number, and plus within redwood city, this is probably three microclimates within the city itself, so you see a lot of different temperatures. I get phone calls. But, yeah, you just have a lot of microclimates. Let me pop in the weekend. Cooler as we head into saturday and sunday. Ill see you back here at 6 00. All right. Well see you then, bill, thank you. Coming up, a look at the four finalists vying for the top spot at the oakland Police Department, and two of them are married to each other. Give you my world how can i, when you wont take it from me you can go your own way xfinity mobiles fast nationwide 5g network meets the first iphone with 5g. Get the new iphone 12 on xfinity mobile. And right now get 250 off. Learn more at an xfinity store today. Bail has been set at 2 million for a 127yearold boy accused of killing two people during a protest in kenny, wisconsin, this past summer. Kyle receipt have been house of antioch, illinois, has been charged with fatally shooting anthony rose enbomb in a during protest over a Police Shooting in august. My son was a hero he tried to stop him and so did everybody else he was an active shooter, and he tried to flee, and high son lost his life protecting other people rittenhouses attorney claims the teenager was defending in selfdefense, although rittenhouse is 17 years old, he has been charged as an assault under wisconsin law. In oakland, the search for a new police chief has been whittled down now to four finalist force veterans of the department who also happen to be married to each other. Our Crime Reporter henry lee takes a look at the three men and one woman in the running to lead the Police Department. Reporter two of the final its for Oakland Police chief, Leronne Armstrong and drennon lindsey, who happen to husband and wife. Civil rights attorney jim shannon has worked with both of them. I dont think the fact that theyre married should be held against either one of them. I think that they should be judged as individual people. Reporter armstrong is a former Alameda County probation officer, and a 21yearold veteran. Lindsey is a former oakland teacher and has led the homicide division. I would be comfortable with either one, and i would also be comfortable looking at the others, as well. Reporter commander jason advanced a 20 year veteran of the pittsburgh, pennsylvania, police. Lando has previously been a finalist for police chief in five cities and also is in the running for top cop in arlington, texas. Me said his experience leading a pittsburgh precinct has prepared him to tackle oaklands challenges. I see that as a microcosm of oakland. Had a lot of people i had to answer to. Had a lot of healing to do. Reporter the is a former paramedic, and is gay, and is the only candidate who is not black. If i am the candidate most qualified, i dont think the color of anyones skin should matter. Reporter abdul pritzker the other candidate. Pridgen retired from police after serving 25 years there. In a statement, mayor schaaf said it will give oaklanders a chance to hear from a their police chief a virtual meeting. The mayor can pick one of the up for finalists as the next top cop, put the process starts all over if she doesnt pick one from this list. Henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. Anxious attention on the even often the 2020 president ial election. Tonight the candidates are continuing their last Minute Campaign stops as americans brace for election day. People are going to be upset no matter what the outcome of the election is. I think its sad the state of affairs that no one feels safe anymore when trying to pick the future of our country. Businesses and cities across america and here in the bay area are boarding up as President Trump and democratic president ial nominee joe biden lay out their closing messages. Good evening, im julie haener. And im frank somerville. We begin with some sad, breaking news out of San Francisco. The San Francisco Fire Department says that a firefighter suffered critical injuries during the aftermath of a fire at a highrise this afternoon. Crews were called to the fire on the 19th floor of a building at market and spear at about 3 30 this afternoon. As the incident was wrapping up at about 5 00, a muni bus drove through the scene and may have run over a hose line. Fire Officials Say the hose line hit a firefighter and knocked him to the ground. The firefighter hit his head. He was knocked unconscious and was not breathing. Hes been taken to San Francisco general, and again is in critical condition. Youll remember that
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