Wind. High surf advisory from 3 00 p. M. To 6 00 p. M. , 12 to up to 20 feet. Obviously this becomes dangerous if you are walking the seashore or having your dog out for a walk. Be mindful of sneaker waves. Meanwhile, temperatures, take a look at that. Above average. Typically in san jose we should be at 67. But instead mid 70s. Typically in concord high 60s. Instead 74 degrees. Oakland around the estuary 73 degrees. Winds will be pretty flat up to 10. Nearly 70 at half moon bay, filters sunshine, into 70s around the peninsula from san mateo east to brisbane and palo alto. Upper 70s, near 80 in morgan hill and gilroy. East bay numbers stacking up in the 70s, as well. Good morning danville to blackhawk, in the high 70s. Same around the trivalley. 78 at discovery bay. We will talk about rain, when we need the beneficial rains and when we anticipate them at 18 after the hour. Thank you, roberta. Take a look at san jose starting at the guadalupe parkway. Northbound 87 onramp to the capital expressway, a well traveled area, an overturned big rig there off to the shoulder now, but it is an injury crash so an ambulance is on its way. And in from hayward to the peninsula between 880 and 101 that will take you a quick 15 minutes. The altamonte pass a different story, 205 just 20 Miles Per Hour. North tracy boulevard to the altamonte a heavy 30 minutes. Today is our independence day. [ cheering applause ] love trumphate. Lets get out and vote. The president ial nominees making their final pitches to the voters. A live look where Hillary Clinton is casting her ballot. You can see the back of her head right there, and of course, her husband, bill clinton, in new york. Her running mate, tim kaine, was found outside a polling place in virginia. There they are taking pictures. We all know who she is voting for. Right, absolutely. Tim kaine arrived too early and had to wait for the doors to open at 7 00 eastern time. Interesting. That is Hillary Clinton urging supporters to vote for her, obviously in her hometown of chappaqua, new york, in westchester county. She will eventually make her way into new york city later tonight where she will be having her Election Night venue in the city of manhattan. Trump will be in midtown manhattan at the hilton hotel in midtown. An exciting day for both candidates. There is a Record Number of 19. 4 million registered voter in california. 5 Million People have casted ballots. There are 17 statewide measure this is year. Some of the biggest deal with Recreational Marijuana, the Death Penalty and guns. The polls open at 7 00 this morning. We will have a full report on everything voters here need to know coming up in a few minutes. Most polls leading up to today shows Hillary Clinton has a slight lead. But even the best polls can be wrong. For more insight on where the race really stands, we stand for Political Insider mark. A quick lesson in polling. This is america. The red millimeter millimeter millimeter s are Hillary Clinton, maybe the blue ones, but if you reach in and grab a certain number, you may come up with all blue or all red, but there is a mathematical formula that tells sewn difficulty werent you have the right sample. But there is a difference. M ms dont lie. If somebody tells you they will vote for Hillary Clinton, do they mean it . When polls say are you going to vote . They say of course i will vote but they dont. 40 of americans are unlikely to vote today. The big questions, if the polls are wrong do they get the turnout models right. If the turnout models correct and people vote as they have in similar past election, lindt win tonight but that is the big unaccident mark, what should we watch for tonight to provide for early clues . Okay. The first thing, kenny, is to see whether or not the turnout models are accurate. For example, if we see heavy turnout in rural areas, but the city vote is down, big trouble for Hillary Clinton. She needs the support of people in the cities which tend to be minorities, toned to be democratic voters. Another thing to look for are which states. Donald trump can win this iowa, florida, ohio and new hampshire, north carolina, all these swing states, and still lose the presidency. He needs to capture some Traditional Democratic states, or at least one. That is why peninsula, michigan pennsylvania, michigan these have been big focuses lately. If trump is not winning in pennsylvania or michigan, chances are Hillary Clinton wins tonight. If Hillary Clinton wins it will shatter the highest glass ceilings of all. How has gender played a role in this election. It is remarkable when you think about it was only ten years ago that pelosi became the first speaker of the house. That was a huge deal in america. There have been 59 other nominations that have had women as heads of state. We have had 12,000 people in the history of this country elected to federal office, presidency, senate and house, only about 300 of them have been women. But this year, and maybe it is because barack obama just shattered another barrier being the first africanamerican president , maybe because millennials take for granted people like nancy pelosi, of course a woman can become president , but on the surface it has not been a big deal. This will be studied for years because perhaps some of the people who call Hillary Clinton insidious and on and on in trumps attack, maybe that is played up because of her gender. Were prepping for the busy day. Kpix 5s jackie ward is live outside the Santa Clara CountyRegistrars Office. With everyt youre heading but, yes, in less than a day we could see history being made again with our first woman president. Reporter michelle, just two hours away until the polls officially open everywhere and here at Santa Clara County the Registrars Office has been very busy. A lot of its workers have put in a lot of hours counting up votes, vote counting machines were running all through the night here because they had to count more than 300,000 vote by mail ballots sent in, a Record Number for the county and almost half of all registered voters. We are expecting record breaking numbers across the bay area today. People are very, very interested this time around. You know, people are standing in lines and you expect them to be upset. They are not. They are smiling, they want to come get their i voted sticker. We are excited for the party. Reporter our political expert melissa cane is inspecting the results of all the votes that came in before today by 9 00 tonight, including early voting and vote by mail ballots. The polls open at 7 00 this morning and stay that way until 8 00 tonight. And across california people are making up their minds today on whether smoking Recreational Marijuana should become legal. We have more now on the fine print on proposition 64. It could soon be legal to smoke pot without a prescription in. A latest survey usa poll taken last week the measure had 54 support with 39 opposed. It would go into affect on january 1, 2018. The ballot measure itself is of 2 pages long. The highlights, you have to be at least 21 years old and need a license to grow or sell pot. The state would create packaging and labeling standards and charge a 15 tax on retailer sales. It is expected to bring in about a billion dollars. Tens of millions would go for regulation and after that the money would go to the things you see on the side of your screen, marijuana research, etc. People have been asking me for years when do i think marijuana will be legalized . I always say when we are ready for it. When society as a whole is ready for it. Prop 64 would allow counties andcies to impose their own regulations and taxes on Recreational Marijuana or they could ban marijuana businesses within their borders. The last time california voters weighed on this was 2010 when prop 19 loss with only 49 of voters casting yes votes. Stay with kpix 5 news for complete election coverage throughout the morning and day and tomorrow morning we will have a wrap up of the results and analysis of all the big races. The time is 5 10. Are Ride Sharing Companies partially to blame for traffic woes around the bay . A closer look at the trend. And they are the giants of earth. They are disappearing. The extraordinary measures one group is taking to save the Worlds Largest trees here in california. Good tuesday morning. On election day temperatures well above average for this time of year. I will show you which areas will state route near 80 degrees. Strike out near 80 degrees. And the metering lights will turn on at 5 30 this morning causing back ups. More on the mass transit when we come back. ,,,,,,,,,, driver slammed into them, just outside a family court. And Police Believe this hit andrun crash was no accident. In martinez three people are recovering from injuries after a driver smashed into them in front of family court. Police believe this was no accident. It happened at court and main streets. A female driver hit a car and drove right into her estranged husband walking with two women. Then police say the driver backed up to hit one of the women. A witness says it with us shocking to see outside a court. It with us two people, at least two people i saw lying on the street. Both were bleeding. One lady and one gentlemen. 20 minutes later police found the driver, 60yearold kimberly coldman, dead at the bottom of the bridge. Goldman had reportedly filed for divorce from her husband in october. They were due for a hearing yesterday. A woman and her boyfriend are charged with murder in the death of a alameda Sheriffs Department explorer. Laura rodgers and Curtys Entoine Taylor went before the court yesterday. The body of Karla Ramirez was found beaten, stabbed and burned in oakland on thursday. Investigators say the two women met a few years ago while working for a kentucky fried chicken. A motive for the killing has not been released yet. There is increasing explanation that the ride hailing industry is making the nasty trek in San Francisco even worse. An estimated 45,000 drives from lyft, uber and Similar Companies in town, according to the San FranciscoTreasures Office believe many of the drivers are from outside the bay area but it is impossible to tell exactly how many drivers there are because the industry is so lightly regulated. That continues to irritate highly regulated cab drivers that keep losing business. You are mad that they are out here on the streets. Right. They ruin my life as far as making money. San francisco is a big money making place for lyft and uber drivers because driving and parking are such hassles. Well, if your kids are feeling left out on election day, they can cast ballotsers too. Admission is ballots today, too. Admission is free tot at the habitat museum. The museum opens up at 9 30. And the alcatraz Fishermans Wharf ride is also open for free today. That is great. Relieve that stress on election day. Yes. Lets head over to mass transit. If you are headed out the door to catch a train, they are all on time. Also good news, looking good on the bay bridge. From morin to San Francisco, 580 to the golden gate toll plaza will take you 15 minutes. And the downtown San Francisco carquinez bridge along the east shore freeway to the maze will take you 19 minutes. The metering lights will turn on soon at 5 30. If you are heading out, go now. The san mateo bridge from 880 to 101 will take you 13 minutes from hayward to the peninsula. The altamonte pass, traffic getting bad here, 205 and tracy moving at just 20 Miles Per Hour. Doesnt get too much better into northland road, coming up to 34 Miles Per Hour, freezing up through livermore, north tracy boulevard to the altamonte pass could be 33 minutes. The altamonte pass to 680 will take you 15 minutes. Now, traffic, weather, pretty good so far. It should not affect your voting today, right, roberta. That is right, roqui. Good morning, everybody. As you get ready to try to plan your election day and get the kids out the door, you can bank on a day with above average temperatures. Right now pretty clear skies. Visibility not an issue. We at this time have a High Surf Advisory that goes into place at 3 00 this afternoon through 6 00 p. M. On wednesday due to swells building to 20 feet. When you have that kind of a magnitude swell, obviously some sneaker waves, so if you are planning on exercising at the beach are going out for a run b mindful of the sneaker waves generated from this right here. It is a massey area of low pressure. This plume of moisture or the frontal boundary has so much power associated with it. As far as this area of low pressure is concerned generating the high swells. Meanwhile we have a very active weather pattern. We are not going to see any of the precipitation from it. It is all going to the north of the bay area, but we are seeing clouds as a result. It is 50 degrees in santa rosa at this very early hour. It is mild around the rim of the bay. We are reporting 62 degrees at the estuary in oakland to 61 in San Francisco. Livermore, you are at 53. Good morning, my weather watcher steve in los altos says it is 57 degrees. No excuse to get out and vote. A beautiful morning. Go vote and be a part of history, so says the man. Thank you, steve. Satellite radar, again, an active weather pattern but we have this huge dome of High Pressure diverting the storm track wall to the north of the bay area. Storms take the vigorous track of the jet stream, taking all the beneficial rain from the pacific west, also into victoria and british columbia. Here is how you can plan your election day. Lunch time dry, all the way through wednesday. Stratus clouds playing tag with the coast. Cirrus clouds 20 feet in elevation floating crazy the horizon. 80s in the valley today. 60s in the high sierra, 70 in carmel. Pinpoint forecast for san jose, this is the futurecast so you can plan your day according. Easily into the low and mid 70s at lunch time. An afternoon high of 77 degrees. And at Mineta International airport, the official reporting station for the santa clara valley. Mid 70s there. 74 in mountain view. Nearly 80 today in gilroy, 70s to the east and north. 70 in San Francisco. There is your 80 degrees on wednesday, as well. And the weather pattern continues into saturday with a slight chance of showers in the evening hours. The sierra, nevada, giant sequoia trees have been beating the odds for more than 3,000 years. But the Climate Change and pollution have put them in pearl so they are cloning the mighty peril, so they are cloning the mighty trees. The Scientists Say the clock is ticking to save the giant sequoias because people have cut down about 90 of the worlds ancient trees. There has to be Something Special about 2 tree, how it has lived so long and gotten so big. Each one of these Little Things is a tree. Right now the sprouts collect from the those giant sequoias are slowly taking shape at lab in michigan. The time is 5 21. We will be right back. ,,,,,,,, our election coverage for the day, just getting started. Welcome back. Lets take a look at sports. Golden state possession here. Knocked down the 103 in the 9th. The warriors back up in front. With 3 minutes to play. Golden state is up 9. Curry hits an nba record, 13th 3 pointer of the evening. He broke the record. Curry finishes with 46 and the warriors win 116106. I am heading to the voting booth myself. I dont know about you but i am voting for steph curry. See you tonight. The play of the day here in seattle, take a look at this catch by the seahawk, jimmy graham. There is time left for seattle in the half. Graham tied for the another one handed catch, touchdown seahawks. 3125. One handed grab. That was his second onehanded td catch of the night, they beat the bills 3125. It is 5 25. Our election coverage for the day just getting started. The president ial nominees are casting their ballots. What to expect in the days ahead. The polls are already op reporter and we are inside the beast of the belly here in Santa Clara County. The day is just getting started. ,, announcer here at airbnb, we want to work with the city on new commonsense home sharing rules. To help protect affordable housing, weve launched a one host, one home policy. So hosts may now only rent space at one address in San Francisco. And we want to Work Together to improve the citys permit system so that its simple, fair and effective. Together, we can make the new rules work here. As Voters Decide who will be the next commander in chief well, the polls are already open on the east coast and will open soon here as Voters Decide who will be the next commander and chief. And with threats of terrorist attacks on election day, security is getting beefed up across the country. Good morning from the kpix Weather Center on this election day we hav