Along the coastline. A little bit of a cooler afternoon than what we saw yesterday to get this weekend started so weather is definitely cooperating today. The big question is will traffic be friday light as we work our way towards the weekend and it doesnt look like its too bad just yeah looking pretty good so far john but we do have some construction thats wrapping up so little slow on the nimitz but at least its not a major hot spot so were off to a fantastic start. Heres a live. Look at one of your busy bridges and thats 92. No surprise right its always busy or the busy especially during the 4 oclock 5 oclock hour. So it continues to fill in as we enter new hour lots of brake lights but no problem so this is good 12 minutes for your drive to the peninsula here at the bay bridge 80 west not as busy very quiet 11 minutes off to fremont street and heres the construction that i mentioned so its 80 north north of high street. Theyre always a little late picking up the cones some time words spilled over into the 6 oclock hour. So expect stop and go traffic northbound 80 from the coliseum to maybe just north of high street and after that the rest of your trip continuing to downtown oakland looks fantastic the east shore 20 for the rest of 5. 80 and the nimitz so daryn james one little slow spot, but so far no major hot spots in traffic at the bridge us look at what more can you ask for for friday, great weather great traffic of dont give questions thank you very all right well are big story this morning is the election weve got what 4 days left until decision day. Already millions of votes have been cast across the bay area and across the country for that matter Team Coverage this morning as we prepare for tuesday, reyna harvey is outside the chase center where people could drop off ballots starting tomorrow and will tran is in San Mateo County where they are going to be pressing vote actually there starting this morning well. They actually started a couple of weeks ago were trying to go inside waiting for permission to go inside and show you the machines which im sure had to be looked at several times because theyve been busy over the past 2 weeks when they were able to start processing the mail in ballots keep in mind theyre not counting it so the elections we dont know whos ahead at this particular time to just opening billups verifying that you are in fact who you are and you can see the polling places are ready to go come election day lot of people they are choosing mail in ballots for many reasons because one they historically have done it too because of covid19 if think that its a lot safer. Of course thing coming down, Wearing Masks and even gloves possibly on election day so millions of americans are turning to the postal system and the numbers reflect that so since we are in San Mateo County. We want to show you the numbers for this county take a look at your screen there coming in fast and furious across the bay area in San Mateo County. Early voting numbers if youre waking up this morning in this particular county youre looking at 209,000 ballots already in in Santa Clara County 410,000 San Francisco 221,000 and in Alameda County 408,000 lets go to the north bay and marine county youre sitting at a 100,000 almost a 101,000. But boats come in as far as the ballots napa county 31,000 and Sonoma County 143,000 keep in mind if you are sitting in city on i should say your mail in ballot make sure that you get it postmarked before election day because after that it does not count and theyre encouraging people jeans and area because there could be some problems with the postal system and weve talked about that and because it could be overwhelmed with so many mail in ballots being dropped off at the mailbox that perhaps you might want to come down here they have boxes right in front they will grab it. They will go inside and start processing it keep in mind its perhaps too late now to register to vote. Aye fact i know its too late to register to vote online. But if you want to register vote and still do it do election day come down to the polling places. They will look at your drivers license make sure you have a a valid Social Security number and you can vote and of course the results will not be broadcast for at but a week to 17 days after the election, but lots going on i talked to a weary worker she came out james darya like this she was living here and ups for the next 2 weeks and im like welcome to my world, we work the morning and do and you be ready to because crime has all kinds extended coverage for election day and the day after so were going to be on the air for thank you well. So much fun all right well on a related note for starting tomorrow the warriors are going to be joining other bay area sports teams and using their facility to help people register their vote right now weve got the chase center behind me here thats where proffers reyna harvey standing by live with more on what people in San Francisco need to know if there will be dropping off their ballots. Good morning. Good morning. James, you know the Golden State Warriors have a pretty far reach when it comes to voters, theyre actually 3 facilities right here in San Francisco on over in oakland and santa cruz, so theyre really trying to get voters to turn up at the polls and he had thrived city were on the corner of lawyers way and 3rd street this is where theyre going to have one of those drop off locations you can bring your balance here that starts tomorrow 10 00am and runs until 04 00pm and its tomorrow sunday. Also going into monday and tuesday as well those hours. 08 00am to 05 00pm 07 00am to 08 00pm on tuesday over in oakland thats at 1011 broadway saturday and sunday 09 00am to 05 00pm monday and tuesday those hours look at is 09 00am to 07 00am to 08 00pm that site will be a polling site as well as a ballot dropoff like i mentioned in santa cruz and address 1, 4, 0, front street also going to be a ballot drop off in a polling location now we have seen this from teams across the bay area, not only the chase center and the lawyers doing their part to get voter turnout up but also i was out yesterday at levi stadium. Theyre going to see an influx of voters there up until election day bringing their ballots as well theyre opening that center so the teams are really excited about this. Weve been seen many of our bay area teams, very local in the coming weeks about the importance of the election process is so we just have to wait and see whos got to show up and im also told that maybe some of the warriors are going to be out here over the weekend when you come to drop off their ballots. But we also have to wait and see for that for now reporting here in San FranciscoReyna Harvey Kron 4 news all right, thank you very much right now. In the east bay, dozens of ballots have gone missing. The people drop them in this drop box in richmond at the Richmond City hall and this is raising concerns for some about vote by mail and you know the legitimacy of getting their vote counted. Kron fours dan thorn takes a closer look. Election Officials Say theyre trying their best to find these ballots but have so far come up empty handed. Theyre also trying to figure out how this happened and what they can do to keep it from happening again from this election dropbox in richmond, dozens of ballots have gone missing. Boaters using the drop box on october 12th, some ballots were received while others were not now its unclear what happened to those missing ballots stuff always happens and this is a thing that we dont know exactly what happened yet. Scott caught a pass sick. The assistant registrar of voters in Contra Costa County says they were made aware of the missing ballots through complaints on social media. The office worked quickly to correct the problem but do not believe the box nor the ballots were tampered with weve eliminated a few possibilities to include a malicious act activity and theres no of that happening at all couldnt pass 6 as for 2 person teams collect the ballots from the countys 37 dropboxs twice a day. He understands that in todays Political Climate there have been attempts to undermine the credibility of mail in voting, but assures voters theres no reason for concern. The city of richmond echoed those thoughts in a statement reading in part quote the county Elections Division is aware of the information regarding ballot theft reported on social media and have no reason to believe it is true, however they take these reports seriously ways on how to keep the boxes and ballots safe are right now being considered but kona past 6 says of the 150,000 plus ballots received so far. This was the first time there was trouble. I really think this is a Success Story and do our part to the fact that the voters voted early and theyre very contentious attract about all the way through. So. Those voters that have had their balance misplaced have been given new ballots and the option to vote again cota past 6 as the 2 votes from one person will not be accepted by the system. Reporting enrichment dan thorn kron 4 news. Well secretary of state alex padilla now calling elections safety a priority for him and his staff nearly 9 million californians have already turned in their ballots. But diaz says that so far in early voting there been no incidents of voter harassment or intimidation at the polls which is great news. Still he stresses that the law. Stress is what the law is for poll watchers. Folks there to observe can not in any way interfere with the administration of elections. Its really cant cross the line try to harass or intimidate somebody was trying to exercise their right to election supervisors are trained to make sure that the election goes smoothly, havent been trained on how to de escalate maybe some tense situation that there are questions. And dia says the ballots are kept in high security areas with multiple locks. Last month his office sent out an unprecedented memo to county Elections Officials rehashing the voter intimidation laws and the consequences so that everybodys on the same page. 6. 11 is the time and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. Were going take a look at the latest down south. California wildfires are raging in Southern California plus coronavirus the cases are alarming the group and theyre growing so fast way more than when this whole thing started well have the new hot spots and then halloween safety what you need the dos and donts before you celebrate this saturday. And the return of fog this friday morning were seeing that in San Francisco out to the east bay too for some of us a bit of a cooler day ahead to with 60s and San Francisco for the high and 70s for oakland and san jose, ive got your forecast ahead. 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Its not worth it weve already sacrificed enough we dont need to sacrifice live in the castro which as we told you yesterday this is a place they do not want you to come and celebrate him party like we used to because that is just not covid friendly take a look at your screen we rode out some of the other things that San Francisco city leaders are saying are not allowed that includes indoor private gatherings with different households dont invite a bunch of people over to your house again thats going to be safe organizing or coordinating group Group Gatherings both in or in outdoor spaces at the same time look assist simultaneous in out gathering unauthorized street fairs or festival. So if your street is closed that you know theyve been closing a lot of the streets dont take that as an opportunity to create a block party if you will and lets talk about now what is discourage on your screen you can see traditional door to door trick or treating or trunk or treating between cars because its very difficult to maintain 6 feet, i mean if youre going to put the candy in the bag or grab the candy youre already within 6 feet of distance now traveling to a rural fall festival say another county or another area they have something going on unnecessary and unnecessary travel can spread coronavirus because you can come back get it and then bring it back to San Francisco. Thats not good gatherings longer than 2 hours the longer the duration, the greater the risk of coronavirus transmission. And we caught up with mayor london breed apparently this is her favorite holiday, but shes telling us do not. Party like you used im concerned about right now is that as we go into the whole halloween weekend and people may feel good that San Franciscos in a good place but were not and its going to put us in a situation where we may have to make some adjustments and as much as halloween is like my favorite holiday ever to celebrate even i have to take a step back from what i traditionally would want to do to do what is in the best interest of the people of the city because if wed all and were talking about future holidays where we wont be able to celebrate in the ways that we enjoy. Exactly now some quick ideas for you to do that are safe, lets talk about the positives you can carve pumpkins outdoor safely you can celebrate virtually on video chat with friends dress up family or those in to live in your household like roommates scary movies, halloween baking. I mean theres a lot of things you can do that are still very fun very halloween and we have a full list of that on our website kron 4 dot com so get out there have fun stay safe, maybe do all these fun activities in your house, its the best way to do it. For now live in San FranciscoSarah Stinson ill send it back to you all right, thanks. A lot sarah. Like he can do thats my favorite activity to do and how you can do that inside really did you even buy a costume this year you guys do dress up to right, my wife and the kids well they still well, yes. I dress up as the the un son thats me. John in the Weather Center good morning to guys its not even halloween yet nor thanksgiving or christmas them already in my winter suits, yes, maam to size up if you thats tomorrow but you know what its going to be a difference is halloween different season in general for people. So i hope you still have fun tomorrow as we make our way into halloween theres going to be Something Else thats different. The first full moon as seen on halloween across the entire United States since 1944. Thats kind of remarkable right there so we will be looking at bright skies across the bay area as the moon illuminates us, but its also going to be a bit because of the coastal fog thats going to be streaming into the bay and for our coastal areas as well so during the day as you do head out with the family theres going to be some nice sunshine but at night you want to bundle up if youre heading oit to the backyard. Theres some fog this morning to look at this fog streaming into the east bay here berkeley all the way on to the coast. Some low lying cloud cover something we havent seen in a while because weve enjoyed really crystalclear skies lately other than the haze that you probably notice during the afternoon the reason behind that we still have wildfires burning elsewhere across the state and a lot of the smoke that youve been noticing as you look at the horizon line is actually settling into the bay from the Central Valley as a result of the creek fire still burning in the Sierra Nevada, still putting up just enough smoke to be seeing here in the bay area moderate to good air quality continues today much like weve had the past few days. We are going to see nice light winds across the region this will continue on through the afternoon evening tonight and