30 seconds ago in the 2014 Midterm Election in california. Why it could be a record breaker when it comes to no shows. Reporter were live in san jose where the polls just opened covering the rate for the mayor in san jose. Well tell you who has the lead and what each of the candidates are saying on this election day. Plus the Police Investigating a serious bedbug problem. Why the city of concord may seek an arrest warrant for a landlord. Mornings on 2 begins right now. Good morning. We are live in an east bay neighborhood this morning. Jackolanterns out there. People who live there are getting some alarming news. Police say a child who went trick or treating in this area came home with a small bag of meth in her candy. Ktvus alex savidge is there. Coming up in minutes, he will tell us how the drugs were discovered and what the police are doing this morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Its tuesday, november 4th, election day. Im tori campbell. Im dave clark. Lets talk about your weather and traffic. Steves here. You were talking about fog earlier. Theres some pockets of it. I saw some in walnut creek. A little bit. North bay, east bay. Nothing too extensive. But it does seem to pick up about this time, 7 00 in the morning. Sal and i have been touching on that. Fog and mostly sunny. A couple of 30s. A few reports coming in. Novato, a couple locations in lake county. It will be a day with slightly warmer temperatures and more sun. Yesterday had a lot of high clouds coming in in the morning, then it cleared out in the afternoon. Still, some low clouds. But overall, it looks good. San jose starting off 46. Go for a high of 72. Thats 3 better than yesterday. You can see the signature of the ridge of High Pressure building in. Its about reno, chico, fort bragg north. 40s on the temperatures or a few 30s. But a lot of 30s. Some 50s. San francisco sfo. 50 at angwin. 41 petaluma. Sebastapol is 42. 44 calistoga and healdsburg. Mostly sunny. It will be warmer tomorrow into thursday. I will have more on that, talk about our next rain coming up in ten minutes. But today a lot of 70s. Sal, weve had a few reports of fog. Any updates . The fog is not causing a big traffic jam, steve. But weve had a lot of slow traffic out there caused by just by slowing. A lot of people on the road at the same time. Look at northbound 280 coming up through downtown san jose. Now, weve had a couple of things in san jose on 87 and 680. I dont see anything on 280 except slow traffic. Southbound 280 at 101, there was a crash sorry, some sort of a hazard, but again, this northbound traffic is just being caused as far as we know by normal morning traffic into the valley. 101 and 785 are slow. I want to mention that westbound 80 has been pretty slow in hercules, richmond, heading out to the entire area all the way down to berkeley. It gets better in berkeley and oak. If you go over to 608 southbound 680 southbound, weve had a couple of minor things there. Bay bridge toll plaza, thats backed up for the typical 20, 25minute delay. 7 04. Back to the desk. Thank you, sal. A warning for parents in hercules after more than candy was found in a childs trick or treat bag. Ktvu channel 2 reporter, alex savidge is live in hercules to explain what you should look out for. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning. This was an 8yearold girl who somehow wound up with meth in her candy bag. Police say it happened while she was trick or treating here in the promenade neighborhood of hercules on halloween night. Its unclear at this point whether it was passed out accidentally or intentionally. Police say on monday morning, her father was looking through the bag of candy and found a small ziploc bag filled with a white powder. He called up police and testing showed that substance was, in fact, methamphetamine. There was about. 10 of a gram. The area where the girl was trick or treating is not that large. It was made up of fewer than ten streets. Right now police are trying to pinpoint where the drugs may have come from. Officers say this startling discovery really should serve as a reminder to all parents. You should always check your childrens halloween candy for anything unusual before they eat it and also if Anyone Police are saying if anyone has information about who may have passed out this small bag of meth hon halloween night on halloween night in this area, put a call into police. Alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you. Pleasanton police are warning women to be careful after two gropings were reported last wednesday night. The first one happened near golden road around 7 00 in the evening. A woman said she was walking from downtown and a man followed her, then grabbed her. The second incident occurred an hour later when two men were walking near case avenue near pleasanton middle school. A man grabbed one of the woman, then ran away. Police describe the suspect as a lightskinned African American man who weighs about 240 pounds and is between 56 and 510 with a shaved or bald head. All right, 7 06. Well, the polls just opened up in the 2014 Midterm Elections here in california. And one of todays most hotly contested races is for mayor of san jose. The two candidates are up early. They are making a final push to get people out to the polls and vote. Janine de la vega joining us live from san jose. You are with one of the candidates. Good morning, janine. Reporter good morning, dave. Yes, i am. Were in the evergreen neighborhood of san jose. This is where candidate dave cortese will be voting in the next few minutes. Now, we spoke with his opponent, sam liccardo in the last hour. Both of these men have a long history of public service, but differing opinions on a variety of things. Were joined now by dave cortese, a county supervisor and some of the latest polls show that you have a light lead. How are you feeling coming into this election day . Well, cautiously optimistic, janine, and but we dont take anything for granted. Ive learned that you run the races like you are neckand neck all of the time. Well be getting out the vote all day. We have hundreds of volunteers knocking on doors and still phoning people up until 7 59 p. M. To get out the vote. Reporter and we spoke with sim liccardo. He was talking about how he has support from three former players around the current mayor. What is your pitch to some of those voters out there who may still be undecidedded on this election day . Well, in neighborhoods like this, people are concerned about Public Safety. In the last five Police Chiefs for the city of san jose have endorsed our campaign. And in their own words, its because they believe im best equipped with rebuild this this Police Department, to restore the lost officers. There have been 400 that have left over the last fire years and to bring back neighborhood patrols. So that the property crimes can subside. Reporter thank you so much, dave cortese. I want to go to some video that we shot last night of the Campaign Headquarters of his opponent, sam liccardo. He was busy at Campaign Headquarters vying for votes. He has the support of several mayors and the majority of the city council members. Liccardo has been viewed as a candidate who will follow the path of chuck reed, someone who champions someone who champions fiscal responsibility and planning for growth. Liccardo has favored pension reform which has made him unpopular with Law Enforcement but maintains Public Safety is a huge priority and plans to spend the day walking the precincts and talking to voters. Im the candidate who has a clear plan for improving safety and a plan for paying for it. I didnt just write this plan in a book, although i did. But i put it into action. Last year identifying the 30 million we would need to accelerate hiring the Police Department. Weve put that into action, adding a third police academy, restoring pay to keep officers on board. Reporter and cortese will be voting here at his polling place in the next few minutes. Theres other media waiting for that to happen. At 8 00 a. M. , he will be voting. They are really encouraging everybody to get out there and vote. This is expected to be a very tight race and an important one. Janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. All right, janine. A busy day has begun. Thank you. In oakland, voters have to choose between 15 candidates for mayor and with so many choices, each candidate has tried to highlight what sets them apart from the crowd. We lifted the hiring freeze for new officers. We sped up recruitment and training. We also partnered for the first time with an outside Law Enforcement agency, Alameda County sheriffs to put immediate presence on the streets. I stand for raising the minimum rage to 15, reorganizing the Police Department to make it more fckettive. We have to go beyond adding police. We have to invest in education. To make things more complicated, oakland uses rank Choice Voting that means people mark their first, second and third choices for mayor. If no candidate gets more than 50 of the vote, the ballots are reprocessed considering the second choices and the third if necessary until someone gets more than 50 . Coming up for you in 30 minutes, well let you hear from three more candidates. Voters in berkeley and San Francisco will decide whether to impose taxes on sodas and other sweetened drinks. If its approved, berkeleys measure d would add a penny per ounce tax on sugary drinks. A majority vote is needed to pass it. The money would go to the citys general fund. In San Francisco, measure e would impose a 2 cent per ounce tax. That needs two thirds approval and the money would pay for nutrition and physical education programs. By the way, diet drinks would not be taxed under either proposal. 7 11. Two bay area cities will be voting on raising the minimum wage. In San Francisco, proposition j would raise the current minimum wage of 10. 74 an hour to 15 an hour, making it the highest in the nation. The increase would be phased in over the next four years. In oakland, measure ff would raise that minimum wage to 12. 25 an hour, starting next march. Labor activists in both cities say workers would benefit from the pay hike but critics say the increase would hurt small businesses. California voters will be deciding several other big races today. At the top of the ballot, the governors race between jerry brown and republican challenger neel kashkari. Voters will decide six statewide propositions and a full slate of state offices and mike honda is facing a challenge from fellow democrat, ro khanna in the south bays 17th congressional district. A real busy day. Yes, it is. Still ahead now were hearing from the only person to survive that deadly fishing boat accident, the one that killed four people in Sonoma County. Why me . Thats the hardest part. Coming up at 7 30, how he says he managed to stay alive. And theres a lot up for grabs nationwide on election day. Up next, pam cook will look at the critical races that could cause a shift in the balance of power on capitol hill. Still a lot of slow traffic out there. Well show you where the slowest parts are including some in the east bay. And some of that east bay fog has popped up. A lot of it is arriving after 7 00. Mostly sunny. It will be a little warmer coming up. 7 15. There could be big shift in the balance of power in washington, d. C. Today on this election day. The u. S. Senate, which has been controlled by the democrats since 2007, could be taken over by republicans. Ktvus pam cook joins us now in the studio to let us know whether it looks like this will happen. Todays Midterm Elections could be shifting the balance of power on capitol hill. A total of 36 states are up for grabs today in the u. S. Senate. Of those races, democrats are expected to safely win 11. Those shown in blue. Republicans are expected to pull off 15 victories. Those are the ones in red. That leaves ten seats up for grabs. The states shown in green. These are the states political observers are watching closely as republicans seek to recapture the Senate Majority for the First Time Since 2006. Now, Campaign Volunteers have been knocking on doors across the country to get out the vote and their efforts. Many political observers say whether or not republicans end up taking control of the senate could be determined by which party has more voters going to the polls. And they say in Midterm Elections, the party of the president is at a disadvantage. So in this case, the odds are stacked against the democrats. Every time a white house is in power for six years, that six years always costs the white house seats. Now, in the house of representatives all 435 seats are up for grabs today. But even democrats predict that they will be unable to take control away from the republicans. Now, stay with us here at ktvu channel 2, on air, online and on social media for complete election coverage all throughout the day and evening. Well bring you live results as the polls close this evening and then the finalups right here on the ktvu channel 2 morning news tomorrow morning. Tori . All right. Thank you, pam. Controversy is brewing in la fayette over sex education. A local group is upset about a partnership between a high school and planned parenthood to teach sex ed courses. Some parents are calling it irresponsible and are upset the School District didnt tell them in advance about the lessons and want another group to take over. But the principal said notices were sent to parents ten days before the program started. Sal is watching traffic in this same general area and all over the bay area. Well, were looking at a lot of slow traffic. Steve and i have been talking about the fog. Its appeared. At first, it was kind of hiding from our traffic cameras. But here it is in la fayette as you head over to the caldecott tunnel. Westbound 24 about an average time, 14 minutes between Pleasant Hill road and the tunnel. Between walnut creek and oakland, you wont see it terribly slow i mean, slower than usual. But you are going to see that fog. When you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, the traffic there is normal as well. Its about a 25minute drive coming into San Francisco. 580 is slow through livermore and into the dublin area. 680 is slow heading south. The nimitz freeway is very heavy, heading south from 238 all the way into fremont. Lets go to steve and there it is, steve, the fog. Yes. We have some areas, pockets of it. Once it lifts it will be mostly sunny, warmer today. Even some patchy low clouds. Not just fog but even low clouds as well. A little haze off in the distance here. But it will be a mostly sunny around warmer day. A lot of upper 60s to near 70. I have to get on my toes. 72, 72, 73, 72 for san jose, livermore, palo alto and also napa. And tomorrow will be warmer. San francisco, forecast low and high, 54, 70 coming in and the average is 52, 66. So above on both counts. Record low 42, 1935. Oakland downtown has been running about 6 degrees warmer on the oakland airport. 55 oakland downtown. 62 well go for a high of 72 today. Ridge of High Pressure has nosed in in a big way. Higher clouds filter through and when you get the recent rain in november and the long colder nights you get some of that fog and low cloud decks. Clouds are lifting out of the picture for us. 37 novato. Then went to 43 back to 39 and then 45. Its all over the place. Usually a little breeze responsible for that. Walnut creek, 44. Brentwood has cooled off to 47. Holding steady, low 40s, san ramon, alamo, la fayette a little warmer. 25 up in tahoe. 33 reno. 42 ukiah. Kelseyville, Coyote Valley and also clearlake around 37, 39. There have been a couple of 30s. There were a few more yesterday. A quiet week. We have cool to cold mornings. We do have mostly sunny skies. Now today is that day where its nice to mild to warm. Warmer wednesday and thursday. Well get upper 70s. No rain, maybe next tuesday. Well see. Theres hints of it. Mostly sunny, thick, morning fog. 70s for many. That includes san rafael, sausalito, petaluma, santa rosa, even up to clearlake, 73. Napa is in there. Martinez, 71. Also 73 out to brentwood and oakley and livermore. 72 downtown oakland. 70s for many, including san jose, morgan hill, 73. Gilroy, 74. 60s on the coast. But 70s San Francisco, san mateo to mountain view, 71. Looks quiet. A little cooler on friday but a nice weekend on tap with a lot of sunshine. And no rain . Maybe next tuesday, around the 14th looks pretty good. See. Okay. All right. 7 21. Bay area homes under construction now targeted by thieves. In 20 minutes, what the thieves are after and its not just tools. Richard branson talking about one of his space ships disintegrating during a test flight. What he says about the future of Space Tourism and the investigation into what went wrong. At shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies, to move, to keep warm, to make clay piggies. Thats why we are supplying natural gas, to generate cleaner electricity, that has around 50 fewer co2 emissions than coal. Lets broaden the Worlds Energy mix, lets go. Nearly three years after the Costa Concordia cruise ship ran aground off the coast of italy, the remains of the final victim have been found. The body was found in a cabin on the eighth deck. After the boat ran aground in 2012, he reported ily gave his life jacket to a passenger as he helped others into lifeboats. 32 people died. The ships captain is on trial for manslaughter and abandoning ship. He denies the charges. 7 24. Well, the ntsb is wrapping up its on scene investigation into the crash of Virgin Galactics experimental space ship. The parts of the ship are being moved out into hangars. Investigators want to know what caused the ship to break up mid flight friday and crash. The copilot was killed. The pilot survived but