Alameda seeing a Record Number of voters. The county registrar is coming up with creative ways to get people to the polls. How officials plan to manage the day. Emily. Yeah. You can do it early, inside, outside, they use tongs. Theres all sorts of different ways to cast your ballot. There have been for several days. We arent seeing the long lines and major crowds. The numbers are still big. Yeah. Congratulations. First time voters. Thank you. If you get that sticker or just the satisfaction from casting a Ballot Voters turning out in Record Numbers now in alameda. u thanks to coronavirus the county registra has a one stop shop to get a flu shot, coronavirus test and vote all free and without an appointment. Downtown you can vote by mail, even al itself resco. You can see we are using tongs to grab the ballot. We are handing back the i voted sticker with the tongs. Already the county has seen ballots for almost 65 of registered voters. The modern record turn out is 78 from obamas first
Early, its made things a little smoother today, but still expecting a big turnout. If you havent voted, avoid the long lines later today. Thats a message i expect youll make at did beginning and end of our segment. How are things going in california . Its been fairly smooth in the bay area. Tell us in terms of the voting and ballot counting how its going. Theres a fewishes here issues here. There are the two big steps weve taken. Every active registered voter in california received a vote by mail in advance. 22 million voters on the rolls, more than 12 million ballots cast as of midnight last night. Great return. That means theres nearly 10 Million People who play be voting today. Maybe they were returning it by mail, a great first choice, but voting in person, bring your mask to keep voters and poll workers safe. The polls are open until 8 00 p. M. Its been light. We havent seen too many huge lines. We know its always busiest within the last couple of hours. Tell us if you expect to h
Coast. At the san mateo bridge, traffic is starting to slow across the bridge. Solid across the span, across the causewa and up the incline section of san mateo. Give yourself about 20 minutes between 880 and 101. Else where, a look at our traffic maps, slowing, not anything out of the ordinary over the altamont pass. Reports of a stall blocking a couple of lanes, this is southbound 880 near winton. An accident reported at 98th on 880. Well check that when we come back. Thank you. A kansas city man accused of intentionally setting a string of fires in the south bay was reportedly here for his high school reunion. Freddie graham will make his First Court Appearance this morning. Jobina fortson is live in san jose with the other new information were learning. Good morning. Freddie graham is facing four counts of arson. Police say that Freddie Graham was in town from missouri for his high schools 50th reunion when he set those fires. Our partner at the mercury news reports that graham tol
Lee elder and Gabriel Christian natali have been arrested of the stabbing death of a police officer. Tonight at the elder family home in the sunset district a sign asking for privacy. A woman cant believe her neighbors son could be accused of such a crime. A memorial in rome on the Street Corner where a newlywed and officer was stabbed to death. The suspects 19yearold stn n accused of stabbing the officer. We continue know what happened. Elder lives in the sunset district in San Francisco. Hes been very kind to me and thoughtful to me. Does me favors. Italian Authorities Say the teens confessed to the crimes. The young men stole a backpack belonging to an italian man and demanded a gram of cocaine and 100 euros to get it back. This man claims he witnessed the men running away and alerted police to surveillance video. Police found them in a hotel where they the clients are e upset and did not want to answer questions. The officer was known for his chart it charitable work with the homel
electors. presumably designed to create so much confusion the congress would kick the matter back to republican-led state legislators as to overturn joe biden s win in the states. it will explore the broader pressure campaign aimed at subverting the will of the american people. the first witness is the arizona state house speaker. aides say bowers will share critical new details about trump s demands and even harassment as the president sought to decertify biden s legitimate and legal win and republican-led arizona. the georgia secretary of state will also testify live. he famously went public with a phone call from trump. trump asking him to, quote, find enough votes to take away joe biden s legal and legitimate win in georgia and concoct an illegitimate trump win. another georgia election official will appear before the committee. you might remember sterling on december 1st, 2020. he publicly pleaded with trump to stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence.