Protests and demonstrations that at times have gotten violent and destructive. Local Police Departments say theyre worried the violence might surface again on Election Night regardless of the outcome bay area businesses are either boarding up again or simply staying boarded up kron fours dan thorn is live in berkeley tonight, he joins us with more on what police have plan and what the residents are expecting to dan. Well ken and pam some bay area Police Departments say they are increasing staffing on election day and the following days and theyre also canceling any discretionary time off its been said before that this is likely going to be an election unlike any other and police are not taking any chances. Businesses throughout the bay area are boarding up or are continuing to stay that way as election day nears depending on which way the elections go police in Berkeley Oakland and San Francisco are also preparing for potential unrest by increasing staffing to help keep the peace open
All right kron fours always tracking local stories here in the bay area. Theres whats happening. Lets going to start in the east bay. Dramatic spike in gun violence in the city of alameda. Its a disturbing trend of the Police Department is working to control kron fours phillipe djegal spoke with city leaders who believe the pandemic is playing a role. The alameda City Attorneys Office says it has made prosecutions of any violent or gun related crimes, a priority. This as the city is in the midst of a rapid rise in criminal activity interim police chief randy fenn says property crimes are down significantly compared to last year, especially burglaries assaults are also down nearly 19 . But robberies have increased more than 5 and a half percent and the use of firearms is escalating i think this is a societal issue why we write why have we come to this point where so many of our grievances are shuttled. With gunfire for 2 years from 2018 to 2019 there were 10 reported shootings in the ci
Mrs. Trump warmed up the large crowd for President Donald Trump outside Raymond James stadium she used her time in the spotlight to echo her husbands push to downplay the coronavirus pandemic which has killed 228,000 americans. Everybody seemed day. To move this country forward. President trump took the stage celebrating a new federal estimate that the economy grew at a stunning 33. 1 to an annual rate in the July September quarter. We are doing great to see the number today, 33. 1 g d p. Now to Broward County which includes Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale rather where president ial candidate, joe biden appeared for a drive in raleigh. Broward is the blue is county in florida and home to a sizable population of black voters biden used his moment on stage today to slam the president on racial issues. You have to vote got the ball because while donald trump fails to contend white supremacy. We could deliver on racial justice. Donald trump. Players access and systemic racism as a problem
This country for generations to con she would take ease in your all own hence. Your vote, your voice we are now just 5 days away from the november, 3rd election. Thank you for joining us tonight at 10 im pam moore and im ken wayne is the race for the white house enters its final stretch were committed to answer your questions about the safety of your ballot and in the east bay officials are investigating tonight after some ballots went missing. Officials with the Contra Costa County elections. Office say dozens of ballots placed in a drop box at Richmond City hall have not been found. The missing ballots of raised some concerns about mail in voting. Kron fours dan thorn in richmond tonight with the story. Election Officials Say theyre trying their best to find these ballots but have so far come up empty handed. Theyre also trying to figure out how this happened and what they can do to keep it from happening again from this election dropbox in richmond, dozens of ballots have gone missi
Usually do if you join us at this hour looking outside at your center tower cam skies are Crystal Clear. We dont really have any fog out there this morning. Yet again so another clear smooth sailing day as you drive on into work this Early Morning as for wind speeds this morning also nice and calm were keeping that good stuff around we saw calm winds on wednesday and thursday now were going to keep that around for friday, too so looking at our future cast a wind gust pretty calm all across the bay area from the north bay right along the bay side well into the afternoon today so not much to worry about in that regard. Current temperatures are back to some chilly conditions nevado are for spot on the map down in the upper 30s as weve been the past few mornings to soar north bay and inland areas have been noticeably cooler lately as we work our way into that time of year that brings the longer cooler evenings. Hayward san jose and San Francisco are huge in the low 50s this morning wakeup