Many key races locally and nationally are still too close to call. At this hour, ballots are being counted. This is the Santa Clara County registrars office. The hot room, the war room so to speak. About half the ballots there are accounted. That means a lot more work to be done. So who is going to be the mayor of the bay areas biggest city . Here are the updated numbers. As of 5 00 p. M. , matt mahan is leading cindy chavez. This is the mayoral race in san jose. Both candidates say theyre not surprised that this race is so close. There is still a lot of ballots to be counted. We want to make sure the democratic process fully plays out. Im really proud of the Grassroots Campaign we ran. We had thousands of people across the city step up and get involved, a lot of people for the first time. I think what united them was this entire for change, a feeling that we need to acknowledge when our current policies arent working. We all know what we can do together, that we really can make this c
The council is also turning over quite a bit. We will have four or five new Council Members in january. Reporter with the latest batch of numbers coming in, the race is too close to call. It could be another couple of days before we are able to call that race, just because it has been so close, especially since the first batch of numbers came in last night which shows the candidates neck and neck. Coming up 6 00, we will show you more of the vote counting process going on in santa clara county, as well as talk about some of the accusations of dirty politics in the san jose mayors race. Live in san jose, katie nielsen, kpix 5. Katie, thank you so much. We will be watching. The mayors race in oakland is also up in the air tonight but latest numbers show Lauren Taylor, about 6. 5 points ahead of councilmember sheng tao. Wilson walker joins us now live with more on the vote count and really just how easily those numbers can change. Wilson . Reporter we will certainly see no public appearan
Being tabulated. City councilman matt mahan is leading chavez but tens of thousands of ballots still need to be counted. Lisa gilmore leads Anthony Becker by 250 votes or about a single percentage point. Control of the u. S. Senate still hinging on three undecided races. Each party hopes to win two out of three and georgia is headed for a run off buweare likely to get results from two other states, arizona. Mark key is leading Blake Masters by about five percentage points. Thats with 82 of the vote counted. Media outlets are holding off on calling this race until more votes come in. In nevada the republican has a one point lead with a 90 counted. However many of the remaining ballots are mail in and provisional which may end up favoring the incumbent democrat. It is still too close to call. Find updates on kpix5, cbs news bay area, kpid. Com. Vitt rans day activities taking place across the country. Vice president Kamala Harris spoke at Arlington National cemetery and laid a receipt at
Officials and what they feel. Turn that situation around. So its very troubling, but im not surprised. Well, the the headline it i think a lot of what folks are feeling. Theres absolutely no question. But that brian in oakland is out of control. City leaders responding to a wallethub study out tuesday shining a harsh spotlight on oakland. Pointing to low vaccination rates, high unemployment and most notably its skyrocketing crime rate. We need leadership that can actually collaborate. And work together. We absolutely need to staff up. Our officers and our subs billion responders, Council Members, shang tao and Lauren Taylor are running for mayor. Ive been working really hard with a chief leronne armstrong. And also and many others to ensure that we do have the vacancy spilled at the end of the day to reset, its about filling vacancies which we have. 25 to 40 in every single department. And that is the chop of the mayor in her city of minister have to. Focus on keeping our community saf
The 35 breakins this year. And this instance, a homeowner Security System was activated, causing the suspects to flee their camera showing police what theyre dealing with. Caught in the act. Security cameras captured this pleasanton home breakin while in progress. You see the 2 suspects entered from the back gate slowly and with intent. According to the citys Crime Prevention officer, ryan to jay, the thieves are looking for specific items to steal. They smashed the back slider and then immediately go to the master bedroom. Because it is calm almost every household that if i would like to get to directly into the master bedroom, jewelry, purses, and these also go through closets, looking for safes with 35 home breakins and counting this year in the city of pleasanton officer to jay wants residents to be aware and take action during this break in the homeowner Security System was set off scaring the bad guys away. The its happened to have implemented the security motion light, which is