Announced. Ray bothan has more on how theyre spending their elect day. Reporter two New Hampshire towns counted their ballots after election day at midnight. It could be what could be a dayslong battle for the presidency. For president , joe biden. Reporter after midnight, the towns of Dixville Notch and millsville, New Hampshire, tallied votes in an e election day tradition. The democratic nominee joe biden won dibsville notch and President Trump won mill feel, 16 votes to five. The former Vice President began his day with a visit to church and then a trip to his childhood home in scranton. Hes spending the day making his final pitch to voters. I want to that would be melodramatic. I want to restore basic decency and honor to the white house. Reporter President Trump spent election eve in grand rapids, michigan. He will spend part of today at the white house after holding 14 rallies over three days. The president said he is confident he will bring home a win. I did this once before and it worked out well. This day is going to be something that is going to be very important. Reporter no matter the outcome, major cities are preparing for potential unrest. Businesses in new york and San Francisco boarded up ahead of what is expected to be a contentious week. No matter what happens on election night, never forget that this is our house. Reporter pennsylvania could decide the elect but maybe not for a few days. Counties there tally more than 2 million votes cast by mail. Ray bogan. 102 Million People cast their ballots early. Californians are setting the page. Frank malicoat has more. Good afternoon. Reporter good afternoon, mike. Its good news on two levels. The arc bundance of voters is a welcome site. Here in the country and for those going to the polls, the lines are likely going to be short because over a half of the states elect rat have voted. In fact, 11. 2 million plus of the 22 million registered voters have done their civic duty already. The state is making it easy for you. If you live in the south bay, levi stadiums parking lot is your onestop shop to turn in year ballot or vote. And we also caught up with voters this morning in Contra Costa County. With so much going on, this one voter got emotional about casting her ballot. I am a teacher of high school students. I always tell them that so 59 people fought for us as a black woman and have fought for my vote. Its important for me to be an example for the young girls in this world that we have the power, they do, too. And so much at stake today. They saw a surge of mailin and early voting. 65 of the registered voters took advantage of that. San francisco at 66 . Santa clara county at 53 . For others that hit the polls this morning, they are glad the day has finally arrived. And i cant wait for this day to be or. I cant wait. Its just the whole ad campaigns and everything. I am ready for that to go away for sure. Yeah, no, and in 2020, its been a crap year. I am ready for that to be gone, too. Reporter its a process, but a very important one. The polls are open for 13 hours today and this is edgably of time to get out and vote. If youre worried about covid 19 and voting in person all night, bay area counties are requiring social distancing. You have to wear a mask to get in. If you dont have one, they will give you one. The polling places are routinely sanitized throughout the day. Im frank mallicoat, ktvu fox 2 news. I love what that teacher said, proud to vote and have a voice. Very Important Message on this day. Frank. Thank you. Meanwhile, the governor is joining bay area leaders this noontime and phone banking for judyin and joe biden and kamala harris. The Lieutenant Governor representatives barbara lee and jackie spiro and along with the mayors are joining the governor there. Their goal is to make 100,000 calls and Text Messages to help mobilize voters to defeat President Trump. This is unprecedented. We have long said this. Lets test the theory. The assertion that when democrats vote, when people vote broadly, democrats win. And so, we could i think, will prove that theory and not just test it. And have confidence. The mannys Election Phone Bank will be sending calls and Text Messages until 4 00 this afternoon. The governor is to visit an alameda Voting Center in an hour to thank poll workers their and to promote safe voting. Many businesses around the bay area have been boarding up, preparing for a possibility of civil unrest following the president ial election. Ktvus Christina Rendon has more. Reporter prepping for a hurricane, the stores are boarding up for a possibility of a political storm on election day that could lead to civilup rest in the aftermath. The city and Police Department are monitoring any potential unrest via social media. Reporter cathy with walnut creek downtown, an association of restaraunts and shops, said stores are making the individual decision to take precautions. Walnut creek police are planning for a likelihood of protests, even though there are no Credible Threats. Still, 2020 is a year of uncertainty and that is why small familyowned stores are airing on the side of caution. And go ahead and board it. Hopefully, nothing will happen. But we thought might as well do it in case. Its been just a crazy year, as we all know. Reporter the owners spent 400 on plywood, a small price compared to the cost of potential damage to their livelihood. They wanted to keep things light. It was my husbands idea. He said, light paint it and make it fun. When you think of lafayette, you think of the reservoir. Reporter venture is returning to normal with the help of the community and online orders as Stores Across the bay area bounce back, theyre trying to avoid anymore losses from San Francisco to oakland the Safety Measures are assign this is a heated and contentious elect. People will be upset no matter the outcome. I think its sad the state of affairs that no one feels safe anymore when trying to pick the future of our country. Reporter despite the appearance, dont let the boardedup store fronts fool you. Were absolutely open for business and would love to have people, you know, come to walnut creek. Reporter i learned Neiman Marcus and nordstrom will be closing all stores early at 5 00 p. M. Tuesday. Its a safety precaution and nordstrom said its to allow time for customers and employees to get to the polls. Both stores will reopen as normal on wednesday. Red red, ktvu news. Were coming back at 4 00 and well be on all of the way through 11 30 tonight with the latest results. On our website, www. Kutv. Com where we have Key Information about the president ial race and local issues and candidates. At 8 00 here on the west coast, you will find local and National Results at on the ktvu mobile website. And at noon, continuing coverage of the election day. For many, its the firsttime voting. What some of the voters from the bay area have to say, about the opportunity to cast their votes. Plus. The coronavirus outbreak is playing a big role in todays elects. I am in wilmington, delaware. We expect the former Vice President may address the nation. That is coming up. And no jacket required if youre out and with along the oakland estuary. Changes are coming in for your weekend. Ktvu meteorologist rosemary orosco has more coming up. You have the power to know before you go and when you wake up with mornings on 2. You have the power to know everywhere you go when you download the ktvu fox 2 news app. Room go on, humans, put yourselves through all that pain. 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As reporter if Griff Jenkins tell us, many are trying to stay safe. Reporter this comes amid the surge of the coronavirus virus. The sevenday average is over 80,000 in and Election Officials are scrambling to make sure polling places dont turn into superspreaders. So far most counties, especially in swing states are following cdc guidelines and there is no reason for folks to stay away from the polls. Wisconsin should feel confident if they choose to cast their ballot at the polls on tuesday, it will be safe. Reporter the cdc issued a statement on monday night reaffirming voters shouldnt be disenfranchised even if they have coronavirus. The agency writing in part, quote, voters who are sick or in quarantine should take steps to reflect poll workers in other voters. Some states, including texas, have regulations for patients to vote from isolation if a doctored its okay. A representative will come in and pick up the balloting material and both candidates have been hitting the issue hard on the campaign trail. President trump, once again, urging supporters to show up in big numbers on today. Theyre supposed to be way ahead, right, in the early voting and then we catch them on election day. Reporter a stance criticized as irresponsible by the Biden Campaign. He refuses to do the work to get the virus under control. Reporter and hear where the Biden Campaign moved the dnc this summer, we expect the former Vice President to address the nation once a winner is named. Supporters will be in the parking lot in their cars like they were this past summer. In wilmington, delaware, im Griff Jenkins, ktvu fox two news. The Denver Broncos organization has been hit with covid19. The president of Football Operations and general john elway and the ceo of the organization have tested positive for the coronavirus. The broncos did say in a statement that both elway and ellis have minor symptoms and are doing well and will continue to work from home in selfisolation and participate in Virtual Meetings while their health is monitored. The team said no players and coaches came into close contact with either elway or ellis recently. Just a few moments ago, earlier in the late early hours, rosemary, i took steve paulsons good advice and enjoyed the nice warm weather. I know youre going to tell us its about to change. Reporter youre right, gasia. A few more days and cooling, a big drop expected in temperatures and maybe some rain, fingers crossed. A beautiful shot in San Francisco. A blue sky overhead. Started out with blue clouds and fog and reported over portions of the coast. Meanwhile, the temperatures are falling off this afternoon compared to yesterday. 65 degrees in santa rosa. San francisco at 64. Oakland, too and 74 in livermore. 67 in san jose with partly cloudy skies. Look at the number changes from the last 24 hours or so. The lunch hour compared to today, were down by 11 degrees. Santa rosa and novato down by 13. Napa, the east bay short between four and eight degrees cooler from heyward to oakland and san jose. Nine degrees cooler than where we were yesterday at this time. And visibility is looking good. We have fog especially close to point reyes and farther north. The winds generally light around the bay area. Reporting a bit of a breeze there and that led up earlier this morning in the hills and were seeing winds between five and 15 Miles Per Hour and from the northwest, atlas peak 9 coming in from the west and were going to hold on to this pattern here for awhile longer. Even with the cooldown, temperatures are either right about arm or even a little bit above and there is some rain over the Pacific Northwest. The simp bringing rain to the Pacific Northwest is bringing us the cooler weather and that onshore breeze and fog to start the day. By friday, the system drops in and bring a possibility of rain and we may see a few showers and thunderstorms are expected into the weekend. And this is what we expect, compared to where we are this time of the year. Santa rosa above average at 78. 66 in San Francisco. Upper 60s in oakland. 79, liver more and mid70s for you and 74, redwood city. 78, concord and into the north bay, 74 expected over san rafael. The extended forecast here, temperatures cool slightly today. Not much change on wednesday. More cooling on thursday and then as we get into the weekend, take a look at those numbers. Upper50s to low 60s from the coast around the bay and perhaps inland. A little change coming our way. Windy at times and rain. Better details and the future cast model is coming up the next half hour. And still to come, a San Francisco firefighter injured. The investigation is underway involving a muni bus and one of the fire hoses. Did you know that 70 of your immune system is located in your gut . 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Police in austria are investigating a terror attack that killed at least four people. The gunman opened fire last night on the streets of vienna injuring 17 people. Officials say the gunman is now dead and right now, there is no indication that there was a second attacker. The shooting happened near the citys main synagogue. Many people were out and about on what was the night before the country was to go into a monthlong covid19 lockdown. Officials say they think the gunman who was killed was an Islamic State sympathizer. Investigators are combing through thousands of videos of the attack uploaded by people in the area as they determined what happened. An investigation into the city of San Francisco continues after a firefighter was critically injured while he was battling a fire. This happened yesterday afternoon after crews put out a fire on the 19th floor of a highrise on spears street right near market there. The firefighter matthau van is in Critical Condition at zuckerburg San Francisco general after an accident happened at the scene. He was holding an active hose when it drove down peas street where youres were in place and rolled over that hose. It was thrown into the air and so, too, was the firefighter van. This resulted in the firefighter matthew van of Engine Company number one to be thrown into the air and landing on his head. Resulting in an immediate loss of consciousness and not breathing. And the driver has been at the muni for six years and the operator will be drug tested and placed on nondriving status and the Fire Department said there is a joint investigation by calosha, San Francisco police, sfmta and the Fire Department. Police have arrested a man in connection with an arson investigation. Yesterday, the officers responded to several fires in the downtown area. And police were able to locate a person of interest. The 21yearold was arrested and faces four counts of felony arson. Reporter people in fremont said side shows are happening more often and are more violent than in the past. The intersection of ardenwood has been drawing big crowds the past two weekends. Fremont police typically patrol the area, but resources are stretched thin. Someone went to take photos of the license plate. One man we spoke with asked us not to reveal his identity and then told us what happened next. The man walked up to me and pulled out a gun and threatened to shoot me and i gave them my phone and quite square. And i wouldnt want that to happen again. The councilmen said he suspects the drivers whyer from out of town and that side shows rarely happen. Theyre exploring their options. And i. The coptra costa county board of supervisors approved new fees for brentwood, oakley and Contra Costa County. Theyre staining fees from building new homes and commercial buildings. They would provide funding for the east contra costa Fire Protection district, which had major funding problems trying to match population growth. And that is something we believe about to be implemented after 60 days. Sway been able to give the builders individually the opportunity to adjumped to business accordingly. They ramp from 1,200 for to 875 per 1,000 square feet of commercial space. Still to come this noontime, continuing coverage of todays election. The final push by President Trump and joe biden to grab undecided voters as people head to the polls across the united states. And from College Students to newly sworn in citizens, the big turnout in the bay area when it comes to firsttime voters. Many polling places will start closing in a few hours from now back east. Back here out west, while a majority of californians have voted, thousands of people across the bay area decided to vote inperson today. California is on pace to shatter some voting records. More than 50 of eligible voters have cast their ballots prior to the day. 11. 2million of our 22 million registered voters in the state. If you have not cast the vote, you have time. Polling locations will be open until 8 00 tonight. President trump and joe biden are both scheduled to address the nation tonight, even if there is not a clearcut winner in this president ial election. Joe biden will be speaking from his home state of delaware while President Trump is watching the election returns from the white house. All of this after yesterdays whirlwind last day of campaigning with rallies in several states as the candidates try to attract undecided voters who are still out there. With your vote, we will continue to cut your taxes, cut regulations, support our police. Sent our great military. Reporter on the last night of campaigning, joe biden also made his closing argument, which included keeping the nation top Infectious Disease expert on the job. Last night, trump said he was going to fire dr. Fauci. Isnt that wonderful. I have a better idea. Elect me and i will hire dr. Fauci. And well fire donald trump. This morning, joe biden arrived in pennsylvania where he is attending the get out the vote events. A short time ago, President Trump arrived at the national reelection headquarters in arlington, virginia. Election officials and political observers warn it could take days before the we know the final result of the president ial election. Reporter pennsylvania and florida. That is what we should be watching for. Reporter two of a handful of tossup states. Ohio, north carolina, georgia and arizona on the list. This morning, voters in lorain, ohio, cast their ballots in voting beats and the Philadelphia Convention center was a hub of activity and poll workers processing inperson ballots. They start counting their early mailin votes before election day. When the polls close in florida at 5 30 our time, well have some of the early vote results there. And that can give us a huge picture, at least shortterm. And many states, the early votes were two to one in favor of democrats. Part of the reason for that is the president demeans the early voting for months now and said its rigged, crooked and i think a lot of republicans may not have done that. Reporter the polls show the president and former Vice President biden in a neckin neck tie in the sunshine state. Along with pennsylvania. Donald trump won pennsylvania and michigan, won wisconsin in 2016. That means he is a pretty narrow path. If you look at florida, the mustwin for donald trump and pennsylvania is going to be absolutely key. Reporter in pennsylvania, it could take several days to know who won about 700,000 of the 3 million mailin ballots requested in pennsylvania have still not been turned in. As a result, its going to take a long time. In fact, the secretary of state and governor are saying it might bed from or later before we know what happened in pennsylvania. Allie rasmus, ktvu. Were shown the election between the voters in the bay area. You can trap it in that box. It gets counted. Reporter by dropoff or in person, votes are flowing in Contra Costa County. The civic auditorium, one of 17 early voting sites. No matter who is running. I would vote. Especially because my parents are immigrants. I think my voice needs to be heard. I hope everyone comes out and does their civic duty and the same. If youre not a part of the solution, youre a part of the problem. And the mood is festive in contra costa. Reporter the county clerksides over it all floating that stacks of ballots were sliced and scammed and they had over 100 people working to get them ready when the tally begins. I think we received 420,000 ballots. Those will be included on the initial count. It should be the largest initial count we have been able to post on election night. Reporter expected at about 8 02 tuesday night. I will have a lot of ancestors that couldnt vote. So, i take this as a privilege. I voted for my children. I voted for my church. I voted for my community. I voted for you and for you and for me as well. Reporter three quarters are already vote by mail. Some are choosing to mark their ballot the the booth or at least hand it off where someone is present. Feels more secure maybe or commune 58. All of the county lock boxes are secure and safe. And they have not been tampered with. Reporter vocal leaders are thrilled to break records. The population of Contra Costa County is 1. 1 Million People and for the first time in our history, we havegon over 700,000 registered voters. Dont work too hard. Reporter its been a challenging year for staff, Seasonal Workers and volunteers. And were kind of election geeks. But its exciting. We make a different. And i am just so proud of everyone one of them. Here we go. Everything youre good to go. Thank you. Debba villa lone, ktvu fox 2 news. Santa claras Valley Transit Authority is helping voters find the polling places, creating a map where they can find the voting spot and that is overlaid on the system map. You can see the best way to use public transit. It includes buses and light really. For some people in the pay area, this is a historic moment in time. This is the first time that they are actually voting in a u. S. Election. Ktvus maureen nailer has the story. Reporter on the day before election day. Your votes count. Your idea needs to be respected. Whatever it is. Reporter south bay residents were casting ballots early in san jose, including firsttime voters. With this simple action, siblings joseph and savannah castro voted in well first election. This it is my first time with my active part as american citizens. I have been patriotic and proud of my country. That means a lot to me. And i feel like i am doing my part in democracy. Being active and doing my part. Reporter sand thea clara county is processing the Santa Clara County is processing the hundreds of ballots returned. It wont be released until 8 00 p. M. They have broke a record with more than 1 million registered the first time and turnout is expected to break new ground as well. More than 617,000 south bay voters have voted as of sunday. The last election had everyone 24,000 voters total. Election Officials Say theyre on track to beat the record turnout seen in 2008. The Elections Office said this man is one of many newly sworn in citizens to register and vote wearing after two swearingin ceremonies each week. Anyone who hasnt registered can register and vote. You can come to the center as long as youre in line by 8 00. You will get to vote on election day. Reporter maureen nailer, ktvu fox 2 news. A 103yearold woman from Half Moon Bay is not letting anything get in her way from voting in this election. She dropped off the location near her home and first voted in a president ial election in 1940 when democratic incumbent fdr defeated wilkey. Ity years later, shes calling it the most important election of her night time. California voters were studying a number of propositions here, including one that will decide the fate of uber, lift and other drivers. Were talking about proposition 22. 22 asks whether the socalled geek economy will be able to keep drivers classified as independent contractors or treat them as employees eligible. Spending on prop 22 exceeded 220 million. Prop 15, if passed, will raise on industrial and Property Owners across the state to create a split role, keeping breaks in place for homeowners and increase taxes on commercial and real estate with more than 3 million. The taxes collected would go to schools and local governments. Proposition 21 would let california cities limit rent increases on properties that are more than 15 years old. Proponents content the measure is an attempt to slow spiraling rent increases that can lead to crowding and homelessness. Opponents argue it would discourage new Home Construction at a time when its badly needed. And the coverage begins at 4 00 this afternoon and well be on live with you through 11 30 and brings you the latest results and full coverage on www. Ktvu. Com. And preparing for reaction to the outcome of todays elect. What is happening at the white house and across the country. A lot of sunshine today. We give you a live look from the city by the bay. Big changes for the weekend. And well dust off the coats and a possibility of snow in the sierra. Well check in Rosemary Orozco for that forecast. Are we turning our cameras on for this . My smile cant compete. Anyone . Mmm. Nope for a smile thats always camera ready. 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Oregons governor ahead of possible civil unrest in the city of portland, they told the Oregon National guard to place the members trained in crowded, crowd control on standby. Every oregonian has the right to express themselves freely. However, i want to be very, very clear that voter intimidation and Political Violence will not be tolerated. Not from the left. Not from the right. Not from the center. Not this week, not any week in oregon. Police will be permitted to use tear gas if necessary but they told to use only in extreme circumstances. And in the governor of illinois said troops are there for people related tributes and theyre brought in during earlier protests and Illinois State police will be there on patrol. Social Media Companies are taking steps to curve information. It will not allow candidates to say they won until the results are official. Facebook plans to label misleading election post and will remove more content. The more you cant rely on it because someone is declaring victory doesnt mean they get inaugurated to that office. I think that is important. Google and youtube are taking their own measures to prevent disinformation. Google is working with the Associated Press to provide Election Results and youtube will remove false election content. And people back to rosemary we go. I like what youre talking about with the snow in the sierra. I would like to have more rain in the bay area. I guess you cant get everything these days. A little precipitation in the mountains is good. Yeah. Perhaps a few inches. We may see a few scattered showers. I will show you that coming up in a moment. How about a beautiful view over the golden gate bridge. We have blue skies and patchy fog and to the view where were watching activity going on over areas of washington and Oregon Organization today. And over the weekend, it was strong that it had pushed that storm track to the north and we had rain over canada. That has changed and were looking at rain over areas of washington, oregon, and its going to slide our way and take a new days. As we nighted, were cooler do you to the system and that is to the north of us. And this is what we can expect into friday morning. It doesnt come our way until saturday and this is saturday morning and we may get light showers and through sunday, another opportunity and that looks like at this point and the models will change as we get closer and this is what it looks like at the moment. A few 100 to a quarter of an inch. And that will be nice. At this hour, anywhere from four to eight degrees cooler for most of the bay area. To the north, more like 10 and 12 degrees cooler. 61 in napa. 71, novato. 61 in oakland and San Francisco. Low 70s for brentwood and into the south bay, 67 over san jose. This afternoon, the temperatures are above the seasonal average and above average for many of us. 79, novato. 70, San Francisco; low 70s in berkeley and low 80s for concord. To the west, 65 in pacifica; 75 over areas of santa cruz and into the south bay. Upper 70s, san jose to 80 degrees in los gatos. And there is a look at the extended forecast. The temperatures wont change much into the bay area wednesday. A slight dip on thursday and a plunge into the weekend in addition to the possibility of a little bit of sierra snow and pay area rain and that is going to be cool out there. Upper50s to low 60s across the board, friday, saturday and sunday and from that coast around the bay and inland. Gasia. We have been reporting on recordbreaking voting. Two College Students went the extra mile to make sure their voices are counted. They drove more than 30 hours from their dorms in washington, d. C. , to their hometown in texas so they can vote in person. They decided to make the long trek after they failed to receive the mailin ballots they requested several weeks ago. And even though we tried multiple times to get that done, that is when we hopped in the car. And one 94yearold woman from detroit was worried her ballot would get lost in the mail and she travelled more than 300 miles from the sons home from where shes staying to detroit to vote in person in her hometown. Still to come, a proposal for people who travelled for the holidays. The bay area county that could possibly order a quarantine for people who travel out of state and then come back to their county here in the bay area. We love our new home. Theres so much space. We have a guestroom now. But, we have aunts. Youre slouching again, ted. Expired, expired. Expired. Thanks, aunt bonnie. Its a lot of house. I hope you can keep it clean. At least geico makes bundling our home and Car Insurance easy. Which helps us save a lot of money oh, teddy. Did you get my friend request . 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Vaccines are going to be probably the best way moving forward and i have the possibility to kind of contribute to this effort of developing a vaccine and its going to be a small effort on my part to try to do what i can for a number of other people. Reporter stanford represents 1 of 180 global sites testing a new Covid Vaccine developed by johnson johnson. Dr. Phillip grant is looking for test seconds facing a higher risk of covid infections. The 23yearold soba is a recent College Graduate who does in television person tutoring. You need to be able to show that improves the condition youre studying. For us, were looking to see that it reduces the number of coronavirus infections. Reporter a total of 60,000 subjects across the globe will be injected with a placebo or the vaccine. The test vaccine is altered to contain the spike protein seen on the outside of the coronavirus. But it wont spread throughout a persons body. The code will produce the spike protein and the body will make a immune response spike protein. Reporter subjects in both the placebo and vaccine groups will be studied for two years to judge effectiveness. What they want to see in the cases the placebo has more people getting infected than people on the vaccine. They have wait long enough for the different infection ratings to be statistically significant. Reporter walter soba feels fine since being be being injected and is glad he did his part to help. Hopefully, my story or experience can encourage others to go out their and try to engage in this processor generally, were tall trying to play our part. Reporter stanford researchers hope to have 1,000 people by the end of the year. If all goes well, the fda could give final approval for widespread use of the experimental vaccine four months after that. New Research Indicates that children are a big factor in this recent spike of coronavirus cases were experiencing across the united states. The study conducted by the American Academy of pediatrics found 61,000 new cases involving children were reported the last week of october. And that is more here in this country than any previous single week of the pandemic. Researchers say the real figure is likely higher, since symptoms are mild and most go untested. Pediatricians are concerned how the virus can affect the childs longterm health physically, mentally and emotionally. The San Jose Unified School district is making plans to welcome 28,000 students back to the classroom in january. Many private, charter and small district schools in san jose have reopened. The district announced plans to reopen Public Schools in the new year, barring a significant increase in covid19 cases. The district plans to confirm the decision on december 30th. That is the last day before the targeted january 5th reopening that the state could change the citys, excuse me, the state could change the countys orange tier ranking. A judge in Sutter County ordered the governor to stop overstepping his authority in matters related to the covid19 pandemic. The judge, Sarah Heckman ruled the governors executive order to mail ballot to all california voters andso to have fewer poling places crated a law and only state legislatures can make laws. The governor is nol not commenting. This doesnt take effect until november 12th and has no effect on this election. Other states and judges ruled that he didnt overstep his Emergency Powers during the pandemic. Santa clara county judge ordered a church in the city of san hoe say to stop Holding Indoor services. The county alleges Calvary Chapel san jose is violating Health Orders aiming at slowing the delay. County rules allowing a maximum of 100 worshippers indoors or 200 outdoors. San mateo county is allowing indoor visits at longterm care facilities for the elderly. People can visit indoors under a number of circumstances and where residents have physical or emotional difficulties. Indoor visits may take place if outdoor visits are not feasible due to bad weather, air quality or health considerings. People living in marin county may have to self quarantine if they decide to travel for the holidays. According to the marine ij, Public Health officials are considering the restrictions for those travelling the states where covid19s transmission is higher than the bay area and there is knee final decision. The Officials Say its worth considering if they work to keep rates slow and keep children in the classroom. Mayors are burning back against the governor to consider allowing large the governor theres mayors want the governor to open up large entertainment theme parks like those we have in Southern California and californias Great America here in sand the clara. San jose mayor is among those who signed a letter to the governor. It could take weeks or months to reach a rate of covid19 infections that would allow the large parks to reopen at 25 capacity. All right, even if youre working today, you still have time to vote. California law requires employers to give workers time off to vote. If it takes two hours or less, that i have to pay you for that time. If it takes more than two hours, they have to let you have that time off and they can require you to take that time at the beginning or end of your shift. Some Companies Including lyft, gap, twitter, cocacola, j. P. Morgan chase give workers the election day as a paid holiday. That is it for us this noontime. Election coverage continues online at www. Ktvu. Com. And our next newscast starts at 5 00. Were going to 11 30 tonight. Thank you for watching, everybody. Inside the twisted mind of chris watts. New details on the savage murders of his pregnant wife and daughters. 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