Outside the redwood city courthouse with the charges this guy is facing. Devin. Reporter yeah. He is facing three counts of vandalism and he had an opportunity today to accept a plea to admit guilt and to agree to repay his alleged victims but he flatly refused and emerged from court defiant. Sorry the vehicles have been damaged. Reporter he refused to answer questions as he came out of court this afternoon. He had also refused to deal from the d. A. s office that would have seen the East Palo Alto landlord plead guilty to one count of vandalizing his tenantss cars. Could be up to three years in prison, depending on that. But it is what we really wanted was the flee the one felony count as well as the restitution. That was our goal. Reporter the man has been charged with three counts of criminal destruction of property. He is accused of breaking the windows of cars of low income tenants in an effort to force them out of their rent controlled apartments. The District Attorney says the c
For months now, the backers of barts 3. 5 billion bond have been selling it hard saying the system will fall apart unless measure rr is approved. Backers like bart director. We need the money from the voters. Reporter and former caltrans director. Breakdowns on the system could become much more frequent. Reporter while early polls show that the bond appeared to be passing in San Francisco and alameda counties, voters in Contra Costa County where the 2013 bart strike hit commuters the hardest are still up in the air. So today when opponent of the key county led by state senator steve glazer said bart cant be trusted, everyone took notice. They have negotiated five contracts, given excessive raises to managers and workers and now gun to the head you must approve rr. Reporter they also called for a law barring strikes and an end to 1,000 bonuses for every bart worker and manager if ridership exceeds expectations. It is about trust. Reporter the bart director says the board is committed, t
Ballots. Ktvus Jana Katsuyama is telling us its already humming. Reporter Officials Say theyve seen record recently station and record return registration and record returns so far. The sound of early voters ballots whizzing through machines, filled San Franciscos department of elections. Returns are at a record pace so far. The numbers of ballots going out is the highest weve ever issued. Weve got the most voters ever in San Francisco registered to vote. The most voters that have come to city hall to cast ballots. Reporter shifting their focus to get voters to the polls. Trump campaigned in charlotte, north carolina. Hoping to sway that swing states voters. Our opponent represents the rigged system, and the failed thinking of yesterday. Reporter trump also appeared in washington, d. C. At a Ribbon Cutting for his new hotel. He blasted clinton for supporting the Affordable Care act. Which the Obama Administration said could see Health Premiums rise by 20 next year. Floridas battlegroun
We have scattered showers now. We will bump up the intensity later this afternoon. There is the coverage. There are lots of clouds in place. There is some action in parts of the north bay, good coverage towards portions of san raphael, petaluma. More development offshore and also around san mateo, portions of the east bay as well, scattered showers working back into the region. The temperatures are upper 50s to the 60s. We are holding onto rain showers throughout the morning. Into the afternoon hours by 3 00, especially after 4 00 we will bump up coverage and intensity by 6 00 tonight. I think the afternoon and evening commute will be an extra challenge. We are not out of the woods yet for the morning commute now because we have some rain south showing up on the radar and of course wet roads that will complicate things at least for this morning, especially later on today. We are looking at a commute mark where traffic is going to be busy all over the place. Its just wet enough to make
You really meant that today. I had a long week. So did you. I did, indeed. Happy friday from me as well. Im wilfred frost. Straight to the market action. Erring earnings in a minute, first a scary moment at Laguardia Airport last night. The Campaign Plane carrying Vice President ial nominee mike pence skidded off the runway after landing in heavy rain. Emergen Emergency Personnel evacuated everybody on board. Nobody was injured. The plane did not strike any of the fencing and was never in danger of going into the water. Later this morning, governor pence will join the team of squawk box in the studio live at 8 00 a. M. I landed in laguardia last night around the same time that governor mike pence did. Then they closed the airport, and had a full grand stop. It was very rainy, wet, skittish. A bit. Delighted that everybody nobody has been hurt. Delighted to be back. And you had a safe landing. Lets check in on the Global Market action. Futures are looking a bit soft, down about 5 points