Ballots directly to the registrars office. In Santa Clara County, more than 437,000 people have cast their ballots. About half, about 220,000, have put their ballots not in the mail but directly into drop boxes. Nbc bay areas Marianne Favro is live at the Santa Clara County registrar of voters in san jose with more on that. And marianne, people want to make sure they get in and their votes count. Reporter they are very concerned about that, janelle. If you look here, this is where people drop off their ballots at the registrar of Voters Office. Many people we talked with today felt that their vote would be secure if they dropped it off at this specific location. 13 miles, thats how far ted and carol bautista drove today to turn in their ballots at the drop box at the registrar Voters Office in san jose. I feel like it is safer to drop it on a place where you will be counted. Reporter but Evelyn Mendez with the Santa Clara County registrar of Voters Office says theres no need to make a
City council had the biggest turnout ever for a virtual meeting. For two hours, people sounding off about safety and quality of life. Reporter the community is riled up. Reporter the mayor is getting an ear full. It is a 70 room motel that marin county wants to buy and convert for longterm homeless housing. We were informed about it a couple of weeks ago. Reporter the home key program solicits properties to buy. Three emerged in marin. Adding over 100 homeless beds. We shouldve moved faster a long time ago. For mac advocates praise supervisors for moving ahead to push with negotiations. We need to step up and open our hearts. Reporter mobilizing late, the neighborhood of point marin. Several hundred homes and apartments are just steps away. Many people feel blindsided. It feels like spend the money quickly before it disappears. Reporter funding expires that years and. State law doesnt allow cities to reject projects tied to the pandemic. It is alarming to be so close to the neighborhoo
A lack of social distancing, people not wearing face masks and large gatherings. All of that is prompting leaders to cancel this weekends street closure. One block of the avenue between prospect and diablo road has been closed every weekend since june. New at 10 00, smith is here now after talking with town officials and Business Owners about whats going on. The street was closed on friday, saturday and sunday only. Danville leaders say they are done with education and had to do something after some businesses did not comply with the health order. A fight broke out and cases spiked. We came out to hear and we went all the way down past the front of the restaurant. The owner of the kitchen and bar estimates a loss of a dozen outdoor tables on the avenue in downtown danville after leaders decided to open the streets backup. Initially, a little bit of disappointment. But, after we thought about it, i think it is a better choice because of what has been happening over the past few weeks. W
Lawmakers. Those leaders there, the three Biggest Tech Companies in the world are appearing virtually will congress. They agreed to appear remotely after being threatened with subpoenas. Republicans accuse the Tech Companies of deliberately suppressing conservative religious and antiabortion views. Candidates on both sides continue to use our platforms to reach voters. People are rightly focused on the role that Technology Companies play in our elections. Im proud of the work we have done to support our democracy. As we think about enforcement, we consider severity of potential offline harm and we act as quickly as we can. We have taken acti ioion agains tweets from World Leaders all around the world. Last week the Justice Department sued google and the governments most significant antitrust lawsuit suing since microsoft in the 2000s. Three more base area counties are loosening their covid19 restrictions. Nbc bay area rob redell is live in san mateo company. Good for the restaurants an
This is where i grew up and this is where i grew up and raised my children. Reporter one of his children alert him to this News Agency Study showing alarming levels of lead in the fruitvale area and surrounding areas, levels higher than those in flint, michigan. You had warehouses here for forever. And so therefore, the contamination, theres some properties where you cant build because the soil contamination is so deep. Reporter that lead comes from years of industrial pollutants, freeways that spewed leaded gasoline fumes well into the 80s, and an even more potent source, aging pipes and paint. People were talking about the problem in this story we did five years ago. The density of old houses, houses before 1940s, lead was in paint for a long time. Every time someone scraped off the old paint, those particles drifted. Reporter in the fruitvale area of rate among 500 children tested 7. 5 , worse than flint, michigan. Longterm exposure to dangerous lead levels causes everything from an