Its the last weekend before the election, but its not too late to cast your ballot. Election officials and bay area sports teams are trying to make it as easy as possible to make sure your vote gets counted. Several new and familiar Voting Centers open today. Youre looking at two of them right there, levi stadium home of the niners, chase center, home of the warriors. And Christy Smith has more. Reporter outside the coliseum in oakland arena, voters showed up ready to be counted. Were voting in person. Reporter this is where jennifer cast her ballot. The president ial election on her mind and she took her brother. He was not going to vote. He was going to stay at home. I was like, lets go. Lets do it together. This is the first day that were open for inperson voting at our accessible voting locations. Well will open here and at our 100 sites on saturday, sunday, monday and election day. Reporter in alameda county, theyre seeing a surge in early voters, just days ahead of the election,
Were hoping for inperson voting at our accessible vote locations. Well be open here at this site and all of our 100 sites on saturday, sunday, monday and election day. Reporter tim is registrar of voters for Alameda County where theyre seeing a historic surge in early voters. Just days ahead of the election this location also makes sense. It is an icon for this area, so we know that people will know that this is a spot that they can get to drop off their ballots, to vote in person safely and like i said also vote in their cars and for curbside voting. Over at the courthouse on Federal Street outdoor voting was setup and people dropped off ballots. I was like, okay, i can just do it right now instead of waiting until tuesday morning. Inperson voting is available at the warriors practice facility, too. Across the bay warriors coach steve kerr came out and dropped off his ballot outside the chase center which is a ballot drop off location. Were in there grinding every day trying to be a g
San francisco has been touted as a Success Story for containing the pandemic. So why is the city suddenly rethinking reopening. When the virus takes off it takes off quickly. The south babies group under fire for a racist attack ad. In just a matter of hours, bay Area Voting Centers will open their doors, what election workers want you to know. Plus how the Postal Service is taking major steps tonight to ensure mailin ballots are received on time. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. And im ken bastida. Streaming on cbsn bay area, looking live tonight over the city of San Francisco, a city that has the lowest coronavirus death rate of any major city many the nation. But tonight, city leaders are pumping the brakes a bit on some new reopenings. Kpix 5s andrea borba on the troubling new data. Reporter this is not the first time officials paused reopening plans in the city amide the covid19 pandemic. Dr. Grant colfax with the department of Public Health says its unsurprising. Outside north be
Population to 4. Thats a 25 increase. That might not sound like a lot. But when this virus starts taking off, it takes off quickly. That case rate put San Francisco in the orange and the hospitalization rate jumping from 21 to 37 patients is in the red tier. Heres what the pause means, indoor pools, bowling alleys, and gym locker rooms will stay closed. Restaurants and houses of worship will stay at 25 capacity. Schools however are still a go with approval. This grill in the financial district that planned to reopen at 50 capacity will continue to stay closed because of the pause. Managing partner of water bar calls the pause on increasing restaurant capacity to 50 disappointing but understandable. Its a little bit of a set back to us from a pure Business Economic standpoint. Also of concern for businesses that have taken advantage of Outdoor Dining and the shared spaces program, the changing weather. Heat lamps are up now but wont stand a chance against the rain. Sometimes these parti
Have been shattered across the country. The race for the white house is intensifying in the final weekend before the election. The bay area voters sinners open their doors in a matter of hours and what election workers want you to know. San francisco is hailed as a Success Story in containing the virus, but why are they hitting the brakes on reopening . When the virus takes off, it takes off quickly. Good morning. Happy halloween on this saturday, october 31st. I am emily turner. I am devin fehely. Breaking news, actor sean connery has died, and we have more on that later in the show. This is a spectacular early november halloween weekend weatherwise, 10 degrees above average. That will not change until the end of the 7day forecast. We have more on that later, but first, lets get you ready for saturday morning. Here is a pretty shot of the Salesforce Tower. We are beginning to see the typical morning scenario and it is 10 degrees colder than everywhere else. If we were number 4 degrees