Good morning. A lot of Business Owners say they know people are stressed out, anxious or emotional. They dont want that taken out on them. Look behind me at some of the measures being taken. There are businesses boarded up in the financial district around San Francisco. This is the 24hour fitness and the fedex office at davis and sacramento. This is happening all over the country. This is in preparation for the election. The fbi in San Francisco says they set up a command post so they can better work with local officials election night. The concern is that there will be violent protests from extremist groups. Law enforcement officers around the bay area are on high alert. When we have protests, if they get large, there is always an element within that group that will try to do destruction or harm. Were worried about those extreme elements that want to do violence and harm people, especially Law Enforcement officers doing their job. Officials say one of the biggest problems this year ha
Without power. At the height of the shutoff, 345,000 customers had their power turned off. Most areas are expected to have their lights turned on today. Abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is live in orinda this morning with how residents are dealing with this and also businesses. Good morning, amy. Hi, jobina. You cant help but feel bad for the businesses and i ammic looilo looking at them in orinda and a second day and morning of not being able to light. Its the same situation in lafayette and also in moraga. Their downtown areas do not have power and, of course, some homes also have had their lights turned out. We have seen Grocery Stores bring in lights to stay in business. Some people are frustrated. You can go on nextdoor and read how hard this is for people as they try to distance learn and work without power. The Hardware Store now say they plan for these. After last years one we restocked and held stock on things like generators and cords for generators, oil for y generators and
Reporter good morning. This morning millions of ballots are still being counted all across the country and it looks like this race is going to be decided in three key battleground states. Overnight former Vice President joe biden in wilmington, delaware, energizing a car rally of supporters. We believe were on track to win this election. Reporter biden performing as expected, as vote counts roll in across the country. It aint over until every vote is counted, every ballot is counted. Were feeling good about where we are. Reporter the former Vice President boosted by wins in Traditional Democratic strongholds, in the pacific west coast, taking california, oregon and washington. And in a surprise outcome, biden now leading in arizona. The state of florida has 29 electoral votes and it will go to donald trump. Reporter trump winning the biggest prize so far, taking all of floridas 29 electoral votes and performing well in rural areas. As votes are still being counted, trump in an Early Mo
President trump saying we should know the results of the election on november 3rd but some states dont open mailin ballots until election day. Looking at the white house, in anticipation of protests, federal Law Enforcement sources tell abc news theres more plans to add more nonscalable fencing around the white house. Businesses in the area are boarding up in anticipation of protests. You can share your experience voting by mail, dropping off your ballot or voting in person through a form we posted on our website, abc7news. Com election. Developing news on the covid19 emergency. Cases are rising in 48 states. The exceptions are delaware and nebraska. Yesterday more than 4,500 new cases of coronavirus were reported. Thats higher than the 14day average, which is 4,200 cases. Europe is dealing with a second lockdown. A sixmonth state of emergency in spain has triggered riots in the country. You can see here crowds clashing with police breaking windows, throwing fireworks, and in england P
Of potential outages right now. Amy hollyfield live in danville with more on this. Amy . Hi, yes. We are in a highrisk area. This is stone valley and green valley road. This neighborhood has been alerted that the lights may be getting turned off as early as tomorrow night. So, this is the section of Contra Costa County that is under the warning. Other county sections of these counties have been alerted by pg e. Alameda, napa, santa clara and sonoma. Residents in marin county are dealing with the closure of fairfax. Residents there tell us they will deal with road closures and outages if that is what needs to be done to keep people safe. It can be a busy road with people going through to the beach here but its never terrible. Its not like the road to stenson. Its a back way. But definitely less traffic when the gate is closed. People who live on this road or any open space area, were all thinking about it every day. So, we appreciate the red flag warnings. Definitely disappointed this i