This weekend kron fours gayle ong live force and walnut creek with a look at how things are going in Contra Costa County tonight. Yeah. More than half of Contra Costa County residents have already voted im here at the heather farms park and this is one of the sites where people can vote early in person. Im really im glad its done. On saturday lily wescott crossed off voting on her to do list i actually came in with my mail in ballot and didnt realize that i had the ability to just go ahead and vote early so i went ahead and took care of that right away. Early voting in person began friday in Contra Costa County jennifer look many leads the heather farms park site and says so far almost 500 people voted in person by saturday, the crowd tapered off today its been pretty well its not that slow but yesterday was earlier in the morning would have lines all the way around parks with election day fast approaching over 50 of residents in the county already voted. County officials have been encouraging residents to vote by mail advising it is the safest way during the covid19 pandemic that heat and never received her mail in ballots so she got it done in person and feel safer to make her vote count. I think voting early is for sure that i get my vote in. And this food is very efficient because we electronically. Get up ran out and that then just drop off one sheet of paper at the Veterans Memorial building in lafyette lynn carry a low casting her ballot minutes before closing time just so thankful for the opportunity to vote in person and early everything was super clean. And the folks who are working the booth were super respectful and mindful of. Cleaning the boos so everybody come on down and vote. Their early voting sites in Contra Costa County are closed on sunday and will reopen monday at 11 00am reporting here in walnut creek gayle ong kron 4 news gill thanks this weekend professional sports venues all across america are now being set up. As polling locations for voters to cast their ballots. Here in the bay area at levi stadium seeing a big turnout this morning. This is just one of about 100 Voting Centers in Santa Clara County along with those Voting Centers. Theyre also 98 drop box locations. You can cast your ballot at levi stadium starting at 09 00am until 05 00pm on sunday and monday and then from 7 in the morning until 8 at night on election day. Meanwhile across the bay in San Francisco, the Chase Center Opening today for early voting, warriors head coach steve kerr you see him right there making an appearance dropping off his ballot. He had this message for voters. A donation is her i just dropped my ballot off at thrive city. Its easy to do would love to have you down here. I will be here all day. So if you didnt get a chance to make it out there today early voting at the chase center will continue tomorrow from 00 00am in the morning until 4 in the afternoon. And we are told that some warriors players could drop by the arena in the next few days even more incentive to get out there and vote right kron 4 dot com you can find a number of Resources Available to you before you head to the ballot box, including a list of key propositions on the ballot where you can drop off their ballots in actually how to track it. Its all available at your fingertips right now at kron 4 dot com. Lets switch gears to talk about our 4 zone forecast from 4 meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez is here with a look at what we can expect as folks go out tonight recently. There jonathan yeah, and we have a quite a treat tonight for those of you in the bay area we have a rare full moon, a blue moon at that lighting up your halloween night and its rare because it 2 full moons have actually appeared in the month of october so that is why its called a blue moon its not actually the color blue, but right next to it youre also going to get a special treat with mars right next to it so if you do happen to see a bright star near the moon that is actually the planet mars overhead so enjoy that please send us your view are pictures of the moon will be happy to share them online and lets take a look at Current Conditions out there right now for your halloween night. We are tracking clear skies this halloween evening and also your radar tracking mostly clear skies so that fog bank well off the coast into the bay area and temperatures as you head out the door right now widespread 50s and 60s so right now 64 degrees for downtown San Francisco, mid 60s for those of you throughout the east bay shoreline even san jose very pleasant temperatures there at 65 degrees. Pittsburgh 68 degrees as you step outside, but a little bit cooler in some cities for those of you in the north bay petaluma and avato 57 degrees but everyone else in the low to mid 60s and wind speeds out there right now fairly calm a little bit breezy but any wind gusts that we do see will be around 15 Miles Per Hour less so we will notice though warmer temperatures for this sunday into your monday about 5 to 15 degrees above average and on tuesday that some are gradually going to cool down and possible rain making its way into the bay area later next week more coming up in my full forecast in just a few minutes jonathon back to of recent. Thank you so much still plenty more to come here on the saturday, not on kron 4 news at 8. Rising coronavirus cases still to come tonight the lockdown in europe plus the pause button now being hit on reopening businesses here in the bay area. The San Jose Earthquakes, the late us professional sports team to be impacted by the pandemic here in the bay area. Why their match against the la Football Team now postponed. And what are the odds that we would have a full moon on halloween night still to come tonight will were down just how rare, a blue moon is on halloween. Before we go to break we want to show you once again some of the halloween pictures from kron 4 viewers that have been sending them to us. Theres still plenty of time for you to get yours in well be featuring them all night long here on kron 4 news. Stay with us. Coronavirus cases are on the rise across the globe today, the United Kingdom topping more than a million cases. Now prompting british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson to issue a nationwide lockdown again this will begin in england next week. The United Kingdom has reported nearly 22,000 new covid19 cases in the past 24 hours. Britain has also reported more than 46,000 deaths. Thats the 5th highest death toll in the entire world. Getting back to the fullscale logan of march and april the measure is that ive outlined a less primitive less restrictive bottom. Im afraid from thursday. The basic message is the same. Stay time protect the nhs and save lives. Unlike the first lockdown in the uk schools, universities in manufacturing businesses will stay open. The news isnt much better here at home in the United States for more than 99,000 new cases have been reported in the past 24 hours. In fact in the past 8 days. America has recorded its top 5 daily case numbers from the virus. The news now has Health Experts concerned that the upward trend will push hospitals passed its capacity. Worldwide there are more than 46 million cases the u. S. Continuing to lead the world with more than 9 million of those california now second behind texas with the most number of cases here in the u. S. 115,000 cases have been reported here in the bay area. Meanwhile, the recent rise in the number of hospitalizations now forcing San Francisco to hit the brakes on businesses that were set to reopen or expand capacity on tuesday. Heres what will remain closed indoor pools bowling alleys and locker rooms and showers at fitness centers. Restaurants places of worship zoos and movie theaters will remain at 25 capacity. They were expected to expand to 50 right now San Francisco, the only bay area county currently in the states lowest risk to thats the yellow color leaders are hoping to keep it that way by pausing its plans. New tonight at 8 oclock tomorrows match between the San Jose Earthquakes in the Los Angeles Football club has now been postponed because of a coronavirus outbreak. According to major league soccer, the outbreak involves members of the la Football Club wednesday that team reported a player testing positive for covid19 and just last nigmt 2 more players tested positive for the virus. So far theres no word on if the game will be played at a later date or if it will be canceled altogether. On the peninsula tonight, San Mateo County now issuing new quarantine and isolation guidelines for folks who test positive for covid19 and for those who come into contact with those who have tested positive people with the virus should isolate themselves for at least 10 days after first developing symptoms. And at least one day after recovery. People who are asymptomatic should also isolated for 10 days following their positive test. Health experts say if you come in to call close contact with someone who test positive. Then you should quarantine for at least 14 days. If you live with someone who test positive. You should quarantine for 14 days after the person with covid no longer needs to be isolated. Mark meanwhile says its now testing more robust air filters and its train cars as part of an effort to improve rider safety while also reducing the risk of spreading coronavirus right now the agency says its in the middle of a Pilot Program that would replace air filters in its cars with ones that are capable of trapping smaller particles. The agency is also testing uvc light rods which can destroy smaller particles in the air. Both features are expected to become permanent on barts new train cars. Happening now a full moon tonight on halloween and no matter where you are in the bay area all you have to do look up to the sky and you will definitely see a big bright moon. Its called the blue moon and it earned that name because its the second full moon to take place in a month. The first one the harvest moon took place on october first were agree with greeted with the harvest moon at the beginning of the month. Astronomer gerald mckeague and says whats happening tonight is definitely rare like so many other things weve seen so far in 2020. This to full moon month is among 13 full moons will see in 2020. Can have as many as 13 and in a year. So thats thats pretty pretty rare yeah man in blue moon is is even checked last time we had a a blue moon on halloween. Listen and 2001. And before that it was 1944 its pretty rare to have a blue moon on halloween. Meanwhile the chabot space and Science Center is hosting a once in a blue moon. Halloween virtual telescope viewing it kicks off at 9 oclock tonight see how whole little more than. 40 minutes or so to get ready for that its on their Facebook Page and if you want to take part. We have a link on our website at kron 4 dot com. Meanwhile before you hit the bed tonight you may want to set your clocks back one hour thats because Daylight Saving time ends at 02 00am sunday morning. So make sure you set your clocks back one hour before hitting the hay in addition to setting your clocks back experts say its also a good time to replace the batteries in your smoke alarms and your Carbon Monoxide detectors. Meanwhile as were talking about the blue moon plenty of other things happening outside on this saturday night kron 4 meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez is here with a look at your forecast and what you can expect. For the rest of weekend. Im a jonathan yen Crystal Clear skies out there right now for those of you want to check out the rare blue moon out there. Lighting up the bay area night sky and calm wind speeds as well so overall looking like a fantastic halloween night out there in the bay area live look outside from the east bay over berkeley, not even tracking any marine layer out there, no low or high cloud cover in fact we did notice a lot more sunshine out there and warmer temperatures as well warming up about 5 to 10 degrees from yesterdays daytime highs and that fog bank well off into the coast, not expected to make its way inland during the overnight hours as well. Temperature change though we are noticing anywhere from one to 9 degrees of warming biggest warmup for those of you in santa rosa on your double digit warming out there right now a little bit cooler in livermore but just 5 degrees so not much of a change temperature wise there and still a relatively mild night out there for your halloween widespread 50s and 60s with low 60s for downtown San Francisco. Getting a little bit more of that cool sea breeze influence along the coast for those of you what happened in the mid 50s as nevado but everyone else in the low to mid 60s out there right now for your saturday night and temperatures tonight during the overnight hours cooling down into the 40s and 50s but a little bit chillier for those of you in santa rosa, 39 degrees. So it is going to be a fairly chilly night so bundle up there, but high temperatures tomorrow, even warmer than today were going to be about 5 to 15 degrees above average widespread mid 80s for tried valleys even santa rosa low 80s for the east bay shoreline in san jose with the widespread 70s along the San Francisco peninsula coastline downtown San Francisco, 75 degrees and Half Moon Bay in the low 70s and we do have some breaking waves for your bay area starting at 3 oclock sunday afternoon through monday night we will notice some high breaking waves as high as 12 feet mainly impacting northwest facing beaches. So just keep that in mind, especially all of you boaters out there in the bay area and taking a look ahead at the next 7 day outlook were going to continue that warming trend through monday Holding Steady but then gradually cooling down starting on tuesday through wednesday of this upcoming week with even cooler temperatures below average daytime highs starting friday, even through saturday where we could even see a slight chance of rain as early as friday, maybe even continuing next weekend if that Atmospheric River track shifts to the bay area so keeping our fingers crossed jonathan because november is the time of our wet season when we start to see rain in the bay area. So were hoping for some because its been extremely dry out there. Yeah i was saying i was telling my mom the other day and ive been here almost 6 months now and i dont believe ive seen a drop of for instance, ive been here but a lot of record heat so you brought the texas whether it is a bay area this is chair of hopefully we will get something though. That will fall from the sky we need every drop thanks jonathan thanks for her son. Well tonight in iraq police say that a 13 yearold boy led them on a highspeed chase inside of a stolen car that he carjacked in oakland yesterday Afternoon Police say they spotted that teen driving a car that was reported stolen. Officers say they tried to pull the car over but the teen leading them on a chase that ended near highway 4 in hillcrest avenue. No injuries were reported the teen taken into custody, then turned over to oakland police. Kron 4 has been answering your ballot questions about problems you may have been running into this election season still to come tonight. What should you do if your name is misspelled on your ballot will have the answers plus. We are tracking the blue moon that is tried in a ball of the bay area this halloween night a rare sight. For folks out and about stay with us everyone theres more kron 4 news at 8 oclock this saturday night still weeks now kron 4 has been asking you to send us your election day questions and weve received plenty of them including some common questions weve received including this one from Catherine Horton she wants to know what she she do if her name is spelled wrong on her ballot. Well Elections Officials say its not something you should worry about but they would like you to make a note of this issue on your on the look. You can always cross off your name on look at the correct name down there are operators will look at this company will human process will see that you wrote your name differently and sometimes youre little and thats the kind of thing that were looking for again if you still want clarification make sure you contact your local Registrars Office directly if you have any problems casting your ballot. All you have to let us know well investigate it for you. You can email us at voting problems at kron 4 dot com. Still to come here on kron 4 news at 8 oclock this saturday. President ial candidates, joe biden and donald trump making their last ditch efforts this weekend before election day. The focus there taking to win over undecided voters plus a common sight at trump rallies is the lack of facemasks the new study that looked into just how many coronavirus cases that could have been reported because of these maskless rallies and should rideshare drivers be classified as workers. We take a deeper look into proposition 22 wha for your local election headquarters tonight just 3 days away from election night. The candidates pulling out all the stops making a mad dash to reach undecided voters. This last weekend before tuesday night. Joe bide