In the castro, the shells carry costumes and party favors which are unusually full so close to halloween, a sign of the pandemic. s budget would be walltowall people in here. The costumes would be obliterated, we would be lucky to have makeup left on the shelves. Reporter owner terry Austin Bennett tells me she sold only 40 percent of what is normal for halloween. She says this holiday has a special meaning. Her greatgrandfather found of the castro hollowing parade in 1948. It is a source of pride, a source of fun. We get excited and energized by halloween. Reporter it began as a way to celebrate with neighborhood children, and eventually became a party for adults who came from all over the country and beyond. But, this year, city leaders are encouraging people to stay away. Due to the pandemic. This is not the year for a street party. Its not even the year to hang out with a bunch of your friends on the sidewalk. Like, this is a tough year. Reporter supervisor rafael mendham and is asking people to leave us and if they are done. At blush wine bar, general manager Vincent Nicholas says it makes sense for city leaders to discourage people from coming to the castro for halloween. Halloween and pride are our two busiest nights of the year. Reporter and nicholas tells me the impact on business will be minimal, because seating is limited and the clientele has changed from mostly tourists, to locals. Right now, 75 percent of the people i see it every day are people that i know name by name every single time. People who live in a 10 block radius. Reporter he says people still come to the castro on halloween but they dont expect the cow crowds of years past, police will step up patrols in the area. I think you should be safe and wear your mask. However, you should be able to go to the castro if you choose to do so. Usually the thought would be to hang out in the castro and get dressed up but this year, you are not going to do that took reporter the owner says a lowkey halloween is a price worth paying to ensure safety and future celebrations. I would rather have the next 25 years of normal and skip this year. Reporter supervisor mental minute says the city has done well keeping down the number of covid19 cases, but gatherings could change that quickly. Live in San Franciscos castro, amber leigh, ktvu f0x2 news. Beyond the castro, the entire city is trying to prepare for Restaurant Week this year. It will look entirely different than ever before. The industry is really hoping that new menus, as well as covid19 prevention measures help people come out and try a new place to eat. Jana is joining us now with a look at what is new this year, new 10 00. Hey jana. Reporter hi, it has certainly been a rough seven months for restaurants, but the sentences go Restaurant Week is giving so many businesses new hope. Reporter diners hungry for a night out at a restaurant are getting a special taste of a new normal. San franciscos Restaurant Week is running through sunday, downtown at credo, they are ready. A lot of restaurants partake in this week, to really show the public that we are trying to do this in a safe manner. Reporter this years, customers will find no contact payment leaving qr codes for digital menus, extra sanitizing stations, facemasks, and temperature checks at the door. For diners starting to venture out in the pandemic. More in the last month than in the nine months prior. But, you know, i would say it is still less than normal. Reporter it is a welcome return for many businesses trying to recover. Hardest hit are restaurants in the financial district spoke back before covid19, we were used to the Corporate Card for lunch, packed doing 150 People Per Day for lunch, and then they were busy when conferences were in town. Reporter now the manager says they are lucky to have 20 for lunch, 50 for dinner. Supplemented with grab and go takeout. The Golden Gate Restaurant Association says they were glad to have so many restaurants sign up. 105 restaurants, all across the city, multiple neighborhood signed up reporter that included 46 new sites in places like the tenderloin and bayview, a hopeful sign for his struggling industry. Reporter one third of the restaurants that participated in january arent even open right now. You think about maybe 40 or 45 percent of the restaurants closed based on a credit card data. Reporter at union square, the empty streets and sidewalks are a painful contrast to pre pandemic crowds of tourists and visitors. Hotels in our area are just starting to open back up. So, foot traffic is better than it was a month ago, but it is still relatively light. Reporter still, Restaurant Week has given area diners and Restaurant Owners a taste of joy. Its nice to get back into the kitchen and just cook. Reporter kitchen and bar is excited because they are building a new park let, they are excited to hear the city will expand its Outdoor Seating Program for another six months. If you want to try and take it off, discussed Restaurant Week lasts through sunday. Christina . Hopefully people will check it out, thank you. Modernist says they should have data of the trials of its current virus vaccine in the coming weeks. The Biotech Companies as if the vaccine is approved, it should be able to produce 20 million doses by the end of the year. The company has agreed to have 20 million doses by the end of the year, the company has taken more than 1 billion in governments around the world as it ramps up for distributional. A bay Area Youth Group focused on change made their voices loud and clear in oakland tonight. The Organization Youth versus apocalypse play their music video at the great wall projection site in west grand on uptown oakland. They say they may be too young to vote but they want to use their influence to make sure that every adult votes for a livable and just future. Tomorrow, President Trump and joe biden will each be campaigning in three states during the final hours until election day. Fox news Gillian Turner tells us they were both in florida today, a key swing state with trump highlighting an improving economy, and biden talking about the worsening pandemic. We are in florida, this is like home. Florida goes blue, its over. Its over. Reporter both candidates now with an eye on the sunshine state, President Trump and former Vice President joe biden both delivering remarks to supporters in the battleground state of florida. The president alongside the first lady touting the rebound of the economy since the covid 19 lockdown, and warned voters about the dangers of a biden presidency. I am running against the worst candidate in the history of president ial politics. I dont care, win lose or draw. Reporter biden on the other hand took sharp aim at the president and his handling of the pandemic. Donald trump has waved the white flag. Abandon our families, and surrender to this virus. But, the American People never give up. Reporter the real clear politics average shows a biden has the lead in key battleground states. Republicans arent concerned and believe enthusiasm is on their side. The democrats, you know, their absentee voters were election day voters on the energy and election day day we are seeing is very positive. Only one candidate has a plan for healthcare and its joe biden, one candidate has a plan to deal with Climate Change or dealing with the economy. Reporter friday will be a busy day for each candidate, traveling to three different states including minnesota. Gillian turner, foxnews. New swing state pulled out from Quinnipiac University show close races in several battleground states, including florida. The poll shows joe biden with a threepoint lead in florida. In pennsylvania, biden has a seven point lead, and in ohio, biden is up by five points. In iowa, though, President Trump leads by one point, after trailing biden in a poll earlier this month. A few dozen ballots are missing in Contra Costa County tonight, however the Registrars Office says this was a handling issue with some ballots at one dropbox on one day. The box has been inspected and Officials Say there is no reason to believe tampering. The county is working to contact the affected voters so they still have a chance to vote. Political reporter greg leigh will have the story on the 11 00 news. Make sure to bookmark ktvu. Com to find Election Night results. Right now we have Important Information about the statewide propositions , congressional races, and if you have also learned how to track your ballot. Tuesday you can also find results from local and National Races on ktvu. Com and on our local news at. The head of the Silicon Valley organization declined today over a Campaign Post on the groups website, he apologized for what he called the quote completely unacceptable image which was posted on their website earlier this week. It showed dark skinned men engaging in some kind of unrest. The caption read, quote, do you really want to sign onto this . The attack added targeted San Jose CityCouncil Candidate jake taco. His opponents claims he wants to defund san jose police, which is not true. The racist undertone in a lot of the messaging from the attacks he has been receiving. The first apology from the sco repeated the lie that they made up about my policies, as the justification for what they were trying to depict to the community. Incumbent san jose councilwoman deb davis for whom the ad was posted said in a statement, quote, i am ashamed at the past support i have received from them. The money donated to my campaign in both the primary and general elections, has been donated to a local nonprofit dedicated to fighting racism. In bay area weather another sunny warm day out there, but right now we are tracking a bit of a cooldown in the forecast. We will have the update coming up. From wastewater to early detection, see how uc berkeley is turning sewage into a Promising Health resource. Up next, a bay area family desperate to find a match, they needed bone marrow donor for their nine month old but havent found one amid the pandemic. We are fearful and sad, constantly, because our house isnt home. Jik d with prop 15. The yes on 15 ads say it only raises taxes on big corporations. Thats not true were all going to pay. 11 billion in new property taxes will get passed on to Small Businesses and farms. Theyll raise prices. Higher gas, health care, food. Even day care. We cant make ends meet now. Families cant afford 15. No on prop 15. 10 00, in hayward a family is trying to save their nine month old baby who is diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. The family is hoping to find a bone marrow or stem cell donor but because of the pandemic, registration and Community Outreach has suffered. Azenith smith has the story. Reporter frank, the babys diagnosis came earlier this month, and siblings are the best match, but he is an only child. Now, a call to find a donor, one like him, a filipino descent. Let me see your teeth. She is literally our dream come true. Reporter it was love at first sight for father eric eisen, he and his wife tried to have a baby since 2012, and after a hail mary ivf treatment, alexander justin, or aj, their miracle baby, was born in january. It was everything we thought it would be. He is beautiful and smart, and playful. Reporter last month, the growing boy began turning down bottles, and spitting up food. First diagnosed with pneumonia, but antibiotics did not help. In the e. R. , an oncologist told them, aj had leukemia. Doesnt feel real. Until its your own child, and we are afraid we will lose him. Reporter aj has acute myeloid leukemia, especially rare in infants. The cure rate of 65 percent. But we were fearful, crying, and im begging his medical team, please save his life. Reporter doctors say in order for him to be cured, he will need a bone marrow or stem cell transplant, from someone just like him. A filipino heritage, with the same antigens. Some of them are only found in the filipino community. They wont be found in the chinese community, or the vietnamese community, or the caucasian community. Reporter the Asian AmericanDonor Program say filipinos make up less than half a percent of the national registry. The only thing i can say, is that maybe they just arent as aware. Reporter covid19 has hampered the nonprofits ability to educate and seek out donors. Registration overall is down 50 percent. Aj just underwent his first round of chemotherapy, with more rounds to come. At nine months old, he is facing one of lifes biggest challenges. His family wont give up fighting. We need to look through thousands and thousands of candidates, to find that one needle in the haystack, so i need your help. Please sign up. Maybe you will be the one to save his life. Reporter the nonprofit says minorities are more likely to die of leukemia and other blood cancers, because there is a shortage of ethnically diverse donors in the national registry. Frank . Thank you. The Asian AmericanDonor Program has a national registry, and we have posted a web link on our website, ktvu. Com. This years day of the dead cultural celebration kicked off today at mexican Heritage Plaza in san jose. City leaders and councilmembers talked about the need to hold the event despite the obstacles people are facing during the pandemic. In years past, the celebration has brought as many as 2000 people to san jose, but organizers say this years facility doesnt only look different, they have taken on a much more somber tone. Reporter the residents of East San Jose have been disproportionately impacted by covid19 due to longstanding inequities, which have taken a toll on the residence of the east side. Residents, who are the backbone of Silicon Valley. Covid19 preparedness kits and other goodies will be handed out safely to people in their cars, the free drive through event is tomorrow and saturday at mexican Heritage Plaza. During the event, people will get to check out an outdoor gallery of art created by local artists. Serving one of the most congested freeways in the bay area, caltrans and others held a virtual Ribbon Cutting today for the 680 northbound lane from automall parkway to state route 84. It will be open to carpools, vanpools, motorcycles, and transit vehicles. Work on the southbound express lane is still in progress, tolls are expected to go into effect sometime next spring. The Palo Alto City Council is considering ordinance next week to open up park to the general public. The aclu sued palo alto due to its 50 year positing policy banning nonresidents and using the park, it is called a legacy of racial termination, and called it unconstitutional. They say anyone who wants to should be able to enjoy the trails. Lake and campgrounds. The sc council will take up the issue on monday giving residents First Priority for riserva will picnic areas and campsites. Another warm day in the bay area, clear skies and sunshine, right now, though, i am tracking fog closer to the close coastline which could bring in cooling temperatures as we had through your friday forecast. Lets show you some of the highs from this afternoon, widespread 70s and in a few spots lower 80s out towards santa rosa, fairfield, and morgan hill this afternoon. Friday will be a cooler day, nothing extremely cold, but still cooler with patchy morning fog, hazy sunshine into the afternoon hour, so most areas on average coming down about 3 to 6 degrees from todays highs. Here is the satellite as you can see, we have low clouds and fog up and down near the coastline just out to the west, that has an onshore breeze which should help bring the patchy fog close to our coastline. As we head into night and early tomorrow morning. Current numbers out there, Half Moon Bay cool at 45 degrees, upper caste at the airport port, lots of 50s for napa, walnut creek, and san jose, still in the 60s. Live camera tonight looking out at entrances go, at least from this vantage point, we have mostly clear skies, but we will add fog to the mix first thing tomorrow morning, and then into the afternoon hours, forecast highs we are thinking mid 60s and 70s, maybe a few spots right around 80 degrees. We will trim back temperatures from today with the friday forecast, but for the weekend, that will be a different story. We will talk about another warm up as we head into halloween on the full update coming up in a bit. We will see you then, thank you. Still ahead, a solution for students struggling with discipline, see how a nonprofit is helping students bridge the divide. Growing concerned about civil unrest, following the president ial election next week. The precaution that Walmart Stores are now taking. In the bay area, we believe in science. Traffic and air pollution will be even worse after the pandemic. Thats why we support measure rr to keep caltrain running. Which is at risk of shutdown because of the crisis. To keep millions of cars off our roads, to reduce air pollution and fight Climate Change. And