Reopening plans. This is ktvu fox 2 news at 6 00. We begin tonight with a developing story out of San Francisco. Three people were rescued from a boat that capsized near alcatraz, about 3 00 this afternoon. Marine units from San Francisco fire and the u. S. Coast guard took heart in the search which Authorities Say involved a 12 foot boat that began taking on water. Authorities say two of the people on board were rescued by another boat in the area, a third person was later found on the shoreline of alcatraz island. All three were evaluated by paramedics, and are said to be okay. Rescuers pulled a body from the ocean near sutro baths in San Francisco earlier today. The call came in at 8 45 this morning. A person in need of assistance, the u. S. Coast guard was called in to help with the recovery of the body. No word on exactly how the person got stranded in the water, conditions along ocean beach and baker beach have been dangerous and turbulent over the past week. Protesters confronte
Setting us up. For Beautiful Days to be standing in line at the polls certainly better than the rest of the country where people have their heavy jackets on and are dealing with some cold conditions, well save that for the weekend back here in the bay as conditions looking across the bay. Theres definitely some sunshine making its way through the low stratus that is pushing in across the region visibility just fine as youre getting out there and temperatures although a little cool this morning in the 40s and 50s will be rising into the 70s this afternoon more comfortable than yesterdays 80s were and a whole lot more comfortable than the 50s 60s will be this weekend talking about that in your full forecast to come. Robert all right, thank you john checking back in on the purchase the traffic thats rolling across the bay we have the bay bridge approach, 80 west its not getting any better. Still nothing reported, but its very heavy on the stand your backup here behind the toll still stock
Election and we will tell you how kron 4 is your local election headquarters. And thank you for joining us tonight at 5 im pam moore and im ken wayne were now just hours away from a historic election as a divided country grapples with country grapples with the pandemic which has caused Many Americans to cast their ballots by mail election offices across california of already received more than 11 million mail in ballots with more to come. That is historic especially when you consider that during the 2016 president ial election. Just 8. 4 million vote by mail ballots were cast and among the spots that could see a historic turnout locally is San Francisco. Thats where we find kron fours dan kerman he is live. Outside the citys outdoor Voting Center Near Civic Center plaza dan. But we can tell you the more than 300,000 ballots have already been received by the department of elections. This year they are doing the ballot processing in that building you see behind me the bill graham Civic A
Ban and hes been with the department for 6 years. His girlfriend was notified, she went to the hospital. Nobody was on the bus the driver of the bus will be tested for drugs and alcohol will have more details coming up in a live report thats tonight at 9 oclock. It had concerns about the upcoming election. Prompting action in many parts of the bay area businesses gearing up and getting prepared to take safety precautions to win. Alltime new level we begin our coverage there in San Francisco kron fours terisa stasio has the latest on how people are getting ready to recess. Well here in San Franciscos really remarkable sight. You know we are here at union square grant and vicki and most the time this is just exploding with people. Lots of tourists here and enjoying themselves, but not right now not at this time and that is because there are so many businesses boarded up and its all about what could possibly happen in the next 24 hours. Take a look for yourself crews hard at work measurin
I want to start first by thinking everyone for being here. We are all here to discuss a moment in Howard University history, and a lot of you were here in the our zoom tonight, were direct participants in that moment so we invite you to use the chat in the q a to share reflections as we engage in dialogue. After our dialogue well take questions from now. And then finally this is being simulcast via youtube so share the link and those who may not be able to join us here can also view the program. April r. Silver commented that there are two howards. But she left it there. Almost as if to signify that what is known aint got to be reminded me of the famous score activist and former dean, kelly millers statement in the 1916 Howard University yearbook, quote, those who feel it know. Theres a howard hidden from view that nevertheless comes to the surface often and forcefully because it represents an alternative black political culture to use the word odd cedrick robinson. The culture that xi