Djegal explains on monday the city of vallejo will open an Emergency Operations center ahead of the president ial election in never to be prepared for for any potential incident of Illegal Police and Fire Departments will coordinate together the eels c will be located at a fire station in town, a smaller secondary Operations Center will also open up at Police Headquarters we dont have the intel right now that means that we just believe that there are any threats here in the city of orlando, the purpose for opening the oc is it purely precautionary are in abundance of caution the Police Department will have a mobile field force which means a team of officers on standby ready to deploy at a moments notice, kevin brown speaks for the fire department. He says they will staff an extra battalion chief and engine to respond to a potential increase in emergency calls for service in any other year. That would simply be you know short course have your protests be peaceful. Be sure we have the level coronavirus 19 to acknowledge as well so we still heard our our residents to protest peacefully but do that extra step of social distance wear a remodeling Hand Sanitizer with of course the oakland Police Department has also increased staffing to address any safety concerns officers will stage at various locations throughout the day to allow for safe spaces for people to peacefully demonstrate. The berkeley Police Department says it will have extra officers working Election Night on a time. Felipe should all kron 4 news 4 is your local election headquarters and were now just 4 days away from election day and. In this last weekend before election day. What should people be preparing for paying attention to what are the indicators of where things might be headed. Well Catherine Heenan is the host of our inside bay area politics and she talked to our political analysts for some insight. Catherine. Well it really has been an unprecedented election season and a lot of ways the huge early vote. The backdrop of the pandemic i asked professor David Mckeown of Sonoma State University for his thoughts on the state of the race. If you think about whats happened say the last couple of days weve seen a tightening in the polls which we would expect. That closing is different than what we saw in 2016 because weve seen such a large uptick in the early vote. In 2016 there were 93 Million People who are eligible to vote who didnt vote were not seeing that this particular election. We are seen almost that number today who have already voted especially big numbers in texas and in florida. And in florida. The president has to win florida have a path to 2. 70 joe biden has to do well in the upper midwest particularly in wisconsin and pennsylvania. So as we move closer to Election Night and this big weekend. You are should Pay Attention to where the candidates are spending their time because that means they think they have a shot in that area and really their most precious commodity is time as we move closer and closer to the tuesday election. For republicans theyre going want to talk about the shy. Trump voters are going talk about those voters who didnt want to advertise themselves and in 2016 and ultimately voted for candidate trump become president trump. This is a different dynamic though its building to a way that potentially could have downballot effect that means that democrats are sensing victory in senate races as well. Now if democrats lose the race theyre going have to do so much soul searching about what comes next for that that would be a big deal. But what we see so far is a way thats building based on these a huge enthusiasm numbers that were seen all over the country. And professor mckeown is going to be joining our team of political analysts on Election Night. And you can watch our entire interview on kron on or on kron 4 dot com. Hickey, thank you catherine and here at kron 4 weve been asking you to send in your election questions and. Theyre quite a common questions that were receiving including this one from christina yo to have. She asks. I received my ballot and voted a few weeks ago, but i just received another ballot in the mail and the online ballot tracker is showing the second ballot i received not the one i voted west so do i need to vote again is there a way to track the ballot i already returned. We asked an election official and heres what he said. In the case like this we would ask the voter call our office. And our election technicians can research what whats happened in that case a mission guide them properly. We do want to make sure that if theyve already weve already received call for them. What we will do is we will suspend second one so that it doesnt it doesnt come into circulation. Just a reminder voting twice is a felony make sure you send us your voting questions to voting problems at kron 4 dot com. All right time for weather check. Now certainly a gorgeous friday around the bay area a lot of sunshine. Still hazy in spots but looking good out toward sfo right now some nice clear skies couple patches of fog likely develop along the coastline overnight you see that patchy fog along the coast people attempt chers cool out toward the beaches today. I think we start out the weekend a little bit warmer as High Pressure one start to build maybe we start to see a little bit of a normally when that does happen we will see some nice weather outside overnight tonight. Do expect some patchy fog develop along the coast line and just inside the bay and thats going to be some of that real patchy fog and a little thick in spots near the coastline as we head toward the afternoon. You got a lot of sunshine coming your way really some nice weather so were starting out the weekend a warmer around the bay area about 6, 7 degrees downtown San Francisco 72 in the mission 71 in daly city about 69 degrees in pacifica 73. In half moon bay, 73 degrees also in millbrae so some very nice temperatures inside the bay comfortable mid 70s, right along the mid peninsula, little haze in the afternoon 70s 80s mixed bag into the south bay. But certainly comfortable outside. And you see those temperatures low 80s in the interior valleys about 75 degrees. In hayward about 78 degrees in hercules looks like a nice start to the weekend. Thank you lawrence tonight at 5. 30 kron 4 is always tracking local stories, heres a look now at whats happening around the bay area will start the east bay, the coast guard rescued 2 adults and a child wednesday night. You see the video here this is after they got stranded in a marsh right near fremont the report came in around 7. 15 that night, it was dark the aircrew located the group around 8 oclock deployed a rescue swimmer to scoop him up. And they were able to hoist all 3 into the chopper. They were flown to San Francisco international with no reported medical issues to the north bay now Vacaville Police arrest a man who was driving a car that was painted to look like a. Batman villains car. Officials arrested 29 yearold Louis Ramirez of sassoon city on suspicion. Of drug and gun offenses tuesday night. Police say the joker look alike are had multiple Code Violations and officers were able to locate a gun inside a backpack on the peninsula man has been arrested for starting a fire near mavericks, the beach there in san mateo county. Happened earlier this week on the side of a hill right near the mavericks beach access trail. Cal fire responded. When crews arrived they say 58 yearold john of aussies was right near the fire officers say he admitted to starting the fire. He was arrested and booked on suspicion of arson. To the south bay now the city of san jose will be hosting socially distant trick or treating tonight. Take a look at the 3 drivethru locations on your screen now the city did not want kids to miss out on the door to door treat so families can visit the Camden Almaden or 7 Trees Community centers said this evening. Officials say that everybody has to stay in their cars though, and where a face covering. National news the boyfriend of Brianna Taylor is now being sued by one of the officers involved in the raid that left the 26 yearold woman dead jonathan mattingly, the officer was shot in the leg. Taylors boyfriend, Kenneth Walker pulled the trigger during the execution of a no knock warrant. The louisville officer claims walkers actions were quote outrageous intolerable and offends all accepted standards of decency and morality. Mattingly says since march 13th the night he and 2 other officers burst into taylors apartment and killed her. He has experienced severe trauma, mental anguish and emotional distress. Due to what walker the boyfriend did to him. Cruises are able to set sail once more yeah, the cdc is actually lifted its ban on cruises here in the u. S. A no sail order was issued in march at the onset of the pandemic in order to resume offering cruises companies will have to meet strict cdc guidelines that include. Having laboratories for testing passengers. Still to come to you need translation to help cast your ballot where you can get assistance ahead of tuesday. And americans are on the move county people say theyre changing homes because of the pandemic. And unsettling study how many. Survey Grocery Store workers say theyve tested positive for covid. Tonight a new study found about 20 of Grocery Store workers have had covid and most say they did not have thats concerning have researchers at Boston University school of medicine tested more than a 100 grocery workers they found that there was a significantly higher rate of infection. Than what was seen in the surrounding community. Workers who dealt with customers were 5 times as likely to test positive for covid19 thats compared to workers in other positions, 3 out of 4 of those who tested positive go had no symptoms. The open Enrollment Period for covered california starts this sunday. It will run until the end of january currently one and a half Million People are insured through covered california. This year the state expanded the program to offer subsidies to more middle income families to help them cover the cost of their premiums. Still ahead language barriers at the polling place what as a nurse, ive faced the fear of being stretched too thin to do my job right. And its not Just Health Care workers. Our teachers and school staff are going the extra mile for our kids. Our firefighters are taking on unthinkable missions to keep us safe. How can we keep giving billions in tax breaks to rich corporations when our communities need that money . Prop 15 closes corporate loopholes and invests in our schools, health care, and public safety. Help us do our jobs. Vote yes on 15. Of course your local election headquarters and in the u. S. Ballots are printed in multiple languages in several states, frances lynn investigates what you can do if youre a voter with limited English Proficiency in are trying to vote. More than a quarter of us counties have at least one in 10 households where english is not the primary spoken language at home and as you can see on this map the most common language other than english spanish, so what resources do non English Speaking voters have when it comes to voting in the upcoming november 3rd election they could use in your own members of them will be easier understand was to become a citizen you usually english but at the same time not everyone its thrilling along the large is the president of Grupo Latino Americano here in springfield. She says there are many us citizens who struggle with the english language in the case of us that Spanish Language will have to think about Puerto Ricans right. Because is that newcomers hear from the island. Even though they already american citizens, but still they struggle with the peoples that we have a language barrier or county clerk Shane Schoeller says currently there is no mandatory language assistance for voters here in green county were at what is considered a section 2 of 3 state. Which is a veteran of this designation in terms of us. Was light which and large says this could be problematic because in some cases they it they might be voting against their wishes or against what they really need so if you know you need assistance with language on the ballot scholer suggests you reach out to the office as soon as possible this we were probably trying to reach out to one of our state universities. Guys thats shes battling regency we can do just as that person and large hopes there could be more language assistance for smaller counties in the future theres always going to be people what either. Running away from something are coming a part a tease. And it was frances land reporting for us tonight from springfield, missouri for your money tonight, millions of americans plan to move to more affordable areas amid the pandemic about 14 to 23 million households say that they plan to relocate to another city or region. Thats according to the job marketplace upwork with a higher percentage of residents in major cities saying they plan to do so one of the biggest motivators thats the desire to live in a house that was at least 10 more affordable. Well not only is this weekend halloween. Its also Daylight Saving time it officially starts november first at 02 00am so thats early on sunday, the annual change comes in the middle off the night yes, but most people set their clocks back typically the night before heading to bed on saturday night or their phones and Everything Else just does it for them his days also a good time though to seriously replace batteries in warning devices like smoke and Carbon Monoxide detectors. You know if you havent slept well this year, youre certainly not alone. A recent survey found that more than 26 of americans are getting less sleep. During the pandemic nearly 3 in 10 millennials are also drinking more alcohol during the pandemic and prior to it as a quarter of men. According to Lendingtree Survey overall 22 say theyre drinking more often which can of course lead to poor sleep. But on the other hand, another 49 of americans say theyre Health Habits of actually improved this year because of the pandemic. Happy hour on this friday night as we get set to take a look at the 4 zone forecast has been dry for what 6 months 7 months way too long way to chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow here with some good news on the horizon you we may just have a little rain in the forecast for you as head that dry path the better part of october but. As we get to november that may change of tack up there tonight. Weve got a beautiful night out there for you weve got mostly clear skies a little hazy out there so some smoke from the fires and thats what weve been talking about all summer and all fall long as all those fires burning throughout the state but making for a beautiful sunset, lovely colors out there right now. Well looks like that patchy fog that had crept along the coastline kind of breaking up a little bit well see a little more that along the coastline tonight into early tomorrow morning, maybe even a couple pass just inside the bay. Temperatures cooled as a result of some of that fog in San Francisco yesterday were at 74 today, 61 for a high so below the average 70 degrees and oakland 73 in san jose 81 for a high in livermore concord checking in at 79 at 78 degrees in santa rosa around the bay area now still looking at 70 in san jose and nice on a friday evening, 65 in alameda 63 degrees in berkeley and 71 in the napa valley, so nice evening so far and i think weve got a great weekend ahead something to watch out for some bigtime swells even though we havent seen the rain there still some storms on the pacific generating some swell some 69 footers coming in along the coastline, maybe as high as 12 feet long some of those west northwest facing beaches along the coastline. All right in the meantime though highpressure going to build in again behind another cold front that is going to set the stage for warmer temperatures tomorrow. And i think sunday too. But this is where it gets fun watch this longleaf forecast to put into motion here looking nice through the great for trick or treaters nice and dry and we got a cold front approaching the coastline shredded by that ridge of High Pressure as we get toward the middle of next week. But then as we head toward the latter part of next week watch this is start to put itself together there we go second run in a row looking very impressive at all holds true. We could be talking about the first significant storm fall making its way into the bay area on friday in the next weekend if not certainly a much colder air mass moving in overhead. Speaking cold overnight low is going to be the 40s and the 50s looks like were going to see the temperatures tomorrow, pretty nice outside enjoy those numbers 70s and 80s in many the valleys here along the coastline, 60s. And maybe 70s over the weekend to how about that. So rain and that your house on it im not going to bet my house quite yet but it was kind of perk things up and get thing love let us hope yeah, thank that he has our attention back. Coming up next what motivates you cast a vote get a cookie which actor spent thursday out in the rain handing out sweet treats to voters. Yes we treat at the polls this week after paul rudd was masked up and handing out cookies to voters waiting in line out there in the rain the at men star was in brooklyn yesterday where he offered the gesture has he filled everyone deserved to be quote thanked end in courage for doing their part. Normally taking a cookie from what is really a stranger on the street during a pandemic would be the best idea but i guess his heart is in the right place said we have the past fair enough. The halloween spirit is strong in ohio at least at hype all right at a home that will show you shortly. A baby yoda pumpkin is a plump. 40 inches in diameter and it weighs a whopping 451 pounds there it is you know if you include the years of the whole thing is about 10 feet wide, so thats a pretty big bill baby yoda this. Homeowner has been creating giant celebrity pumpkins for over 30 years now says her hope is the baby yoda can inspire smiles and transports people to a galaxy far far away. This halloween doesnt sound like the worst thing read it far far away for a little bit yeah, no kidding. I will kron 4 news at 6 San Francisco is actually tapping the brakes now on our reopening plans. Why the mayor says that the city is scaling back and preparing for violent protests, several cities across the bay area say theyre anticipating. Uber and lyft are like every big guy ive ever brought down. Prop 22 doesnt help their drivers it denies them benefits. 22 doesnt help women. It actually weakens Sexual Harassment laws, which are meant to protect them. Uber and lyft arent even required to investigate Sexual Harassment claims. I agree with the la times no on 22. Uber and lyft want all the power. So, show them the real power is you. Vote no on prop 22. News at 6. One is i dont want to see a shutdown like for chicago is just experienced i dont want to see that for us. Now its 6 some Business Owners say theyre feeling overwhelmed tonight after San Francisco city officials decided to hit the brakes on the reopening process after an increase in covid hospitalizations thank you for joining us at 6 oclock everybody im grant lotus. And im Vicki Liviakis see how the city and county of San Francisco now slowing down plans to get back to business as usual today. Mayor london breed announced covid19 hospitalizations are up in the city causing city leaders to take action and then slow down