Silicon valley leaders. Think the case has to be made for change. We cant send the same people back to washington and expect different results. We need something new. We need to break the gridlock. I have said im going to works across the aisle, work with republicans, independents and democrats and thats what this district wants. Reporter well, honda did finish the june primary 20 points ahead of ro khanna but its been a Bruising Campaign and right now the latest kpix 5 poll does show them in a dead heat. Veronica . All right. It will be interesting to see how it shakes out. Linda, thank you. And we are expecting anything could happen as well tonight in the oakland mayoral race. 15 candidates want the citys top job, all are trying to unseat current mayor jean quan. Oakland uses rank Choice Voting where people list first, second and third choices and because there are so many people running, it could be days before a winner is declared. When the san jose mayors race key issue is Public Safety. But for the two men running to replace mayor chuck reed, they cant agree on what to do about it. Kpix 5s len ramirez on a race that has been quite heated at times. Len. Reporter it has been a tough race, ken. Thats because this has been one of the most important recent elections in san jose history. Two candidates are vying for the office of mayor. Two very different approaches to how to solve one of or two of san joses major issues. And thats Public Safety and its longterm financial health. Both candidates have very different views on how to get there. Consequently, this is shaping up to be a very close race. Now, city councilman sam liccardo has bond council for the last has been on the council for the last eight years a big supporter of measure b backed by outgoing mayor chuck reed the pension reform issue. He also pushed for more economic development, transportation issues and ideas on the homeless problem. We started this race 20 points behind. We have had a lot of momentum and are virtually tied and hopefully tonight well find out who is over the top. Reporter county supervisor dave cortese is a former San Jose City council member. His major push throughout this campaign has been Public Safety. He says there are 400 fewer officers on the streets today than when he left the council. He says he can stop police from leaving the scene and restore better working relationships between the city and its workers. A lot of energy here around the campaign office, literally hundreds of volunteers have been out for days now getting people out to vote. Thats been the big issue. Reporter cortese has been ahead in recent polls but both candidates are confident as we head into now less than two hours of voting left here in san jose in this very important mayoral election. The cortese supporters will be gathering here in san jose at the marriott. Hope it turns into a Victory Party later but sam liccardo supporters are still on the job at this hour. We know that. And they are getting out the vote, as well. Reporting live in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. Millions of dollars have been spent to win these races and to get votes on the various propositions. Our Political Insider phil matier here with a look at the top money race. A lot money. Reporter it is. Interesting enough, its not the governor race attracting big spending or the attorney generals race. Its the down ballot race for secretary of public instruction. It pits incumbent Tom Torlakson against marshall tuck who is outsider coming in to try to shake things up. Torlakson is supported by the teachers union. Tuck is supported by the Charter School group. Together they have sent about 30 million in the race so far. And i have to tell you, politicians across the state are watching this one because if the California Teachers Association doesnt win this one, it could thank change the ee division in sacramento. Thats a lot of money. Reporter but it pales compared to whats being spent on another initiative. This is the lawyers versus the doctors. We are talking about proposition 46. And it is basically got everybody slamming each other over the idea of malpractice, whether doctors should be tested for drugs and whether you should have to go to a database before you issue certain prescription medicines. Lets listen to some of the sounds you have pummeled with in recent weeks. Its all about Big Insurance Companies in california who dont want to pay victims anything for the death of a child or stayathome mom or when someones maimed. They get a loophole in the law an outdated law that allows them not to pay these victims. And its very unfair. The clinic i work at Asian Health Services where we treat indigent patients in oakland we are against it because it takes money out against the care. Reporter on the flip side this is one of the ads for 46 that youre seeing here, the money like i said, up to 50 million so much, it is an incredible somebody is making a lot of money off this. One consultant said they will retire on this one. One issue you wont retire on but jerry brown hopes to get re elected on are props 1 and 2, the statewide water bond and the rainy day fund. The governors campaign. He didnt buy signs for his own reelection. He has been pumping these two propositions. They look like they will win and looks like the governor will, too. He is only spending 5 million. The timing is perfect because people know what its like to be in this drought situation and they are worried and a few years ago, the state was going upsidedown. Things settled down because of another measure that got passed. And it all works into his image of steady as you go, be responsible and work it down. You wonder why he picked them . Thats why. Well check back with you phil. Campaign 2014 our ee licks night coverage will continue. Well be checking back with all of our reporters who are out in the field. Jerry brown could make history tonight if he wins. Reporter peter doubt is in sacramento watching that race. Peter, no one really expecting a nailbiter on this one, right . Reporter thats right, veronica. Right now, jerry brown is confident he will be elected to an unprecedented fourth term as california governor. He is hosting a private dinner right now here at the Governors Mansion in sacramento where he is also expected to speak at 8 00 tonight which is right after the polls close. The governor is so confident that he will win that he spent most of his money on two campaign measures than on his own campaign. The governor voted thursday with his wife in oakland and polls show the governor has a significant lead ahead of his republican challenge erika kashkari. 41yearold kashkari is a former us treasury official from Orange County and making his first run for elected office. Heres what he said after voting today. Theres so many issues that unite you was. I think in republicans focus on those we can make big changes if we focus on that we can make changes and be better off. Reporter brown ignored him and agreed to one debate and didnt have tv or radio ads and instead urged voters to pass prop 1 and 2. He is also the oldest governor. He is confident he will win tonight. This is the 7th time he has sought Public Office in california. Reporting live in sacramento, peter doubt kpix 5. Thank you. Results us are rolling in from across the country. Control of the u. S. Senate hangs in the balance. Allen martin will be tracking some of the key races from our newsroom this evening. Allen . This is the big national story, ken. Senate minority leader at least thats his title right now Mitch Mcconnell has already been projected to win re election in kentucky where polls closed at 5 p. M. Our time. If the republicans do have a good night tonight, he could be the next Senate Majority leader. Things are looking good for the gop in georgia. Right now, republican david purdue is leading democrat michelle nunn, daughter of former georgia senator sam nunin. By a sizable margin nun in. By a sizable marge. Jeanne shaheen is fighting off the challenge from republican scott brown. She is 10 points ahead right now. In north carolina, senator kay hagan is leading republican statehouse speaker thom tillis by 8 points in her bid to hold on to her senate seat. A full third of the senate is up for reelection. Nine of those considered to be tossups right now. The latest cbs news Battleground Tracker shows the gop could pick up the six seats it needs to win a Senate Majority. We may not know which way the balance of power will swing. Theres a chance of a runoff in louisiana. Theres a libertarian candidate on the ballot in georgia, as well. So if no one gets the 50 of votes there, that race could go into some overtime. We could get down to waiting for weeks or longer. Yes. All right. Allen martin in the newsroom, thank you. The bay area has two chances to make history tonight by taxing soda. Prop e in San Francisco would add a 2 cents per ounce tax on sugary drinks. In berkeley measure d would add one sent per ounce. Supporters say sugary drinks are fueling americas obesity epidemic and driving up healthcare costs. The powerful beverage industry, on the other hand, is pouring millions into the no campaign. Similar efforts have failed more than 30 times all around the country. Voter turnout was expected to be extremely low for this general election. Some polls predict only 46 of registered voters would cast ballots, a record low for a general election. San Francisco City hall was one place with a larger number of voters and lines were expected to get longer tonight as more people began to get off work and head down to the polls before they closed at 8 00. The rest of the bay area not as busy. Walnut creek voters trickled into the polls at the rossmoor location. The Contra Costa County elections chief predicted a 55 turnout there. And for some coco voters wanting to head to the polls they might have had a little trouble this morning. The election website crashed just after the polls opened up so voters were not able to look up their polling locations. That problem has been fixed. Voters in daly city say they have some trouble today, as well. They say the electronic Voting Machines werent working at several polling spots. Vote hers to fill out paper ballots instead cause some delays. At 7 00 and 10 00 10 00 special election news with scott pelley. Join us at 10 00 on kbcw. And kpix 5 news at 11 with 30 minutes of nonstop Election Results. The election did not stop one city council from getting its work done today. The big issue they took up in san jose. Medical marijuana. What todays vote will mean for dispensaries moving forward. Plus, they now have eyes everywhere. One countys new system to sense wildfires and the response before they get out of control. Rain would help end that wildfire threat here in california. Specifically, the bay area. Nothing right now, though. Beautiful time lapse from the Lawrence Livermore lab looking down on berkeley and San Francisco bay. Any rain in the sevenday forecast . Well take a peek coming up. Youll connect withnte, your doctor any time, anywhere. Another way care and coverage together makes life easier. Become a member of kaiser permanente. Because together, we thrive. Regulations on pot clubs. T city council m ding thousands of people in san jose want the city to mellow out. On the tough regulations affecting pot clubs. City council met today deciding when the measure will be on the ballot. Kpix 5s mark sayre joins us live from san jose. Voters will get their chance at the polls to change the rules but not just yet. Huh, mark . Reporter indeed, they are going to have to wait a little bit, ken. The city of san jose just implemented some new rules to regulate pot clubs here in the city. But thanks to a successful voter petition drive over the summer those rules could soon be change. Could soon be changed. The citys new rules on marijuana collectives regulate where they can be, how close to schools, residences and where it can be grown and used. But pot clubs say they are too restrictive and closed some dispensaries so they gathered 25,000 signatures to qualify a measure for the ballot to change the rules. This initiative would undo that and have a system thats essentially a loosey goosy regulatory system where even if you sell marijuana to a child its only 100 fine. Reporter but under state law, the city council only had three choices when it met today. It could immediately approve and implement the voter initiative, call a costly special election for next year, or else put the measure on the ballot in june of 2016. Which was the ultimate choice. This motion carries. Reporter in the meantime, the city is trying to implement its existing rules to crackdown on a few dozen clubs that havent complied with the new regulations. Everybody deserves due process. We need to balance the due process of the people who are not complying with our law with the laws that we have and build an airtight case so when we shut them down, they dont re open the next day. Reporter susan landry lost her brother to cancer and feels sensible medical marijuana laws would have very much helped him with his pain near the end of his life. When youre dying you should not have to worry what youre smoking, drinking, eating when youre dying. You should be able to do what makes you feel comfortable. Reporter now, the group that qualified all those signatures to get these laws changed is called sensible san jose. The cochair of the group told us on the phone today in his view the city really didnt have any choice. They expected that it would go to the voters in 2016 as he put it well, what else are they going to do . They are not going to implement the rules they dont favor. But what kind of campaign well see both for and against these new rules over the next couple of years remains to be seen. Reporting live in san jose, im mark sayre, kpix 5. You there new eyes in marin county closely watching to avoid scenes like this. Firefighters and rangers are getting some help. The latest hightech cameras and sensors are helping Emergency Personnel swing into action. New at 6 00, kpix 5s don ford tells us how it all comes together. Reporter the marin county fire dispatch now with a major upgrade. 15, 16. Reporter a new technologically advanced camera system aimed to spot wildfires faster than ever before. You know, using cameras is not groundbreaking. But the computer algorithms and how the cameras are used to detect the fires is stateof theart. Reporter 7 special cameras now scan the landscape from five former fire lookout towers. Its not video. Its four photos the computer compares every 20 seconds. By having the four images it can detect flickers and developing smoke calls. Reporter its first of its kind in northern california. This 200,000 system is a gift from pg e. You this sue its aallege as a result. This adds a safety component for is safe and facilities are safe. The system will detect fires from lightning strikes, accidents, and yes downed pg e lines, too. Anything that causes smoke or flames. Until a few days ago, firefighters relied on this nearly 70yearold device called the osborn fire finder. In the tower, someone would see a fire, take a bearing, and call it in. Dispatch would plot it but to be accurate it required two lookouts to be able to see each individual smoke. Reporter and that if both towers are manned at all. Not a problem anymore. Marin county fire pretty excited about their new system. They say it may latest be useful for searchandrescue or locating lost persons. In marin county, don ford, kpix 5. Pg e expects to spend 2 million to install cameras like this statewide. Next up napa and calaveras counties. Last weeks rain didnt wash away the fact that california is still desperate for water. The state water board just released a new water reduction report card using data from water districts all over the state showing californians saved more than 67 billion gallons of water over the summer but conservation efforts are starting to level off. So next the state plans to launch a tollfree hotline to report water wasters. Ware looking at an easier 800 number were looking at an easier 800 number to call, sending a letter of complaint. Other new report showed San Francisco had the lowest per capital water usage of any city in the state. Will we see rain in our show. I think everybody would say we just want some balance. We do the sunshine really well around here. Heres a good time of year to get outside. A little balance. Couple of days of rain and sunshine. We are kind of out of balance once again. Had that rainfall last friday very thankful for that. But now a ridge of High Pressure doesnt it look dark . Thats a dark shot for quarter after 6 00. Feel like im showing you the news at 11 00. Healdsburg 76. Berkeley 74. Dublin 73. Campbell comfortable. Pruneyard 71 degrees. San mateo 70. San leandro your high today 69 degrees. Other temperatures with our live Neighborhood Network chilly morning 40s in menlo park, fremont mid to upper 50s. So as soon as the sun goes down we cool off. That is happening all throughout the bay area whether you live near the water or not. So whats going on . Its november 4. The atmosphere is acting like july 4. What am i talking about . Ridge of High Pressure should be either down to the south or off to the east. Not parked just off to the west. Guess what. Parked is a keyword. Its not going to move for a while stuck here for about a week. This will be a deflector shield keeping the rainfall away up to the north. Were high and dry through the weekend. Its only tuesday. There will be low pressure system moving in finally nudging the ridge out of here but that wont happen until next week. Between now and then we stay warm, sunny and dry. We could use rain but i dont see it for at least the next week. Vallejo warmer 76. Fremont you will bump it up to 78. San francisco 75. Mild in the entire area. Very comfortable at the beach. So we are out