Employees. Opponents of that push staged a no on 22 rally in front of uber headquarters in San Francisco today. In our continuing vote smart series, kpix5 reported that devin fehely delves into both sides of that debate. Millions of dollars are pouring into the battle over prop 22 with Big Companies like uber, lyft and doordash shipping in tens of millions of dollars to help define california gig economy, basically was considered an employee versus independent contractor. Threatened to shut down rideshare delivery services. Reporter the suspect flooding the airwaves with ads like this. It will protect drivers. Excellent the freedom, and the possibility of working in the gig economy. I do doordash to supplement my income while i am in between jobs. Reporter he has been driving for doordash off and on for years and he says he likes being an independent contractor, making his own schedule, and determining when and how much he works. He fears what might happen if prop 22 fails in his force to become a conventional employee. It enables me to get off work and in a couple extra hours doing in apps based job and it supplements my income and it gives me that flexibility. Reporter last year, they pass 85 that redefine people working for Companies Like uber, lyft and doordash and others as employees, and not independent contractors. Making them eligible for healthcare, sick time, vacation, and other employment benefits. The Tech Industry wants several lawsuits to block this and refused to reclassify workers into the legal battle was settled. And now it is pleased proctoring to on the ballot in hopes of overturning it altogether. Innovation does not equal exploitation. Reporter mike ross is a spokesperson for the no on prop 22 campaign. The cycles about measures protecting the gig economy is business model, and bottom line. And not its workers. They are spending over 180 million on this dangerous and deceptive measure. Dont think for one second that that is to help their workers. This is about their bottom line. Reporter record to suggest hes office more than 184 million has been spent on the campaign. Uber has kicked and 50 million. Lyft 48. Doordash 47. Insta carts chipped in 28 million, and post meets 11. The yes on prop 22 campaigns is it sweetens the deal for independent contractors while allowing them to maintain the flexibility that fuels the gig economy. If they want the ability to remain independent contractors they are able to choose what they want to work for how long they want to work, where they want to work, which apps they want to work for. Reporter a spokesperson for the s Campaign Says it offers a number of new benefits to gig workers, including a guarantee of pay, 20 above the minimum wage in their area. Compensation for wear and tear on their cars, and contributions to healthcare if they work on average 50 to 25 hours a week. But some disillusioned drivers say it is not nearly enough. The prop 22 they will struggle to eke out a living, with the company raking in millions. With and uber earn everything they earn from exploiting their workers. Reporter if prop 20 passes it will be virtually impossible to overturn or amend in any way. Proctoring to says of the California Legislature would have to have a seven 7 8 majority, 87. 5 , to make any changes at all. In san jose, devin fehely, kpix5. President trump and joe biden were supposed to be facing up tonight and the second debate. Is that their hosting headto head town halls, biden is taking questions from voters in philadelphia, and President Trump is taking in miami. After a swing the battleground state of north carolina. Were going to win the state of north carolina, we are going to win four more years the white house. He has been using his own familys experience covid19 including his son to try to push and classroom learning. As biden continues to hammer the president s handling of the pandemic. He throws parties at the white house, republicans hug each other, how many of you have been unable to hug your grandkids . Meanwhile prompted senators on both sides are taking heat for this hug. California democrats Dianne Feinstein and South Carolina republican with graham waiting for a mask was embrace after galang out the Contentious Supreme Court nomination hearings. Now that the People Associated with the Biden Harris Campaign tested positive, what does it mean for candace as they make the final push to the election . At okeefe gives us some insight. They will continue to keep the former Vice President at least on the road, fighting he goes to michigan and makes two stops there, this after announcing tonight that he has tested negative again for covid 19. This despite the fact that the announcement from the campaign saying a member of the flight crew on his large private jet had tested positive for the virus but this is somebody who apparently keeps to the back of the plane while he sits up front. They believe that there were at least 50 feet between them at all times so theres no reason for the Vice President to be can learned and they would keep them on the road with sen. Harris is holding off until at least sunday, after they announced earlier today that her Communications Director and a crewmember on her campaign claim they had tested positive on resume for the virus. Sheet is negative, her husband has tested negative but after an abundance of caution they made all the south is a pretty Detailed Press releases and telephone call with reporters, making good on a promise they made at the end of the summer that they would test the candidate, test the key personnel, and let the public know if there was ever a positive test. A huge turnout in early voting. Does that necessarily favor one candidate over the other . With had more than 16 Million People cast ballots so far. We are on pace to probably have the highest turnout since 18 yearolds were allowed to vote the first time in the 1970s to consider that. What we do know, after months of asking this question, and other authorization asked, is that it is more like the democrats, republicans, are going tos seek out early or absentee balloting options. As always, thank you so very much. Kpix5 is committed to helping you vote smart this november. Had to kpix. Com campaign 2020 for a breakdown of the issues and the best ways to cast that ballot. Still to come, pulling the plug on conspiracy theories youtubes latest action targeting and what it does not do. A bizarre caper in captivity. The San Francisco zoo once its stolen lemur back. If you can leave them to it there is a reward we waiting for you. The special teams that will be called out to deal with people having a Mental Health crisis. Plus, thousands of residents across the bay area in the dark today. Pg e giving a five up the in 20 minutes about when the power will come back on. Kpix5 news the unfair money bail system. He, accused of rape. While he, accused of stealing 5. The stanford rapist could afford bail; got out the same day. The Senior Citizen could not; forced to wait in jail nearly a year. Voting yes on prop 25 ends this failed system, replacing it with one based on Public Safety. Because the size of your wallet shouldnt determine whether or not youre in jail. Vote yes on prop 25 to end money bail. Vote yes on prop 25 to wear a mask out in public around other people. Sure itll keep you healthy. But more importantly, i wont have to see your happy smiling face. Ugh. And if you dont want to wear a mask, ive just got one thing to tell you. Scram, go away. Ugh. Caring for each other because we are all in this together. So wear a mask and have a rotten day, will ya . Ugh. Youtube is taking steps to ban Conspiracy Theory videos on its video platform. It is now prohibiting content that threatens or harasses someone by suggesting they are part of conspiracies. But youtube did stop short of banning qanon specifically even though its theories have been used to incite violence. They claim dozens of satan worshiping politicians and a list celebrities work with governments around the world to engage in child sex abuse. They also believe there is a deep state effort against President Trump. A Cyber Security attack on barnes noble could make customers for ball two identity back. The bookstore chains is customer information like email addresses and home addresses could have been exposed. The notified customers of the data breach. It was linked to issues related to the nook ereader. The product in high demand in the pandemic is being recalled, e clark is recalling some of its Cottonelle Flushable wipes because they could be contaminated with bacteria. The company says the bacteria found can lead to infection and some immune compromised individuals. The products in question are the Cottonelle Flushable wipes and Cottonelle Flushable wipes gentle plus. Impact packages were produced between february 7 and september 14 of this year. South facing is confirmation on coronavirus as well as some other Health Topics today, and a drive through resource there. Bags were handed out, and snacks information on Community Partners and providers outside the Mountain View senior center. This is part of the Binational Health week. The goal is to address Health Disparities experienced by the latin x community. A milestone in oakland, the oakland undivided Campaign Just reached the halfway mark, in its effort to handout 25 a milestone in oakland, the oakland undivided Campaign Just reached the halfway mark, in its effort to handout 25,000 computers and hotspots to underserved students. The mayor, council members, educationally distorted with the family for the giveaway. To quit parents, whole families, not just with the tools for their distance learners, but the tools to connect to lifesaving information. Benefits, to know where they can get help with rent, with food, that is what this computer means for oakland families. The city was offering a reward for the safe return of its stolen lemur. Reward is 2100, the equivalent of 100 for every year of his life. Police believe the ringtail dreamer was taken from its enclosure tuesday night. Zookeepers essay the animal is highly endangered and requires special care. Anyone with information is asked to call the San Francisco police department. Speaking of exotic animals, maybe you have room in your home for rudolph, the star is fine off to option. Proposition 16 takes on discrimination. Some women make as little as 42 of what a man makes. Voting yes on prop 16 helps us fix that. Its supported by leaders like Kamala Harris and opposed by those who have always opposed equality. We either fall from grace or we rise. Together. Proposition 16 provides equal opportunities, levelling the Playing Field for all of us. Vote yes on prop 16. Natures bounty is here for you. Ready to take your immune support to the next level . The number one herbal supplement brand has everything you need to help keep your immune system strong. Immune support comes naturally with natures bounty. When was the last time your property tawhat . L went down . Never. Are you kidding me . For years, the residential burden has gone up. While the corporate burden has gone down. Prop 15 reverses that. It closes corporate loopholes and invests in schools, small business, and firefighters. And when the big corporations pay more, your tax bill goes down. Thats right. A savings of a hundred twentyone dollars a year for the average home. Give homeowners a break. Vote yes on 15. Rudolph the red nose reindeer is getting a new home, and it is going to be a lot nicer than the island of misfit toys. Rudolph, santa and other characters of the 1964 stop motion Christmas Special will likely make it rain when they go up for auction next month. The figurines are being sold together and are expected to fetch between 150 and 200 when they go up for auction next month. The figurines are being sold together and are expected to fetch between 150 and 200,000. They are made of wood, wire, cloth and leather. And his notes still lights up after all these years. Check swing this one to the insurance agent. Please cameras capturing the moment a construction crane tips on to a home in fort lauderdale, florida. Yikes. Parent the neighbor was having a shed lifted into place when, okay, we saw something go horribly wrong there. Fortunately, not just that nobody was hurt but three docs, two cats and a snake had to be rescued and of course the home is on. I wonder how they rescued the snake. Very carefully. I have a feeling it is florida, they probably have practice at doing that. Youre right. Just a stake. Lets take a look at what is happening on our side of the country. In for another night of potentially dangerous fire weather conditions. Gusty wind, humidity below 20 , especially inland in the north bay hills, east bay hills and santa cruz mountains, that is where we are most on alert for that. Heat advisory continues tomorrow with the record High Temperatures again. We will see some improvement over the weekend. Still hot inland, slowly cooling down for everybody as we head into the second tab of the weekend. As we go to the rest of tonight, usually their rocky overnight but they will stay low through early tomorrow morning for 15 to 25 range, it will be even lower than that. The numbers dropped even more as we head into tomorrow afternoon, so i said fighting to greatest overnight into early tomorrow morning . We are zoom to the north bay because that is where some of the strongest wind is going to cost up, into early tomorrow morning but as we had to the rest of the day, the wind is going to relax, so even though humidity is still going to be bone dry tomorrow afternoon, will not have the gusty winds to go along with a very dry air. It is still going to be hot to go to the High Temperatures from today, recordtying High Temperatures with all the asterisk there. 101 degrees and napa airport, tied a record High Temperature, 93 in concord, that is the record. 90 degrees, half moon bay. Now temperatures have dipped back down into the 70s, little ocean influence. The record 94 tuesday was the second hottest october 15 on record in the city. Dating back to the 1870s. Temperatures are still hot out there right now, still 99 in napa, 93 in santa rosa, 80 degrees in livermore, one of the cooler spots. You are the spot that is getting some relief. Still holding onto 90 degrees downtown, unseasonably hot to mid october. Temperatures only back down into the 60s and in the Higher Elevations the wind will be Strong Enough to keep the atmosphere mixed around and keep temperatures from dropping too much so in the spots with the committee is so low, temperatures will be in the 70s to around 80 degrees. We heat up quickly, the city is warming up to around 90 degrees by tomorrow afternoon, once again, maybe a little bit of an onshore breeze kicking late in the day to drop temperatures back down to the low 80s. A rapid warmup in san jose, Santa Clara Valley reaching up into the mid to upper 90s, likely to set another record tomorrow, santa rosa, starting in the 50s but then you end up in the upper 90s once again. Just another really hot day with temperatures approaching triple digit territory for concord, a High Temperature of 99 degrees, so one degree short of actually hitting triple digits in the month of october. Temperatures are very warm for this time of year. Low to mid 80s along the coast, but mostly 90s for the rest of the bay area, it does not matter if you are around the bay for the inland. The very hot as far as getting up to around 100 degrees in all of that is why we still have the heat advisory in Effect Tomorrow to 9 00. Just take it easy, stay hydrated and keep in mind that fire danger, amateurs back off a little bit on saturday. Temperatures will still be above normal, monday through friday of next week but not as far above normal. We take a look at our fire danger index combined all these different factors we look at, that is coming up at about 6 15. Now new at six come in a few minutes, pg e is going live with an update on when bay area residents will get their power back. Plus. For the first time ever, San Jose Police will be responding out to crisis situations with county Mental Health workers. How they plan to Work Together to deescalate situations. One of the most notorious california murder cases back open. Tonight we speak with Scott Petersons former attorney. Still ahead, a person fight because of all will start a new Program Designed to help hawaii found travelers avoid trouble in paradise. Taking california for a ride. Companies like uber, lyft, doordash. Breaking state employment laws for years. Now these multibilliondollar companies wrote deceptive prop 22 to buy themselves a new law. To deny drivers the rights they deserve. No sick leave. No workers comp. No unemployment benefits. 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