Rippling through the neighborhood. Terry mcsweeney is in downtown palo alto. This happened last night but tonight lots of women are worried. Reporter they are stunned such a violent act could take place half a block from high end usually Safe University avenue. And they are talking openly and frankly about violence against women. Tonight wendy is walking right past the alley that became a crime scene last night. What happened here has crossed her mind many times. I always feel like i could be a victim many times being a woman. Reporter police say about 7 15 halloween night, a woman walking one half block from the avenue was approached by two men who blinded her with pepper spray. Her necklace and earrings torn off of her. Barring new information, they may never be caught. Because of the pepper spray in her eyes we will not she was unable to give us a better zes description. Reporter so far, nos Surveillance Video has been found. I always park down random streets. Its frightening. Reporter she says shes been planning on rearming herself with pepper spray and always tries to walk in groups at night. It is sad being a female youre more susceptible than if you were a male. Women are just more vulnerable and not as strong. I dont run as fast. But i always thought security has been one of my top priorities. Reporter the only description the victim was able to give police vague. Two males about 57 both wearing black hoodies, possibly hispanic. Full have any information about what happened out here last night, Palo Alto Police would like to hear from you. Terry mcsweeney, bay area news. A developing story out of San Francisco. The Police Commission has chosen its three finalists for chief. The commission decided to keep the names confidential when it hands the list over tomorrow morning. A source confirms to nbc bay area tony chaplain and Dennis Schmidt are on the list. The Department Needs a permanent chief since the former chief we signed in late may. The next chief faces challenging issues including the use of force reforms recommended by the federal department of justice. The dirty little secret at your feet. Filth on the streets might make it your skin crawl. Even more needles, fee sees and condoms are on city streets not only an eyesore but hardous. What is San Francisco doing about it . Be jean joins us in the city with om answers. Reporter every year the controller at city hall takes a look at the cleanliness of the streets and sidewalks here in San Francisco and this year is not a pretty picture. City leaders are looking for solutions. More people are working to keep the streets of San Francisco clean, but the Controllers Office says despite the effort, Hazardous Waste is on the increase. I definitely smell urine and fecal matter and definitely not dogs fecal matter. Reporter shes right. City Officials Say reports of feces, needles and condoms inside the streets and sidewalks are up from last year. Maps show where the department of public works crews are responding. We are seeing concentrated areas of needles and feces any San Francisco. Reporter dpw is looking for Solutions Hiring additional cleanup kraenz providing more places for people to go at staffed pit stop public toilets. Were up to 16 locations in eight neighborhoods in the city. We have more than 20,000 flushes a month. Reporter she hopes the city can get a handle on this mess. Its a health and safety issue that has her family thinking about moving. Were 50 50 still. Its an important issue. It is, yeah. Were expecting a baby soon so we want to be around a safe neighborhood. Reporter tonight, dpw says its in the process of hiring more hot spot cleaners, workers that they expect will be out here on the street cleaning by the end of the year. Jenn elle, nbc bay area news. New details tonight about this fivealarm fire at a construction site in oakland. Weve uncovered some legal troubles facing the owners of the property. Fire earlier this week burnt down an unfinished apartment complex. It used to be right up the street from lake merritt. Weve learned the tenants who lived in the previous building on that same property filed a lawsuit in 2015. They were alleging their building was uninhabitable and just unsafe. When they complained to the city, they said adelfus started to demolish the property while they were still living there. Had federal agents confirmed they will be there on the site tomorrow to investigate. Here we go. A frantic sprint to the finish line. This time next week well either have a new president or theyll still be counting votes. Tonight in wisconsin and earlier in pennsylvania, donald trump continued his takes on obamacare, wikileaks and the renewed email investigation into clinton. The major polls are showing a comeback for mr. Trump. Protesters in florida, clinton rallied with former Miss Universe alicia mar cha doe. Both candidates urging people to get out and vote. You know the best way to stop him . By showing up and voting and getting the biggest turnout in history. Wisconsin is one of several states where you can change your early ballot if you think youve made a mistake. A lot of stuff has come out since you voted. Polls do show that theyre neck and neck in florida, wisconsin, and ohio. Among the hot local topics, how much money would you spend to upgrade b. A. R. T. Snecht measure rr will increase property taxes in the three counties b. A. R. T. Serves. Cheryl hurd is in orinda this evening with compelling arguments on both sides. Cheryl . Reporter raj, lets face it, b. A. R. T. Has problems sometimes. The reason . Its 44 years old. The big question tonight, are voters willing to pay more in property taxes. I know there are some issues with how its been managed but i think overall, it will make it better for everybody thats on the b. A. R. T. System. Reporter tuesday could be a gamechanger for b. A. R. T. , but some voters arent buying it. I agree there are a lot of problems with b. A. R. T. , but it didnt seem to be the solution. Reporter the solution shes talking about is measure rr. If approved, it would authorize b. A. R. T. To issue 3. 5 billion in bonds to be repaid by Property Owners in three counties, San Francisco, alameda, and con tran costa. Our job is not to make b. A. R. T. New but to make it function. Reporter that investment would cost homeowners in the three counties about 9 per 100,000 of their homes assessed value annually. For example, the average bill for a home in Contracosta County would be 37. 52 in San Francisco. They need to show us theyre going to have fiscal constraint in the decisions they make and show us that they can manage b. Almost the entire board is different than it was even a few years ago, and that new bar is really, really focused singularly on bringing our system back into a state of good repair. Reporter had the measure needs a twothirds vote to pass. Reporting live from orinda, cheryl hurd it, nbc bay area news. B. A. R. T. Is the back boechbt bay area. Would you believe warriors star Draymond Green is linked to rr. This video is on b. A. R. T. s website is, social media and was played during at least one warriors game. But an east bay attorney believes its violating the law. Jason bezis filed a complaint this week with the state fair political practices commission. His argument . Youre not supposed to use public funds for political purposes. He believes that video that shows green supports measure rr, but the b. A. R. T. Director says the warriors paid for the psa and its not part of any political campaign. Dont forget to collect in with our voters edge guide. This is a great resource four. Go to nbcbayarea. Com. Put in your zip code and get informed about the issuesen and candidates spec to where you live frr fliers criticized for being antisemetic happened in walnut creek. Riders returned to their cars to find them. There are some references to a race war along with the star of david. They were found also at the laugh b. A. R. T. Station in the late september. Its plenty of bad words, of course. So can i absolutely have no idea. Its very strange to me. Reporter Walnut Creek Police admit they know who placed the phiy phiyers. There were no threats on the fliers so the man is not facing any charges. They have a very unique way of doing it and they thats their business, gun stores. Gun stores with a target on their backs. Im Senior Investigative reporter steven stock. Coming up, we investigate a surge in robberies at california gun stores around the state. Well find out whats behind this troubling trend and how it might be stopped. Also she stood up to the stanford swimmer who sexually assaulted her. Now shes getting some major praise from a national magazine. Im meteorologist jeff ranieri. Thinking of heading to the beach . You may want to think twice. Waves could reach a 12k5ir7ks to 20 foot. Im tracking the drying trend and will let you know how long it will last in about eight minutes. The u. S. Is the beacon of freedom around the world. Those of us who served in the military are very proud of that. I believe very, very strongly in our country and what we stand for. I went to iraq in 2004 to fight for freedom. For generations, our troops have sacrificed for our freedoms. One of the most important things we do is vote to protect that freedom. Im tom steyer. Lets make the people were so proud of, proud of us. Please. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. We dont know her name but her words are inspiring a lot of people. Today, Glamour Magazine recognized em little dough as one of their women of the year. She was sexually assaulted by former stanford swimmer brock turner. You might recall her letter to furner went viral earlier this year. Shes sharing her story in a letter to the magazines readers that says in part if you think the answer is women need to be more sober, more civil, more upright that girls must be better as the exercising fear, must wear more layers with eyes open wider we will go nowhere. The other honorees is simone biles is, gwen stefani and bono. Theyve become targets retail gun stores are now the focus of thieves dealing in stolen firearms. Senior Investigative Reporter steven stock uncovers whats causing this problem and possibly a solution. More than 2 million guns were stolen nationwide in the last ten years according to the fbi and as we first reported a year ago, police are often targets of thieves. Along with civilian gun owners. But we found another group who has been targeted more recently here in california. Gun stores. Youre watching Security Camera footage of a gang backing their suv through a plate glass store front and iron gate to rob rockland armory gun store earlier this summer, one of five Northern CaliforniaGun Store Robberies in less than three months. In all, Officials Say more than 200 guns were taken. Police caught up with the gang just hours later arresting them in oakland in this takedown caught by our bay area helicopter. Despite the brazen smash and grab, the thieves got away with a long rifle only. You become a targeting. The star owner says he and his staff take extra precautions every night. The one stolen had been under repair and left out. Apparently the people that broke into our stores were doing it as a gang initiation. A nearby store wasnt as lucky. It lost more than 100 guns when it was hit. The guns were not locked up and the store did not have the surveillance cameras. Why go to these lengths . Youre doing the responsible thing. Its not about the money. Its about safety and security of the public. Again, we have a responsibility. And if were Gun Store Owners or gun owners, i think we have to lead. Reporter according to the latest Data Available in the last three years, the number of guns stolen from licensed dealers nearly doubled here in california. Atf officials tell us many of the gun store heists are pulled off by gangs who specialize in breaking into these kind you have stores. They have a very unique way of doing it, and they thats their business, gun stores. Graham barlow is resident agent in charge of the sacramento field office. He was on the case hours after the smash and grab. I think well all agree that firearms ownership is a very Serious Business and that people that own fire arps should be very serious about how they store their firearms and the records they keep with those. Reporter its not just gun stores and dealers who are targets. A year ago, nbc bay area first uncovered more than 700 guns stolen from local and federal Law Enforcement officers. Updated data now shows more than 1100 Police Issued weapons either being lost or stolen since 2010. Investigative unit later teamed with nbc journalists across the state and traced more than 4,000 lost and stolen guns in california directly to other crimes later committed with those same weapons. But things may be getting more difficult for thieves. Following our first investigation, both San Francisco and oakland toughened their ordinances requiring all gun owners not just Police Officers lock up their weapons. We want to put a stop to the spiral of shootings. We have to do things quickly. Reporter rebecca capland has been the victim of gun violence, too. A stray bullet recently flew through the window of her oakland home. Were strengthening our laws locally to make it harder to get illegal guns. Reporter our investigation also prompted a similar state law proposed by state senator Gary Martinez hill and signed into law by governor jerry brown in october. I wasnt aware of it till the media brought it to my attention. Reporter our investigation prompted u. S. Congressman mark desonya to introduce legislation in congress requiring all federal Law Enforcement officers lock up their guns. One of the bottom lines would be when guns are not in service and not on the individual officers person, theyre locked in storage so that thing like youve reported on cant happen. Reporter senior it almost a no brain silver why isnt this happening already . It sure seems like it to me. I personally think its a lot of cultural just theres so many guns in our society now. Theres more than one per person. Over 300 million guns in our society. Now, federal agents tell me that part of the reason for the increase in gun store thefts here in california is tough state laws that make it hard for convicted felons to get their hands on guns here in this state any other way. The four suspects arrested in connection with that rockland armed burglary that you saw on the video are all juveniles. Theyre facing local charges of burglary and possession of stolen property. Well stay on the case. Guys . Thank you, steve. If you have a tip for steven or anyone in the unit, give us a call at 8889960tips. November is here. So is jeff. Are we going to be as wet as october . It doesnt appear were going to see as much rainfall for the first couple of weeks of november. Maybe by the middle of the month things ramp up again. The grounds pretty wet after one of the top five wettest octobers in history. We could use a little bit of a break. You can see right now, 51 at livermore. The headline is the fact were going to see numbers drop down into the 40s tomorrow morning, as cold as 46 by 6 00 a. M. Well also have the possibility of 40s down throughout the south bay, as well with 49 degrees. Peninsula 50 and a mostly clear start. Well also find the clearer skies for the east way, San Francisco and the north bay with my cold northwest temperature throughout down to 42. The main reason why were seeing the clear skies and also these cold didnts for the Morning Hours is High Pressure starting to build in, push the storm track off to the north. By the afternoon it, wont be cold temperatures but rather milder air. Mild enough to bring temperatures above average. Microclimates for tomorrow, you can see across the south bay as warm as 76 in morgan hill. Get closer to the bay and well be down 07 in milpitas, 71 in cupertino. For the east bay, winds coming out of the north at six. Miles per hour. Antioch 75, livermore 73. Walnut creek, 72, and oakland will check in at 69. Near the coastline, a lot of 60s for tomorrow. Half moon bay, ca daly city, belmont all in the 60 degree club. Down towards palo alto should be our warmest spot and 2. San francisco will find temperatures anywhere from 63 in the outer sunset to the 67 across the embarcadero. For the north bay, 71 expected in sonoma. 72 in napa. Down towards mill valley a slightly cooler breeze coming off the ocean keeps you 5968 degrees. Dry weather expected not only for tomorrows forecast but the throughout thursday, friday and saturday. A slight chance calf showers by sunday morning. Trace amounts to about a tenth of an inch right now. Not a big storm. For election day, dry weather staying with us. On the inland forecast, we have temperatures going as warm as 76 on friday and back down by sunday to 67 degrees. And it does look dreifort raiders game on sunday. Sunday night football here on nbc. It will be good. Coming up, thousands of potentially dangerous cars on our roads. A crucial warning that the dmv is worried that drivers are ignoring. And we have jimmy. Hey, guys, Whoopi Goldberg is my guest tonight. Plus music from the fray featuring lalah hathaway. Do not change the channel. And happening now on twitter, a new area code for People Living in the east bay introduced in the summer of 2019. California Public UtilitiesCommission Says its running out of 510 numbers. It will begin to phase in a new area code by this summer. A couples late night swim nearly ended in disaster when a crocodile jumped at them in a pool at an african resort. Is the woman suffered is several bites. More news after the break. An ordinance assed tay by thesal an ordinance passed today by the San Jose City council will prohibit recreational pot use ahead of the november election. Council unanimously adopted the ordinance which reaffirms the citys rule that nonmedical marijuana cannot be cultivated, processed, distributed, tested or sold. It allows the city to reach out to communities and to hold public hearings whether to allow most Recreational Use if most voters endorse proposition 64. Thousands of unsafe cars may still be on california roads. More fall out over the potentially dead theyre kata air bag inflaters. Drivers either arent getting recall notices or ignoring them. The recall affects certain 2001 to 2003 hondas and acuras. The dmv says theres a lot of them in the bay area especially in the south bay. When an air bag inflater ruptures pieces of metal could hit the driver or the passengers. So far, there have been 11 deaths related to this problem. See if your car is affected. We have the complete list. Go to nbcbayarea. Com. Okay. Up next, the warriors finally looking like the warriors. Yea. And colin kaepernick, an interesting way he spent his week off. Stay with us. Want a great way to help our children thrive . Then be sure to vote yes on proposition 55. Prop 55 doesnt raise taxes on anyone. Instead, it simply maintains the current tax rate on the wealthiest californians to prevent education cuts that would hurt our kids. No wonder prop 55 is endorsed by the california pta, teachers and educators. Because all of us want to help our children thrive. Its time to vote yes on proposition 55. Its time to vote yes hes the drug company big shot who raised the price of a lifesaving pill by five thousand percent. Said he wished hed raised it more. Prop sixtyone targets drug company pricegouging to save lives. The drug price relief act will save californians nearly a billion dollars a year. Join the California Nurses Association and aarp and vote yes on sixtyone. The drug giants wont like it. And hell hate it. Some cleveland ralty. Al rokerd okay. Did you watch . Game six of the world series, some cleveland royalty, that was al roker, drew carey, even lebron james. In fact, the cavaliers played earlier tonight everyone hoping to see the indians win their first title since 1948 but this night belonged to the cubs. This is addison russell. Used to be a prized prospect of the as but they traded him to the cubs. He hits a grand slam. Cubs win 93. That means the stage is set tomorrow night game seven, winner takes all in this world series. The warriors were in portland tonight taking on the trailblazers. Frustrating night though for oakland native dimmon lillard. His team could not stop steph curry. Curry scored 23 points in the Third Quarter alone. The warriors with the best effort of the season. They looked good and beat the blazers, 127104. After their bye week, the 49ers were back at work today. The one in six niners hoping to salvage the season. Kaepernick remains the starting quarterback for now. During that bye week, kaepernick hosted a youth mentorship for about 100 kids. Among the topics, college, advice on interacting with police and the power of selflove. Giving them resources, some knowledge that can help progress them, help them understand the current state of things as well as you know, how to handle different situations and how to succeed in different situations. Capp says his goal is to have events like this all over the country in the near future. Well, a look at sections of the white house that you rarely get to see. Were going to share those photos with you when we come back. When legalizing safe, responsible adult use of marijuana, the most important question is how . By voting yes on prop 64 adults 21 and over could only purchase marijuana at licensed marijuana businesses. And prop 64 bans advertising directed at kids. Requires strict product labeling. Childproof packaging. And bans edibles that appeal to children. Smart provisions to safeguard our families. Learn more about the safeguards at yeson64. Org. Learn more about the safeguards quarters of t white ho okay. You ready . A rare glimpse into the family quarters of the white house. Exclusive photos is released by architectural digest show us where the obamas hang out. The treaty room located on the secretary floor. The president and family spend most evenings in these rooms. Are they all drewed up or can they be in sweats. I did see one where they were kind of casual. Have a great day tomorrow. Byebye. [ cheers and applause ] steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests Whoopi Goldberg, zoe listerjones,