In the castro, the shells carry costumes and party favors which are unusually full so close to halloween, a sign of the pandemic. s budget would be walltowall people in here. The costumes would be obliterated, we would be lucky to have makeup left on the shelves. Reporter owner terry Austin Bennett tells me she sold only 40 percent of what is normal for halloween. She says this holiday has a special meaning. Her greatgrandfather found of the castro hollowing parade in 1948. It is a source of pride, a source of fun. We get excited and energized by halloween. Reporter it began as a way to celebrate with neighborhood children, and eventually became a party for adults who came from all over the country and beyond. But, this year, city leaders are encouraging people to stay away. Due to the pandemic. This is not the year for a street party. Its not even the year to hang out with a bunch of your friends on the sidewalk. Like, this is a tough year. Reporter supervisor rafael mendham and is as
Back to normal until 2022. So hang on to your hydroxy if you still have the. [ laughter ] remember when we were kids and we all thought wed have flying cars by 2022 . Now its like, maybe in the future well be able to go to a movie without killing our grandma. [ laughter ] cases are going up and up about. I think they had the thirdhighest report of infections so far today. Much of that is attributed to what they call pandemic fatigue. People are sick of being careful, so they relax, they start doing risky things. Which i get it. But thats not the way it works. You cant just stop because its annoying. Its a virus, not glee. [ laughter ] you know . Heres a map that might be of interest to you if youre curious as to whether this masking and lockdown works. You see all the red . Thats the United States. Those of the covid outbreaks here. Up above that, that is canada. Doesnt look too bad up there, does it . Even adjusted for population, theyve had onefifth as many infections as we have, but
He believes his friends can be the change on tuesday. Im telling my friends. If you are eligible to vote, please get to the polls now. You do have the power to change the outcome of the election. Reporter the organizers from san ramon say so many things are motivating her to get out the vote. We need to speak on Climate Change west need to talk about black lives matter. Womens lights, lgbtq rights. Young people reporter the professor believes young voters could be a game changer on election night. They proved that by showing up for themileperhour elections in 2018. Were seeing the maturation of a young generation of young people who are determined to be heard. And i think part of the outcome of tuesday night is going to point to the effect of young people on voting. Reporter the march ended at the Federal Building with a rallying cry to make your voice heard. This fight does not end on november 3rd. A politician will not save us. We will save us. Reporter back live with a beautiful sho
Conditions outside right now we have seen the return of some fog across the bay area. Its very patchy though so theres definitely brightness working its way through so far suture towers, one of those areas that you are getting a good dose of both the fog in the distance and the sunshine reaching its way down into the city you can see the patchy nature that fog not really blocking out visibility so youre driving to work has been smooth. The exception of some fog at times around the Golden Gate Bridge and an upper elevations on the peninsula, sonoma and marin counties temperatures right now are mostly in the 40s and 50s with San Francisco and san mateo in the low 50s santa rosa at 40 degrees right now while petaluma and nevado each at 46 degrees currently later today, these daytime highs that weve got are going to be a little cooler than yesterdays mostly in the 70s after some 80s for inland spots recently so we do take a step back from our peak temperatures lately and enjoy a nice cool
Plan right now, not losing any of the abilities that we have under San Franciscos rules right now but just pumping the brakes a little bit. We are taking a live look at the city downtown. San francisco is in the yellow tier of californias reopening system but the city is keeping some of its orange tier restrictions and pausing reopenings. Reopenings of indoor pools, ow thats on hold. Ker rooms, it was supposed to happen next week. Restaurants and offices have to stay at 25 capacity as well as churches and museums. They were going to go up to 50 next week. We are tired of covid19 but covid19 is not tired of us just because we are tired of it. So it is still here. It is still present. We see it increased number of cases every day. We see it in the number of people who are sadly hospital eyed and we definitely feel it when someone loses their life. Reporter there are some concerns of course about halloween gatherings. This is video from freer times. There is usually a big party every year