Story. Reporter this is part of an online form hosted by the Silicon Valley leadership group. The conversation lasted 45 minutes. Invest time the moderator and dr. Fauci covered a lot of ground. Which means we should be able to get an inkling of whether or not we have a safe and effective vaccine. Sometime in middle to end of november. Beginning of december. Reporter dr. Fauci the nations top Infectious Disease expert told Silicon Valley leaders in an online forum by the end of the year we will know more about a covid 19 vaccine. Im optimistic based on preliminary data from the phase 1 study. That we will in fact have a safe and effective vaccine. If we are successful we will be able to start administering vaccine doses by the end of this calendar year or more likely in the beginning of 2021. For dr. Faucis at the process of getting americans back to take 4 to 6 months. Clinics and medical provider should start planning logistics now. He acknowledged skepticism about the safety of a covid 19 vaccine. It was understandable giving the mixed signals from leaders in government. But about the integrity of the process that this. Every vaccine trial has attached to it what is called a data and safety monitoring board. They completely independent group. The answer to no one. They dont answer to the president. They dont answer to the pharmaceutical company. Reporter before a vaccine is available we have to get through a challenging winter park no one has an appetite to shut the country down again. Topo is that universal mask wearing and moving most activities outdoors can temper the spread. We do not necessarily have to accept the inevitability of these major surges that we are seeing. Because if we do as we get into november and december and january it is going to be a very difficult time in the united states. Reporter Santa Clara CountyHealth Leaders also joined the forum. They spoke about measures santa clara and other bay area counties have taken to keep infection rates low and the open businesses and schools. We know the Distance Learning has helped to magnify and accelerate educational inequities. The default position we feel should be as best as possible to get the children back to school as opposed to making the default when you have infections keep them out of school. Immediately after saying that dr. Fauci added when schools we open it is important to have a plan in place to mitigate and respond when there are any new covid 19 infections. Reopen. San francisco is leaving the nation when it comes to slowing the spread of the coronavirus. New statistics compiled by the state of california shows San Francisco has the lowest positive coronavirus test rate of any major u. S. City. The rate is less than 1 . And is the only big u. S. City to fall below that 1 market San Francisco was one of the first cities to issue stayat home orders and to require masks and social distancing during the early days of the pandemic. The Contra Costa CountyHealth Department is updating its social gathering rolls out the county has moved into the less restrictive orange tear of reopening. The county will allow gatherings of up to two dozen people from three different households. However the Health Department is advising those gatherings to be held outdoors and be limited in time to two hours or less. Covid 19 cases are starting to increase in california. And across the country. Jonathan reports some areas opening more testing sites and increasing hospital staff as infections rise. Pump 45 Million People have tested positive for the virus worldwide. Reporter the fall search continues. In france hundreds of protesters spilled onto the streets as the country answers a monthlong partial lockdown. Here in the u. S. Weve largely avoided widespread shutdowns. With states like kentucky and connecticut now imposing restrictions on hotspot areas. The virus doesnt care. About our norms. Sadly it doesnt care about our finances or our way of life. Thursday the nation broke is single day record reporting nearly 90,000 new infections. Wisconsin remains a hotspot with cases up 400 since september. The state will open more than 70 new testing sites to deal with the surge. No sites are electing anywhere from 300 to 450 specimens. Forgiven testing date. Which range from 6 to 8 hours. Reporter the increase in infections now putting a strain on hospital systems. The number of patients is rising and former hotspot states like texas pennsylvania and new york. Facilities fear they could see a shortage of staff and ppe if trends continue. We would all be in some form of denial if we didnt say that these high case numbers that we are seeing right now in minnesota and wisconsin will convert the hospitalizations in two weeks to a month. Reporter university of washington model predicts the u. S. Will experience more than 2000 fatalities per day by january. President trump and joe biden are campaigning in some midwestern battleground states as we approach what will be the last weekend before the november 3 election. The president is in the state of michigan where he just held a campaign rally. With your support we will continue to bring back your jobs. Cut your taxes. Cut your regulations. Support our great police. Support our military. Defend our borders. Protect the Second Amendment which is under siege. The president is set to make three more stops there in michigan. He wants the the state four years ago. Joe biden currently is leading in the polls in michigan. The former Vice President held a drive in rally in des moines iowa. You know who really built this country. It wasnt wall street. It wasnt ceos. It was hard working folks like all of you. Who built the middle class. And unions have built the middle class. We know how we can build it back better. With an economy that rewards work for a change and not wealth. Both biden and President Trump plans to make Campaign Appearances in minnesota and wisconsin. Ray bogan shows us more on how the two are spending the final days of the campaign. Reporter President Trump and former Vice President joe biden are both campaigning in minnesota and wisconsin today. In an attempt to mobilize the midwest. Visiting some of the big cities is more about turnout than persuasion. At this point there are so few undecided voters. Reporter the presence rally in minnesota will be what he hoped for. The campaign is capping attendance at 250 people. They blame free speech stifling dictates democratic Governor Tim Walz and attorney general keith ellison. The president s packed rallies with thousands of people and optional masks have been controversial. Covid or no covid he would be hardpressed to have joe biden pulled a crowd close to 10,000 people without a celebrity guest like obama. Reporter a big difference from joe bidens rallies were supporters are either in their cars or in tape circles six feet apart. President trump super spreader events he is spreading more virus around the country. And here in florida today. He is spreading division in addition. Division and discord. Reporter the running mates are in states with changing demographics. Vice president pence is stopping in arizona. Where the rear of clear politics average shows the race is tight. Senator Kamala Harris will be in texas where trump is up by about two points. The democrats think they have a chance to turn the reliably red state blue. Nearly 8 1 2 Million People have already voted in texas. That matches the high turnout across the country. Almost 80 Million People have cast their ballots. The Contra Costa County registrar of Voters Office is investigating missing mail in ballots. The Registrars Office at the ballots were put in a drop box in front of Richmond City hall october 12. There is no evidence anyone tampered with the dropbox. They say the missing ballots could be the result of a mistake involving one box on that one day. Ballot boxes are emptied every day. They are emptied every day by a team of two people. And ballots were picked up on the 12th and on the 13th. We cannot explain why we dont have the ballots the voters said they drop in the ballot box on tuesday. Excuse me on monday the 12th. What is really important is that those voters get a chance to vote. The Registrars Office is already contacted 40 voters whose mailin ballots are missing. There could be many more. Anyone who dropped off the ballot at Richmond City hall on monday the 12th and hasnt been able to track their ballot is asked to immediately contact the Registrars Office. For the latest on the election headed to ktvu. Com. You will find information about the statewide propositions congressional races and how to track your ballot. We are keeping a live blog with all the latest developments as they happen. Ktvu. Com election. The halloween weekend is almost here. So is the message coming out of San Francisco. What leaders are encouraging people to do instead of celebrating in the castro in big groups. Rescue efforts underway in turkey and greece after a large and deadly earthquake hit the region this morning. More on the destruction left behind. A live look outside in the bay area. A beautiful way to end the work week. Rosemary is back. She would join us with what to expect tonight as well is going into the weekend. Humira patients,. This ones for you. 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If you cant afford your medicine, abbvie may be able to help. It provides property tax fairness for disabled homeowners like cynde, stuck living with a broken elevator. Nineteen helps wildfire victims, like ellie, one of 24,000 whove lost their homes to fire. And seniors like pam who need to move closer to family or medical care, without a tax penalty. Prop 19 limits taxes on our most vulnerable. Yes on 19. More on a developing story we have been following since mornings on 2. Search efforts continuing into the night in turkey after a 7. 0 magnitude earthquake struck in the aegean sea. People seen fleeing their buildings and gatherings in the streets following the earthquake the Health Minister said 14 people are dead. At least 400 others are heard. s small tsunami struck a turkey. Reports say there was no damage. People in greece and turkey have been warned to stay away from coastal areas. In case there are more tsunamis. Aftershocks in the region are a strong is fivepoint to in magnitude. Second person is in custody in connection to the deadly knife attack the church in france. The suspect is a 47yearold man believed to have been in contact with the actual attacker of the night before. Police say 21yearold man from tunisia carried out the attack in the city. He remains today in the hospital in serious condition. French president went to the church where the attack occurred and said the country will remain strong against the threat of extremism. If we have been attacked again it is because of our values. Our taste for freedom. The possibility there is here to believe freely and not to get into any terror. According to french authorities this was the third attack link to islamic extremism in less than two months. Lets see if we cannot get this. The final friday of the month of october that has brought almost everything. Except for rain weatherwise. You are right. We will close out the month with no rain. We may have some in our future. It looks perhaps in the next weekend. It will hit us this weekend. Today is cooler. We warming up getting into your weekend. What is going on outside our doors. Right there over areas of sfo we started with patchy fog. In the north bay along the coastline. In and around San Francisco. At this hour mostly blue skies away from the coast. A little bit of fog along the coast. Temperatures upper 50s in San Francisco. Low 60s santa rosa. Middle 60s oakland. Upper 60s livermore and san jose at 65. Notice the temperature change. We are cooler out there in most areas. Down by 5 degrees picked on by four and san jose. Around the bay to the 3 degrees cooler. Half moon bay along the coastline a tackler as well. Wins are generally light. Variable went out there coming in from the southeast over areas of santa rosa. And from the north in fairfield. Noticed the flow. Is continuing with the north and northeast flow. It is very light at this point. There are no advisories in place for a heightened fire danger. Even in the hills winds are light. A look at mount diablo. Four miles per hour. And for the northbay middle peak recording seven. Moving forward into your afternoon that we remain with high pressure. Controlling our weather pattern. Im only today but for the weekend. And beyond. We have a little bit of activity moving through the Pacific Northwest. Further north into canada. Temperatures today expected to be a little bit cooler than yesterday. Heres a look at some of those numbers. 73 the afternoon high for redwood city. Oakland dropping off by 7 degrees to 70 degrees expected for you. For the second half of the day. A better look around at the afternoon highs 64 today in San Francisco. Low 70s redwood city. Upper 70s inner east bay. Northbay 76 over napa. Your extended forecasts temperatures bump up getting into your bay area weekend. Upper 60s to 70 degrees fire coastline by sunday. Turning 80 degrees for our bayside communities. We are looking at low to middle 80s for our inland cities. It doesnt last. Sumter starts a trend downward a little bit. By the end of next week perhaps and hopefully summer rain. The details on this coming up. Still to come helping low income students. Who are struggling with the Distance Learning. A closer look at the program and the northbay helping to provide a place to learn. As a nurse, ive faced the fear of being stretched too thin to do my job right. And its not Just Health Care workers. Our teachers and school staff are going the extra mile for our kids. Our firefighters are taking on unthinkable missions to keep us safe. How can we keep giving billions in tax breaks to rich corporations when our communities need that money . Prop 15 closes corporate loopholes and invests in our schools, health care, and public safety. Help us do our jobs. Vote yes on 15. Who experience occasionalons of bloating, gas or abdominal discomfort . 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The county said the person who became sick was in otherwise healthy individual under the age of 65. But is not releasing any other information about the person. Experts say the case serves as an important safety reminder as we begin the flu season. Everyone should at the flu shot and make sure they are Wearing Masks and continued to social distance. Scientists at uc berkeley are studying sewage system to try to identify hotspots. For coronavirus. Researchers have been collecting wastewater in order to better understand how widely the virus is spreading. Labs can use inexpensive materials like salt to detect the virus. While the ability to look for pathogens in wastewater has been around for a long time. The motivation to actually use that ability has not really been here. Those methods can show whether covid 19 is present in wastewater and one to three days which is often faster than diagnostic testing. Uc berkeley researchers say the west water test can help them figure out that the virus is spreading quickly even for people not showing symptoms. A state Appeals Court said the university of california cannot let Prospective Students submit their act or sat scores. The decision is seen as a victory for low income students and minority students as well as those who have disabilities. Phasing out the standardized tests as admission requirem