Scrolling at the bottom of the screen the results are in and th most populous city will have a new ader in city hall. The ballots arestill being counted. You can see 51 there to 49 . Abc7 News Reporter lisa amin gulean is live in san jose. Lisa . Hi, ama. Everyone knew this was going to be a very tight race. Right now cortezi is on the seco floor of the downtown marriott hotel. The room is filled with optimism and enthusiasm even thgh he is behind lacardo. He has been trailing since e polls closed even the early pollsters said cortezi would be leading out of the gate. The last time i looked there were 1500 votes in play and that i not very much. That can move ba and forth easily. I would rather be 1 behind and finish the winnerhan 1 behind and finish the loser. I know we cant say wt exactly is going to happen yet. We have awhile to go while the votes while they are counting a of the votes. It is going to take sometime before we kow. I think we need to take this moment to honor this journey have all taken. Meanti, sam lacardo was celebrating th early lead with his volunteers and supporters. He is backed by the current mayor as well as past mays and cortezi the support of labor, police and fire unions. They vow to make Public Safety their top priority. Lisa amin gulezian, c7 news. Nowo the mayors race in oakland where quan is being challenged. If they receive more than 50 of the vote that person wins, but if no one receives a majority an elimination process could take place. As you casee shaf with 28 and quan th 17 . Alan wang is live. Not the way she hoped it was trending. Ty were expecting more votes to be tallied at this point in the evening they believe ese are preliminary results. They understand that the winner of a system could come out of no whe like she did when she was elect. Now most of the 15 candidates are waiting for the first hard results due out at midnight. That will give them an ia where their second and third place votes are coming from. Those are the votes that won it four years ago. Another deciding factor could be the 6,000 to 7,000 il in ballots that will be counte in the following days. Because this is such a close race most are not excting to see a winner emerge until thursday or even later. You probably wont see these ndidatesay claire victory at all to nate. Reporting live in oakland, alanwang, abc7 news. It will ta some time. Thank you. Now to theovernors race and it wasn even cle and it wasnt eected to be. Jerry brown was reelect. Jay he defeated kashkari. Laura anthony is live in sacramento. Hi, dan. 76yearold jerry brown is still inde behind me. He has been there for about an hour at the state democratic headquarters. Thats where the celebration is underway. He is notmuch of making a fuss. When asked abo wining a fourth term tonight he said, quote, i think it is nice. Brown arrived at the democratic headquarters at about 10 00 tonight. Here he is mingling with some of the Top Democrats and his remarks, victory of victory speech of sorts was made earlier before 9 00 a. M. At the Governors Mansion with his wife, anne, at his side. I think the key for the next four years is to make the government do what it is supposed to. It inot about any kind of idea. It is about making work what we set out. Governor, in your last four years, please be bold. You have the power with the majorities in the assembly and the senate to make bold chans to our state. Now we are told that Neil Kashkari called the governor after theolls closed to concede and fer his congratulations. He thanked his suorters and promised he would be back saying he is just starting out inpolitics. Asked what his plan is for the next fouryear term and brown said he would ccentrate on his primary themes of the past weeks and months. It has saved money and it is to save water. Being a fourtimer he is well aware that being governor of california is, quote, no picnic. Laura anthony, aby7 news. Thank you, laura. They ripped control of the u. S. Senate from the democrats. The gop needed six seats and they got seven. The kentucky senator Mick Mcconnell is expected to be the majority leader. E republicans maintain control of the house ging the party full control of congress. The gop added 12 seats tonight. If the republicans gain one more it will be the largest House Majority since the great depression. And the congressional race in the south bayhas attracted national attention. It really has the democrat versus democrat. Millions arepent on advertising. Longtime congressman challenged. Relection launch party in mill in mill pea milpides. He says he not rey to declare victory. He wants to wait longer for the results, but he wants to make sure his supporters are enthusiastic. He has been lding for a few percentage points. You have to keep in mind that this election, the 17th congressional distct covers two counties, bh santa clara and alameda counties. Two registrars are providing the results and it kes more time to get those results in. Supporters lets roll some videotape anshow you what has been going on here earlr. The supporters were patient and quiet as they waited for th congressman to step forward and greet them. They were snacking on hot food and enjoying wine andbeer. Many worked the phones to get out the vote. Across town in Santa Clara County they also enjoyed food and drink and plenty of loud music to keep enthusim up. They rallied bend a man wh never held office and received the support from hightech executives. Now you can see shaking of hands and he hied that there may be a couple more hours until he feels condent that the results come in andhe can decide whether he has won this race and whether he has not. It depends on whether he is going back to washington for an 8th term in congress. Live in mill pea dis, abc7 news. David, thank you. Beeley became the first u. S. City to pass a soda tax. Voters overwhelmingly approved measure d, the sugary ink tax in berkeley. Mere is a here is a look at the numbers 26 said no. In sanrancisco the vote was cser for proposition e a sweetened soda tax there as you can see yes has 53 and no 47 lyly anne ma Lyanne Melendez is live with more on proposition e. Dan, here is why berkeley was successful. Theynly needed a simple majority. Meaning that mone would go specifically to the general fund. San francisco a completely differt story. San francisco needed twothirds because it is a special tax and that money would go specifically to fun for example Recreational Activities and Health Programs as well. They hoped it would create a dialogue regarding diabetes and oesity. Proponents spent millions trying to defeat both. I think it is ridicuus. We should be able to monito our own sugar inte without the goverent coming down on us. It is important to encourage ople to drink smaller amounts of soda even if they want to dink soda. I know the procds are going to good programs. And it seems that berkeley will become the first cit in the nation with the soda tax. 30 other cities in the state and nation rejected similar proposals. I have a feeling this is snot the end of this is not the end of i people say experts say may see this battle in court. Li at San Francisco city hall,ly anne Lyanne Melendez, abc news. May not be done yet. Voters defeated prop 46. It would have raised the cap on medical malpractice cases and required doctors to take drug and alcohol tests. Medical professionals spent millions to defeat it as you can see on your screen. 68 said no and 32 said yes. A short time ago we spoke with the author of local 46 wose daughters were killed by a hitandrun driver high on prescription pills. It is about Patient Safety and oping the eyes to the public and the legislature. There is a lot more to do with paent safety and medical safety uh oppents say it would have been expensive and created a medical datase that would have put peoples privacy at risk. A quicook now at the otr propositions on the ballot. We will start with props one and two. Governor own pushing for prop 1 a water bond to help with future droughts it has passed. A here is prop 2 that passed. It amends the state constitution to creat new rules about how the statepays its debt and keeps money in reserves for thetough financial times. Yes on prop 270 . Prop 45, you may have seen the gative ads and d your mailbox filled with fliers. This would give them power to veto propose rate hikes. It is losing right now, 60 of voters saying no. 40 saying yes. Prop 47 puts it at the National Push for sentencing reform. It hillary classify possession of hair whoa win, meth and petty thef from felonies to misdemeanors. California is the first state to do so and passes a margin 58242 percent. Prop 48 is a turf war regarding indian gaming. E measure would allow a new casino to be built near madera. Anothetribe would get a share of the gambling revenue for not building i own casino. This one is losing59 and 41 said yes. We will have more realtime results and if you liked the abc7 news page you will get breaking news returns from the bay areas most impoant races and you can see some of the voter selfies people have posted today. Still to come, outrage over a controversialartnership at a local high school. Next on abc7 news, the fight over planned parenthood teaching 6 ed and sex ed and whyparents say they were left in the dark. Twitter wants to take to the skies, but not Everyone Wants to see the tech company sore. And alex from target remember him . He took the intern by storm and his picture shared millions of times. Was it too good to be true . I am abc7 news meteorogist sandhya patel. Ear and starry tonight. We have a warm wednesda coming up. A look at the temperatures. As we go to break quickly, look at more election sults. Oakland measure ff increases the citys minimum wage. Abc7 news at 11 will be right back. [ male announcer ] follow your joy to a celebration like no other. Start your new orleans holiday at followyournola. Com. And our election coverage continues. Now to the race for californiasth Congressional District that includes stockto the democrat incumbent is challenged by republican ton amadore and it is a close race. E incumbent has 52 of the vote. To the state assembly where two democrats a facing off for the office held by tom amiano. And you can see tre that 52 of the voters are vading for david chu and 42 for cams. It is one of the most expensive and important in the state. This 30 million race has generated three times as much spending as therace for governor, if you can believe that they are both vying for the job and at this moment the income bept has 54 of the vote, a solid lead. Voters are taking so social media and some of the things posted are pretty funny. Like this ballot for bart director. It is trending tonight becau of the candidates name. Thats not a typo. Flash gordon ran for office. According to the san francio chronicle, not much is known about gordon other than h registered to vote in San Francisco when he took out his papers to run for election. We are updating the rests as they continue to comen. You canook at the ticker at the bottom of the screen and go to abc7news. Com. Tonight an east Bay School District is caught in a controversy over sex ed. Planned parenthood is teaching the course and maybe want it to and many want i to stop. Cornell brnard is in lafayette. Sex ed is taught to every class. I learned how to put a condom on and everything like that. It was useful 6789. The course is taught by a representative from planned parenthood, a partnership, pro life add advocate has a problem with. They are controversial issues. The parents dont knowhat is going on. Some parents want planned parenthood out of the classroom. I dont think pros miss skew tee or anything that they ar involved in is something my child should be taught at school. They say planned parenthood has been a consultant f comprehensive sex ed for 10 years. Parents have a right to opt out of the course. This fall only one student did. I totally agree. I think that planned parenthood should teach what they know. Some parents have no problem with the course. Those who do plan to protest at Wednesdays School board meeting. Cornell bernard, abc7 news. The search is on for a robber in palo alto who punched a man in the face and took his wallet. Police say the victim is a man in his 60s. It hppened as he was waiting for arain at the cal train californ station sunday un1 30 in the morning. He hadreadlock and left on a scooter. E victim, fortunately was not seriously hurt. Twitter wants to link two buildings in the midmarket neighborhood wita sky way. It would connect the massive headquarters on Market Street with a building on 10th. The sky way would cover an alley. Twitter says they waste time going down to the street and crossing the alleynd then going back up to the builng next door. The city has the pls, but has not yet reviewed the the photo of a handso teen working at a target checkout line that went viral is part of a marketing campgn. 5 twitter user posted this photo with the alex from target. That hash tag was trending worldwide as social media tweeted, retweeted and clicked on the post asa favorite. A new Company Called breaker helps small con at the prent time creators spread the work. Alex from a target was a test that surpassed their expectation. Because of thelection coverage, jeopardy and wheel of fortune at 15 and 2 05 respectively. If you dont wanto stay up, set your dvr. A nice day to get out and vote. Meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast. Yes, it was perfect for vong. We will keep it that way for tomorrow. It is nice toring some rain. Clear skies acro the entire bay area. Our view pretty much proves it. The temperatures right now 60 degrees degrees in San Francisco oakland, san jose d the exploratorium camera, the visibility is great. It is cooling off. Santa rosa and 50 in fairfield and 55 in livermore and here is one last view from the east bay hills camera. Mostly clear and cool to chilly in the morning and sunny and warm tomorrow and the fog is back thursday and friday and it is going to get cooler during this time period. The pacific satellite is showing the High Pressure is the controlling factor and it will keep us dry and mild through the weekend and even beyond. Look at the long range forecast. We take you through the middle of next week. It is trending dry through wednesday as of right now. The rain chancesare staying well to the north in the pacific northwest. Tomorrow morning when yohead out the door you will want to dress warmly. 39 in santa rosa and 40 in napa and 46 half mn bay and 48 in san jose. Midto upper 40s around concord, livermore and sane jobing. And antioch. It will be warm from coasto inned land. 81 in napa and santa rosa and maybe a few high clouds. Half moon bay 72 degrees. These temperatures temperatures are well above average. Oucher supper 70s in palo alto. The fog comes in and the temperature slowly slides on thursday and most noticible along the coast. For the weekend we will g warm allaround with 70s, 80s and it clouded up a little bit. Monday and tuesday and still waiting for rain. Doesnt look like it is happening in the sevenday forecast larry beil is here with sports. What do we have the latest on pablo sandoval. It is a quafying offer to the pap d he will not sign thatbut pursuis officially begun. Sports is next. And now more electn results. Abc7 news at 11 00 will be right back. For over 60,000 california foster children, the holidays can be an especially difficult time. Everythings different now. Sometimes i feel all alone. Christmas used to be my favorite. I just dont expect anything. What if santa cant find me . To help, sleep train is holding a secret santa toy drive. Bring your gift to any sleep train, and help keep the spirit of the holidays alive. Not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child. Life is good when you can sit back and laugh at an offer of 15 million and life is very good for giants third base man sandoval who rejected the qualifying offer for one year for 15 million. A multiyear offer and maybe as much as 90 million or more total to resign it meanshey would receive a dft pick if he signs elsewhere. He says he wants to remain a giant, but it will take giantsized deal to make that happen. The 49ers have the worst r zone offense in thentire nfl which in pa explains their 44 record. An offensive unit that is blessed with so much talent, but has not produced much in the way of points. Colin kaepernick has struggled. The niners at 4 and 4 and three games behind arizona. It is what feels like must win game. A lot of gays could point fingers at anybody, the coaches, the players kap for fumbling the ball. As long as we get to the playoffs thats all that matters. The will face their arch rivals. Well tell you what this guy has won. First, more election results