House in downtown lafayette. The couple used wooden boards to cover cover up the ugly symbol of hate. Its really frightening and of deep concern to see this symbol of whites pharmacy being displayed. Reporter its clear this house was targeted. There is a flag supporting joe biden outside and on the second floor window, a sign that says grab him by the ballot box. A notsosubtle dig of President Trump about his comments on women. We have seven days until the next election, seven days to choose love over hate, unity over division and bravery over fear. Seven days to protect our childrens future and to make our parents proud. There was more graffiti, swastika equals trump sprayed on the Saint Stephens overpass on highway 24 in orinda. Its the same spot biden supporters have rallied each week. I was lost for words. Reporter the woman who hosts to these events told ktvu if there has to be a connection. It feels very targeted, given the visibility of the bridge and where we have been every friday. Reporter the Antidefamation League condemned the graffiti. The issue is you have the normalization of an extremist symbol, one which has proven to be deadly. Reporter lafayette mayor Mike Anderson says the city stands united against racism or prejudice. He says this is being investigated by Lafayette Police and the fbi. An overloaded generator caused a fire that destroyed two homes and at least two cars in the Oakland Hills today. It was reported at about 9 45 this morning at crowne avenue and marywood drive. An aggressive attack from oakland, alameda county, fremont and haywood firefighters helped get the fire under control in less than two hours. No one was hurt, but at least eight people were displaced. A red flag warning remains in effect for the area through 5 00 tonight. Pg e expects to have electricity fully restored by tonight to all customers affected by the most recent preemptive power shutoffs. Outages started on sunday as a preventative measure to avoid wildfires during a stretch of dangerous, dry and windy weather. The utility says right now about 44,000 bay area customers remain without electricity. Some say the recurring inconvenience on the outages in the age of covid is tough, but they are making do. With covid, that just in pounds at all. We are not going out much anyway, none of us are. We can go out for walks, but we are prepared. As long as we are prepared for it when it goes off , thats hard. A fleet of aircraft, along with 1800 ground inspectors are checking the lines for safety before power can be turned back on again. Many in oakland are still without power this afternoon and say pg e has often been sending inaccurate information about the blackouts. We get an update now live. Reporter amid the relief that no major wildfires broke out, there was also frustration with pg es power blackouts. Jeff diamond is owner of farmstead cheeses and wine in montclair village. He hasnt been able to open this week, not because of covid, but because his power has been out due to the Public Safety power shut off for ps ps. Four times in two years. Reporter thats how many times that the right of wildfires has forced the blackout. He says its a lot of work to move the perishable cheeses into a refrigerator in his other store in alameda. The cheese cases are hardwired. Even if i had a generator it wouldnt do us any good. Between 900 and 1200 pounds of cheese moved to the other shop. Reporter hes not happy about the blackouts, but believes they are necessary. I do feel pg e is acting cautiously and in good faith and helping out this neighborhood. Reporter but online, on nextdoor, people in montclair are frustrated. Many received alerts powered which shut off tuesday morning, instead it shut off monday night. One post reads, sitting in the dark at 10 00 p. M. Monday night. One hour ago we received a voicemail that said power will go out tuesday a. M. , plan ahead. How can you plan ahead with such faulty notice . In other answers, the question here is how badly pg e miscommunicated the last minute ps ps. Shang tao represents montclair on the oakland city council. I do believe munication can be stronger and better. I will be honest that my office is also frustrated. Reporter pg e acknowledges they sent notices to customers saying they would not be part of the blackout, when in fact they would lose power. That method should have never gone out and we sincerely apologize for the confusion and inconvenience and we are looking into the process to make sure things move smoother next time. Reporter pg e says it does expect to restore power to all customers by late tonight. That will be a relief for all of those still waiting. Those who did lose power, and also the ability to prepare meals, lined up this morning to receive food at a popup pantry in san rafael. The San FranciscoMarin Food Bank delivered shelf the table food items, as well as Disaster Kits to people in marin affected by the outages. We were prepared for at least three distributions. So far weve done two. It sounds like the majority of marins power has been restored. We could go another day, if we needed to, but is looking okay right now. About 200 boxes of food were handed out today in the food bank will be back at it tomorrow with a drivethrough only popup pantry in san rafael at the Northgate Mall from 11 00 a. M. To 2 00 p. M. Now we turn to the race for the white house with one week to go before election day. President trump was in lansing, michigan today where he kept up his attacks against governor gretchen whitmer. A governor, let your estate open. Get your kids back to school, governor. Michigan is one of the states that helped put President Trump in the white house in 2016 with a narrow win over hillary clinton. The current poll averages show joe biden with a nine point lead in michigan. The first lady command and and other key battleground state, pennsylvania, her First Campaign stop in more than a year. President trump tried to show support in the midwest, the democratic nominee headed for a Southern State that could be in play. Biden rallied supporters in warm springs, georgia today. Some recent polls of georgia voters have shown biden with a slim lead. There are also two senate seats up for grabs there. Writing accused President Trump of failing to manage the coronavirus pandemic and he promised to unite a deeply divided nation. Many wonder, has it gone too far . Have we passed the point of no return . Has the heart of this nation turned to stone . I dont think so. I refuse to believe it. If he had been focused on covid from the beginning, cases wouldnt be reaching new record highs across the country this week. Former president barack obama was on the campaign trail for his Vice President rally in orlando, florida. Pulling averages show President Trump with a razor thin lead in the state of florida. Judge Amy Coney Barrett is officially seated as the new a Supreme Court justice, cementing a solid 63 conservative majority. We explain whats ahead for the high court and the message Justice Barrett had for her supporters during the late night white house ceremony. Reporter chief Justice John Roberts delivered the judicial oath to ujiri this morning. She has been formally seated as the 115th u. S. Supreme court justice. Had followed an unofficial white house ceremony last night, hours after the senate voted among party lines to confirm barrett. Federal judges dont stand for election, thus they have no basis for claiming that their preferences reflect those of the people. Reporter at the white house ceremony, Justice Barrett reiterated her judicial philosophy, saying her privately held beliefs would not influence her judicial decisions. Is the hastings law professor david levine says the testimony sent a different message. To have the president there front and center in the shot, always going against the idea that she will have judicial independence. Justice course which are just as cavanagh dissipated in similar ceremonies, but never at night or so quickly. It was all, to me, signaling to the people who have backed her that she will prove to be a reliable vote. Reporter now that Justice Barrett is on the bench the Supreme Court has a solid 63 majority. Shall get to decide on the upcoming case next month about the constitutionality of the Affordable Care act. As soon as this friday the Supreme Court could announce whether they will take up the case in pennsylvania for weather they should count mailin ballots that are postmarked by november 3rd, but arrive at the three days late because the post office delays. The Republican Party wants to say no, dont count those ballots if they come in late, if they havent been received by election day. Things are close and a few votes in pennsylvania matter one way or the other. This kind of ruling could be huge. It can absolutely decide who was the president. Coming up, more business in San Francisco shattered by the coronavirus pandemic now allowed to reopen. Plus, two Orange County firefighters seriously injured battling a Massive Wildfire in Southern California. And in bay area whether wens started to decrease in fire danger beginning to come down. 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. The unfair money bail system. He, accused of rape. While he, accused of stealing 5. The stanford rapist could afford bail; got out the same day. The Senior Citizen could not; forced to wait in jail nearly a year. Voting yes on prop 25 ends this failed system, replacing it with one based on Public Safety. Because the size of your wallet shouldnt determine whether or not youre in jail. Vote yes on prop 25 to end money bail. More bay area counties are moving in the right direction when it comes to reopening under state guidelines. Today contra costa, marin and san mateo counties were removed from the right ear the less restrictive orange tier in the states colorcoded reopening system. This means restaurants, Family Entertainment centers, movie theaters, gyms and places of worship can open inside, but with limited capacity. Progress relates to modifying our stayathome orders, our industry by industry, sector by sector guidelines, allowing more capacity and more ability for people to move into these new tiers. With todays changes, Solano County is the only bay area county still in the red tier in Sonoma County is the only one still in the most restrictive purple tier. San francisco has taken the next step in reopening, by allowing nonessential offices to reopen their doors. We have a look at how the citys efforts to control the pandemic are really paying off in a big way. Reporter it was just a week ago San Francisco was bumped to the states yellow tier , allowing for the most reopenings. But San Francisco decided to take it slow, waiting until today to allow nonessential offices to reopen. For months San Franciscos downtown has been a virtual ghost town. Now Health Leaders have been given the green light for nonessential offices to reopen. The big pieces today are nonessential offices at 25 capacity. Although we are still encouraging people to commute, to telecommute, work from home if and when possible. Reporter the city and county was the first in the bay area to be moved to the yellow tier with the least amount of restrictions because of San Franciscos low transmission at hospitalization rates. Dr. Grant colfax is San Franciscos director of public health. He says the city is able to take the step because the hard work san franciscans have put in. The key Going Forward is balancing reopening the city and the virus transmission rates. I also think its likely well see an increase in cases as we graduate. We know that more people move about, the more the virus spreads and its really about keeping the virus from spreading too quickly and not overwhelming our healthcare systems. The move to reopen nonessential offices comes from the move to open Services Like waxing services and gyms. Today we are actually able to utilize two different things, drop in climbing during our nonpeak hours, reservations during the higher traffic times and then we are able to allow a few more people in, which is good news for businesses. Reporter the rock climbing gym taking steps to make sure climbers are safe on the walls and say from the virus. We are following all of the guidelines, as far as making sure everybody wears masks and that the facility, utilizing what we call a sanitation cycle, using all of the Hand Sanitizer stations located around the gym. Even so much so as providing hygienic liquid shock that has 80 alcohol in it. If the city can keep covid rates trending in the right direction, or at least hold them steady, there are more openings on the horizon. Including the possibility of movie theaters reopening and allowing dining at and or restaurants. It all depends on san franciscans continuing to follow the guidelines. Firefighters in Southern California continued to battle an outofcontrol wildfire that has forced more than 90,000 people from their homes. The silverado fire, near irvine in Orange County, quadrupled in size yesterday. Flames fanned by the strong santa ana winds and burned more than 11,000 acres, with container not just 5 . Two Orange County firefighters were injured battling the fire and hospitalized in critical condition. Facyson City Fire Department has determined discarded cigarettes for the 300 acre graph yesterday in Solano County. 30 mile an hour winds fueled that fire, but crews were able to keep it in contained to a dry marsh area near peterson road and highway 12. No homes were threatened and no evacuations ordered. A small fire in san jose this morning briefly threaten some homes just before 5 00 near the 10th street onramp to 280. After firefighters arrived they quickly put the fire out. There was no damage to report in the cause is still unknown. Bay area weather, fire danger, at least the conditions are beginning to change. In fact, the rents like fire warning has a few more minutes before it expires at 5 00 today. I say that with some hesitation. Because even though we have improving conditions, we are still in the peak of fire season. The grasses are very dry, not a sign of rain at all and it is relatively warm. A fire danger remains elevated. Here we go, the red flag warning until 5 00 today for the northbay hills in the east bay hills, gusts from around 25 to 35 miles an hour, very low with a relative humidity. Around 10 to 20 . Current condition, not st. Helena is gusting at 27 miles an hour, then lohman gusting a 17. It is still warm and windy, especially for the higher terrain. But at least the conditions are improving. Looking at the forecast models you can see the winds will continue to back off. Here is the satellite. We are in the clear. No sign a fog at all. Mostly clear skies up and down the bay area coastline. We will check in on current numbers. Still, lots of 70s and the warm spot is around 80 degrees toward santa rosa right now. San jose 70 in San Francisco a warm 74 degrees. Eight live camera looking out towards the Golden Gate Bridge this afternoon, fog free conditions and typical fall weather is what you would expect in october as the fall goes away. Still, the follow be a stranger tomorrow morning. Mostly clear skies, overnight lows in the 30s and 40s and our forecast model is picking up on the idea tomorrow morning. So clear skies, lots of sunshine for tomorrow and still a fairly warm day. Upper 60s to the 70s. Warm spots will be in the lower 80s toward santa rosa, 82. San francisco 73 degrees, san jose in the upper 70s and lower 80s for morgan hill and in gilroy. Heres a look at it your five day forecast and you will see this heading into thursday and friday, temperatures not moving around much. As we say hello to the weekend it will be warmer. In fact by saturday toward halloween it will be dry and we will be relatively warm. I wish we could eventually add some rain clouds to the five day forecast, but it looks like as we head into the first week of november it should remain dry here in the bay area. But hopefully something can change and we can report on the change over the next few days. Violent clashes in philadelphia after a Man Confronts Police with a knife and a shot and killed. Coming up, the latest on the violence that left more than two dozen Police Officers injured. Give you my world how can i, when you wont take it from me you can go your own way xfinity mobiles fast nationwide 5g network meets the first iphone with 5g. Get the new iphone 12 on xfinity mobile. And right now get 250 off. Learn more at an xfinity store today. But i cant say i expected this. Because it was easy. To fight these fires, we need funding plain and simple. For this crisis, and for the next one. Prop 15 closes tax loopholes so rich corporations pay their fair share of taxes. So firefighters like me, have what we need to do the job, and to do it right. The big corporations want to keep their tax loopholes. Its what they do. Well, i do what i do. If yould like to help, join me and vote yes on prop 15. Many International Students so they are nervous about a proposed rule from the Trump Administration that could force them to leave the u. S. Before completing their academic programs. The white house wants a fixed term, which would cap most International Student visas at four years. Some visas would only be good for two years. Applying for extensions would also be more difficult under the changes. Current policy allows students to stay longer in order to pursue their education. Philadelphia is bracing for more civil unrest of the Deadly Police shooting of a man who was armed with a knife. Overnight police cars and dumpsters were set on fire, some businesses were looted and vandalized. At least 30 Police Officers were injured and dozens of protesters were arrested. Reporter protests erupted in philadelphia monday night, following the Fatal Shooting of a black man by police. Hundreds took to the streets, some looting businesses and setting vehicles on fire. Others in the crowd threw rocks and bricks at police. More than 90 people were arrested and at least 30 officers injured, including one who was hit by a truck. There is a lot of civil unrest and im encouraging the citizens of philadelphia to not tier down your community. Reporter the outrage sparked by the death of 27year old Walter Wallace junior and i West Philadelphia neighborhood. Officers said they responded to the area on reports of an armed man and found wallace Walking Around with a knife. Police said they ordered him to drop the weapon, but he continued moving towards officers who then fired at him several times. Wallace was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. His father tells the Philadelphia Inquirer that his son was on medication and struggled with Mental Health issues. At three tragic what happened here in the city of philadelphia and demonstrates how much more work we have to do in our city to move our city forward. Reporter the officers involved have been placed on desk duty pending an investigation. Protesters and city activists demanding answers as to why less lethal force wasnt used. We are looking at what led up to the shooting and the incidence around that. Reporter city Officials Say they will meet with Community Members to hear their concerns firsthand. Game six prop 19 helps californias most vulnerable. It provides property tax fairness for disabled homeowners like cynde, stuck living with a broken elevator. Nineteen helps wildfire victims, like ellie, one of 24,000 whove lost their homes to fire. And seniors like pam who need to move closer to family or medical care, without a tax penalty. Prop 19 limits taxes on our most vulnerable. Yes on 19. We are the dodgers trying to close it out and win the world series tonight behind the as and ocs and bp, justin seeger. Will they get it done . We are about to find out. . Find out. Weve never seen a world series quite like this. All of the emotion. Ball gets away, tampa bay wins it got him in the dodgers win game 5 every moment inching closer to the games ultimate prize, as tonight at the pitcher comes